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-16 TIIE' SUNDAY' OREGOMAX " PORTLAND, APRIL' 28. 1918. SHIP TO PROBLEM BUSINESS Organization for Local Action Is Kr? to Situation Con- ; fronting America. FILENE SEES WORK AHEAD Chamber Commerce Asserts . Men of Rrionlble for Affair Nation in Peace Most Do .No Lcs in War. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 10. The key to the whole ship question is that the business men of the country must know the need for ships; and that they be educated to the Idea of ships; that they be organised to force and further the building or ships; and that they be come, when so organised, the medium through which things will get done In their several communities. Is the state ment made today by Edward A. FUene, chairman of the war shipping commit tee of the Cnited States Chamber of Commerce. There can be no question of their wil linrness to help. The moat Insistent inquiry that comes to Washington "How can I help? What can I do? bhow me the way." OrcaaUatlra the Key. The answer comes from the war shlp- mnc committee or the Chamber of Commerce or the Cnited States. It calls on every business organisation In the country particularly the organisa tions In shipbuilding communities to organise for the carrying out of a well-defined programme for local ac tion. It calls on them to sit In with the shipbuilders once a week, and actually go over their problems, to find out Just how they ran help. It is not at ail the same thing as making a general blanket offer to help, and then sitting bark to await the call. That has been tried, and it has failed. The need la for active and continued counsel through which the business men of the com munltv seek, without officious Inter ference, to relieve the shipbuilder of as many of his nontechnical problems as he needs to be relieved or. For example, the traffic expert of a business association ran be or great assistance to shipbuilders In getttn materials for their work If he be free to give such help and makes It his first duty to do so. Of capital Importance also Is the question of carrying workmen to and from their work. The canines in many communities are unable to meet the extra load which the influx of thou sands of workers has put upon them. Some communities have had to solve the problem by changing the local business schedule by opening stores and offices a half hour later In order to have two peak loads and so give the workmena rush hour of their own each morning. It may even mean that the local business organization must requisition the services or owners or private auto mobiles to carry men to and from their work. Think of the opportunity there for the shipbuilding community whose business men are organised for action. Think of what It would mean If thla were regularly done; and If the work men or the plant saw daily a string of hundreds of automobiles, from flivvers to the finest made, waiting to carry them, at considerable sacrifice and In convenience, so that they might do their work fur the Nation to the best advantage. Can one Imagine such workmen striking, or delaying ships. refusing to adjust their differences with their employers through estab lished boards of arbitration 7 Haewlag Problem Serieaa. The housing problem In one of the Tr.oet serious we hare to face. Canton ments and house will be built. The 0vernment has Just appropriated $50. o.eoe for that purpose. But they will not bo ready in lesa than six months; and we rannot wait. Here again the organised business men of the com munity must solve the local problem: and they must see to it that the citi xens of their community, regardless of questions of personal convenience, take these workmen into their private homes till other accommodations are ready. Care could be taken, of course, to make careful choice of the right man for the right home. Indiscrim inate distribution of men through all classes of homes would bo unnecessary. But the fact remains that the thing must be done and done at once. Kvery shipbuilding community should adopt a definite policy of recognition tn its relation with the shlpworkers. The contribution of private automo biles Is one phase of that. Another may be found In a plan which is now being worked on by the war shipping com mittee, providing that ship workers, wearing the official shlpworkers' badge, be admitted to moving picture shows and other places of amusement at a reduced price of admission. It is not merely a question of difference in price. It Is the clear Implication that goes. with It that the community hon or and appreciates the shlpworkers as It honors and appreciates the soldier. And of course there are other ways In which such recognition can be given. Heaor Badge Authorised. The Chamber of Commerce of the Vnlted States, for Irstancr. has issued a special brorxe barter for shlpworkers. hlrh has been officially approved by the Shipping Hoard. Thse badges are a mark of honor, and they are Issued undr rigidly presrrlbed conditions. If a man 1. av. s the yards he surrenders Ins badge. If he remains In the work till the end. it Is his for all time. The Mea of the badge has taken strongly. More than i;i.Ote badges have already been Issued and the call for them con tinues. It is striking evidence of how the men engaged In this trying task react to recognition. A policeman or nr. man. for example, can. by virtue of his badge, mount any streetcar without paying a fare. It Is a recognition given for clearly defined reasons. His badge carries with It a certain meaning and a certain authority. The principle I the same, though the application may a different. T have In mind several Incidents that m m serve to leave a concrete Impres sion of this fact In the reader's mind. said Mr. Filrne. Oa a recent trip to a shipbuilding cuv In tee route; I saw a new ship that had been Dren lying Idle at a certain tiulf port because It bad no anchor chain. The owner could not get them, thouah he had sent frantic appeals to Washington. I asked certain business men there If they could not have got tne those chains If they bad under taken it In behalf of that shipowner. They said they believed they could have put It through: and they said they would make the attempt at once. The notion o. doing such a thing sim ply bad not occurred to them." Delay Doae Away With. "Here la a second example: In'an :ccr city there waa a grade crossing I in T SCENE AT LAUNCHING HELD AT ASTORIA LAST WEEK. LIT , ysr-ryvA- JW L 1 :x tA I tUKv -yyy -yyy i Kami '-ysSs' - - ySyyyy r A 1 7 I .J: tr ?t I S frzri It- . - i. n ' i I 5.A.ji Hk -aa, r. : - '-ewV r Jl HILL OF THE ASTORIA JL'ST where freight trains blocked the ap proach to a shipbuilding plant. In consequence the workers were delayed In stormy and fair weather every morning and evening sometimes as much as SO minutes. Tho Chamber of Commerce, which had organised to help the local shipbuilders, took hold of the difficulty and had a bridge over that crossing In record time. In still another city a delay of weeks In tho Installation of electric power necessary for building ships mas set tied within three hours after the local Chamber of Commerce fourd out fro the shipbuilders how they had been de layed. So much for the vital facts. They all point to one conclusion that cannot he understood too clearly: Helping to build more shlus Is the most lmftortant war Job at this time. The man or or ganization that successfully helps in this Is doing a Job which at this time Is more Important than that of the man Ith the gun." DEEP-SEA FISHING PAYS HEAVY PROFITS ATTRACT MAM- CIRRY COINTY .M7 . Suitable V easels la Strong Remands (.as Scheoarr Trasap Larke Captain. MARSH FIELD, Or., April IT. (Spe cial.) Because manr Curry county men believe there are heavy profits to be made In deep-sea fishing this year, the Macleay Estate gas schooner Tramp has become a waif without a captain who will stay with the craft. Skipper Robert Forty quit the vessel and Will Hunter, who made one trip subsequently, gave up the work. They will equip for fishing at sea off fort Orford and Handon. At lckwoofi. the new master of the Tramp, lost his license and is now In Portland to have it renewed. The Tramp will undergo necessary repairs on Coos Bay. So many are engaging In deep-sea fishing that suitable craft for the fol lowing are difficult to obtain. A launch the Traveler waa put up for sale and half a dozen men bid for it. Edward Lund was successful in secur ing It and will have It remodeled for his business. Men from the Cmpqua River have made vain trips here to buy small boats suitable for fishing on the lower river, where the Chinook season opens In May. A story Is going the rounds here re garding the loss of the champagne Kith which the Coos Bay Emergency Fleet Corporation vessel was to be christened at the Coos Bay shipyard. The rumor Implied that an official of the company on a recent trip to San Francisco laid in a supply of four bot tles. Although he Intended keeping his grip with hi m on the trip home, his wife checked it and when It arrived two days after they reached home It was found that the four bottles had been stolen somewhere along the way. I". S. Naval Radio Reports. A:? loeatlnns s!vn sre at 9 P. M. yesterdsy oaJ.s ot her t :.ted. ADMIHAI. K H1.V. San Francisco for S atti.. '.'11 miles from te.ttte. KAIN1EK. n Francisco (or Victoria. 100 mls suh ef Tatossh. RKIwooD. Nelson l.aroon for lkatan. In mllrs from Nelson Lacooa at tt P. M. April CORDOVA, fur CnaLaska, 40 miles vtest of Cap tit.llias. Ni'KTH. tSTERY Ancherase for Seward. eff f'y Island, noon ?7th. Yuskxite rort uud.ow for (n Fran- clsn. miles south of I'spe Blanco. WILLAMETTE. ETrreu (or an Frsn- cta-o. I've mil. nrth of 8an Francisco, ADMIRAL. LK WE T. WHmlnslon for tan Francisco. M miles from W I : in 1 n n no. KLAMATH. Sas Pedro for Francisco. 12 ml'-, eou'.h et Plceoa t'elnt. WAHKte.NA. Astoria for baa redre. 30 mt!s south of Tolnt bur. 1 MlLTNiMAH. Kan Francisco for Saa rdro oUica cast of 1'ulnt ctmcepcloa. me. Ah w . ' ffSIlk I BEFORE SHE LEFT WAYS. INSERT SHIP TAKES WATER Steamer Astoria Is Launched at McEachern Yards. SECOND BOAT IS ON, WAY Crowning Feature of Ceremonies Is .Presentation of American Flag and $100 Liberty Bond to Mrs. K. W. Wright, Sponsor.' The - launching Wednesday noon of the Astoria, the first of the Emergency Fleet Corporation steamers to enter the water on the Lower Columbia, was what might be termed a McEachern shipyard family affsir. Martial music for the occasion was supplied by the jucr.acnern snipyara nana. The sponsor was Mrs. E. w. Wright. wife of the general manager.. The maids of honor were Misses Hess. Krane. Ashworth. Larsen. Daggett. Hahlgren. Fastabend and Paulsen, of the McEachern office force. The crowning evidence of the good will and family spirit that prevails in this yard was shown a few minutes be fore the launching, when Andrew Dal glty, on behalf of the thousand work ers in the yard. In a brief speech pre sented the sponsor with an American flag, to which was pinned a 10. lib erty bond. Mrs. Wright was too much over come to more than briefly thank the donors. After the launching she posted on the yard bulletin board a letter of thanks, in which she said she was "proud and pleased beyond expression with tho loyalty of the McEachern shipyard workers and the manner in which you have honored me." The Emergency Fleet Corporation was represented at the launching by Inspectors Hubbard and .Morris and Au ditor Fleming, from the Portland of fice, and lnspec(ors Piltz. Uwyer. Ayres, Quayie and Kgan. from the Astoria yard. The Cnited States Army was represented by Colonel Hammond and staff from Fort Stevens, and Acting Major Johnson, of Astoria, accompan ied by his wife, represented the city after m'hich the steamer was named. Speaking of the yard force when in Portland yesterday. Manager Wright said: "Last week we turned over to the owners ship No. 8. the last of the com mercial vessels to leave our yard and from now on all our efforts will be de voted to getting out Government ships. No. 10. the second Government ship, will be launched early next month and others will follow in regular order. We are not racing or paying any attention to records, but our books will show an output per ton per man not excelled by any yard in the Oregon district. This Is probably due to the fact that we had a well-trained force of skilled workmen before most of the other yards started operations. Several dollars subscribed by the workers in excess of that used in pur chasing the liberty bond, was turned over to the Red Cross. RECORD STEAMER DELIVERED Westgrove, Built In 83 Days, Turned ' Over to Government. Delivery of the record steamer West- grove, constructed by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation In 83 days., was formally made yesterday morning to the Cnited States Shipping MRS. E. W. WRIGHT, SPONSOR. Board.- She shifted to Montgomery Dock No. 2 yesterday as her first move under Federal ownership. On her trla trip Friday the vessel made lltj knots an hour and it was reported on her re turn that machinery worked satisfac tory in every respect, and that the ves sel handled welL In its issue of April 12 the Emer ger.cy Fleet News, published by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, at Washington, used three views of the Westgrove and devoted space to recording tho fact. she is the record ship today. The hull was launched in 61 working days, the nedt at that time, though Skinner & Eddy have since cu down the record to 00 days at thei Seattle yard. SHIP FRAMED IX 5 ya DAYS Supple-Balllu Workers Complete Job in II 'Working Hours. Shortly after noon yesterday the last frame went Into place on the latest Government steamer the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation has started at its East Oak-street plant, and ex actly five and a half working days were required for the work, a total of 44 hours. As the vessel is 306 feet long, being of 4600 tons, deadweight the showing is regarded as well to ward the top of the list of fast work The Seaborn yard, on Puget Sound, wanted to make a bet a few months ago that its showing of putting up the frames of a Ferris ship In 10 days would be hard to beat, but the Supple Ballln organisation has done better than that in more than one instance. The latter ships are the largest being laid down on the Coast among the wooden yards and the probability is that type, which is a composite vessel, will be adopted by the Shipping Board, there being a conference on at Wash Ington now to decide on a design of a 6000-ton vessel. MOOT HOOD MAKES GOOD KO Full Motorship Docs 10 Knots on Trip to Grays Harbor. All doubt as to what speed the new motorship Mount Hood would make at sea has been dispelled through the re port of Captain Middleton. who took her to Grays Harbor, and says she cov ered 40 miles, between the outer buoy at the entrance to the Columbia River and that at the Grays Harbor, entrance. In four hours. The vessel loads her first cargo at Aberdeen. The Mount Hood was built by the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation and is of about 4600 tons, deadweight. She is equipped with twin Winton en gines. Her sister ship, the Mount Shas ta, is being finished at the same plant. She was hauled up to the old Supple dock yesterday to .complete her ma chinery installation and will be ready shortly. Both vessels were built for Gaston, Williams & Wigmore, of New York, and are full motorships. RIVER SERVICE IXADEQFATE O.-W. R. & Carries Autos Around Blockade In Highway. HOOD RIVER. Or.. April 27. (Spe cial.) With but a single river steam er, the People s Navigation Company s steamen Tahoma, plying in the mid Columbia, the O.-W. R. & N. Company has found it necessary to put on a dally service for the transportation of automobiles around the blockaded por tion of tho Columbia River Highway between here and Cascade Locks. Dozens of motorists, some from point In the Middle West, are arriving here weekly. Until the daily rail service was inaugurated many often had to wait fon more than 36 hours for a boat. Notice to Mariners. . ' The following affects aids to navigation In the l"th lighthouse district: Wlilapa Bay, Nahcotta channel Goose Point buoy. 3, reported out of position; win be replaced as soon as practicable. BOBERT WARRACK. - -Lighthouse Inspector. SHIP MOULD LIKED Government Interested in In vention of Portland Man. INTERLOCKING GEAR NOVEL Consideration of New Work Is Be ing Urged in Connection With Location of Two Concrete Ship Plants on Pacific Coast. Providing a permanent mould for the construction of concrete ships one that can be used as long rs the ma terial with which it is built survives usage and time is comprised in an invention perfected by Portlanders James McNamara, of 492 hi Burnside street, and his brother. Albert Mc Namara. residing near Oswego. Gov ernment officials have interested them selves in the device, having learned of it through the patent effice, and its consideration is being urged in con nection with the location of two con crete ship plants on the Pacific Coast, The mould or form is so built that when a vessel is completed she is floated by releasing, an interlocking gear, so the mould is divided and the pressure of water below floats the completed hull. In the main, the plan is for a submersible pontoon, much like a single drydock section, except that the ends are built up, also that the mould divides in halves. In the form is a recess for the keel. Between the deck above, on each side of the form, and bulkheads below, are storerooms. workshops and the like, also an engine room, where machinery is located for submerging and emerging the pontoon. In doing the concrete work on ships the sides can be built up with the use of concrete "guns" now in service. Bulkheads of the pontoons are filled with water, and as weight Is added in constructing the vessel water is 1 leased from the bulkheads. When the vessel Is finished the pontoon halves are separated by unscrewing the clamps of the Interlocking gear. " In addition to speedy construction the inventors point out that the use of the same form over and over saves tremendously in lumber, rhich, under present methods, is torn down when the hull is finished and is not used again, except in .certain cases that some is removed undamaged. The automatic launching Is another feature, also the fact the pontoon Is free of dependency on all docks and may be moored so as to take on material from vessels, or at the nearest accessible point. The Shipping Board is to locate five concrete ship plants in the United States two of' them 'on the Pacific side and so far it has been whispered San Francisco will draw both of them. However, Portland is making an effort to Interest the Government in ad vantages on the Willamette and Co lumbia rivers, and arguments are to be presented on the arrival of E. E. Parker, concrete engineer for the Ship ping Board, who is to come West next month and view locations. COLOXEL GRAY EXHORTS r. S. America's AH, Says Briton, Must Be Given to Beat Prussia. After having been in Portland most of the week, speaking to shipyard em ployes in the interest of the National service section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Colonel I. Thord Gray, of the British army, tarried, before his departure for San Francisco yesterday. to dictate a farewell to the men of the Oregon district. It is as follows: "Comrades In Arms: The martial spirit among you is great; the al legiance to your flag and country which you have exhibited in my pres ence was most impressive. If every shipyard in the countr- has the same spirit and determination to fight to a bitter end, the only thing I say say is God help the Kaiser." 'Boys, we are In this war for exactly the same reasons that every allied country is at war, and that Is self- defense and self-preservation. "To prevent the war from coming over to this side of the Atlantic It re quires the mobilization of the entire material resources of America, All the resources of the state moral, physical and intellectual should be at the Im mediate disposal of the Government in times of war, and here I beg each one of you to help to accomplish this. Some of you may not realize that our backs are up against the wall; that we have got to do one of two things to fight and conquer, or submit to Ger many bowing down "in servitude for all time under the yoke of Prussian tyrannic militarism. The key to our success lies in the building of ships for transportation of men and supplies. .The construction of a great mer cantile fleet and naval ships of all kinds', the building up of coast de fenses; the fabrication of weapons and ammunition of all sorts; the supplying of raw material to the allies, at the same time forming into line and raising of an enormous Army and Navy, re quires In its operations such vast quan tities of supplies of every kind that it is hardly conceiveable to the untrained human mind. 'I beg to remind you that the sup plies absolutely must be forthcoming as needed or our armies and navies, however splendidly trained, regardless of their heroism,' cannot oppose the enemy for any length of time and will be forced to retreat and eventually surrender. I appeal to you with every ounce of my strength, in the name of every soldier and sailor, to realize the seri ousness of our position. I beg you to leave no stone unturned in backing the President and the Administration In everything. Every home, every woman and child In this country is threatened. Our very existence Is at stake, so, for God's sake, let us put our personal am bitions and political differences aside and get together. Russia was not beaten on the field of battle; she was beaten by disintegration caused by German intrigue. "Germany knew only too well that America was unprepared for war and ould do very little without the sup port of labor, consequently she turned Il her energy in tnat direction ana wamped the labor field with German gltators and hired traitors to lead and upport strikes and generally work gainst the Government, thus attempt ing to make the laboring man an un conscious tool against his own coun try In the German cause. Let us, therefore, unite and co operate, so that we can fight to the best advantage and remain a great people. This great republic of ours is in the war with all her material re sources, and the swora or justice is swinging high over Germany 'pour la revanche.' " The fighting on the western front is ot as alarming as the possibilities of the Germans striking toward the east- ard. crossing the Caspian Sea, work ing their way into Asia Minor and rousing the natives against the allies, including in their operations in that direction the cutting of the Trans-Si- erian Kailway. according to a talk Colonel Gray made before the men of the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corpor ation, yesterday morning. lie said they figured if 100,000 Ger- man troops could be landed in India they could start a revolt that would draw at least 1 per cent of the native population to them. He pictured the probable closing of the Suex Canal and said that the only positive protection against all of that wan to keep ships going across the Atlantic with men and supplies, so that the attention of the Germans could be held there. "I d'id not know the Kaiser was to be here to listen to my address." he said. In beginning his remarks the Kaiser being a German-ored stallion used in the yard for hauling timber. Judge Arthur Jangguth. vice-president or the corporation, presided at the meeting and there were talks by A. It. Parkhurst, secretary of the National Service Section, and Lloyd J. Went worth, in charge of the Oregon dis trict in wooden ship construction. STUDENTS HAVE CHANGE YOUNG MEN ABE WANTED IN V. NATIONAL FLEET. Graduates of High Schools and Col leges Have Opportunity to Enter Service at Sea. In assembling material for manning vessels of the United States Shipping Board, efforts are being made to enroll men who have been through high school or college, those with limited ex perience at sea having opportunity to enter the service as third mates. -if they have served a year oa coastwise or deepwater vessels. Professor Arthur R. Williams, of the Portland nautical school, located tn the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany's building, . First and Alder streets, yesterday quoted instructions recently issued, through which high school and college men may obtain licenses, as follows: "Any person who has attained the age of 10 years and who has graduated from a regularly established high school or college may, upon recom mendation of the master under whom he has served, be examined for third mate of ocean or coastwise steamers after having served not less than 12 months as Junior officer of ocean or coastwise steamers of 2000 gross tons or over. Commenting on the instructions, he said: "This rule means that high school and college graduates may qualify for third mates after 12 months service as junior officers of ocean or coastwise steamers. I have received authority from Director Howard to take into our schools a limited number of high school and ccllege graduates without previous sea service for training, provided I can make arrangements with steamship companies on the Coast to take these men as junior officers for 12 months, after they have completed their school courses. The Pacific Steamship Com pany is to take at least 20 junior of ficers of this class on its ships with the understanding that the salaries of these men. $75 a month, will be paid by the Emergency. Fleet Corporation:. "I have been authorized to accept a limited number of applications of high school and college graduates for train ing in the Portland school. This is an exceptional opportuuity for young men desiring to qualify for officers in the National fleet. The applicants must submit their applications to the United States Inspector of Hulls, as hereto fore, to be passed upon by him. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, April 27. Arrived Steamer Atlas, from San Francisco: barge No. 9:1, from San Francisco; auxiliary schooner Mar garet, from Manila. ASTORIA. Auril 27. Arrived at 6:30 and left up at 10 A. M., barge No. 9:1. from San Francisco. Arrived at 6::(0 A. M. and left up at 1:50 if, M.. steamer Atlas, rrom han Francisco. Arrived at 1 and lett up at d:du A. M., steamer Daisy, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. Sailed at 1 A. M., steamer Daisy Freeman, tor Port land. POINT REYES, April 27. Passed, steam er Hoquiam, from. Portland for ban ran clsco. SAX PEDRO. April 26. Arrived Steam er Rose City, from Portland. ABERDEEN. April 26.-Arrived at 10 A. M.. auxiliary schooner Mount Hood, from Portland. CAVIOTA. April 27. Sailed Steamer W. F. iierrln. for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. Sailed steamers Daisy Freeman, for Portland: D. G. Schofield. for Seattle; President, for Seattle. SEATTLE. April 27. Arrived Steamers Alaska, from Anchorage: Nome City, from cu rranMim: barze .. irora fcan rran- mnlnr. DeDarted Steamers Ravalli, for Southeastern Alaska; Valdez, for An chorage. " TACOMA, April 27. Departed Louise Nilson, Nor. steamer, for toeattle. ASTORIA. Or.. April 27. (Special.) Bringing cargoes of fuel oil for Astoria and Portland the tank steamer Atlas with barge :i In tow. arrived at 6:30 this morning from California. , , The steam schooner Daisy arrived at 3:? this morning from San Francisco and went to- Westport to load lumber. The steam schooner Martha Buehner sailed at 8 o'clock last evening for San Francisco with lumber from Rainier. The steam schooner Trinidad has finished taking on a hold cargo of lumber at the Hammond mil! and will leave tonight for Stella to load piling. The tug Relief, towing the barge Isaac Reed, is due from San Francisco, en route to Westport. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 27. (Special.) The steamship Westboro, a product of the Duthle plant, was officially accepted by the United States Shipping Board, following a successful trial trip this afternoon. She Ih the second delivery from the Duthie plant this month, which ties the record of two deliveries a month made by the Skinner & Eddy, plant. The first Duthie vessel de livered in-April was the Westover, delivered April 14. The .Westover answered all tests, and commenced loading immediately follow ing her trials. Captain C. J. O'Brien is her Kliinnine Board master. The giant Blue Funnel liner Prbtesilaus arrived here tonight from Dodwell & Com pany, and commenced discharging at one of the public docks. She brought 10,000 tons of general Oriental merchandise. The iiner Alaska arrived here today from Anchorage, and Captain Jensen reports the Ice considerably thick in Cook Inlet, which made lighterage work there hazardous and difficult. H. P. Warren, hitherto representative of the Alaskan Engineering Commission In Se attle, has been commissioned a Major In the 55th Regiment of Engineers and will leave for (he East in a tew days to join nis comma.uu. The headquarters of the eighth Shipping Board district today announced that seven steel steamships of an aggregate tonnage of 00,300 tons have been placed in commis sion by Portland and Seattle builders during April. The list included five Seattle ships and two built at Portland. COOS BAY. Or., April 27. (Special.) After making two round voyages to San Francisco, with Captain B. W. Olson, sub stituting as master, the tug Tyee has secured a skipper, C. C. Hansen, of San Francisco, who has been in the coasting service for the oast 26 years. The steam schooner Yellowstone is due tomorrow from San Francisco with a gen eral freight cargo. The gas schooner Tramp is in port, hav ing arrived during the night from Rogue River. Delayed one day. the gas schooner Rustler sailed for Portland this afternoon at 4:30 with a cargo of ship knees. The tug Gleaner made her first appear ance for several weeks in this port this aft ernoon at 4:30, arriving from the Umpqua River, to transport freight to Gardiner. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. April 27. Condition at 5 p. M. Sea, smooth; wind, northwest 14 miles. Tides at Astoria. High. 2:29 A. M .S I Low. feet:40 A. M -fl. foot 3:44 P. JL....6.0 feetioil'J P." il.'.'.." 3.3 .feet SAILORS BONDS Crew of Auxiliary Schooner Margaret Aid Liberty Loan. NAVAL RESERVE MAN LEADS Vessel Arrives Home Copra-Ladcu for Kaola Company, 'With Extra Shipment of Barrels of Cocoa nut Oil for Eastern Firms. Fresh from a voyage from the Far East, some of them having made tho round voyage from Portland on the vessel, while others joined her at Shanghai and proceeded to Manila, sailors aboard the auxiliary schooner Margaret arranged on their arrival yes terday to help In the third liberty loan drive through buying bonds. It all came about through John Wagner, a member of the Margaret's company, who made an impromptu address on deck, urging the men to help Uncle Sam. Having been at sea for a lengthy period several of the men have considerable due them, and the speaker pointed out that they could make no better provision for the fu ture, and at the same time, assist the Government against the Huns, than by investing some of the accumulated wages In the securities. The Margaret arrived home with 21 In the crew, 15 being whites. The others are Chinese, Japanese and one tar from Corea. They will not be landed, but the whites were assembled to be paid off at the Custom-house yesterday afternoon. Crews on steam ers making Coast ports regularly have taken out liberty bonds and individuals following the sea have subscribed, but It is the first case observed here In which seamen returning from foreign lands have been importuned by one of their own number to invest. John Wagner is a member of the United States Naval Reserve, and a full fledged American. The Margaret is berthed at the 'Fifteenth-street municipal terminal, and will begin discharging a cargo of sacked copra there tomorrow. The copra is for the Kaola Company, of Portland, and an extra shipment of barrels of cocoanut oil Is to he for warded to the East. The Margaret is the second vessel of the original fleet of eight auxiliary schooners built by the McEachern Ship Company at As toria. The vessel reached the Colum bia River Wednesday after a voyage of about 51 days from the Philippine harbor, and, on being discharged, will load lumber. BARKEXTIXE BURNS AT SEA Koko Head, Owned at Sun Francisco, Lost but Crew Is Saved. SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. The barkentine Koko Head, bound for Capo Town from Manila, has been burned at sea 180 miles southwest of Java Heads and the crew of 14 landed at Su matra after having been at sea in open boats six days,' according to advices received here today. The Koko Head, 2000 tons, M as owned by Hind, Rolph & Co.. of San Francisco, and was partially Insured for its esti mated value of J200.000. The fire was supposed to have resulted from spon taneous combustion in the cargo of coal. No sailer on the Coast is better known among mariners of the Colum bia River district than the Koko Head, and the first part of the voyage that ended in her doom was begun from the river. She loaded a lumber cargo at Prescott and sailed from there October 1917. getting away from Astoria five days later for Cape Town. She arrived at the South African port February 19 and on discharging her lumber pro ceeded to Manila. The Koko Head was a vessel of 1011 tons, net register, and carried a lumber cargo of 1,400,000 feet. She was rigged as a barkentine an was built at Oakland, Cal in 1802, and was owned when lost by Hind, Rolpli & Co. She had a length of 221 feet, beam of 42 feet and depth of hold of 17 feet. WELLS TO BE FULL SAILER Ship at St. Helens Yard Not to Have Auxiliary Power. One. of the new fleet of wooden ves sels under construction on the river is a full sailer, the J. W. Wells, which the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company has under way. The vessel is laid down along much the same lines as the auxiliary schooner fleet built there, the City of Portland, City of St. Helens and S. I. Allard, being a five-master, except she will have top masts and is to really be a three decker, there being the lower hold between deck and a shelter deck. She is for the Charles R. McCormick Com pany and is the first ordered by them without machinery. The J. W. Wells will be schooner rigged, a regular "fore and after," and will be in the water before Summer is well along. The hull is about .half planked and once she is overboard the finishing touches will be applied in shont order. The company lias two Ferris ships nearing completion for the Government and has contracts for two others. Marine Notes. C. D. Kennedy, in charge in Oregon of the division of operation of the Shipping Board, and having to do with manning and supplying the vessels being finished here. says that the work of his department is rap- Idly smoothing out and preparations am being made to take care of the big fleet of wooden steamers that will bo ready soon. Official insoectlon of the new 8S00-!on steamer Westhampton is to be begun tomor row by united Slates tseamvessel inspectors Edwards and Wynn. Sho was launched Feb ruary t by the Northwest Steel Company ana is being completed at the plant of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works. The river steamers Georgia Burton and Annie Com ings are also to be inspected tomorrow. San Francisco advices are that captain T. J. Magenn, the "Poet of the Pacific." who for years operated out of Portland as mas ter of the steamer Breakwater, has been signed on the liner Rose City, relieving Cap tain Clyde F. Parker, as the latter has been called by the .Navy, in wni he mu.u. mission as Lieutenant-Commander. It was the understanding here that Captain Clausa man, who has been chief officer of the Rose City, would be her master. Chief Engineer Townsend has been drawn by the Navy, also. According to reports from ' Eureka the work of salving machinery from the wrecked steamer Bear, formerly on the Portland California run. is being carried out with hopes that the hull may yet be floated. The boilers have been removed and are being hauled up the beacn, ana wm ue nuiuti in Humboldt Bay, they having '-sen pur chased by Chinese for Installation in a ves sel on the other side. The engine and or'-.er machinery will be taken out. If it proves impracticable to shift the hull, it s said plans are under way to dissect it and save the steel, which is seven-eighths-inch ma terial. Captain J. J. Murray, Chief of Police at Cordova. Alaska, is skipper of the new can nery tender Sheperd Point, launched yester day at Vancouver by the Motorshlp Construc tion Company. He will leave with the ves sel In a few days for Cordova, where she will be operated by the Canoe Pass Packing Company. One man "doing his bit" these days is Captain Andrew Hoben, veteran shipmaster, j and one of the best-known marine su-vey- -ors on the Coast, who is assisting in .'oadlug Government vessels here. The wotk is under the division of operation, of which C, D. Kennedy is the head here, wlia baptaua Jack Spier as port captain.