THE SUXDAT ;" OREQOXIAX, " PORTLAXD.
3IAY
26, 1918.
JOSEPH SUPPLE IS
GUEST AT BANQUET
LAST HOUGH SHIP FLOATS AT GRANT SMITH-PORTER YARD AND
ALL TO FOLLOW WILL BE OF STANDARD FERRIS DESIGN.
SHIPS ARE ASSIGNED
NAVY OFFICER OF HIGH RANK PAYS BRIEF VISIT TO PORTLAND.
i LOYALTY IS PRAISED
Freighter Western Wave Goes
to Luckenbach Company.
President Wilson Sends Con
gratulatory Telegram.
Employes of Supple - Ballin
. .Shipbuilding Plant Honor.
. Veteran Boatbuflder.
WESTERN CITY; STAYS HERE
UNION ACTION UNANIMOUS
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SILVER-CUP IS PRESENTED
Gift-From Associates and Employes
. Testifies to Friendship of Hosts
-..f' for Mr Supple,-Who-Relates -'.-..."
Some of , Experiences.
For the first time in .the 30 years that
he has been engaged .in the. construc
tion of vessels at Portland. Joseph Sup
ple occupied the position last night of
having scores of men tell him what
they, thought , of . him. There was no
mincing of words, either. The, expres
sions 'were straight from the shoulder
' and he found himself defenseless.
But it was not in" heat or passion,
however, hut a carefully laid plot In
the way of a dinner in the crystal room
of the Hotel Benson. It was prepared
in such a way that "Joe" Supple, as he
was called, walked into a trap, and be
fore he emerged he was well dined, pre
sented with "a .silver loving' cup and,
most' appreciated by him, heard of . how
he was held in the affection of men who
had worked for him for years, as well
as newcomers on his staff.
- Handshake Seala Sale.
Theeale of hls'interest in the Supple
BalltnShipbuildlng Corporation recent
ly "threw him out of a Job" for the
nr5t time in 30 years. - They told him
about it last night; charged him with
becoming fastidious now because he
appeared wearing a "boiled" collar and
different garb. .
Everyone was there among the department-heads
and some of the "old
timers" in the ranks. Fred A. Ballin,
president of the . corporation, told of a
trip to New York last year with Mr.
' Supple and of his disregard for "hteh-
collar gear."
Arthur Langguth, vice-president of
the organization, was toastmaster and
he so arranged the programme that all
had their say before the guest of the
evening was allowed to retort. George
C. W. Low, who purchased Mr. Supple's
interest, remarking on his impressions
of Mr. Supple, told how, when he closed
negotiations April 15 he "simply shook
hands on the bargain." On reaching
New Tork and reporting' to his associ
ate, Mr. Low says he was asked how
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caijjy on. the transaction and that his
associate expressed surprise when in-
on ,a bargain involving hundreds of
thousands of. dollars.
"... Silver Cap Presented. -
There was music by the Supple-Bal-lln
string quartet and then there ar
rived a diminutive ship, propelled by
one of the-"boys," and it berthed on
the speakers' table, having as its cargo
the, silver cup, -which "was raised amid
ships on an ebony base. "From Asso
ciates and Employes of the Siraple-Bal-liu
Shipbuilding Corporation, May,
191S," read an inscription thereon. They
told-him Us intrinsic value was nil as
compared with the feeling, good will
and well wishes that accompanied it.
O. C. Griffith, paymaster at the plant,
told it all in the following:, also by
himself: ' .
Here's to you, Mr. Supple.
. . Always steadfast .and true;
Tho' you've severed your ties.
The shipyard guys -
Will always . remember you.
- Mr. Supple, when allowed to talk,
said his first place in Portland was
working "for Al Young, now foreman
Tigger at the yard, and his reminiscen
ces brought laughs at times, then again
Almost soberly he narrated his tireless
climb with a plant that at last landed
him in the class of big shipbuilders
and he was able to lend a hand in the
war work of Uncle Sam.
KEW BUILDINGS ARE . PLANNED
-
Administration, Structure to Be Built
at Smith-Porter Plant.
Additions provided for at the Grant
8mith-Portr Ship Company's St. Johns
plant include the erection of a new ad
ministration, building on the north line
of he tract, the present headquarters
alongside the main gate being given
over to varied purposes.
The new. building will.-be two stories
and cover ground space 90 feet long
and 40 feet wide. Most of the space
will be utilized for the office and hos
pital, while a special building for the
timekeepers, 60 feet long apd 10 feet
wide, will be provided. The recreation
building under way is located toward
the river from the new headquarters
and the entrance to that part of the
plant will be on Fessenden street.
The company has a complete fitting
out dock in full - swing with, the .12
Hough ships lying there "being pre-
! pared for service, while .the comple
tion of the open dock, at the Pittsburg -street
terminal- affords more facilities
for handling. machinery and other ship
ments arriving for the vessels.
: . The dock commission has finished a
spur track that extends' from the O-W.
R. & N., on a direct line to the edge of
, the Pittsburg-street dock, so either
cars or locomotive cranes can be oper
ated so as to be alongside steamers
. berthed there. A draw spanrhas been
provided across the track, which is
sunken so the platform is on a level
witn the car floors. t
JOHN" KIERNAN NEARLY READY
Future ( Service .of ' New .Vessel' Not
. Determined by Her Owners. :
Steam is to be gotten up on the new
wooden steam schooner John Kiernan
this-week and as the vessel is admitted
generally to be a leader of her type on
the Coast, many are interested in her
prospective performance under, wav.
The steamer, has been sought by several
or late and, even as tar as New York
buyers -have been interested, in addi
". tion to which attractive offers to char
ter the ship have been made. The own
ers have-not determined -hat will be
one with her.
The John Kiernan was built by the
.Kiernan & Kerr Shipbuilding Company,
ana was launcnea r eoruary lz andlh
, worn oi lining ner out nas been car
ried on without haite. There are no
others of the design under construction
in me Oregon district, though It is ba
Jieved by vessel owners and lumber
men, that large steam schooners will be
popular after the war.
REPAIR PLANT WILL REMAIN
Government Objects to-Moving Todd
Outfit to" Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., May 25. (Special.)
The -repair plant of the Todd Con
Etruction & Irydock Company will not
be moved to Tacom because the Gov
operated in conjunction with thoBe
where Government work is being done.
This announcement was made by W.
H. Todd, president of the company.'
"We will have 6000 workers in our
Tacorua plant as soon as adequate
housipg and transportation facilities
can be furnished." said Mr. Todd. "We
wll at least double and perhaps treble
the number of our workers here as
soon as we have facilities for handling
them. We want real homes for our
men, for a real home means much to
a workingman. The Todd shipyard is
going to be expanded, until we have
eight or ten ways and on every one
of them' there will be a steel ship for
the-Government." . - -
W. E. Guerin, representative of the
United States Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, has gone to Washington, D.
C. to urge an appropriation of $1,400,
000 for building homes for Tacoma
shipyard workers.
SAW MAS
Chief Yeoman Gibbons Slay Get Into
Iiine for Commission.
Chief Yeoman William E. Gibbons,
U. S. N-, who has been on duty -here
for . the past year and now attached
to the intelligence, and boarding detail
on duty at- the .Custom-house, has been
selected, with others from the North
west, to be sent to an ensigns' school
at Chicago. He leaves ror there to
morrow, going by way of Bremerton
to Join a party of chief petty officers
being assembled.
The understanding is. the men will
be given strict training there for two
months and then sent to cruise on the
Great Lakes, where they will be af
forded opportunity of finishing , courses
in navigation. Those who pass .exam
inations at the end . of th training
period are to be commissioned as en
signs. . . ,
WOMEN' DECKHANDS ARE OUT
Handling of Freight Found ' Too
. Hard by Gentler Sex."
HOOD -RIVER, Or., May - 25. (Spe-
cial. Jack Bagley, local agent for the
People's Navigation Company, says
that the women deckhands, employed
on the steamer Tahoma for the trans
fer of freight, found the work' too
hard for them, and lasted but one trip.
"I understand, however," - says Mr.
Bagley, "that other, women are ashling
for an' opportunity ' to make good as
freight-handlers."
TO FILL IN
HEXICA.V STEAMER . WILL MAKE
RUN TO PORTLAND.'
Commandeering of Beaver Leaves Gap'
in Service. Between San Fran
o V Cisco and This Port.
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Korrigan HI is the name of a Mexi
can ' steamer chartered by the San
Francisco & Portland Steamship Com
pany to make a special trip to Portland-
with cargo from San Francisco,
leaving there Tuesday. The vessel will
take on 900 tons for the return voyage.
So far as Is known she has no passenger
accommodations.
G. K. Egan. general agent at Port
land for the line, received word yes
terday from G. I Blair, general mana
ger, whose headquarters are at . San
Franeisco. The company is short a
vessel since the liner Beaver was com
mandeered ' and turned over to the
Navy, and efforts have been made-to
obtain tonnage that could be operated
temporarily. The understanding has
been that the wooden steamer asco,
being completed by the Grant Smith
Porter Ship Company, and which will
be ready this weelc. would be ueed on
the Portland -an Francisco-Los Ange
les route to help out in freight.
The -Wasco makes one trip to Britisn
Columbia for coal and after that voy
age may be turned over to the steam
ship company, though no information
has come from Mr. Blair as to the ac
ceptance of the vessel.
The Rose City is depended on now
by the officials to handle paesengers.
She Is running on a 10-day schedule at
present and hopes have been enter
tained that another of Her type, wnicn
the Government might not regard large
enough for transport' purposes, could
be engaged to continue the service on
a five-day. schedule.
It is said the Ivorngan III was se
cured only after special permission for
her to operate between two American
ports. ' The Kerrigan III Is also in that
fleet, and they have Been running in
the -South,. Santa Rosalia. being, their
home port. The Korrigan III Is 33a
tons net register, having a length of
194.6 feet, beam of 31 feet and depth of
hold of 20 feet. he was. built at
Nantes in 1912. , . .
FOURTH HELL IS COMPLETED
Launching at North Bend Is at High
' ' . ' Tide at - A. M. x
" NORTH BEND, Or, May 25. (S-pe
cial.) The- Ballad in, the fourth hull
constructed by the Kruse & Banks
Shipbuilding Company, of this city, for
the Emergency Fleet Corporation will
be launched at high tide at 2 o'clock
tomorrow, morning. The -.vessel Is of
the- official Hough type and similar in
sixe and construction to the North
Bend.-Quidnac and Kickapoo, the three
vessels previously launched.
The breaking of a bottle of cham
pagne over the bow as it glides Into the
water' will- be1 the only ceremony at
tendant on the launching.' As the com
pany has assurance of additional con
tracts from the Shipping Board,' the
keel for another" vessel will be laid
immediately.
'
River Ealling Slowly.
-Between. 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and 6 o'clock last night the Wil
lamette River fell two-tenths of a foot
at Portland, the gauge showing 12.J
feet above zero. The .river is to con
tinue to fall, for a few days. The of
ficial Teadings yesterday morning
alt points were as-follaws:-.
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tstper Hall of Wankam, Launched Yes
terday. Insert Mrm. Charles Goodmen,
Sponsor. i
NEW SHIP LAUNCHED
Wankam Enters River Under
Auspicious Circumstances.
CRAFT TWELFTH OF TYPE
Steamer Wasco Is Ready for Dock
Trial Boats of Ballin Type Will
Be Laid Down in Grant Smitli
- Porter Company's Yards. .
Unanimous ' action of the " Portland
Metal TradesCouncjl, representing 17
union 'organizations! in : shipyards,
in offering to-give up their-half .holi
days each-Saturday during June, July
and August, and work for straight time
pay,' though allowed double time by
the Macey Adjustment "Commission,
drew a congratulatory . telegram from
president .'Wilson yesterday.
Portland shlpworkers and organized
labor,-bodies have the " distinction1 of
having led the entire United States in
going to the support of the Govern
roent in that -way. It means thousands
of tons of more ships If it is followed
throughout the-country, which is ex
pected to be theicsae.
As the by-laws of the unions provide
that such action must be submitted to
a referendum vote of tha members, that
is being crone through now. but It Is
only a formality in this rase.
"There are between 14,000 and 15,000
men In the shipyards here holding
memberships in organizations affiliated
under the Portland Metal Trades Coun
cil, and one only has to learn how a
few unions cast their ballots to under
stand how the men regard the matter
said Mr. Bourne. "They, have shown
In all drives, whether for bonds. Red
Cross or the maintenance of huts for
the troops by different societies, how
the! organized shipworkeds ' stand, and
the expressed rpreciatiou of Presi
dent Wilson is full compensation for
the step faken." '
The weekly half holidays was made
a feature of -the Macey Commission's
findings and It was felt that men were
entitled to the "lay off" during the
heated term, after being in the harness
five and a half days. It was provided
in the wage agreement that if the men
were to work Saturday afternoons
during those months double time' was
to be paid the shipbuilders. As, the
matter now stands it means the men
will earn the same Saturday as Mondav
or any day otner than holidays. .
GAPTAII1 GAPLES BURIED
MA SOX S -CODCCT - FX'XERAL
OF
COLUMBIA RIVER PILOT.
Members . ( I'llota-. Association Act
a-Pallbearers) "Family Lose
"Identified 'WItVRlvVr.
WOODLAND, Wash., May 24. (Spe
cial.) One of. the largest funerals ever
held at the Masonic Cemetery . at St.
Helens, Or .was. that of Captain Ralph
ti. - capies, who died . in Portland on
May 21 -and was buried beside his
mother yesterday. Six members of the
Pilots' Association acted as pallbearers.
Captain Caples was 44 years- of age
and had been in service -on Columbia
and ' Lewis-. River .steamers for about
25 years. . '
His father, who is now 84 years of
age, and lives on Aha Columbia three
miles west of Woodland on his large
dairy farm, came -to Columbia City. Just
acrossthe"river from his present home,
71 years ago," and since that time has
been a resident of this vicinity. He is
a Mason of high, degree.. . . J '.
The family from' father to sons have
been in the dairying -and steamboat
service," and 'all' are largely known and
popular' with rivermen.
. In addition to the father, there sur
vive Captain .Caples,. Harry H. Caples.
of Portland: Hugh and Arthur -Caples,
of Woodland, both of the latter en
gaged in dairying and the former in
the steamboat- business. "
Many beautiful floral -offerings were
sent, among whijh was a magnificent
piece from the -Columbia River Pilots'
Association, of which he was a member.
" Grays Harbor Yards (o Close."
ABERDEEN. Wash.t May 25. (Spe
cial,) Shipyards .will be closed all day
Thursday"" In observance of Memorial
day. while camps . and mills will be
closed either all day or half a day, to
be determined later by the. manage
ments. . s .
Tides at Astoria Sandar.
- Hich. v'JOW-
1:59. A. M .l feet':4 AM - foot
2;54 i".ii. 7.0 feel, S. 30 P.iL 3.4 feet
Matson Navigation Company Will
Get Steamship Point Lobos and
Western Chler to Be Turned
Over to Navy Department.
To the Luckenbach Steamship Com
pany, formerly in the San Francisco
New York trade and now using its
vessels in the. Atlantic, will be assigned
the new 8800-ton freighter Western
Wave", which is to 'shift from the dock
of the Willamette. Iron tc Steel Works
tomorrow to take on ballast cargo,
starting on her trial trip Wednesday.
The hull was built by the Northwest
Steel Company. -
To the Pacific Steamship Company,
operating between Puget Sound and
California ports, also between Puget
Sound and A4aska, while a service has
been maintained to the Orient as well,
will be assigned the steamer Western
City, which is to be ready for trial
Thursday. She Is a product of the Co
lumbia River Shipbuilding Corporation.
To the Matson Navigation Company,
maintaining a service between San
Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands,
will be given the 3800-ton steamer
Point Lobos, expected to be ready next
week. The same company has the
Point Loma and Point Arena, 3300-ton
ships, which were built here.'tho Albina
Engine & Machine Works turning out
all of them. . ,
Weatera Chief Goes to Navy.
To the United States Navy will go the
8800-ton freighter Western Chief, due
to be finished June 20. She will be
the second of the Portland-built fleet
tkgo into the regular service, the first
having been the West Indian. "The
vessel was built at the Northwest
yard and is finishing at the Willamette.
Such are the - latest assignments . of
new ships in this district as made by
the Shipping, Board, through the. divi
sion of operation of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. The Luckenbach
Steamship Company, has lost some, of
Its best - vessels- through the German
submarine campaign and. as. a result of
that, the corporation has entered on an
extensive building campaign to replace
the tonnage, at the same time increas
ing its fleet above what' it was before
the war activities. In all. contracts
have been awarded for ten carriers,
each of 13,000 tons deadweight - and
capable of making 15 knots. Three of
them are in service, while four others
have been launched and the remaining
three are to be hurried. -.
Of course,' as finished the - vessels
have been commandeered by the Ship
ping Board, but the 'understanding is
that they will , revert to the original
owners after the war. , -
Tossage Takes Is Item-laced.
It is in return for tonnage taken that
the - Western Wave Is to .go under
the Luckenbach flag, and probably
more of that class the Government is
constructing will be chartered to tht
company.
It Is not known here why the Pacific
Steamship Company is given tonnage.
unless that the fJoVernment contem
plates taking over The steamers Presi
dent and Governor, on the Puget Sound-
California route, the same as. the
steamer Beaver wars taken from" the
f ortiana-'caiiiornia service r rlday.
There is a growing conviction among
mariners and some Government OTfi
cials that few. : if any, ships will be
operated by the Shipping Board direct
in the future, it being expected . thai
most of them will be either given over
to the Navy for transportation of sup
plies and munitions, or chartered to
corporations to handle. One argument
advanced in support of that besides the
fact some of the . ships- are being so
disposed of now, ' is economy in. not
having to maintain a large operating
aepartment. - -
YARD TO BE EXPANDED
COLTJMBIA RIVER CORPORATION
GETS MORE CONTRACTS.
Deals Closed for 14 More SSOO-Toa
Carriers Necessitate Bslldlsg
f More Wars. -
Contracts for vessels on. which hinged
the expansion programme of the Co
lumbia River .Shipbuilding Corporation
have been closed- with the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. 14 carriers of the
8800-ton class being ordered. That
paves the way for adding two more
building berths, so there will be five
ways instead oc tnree-at the plant.
More contracts also are being nego
tiated by the Northwest Stoel Com
pany, which is to establish -a second
plant south of the present yards. The
Emergency - Fleet - Corporation has
asked for maximum co-operation of
shipbuilders who have successfully
turned out Government vessels, so that
not only the full output Of existing
yards may be depended on. but also an
increase in output, where-- possible
under the same management.
Alfred Smith, president of the Co
lumbia River Shipbuilding Corporation,
has been in Washington and vicinity
since early in April and it was known
that he was arranging for more -business.
The Northwest Steel Company
closed for eight .of the same type sev
eral weeks ago. The latter is unable
to expand its present plant, where
four ways are maintained, so the sec
ond yard was .determined-on. ,
The Northwest nas launched 11
steamers since March. 1917, and has
double that number yet to float. The
Columbia has launched six ships and
has about 26 yet to tucn out. At pres
ent the force is engaged on four of the
Isherwood type, the only ones of that
kind contracted for at" Portland yards.
- O. S. Line Builds Clubhouse.
TACOMA, Wash., May 25. (Cpecial.)
Officers on Osaka Staoeea Kalsh
liners will have a clubhouse in Tacoma
where they may spend their recreation
periods while in port. The company
has started -work on the club at-the
south end of the Milwankee dock,
where the O. S. K. liners load and dis
charge. The contemplated cost of the
building Is (3094. Captain K. Okuda,
in charge of the undertaking, said that
it would give the officers a place for
amusement and rooms- where" they
might entertain their friends.
"Soldiers to Take River Trlpf
Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks have
iolned the excursion thror-g -to -the -ex
tent of chartering the tteamer Joseph
Kellogg for three trips in June, all for
Multnomah rails. The Firth Provl
sional Squadron will be aboard the ves
sel, with! their friends, June 9: the
40c th' Squadron June IS,' and the Fourth
Divisional Squadron June 23. The"Al
blna Engine & Machine Works wl!
have the steamer June 3 for an excur
Bion -to -St-Helens. . i .
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REAR-ADMIRAL
One of the big tasks of Re-r-Admir
Friday night and yesterday, is that of
turned over by Pacific Coast plants to
Coonts was -under constraint in referring to this matter.. He stated that only
zau men are now being obtained each
activities of four recruiting partles."'He
gon will reach Portland May 31.
The admiral, who is outranked 'in
few men, was the guest 'yesterday of
local Navy, recruiting officials he - was.
The pressure of work' at his headquar ters,'ln Bremerton,.Wash.. made it nec
essary that he leave for-thera-over th e Great Northern yesterday afternoon
at i o clock.
FREE Slit OFFERED
Portland Determined to. Urge
Recognition of Advantages. ,
STONE-SHIPS CAN BE BUILT
Telegram Sent Last Nlglit to Oregon
CongressHonal Delegation "Setting
Forth Superior - Kacllillcs Af
forded for Work Here.
News from Washington of . the selec-
tion of sites for five concrete ship
yards the Government -wil!--establish.
naming - Wilmington. N." C.I Jackson-
Tiille. Fla.: Mobile. Ala.; San Francisco
and San Dtjego. Cal.. has not deterred
Portland from persistent efforts -to oo
tam recognition of Its advantages.
and at least.' consideration of the re
port to be made by I. vv . Hubbard.
one of three experts sent West by the
Shipping Board, who conducted a bear
ing at the Chamber or Commerce on
Wednesday night and left for Wash
ington Thursday morning.
Portland has tendered the Shipping
Board a free site for such a ' plant.
and the following telegram was sent
last night to the Oregon ' -Congressional
. delegation: .,-
Superior ASVaotaa-es Here.
"Press reports tonight say experts
sent to investigate Pacific Coast con
crete shipbuilding opportunities rec
ommend In favor of two sites In Cali
fornia, .none In the Northwest. - Hub
bard, who Investigated the Columbia
River on his way to Washington, will
report on Columbia River, so our case
cannot have been -fully or. fairly .con
sidered by all the experts employed in
investigation" An exhaustive presenta
tion was made to Hubbard, proving to
our minds tne superior advantages
here, including basalt scoria within
city limits needed for linht aggregate.
the best sand of the country, equal
quality and price of cement, best hous
ing of labor and living conditions, as
well as of working climate for con
crete construction and enormous quan
tities of side-cut lumber for which
mills are in sore' need of market. We
have largest housing1 possibilities . at
best rates, i Use full influence to pre
vent decision before all facts are re-
reported and then insist upon fair rec
ognition of the advantages of tnis ais
trlct. Persistent rumor has circulated
for . some, time that two- plantswe.re
chosen for California prior to the in
vestlgatlon and accumulating facts in
dlcate such may be the case. Free site
offered at Portland.". - .
"" Engineers Give Habbsrd Facts.'
" . Engineers of the city, -concrete -ex
perts and othera concerned in the pros
pects of -utilizing -Oregon -material for
such purposes, . met-with Mr. Hubbard
nH went tnorougbiv into tne matter.
During the day he had been escorted
through the Portland district, .being
shown sites at Vancouver, "on ;S'vrth
Portland harbor, at Linnton and in the
main harbor. He was told of the im
portance of building concrete ships in
fresh water harbor, it being admitted
that the "cure ' for -concrete Is pb
talned in ' fresh "water" rather 'than " in
salt water. The presence of a large
deposit of basalt scoria at Mount Tabor,
which is owned '.by. the. city,' is another
matter prominently urged and a num
ber of samples were 'sent by-express to
Washington for 'laboratory -tests..' There
is' other material..hat can be. used .with
cement for the work.which can be. fur
nished from deposits in. the state. .Co
lumbia River sand was shown, to be
among the best in the-country, while if
gravel is wanted an unumitea quantity
Is available .In the river. ; . . ,
c-. CUsaate Easeelally Favorable.
' -But 410 greater-stress .was. placed .on
materials than on the climate of Port
land and Oregon as favorable tot the
setting of concrete. , It was -pointed
out that In warm sections concrete
must be kept moist by -spraying. In
order to" obtain-the best-results, while
here the same success could be de
oendea- on all the year.
One report received unofficially in
advance ef the coming of 'Mr. Hubbard
was that .Portland has been regarded
in the Kaat as experiencing some of "the
same Winter conditions u'.New Tork.
There has been an appropriation of
50. 000.000 made, for the five concrete
plants ind it ia-not known, if xuuve
It. K. COONTZ.
al R. E. Coontz. who visited in Portland
obtaining sailors to man the vessels
the Government. Obviouslv Admiral
week for the Naval Reserv. :. through
announced that the party now in Ore
'
the' American Navy bv comparatively
S. Benson.' With' a party of friends and
taken- over the Columl '.a Hisrhway.
will be provided. Private Interests are
willing' to go. into .concrete ship con
struction the same as at San Fran
cisco, -where the first steamer, the
Faith, was laid down, but one draw
back Is obtaining .permission from the
Government. . ...
MOl".r ' SHASTA
OX . DRYBOCK
Ship, Owned In New York Gets Fin
ishing Touches Before Loading.
To have new propellers shipped and
the - hull painted below the water line,
the motorship' Mount Shasta, which was
built 'for'the- New; York firm of Gaston.
Williams 1 & Wigmore by the Supple
Ballin force. Is on the St. Johns dry-
dock. She. is a sister ship to the Mount
Hood. now. on the lower river loading
lumber -cargo .for -the West Coast.
The Government- tug George H. Men-
dell has-been floated from the dry dock
after, having had a few planks replaced
In .the hull and tire deck caulked. . She
is undergoing machinery overhauling
as well, and -will -be-ready for -servlce
shortly.
' Foundation Launches Today.
Captains Beauchamp is the name of
the seventh hull ready at tbe plant of
the Foundation Company and which is
to be launched at noon today. She is
for the French government and there
are 13 others yet' fo be sent 'down
the ways. The firsffahip floated, the
Commandant Rolsin,- will be sent on her
trial trip In a few days.
. U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(All location, are at S P. M. jresterdsLy twins
otnerwtoe staler.
ATLAS, from - ban Pedro, for Portland.
S3 miles south of Columbia River lightship.
WILLAMETTE, from San Krsnclseo. lor
Seattle, 300 miles north of San Francisco.
FAITH. SM miles north or San Francisco.
EI 6ElN"DO. towlna barge S3. from
Portland. Jor Saa Francisco. iTJ- miies north
of Richmond.
PRESIDENT, Sn Francisco for Seattle. S3
miles north of San Francisco.
QUEEN," San Francisco for Wilmlnctoa,
101 miles south of San Franclaco.
CEL.110. San Francisco for Everett, 10
Ilea north of San Francisco.
BARGE 91. in tow of Standard No. 2. El
Serundo for Richmond. 70 miles south of
Richmond.
GOVERNOR. Seattle for 'San ' Francisco.
off Cane Blanco.
MULTNOMAH, Bellincham for San Fran
cisco, off Caps Blanco.
RAINIER. Seattle for San Francisco. 333
mtlea from San Francisco.
ERNEST H. MEYERS. Columbia River for
San Pedro. , 42. miles . south of Columbia
River. '
ADMIRAL SCH7L.ET.' San Francisco ' tor
Seattle. 312 miles from - Seattle.
ALAMEDA: for AncHorace. off Chorach
Islands. 8 P. M. 24th.
ADMIRAL WATSON, -anchored at .K
nek. CURACAO. Herenden Bar for Ketchikan.
T40 miles from -Ketchikan. - P. M., May 24.
REDWOOD, northbound,- off . Cape , St.
Ellas, 8 P. , M-, May 24.
. W. ,. PORTER, Gavlota.for Everett, 252
miles from Gavlota.
ARGYLL, Oleum , for , Seattle. -780- ml!'
from Seattle... ' - . - .- . v .
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. May -25. Arrived, schooner
Monterey. .In tow. tur Navlicator. f im Gavl
ota; sailed, steamer Ernest H. Meyer, for
San Francisco. .
. ASTORIA. May 25. Arrived at :45 and
left up at 11 A. M... siooner Monterey, In
tow tug Kavlsator. from Gavlota; arrived at
11 last nieht. steamer Halco. from San
Pedro: sailed at 7:40, A. M-. steamer Bee. for
San Pedro; arrived at 8 and left up at 4:1$
P. M.. ateamer J. A. Chanaior. from Gavlota.
EVERETT. Ma -US. Arrived Steamer
Wahkeena. from Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 24. Arrived.
Steamer" Argyll. . f pom Portland; sailed at 4
P. M.. steamer ' Daisy Putnam, for Colum
bia River: arrived at 7 P. M.. steamer
Beaver, from Portland: arrived at 7 P. M.,
steamer ftose City, from San Pedro, for
Portland. ,
"ASTORIA." May 24. Sailed at :80 P." M..
steamer El. See-undo, towlnc barre No. 93.
for. San Francisco: . smiled at .6:30. P. M..
steamer Johan Poulsen. for San Francisco;
a.t 10 P. M.. steamer Shasta, for San Pedro.
'SAN. PEDRO. 'May'24. Sailed Steamer
Santiem. for Columbia -Rler.
-SAN- FRANCISCO. - May .23. Arrived
Steamers 'J.-A.- Moffatt. from, Vancouver;
Lyman Stewart, .from Seattle : Pasadena,
from -Albion.' Called Steamers . Acme, -for
Bandon; Prsidnt.-for Seattle. 1 v
'SEATTLE. . May . -i- Arrived Steamers
Fred f Baxter., frbm San Pedro; Uoqulara.
from San. Francisco. '
' TACOMA. May -."!. Arrived Quadra.
Brr.lhsteamer.'fr5m"Brl!!sh Columbia. De
parted Quadra, for British Columbia.
F. I. Rrftherrord Paroled.
F. D. Rutherford.-a former Portland
attorney, -ple-aded guilty" before Presid
ing Judge Kavanaugh to an 'ndictment
cbarKlng-him. with larceny by bailee.
He was sentenced to irom one to five
yeara.in the penitentiary and -then
given a parole. He admitted swindling-
O.- P.- Incklnson. aged 70, out
of 2100. which the latter had en
trusted to him. He atrred to pay Dick
Inson the IMOO at T0 a month as con-
ditiou-of iuparole,
Portland Organised Labor Has I)i
" tlnction of .Having '. Led Entire
Vnited States in Going to the
Support of 'Government.
PRESIDET ((IMMEM FA
. THIOT1SM.
F. L. Bourne. President Tort
land Metal Trades Council:
May 1 not say how sincerely I
admire and applaud the patriotic
action taken by the Metal Trades '
Council of Portland with rejrard
to half holidays? It sets up a.
hiKh and admirable standard of
patriotism. Please convey my
best wishes to the metal trades
men .of Portland..
WOODROW WILSON.
The Wankam, last of 12 wooden hulls
of the Hough design which the Grant
Sn"th-Porter Ship Company contracted
to build for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, left the ways at 4 T. M.
o'clock yesterday and It was about that
time that last taps were attended to
in the engine-room of the "Wasco, th
first floated there, so that her dock
trial can be begun today.
Mrs. Charles Goodmen. whose hus
band is foreman of the four ways on
the north side of the yard, via selected
to officiate at the christening cere
mony, and had the sponsor taken the
leading part of all of the 12 luunchinps
she could not have executed her trust
more admirably.
Other Ships "Near Completion.
There are others of the fleet well
along besides the Wasco, and the only
drawback on fitting them out rapidly
may ' be delays in the arrival of ma
chinery parts. By Wednesday the
Wasco should be ready for her official
trial trip and her maiden voyage will
be to Nanalmo for a cargo of coal,
which is to be discharged into bunkers
of the Port of Astoria, reserved there
for lh. Kr,lmriF,o- re .amer of th.
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
The Grant Smith-Porter intereats
are now working . on Ferris shipH.
There will be the first of that lot off
the ways before long, and the next type
to be laid down will be the Ballin
ships, which the Emergency Fleet
Corporation has adopted.
Company Seta High Mark.
In floating 12 hulls since the IVasco
took the water, February 17, the com
pany has set a high mark for the
wooden shipbuilders of the United
States. No yard In the country is in
the same column with the Portland or
ganization, and with that record, alao
one for building and launching a null
In B0 days, it is felt that it will be a
lengthy period before official Wash
ington can slip up the name of an
other plant on the board, at the top aif
which is the name, "Grant Smith
Porter Ship Company, Portland, Ore
gon." 'Pacific Coast Shipping "Xolea.
itohii nr. May 25. (special. With
a cargo of lumber from St- Helens and West
port, the steam schooner Ernest H. Meyers
sailed at 1 :30 this afternoon for San Pearo.
The, tut Navljator, witn tne. ou-noru
bars. Monterey lu tow. arrived at inia
morning from California, en routa to Port
land. .
Tha st'am schooner Tiverton lutiiea si . .- w
this evening for San Pedro T.lthi lumtx-r
from Wet port.
Brlnstug fuel oil for Portland, the tank
steamer. J. A. Chanaior arnvea at J tout
afternoon nrom California.
The steam schooner Ha:co arnveo si
o'cloek last nlltht from San Pedro and went
to the Hammond mill to load lumuer.
Carrying a full cargo of lumbr from West
port, the steam schooner- Johan Pou'.su
sailed for Ran Francieco at 6:45 last nifiht.
Laden with lumber from ilalnler. the
staam schooner Shasta sailed at 10 o'clock
last nlltht for San Pedro.
Headed for San Pedro, the steam schooner
B-e sailed at 7:30 this morning with a
cargo of lumber from St. Helena.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 25. (Special.
Tho ateamer Raymond cleared for San Fran
cisco at noon today from tha Hulbert mill.
The steamers Chehslls and Carlos are dua
tomorrow from California porta, Tha Che
halis Is bringing a large carga of general
merchandise
COOS BAT. Or.. May 25. (Special.! Tha
tug Defiance sailed this afternoon at 1:10.
lowing the Government vessel Kickapoo. en
route to San Francisco with a cargo of lum
ber. falling this afternoon -with lumber from
the Bay Park sawmill, the. ateam schooner
O. C. Llndauer passed to. sea for San Fran
cisco at 1:1S.
Tho steam schooner Tellowetone. which
had been in port tour days loading lumbar
at tha North Bend mill, sailed for San Fran
cisco this afternoon at 1:45.
Tbe lighthouse tender Rose entered port
laat night at 10 o'clock and Balled at 12-.1S
this afternoon. without calling at tha
Arago lighthouse.
- The tug Daniel Kern Is due to sail early
Sunday afternoon with barge S: carry! ne;
lumber to San Francisco-.from the Smith
mills.
Barracks are being constructed at the Coos
Bay Shipbuilding Company yard for soldier
guards who are being forwarded here from
the Presidio, to augment safeguarding tha
yard. Twelve civilians are now guarding
the induatry.
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., May 23. (Spe
cial.) The Danish steamer Rhodesia ar
rived from Manila via Mojl today and after
discharging 54 bag-a of mall ateamed over
to Oakland to discharge. The Rhodesia la
one of tha biggest vessels to shift to tha
other aide of tbe bay for some time. It
wss reported that the steamer brought sev
eral nurses signed on as stewardesses who
eould not obtain passage to this Coast by
any other method.
Farnham P. Griffiths, section chief ef
district o. recruiting aeetlon of the Shipping
Board, which covers Northern and South
ern California. In addition to the Iocs!
district, has resigned his position and will
be succeeded June 1 by Capliiin Charles W.
Saunders. Saunders Is Port Captain of the
Mataen Navigation Company and Is keenly
interested In the creation of new material
for the merchant marine. Saunders will
alao have charge of the Government navi
gation schools here at Los Angeles and
San Diego and the marine engineering
course being taught at Berkeley.
W. Leslie. Comyn. president of the Fan
Francisco Shipbuilding Company, returned
from Seattle today and announced that
after meeting with Premier Hughes, of the
Australian Commonwealth. arrangements
had been made to send one of the concrete
engineers to 6ydney to Investigate the pos
sibilities of concrete ship construction In
Australia. The engineer will obtain ail In
formation regarding materials from which
the ships can be built and if this prove
satisfactory It is believed tbe Australian
government will enter into a programme of
concrete ship construction.
The new steamer Silverado, recently built
at Long Beach, which sailed for Honolulu
for the Matson line Friday night, was re
ported In distress with staerlnr aear broken
abont SO miles southwest of tbe Farallones
thla morning at 3 o'clock. A tug was sent
V
to the rescue. '
. Big Blast to Be Set-Off Monday.
SALEM". Or., - May -23-. Spec!aL) A
blast which it is expected will move
S000 cubic yards of rock and which will
consume 15. "00 pounds of black pow
der, will be touched off next Monday on
the Columbia River Highway In Co
lumbia County, about two miles east
of Inglis, on-the state highway -work
there. ' ; " : -