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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 9, 1918. FIRST GOVERNMENT WOODEN SHIP SAILS IJEW DOCK PLANNED of them wre carried aihor. The St. Nicho las waa delayed by the Ice, but was tn no dancer at any time. After dlscharsinr fuel oil In Portland, the tank steamer Argyll sailed at 6 o'clock this evanlns for California. COOS BAT. Or.. June S. fSpeclal.) Tha TOTS PROVIDED FOR GROUP OF MEN IDENTIFIED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF STEAMER WASCO WHICH WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY. rasollne schooner Rustler sailed for Port land thla mornlnc at 11:30, carrying a cargo of scrap iron. Plant to Have Lifiting Capac ity of 12,000 Tons. Women at Shipyard Adopt 20 French War Orphans. TG i j l & f J " 2 - - - -I i I II ' :1i;qf The fishing boat Traveler put to sea today at 0 o'clock and m-111 visit Kogua River b fora returning to port. According to rumors current today a move ment Is on among mill companies and log ging concerns to extend the working day to 10 hours to meet Government appeal fr mora ships and aeroplane timbers. No def inite announcement was made, but the gen eral line of work la expected to be added to by a 25 per cent extension. Shipyards are not named In the Industries that are to put mora force Into effect. STEEL IS RUSHED WEST Wasco's Departure Marks the Setting of Another "First" PORT DRYDOCK INADEQUATE TAG-DAY SALE NETS $2000 STEAMER MOVES OFF WELL Engines Work Finely and Speed Re quirement Is Exceeded Large ty of Guests Make Down the Hirer. ' Now, Its "Oregon First" on sea and Jnr.d, for when the Grant Smith-Porter Company steamer Wasco left Portland for the sea last nigrht she was the first wooden steamer ordered by the Emer gency Fleet Corporation to get into etrvice. Yards in every part of the Vnited States were striving for the honor and tne glory which is .Oregon's marks it as one of the greatest achievements In war work. The Wasco was one of the first "keels laid by the big yard at St. Johns, and was officially designated at that place as hull- number 250. Work actually began on her in October of last year. She was launched on February 17, not the first wooden hull to take to water, tut that very nearly Even as the invited guests of the builders began arriving at the yard at St. Johns yesterday morning to wit ness her departure, men were still putting on the final touches, storing away supplies, or adding this and that. Electricians ' and other mechanics could be seen working away and yet when she steamed away from the dock gshe was a completed vessel, every de tail in strictest accord with the de mands of the sea. Shouts Given In Sendolf. Her first passengers were hardly on board when a great shout from the dock indicated that the first vessel ever built by wooden ship builders for the Vnited States Government was on Its first journey. The crowd on board joined in the shout and a dozen hoarse throated whistles on other ships and plants nearby added to the din. On shore among the workers who had hurried her to this gala day was many a wistful face, envious of the 30 or more men from the plant of the builders who were to accompany the Wasco down the river and possibly on her first trip to the open sea. The men on board were both placing stores and acting as temporary crews, as she had not been completely manned by the Government. Her first trip down the river showed that she would easily surpass the 10 knots specified by the Government. She made 12 and according to her master was not nearly utilizing the full driv ing force of her engines. The most commented feature was the ease with which the two triple ex pansion reciprocating engines drove her down the river, there being no vi bration noticeable anywhere on the decks or even in the hold over the pro peller shafts. She cleared her position at the docks easily and gracefully, and answering quickly each turn of the wheel bend after bend in the river was quickly passed until the lower end of Sau vies Island was left astern. Then, for a moment she gave indication of far greater speed than was called for or expected by the Government or the builders. Both representatives of the Shipping Board and the builders were pleased, and E. V. Hauser, manager of the Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie Company, stated on the return that so far the first vessel of this type had more than fulfilled expectations. Technically, the Wasco is known as the Hough pat tern. Ship Is Looked Over. All parts of the ship were open to visitors and the first impression to the layman was that she is much better built than any of the wooden steamers which were in service in the coastwise 'trade in pre-war years. This applies p&rticularly to the finish and equip ment and an Inspection of such details showed many things that had formerly been found only on the largest of steel passenger steamers. Petty officers and crew are particu larly well provided for on these boats, and if others to be built for the Emer gency Fleet Corporation are to be simi larly fitted and furnished the sailor and petty officers in the new merchant marine will enjoy many things that formerly were considered only In the quarters of the officers and passengers. Another feature which was com mented on by members of the party on board was the compact arrangement of all machinery, allowing generous cargo room in three holds. A visit on board coon shows that the outside appearance of the vessel Is deceiving in this re gard and what might from the general appearance of steam vessels be re garded as machinery space is indeed room for cargo. Royal Welcome Given. As the Wasco steamed down the river men in the different yards paused for a moment to toss their hats in the air and then bent their backs again with re newed vigor. At each yard other hulls for the United States were tugging in the stream and for James H. Lynn and S. D. Berridge, from the home office of the Fleet Corporation, the trip was prophetic as one busy yard after an other was passed on the way to sea. At the middle of the afternoon the Wasco had reached the Crossett-West-ern lumber plant at Wanna, where she was made fast during the time of the eclipse. She reached Astoria shortly after 6. From there the steamer goes to Nanaimo to load coal, but further than that her schedule is not announced. Party Leaven at Wanna. - Most of the party left the Wasco at Wanna, where the second enjoyable meal of the day was served them, C H. Watzek. manager of the lumber com pany, being host to E. V. Hauser and his party. Among those on board were: E. V. Hauser. A. R. Porter, L. J. Wentworth, supervisor for the Emergency Fleet Corporation: J. W. Hall, W. D. B. Dod on. H. R. Corbett, Victor Johnson, Jay t. Hamilton, Robert Krims, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Irvine, Miss Minnie Smith, luster of Grant- Smith; her nieces. Misses Minifred and Marian Mitchell; Pan Kellaher, Mark Woodruff, W. C. Tunks, Ralph J. Staehli, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. George Teufel and Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Wolff. The Emergency Fleet Corporation was represented by L. J. Wentworth, J. W. Hall, b. C. Lancaster, James H. Lynn and S. D. Berridge. The captain in charge of the Wasco in P. J. Hansen. Captain Julius Allan piloted her on her way to the sea. Mr. Wentworth and other officials of the Government continued with her to the sea. - The vast eum of 113,580.768,000 rep resents the value of all farm crops in the United States in 1917 as estimated by the Department of Agriculture. That compares with $8,985,870,000 in 1916 and $6, 298, 220,000, the average for the five years 1911-19, 77 f i - .. - . Photo by Columbia Studio. Some of the Shipping Board Men and Balldemi Front Row, Left to Rltht C. I. Cantlne. J. W. Hall. Lloyd Wentworth, E. V. Hauser and A. R Porter. LINER BEAVER BACK Career as Naval Transport Stops Short of Voyage. TRAFFIC NEEDS HEEDED All Details of Accepting Vessel by Naval Official Carried Out and Then Order of Comman deering Is Rescinded. One week ago yesterday the liner Beaver was in the Navy, while yester day she was back in her berth at Ains worth dock, a change Captain Tlbbetts and other officers aboard the ship did not dream could be brought about. When it was demonstrated to the satis faction of the authorities at Washing ton that the Portland-California route would suffer severely if the vessel was withdrawn, even though for war pur poses, the action commandeering her was rescinded. And the way the Beaver family tells the story it is easy to appreciate how confidently they expected the big ship to soon become part of the Navy hold ings. "There is no question but that they rated the Beaver a fine ship and ex actly suited for the purpose Intended," remarked Purser Heywood: yesterday, in commening on how businesslike the Navy men had gone about the details of accepting the vessel.' Tom Brang wln, steward of the Beaver, said the checking system was most complete, every item on the chip having been listed and segregated. Pillows were bound in bales, an equal number in each, also mattresses; while culinary articles were as perfectly separated and counted, and, to listen to the Beaverites recount their experiences at the Navy-yard within the Golden Gate, it would eeem as if the fighting deep- watermen of Uncle Sam's organization had unshipped everything but the funnel to find the number, size and previous service. The prospective change from a mer chantman to-a Government ship did good to one of the crew, Lars GJertsen, who has served under Chief Engineer Jackson several years, latterly as a water-tender, because when the sec ond assistant engineer went to an other ship, believing the Beaver was to be manned by Navy men, Evan Williams was named second assistant and GJertsen advanced to the berth of third assistant. There is yet to be another new one in the crew when the Beaver sails at 10 o'clock tonight for the south, as Ed ward Wheeler, IS years of age and already an experienced river steam boatman, will be signed as cabin-boy. Though young in years, he has been on the crew list of the dredge Clatsop, also signed as a logger aboard the steamer Nestor, and now wants to try deep water. His mother Is connected with the Y. M. C. A., and the youth is anxious, to . be started on the road toward a master mariner's ticket. RIVER'S RISE IS XOT'- RAPID Stage of 14.1 Feet Predicted in Wil lamette Here Tuesday. At 8 o'clock last' night a stage of 12.4 feet above zero was registered on the. official gauge in the Willamette River at Portland, an increase of only two-tenths of a foot m l! hours. The Weather Bureau forecast is that the stream, will rise : steadily for a few days and attain a height of 14.1 feet Tuesday. . That is nine-tenths of a foot under the official flood stage. The Dalles reported a gain of 1.3 feet for the 24-hour period ending a 8 o'clock yesterday, morning, and both Wenat- chee and Lewiston gauges recorded a rise of eight-tenths of a foot. . The official readings yesterday morn ing were: 5 ' STATIONS. Wenatchee . Lewiston . . Umatilla ... The Dalles . Eugene ..... Albany Salera ...... Oregon City Portland . . . 40126.8 22!12.2 25H5.0 0.80.00 0.8(0.00 00. 00 1.30. 00 0.2 O.OO 0.10.00 4 10 20 20 12 15 2..1 3.2 2.5 1.0 3.0 12.2 0.1 O.OO 0.1 0.00 0.3,0.00 WESTERN WAVE DELIVERED Termination of Trial Trip Sees Steps for Transfer of Ship. Reporting back here at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon from her endurance run off the entrance of the Columbia River, the new steamer Western Wave was turned over to the Lnckenbach Steamship Company in less than two hours. Fred B. Pape, assistant super visor in the Northwest for the steel construction division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, had arranged for a complete check of the vessel and prop erty aboard, so the formalities were not lengthened after application had been made at the Custom-house for her documents. The Western Wave went Into the water March 4, at the yard of the Works. She is equipped with a Delaval Northwest Steel Company, and was finished by the Willamette Iron & Steel turbine engine, the first of that design Installed in a Portland vessel. The Western Ocean and Western Chief, to be completed this month by those plants, will be assigned to the Navy. PLANTS WORK 12 HOURS SHIPWORKERS ENABLED TO OBTAIN HALF HOLIDAY BY FLAX. Day Shift Labors I'ntll Noon First Night Shift Until 4 P. M. and Last Shift Until 8 P. M. In the three steel shipbuilding plants maintained at Portland men worked a total of 12 hours yesterday, so each of the three shifts was given four hours off to conform to the Macey Wage Adjustment Board's plan of affording the shipyard workers a weekly half holiday during June, July and Au gust. The regular day shifts stopped work at noon, when the first night shifts "turned to" and labored until 4 o'clock, then the "graveyard" crew did its "bit" until 8 o'clock and the day was done. The plants will remain quiet until tomorrow morning. In the wooden yards there was no work performed in the afternoon by the day shifts. Just what is to be done with reference to the wish of many mechanics and laborers to continue work Saturday afternoons the same as other days, and at the straight time pay. Instead of double time as the Macey agreement provides, will be de termined this week when the voting ends. The proposal to give up the weekly half holiday each week originated in this city and was initiated by the Port land Metal Trades Council, which rep resents the various union bodies em ployed In the shipyards, 17 In all. Some of the men have assumed the attitude that the step should properly be taken at Washington and made uniform, in stead of having certain localities fol lowing the rule and others enjoying the half holiday. SHIP PLANS ARE CHANGED Government Favors Shifting Ma ' ' chlnery Aft In Xew Vessels. Certain changes in the original plans, such as shifting the machinery further aft, also that Lloyd's is to pass on the plans and specifications, as well as the American bureau, are given as reasons why final approval of the Fred A. Ballin design for a 5000-ton composite ship has been delayed. . The present Ballin ships, such as are under way at the Supple-Ballin yard and the Vancouver wooden plant of the G. M. Standifer Construction Corpora tion, are of 4600 tons deadweight. In increasing the capacity of the ship Mr. Ballin had a force of men engaged in redrawing the plans, which were hur ried to Washington for the Inspection of the- Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is hoped to obtain speedy action shortly, so. builders wishing to bid on the ships -may receive their drawings early. SHIP-KNEE INDUSTRY MENACED Demand for Wooden Product Far Exceeds Present Supply. MARSH FIELD, Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) The quest for wooden ship knees is likely to end in a few months, experienced men here say. with a ten dency toward steel knees, since the demand for extra large timbers is al ready much greater than can be sup plied. .. Several . cars of knees which were forwarded from here recently car ried samples that were worth over $40 each. Eastern shipbuilders and Cali fornia yards have come into the local market to an extent some claim 1 will materially reduce the available supplies tor local shipyards. Prices are soaring and those who are engaged in the following say the num ber of camps cannot be swelled, since workmen are scarce and most of them prefer to work in the cities at ship- yarns ana mills. . Coos Yards Are Cleared. MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 8. (Spe cial.) C. A. Smith, ot the Smith Lum ber & Manufacturing Company, de Clares the two Smith vessels, C. A. and Johanna Smith, will hereafter trans port all the lumber that Is shipped south from the company s two mills. Of late many vessels were chartered to relieve a congestion, but Mr. Smith says tne yards are cleared, - WATER RATES GO UP McCormick Line Announces Higher Fares South. CHANGE EFFECTIVE SOON Advance Follows That of San Fran cisco & Portland Company Week Ago Reduced Vacation Traffic Is Expected. Following the lead of the San Fran cisco & Portland Steamship Company, which announced increased passenger rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles a week ago, the McCormick line yes terday advanced its tariff from Port land to San Francisco and Los Angeles, also San Diego, though from Portland it has no direct competition to San Diego, San Pedro being the southern terminal of the San Francisco & Portland fleet. The San Francisco & Portland line raised fares about $8. while the Mc Cormick line increase is from 17.60 to $12.60. Frank Bollam. Portland pas senger agent for the McCormick flag. was officially advised yesterday of the etion or the company in raising rates. but he says they will not go into effect until after the sailing Tuesday of the steamer Klamath. Between Portland and the Golden Gate the rates have been changed from $11 and $12 in the cabin and $7 steerage to $18.60 and $20 in the cabin and $16 steerage. To San Pedro the fares went from $17 and $20 in the cabin and $12.60 steerage to $28.60 and $31 in the cabin and $22 steerage. To San Diego the rates were $19.60 and $22 in the cabin and $14 steerage and are now $32 and $34.60 in the cab'n and $26.60 steerage. In all cases, the same as on railroads, a war tax of 8 per cent is added. The San Francisco & Portland line advanced its cabin fares to San Fran cisco from $12. $14 and $16 to $20. $22 and $24 and the steerage from $7 to $15. To Kan Pedro the rates of $23.60. $25.60 and $27.60 in the cabin were raised to $31.60. $34 and $37.66. the steerage fare going from $13.60 to $23.30. The Increase ordered in railroad rates more than offsets the new steamer tariff and it is expected travel by water will continue heavy during the Summer. Steamship agents say the rates probably will lessen the volume of vacation travel. The pres ent movement is confined principally to those whose business necessitates travel and it is not believed there will be any decrease in that patronage this season. TUALATIN STARTS NEW FILL Columbia River Yard Will Increase Production. Delivery of ' at least 60,000 cubic yards of. material, from the channel onto property of the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation, as arranged for with the Port of Portland last week, was begun yesterday. Jain P. Doyle, superintendent of the Port of Portland, says no time will be lost In completing the task, so that in two weeks the work of erecting a second plate shop can be undertaken actively. The corporation is extending Its fit ting out dock and building two mope ways, so that there will be five budd ing berths on which 'to construct 8800- ton ships. On finishing that work the Tualatin will drop down to the yard of the Kleman Sc. Kern Shipbuilding Company to make a fill there of about half the amount required by the Columbia River, plant. The Kleman St Kern yard will build six wooden vessels for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. TUG PRESSED INTO SERVICE Equator Once Home of Robert Louis Stevenson. . TACOMA. Wash., June 8. (Spe clal.) Ance the home of Robert Louts Stevenson, but now a humble tug, the Equator Is discharging a cargo of lum ber from Vancouver. The tug belongs to the Cary-Davls Towboat Company of Seattle, but for years was operated by the Northwestern Fisheries Com pany. The Equator was built 29 years ago at Benicla, CaL, in the day when the noted novelist was beginning his work among the South Pacific islands. The vessel was rigged as a little two-mast schooner and carried the rig until a short time ago, when her spare were cut off, and only the stumps remain. Mr. Stevenson cruised the Hawaiian waters and made the craft his. home for two years and much of his best work was done on her. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, June 8. Condition of tha bar at 6 P. M.; Sea, smooth; wind, southeast. U-hV . ... Details for Federal Undertaking Are Being: Worked Out by Emer gency Fleet Corporation at Washington. Shipping Board plans for the con struction of a modern drydock at Port land provide for a plant with a lifting capacity of 12,000 tons. Information to that effect having been imparted to certain builders. The details are being worked out at Washington, having been started by both the steel and wooden construction departments of the Emer gency Fleet Corporation when it be came evident that the Oregon drydock was to be taken to Puget Sound by the Heffernan Interests and that the Port of Portland drydock could not lift all of the ships that might require dry docking about the same time. The Port dock was built to l.ave a deadweight capacity of 10,000 tons and, as it had been In use since 1904, it Is said to have less lifting power. The pontoons are of wood and have become heavier. In spite of the fact they were virtually rebuilt less than three years ago. Port Doelc Inadequate. Recently the 8800-ton freighter West Indian, with a part cargo, was raised on the Port drydock and it was said the deadweight of the ship and her freight was 6200 tons. The proposed Government dock would have almost twice the lifting power and it is said consideration is being given the use of steel for the pontoons. The hull of the new wooden steamer Manada. built on Grays Harbor by the rant hmlth-Porter Ship Company, has been on the drydock 11 days and on the nside pontoons is the steam schooner Daisy, which was damaged while trying o enter Willapa Harbor, the master not being informed that the old course had shoaled and there was abundant water to the southward. Waiting to be dry docked Is the new auxiliary schooner Elvira Stolt, built at the plant of the Columbia Engineering Company, and there are two or three river steamers and as many barges to be docked. New Yard Being- Rushed. Through the occupation of former smalt boatyards by corporations en gaged In constructing ocean-going ves sels, the river men are without a place to haul out their vessels. In a short time the new yard of the Portland Shipbuilding Company near Fulton will have ways completed so as to take care of the river boats. Under the terms of a recent agree ment with the Port of Portland Com mission, the steamer Manada was towed here from Grays Harbor for $1 and her drydocktng Is to cost the same, so for $2 the Government has a ship transferred from the sister port and drydocked for 11 days. The priv- lege is not extended to private build ers, so vessels they are constructing for the Government could not be either towed or lifted, except at the regu lar tariff. The steamer Bancroft is ready on Grays Harbor to be towed here for the installation of her machinery. The work on all vessels from that yard will be looked after by the Grant Smith-Porter force here, the Portland plant having been awarded a contract for fitting out the Grays Harbor ships, which were hull contracts originally. 51 BIG BOILERS BUILT WILLAMETTE IRON STEEL EX. CEEDS PREVIOUS OCTPl'T. Company lias Today Approximately lSOO Men on Payroll, Contrasted With ZOO Employed In 1914. Testing 15 big Scotch marine boilers In May, the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, which is admittedly the larg est single boiler shop In the United States, exceeded Its best previous out put for one month by three boilers. The June work will witness the test ing of at least 12 boilers. Antoine Labbe. vice-president of the plant, said yesterday there would be no difficulty completing 15 boilers every month if sufficient material and the special parts required could be deliv ered in advance. There will be an other 8800-ton steamer completed there Tuesday, the Western Ocean, and It is not improbable that she will actually be cleared from the port in advance of the Western Wave, which returned yesterday from her official trial trip. Today the Willamette has approxi mately 1800 men on the payroll, while before a contract was accepted late in 1914 for repairing the Grace liner Santa Catalina, which caught fire In the river. there were 200 men on the list. The Santa Catalina Job necessitated the employment of 650 men at one time, that having been the maximum. Since the war work was undertaken the men have been added to and every week skilled workers are being taken on, so the total of 1800 Is not the limit, that being gauged only by the amount of work that can be handled. With all the rush and bustle of building boilers and auxiliary machin ery for the new' ships, as well as tak ing charge of outfitting them after the hulls are floated by the Northwest Steel Company, the Willamette has kept up Its production on donkey boilers for logging purposes and now that equip ment Is being drawn on by the spruce division of the Signal Corps. Larger engines are being used In the spruce woods than were customarily. In serv ice before the war game started and as many as can be used successfully are being built. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or., June 8. (Special.) Car rying freight from Portland, the steamer Korrigan III sailed at 9:30 tbla morning tor Han Francisco. The tug Hercules arrived at noon today from Ban Francisco and expects to leave tomorrow for the Bay City, towing on of the Hammond Lumber Company's rafts of piling from Htella. The steam achooner Shasta arrived from San Francisco at noon today en route to Portland. The Kmergency Fleet steamer Western Wave arrived from Portland at 6:1S last evening and. left up the rives at 1 o'clock this morning, aftr making a trial run off the mouth of the Columbia. Carrying - a - full cargo -of lumber from Weatport, the steam -achooner Joban Poul en sailed at 7:30 last night for Can Francisco. The steam schooner Rants Barbara. laden with lumber from Westport, sailed at 1:30 this morning for Pan Pedro. Laden with lumber from St. Helens, the steam schooner Stanwnod sailed at 7:43 this moronlng for San Pedro. The Columbia River Packers' Association received a wireless message this morning from Kuahagak River. Alaska, stating that the ship St. Nicholas arrived safely on June 5 and all on board are wall. The Ice In Bristol Bay waa worse this year than for several seasons. Several vessels of the cannery, fleet had serious trouble ana some IMMENSE CONSIGNMENT IS COMING BY EXPRESS. Movement of Material for Ships Is Counted as Important as Dis patch of Troops. Speeding across the United States by express Is a shipment of steel for the Northwest Steel Company, close to 600 tons, so there will be no delay In laying down tonnage for which some of the material Is lacking. Though many persons view the rail road express service as something to on patronized only with small pack ages or larger ones In emergencies. Uncle Sam is handling the steel ship ment In carload lots and the prompt movement Is classed as Important now as the dispatch of troops. As the steel arrives from the factory about 3300 tons is required for each hull of the SSOO-ton steamers, but when passed through the shops and fabrlcat- ea tne amount is lessened, about 2300 tons of material actually going in the vessel. As the Northwest yard has floated 1" steamers and has four more under con struction. It means a ronnMerihlo amount of material has been delivered. In addition, there Is steel on the ground for vessels yet to be started ine tact that Charles M. Schwab is now director-general of the Emer gency t leet Corporation Is expected by sieei snipoullders to expedite the transportation of plate and other parts across tne country so that the plants can De sure of all the material for i ship before keel construction Is under taken. The' Alblna Engine & Machine v orKs, which has been short of steel to such an extent that its ways are vacant, expects to begin lavlno- an other keel next week, and before long the building berths will be occupied by more of the small steel ships. Tak ing advantage of the Interval, the men are rushing the completion of four steamers at the plant and two will be finished this month. -one about June 20 and the other June 30. STEAM ROADS MAY AID PROBLEM OK TRANSPORTING SHIP- WORKERS ABOUT CITY STUDIED. rropoaal Is aiade That Southern Pa cific and O.-W. R. Jk. N. Companies Assist la Transportation. x urtner conferences between mu nicipal and Government officials rela live to providing improved transporta tion facilities for phipworkers in the Portland streetcar district, are said to have resulted in the approval of a pro gramme for working out direct routes to the busiest zones and for handling the men directly to city lines through iransier. in swum i-ortianc alone there are said to be 7000 men employed. In the district between Vancouver and Albina the number Is placed at 8000. To serve the South Portland yatOs it is proposed that the.Southern Pacific line from the foot of Meade street to Glisan street re used as a crosstown transfer line inia service would Intersect or ap proach within one or two blocks all existing lines of the streetcar com pany. To serve the yards on the East Side It is proposed to use the O.-W. R Sc N track from Vancouver by way of St. Johns, Albina aivd East Second street to Hawthorne avenue as a transfer line, thereby intersecting or nearly so an important city lines. These facilities require no material change to adapt them to the purpose and the only thing that remains to be done is to put them in operation. That would involve some minor operating proDiems as well as an adjustment of revenue. It is proposed that the Southern Pa clfic and O.-W. R. & N. operate the service on their respective roads for account of the Portland Railway. Light rower company, the latter company to collect fares at city rates and issue transfers, paying the other roads for the cost of operating the trairts upon an equitaDie oasis. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, June 8. Sailed Steamers Daisy Freeman, for San Pedro; Washtenaw. i"r ron pan L.uls: Argyll, for San Fran Cisco: Wasco, for Nanaimo via Astoria. Ar- riveo. steamer BBaata. trom San Pedro. ASTORIA. June 8. Sailed at 1:30 A M steamer Santa Barbara, for San Pedro. Left up at 4 A. M., steamer Western Wave. Sailed at 7:30 A. M.. steamer Stanwood. for Wast Coast. Varied at H A. M , gasoline schooner Hustler, tor Newport and way ports. Sailed at O-.r.o A. M.. steamer Korrigan III, for San Francisco. Arrived at noon, tug Her cules, from Port Angeles. Arrived at 12:30 and left up to 1 P. M.. steamer Shasta, from San Pedro. ASTORIA. June 7. Sailed at 8 P. M steamer Johan Poulsen. for San Francisco. Arrived down at 6.80 P. M.. ateamer West ern Wave. PAX PEPttO. June 7. Arrived Steamer Santlam. from Columbia River. SAN FRANCISCO. June T. Sailed at S P. M.. ateamer Rose City, from San Pedro, for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. June 8. Arrived Fteamera Northland, from Seattle: Yellow stone, from Coos Bay; Sea Foam. frm Fort Rragr. balled Steamer oeo. Loomla. for Seattle. SKATTT.E, June S. Arrived Steamer Spokane, from Southeastern Alaska. Depart ed Steamers Alameda. for Anchorug; Nicholson, for Southeastern Alaska; Admiral Wainwrlght. for Southeastern and South western Alaska. TACOMA. June 8. Arrived Steamer Mult nomah, from San Francisco; Ravaill, from California. Departed Multnomah, for San Francisco; barce Palmyra, in tow of tug Traveler, for British Columbia. U. S. Naval Radio Reports. (All locations are at 8 P. M. yesterday unless otherwise stated.) LA TOUCH K, from KUamar for Tacoma, left Kllamar 11 P. M. June 7. FIRWOOD. from Ketchikan for I'yak. 2O0 miles west of Cape Ommaney. 8 P. M., June 7 ADMIRAL PARAGITT. from Seldovla for Kenal. left Seldovla at 8 P. M., June 7. VICTORIA, for Nome, lying In I'nlmak Pass waiting midnight tide. 8 P. M., June 7. ALASKA, southbound, from Cordova for Juneau, HO mllea aouth of Cordova, noon, June 8. PRESIDENT, from San Francisco for Se attle. VO miles from San Francisco. JOHANNA SMITH, from San Francisco for Marshfleld. 170 miles from San Fran cisco. ATLAS, towing barge 93. from Portland for Richmond, 30 mllea from Richmond. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. ) Low. 1:20 A. M 9.S feet:S8 A. M 1.4 1:43 P.M... .1.3 leeii ":a3 P, AL.j.,3.1 fet feet Carry On Club at Foundation Plant Proposes to Care for One -Child for Every Schooner Built for France. Over In France are 20 war orphans who need not go without the neces sities of life for the ensuing year.' for they have been officially adopted by the loyal women employes of the Port land yard of the Founaatlon company, which has a contract for turning out 20 steam auxiliary schooners for the land of the tricolor. For every vessel launched there will be a tot taken care of. Returns were made yesterday show ing that 12000 had been realized front yard "tag day" conducted Friday under the auspices of the Carry-On Club of the yard, which is composed of the women who are helping t build ships. There are 15 of them on the honor roll, and they not alone planned the tag day, but from the ex chequer of the Carry-On Club defrayed all expenses, so the sum derived goe 100 per cent to the aid of the Frencb) waifs. Plea Wins Generous Applause. The club is working through the War Orphans Department of the "Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces in France, who turn all communications and moneys over to a special commit tee of the American Red Cross, with headquarters at 'Paris. The plea for funds met with a warn reception from the workers, some of the foremen spending the greater part of the djy tn helping the girls swell the funds. Only in isolated cases did men refuse to buy tags, which were sold for 50 cents each. Almost a doxn men have signified their desire to adopt a French orphan permanently, and this matter will be taken up with the "Stars and Stripes'" war orphan department. Mrs. Amelia Smith, of 566 Rodney avenue, secretary of the Carry on Club, has expressed a desire to have sent to America for permanent adoption In her home a little boy. preferably the child to be adopted by the Carry on Club in the name of the "Lieutenant Granier." Curly-Haired Boy Wanted. . J. C. Herring, one of the workmen, sent in a note hastily scribbled on th back of the explanatory circular sent out In advance of the day selected ac "War Orphan Day." which read as fol lows: "Send me a boy, curly-hatred, from France, not over IS months old. and my wife and I will be only too glad to adopt him and give him as good a home, and probably more love and comfort than be could get in a cozen institu tions over there." "That illustrates the spirit prevail ing at the Foundation yard." Raid Miee Berthine Msthison. of the Carry-On Club yesterday. "Truly, we are learn ing the beauty and sweetness of giving. We women realize the Importance ol building ships at this time, and many of us are beginning to sense the eter nal importance of giving. Later, we expect to receive from the Stars and Stripes war orphan department. a photograph and brief history of eacli child selected for us. and you may rest assured there will be proud Godfathers and Godmothers at the plant." NINTH VESSEL IS LAUNCHED Bottle of Perfectly Good Champagne Used In Cerenonies. ABERDEEN. Wash., June 8. (Spe cial.) The steamer Moraine, ninth emergency fleet wooden steamer launched here, slid Into the water at 3 A. M. It was christened by Mrs. J. B. Bridges, of this city. A bottle of champagne, made in the unhappy.clty of Rhelms years ago and donated " for the occasion by A. C Girard. a worker In the yards, was used at the christening. North Bend Is Appeased. MARSH FIELD, Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) North Bend Is appeased since the visit of Supervisor T. L Tomlinson, of the Cnlted States Shipping Board, who showed the people of that city a. photograph of the Government vessel North Bend, showing the ship's title to be "North Bend, of North Bend." There had been considerable uneasiness In the sister city regarding securing credit for ships constructed there by the) Kruse & Banks yard, as it was an nounced all ships would be document ed from Marshtield. this city being thta port of entry. Marine Notes. Work of completing the motornhip Llhey Maine, which the O. l. Standifer Construc tion Corporation Is building for Llbby. Mc Nei;l Sc. Llbby. Is going forward at Van couver, and the vessel will be drydocked as soon as space can be obtained on the Su Johns dock. "Captain'' E. R. Budd. who operates the tug Nahcotta between Astoria and Megler for the O.-W. R. & N-. a well as being su perintendent of the North Beach road. ws In the city yesterday. Warm weather la starting a few of the regular North Beachers oc-snward. he ssys. With a psrt cargo of lumber worked at the Peninsula ml'.l. the steamer Daisy Freeman sailed last night for Grays Harbor to fin ish, after which she proceeds to San Fran cisco. Having delivered another oil cargo, the tank' steamer Washtenaw got an ay lavt night for the Oolden tiaie. Among passengera for Alaska making res ervations here with the Pacific Steamship Company, In a party of students from the t'heinawa Indian School, who w bound for WratiBle. Frank Bollam. representing the Pacific fleet, reports that there is con siderable travel from Oregon to WraiiKlo and Ketchikan, wltn a lew tourist uouiki for Juneau and return. Coming to toe- the first cigar-shaped log raft of the season to San Francisco, the tug Hercules reached the river yesterdsv from Port Angeles. The raft i:i move from Stolla today for Astoria. It waa hunt by the Hammond Lumber Company's forces. furrylng her first Portland cargo, the Mexican steamer Korriaan III left Astoria yesterdav Tor San Francisco. On being dis charged " there she will resume service t Mexico. The liner Rose City sailed from the Golden Gate for Portland Friday night. The liner Beaver sails from Port and for San Francisco and Los Angeles at 10 o'clooa tonight, passengers going aboard at 8:3 o'clock. We manufacture for Shipbuilders BOAT SPIKES BOLTS SHIP RIVETS NORTHWEST STEEL CO. Portland, Oregon.