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16 THE" "SUNDAY' OREGOXT AX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1918. SHIP EACH MONTH 0 Steamer Western Plains Glides Down Ways at Columbia Corporation's Plant. HULL NINTH 8800-TON TYPE Best Progress" Pennant Awarded by Emergency Fleet Corporation for Work Done In June Flown as Vessel Is launched. At least Ova days ahead of the offl elal date of launcnlnr under the con tract, the steamer Western Plains was floated by the Columbia River Ship building; Corporation at 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, making the nlntn of the 8300-ton type to leave the ways there, eight of which were set afloat since January 1, the corporation keep lag up Its record of a ship each month. And that the headway Is appreciated by the officials of the steel construe tlon division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. In that it compares with some of the leading plants of the coun try. Is evidenced from the fact the yard has been presented with a white "best progress" pennant. It having been ths third highest plant for work accom plished in June. The flag was flown yesterday as the latest ship left the ways. Ivy Brown. U-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, the formet being superintendent of the plant, christened the ship. And aa the miss traveled from Seaside to carry out net hare In an event her father had muck to do with, it was regarded a highly Important one. Escorted to the plat form by Alfred F. Smith, president of the corporation, and carrying a huge bouquet of pink roses. Miss Brown was accorded marked attention, and after the Western Plains was in the water Mr. Smith presented her with a gold wrist watch. Taking a last look at the big ship floating off the plant, the sponsor: hastened from the platform, bent on catching a train back to the beach, for the attractions are great along the shore of the old Pacific, on which the vessel she christened will soon be churning her way. In obtaining third place for work In June the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation had two competitors whlc Have played leading parts in the past In the rapid construction of ships, th Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, of Fore River, which was nrst, and Skin ner & Eddy, of Seattle, second. First place draws a blue pennant, second place a red pennant and third place a white pennant. In presenting the ban ners to the yards the Emergency Fleet Corporation has arranged for them to become the property of the winners, as a new set Is distributed every month the pennants not being passed from one plant to another, as Is a cup. At the Columbia River yard there li a determination on the part of the men not to fall from third place, and to creep into the more coveted post tlons if possible. In a list compiled by the ateel dl vision of reports made up to July 18 the plant Is shown list in having fitted out ships In the fastest time, 26 plants being listed. The position was won with the steamer Westajrove. the bull of which was built in 61 days and the vessel finished In 83 days. CONCRETE SHIPYARD RCSHED Vancouver Company Gets Ready to Turn Ont Government Vessels. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) The yard of the Great Northern Concrete Shipbuilding Company, which holds contracts for the construction of five concrete tank vessels 'for the Army Quartermasters Department, lo cated in this city, rspidly Is assuming shape and will be ready for laying the first keel within ten days, accord ing to G. W. Gilbreth. chief engineer and assistant manager. Piledrivers are busy on the ways and a large crew of carpenters is erecting warehouses, storage sheds and other buildings for the plant, which occupy about 300 feet of waten front, between the Interstat bridge and the Standi' fer wooden shipyard. There are about 60 men at work on construction of the yard and. due to the fact that the ways are not as extensive as for the construction of larger vessels, work on the boats can be started quickly. The contracts obtained by the local company are the finst given by the . Government for concrete ships. The vessels are to be 491 tons displacement and will be 100 feet long. The five are to be completed within nine months, and after that time it is expected to complete a similar vessel every 3D days. From 300 to 400 men will be mployed when the work is under full headway. The design of the vessels was made by Mr. Gilbreth and accepted oy idi government. PHOTOGRAPH RULES TIGHTEN Xary Permits Views to Be) Made Only "With Consent of Officers. Unless the permission of the proper Lumoriiies oas been obtained the pho- vograpning oi vessels, docks, shipyards. piers, wireless stations or any other places connected with the National de fense, or publishing or reproducing cnem, may oe the subject of fine and Imprisonment under the terms of the espionage act. according to information from the office of Secretary of the isavy uanlels, which has reached En algn Spauldlng, U. S. N. R. F., boarding ana intelligence officer here. Ensign Spauldlng has been Instructed to have signs printed, setting forth the regu lations to be conspicuously posted along the waterfront. In every way possible the Navy force operating under Ensign Spauldlng Is placing a curb on amateur photog raphers. Others were informed some time ago of the restrictions and they are being heeded. There Is no point on the waterfront from which pictures may be taken without permission. SHIPYARD EDITOR OFF TO WAR T3ill" Ryan Sets Coarse for Flying Commission In Marine Corps. Lieutenant William B. Ryan. IT. a U. C, aviation section, is the way an x-newspaper man dreams of seeing his name shortly. He left Portland last night for Boston with a determination to obtain a commission In the fighting Marine Corps if application and deter mination will win it. To thousands of shipworkera he is known aa "Bill" Ryan. When the Foundation Company's weekly, "Do Your Bit," blossomed out last year, it was Mr. Ryan who acted as pilot, and the first number of Over the Top," the weekly of the G. M. Standifer Con struction Corporation, found him as editor, his work having attracted the attention of the Standifer Corporation. Harry Burka is now editor of "Over the Top." GRECO AVERAGE OF ONE BIG STEEL BIA RIVER SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, THIRD IN PROGRESS IN UNITED bXAlfcS. i.v. 1 "Mwllliat 'uawawff't , f V V ' .iV! Viun! b i" t -rV -vi-r. A Us.:-.. ,d,...w, muamaMljtitr , f j. i BOTTLE DRIFTS 4 YEARS , Til HYDROGRAPHIO OFFICE RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM DEAD. Charts of Currents ia South Pacific Made by Tnltea States Proved Cor rect by Findlag Mottle. Adrift a period of four years and two months, a bottle message thrown over board from the schooner Kona by Cap tain P. L. HanBon, who later went down with the same ship, is said to have es tablished a world's record. The mes sage has been received at Portland by Oscar Schwarx, nautical expert in charge of the branch hydrographio office. "I feel that other than the lengthy time the bottle was afloat, one of the most important features of the. find is that it drifted virtually on a straight line, proving conclusively the correct ness of the current directions as indi cated on the South Pacific sailing charts by the United States Hydro- graphic Office," said Mr. Schwarx yes terday. Checking the date and data contained in the message, Mr. Schwarx says it was thrown overboard April 9, 1914, in latitude 1:63 north, longitude 152:30 west, and waa picked up June It, 1918, on the beach of Mapla Island, north of New Guinea. The total drift was to the west, and as Mapla Island is in lati tude 0:49 north, longitude 134:17 east, he calculates it drifted a total of 73 degrees. 13 minutes, to the west and 10 degrees. 4 minutes to the south. The schooner Kona was among the fore-and-afters well known at Port land and along the river, and It waa February 3. 1917. that she brought up on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Captain Hanson losing his life with his ship. 'So far as I have been able to as certain, the bottle message from the Kona is the most remarkable ever turned over to the Hydrographlc Office, nd it will doubtless be much appre ciated by those in charge of the depart ment in illustrating the accuracy of the currents plotted," said Mr. Schwarx. SHIP 'WORKER FOUGHT KAISER Criticism of Brick Work Gives Prince Beating In Early Life, One story Dr. D. C. Tremaine, a speaker of the National service sec tion, will take East with him. bears on how Kaiser Bill was once soundly thrashed by a German lad named Essen, who is now a shipworker at the Grant Smith-Porter plant. Dr. Tremaine speaks of the Germans with considerable force, and, following an address at'the plant Friday noon, Mr. Essen, now an aged man, shook .hands with the speaker and commended him for his declarations against the Hun leader. He then proceeded to tell how, when a young man and following the trade of a brick mason, he was employed to make repairs at one of the Imperial estates In Germany, and the present Kaiser, then a youth, was sauntering around the property. He said by Essen to have commented unfavorably on work under way. whereupon the brick mason proceeded to administer a thrashing. Following the melee, he says, he learned his victim was the Kaiser-to-be, so he wended bis way to America.' HURLEY LETTER TO COME UP Chambers of Commerce May Unite in Snip Service Plan. Early action on a letter reoetved Friday from Edward N. Hurley, chair man of the United States Shipping Board, that deals with the operation of new tonnage in foreign trades, is to be taken by the Chamber of Commerce. n turn it is Intended to refer it to the Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast, also to the National Association of Chambers of Commerce. Portlanders feel they are in position to accept vessels almost any time for operation on the Pacific and as a re suit of the letter it is believed definite proposals will be made Chairman Hur ley. The assumption is that the same communication was forwarded to other commercial bodies of the West. Port land not being alone favored in being solicited to join In the Government plan for operating steamers at low rates. - LARGE SHIP CONTRACTS LET Order Placed With Portland Concern for Foot Vessels. Contracts for 18 wooden cargo ves sels and 16 wooden barges were let last week, the Shipping Board an nounced today. The Wright shipyard, Tacoma. Wash., ill build two of the 14 3500-ton ships and four ships of 4500 tons each will be built by Klernan tt Kern, Port land. Or. Notice to Mariners. L lor raft la reported adrift two miles 8. W. m&snetlc, from Santa Crus . light house. - Tall end of raft breaking up, 11 A- M.. August 7. OSCAR W. BCHWARZ, Nautical Expert V. 8. Navy, la Chart. , SHIP MONTH BEING MAINTAINED ' ,-' --i rci , xt ' ' v ! . 4 i to l-'k"r Launching f the Western Plains Marked by Display of "Best Progress" Pennant. -Mrs. Alfred F. Smith, Wife of the President of the Corporation, and Ivy Brown, Sponsor of Western Plains, Holding Banner. COUNTRY NOW III ZONES SEA SERVICE BUREAU TO AID RE CRUITS FOR rXCXE SAX. Lieutenant Harold C Jonea Bealeged by Men and Youths Anxious to Re turn or Take Up Careers. Having established recruiting agen cies in ports of consequence, the sea service bureau of the United States Shipping Board has divided the coun try Into xones, designating training stations for different sections no as to avoid sending men longer distances than necessary to start their work aboard training ships. The office recently opened m the Northwestern National Bank building by Lieutenant Harold C. Jones, of the Oregon Naval Militia, who is working in behalf of the Shipping Board's en rollmenta as well as enlistments in the state naval force, has been visited by scores of men and youths anxious to take up sea careers during the war, if not permanently, and there have been a number of men as well who want to return to sea after having spent con siderable time ashore. The various zones and their training points have been designated as follows: Zone' A Man to be sent to Boston for training from Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut. - Zone. B -Men to be sent to Boston for training from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Zone C Oilers, water-tenders and firemen only, to be sent to Chicago for special train ing and thenco to Boston for sea training. Sailors. coal-psMors, cooks and messmen to be sent to Boston for training from Ohio, Michigan. Indiana. Illinois and Wisconsin. Zone D Men to be sent to Boston for training from Delaware, Maryland. District of Columbia, Virginia. West Virginia, North Carolina, outh Carolina, Tennessee and Ken tucky. ' Zone E Men to be sent to New Orleans for training from Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana. Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas. Zone F Man to be sent to Boston for training from Missouri, Kansas. Iowa. Ne braska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. Zone G Men to be sent to San Francisco for training from Colorado, Now Mexico, Arlsona,. Utah. 'Nevada. California and Hawaii. . Zone H Men to be sent ' to Seattle for training from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska.. YOUXG MEN OX NEW" SHIPS Applicants Placed Until Graduates of . Training Ship Are Ready. Numbers of young men are being signed direct aboard new vessels fitted out here through the agency of the Sailors' Union and Jack Rosen, - in charge of that organization's affairs, says there is an Increase In the call for places aboard the ships. Under the law 60 per cent of the deck crew must be able seamen, so on the 3500-ton ships having 10 men' in the forecastle four of them can be apprentices or two of them- ordinary seamen and two ap prentices, six being able seamen. When the Sea Service Bureau of the Shipping Board begins to graduate more of the men Teing drilled on its training ships it is hoped to have enough to man all vessels, but until then outside help will be required to place men of ex perience wishing to go into active serv ice at .once or untrained men desiring to go aboard vessels that have immedi ate opportunities. Older men, who had retired from the sea, are also applying for berths. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes! SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 10. (Special.) The sea service bureau of the United States Shipping Board is alarmed at the scarcity of men competent to fill the position of chief engineer aboard the large number of . new BY PLANT FORCE OF THE COLUM ships to be commissioned in the next few weeks. The list of available chief engineers Is now totally exhausted and a call lor en rollment of all men competent to hold" this position is issued by E. J. Griffith, head of the bureau for this district. It Is estimated that 30 wood ships and 35 steel vessels are to require chief engineers during the next two months. Seven new wood ships, mostly Hough and Ferris type, and built on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, are to be turned over to the Sudden & Christensen Steamship Com pany, of San Francisco, for operation. It Is understood the vessels are to be operated in the offshore service of the concern. The vessels are: Dumary, Wakens, Salmon, Iasa queena. The Astoria, Clackamas and Mos quito. The new steamship Orprey, while being towed from the Anderson shipbuilding plant on Lake Washington to Salmon Bay lor her engines, ran hard and fast aground at the north end of the lake this afternoon. J. G. Dillon has been named af represen tative of the Thorndyke-Trenholme Com pany, -Inc., at Portland, and will assume charge of the offices of that concern there at once. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.(Special.) Following the recent ruling of the War Trade Board, which permits the Issuance of Import licenses to shippers who desire to bring rice into the Pacific Coast ports from the Orient for trans-shipment to the West Indies and countries of South and Central America, the shipping men of .the port be lieve the Government hss effected a meas ure which will strengthen the trade now existing between this country and the Latin American countries. The demand for deck officers for Uncle Sam's new merchant marine is in excess of the supply, was the announcement yesterday by Captain Charles W. Saunders, port Cap tain of the Matson line and local chief of the Government's free schools of navigation for deck officers and engineroom men. Saun ders has just returned from Los Angeles and San Diego, where he investigated the conditions and sought t stimulate the in condltlons and sought to stimulate to create more officers for the fleet. As a result of this visit It was learned that all of the available raw material at San Diego has about been exhausted and it was decided to close that school. All of the work In Southern California Is now consolidated at Los Angelea and an extra effort Is being made to get men of sea experience to study engineering and nautical work In order to afford a fresh sup- Ply. Hundreds of persons about Los Anseles and Southern California are attempting to es cape irom tne present not spell by taking a voyage to tne sea was reported ty R. E. McDonald, District passenger snd freight agent of the Pacific Steamship Company at Los Angeles, who arrived here to confer with the local chiefs. The result Is that the steamers of the company operating out of the southern port have been crowded with passengers, and in many Instances the passenger department could not grant the accommodations requested. The big steam ers of the class of the Bear. Beaver, Yale and Harvard are sadly missed. - The toll of wind Jammers in- the South Seas was added to recently when the schooner A. M. Baxter went ashort near Suva, according - to a cablegram received from Captain M. Hellquist. commander of ths vessel. The Baxter Is owned by the Deep Sea Trading Company, of Seattle, and was loaded with 740 tons of copra, consigned to a Pacific Coast port. Marine Notes. Due in the city today Is John W. Doty, of New York, vice-president snd general manager of the Foundation Company. In a telegram received Wednesday, apprising Bayley Hopkins, Pacific Coast manager, of his coming, tt Included that he expected contracts to be closed during the week for additional ships for the French government. Mr. Doty will tour the Pacific Coast, as the company has other important construction under way besides vessels. . George McNelly served formal and official notice on brother cicerones of the Colum bia River Pilots' Association yesterday that he would not be on deck for a period of two weeks, having planned deliberately to abaent might enjoy a respite in the mountains, in 1 the rront seat of His automobile rather than on the hurricane deck of a vessel. New wooden vessels are having part of their machinery installed at the East Main- street plant of the Pacific Marine Iron Works and others, more advanced, are at the Bel-mont-street plant of the same Interests, while more are at the Supple-Ballln yard awaiting their turn. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Aug. 10. Condition of the bar at & P. M. : Sea. smooth; wind, west, ei4ht miles. . SHIP DESIGN PENDS Details of New Type to Be Sub . mitted to Surveyors. LOCAL' AGENTS APPROVE Plana of B (H) 0-Ton 'Wooden Steamer Later to Be Passed on by Emer gency Fleet Experts Port . land Builders Pleased. When technical experts of the Emer gency Fleet Corporation are asked to pass on the design of a 5000-ton all wooden steamer, a distinctive Colum bia River type, in which Emergency Fleet Corporation officials of the Ore gon district and builders of Govern ment tonnage here are interested, it will be after the details have been sub mitted to the chief surveyors of Lloyds and the American Bureau at New. York. J. L. Hubbard, chief hull inspector. and C. L. Reed, chief draftsman, who worked diligently on the plans and specifications under Supervisor Went- worth and Assistant Supervisor mail, of the Oregon district, will leave for New York today to confer with the surveyors of the big marine classifica tion societies. In some previous cases designers of new types of ships have first laid plans before the Government officials, being compelled in turn to have them passed on by -the surveyors before final ac ceptance. In this case, it. is hoped to have the way paved. Builders Approve Designs. Portland agents of both societies are familiar with the design, having par ticipated in conferences regarding It At a meeting of the wooden shipbuild ers of the district Friday night, the gathering being in the nature of a din ner with Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Hall as hosts, the plans were indorsed as those of the district. The adoption of the design means no change in the present shipbuilding plants or equipment. Machinery ordered for the present 3500-ton types is to be Installed in the larger ship. The lat- ter's lines and general construction are to be such that the machinery can be utilized advantageously, so the Govern ment will be placed at no great relative expense in building them. The ships will be made up of long lengths and large dimension material that today la the envy of builders of Eastern and Southern yards. - Design for Western Yards. Only on the Pacific side can the ma terial specified be obtained and it is the understanding that, if the design is acceptable to the Government, it will be contracted for only in the Western yards. ' In another week Mr. Hall Is expected to be on his way to the Philadelphia headquarters of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, for by then the surveyors will have passed on the plans, and they will be referred to the Government's experts. Another 5000-ton ship is being worked on there that can be built in Eastern yards with smaller material and the adoption of both is a move anticipated by the builders. War Cariboo's Captain Named. VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 10. Captain Alan Morton Davies, long associated with Grand Trunk Pacific steamers on this Coast, has been named to com mand the War Cfyiboo, fifth of the wooden steamers to be completed by the Imperial . Munitions Board. The vessel will be operated by the Fernie Liine, of Liverpool. Tides at Astoria Sunday. . High. Low. :ll A. M 8.8 feet 10:35 A. M 1.2 feet 4:32 P. M 7.6 feetll:19 P. M 1.8 feet DAILY CITYJ STATISTICS Births. ERICKSON To Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Erickson. Farm. July 30, 1918, a son. MADSEN To Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mad sen. 1753 Exeter street. Sawyer, July 21, PFIEFER To Mr.' and Mrs. Henry R. Pflefer. 1467 Belmont, July 80. 1918. a son. WILBURN To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Wllburn, 288 Grand avenue. Laborer, Au gust 1, 1918. a daughter. SCHNEIDER To Mr. and Mrs. A. Schneider, 1021 North Kellogg, laborer, Au gust 8, 1918, a daughter. WOOLEY To Mr. and Mrs William' A. Wooley, 2043 East Taylor, Cooper, August 6, 1918. a son. LINKLATER To Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Llnklater, 1440 Cleveland, August 7, 1918, a daughter. WENDLING To Mr. and . Mrs. J. F. Wendllng. 1439 East Lincoln, August 3, 1918. a daughter. PAIST To Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Paist, 328 Ross street. August 3, 1918, a daughter. GALLAGER To Mr. and Mrs. T. Gal- I lager, 299 Knott street, August 7, 1918, a daughter. - FOUMAL To Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fou- mai. 444 East .uurnslde, August 2, 1918, a daughter. BAUER To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauer, Courtney Road, August 6. 1918, a son. LEE To Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Sherman Lee. m nan. July 25. 1918, a son. DOR1GAN, To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dorl gan, 669 Kerby. August 4. 1918. a son. BURNETT To Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Burnett. 268 East Fiftieth. August 8, 1918, a daughter. BAHNETT Te Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bar- nett, 1074 . East Eighteenth North. August , lvin, a aaugnter. EASON To Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Eaaon, 1253 Delaware, August 8. 1918, a daughter. DOSSETT To Mr. and Mrs. J. Dossett, 285 Thirteenth street, August 4, 1918, a daughter. Vancouver Marriage Licenses. MARTIN-HOCKENSON Frank Martin, 82. of Bolae. Ida., and Mlas Olga Hocken son, 26, of Bolae, Ida. SARSFI ELD -GIBBONS Michael Sarafleld, 46, of Portland, and Mlaa Sarah Gibbons, 86, of Oregon City, Or. JONES-LOVE M. G. Jonea. 45, of Oregon City, Or., and Maria Love, 84, of Portland. BARKER-PRICE William Barker. 25, of St. Johns. Or., and Miss Myrtle Price, 25, of St. Johns. Or. JOHANNESEN-MXTRRAT Trygos Johan neaen, 36, of Portland, and Mlaa Olive Mur ray. 27. of Portland. POFF-HAMILTON Jesse Poff. 20, of Portland, and Mlas Eva Hamilton, 17, of Portland. - ROW ELL-REDMOND Adelbert Rowell, 22. of Wagon Mound, N. M., and Miss Myrtle Redmond, 20. of Portland. PEDERSON-GUDBRANSEN Peder Ped eraon, 30, of Portland, and Mrs. Hilda Gud bransen. 39, of Portland. FISHER-KNOBLOCK Gust Fisher, 43, of Astoria, Or., and Mrs. Elin Knoblock, 30, of Astoria, Or. LARS EN-PETERSON Rssmus Larsen, 43, of Portland, and Mrs. Christiana Peter son, 35, of Portland. TUPPER-SHEETS Lester Tupper, 34, of Chicago, 111., and Mlas Ethel Sheets, 21, of Chicago, in. PEDERSON-TESCHE H. Pederaon, 33, of Portland, and Mra. Letltla Teacbe. 38, of Portland. WHETZEL-WALKER George Whetsel, 25, of Brownsville. Pa., and Mra. Venltla Walker. 26, of Republic, Pa. RUPSEL.L-R AM AGE-r-Thomas Rnasell, 85. We manufacture izz enipbuilders BOAT SPIKES BOLTS SHIP RIVETS NORTHWEST STEEL CO. Portland, Oregon of Portland, and Miss Nettle Itamags, 82, of Portland. GAINES-POWERS Halbert Gaines, 81, of Portland, and Miss Ellen powers, 44, of Portland. BRADFORD-SIVENER John ursnrora, 3S, of Coshocton, O.. and Miss Elsie Slvener, is, or f ortiana. . Building Permits. STANDARD OIL CO. Repalar storeroom, East Main, between Water and rlrstj Cas cade Inveetment Co.. builder: S20U. E. J. GEISBR Repair residence, 48T Beat Thlrty-aeventh street, between Dlvialon and Clinton: L. A. Bernard, builder; s-'of, H. WEINHARD ESTATE Repair hotel, 450 Larrabee. between Mississippi and Ai blna; J. W. Thurman, builder; S100O. R. BUYS KoDalr residence. 4411." Eight leth street, between Forty-fifth and Forty third avenuen: builder, same: Sl!5. C. W. BEEBE Repair residence. 113 East Forty-aixth street, between Washing ton and Alder, $75. H. FAGUE Erect Karaite. 8804 Sixty- fifth avenue Southeast, between Eighty- alxth and Eighty-seventh: builder, same 850. IDA K. SHEA Repair residence, 898 Commercial, between Blandena and. Hum boldt: builder, name- SlfiO. J. A. STEPHENS Erect garage. 1661 Portsmouth avenue, between Lombard and Willis boulevard: builder, same; $50. j. a. eiEFHENs Repair residence, 1001 Portsmouth avenue, between Dawson aad Willis: builder, same; $250. L. GEER Erect woodshed. 723 North Ivan hoe. between Catlin and Trumbull builder, same; $150. HENRY BECKER Erect shack. 800-2: Halleck. near Peninsula avenue: builder. aame; $150. M Ks, A. ELLERSON Erect rarare. 52: Clay, between Sixteenth and 'Seventeenth Owen Moore, builder: $40. DR. DAVID BREUER Erect garage, 93T i ne Aiameoa, between Glenn avenue and Twenty-ninth street; Ertx & Wegman, build, era; $400. M. F. JOHNSON Erect garage. 622 Unl-yi avenue, between Braxee and Russell r built er, same: $50. C. W. BORDERS Erect hick. Tillamook street, between East Sixty-second North and Eaat Sixty-third: builder, same; $400. C. A. CAROSHOS Erect garage, 767 Eaat Seventieth North, between Freemont and Beech: builder, aame: $85. C. G. SWOSFORD Erect garage, 854 Eaat Seventy-eeventh North, between Siaklyou ann KiicKitat; builder, same: $SQ. COLUMBIA ENG. WORKS Erect shed and loft, Llnnton district; builder, aame $-'U!T. usokub o. WENTWORTH Erert ga rage. 1130 Eaat Flandera, between Thirty- eigntn ana nurty-nintn; builder, same $250. ESTIMATES ARE FILED STATE MAY BE ASKED TO HARBOR PATROLS. AID Expense) of Conducting Naval Militia for Next Blennlum Fixed at S30, 700 State Cost Grows. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) Tho Oregon Naval Militia will seek state funds for paying the expense of harbor patrols. This is Intimated in an estimate filed by Captain George S, Shepard today with the State Tax Com mission. The estimate places the probable cost of the Naval Militia for the next bi- ennium at $30,7170, of which $20,000 is wanted for the harbor patrols. These patrols, he said, will watch for viola tlons of harbor regulations and guard war industries and shipbuilding plants against enemy agents. In addition the militia wishes funds to conduct head quarters for teaching splicing and knotting and elementary seamanship. The Industrial Accident Commission filed a supplementary report showing that it probably will have a deficiency lor the present blennlum of $110,000. Other reports received follow: Department of state, $59,300. receipts, $30,000; elections. $45,000; Capitol and bupreme Court building and grounds. $69,800; Attorney-General, $38,320; State Engineer, $29,010, receipts, $29,797.06; uesert Land Board. $9640: Oregon So cial Hygiene Society, $40,000: Patton Home, $24,000, receipts, $24,879. The tendency to allow initiative and referendum petitions to decrease in numbers is recognized by Secretary Olcott in his estimate of expenses for elections during the next blennlum, placing the estimate at $45,000, Instead of $50,000 as appropriated for the present biennium. Violation of Mann Act Charged. James C. Fredericks, alias James C. Cornell, waa yesterday held to the grand Jury by Lnlted States Commis sioner Xrake for an alleged violation of the Mann act. Fredericks was originally arrested by the Federal au thorities for failing to answer his questionnaire, and it was in question ing him on that account that Assistant United States Attorney Veatch ascer tained facts sufficient to prefer a charge of bringing a woman from Dunsmulr, Cal., to Medford. Boys Emulate Movie Villain. Harry Jones and Scott Rogers, 18-year-old Portland lads, emulated the moving-picture villain early yesterday when their room in an uptown hotel was raided by Patrolman H. W. Wright The boys climbed through their win dow, four stories above the pavement, and hung by their fingers from a four inch ledge to escape the officer. But the trick failed to deceive Patrolman Wright, and the boys were brought to the station. Wahkiakum Boys Off to Camp. CATHLAMET, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) This county sent five volunteers this week to Camp Fremont. The young men are all registrants of 1918. They are: Nestor Warank, of Oneida: Stanley Cook, Grays River; Chester Kelly, Wal ter Strait and Alfred Berg, all of Ska mokawa. r - .w, -, a jj Throw Away Your Glasses if they are uncomfortable and cause you annoyances if you do not see well with them. . Thousands of people wearing glasses do not know what comfortable vision is, but still worry along with their old glasses and hope they will soon be better. Throw them away, they do far more injury than good. Thousands of people who are wearing my Perfect Fitting Glasses can testify to the ease and comfortable vision they are now enjoy ing and who had never had comfortable vision before. Let me examine your eye by my own successful method using the latest scientific instruments and make you a pair of Perfect Fitting Glasses which will assure you of that ease and comfort of vision others enjoy. DR. WHEAT St 207 MORGAN BUILDING Washington at Broadway Telephone Main 4300 ilAII GOMES BACK State Once More Big Center o .'Shipbuilding. THIRTY-NINE YARDS BUS'tl Construction of 116 Craft In Prog ress Daring Last Year Work Xot Affected by Klgoroua Winter Weather, WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The wai has brought a revival of shlpbulldlm in Maine. Once known throughout thi world for Its wooden ships, then fall ing Into a long period of inactivity, that state again has become a center of production. Less than a year ago there remained but a handful of yards and most of them were relics of the past. Today. 39 yards, distributed from one end of the coast to the other, and larger and busier than ever In the past, are turn lng out vessels for the Shipping Board. Within the iast year, the ikiaine yard. have been engaged in building 116 vessels, many of which have beet launched. Forty-one of the 116 were wooden freight steamers of a tota deadweight tonnage of 110,000; 47 were schooners of 65,000 tons; eight were steel trawlers. $10,500,000 Vessels Building. In Portland alone, which before the, war only repaired boats, 4500 men arc employed on vessels worth $10,600,000. In Bath 50.000 deadweight tonh of ships are under Sonstruction by the Texas company, the site of whose yar was a waste of land. The yard ha.s turned out three steel ships, of almost 30,000 deadweight tons. There are also four wooden yards In Bath. At Booth Bay and East Booth Bay. six shipbuilding concerns expect to turn out 13 or more schooners rang ing from 500 to 1600 tons each. At Rockland a lb00 gross ton schooner was launched recently. Camden and Thomaston yards also ex pect to complete several vessels this year. South 1-reeport and tseuast aiso are bustling with shipbuilding activity. Winter Rlgons Ignored. The rigors of the Maine Winter will not deter the workers, as evidenced b any sub-zero days of last December when in one yard more man i,o rivets were driven daily, an average of more than 200 rivets a day for each group of workmen. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Maximum temper ature, 72 degrees; minimum, eu oegreea. River reading at a. .m.. ieei; cnunse m laBt 24 houra. 0.2 foot tall. Total ralnrail (5 P. M. to 6 P. M. ), O.lll Inch: total rain fott Blnr-. Kntfmr,er 1. 1 HI T. o9.ll lnchel normal ra!r,r;i alnce oeptemner i. -tvm nchea: nfllency of ralnlall alnce Septem ber 1. 1017. 5.55 Inchea. Sunrise, 6:04 A. M : unset. 8:28 I . M. Total eunanine aububl 0, 8 hours, - mlnuiea; poaaiDie aunanmo. 14 houra, 24 minutes. Moonrlse. 10:12 A. M. ; mnnnm. B:42 P. M. Barometer (reduced to aea-level) at 5 P. M 20.96 Inches, Kela- ive humidity at noon, os per cent. THE WEATHER. a 3 Wind 5- 2 a 5 ?! ! ; c c - o i - O M O 2 . P a 3 v : : a : 3 : - : : c - 1 1 I STATIONS. State f Vv vainer aknr 4S: 7f 0.0(1,. .. W 54 s4'0.0 . .IN 60 64 0.H0 12 E 4u . . . III. no ..!.... no 0.24 12 sw ru cloudy Clear Cloudy p't! cloudy Cloudy lt. cloudy Cloady " Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Boiae Boston Calgary ChU-HKO Denver 60 8210.(12,12 SE Dea Molnea. . . 9S O.OOI . .S B4 0.Olll V fcS (I. (Ml 14 S 74,0.00 10INW ureka alveston elena uneaut 4t!!. ..10.001. .IE 7M102IO. 00:14 SW ansas City. . . ioa Angelea. .. :4 0.02 . isw Clear arsnrield ... e-lford 7(1 n.oo . .In WPt. cloudy 92 0. 00114 NW Clear Minneapolis .. SL''o.(is:iOlV Clear Cloudy ew Orleana. .1 7SI 1(4 0. 001. . ISW ew l ork 68 5-1 84'0.00'IS K Cloudy North Head 6010. 201.. W Cloudy North Yakima, B2I 84 0.00 .10-NWlClear ! O.isj. . w Icioudy Phoenix ... Pocatello . Portland .. Roseburg . , Sacramento 2 82 O.nn'10'W ICIear (101 72 0.01IIS NW Cloudy M 82 O.llOilOINWK.Mear 64 84lO.Ooll6'S ICIear 7rtllo2'0.oo! . .1MB Clear St. l.ouia Salt l.ake. .. San Diego. . r-si 84'o.nol. .iN'vvipt. cloudy 2 72:0.O21O'V jpt. cloudy Ml 6410.00 IK SW I Ft. cloudy DSl (is (i. no 10 NW'Pt. cloudy . .1 58.0.001. .,'SE JPt. cloudy S 70 0.01 lfl sW cloudy f.S 66 0.0112 SW IPt. cloudy 641 BS 0.4S lOiSW IC'loudy 401. . . lo.ool. .1 . . .. Clear 641 78 0. (Mil. ,s Iclear 741 SS fl.lfll. . I.VR IRaln KOI 70.0.02!22;NWPt. cloudy San Frauciaco Seattle Sitkat Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Ialand ValdezT Waila Walla.. Washington . . Winnipeg . tA. M. today, day. P. M. report of preceding FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Probably fair; mod erate westerly winds. Oregon Probably fair; moderate weaterlf winds. Washington Fair, except showera north west portion: mouerat weaterly wlnda. Idaho Fair, except ahowers north portion, FRANK i; ILL A.M. Meteorologlat. James Dowllng, a British private sol dier, has thus far won 12 war medals. He is 68. 1 - v " ' - i?: t .... 1