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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAXD, JUNE S, 1919.
IRST EUROPE-BOUND
LINER DUE IN JULY
Williams-Diamond Vessels to
Serve All Coast Ports.
CARGOES TO BE PICKED UP
Special Effort Now Being Made to
Secure Return Loads for Craft
Cc:;;is Westward.
First of the SSOO-ton freighters to be
dispatched from Portland In the new
Pacific c;a:-t-Kui-opean line of Will
iams, Diamond & Co., for which the Co
lumbia Pacific Shipping company will
be Oregon agents, is expected to be in
July. In a telegram received yester
day by A. C. Stubbe, manager of the
Columbia Pacific organization, it was
fcaid details of sailings had been taken
up with the shipping board and should
be made known early this week.
Acting on that information, Mr.
StubDe is to inform exporters and Im
porters by circular at once of the plans
for the fleet, and request them to ad
vise whether interested, and the prob
able freight they have moving in the
near future.
"We have had inquiries for space,
one firm contemplating the shipment
of coffee from Portland to Europe,"
said Mr. Stubbe. "There have been a
number ask regarding space for lum
ber, and it would be an easy matter to
liil every vessel with that material,
but at first that is not to be handled,
though parcel shipments may be taken
later."
W. C. Dawson & Co. have been named
Puget sound representatives of the line,
and the programme contemplates af
fording that locality, Portland. San
Francisco and San Pedro equal chance in
the service. California has consider
able canned goods to move across the
Atlantic, and there is no doubt full
Joads of assorted consignments will be
picked up as the vessels move down the
coast.
The question of homeward-bound
cargo is also being given consideration
Firms intending to place orders abroad
nre heinir solicited to advise the agents
of the character of the commodities
and probable time they will be ready
for shipment.
SHIPBUILDERS START HOME
J. R. Bowles and A. F. Smith Leave
New York for Portland.
As negotiations with the sthipping board
are at an end and, as mere is no assur
ance that it will be possible to enter
Into contracts with foreign buyers un
less congress acts to prevent the ship
nine board from appearing as a third
narty in such transactions, J. R.
Bowles, president of he Northwest
Steel company, and A. r. bmitn, presi
dent of the Columbia River Shipbuild
ing corporation, left New York for
Portland last night. William Cornfoot,
president of the Albina Engine & Ma-
cmne works, and Guy M. Standifei
president of the G. M. Standifer Con
struction corporation, are there also
and may shortly start west.
Builders are hopeful congress will
act immediately on changing the pow
crs of - the shipping board so it will
not have jurisdiction in any degree
over contracts with foreigners other
than belligerent nations. They say,
unless such restrictions are removed, it
may soon be too late to close even for
that business.
BtOY GOES OUT OF POSITION
Masters of Vessels Advised to Take
Note of Shifting.
Point Wilson buoy, marking the en
trance to Admiralty Inlet, has dragged
one mile west of its proper position
ays a telegraphic message received
yesterday by Robert Warrack, super
intendent of the seventeenth lighthouse
district. He will arrange to have the
offending navigation aid - returned to
its rightful ground immediately, but
meanwhile wishes masters to make
.-pecial note of the shifting, as the
buoy is'highly -important.
Swiftsure Bank, lightvessel, has been
relieved by Lightvessel No. 92 and has
proceeded to .Puget Sound to wash
boilers and fill her bunkers. The ship
will probably be inspected by the navy
to determine details of her wireless
plant, which ' is to be installed this
reason.
The launch Henrietta No. 2, used by
the lighthouse employes on the river,
left yesterday to make repairs to
Martin Island beacon, which was dam
aged by a passing 6teamer.
WOODEN SHIPS ARE DEFENDED
Shipping Board Concedes Vessels
' Have Field of Usefulness.
Publicity matter sent from the infor
mation bureau of the shipping board
for todays papers deals with wood
e-hips and shows that they still have
their field of usefulness on the seas.
The main portion of the story' was
taken from a statement made by E. W,
Wright, manager of the McEachern
Ship company, before Charles M. Schwab
and Charles Piez of the emergency flee
corporation, on the occasion of thei
visit here in July. 1918.
Mr. Wright told of Old wood ships.
such as the Dashing Wave, built 6
years ago, and scores of others
lesser age, yet considered old ships,
which were still holding their own th
past few years. Mr.' Wright cited nu
lnerous instances of how wood vessel
were built to prove his assertions
to their durability. Of the entire wood
fleet turned out for the government.
it la now said only three vessels have
been lost.
TACOMA VOTES PORT BONDS
$2,500,000 to Be Spent on Develop
ment Work.
TACOMA, Wash.. June 7. (Special.)
The Tacoma port development bonds
measure passed with 283 votes to spare
above the B0 per cent required by law
to make bond issues legal. The total
vote was S963 for the bonds and 5504
apainst. The favorable vote was 61.2
of the total vote cast. The vote in the
city proper was 2 to 1. The port plan
had a larger majority, 7027 votes for
and 3S11 against.
Approval of the port plans as drawn
by Frank J. Walsh, port engineer, for
merly of Portland and Astoria, and the
J.aOO.OOO bond issue to pay for the de
velopment were voted upon as separate
propositions. Election workers said
that they found at least 60 per cent of
the voters failed to register.
DREDGE WAHKIAKUM CLEANED
Jlulttioiiiali to Be Placed on Drydock
in Few Days.
The government dredge Wahkiakum,
which operates in the Columbia ri-er
with the dredge Multnomah, came off
the public drydock yesterday, after
having had the hull cleaned and re
painted and her' "spud" wells relinea.
The Multnomah will be lifted in a few
days for the same kind of work. The
"spud" wells are subjected to consid
erable wear when the diggers shift po
sition and the steel lining was notice
ably worn.
The dredges will be returned to the
Columbia the last of July or early in
August. They have been out of serv
ice for the past three weeks, owing to
the new Kalama channel having been
finished and the fact freshet waters
are being experienced. Channel work
is usually started, following a freshet,
when the river drops at least to the
10-foot stage.
AIXSWORTH DOCK IS CLEARED
Freshet Water Recedes and Lower
Part Is Ordered Cleaned.
Lower Ainsworth dock, which is in
undated when the river attains a height
of 17 feet, was free of fresh water yes
terday, the guage reading at 8 o'clock
in the morning snowing a stage ' of
16.7 feet. The forecast is the stream
will fall to 16.4 feet by Tuesday and so
far no additional rise of consequence
as been recorded in the interior.
Executives of the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship company are nat
urally hoping the rise is at an end,
and yesterday ordered the lower dock
SHIP, SCENE OF ALLEGED MURDER ON TRIAL AT NEW YORK, LEFT GOLDEN GATE YESTERDAY
.ON WAY TO LOAD
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BARKEXTIXE PtTAKO. -New
York dispatches relate the progress of the trial of Captain - Adolph C. Pedersen,-former master of the
barkentlne Puako, and his son, Adolph Jr., for murder on the high seas. It is being charged that Axel Hansen, a
seaman, was chased aft by Young Pedersen, after being struck in the face, and that'he slipped under the rail and
fell into the sea. the mate ordering the ship put about to pick him up. The master of the vessel, however, counter
manded the order, leaving Hansen to die. The Puako yesterday left San Francisco for. Portland in tow of the tug
Relief, she being under charter to load lumber for the antipodes. Her present master is Captain Pearson. The
vessel was last here October 8, 1915. The alleged . treatment of Hansen is -said to have taken place August 6, 1918,
when the vessel was on the way to Cape Town. Three Portlanders, identified with the Coast Seamen's union, made
affidavits here for use at the trial, setting forth Captain Pedersen's previous reputation. He is said to have been
in a few shooting scrapes, one being at Portland Christmas Eve. 1912, but he was not prosecuted.
washed clean of debris, so if the river
exhibits no upward tendencies tor a
few days the space will be used again
for cargo. At the steamooat doctcs
the lower levels are gradually rising
out of the depths and the 1919 freshet
may soon be history.
BOILER HERE FROM ST. LOUIS
Order Placed When Portland Plants
Did Not Submit Bids. .
A new boiler has arrived from St.
Louis for installation in the govern
ment steamer Mathloma, which, is op
erated on the Upper Willamette as a
combined dredge and snagboat. The
boiler was ordered in the east about a
year ago, because Portland manufac
turers were so engrossed in turning out
the big Scotch marine boilers for deep
water ships that there were no re
sponses to a call for bids.
The Mathloma leaves this week for
the upper river, towing a piledrivei
and crew to Wheatland, where a dyke
is to be repaired. The steamer will con
tinue channel work and, after the ma
rine road is cleared, is to return here
for the installation of the boiler.
YOVXG WARRACK NOW EXSIGN
Portland Boy Graduated From V. S.
Naval Academy.
Robert C- Warrack, ensign, U. S. N.,
is the present title of the son o? Super
intendent Warrack of tha 17th light
house district. He was graduated at
Annapolis Friday with ho.iors. The
navy man is now 'on leave for 30 days
and is speeding Westward.' planning to
get in all time possible amid old scenes
before reporting at San Diego for duty
July 5. Mrs. Warrack and daughter at
tended the graduation and continued a
tour of the east.
Ensign Warrack entered Annapolis
three years ago. He has been a? sea
during the course of his training and
was once given charge of a big cruiser
without an instant's warning, while on
a practice cruise iast year, and is said
to have acquitted himself creditably.
Atlantic Rates Dravr Freighter.
TACOMA, June 7. Making the first
vessel to be withdrawn from - regular
service out of Tacoma as the result of
higher freight rates on the east coast,
the trans-Pacific liner Grayson, of the
Garland line, will leave for New York
upon her arrival here June 13. it was
given out today. The Grayson will go
... ."nil ii ,1 In hn llq nnH ("li i n .-;( mmhr.i
of her crew will be returned to China i
on the steamer Javary, of the Garland
line.
STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF SHIPYARDS IN DISTRICT, NUMBER OF WAYS. ACTIVE
AND INACTIVE AND THOSE ON WHICH KEELS HAVE BEEN LAID THAT HAVE BEEN CAN
CELED, NUMBER OF LAUNCHINGS AND DELIVERIES BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND JUNE
1, 1919; VESSELS NOW ON
SHIPYARDS.
Grant Smith-Porter
Coast Company
Kiernan & Kern Company..
Supple-Ballin Corporation . .
Peninsula Company
Standifer (North Portland)
Standifer (Vancouver)
St. Helens Company
Sommerstrom Company ....
Wilson Company
Rodgers Company ,
MeKachern Company
Feeney & Bremer Company ,
:
Keels on ways yet to.be launched 2 steamships. 3 bar pes and 4 sailers; total 9,' of 31,500 tons. fThe H keels
laid which have been canceled are of 144, OuO tons. (Steamships, t Sail ers. . tBarges.
Launchings. January 1 to June 1, 1919 26 97.000 tons
Deliveries, January 1 to June 1, 1919 '. J . 21 76,000 tons '
Total number ways, all yards .56
Idle ways. June 1, 1919 47 (Canceled keels on 1 1 of these)
Number of shipyards for E- F. C. in Oregon district " 12 (For . building wooden ships)
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CAPTAIN
DECLARE
WITNESSES
Defendant in Murder Trial Had
Record on West Coast.
CASE TO JURY BY MONDAY
Presiding Judge Says First-Degree
Verdict Will Not Be Re
ceived From Jurors.
NEW YORK, June 7. Captain Adolph
C. Pedersen, ekipper of the barkentlne
Puako, on trial in federal court with
his son on a charge of murder on -the
high seas in connection with the death
of Axel Hansen, a seaman, admitted to-
PORTLAND LUMBER CARGO
day under cross examination, that
though once when he had fallen over
board he owed his own life to a log
line, he did not order his crew to pull
in the line to which Hansen is said to
have clung after leaping into the sea.
After he admitted having had one
quarrel with Hansen on the fatal voy
age. Captain Pedersen repeated his con
tention that it was impossible to turn
his ship around to pick up Hansen be
cause of the gale which was raging.
Asked if he did not know that "it is
the custom at eea to throw a life ring
or a plank overboard to a drowning
man and then return to pick him up,"
the defendant admitted he did not toss
anything to Hanson nor did he have
the log line pulled in because he saw
at the end of it "only spray."
Old- Mariner Testifies.
Captain John H. Cameron, who said
he had sailed 47 years before the mast,
declared that even in the gale de
scribed by the defense, the Puako could
have put back to Hansen's rescue "if
the gallant yard had been dropped."
This operation, he added, would not
have taken more than a minute.
Edwin E. Baldwin, William H. Box
and Harry F. Glaze. Los Angeles po
licemen who patrol the water front in
that city, were called by the defense
to testify that Hansen had been "an
I. W. W. agitator of the worst type;
that he had been arrested twice for
assault and inciting a riot: that he
had been held by the federal authori
ties at Port Arthur for not filing a
draft questionnaire, and that' he had
advocated 'destruction of ships and car
goes.' " ' - - -
The defense has claimed that Han
sen attempted to start a mutiny among
the Puako'a crew. -
Case for Jury Monday. - -
The trial ended late today when both
sides agreed to eliminate Tebuttal.
Judge Hough denied a motion to dis
miss the Indictments, but consented to
hear further arguments Monday morn
ing. If the indictments are not - dis
missed then, the case probably will go
to the jury that afternoon.
Repeating his assertion that if a ver
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree were returned he would dismiss
It, as premeditation had not been
shown. Judge Hough said that if the
jvy found young Pedersen, . second
mate, had pursued Hansen to his death
in the sea, a verdict of second degree
murder could be returned; and that if
the captain was found not to have ex
ercised fully his seamanlike skill he
could be found guilty of manslaughter.
Marine Notes.
The steamer Tahoma. formerly under the
flag of the Peoples Transportation company,
and sold by the United States marshal to
I sali,fy claims, has been disposed of to St.
I lleiens interests and will be used in towing
WAYS, AND ALL TONNAGE OF LAUNCHED, ON WAYS, ETC.
It
4t
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about the lumber and ship plunts or the
MeCormick corporation.
Tne steamer Fort Stevens, laden with
rati road ties, sailed from the river yester
day lor Cardiff. She Is under the manage
m-nt of the Columbia. aciilo Ship pin com
pany, which also ha the Uusuoog. loading
ties at Kalama.
The McCormick steamer Wspama came
into th harbor from 81. Helens yesterday
to load -three Scotch marine boilers for San
Pedro delivery at the yard or the Colum
bia River Shipbuilding corporation. She
left last night on the return to St. Helens
to finlbh her lumber cargo and tu.Ua to
morrow for California.
Carrying considerable freight, the Ad
miral line steamer Aurelim got away yester
day from the harbor on her return to Marsh
field, Eureka and San Francisco.
The steamer Nespelem. which was recent
ly placed In operation between Portland and
The Dalles,, has been tied up for the pres
ent at ihe Taylor-street dock. Mat Sand
ers, for several years connected with that
service, has accepted a berth on Ash-street
dock with The Dalles-Columbia line, which
is operating the steamer J. N. Teal.
Will Moore, collector of customs, has re
turned from New York and other eastern
cities, after attending a conference at the
former municipality, where collectora from
all dtstricts gathered in annual meeting
Word was received yesterday that the
steamer West Munham, of the Portland
orKntai service, had reported at Shanghai
June 4. She continued on to Manila and
Hollo before starting her homeward voyage.
Weisler, for years connected with the
custom-house service here and who was
transferred to the Puget sound district in
August. 1017, Is in the city on leave. lie Is
one of the boarding officers at the north
ern harbor, and in 101 boarded i:;i.' ves
sels, while so far this year he has boarded
The new steamer Kangl. one of those
FOR AUSTRALIA.
safctaawaagfTflt iMHth,ihwiiiwmii il TH , 11 ii 1
completed at the Vancouver wooden yard of
the G. M. Standifer Construction corpora
tionl I. 'to kq un her sea trial Monday, the
proKramme cailin-r for tne mp to ue Biearaeu
outside for a Ktretcn o .'4 nours.
Equipment is beins ordered for a reet
of four sailors at the Peninsula Shlpbuild
ins: company's yard, two of them to te six-
masted schooners and two to be five-mast
ers. They were intended ortKlnally as steam
ers, but the rig was changed in connection
with cancellations made by tno emergency
fleet corporation.
The Merchants . Exchange was advised
from San Kranclsco yesterday that the steel
steamer West- Totant, which put In there
a few davs aro berause of pump troubles,
had completed repairs and sailed for Europe
by. way of the east coast. She Is laden
with flour.
C, R. Thompson, formerly with the Al
bina Engine it Machine works, has been
appointed marine superintendent of the
Northwest Bteel company, in charse of fit-
tins out vessels .
WOODEX SHIP -CARRIES OIL
Airlic Delivers Cargo at New York
in Good Condition.
The steamer Airlie. one of the Baltin
type, which was constructed "by the
Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding corporation,
arrived at New York May 29 with a
part cargo of vegetable oil, carried in
barrels, tha is said to have been de
livered in firet-class condition, though
It is usually found -that- oil in barrels
has considerable leakage gorng through
the tropics. . Thie barrels were stowed
aboard the Airlie in the lower hold,
where they were kept cool, and the
entire lot of 1600 tons is said to have
been discharged .without-any. sign of
leakage.
In many ways the wooden steamers
are proving' their worth In their pres
ent 1 employments and builders assert
they will find favor in spite of criti
cism,' though it is admitted the faulty
designs, .furnished by the government
unfit the vessels for ireneral trades.
8000 NAVY YEOMEN TO GO
Year Will Be Given for Readjust
ment; Women May Stay.
WASHINGTON, June 7. Gradual dis
charge from the navy department of
8000 yoewomen, who enlisted for cleri
cal, dutries during the war, was recom
mended by Secretary Daniels today be
fore the house naVal committee. He
urged that a year should be allowed to
enable the yoewomen either to find
other work or to take the civil service
examinations and obtain a permanent
appointment.
Chairman Butler declared that in his
opinion the women should be allowed
to retain their positions, but that the
rank of yoewomen should be taken
from them, together with the extra pay
and allotments.
14.000
10,500
24,500
3,500
12,000
Portland
Portland
Portland
Portland
Portland
Ncrth Portland
Vancouver
St. Helena
Columbia CUy
Astoria
Astoria
Astoria, .
Tillamook
13,500
10.500
13.500
7.000
7,000
3,500
7.000
7.000
3.500
4,504)
14,000
17.500
97.000
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76,000
PQRTLANDERS ON VOYAGE
STEAMER BITTOXWOOD READY
' r9n 3IAIDEX TRIP. '
J. n. McCourt Among Residents of
CUy Who Will Sail for'
English Pons.-
Xot alone la Vancouver the hailing
port of the steamer Buttonwood. where
she was built by the G. M. Standifer
Construction corporation, but her cargo
ot tiea for the United Kingdom origi
nated there as well. They were loaded
at the Dubois mill. Her master. Cap
tain Stephen Noescu. is a resident of
Vancouver, his family residing there,
and some of the Buttonwood's company
will be Vancouverites.
Among Portlandcrs who will go out
on the ship, which will finish her cargo
Tuesday or Wednesday, is J. B. Mc
Court, of 560 Kast Broadway. 'son of
John McCourt, former United dates
district attorney. The young man
graduated from Reed college recently
anri six hours later he -was assured a
berth aboard the Buttonwood, desiring
to round out his education with a voy
age to Europe. It only remained for
Captain Noescu and Mr. McCourt, Sr..
to meet and the ship's articles were
signed. . . t .
The trip of the Buttonwood will take
Captain Noescu over part of the route
he recently covered, he having been
master of the steel steamer Callabassas,
constructed by the Albina Engine &
Machine Works, which delivered a flour
carso at Messina and returned by way
of Marseilles to New. York whence the
skipper proceeded home and was lmme
d lately assigned to the Buttonwood. He
came here first in the British bark
Yola, February 9, 1906. His birthplace
was Roumania, but after Russia be
came the possessor of a small section,
where his home was. he decided to se-
ect other climes and Portland was the
first United States port he reached.
'Any young- man- who has a- desire
to go to sea properly or wishes to make
cross-ocean voyage oetore settling
down to. a business career, could not
whrh for more favorable opportunity
than Is afforded today, said Captain
Noescu- yesterday. "There are several
such going on the Buttonwood and
have met their parents - and- assured
them the lads will be properly looked
after."
OREGON SHIP RECORD TOLD
MANY VESSELS LAUNCHED
IN
PERIOD OF IS MONTHS.
-13 Steamers, 10 Hulls, Seven Barges
and Four Schooners Remain
to Be Delivered.
Just what was accomplished in 13
months by the builders of wooden ships
of the Oregon district is graphically
set forth in a special summary by
Statistician Mitchell of the Emergency
Fleet corporation. 67 keels laid up to
May 1. 1918, having been increased to
127 keels by May 31, 1919, the 67 keels
representing a total of 245,000 tons and
the 127 keels 460,500 tons.
In May, 1918, 18 hulls had been
floated and May 31 this year 106 were
in the water, with 51 remaining on the
ways the first year and only ten on
the stocks last month. No deliveries
had been made May 1, 1918, while up
to last month 52 steamers had been
delivered. In the latter list were 17
Ferris ships, two modified Ferris ships,
23 of the Hough type, nine of the Fred
A. Ballin type and one of the Penin
sula ships.
The delivered ships represent 187,500
tons, 64 to be delivered are of 234,500
tons and 38 vessels canceled lost to
the fleet a total of 144,000 tons. The
original orders were for 154 steamers
or 566,000 tons. The coterie rematning
to be delivered is to be made up of 43
steamers, ten hulls, seven barges and
four sailing vessels of the echoone
type. .
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
ASTORIA. Or., June 7. (Special.) The
Hough emergency fleet steamer Mahanna,
laum-lcd by the McbAcncrn yard on .ovin
bcr 10 and equipped at the Ah tort a M
ri no i ron works. lort at e o clock thi
momttiR for Portland, to be turned over to
the government.
Tho new Bteamer Glrmont from Portland
railed at 4:15 thi mornitiff for Puget Sound,
wnero ene m to load.
1 he ememency fleet Bteamer Went Cherow.
flour laden, from Portland, sailed at 12:50
today on her J "J -hour trial run at eea. On
returning tonight he will aall lor Europe,
via Newport e w .
The tuic Tyee arrived at R o'clock thl
morning irora Seattle and sailed at 4 thi
afternoon for the bound with the schooner
tci it. went in tow.
The lumner laden steamer Fort Steven
ratted at 3:40 thla afternoon for the Atlantic
coast.
The cruiser Minneapolis, Admiral Kull
am flagship arrived at 4 this afternoo
from San Franclrco. She will remain here
until tomorrow morning and then proceed
io roruana 10 remain u urine tue ltoie e-
uvai.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 7. (Special.)
lompieung a voyage oi 23 days from th
orient, tne steamship Javary, Captai
Charles Polndexter, arrived on the sound
late last night and proceeded to Tacom,
The chance for passengers bound for this
coast to leave by the regular steamships i
very small, according to officers of th
Javary. More than ftOO persons are awaltln
passage in ininese pons wun no accommo
dations available. All berths on the regular
liners nave been sold up to September 1
S. Benjamin Harvey, of the National Nor
mal college at Wuchang, came across th'
facuic as-purser or tne javary and left I
mediately for his home In Michigan. M
Harvey said that the congestion in Daffsen
ger traffic In the orient was brought about
ty mo commandeering or vessels by th
Britiwn government to carry tiermana be in
deported from China.
On her outward voyage the Javary en
countered heavy weather while 80O miles
off cape r lattery. The vessel s steering area
became dfHabled, but with the aid of a jury
ruuaer, lapiain poinueacter was able
bring his ship back to the sound wlthoa
mishap.
With the first consignment of an order o
4.75O.OO0 feet of lumber and timbers for th
Panama canal commission, to be delivere
in Balboa, the motorshfp Marie de Ronde,
owned by the Donald Steamship company ot
New York, Is expected to get away from th
sound about June 15. The vessel is loading
at the plant of the Puget Sound Mills A
Timber company In Port Angeles and Mon
day will shift to Mukllteo to complete hef
cargo.
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. June 7. (Spe
cial.) The steamer H art wood sailed at 9
A. M. today for San Francisco with cargo
loaded at the American mill In Aberdeen.
Ships in port. Grays Harbor and Hoqulam.
COOS BAT. Or., June 7. (Special.) The
steam schooner Daisy Freeman came Into
port today at 10:3O o'clock and will load
lumber products for southern delivery.
The steamship City of Topoka arrived
from San Francisco and Eureka this morn
ing at 6:30 and departed for Portland at
5:1..
The United State d red re Oregon, which
goes on the Coos Bay Shipbuilding company
ways for repairs before starting work here,
will bo laid up for a period of from ten days
to two weeks.
Movements of Vessels. .
PORTLAND. June 7. Sailed at 3 P. M..
steamer AureDa, for San Francuco, via
Eureka and Coos Bay.
ASTORIA. June 7. Arrived at 7:4 A. M..
tug Tyee. from Seattle. Sailed at 8:30 A. M.
steamer Glymont. for Honolulu, via Se
attle. Arrived down at 7:15 A. M., steamer
West Cherow, and Failed at 2 P. M. for
Italy. Sailed at 4 P. M-, schooner Edward
R. West, in tow of tug Tyee, for Seattle.
Sailed at 3:30 P. M-, steamer Fort Steven,
for an Atlantic port. L.ef t up at & Jl. Al.,
steamer Mahanna.
FAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Sailed at 6
last night, steamer Santa Barbara, for Co
lumbia River; at 7 P. M., steamer Santa
Monica, for Columbia River. Arrived -
Steamer Oleum, .Tom Portland. SaOod at
y A. Zl.t barktuUue I'sukv, lor PorUaQU Ju -
w of tug Relief. Sailed at 1 P. M..
steamer West Totant, for Newport News for
order; put in- tor pump repairs on way
rora Portland.
O AVI OTA. June 7. Arrived Steamer J.
. Chauslor, for Portland.
EUREKA, June 7. Sailed at 8 last night.
steamer City of Topeka, from San Fran
Cisco, for Portland, via Coos Bay.
MARSH FIELD. June 7. Arrived at 6
M.. steamer City of Topeka, from San
ran cisco for Portland, via Eureka.
POINT RBTES, June 7. Passed yesterday
: noon, steamer Daisy Matthews, from Co
unt bta River, for San Pedro.
SAN PEDRO. June S. Arrived Steamer
Cot. E. L. Drake, from Portland.
SHANGHAI. June 4. Arrived Steamer
West. Munham. from Portland, Or.
TACOMA. Wash.. June 7. (Special.)
On her arrival from Shanghai, about June
the steamer Grayson of the Garland line
will be sent to New York. Lack of freight
the oiiental runs and higher rates on
he east coast are said to be responsible
for the shirting of the vessel. The Garland
ger. ts her do not know when the vessel
will be returned. She goes out from here
in balls c
The steamer Elihu Thomson, which un-
erwent repairs down sound as the remit
of striking a berg on a recent voyage north.
rrtved here t his afternoon. The vessel
will sail or the . north again In about two
weeks.
The Glymont is due here Sunday to load
box snooks and other freight for the
Hawaiian Islands.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 7. Arrived
Steamers Oleum, from Astoria: Tjlnondart.
rom Port Arthur (Texas). Sailed Steam-
Governor. for Seattle: F. S. Loop, for
Astoria; Sn Jose, for Balboa.
V. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(All iXM.it Ions reported at 8 P. M. yester
day, unless otherwise indicated.)
FORT STEVENS. Astoria for Cardltr,
Wales. 36 miles south of the Columbia river.
CITY OF TOPEKA. San Francisco for
Portland, 150 miles south of the Columbia
river.
ATLAS, towing barge 93. Potnt Welta for
Richmond. 595 miles from Richmond.
RAINIER, San Francisco for BelUngbam.
225 miles from San Francisco.
PHYLLIS, San Francisco for Seattle. 230
miles north of San Francisco.
CAPT. A. F. LUCAS. Richmond for Powell
river, B. C, 2S0 miles north of Richmond.
WASHTENAW, Portland for Port fcan
Luis. S.SA miles from Port San Luis.
WAHKEENA. San Pedro for Astoria, 588
miles north of San Pedro.
PRESIDENT, Seattle for San Francisco,
HO miles south of Tatoosh.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Han Francisco for
Seattle, 2tK) miles from Seattle..
BUCK, Everett for San Pedro, 243 miles
sout-h of Everett.
ADMIRAL- DEWEY, San Francisco for
Los Angeles,' ft3 miles from San Francisco.
GOVERNOR. San Francisco for beat tie. 49
miles north of Point Reyes.
HUMBOLDT. San Francisco for Los
Angeles, 110 miles south of San Francinco.
HERRIN, Gaviota for Ltnnton, 01U miles
north of Gaviota. -
LABREA. Honolulu for Port San Luis,
62 miles from Port San Luis.
LYMAN STEWART. San Luis lor Seattle,
545 miles from Seattle,
ADMIRAL SERREE. San . Francisco for
Ocean Falls, 70 ml lea north of San Fran
cisco. TUG STANDARD NO. 2. with barge 31,
El Be gun do for Richmond, 104 miles from
Richmond.
' Tide at Astoria) Sunday.
High. Low.
10:30 A. M 61 feet'4:48 A. M....13 feet
10:25 P. M....8-3 feet-4:23 P. M....2.8 feet
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, June 7. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. Sea, smooth; wind north
west, 28 miles.
PRICE FIGHT STARTS SOON
Seattle Women Meet Monday to Plan
for Bpxcott on Profiteers.
SEATTLE. 'Wash., June 7. (Special.)
A homekeeper's food price-fixing
committee and an organization com
prising Seattle-women to boycott food
that exceeds the price limits will be
established by the- meeting of the Se
attle Homekeepers" club Monday after
noon. This announcement was made
by Elinor M. Redington, president of
the club, who called the meeting.
"We will not attempt anything un
fair." Bhe said. "We will have a coii
mtttee of women who buy food to in
vestigate the prices. They will report
the price they believe other women
should pay and if prices so higher the
boycott will be invoked.
"Later we will welcome the dealers
and commission men to tell their story.
but not just now. We intend to fight
the profiteers - hard all the way down
the line."
TRAIN WRECK JARS MANY
Engineer May Die as Result of In
juries in Derailment.
CASPER, Wyo.. June 7. H. Shcan
engineer, is reported to - have been
badly crushed, probably rataliy. and
many passengers narrowly escaped
death today in a wreck of Chicago &
Northwestern passenger train Xo. 603.
westbound, which -jumped the track
three and a half miles east of here
late today.
J. Arthur Younger Returns.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 7. Captain
J. -Arthur Tounger, former graduate
manager of the University of Washing
ton, is back in Seattle today after
service overseas since October, 1918.
Younger served with the 48th regi
ment C. A. C. He was praduate man
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