THE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,; PORTLAN D, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1918.
lL SCHOOL
GRADUATES TO BE
IN GREAT DEMAND
No Man Qualifying Need Have
Worry That He Will Not Se
cure Lucrative Job.
OPPORTUNITY DECLARED BIG
Instructor Williams Says Wages
Never Higher, Chance for Ad
venture Never More Appealing.
From now on graduates of Portland's
fres government nautical school will be
In urgent demand to take berths aboard
new government vessels. The opportu
nities are great. No man qualifying
need have Any worry of not securing a
lucrative berth.
Such In the statement of Professor
Arthur It. Williams. Instructor ol the
school.
,, Too much attention cannot be called
to the exceptional opportunity tha exists
st present for graduates of the govern
ment nautical school who obtain licenses
from the steamboat lns;Kctorn," pays
i-roiessor Williams. "The ftrst men
from the school who pasHed the Inspect
ors. begjnnlng early hint October, had
to find their own Jobs. The new ships
tiow being completed for the shlrmlnar
board In this and the Seattle district
Will each carry as Junior officers two
or three graduates of the schools who
have obtained their first license as third
or second mate.
Moon Licensed Officers.
i ney serve from one to two months
In that capacity, observing the naviga
tion of tho ship and assisting In all the
enips miHinens at eea and In port. At
me end or that time they are better able
to obtain Jobs mm license'! officers on
the more desirable voxels. The board
docs r.t inniin. however, that men take
thij servlcs before hbIIIii on thoir
tltket. Last wer k three of our grad
uates shipped 0:1 privately-owned boats
Immediately after obtaining their li
censes. In exceptional cases a recent
graduate of the school may be ap
pointed a mate on one of the new board
ships, but the policy of the board is to
P)olnt officers of longer experience
whlln the fu:pply lasts.
The schools are riot restricted, how
ever, to preparing men for their first
llcenscs. Two graduates of the Portland
SChOOl haVe Obtained llnllmltwl tnflnrAf'd
licenses, two a limited master's license, j
three have r t h t u I ?i 1 tiiA o mt .. - n 1-
a ...i. ii- i
C?. 14 hv". pa8Se1 R" second mates
and 19 as third mates. Two of the lat-
lf milll t'iininlal A t a-k l no fa' aanra,
, I ; " ,
en. e bcfoiWettmg their papers.
M)poriunity is (ireat
' "There are 16 men at the school at '.
present, and we expect to graduate, four .
text week, so the school is in a fair
way io ie tiepieien. ror is tms nil. r
the men w!ir remain almost all are
obliged to work while pursuing their
'studies, a condition which naturally In
terferes with their progress. We are
aiixi ns !h:it all who are minded to do
so embrace this opportunity to go to sea
as a profesHloti, burning their bridges
behind them, if no'tsiary. Wages were
I. ever higher, the cliaiiLcu of adveuture
never more appealing.
"1 noticed a letter by an old seaman
not, long ago in one of the city papers.
whose writer was rather skeptical of
the value of these schools. He probably
overhiffkeil tha f'irt flint tVi wVi.ia
to supplement, not tnke the place of sea
experience. At prosent our students
have had at leauU 18 months' experience
at sea, a few of them have had 20 years.
We try to give them the training in
navigation which most of them have
never had Iba opportunity to acouire.
NATO
No ,ains are ( imrod, not meiely to help ! bo undertaken by Harold A. Hands,
them obi.iln ihe grade of license which civil engineer, ' on behalf of Tort of
their experience entitled them to apply , Portland commission.
for, but also to put them in the way of , That an essential in developing water
helping themselves In the further study transportation on the Columbia will be
cf the theory of their profession. terminal facilities at river ports was as-
Srnrrltj Is Expected j serted by Mr. Hands who said :
"1 arm told by local representatives of ' . "Whenever a railroad corporation con
the shipping board that seven steel ships ' templates building Into a new region the
will be completed In Portland yards In ' tlr"t ,teo through its board of directors,
the next 10 weeks, five of them of the i ,8 t0 8find out agents to study and report
MOO ton style. !y the end of March in j on the resources and prospective ton-
the whole Northwest there will be turned
over to the board some 25 to JO steel
ships. In two or three months a num
ber of woodm xhlps in the Portland dis
trict will b completed, and this num
ber will be rapidly increased. A scarcity
of qualified men for officers and crews
may then' be expected. No graduate of
this school or of the other board schools
of the Northwest need worry about get
ting a job."
The extermination of all flies is the
aim of two British physicians who are
experimenting with parasite' that kills
the Insects.
The Welcome Guest
Has a Good Stomach
Not What You Eat but What You
Digest Tell the Story, Eat Any.
thing if You Follow With a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet.
The Wan or Woman Who Can Eat
Heartily and Xot Fade Away Is the
Welcome Gaeit Anywnsre.
Many people Just hate to eat In com
pany. They prefer to crawl into some
by-place for a dyspeptic's plate of molly
coddle. Business men often resort to this
form "of weakness under the belief they
can work better. But it Isn't what you
eat but what you digest that counts.
Borne stomachs can't digest even a glass
V ji i ii jt. wiiii Jt j ivwci uii I cru
ing dyspepsia and get gas, water brash.
sour risings and so on that the better
. Informed and hearty eaters entirely
avoid. This they do by using Stuart's
i Dyspepsia Tablets.
, Many physicians prescribe them for
stomach troubles and digestive disorders.
They are sold at every drug store, every-
where, price 60 cents a box. .
' : ' Ask your druggist more about them.
i . Adv.
TO CONDUCT "SMILEAGE" DRIVE
1(14 Cm h f c W' ' - 3 n
Da Tie Photo.
Top T. J. Swivel and C. A. Wolfgang, "colonels" of "Smlleage Book"
spiling Irnms. Rollout John ('. English, general chairman of the cam
paign; Charles E. Courhe, chairman of the publicity committee.
Under the auspices of the Portland
Rotary club, the "Smileage Boole" cam
paign will open ii Portland and Oregon
tomorrow with authority to continue
until Thursday.
John C. English, general chairman, be
lieves, however, that the $15,000 quota
assigned to Portland and the $5000 quota
to the state outside Portland wilt be
secured before Wednesday evening.
"Smileage books" are coupon books
containing tickets of admission to "L.ib-
erty theatres" built by the government
I V. I . , amH ort-kMm.cir.ta
Kach ticket has a face value of 6 cents
, .l. . :
jtrm me maximum Huiiiiwiun price l(j ix
performance in a liberty theatre is 25
cents. Hooks containing 20 coupons are
... - . - . . .
sold tor $1 and books containing 100
coupons for $5. The purchaser of a
"Hmlleage book" writes upon it his name
and sends it to a soldier as a means of
of providing entertainment for the khaki
clad benef iciary. I
Boat Traffic Survey to
Show What Can Be Done
Harold A.Rands, Engineer for Port of Portland, Will Gather Data
of Freight Possibilities With View to Interesting
1 Private Capital.
Water transportation between Port
land and upper Columbia river points
wm he alaed bv the traffic survey to
nage, and to determine to what extent
traffic may be developed through new
agricultural lands brought nearer to
market, throush new forest or mineral
areas tapped, or through new industries
that may be established.
Railroads Interest Residents
"Not only this, but the railroad cor
poration oftentimes will attempt to inter
est the residents through whose neigh
borhoods, towns and cities the new line
is to pass. This is done to the end, not
only that these communities, through
the taking of stock and the donating of
rights-of-way, may aid materially in the
constructing of the road, but that they
may have more than a passive interest
In the success of the line when once it
begins to operate.
The port of Portland is a great
corporation. Kvery person who pays
taxes within the district Is a stockholder.
and of this corporation the Port of
Portland commission is the board of
directors.
'Under the extension of powers
granted at the last session of the legis
lature, the port may 'acquire, purchase.
charter, own, employ, operate, and main
tain steamboats,' and under the broad
provisions of this act the commission'
might at once call upon the stockholders.
that is Ahe taxpaying public, through an
election, for funds to inaugurate steamer
service on the upper Columbia and Snake
river, or for that matter to ports beyond
the seaa Such, however, would not be
Stm More Ships
Urged by Daniels
Seattle. Feb. 16. (I. N. S.) Ships,
and still more ships, is the demand
of the hour, says Secretary of the
Navy Daniels in a telegram received
today by Robert Moran, state director
of the Publlo Reserve Service here,
who has charge of Washington's share
of the enrollment of 250,000 . skilled
shipbuilders.
Secretary Daniels , Bays "Victory
ships' should be the name applied
to every vessel now launched. He ap
peals to the craftsmen of this state
to get behind the movement and do
everything possible to swell the en
rollment so that tha defeat of the
Huns will be spleded. - -
The enrollment In this state Is de
clared by Moran to be proceeding rap
idly and it is expected Washington's
share, 6000, wil be on tha lists when
tho drive closes.
Fred Kessler Fined $50
Fred Kessler was fined J50 in tha
municipal court Saturday on a
charge of violating tha prohibition law.
He was arrested by Officers Hurlburt,
Phillips "and Teeters. - Kessler has suc
ceeded , in destroying most of tha evi
dence before the officers arrived. -
Ten teams of 10 men each will canvass
the city, eight teams working in the west
Side business district and two teams
working in the east side business dis
trict. The "colonels" of the teams are
Thomas J. Swivel and C. A. Wolfgang.
Mrs. V. E. Moore Is the directing head
of an auxiliary organization of "Kotary
Hoses," wives of Rotarians, that will
canvass the banks, department stores
find several of the residence sections.
B. I-iee Paget is chairman of the com
mittee on street sneaking. Erio V.
Hauser is the head of the out-state
campaign forces.
"The campaign will really open with
a 'kick-off banquet' in the Chamber of
Commerce, Monday evening at 6 :15
o'clock," announced General Chairman
English. All committee members, both
men and women, will be present, and
the chief addresses will be delivered by
Pr. William T. Foster and Dr. Edward
H. Pence.
a wise policy. It would not be such a
policy as the board of directors of a
well ordered private corporation would
pursue.
The correct program Is to gather to
gether the facts in such a way as to
demonstrate to private capital the pos
sibilities of operating steamers, not at a
loss, but at a profit in the upper river
trade. In short, the object of the survey
is to set in motion forces which will
lead to a real and actual use of the
Columbia as a commercial highway.
Roads Don't Reach Rirer
"The commission is fortunate at this
time in having the benefit of the very
excellent report prepared in 1916 by F.
C. Schubert, engineer under the war de
partment in charge of the construction
of the Celilo canal, and connected with
Columbia river improvements for the
past 17 years.
"Thl3 report shows that warehouse
and freight handling facilities along the
upper Columbia and the Snake are so
meager as almost to be called non
existent ; that the roads from the pro
ducing country in many cases do not
reach the river at all, but terminate at
the railroad tracks which parallel the
river on both the south and north banks
over a considerable portion of the stretch
under investigation. The present survey
will continue the study made by Mr.
Schubert, and will bring it down to date.
In addition, it will extend its scope to
include a careful mapping of the several
counties bordering the river, paying es
pecial attention to those points most
favorable, by reason of easy grades and
good roads, for bringing to the - river
steamers the products of the outlying
country.
"A careful study will be made of the
roads to the end that the cost of river
auto truck transportation may be deter
mined, and that by so doing it may, as a
next step, be possible to enlist the active
cooperation of those communities whose
prosperity, growth and prestige the open
river may be made an ever increasing
factor."
Off-Color Resorts
Barred by Baker
Washington, Feb. 16. (I. N. S.) Sec
retary of War Baker, in an order issued
this afternoon, prohibited for the period
of the war the setting up of houses of
111 fame within five miles of any military
camp or station. Violation constitutes a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not more than $1000, 12 months in prison,
or both. I
The secretary requested the governor
of Texas to close certain places near
camps in that state.
Ivan Stewart to
Represent 0. A. C.
s
Oregon Agricultural College, CorvaHis.
Feb. 16. Ivan. Stewart of Salem, orator
of the freshman class last year, and a
member of the newly installed Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity, has won the
honor of representing this institution In
the state oratorical contest-by virtue of
taking first honors in the tryout here
last Wednesday evening. .
Tha graphic account of the tragedy of Bel-"
ium by -4nt;)d XV tut lock, -flitted States minis
ter to Belgium, -In lb Sunday Journal.
SALMON SHIPS IN
RIVER PREPARING
FOR ALASKA TRIP
Bark St. Nicholas to Enter Port
land Dryi Dock This Week to
Undergo Repairs.
FLEET WILL DEPART EARLY
Great Impetus Given Salmon In
dustry by Increased Demand
for Sea Food.
Alaska salmon packers in the river
will make an early start for the north
this season. Arrangements are now
under way for outfitting the ships and
repairing them for the arduous task on
the shores and in the rivers of Alaska.
The bark St. Nicholas of the Columbia
River Packers' association will leave her
winter moorings at Astoria the first of
this week for Portland to enter the Port
of Portland drydock. Her fleet mate,
the bark Rence. also moored at Astoria,
may come later but her bottom, belli)?
copper covered, is said ttf be in good con
dition. The bottom of the St. Nicholas
is to be repainted.
"Other packers in the rlvor nra those
of the Alaska:Portland-Packers' associa
tion. They are the barks Berlin and Ievl
Burgess. They are in w inter quarters
at Ooble.
With the government urging a greater
consumption of fish in the interest of
food conservation, a great Impetus has
been given to the salmon Industry and
packers are 'hoping for a good season.
The season varied lait year. With some
It was good and with others it was bad.
The packs of the .Alaaka-Portland and
Columbia River associations wer con
sidered good.
LICENSED FOR HONOLULU TRADE
Pacific Mail and Toyo Kiscn Kalsha
Given Blanket License.
San Francisco. Feb. 16. (I. X. S.
Walter Scarrrmell's schooner Amy Tur
ner, which was sunk in Lyttleton, N. Z..
harbor last December to overcome a
fire, was raised Thursday. Scammell
said he gives credit, for the sinking and
salving of the vessel, which saved her,
to Captain Bennett, in -command of the
schooner.
The Toyo Kisen Kalsha and the Pa
cific Mall yesterday were granted blan
ket licenses to carry passengers between
this port and Honolulu until further
notice. Honolulu, under the coastwise
law, is considered a coast port, and Vfs
fsels under foreign flags were not fer
mltted to carry cargo and passengers
between coastwise ports. The blanket
license will enable both the Toyo Klsen
Kalsha and the Pacific Mail to carry
passengers hence to Honolulu and re
turn without the necessity of getting a
permit for each sailing from Washing
ton. The steam schooner Columbia, which
was purchased by the shipping board
and turned over to the Mat son Naviga
tion company,: has been taken off the
Honolulu run. It Is said the shipping
board expeefsto send the Columbia to
the Atlantic Coast.
AL-KI CARGO MAY BE SALVED
Aberdeen Man Purchases Wreck
of
-Steamer Lost In November.
Aberdeen, Wash.. Feb. 16. If plans
which William Rosenkrantz of the Pa
cific Junk company has made for sal
vaging the cargo, engines and hulk of
the steamer Al-Kl. wrecked on the
Alaska coast in November, succeed, he
will make money.
Rosenkrantz has returned from
Alaska, where he organized a company
and becajne the principal purchaser of
the steamer and her cargo, which he
will attempt to salvage. The ship and
her cargo cost him $35,000, and if he is
able to make the salvage the profit will
run to $200,000.
The Al-Kl lies In nine feet of water
at high tide. She draw-B 12 feet of
water. After the cargo is removed Ro
senkrantz hopes to float her by the use
of lighters.
1TEAVY CARGO FOR ROSE CITY
Steamer for San Francisco Not
to
Sail Until 5 o'clock.
Due to heavy offerings of freight, the
steamer Rose City will not get away for
San Francisco until 5 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon, i ne scneauie time is 3 o clock.
Passengers holding reservations will
therefore have two hours longer to say
goodbye.
The Rose City will be delayed not only
by the large cargo of outward bound
freight, but her cargo on the way up
was unusually heavy and It took Jonc?r
than had been calculated to unload it.
News of the Port
Arrivals February 1
Breakwater. American itrimitf. . from
San
San
Francisco, passengers and freight.
ituse City. American itftnuv. frvm
Pedro and San Francisco, passengers and freight.
Departures February 16
Santa Barbara. American atMmr ffw
Stella, for San Pedro, lumber,
J. A. Chanalor, American steamer, for Ga
Tiota, ballast.
MARINE AUIAXAC
Weather at River's Mouth
North Head. Feb. 16. Conditions at
the
moutn 01 we river at o p. m. :
sun Heeora rep February 1 s
Sun rises 7:09 a. m. Sun sets, 6:41 p.
Tides st Astoria Monday
High Water Low Water
6:14 a. m., 8.4 feet 0:04 a. m.. 2.9 feet
7:48 p. m., 5.8 feet 1:85 p. ra.. 0.6 feet
w earner at River's Moutn
North Head. Feb. 16. Condition of the bar
at 5 p. m. : Sea. smooth: wind. east. 8 miles Der
oour.
BAIIiY RIVKK READINGS
STATIONS.
sj; - 6gg 3j
Pmatilla 25 4.8 -0.1 0.00
Engene 10 6.3 0.1 0.61
Albany 20 6.8 -0.5 0.71
Salem 20 9.5 -0.4 0.52
Oregon City ....... . 13 8.3 -0. 1 0.86
Portland 15 8.7 -0.5 0.58
(-) fall; () rife.
RIVER FORECAST
The Willamette river at Portland will remain
nearly stationary during the next two or three
nays.
AT NEIGHBORING PORTS
I Astoria. Feb. 16. Left tin at 11 a. m
Schooner Commerce and bavkenHne James Tuft.
Sailed at 8 :40 p. m. : Steamer Atlas towing
mire 10. vo. ror Dan rrancisco.
Neh Bay. Feb. 18. Passed at 7:10 a. m.
Auxiliary- schooner Hjal tenses, from Grays
Harbor.
Ban Pedro, Feb. 1 Arrived : Steamer
nearer irrgn rortiana; sailed: Steamer lists y
- Point Lobos. Feb. 16.- Passed at ft m
Steamer Oleum, lrotn Port Saa X4iis. for Peru
land.
Astoria, - Feb 1 5.- Arrived at 7 and left np
at 8 :S0 P- nvt fiteunex Breakwater, froca Saa
Francfoeo. Arrivad at 10 and left up at
11:13 p. m. : S tea mar Boa City, from San
Pedro and San Francisco.
San Franabco. Feb. 18. Arrie4: Tanered
from N'anaitao, 2:15 a. m.; Henry J. Biddle.
Nanxno. via Xel Bay. with bars AcapnVco in ,
tow. 4:43 a. m. : Girlie Mahoney. le Aneele, j
4 :3 a. m. ; iJefianca. Seattle, with barge Wii-1
liam 11. Smith in tow. 0:10 a. m. ; 1'aaadena, I
Albion, 7:15 a, m. ; Yale. Vot Angeles, 7:55 J
a. m. ; City of Topeka, Eureka, 10. -05 a. m.:j
rtagmaw, uoa angeles, u:u a. m.; unanee n.
Wilvn, Lenaka. 10:50 a. m.; Sea Eale, Port
Ran Luis, with barge Simla in tow. 2:05 p. m. ;
Washington. Eureka, 2:43 p. m. ; Admiral Wat
ton, Seattle, ft :30 a. m. : Katharine, Kareka,
8:10 p. re.;' Bee. Kareka. 8:55 p. m. : Van
guard. Eureka. 4:10 p. m.. bound for Ioa An
geles, pot tn for fuel; Carlo, Lot Angels. 2:20
p. m. ; Sequoia, Sura, 4:45 p. cn.
Sailed: Tug Arab, for Monterey with barga
Santiago io tow. 1:20 a. m. ; Tyee. for Mamh
fieUl. with barge Johanna Smith in tow, 10:10
a. m. : Admiral Schley. Seattle. Victoria and
Vancourer. 1:25 p. m. ; Tale. Ioa Angelea and
San Wego. 8:15 p. m. ; Allen A. Ilannen. for
eodftshing cruise, 8:20 p. m. : Girlie Mabony,
Albion, 3:23 p. m. : Mawhfield. Albion. 4:10
l m. ; Ileisy Putnam. Colombia riyer, 5 p. m. ;
Yosemite, for Iuget Soond port". 6:20 p. m.t
t;. C Undaoer. MarshfiekL 8:10 p. m.; tug
Sea King, for Port Ban I,uia, with barge Ersklne
M. Phelps in tow. 7:25 p. m.; Carlos. Graya
llarbor, 7 :50 p. m.
San Francisco, Feb. 18. (I N. S) Ar
lired February 15: Admiral Schley, Ixs An
geles. 6:20 p. m. ; Tahoe, Grays Harbor. 4 :40
p. m. ; Daisy Potman. Ia Angeles, 6:15. Sailed:
Narigator. with alonterey, GaTiota. 11:15 a. ra. :
Johan Poulsen. Atoria. 11:20 a. m. : Beaer.
I-oa Angeles, 11:35 a. m. ; Admiral Dewey.- Io
Angeles. 12:25 p. m. ; iiultnomth, Seattle, 1:20
p. m. ; AKmuvsan, Columbia rirer, 3:40 p. ni. ;
Sea Foam. Mendocino, 4:05 p. m. ; Wbittier,
Pert San Luis. 7 r. m.
Seattle. Feb. 18. Arrived: Admiral . Good
rich, from west coast ports, at 8:J5 a. m.
Sailed: Steamer Ala--ka, for southwestern Al-a-skan
port.-at 9:50 a. m. Steamer Jefferson,
for southeastern Alaskan ports, at 9.-0 a. m.
D. (i. Scofield. for San Francisco, at S:10 a. m.
Feb. 15. ArriTed: Steamer Victoria, from
southwestern Alaskan ports, at 7 p. m. Firwood.
from Saa Francisco, at midnight.
Valdea. Feb. 14. Sailed: Steamer North
western, west bound, at 11:45 p. m.
Wrangell, Feb. 15. Sailed: Steamer City of
Seattle, north bound, at 11 a. m
Aberdeen. Feb. 15. Sailed: Steam-r Hjolte
naes. for Seattle, in Vow tug John Cudahy, at 3
p. m.
Port Aneele. Feb. 18. ArriTed: Steamer
Wilmington, from Seattle.
Port Townu-nd, Feb. 16. Passed in: Steamer
Ilakudiika Maru, for Seattle, at 8:30 a. m.
Port Gamhle, Fb. 15. -Arrived: Schooner
Alice Cooke, from Honolulu: thence Jan. 27 Tta'
Port Townscnd in tow tug Pioneer.
Tacoma. Feb. 16. Arrived: Steamer Admiral
Frrragut. from Seattle. Victoria, from Seattle.
TV , l ' v. i a a ; i. . .1 : i -
rRjroT from Seattle. 7 a. m. : Oridono Mara from I
Seattle. 6:30 p. m. Sailed: L Arenir. Seattle.
I ifcwrnr i .ri'. in, ai iLiru . Aumuai
9 a. m. : Admiral 1'trrarut. Seattle. 4 p. m.
Seattle, Keb. IB. Arrived: Bakosliilta Maru
from iMiren for Seattle, 2 a. m.. proceeding
north; Barge Vahtnrna, Port Lodlow, 2 p. m.
Sailed: Wilmington. Hilo. 1I-.20 a. m.:
aehooner Alice, Cooke for Port Gamble, 1 a. m. :
Westerner for an Atlantic oort. 11:80 a. m. :
Alaska for Seward, 12:80 p. m.; Snohomish for
an Atlantic port. 2 p. m.; Jefferon for Skag
way, 5 p. m.
Marshfleld. Feb. 16. Arrired: Barg C. A.
Smith in tow of tug Samoon. from San Fran-
Los Angeles. Feb. 16. Arrired Bearer from !
Portland, 11 a. m. ; A Talon from CSray Harbor, '.claims to the effect that he can manu
6 a. m.; Admiral Dewey from Seattle. 6 p. m. ; I facture this yarn in duantttles and at
Northford. San Piego. 9 a. m. - I nrii-a. --111 r,v
Sailed Geo. Loomls for San Franmwo tn ;
the night: barge 01 in tow of Standard Xo. 2 Since arriving nome I nave received
for San Diego in the night: Carlos for ;raya : a letter from Mr. Starling to the ef
lfarbor In the night; Tamalpais for Grays Har- fct that his board Of directors met
bor. 1:30 p. m. : Daisy Freeman. Grays Harbor,. .,, wc .,,,.,, - .
in the night; Horace Baxter. Puget Sound. 6 January 25 when resolutions of confl-
m.; Harttord. Ultra. 7 p. m. : Tiverton, t o-
lumbia rler. 7 p. m. ; Aralon. San Francisco, 7
p. m ; SanU Monica. San Francico. 5 p- nv !
HeatUe. Feb. IB. (L N. S. ) Balled (
AU.kan for Sontliwertern Alaska. JO a. m. ;
Jefferson for Southeastern Alaska. 0 a. m. ; I
D. O. scofield for San Francisco una Point j
Wells, 8 a. m ; Oridono Maru for Portland. B '
motorsliip City of Portland for Port
Ludlow. 2 p. m.
ArriTed. Admiral Goodrich from 8m Fran-
cisco ria Vancourer. n. t" 8 a. m . bark L'Ari- '
anr from Tapoma. 1 p m. j
Meadow Point, Feb. 16. ArriTed,
Lyman
Btewart. from Port San Iiuis.
Eierett. Feb. 16. Sailed
Australian for
Sydney.
Point Wells. Feb. 18. Sailed
D. G. gco-
field, for Sn Francisco.
Port I.udlow. Feb. 18 A rrl ", t--
land from Seattle.
Port Gambia. Fab. IS Arrll ill.. v
rrom .Honolulu.
Ketchman. Feb
V.lf-r"Sl0'i-PortnI for'
Taldes for Cordora. 1 a. m ;
Seattle, 2 p. m. ;
Weather Conditions
Portland and Yictnlty forecacts Sunday rain:
moderate easterly 3w1nds..
Edward L.
Well. I
Meteorologist.
Daily Meteorological Report
C 'lod
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Baker .... .1 32 Tol SF. I Snow
Boise 38 .04 13 SE Rstn
Boston .... 26 0 . . SE Cloudy
Calgary ... 6 0 SE Cloudy
Chicago ... 26 .24 12 NW Snow
Denver .... 88 0 . . N Clear
Des Moines . 20 .22 .. NW Clear
Kureka ... 64 .96 14 8 Pt. Cloudy
GaWeston ..74 0 20 N Cloudy
Helena 26 0 . . SW Clear
Junean t ... 20 0 . . N riear
Kansas City. 28 0 12 N Clear
t,os Anceles. 70 0 SW Clear
Marnhfield . 82 1.80 .. SW Rain
M-dford ... SO .10 .. SW Rain
Minneapolis 16 O .. NW Clear
New Orleans 80 0 NE Cloudy
New York . . 82 O 14 F. Cloudy
North llad. 44 .76 8 - E Cloudy
X. Yakima . 36 .26 .. Snow
Phoeni ... 70 0 . . W Clear
ToeateUo 82 0 16 SE Cloudy
Portland . . 48 .76 8 SE Rain
Roseburg ..50 .66 12 SW Rain
Sacramento . 54 0 10 RE P.ain
St. I-ouis . . 84 O 12 NW Ft. Cloudy
Salt Lake . . 88 0 . . SW Cloudy
San Dieao . . 2 0 NW Clear
San Fran. . 5 0 12 8 Rain
Seattle 44 .16 12 BE Rain
Sitka 36 .. O O Oear
Spokane ... 32 .01 12 E Snow
Tacoma 44 .14 N Rain
Valdes t... 20 0 0 NE Rain
Tatoosh Is. .. 38 1.88 80 0 Clear
Wolla Walla. f 4 0 20 BE Cloudy
Washington 30 0 SE Cloudy
Winnipeg , . 6 0 10 SW Clear
t a. m. today. p. m. report of preceding
day.
Loral Record
Portland. Feb. 16. Maximum tempera tn re
40 decrees. Minimum temperature. 87 degrees.
River reading. 8 a, m.. 87 feet. Change in
last 24 hours. 0.5 foot. Total rainfall 15
r. m. to 5 p. m.). .78 inches. Total rainfall
since September 1, 1017, 81.17 inches. Normal
ramtall since September 1, 2U.31 Inches. r.l
cess of rainfall since September 1. 1917. 1.86
Incbes. Sunrise. 1 :12 a. m. Sunset. 0:38 p.
m. Total aunsbine 0 boars, lz minutes. Possi
ble sunshine, 10 hours, 26 minutes. Moon rise,
0.40 a. m. Moonset. 4:50 a. m. (18th).
Barometer (reduced sea, level) 5 p. m., 2U.60
inches. Relative humidity at noon, 92 per cent.
Notice to Mariners
Branch Ilvdrographlo Office. Portland. Feb.
1 5. Information has been- received at this of
fice from the master of an American vessel
that on June 27. 1916. at 10 a. m., when m
latitude 28 degrees 14 aoinutes south, longitude
169 degrees 11 minutes east, clear, sunny, mod
erate east wind, vessel hard to steer, sighted a
gray natch like a rhoaL with heavy current and
tide ail around, the patch being about one-half
mile wide and two miles long, stretching in aa j
easterly and westerly direction: ship about one
mile off. K. - txsiUKir.
Commander U. S- Navy.
By Oscar W. Schwa rx. nautical expert. U. S. X
The following affects the aids to navigation
in the Seventeenth lighthouse district.
Coos Bay Pigeon Point bnoy. 6, reported out
of position. February 9. To be replaced as
soon as practicable.
Yamuna Bay outside bar onoy. s. reported
adrift, February 9. To be replaced as soon as
practicable. ROBERT W A BRACK.
ugnuiouse inspector.
New Foreman for
Sloan Yards Named
Olympla, Feb. 16. (I. N. S.) I. A.
Peterson today was named foreman
of the Sloan shipbuilding yards here
by William Pigott, head of the Emerg
ency Fleet Corporation's wooden ship
building program. Peterson replaces
a foreman named Schnelderwln, said
to be a German. It is believed other
changes will be made In the yard In
carrying out orders for a general
shake-up to. remedy 'the alleged demor
alised working conditions at. this plant.
It is estimated that mora than
$1,000,000 has been expended at this
yard since the government took charge
in addition to f 1.700,000 advanced by
the government to the Sloan Brothers.
Eight ships are on the ways.
' Belgium Under the Genua Heal, fey Brass
Whltlooa, la The Monday JoarasJ.
UN-RETTED FLAX
WILL IK FINE
LINEN PRODUCTS
State Treasurer Kay Submits to
Chamber of Commerce Report
of Investigation Made.
WILL BE HEARD MONDAY
Recommends Result of Month's
Operation of Starling Process
Be Basis for Action.
Favorable report on the Starling pro
cess of spinning linen yarns from un-
.retted flax has been made to the Port
land Chamber of Commerce by State
Treasurer Thomas B. Kay, who recently
made a thorough investigation of the
process in North Tonawanda. N. Y.,
where the factory of the inventor, J.
Sydney Starling, is located.
He will address the Chamber of Com
merce Monday noon orr the subject.
"After having made a thorough inves-
tlgatlon of Mr. Starling s system or
manufacturing flax and having Inter
viewed many other people, most of
whom oppose him, still I am of the
opinion- that Mr. Starling can manu
facture yarns suitable for weaving into
fabrics from unretted flax straw," says
Mr. Kay as the conclusion to a formal
rsn.r. , .v,i, v. ,lQ., vi .rnerlenrs
'Further, the chemicals which he uses
in degummlng and bj.eacb.lng are not In
jurious to the yarn in any way, and,
further, that his methods are not ex
pensive. Starling Factory It to Operate
"However, before such a manufac
turing plant should be established on
the Pacific Coast. Mr. Starling ought
l oenwiimraw Doyunu nu""""
" - . . .
upiicb in mm Tro vowa, aim iiiai n.
was decided to go right ahead with the
manufacture of both yarns and mattress
. . . - - .... . .
c' ""lral vl ""'r gr ouwi
will depend solely upon the amount of
flax straw now obtainable ; that they
havA nlrenrtv rnmmenreri th niirr-hj
I of everything In sight.
regardless of
quality, so long as it Is sound, and
that the. firm will nnerntn two xhifta
nf i i. .-.iioKi
Great Promise of Flax Industry
"Now, personally, I am of the opinion
that Mr. Starling can manufacture yarn
suitable for fabrics in paying quanti
ties, but Inasmuch as Mr. Starling ex
pects now to operate his plant, I think
it a ili-lafl HI A In aa-sll t li j. Mcntt rt a
month's operation before taking the
. , . . .
matter uy in urejcju. in cuw im ucm-
onstrates, however, that he can manu
facture these yarns as he clatms, I
think his method would be the best to
establish in Oregon, and that from such
a plant would soon work Into the man
ufacture of high grades of linen pro
ducts and develop an Industry in this
state which bids fair to become one of
our most profitable Industries, both
from a standpoint of raising raw ma-
W ID)
inly 11 CDe
The price of the world-famous
"Cascarets," the harmless Candy
Cathartic for men, women and
children, remains as always, 10c
a box. Why pay more for your
family laxative? There is nothing
better to tone the Liver and
terlal and of gK'lnr employment to peo
ple in manufacturing plants."
Tara.Xot Iajared hy Froeeis
Mr. Kay says that Mr. Ransom, pres
ident of Lock port Textile company,
large manufacturers of toweling, gave
his testimony tn favor of the Starling
process and declared that Oregon flax
fiber is as sood aa scan be produced
anywhere on this continent.
J. J. Aid red, owner of the Niagara
Textile company plants and recognized,
says Mr. Kay. as one of the most ex
pert practical manufacturers In the
east, said that he had manufactured
the Starling yarns Into fabrics several
years ago and that the material was
still as strong as when be first re
ceived it.
llaehlaery Dees All the Work
In the presence of Mr. Kay and "Mr.
Aldred, Mr. Starling operated his North
Tonawanda plant, 'commencing the
demonstration by opening a bale of flax
straw just as It came from the farmer,
and in my presence put It through the
1 various machinery until if was spun
into yam, samples of which I have. He
first threshed it In a machine which he
had built and patented himself, then put
it through the' brakes, through a lapping
machine, which he had Invented and
has patented, through various preparing
or drawing mac hi nee. then through a
comb, which is the kind used in woolen
mills, then, after running it through va
rious other drawing machine. It, was
spun, a part of the yarn being treated
by a chemical process which degums
and bleaches It, and was then apun
without any chemical treatment what -
ever. After these yams were finished,
Mr. Aldred. who was with me, made an
examination and stated to Mr. Starling
that he would be glad to purchase 100.
000 pounds at 85 cents a pound, tha
present market price."
Some Doubtful ai to Process
Mr. Kay says he found the Starling
plant had not been operated much dur
ln the nsat four vears. due to litiga
tion. Among those who were doubtful
of the feasibility of the Starling process
were Robert Andrews, who represents
yarn manufacturers in Ireland and Scot
land, and Hughes Fawcett. an Importer
of linens, both of whom Mr. Kay called
upon
vlattlns- Washington that
the government has pracUcally made its
plans to provide airpiaiiw
sea island cotton, and would not ha pre
disposed to locating a factory In Oregon
for the manufacture of linen airplane
wing material.
Knights Are to Be
Hosts to Soldiers
Ballroom and Assembly Ball at Mnltno
mah Hotel Will Be Seene of Eatertala
inent for Nation's Defenders.
One of the patriotic events of the
coming week will be the entertalnmnnt
given by the Knights of Columbus for
the soldiers at the ballroom and assem
bly hall of the Multnomah hotel next
Haturday night. Invitations have been
sent to the men at the Vancouver bar
racks and to all the soldiers In this
vicinity. It is the Intention of the
Knights to make this occasion as en
joyable as possible for the, men In the
service and a varied program has been
prepared.
Milton "A. Miller, collector of Internal
revenue, has been engaged as the speaker
of the evenlpg. Solos will be gtvnn by
Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, contralto: Mrs.
Raymond A. Sullivan, dramatic oprano.
and Otto Wedemeyer, baritone. Mrs.
Warren E. Thomas will be acorrrpanUt.
An orchestra has been engaged to play
patriotic airs and to furnish other music
It was originally planned to hold this
celebration on Washington's birthday,
but the committee decided to hold it on
Saturday evening instead ro as not to
conflict with other entertainments.
No admission will be charged and all
men in the service and their friends are
Invited by the Knights. ,
FIBER SHIPMENT
SHOWS HANDSOME
RETURN ON FLAX;
. , -
Carload of Flax Fiber and Tow
Will Bring Return of $16,
265.73. CRAWFORD ESTIMATE CLOSE
More Than Eighty Tons of Flax
Straw and Also Tow Is Still
on Hand.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 18. The contention
of Governor Wlthycombe. announced
imrt If,V,on the,1x pUnS !
I h. ra,te Jnltentlry- "at Crawford
i "a not jnad a financial success of
: . wo amprovea wway
when a carload of flax fiber and tow
v.as shipped to a Philadelphia firm. ,
In the car were 28.193 pounds of fiber,'
sold for 57 V4 cents a pound, or a total
of 11 5.O60.9 S : lf pounds of No. 1 flna
tow, sold for 25 cents a pound, or a
total of 1204.75. besides 90 pounds of
i fine tow1 and 288 pounds of fiber which
v as below sample and on which tha
rrice has not yet beten fixed.
Entirely From Itlt Crop
This flax product Is entirely from tha
1V1 crop which was harvested and
tetted by Crawford, the two Important
j
nrflCSflseN In mnniwMlnn with flav .wi
j auction, and since hU discharge has been
put through the scutching ma chines and
baled for market. '
The state records show that there la
now in the flax fund a balance of $7391.
v.lth all claims paid. From the product7
Just shipped the state will receive lit.
165.73. plus the amount that may be
received from the 1210 pounds for which
the price was not listed. This makes a
ttlal of $24.28. Out of this fund tha
state wilt repay tho 110.C53 advanced
by the last legislature to pull the busi
ness out of the hole Into which It had
been plunged by J. C Cady, former flax
manager, and who was succeeded by
Crawford. This will leave a net bal
ance of 113.705.
Eighty Tons fttraw ni Hand -In
addition to this more than 30 tons
. a. inn II .'III ,.., , I , ivy, Will, it
Crawford did not ret last seifson, is still
on hand at the prison. Also tow; for
which the state in offered $47 in. in ready
for market and stored in a warehouse
In Salem. And In addition to all this
there Is on hand the seed harvested from
the 1917 crop, and all the straw from
the 1917 crop yet to be worked "up.
Crawford estimated thnt he would
make a profit of $3i,Hn, and present fig
ures lndicatn that this estimate Is coit
servatlvn. Tel when the governor dis
charged him he declared that Crawford
r r ffliv H t r u ... rmm tK. 1I1C M u,t,I..W
had not made a profit and refused to
pay him the $800 bonus which his agree
ment provided fox if he made a profit.
The governor offered to pay half of the
bonus.
The suit brought, by Crawford to com
pel the governor to approve his claim
for the $800 is now before the Marion
county circuit court.
The graphic account of the tragedy of BeW
shim by Brand Whltlork, Vnited States minis
ter to Belgium, in Tbe Sunday Journal.
cleanse the Bowels when head
achy, Bilious, Sick or Consti
pated. For a sour, upset Stomach, s
for Colds, Dizziness, Dyspepsia,
Sallowness, remember a "Cas
caret" at night straightens you .
up by morning. Never gripe or ,
sicken. Any drug store.
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