t ' 1 'i VICTORIES SPUR s workers on TO MORE SPEED 7 l 1, Men in Yards Watch With J Breathless Interest News Bui letins of Progress in War. NO SHIPYARD SLACKERS, HERE r Belief is Expressed There Are No Men of Draft AgeWho Can Be Spuared for Senace. American victories on thf western front In Francs are spurring 'porkers In ih ahtevards to even erreaten endeavor than heretofore, and sines thfc news of the allied euccesses-of the last two weeks has been comlrnr across to Portland, the vMsels under, construction here have' arown a by Ynaele. At everv shlovard the bulletins are watched, noon editions of The Journal re crabbed by every man who can se Cureuone, and In several of the yards they are posted on boards, where men, crowding" eagerly about, either read the stories' of valorous deeds In France or bear them read by one who Is nearer the board and can see. Throughout the shipyards there Is very evidence of electrification by the news dispatches. Men go to bed wn the news of the advances in their minds. and go to work In the morning with a determination to do their best that the war may be ended Quickly and victort oust. The ahlpworkers know that their hus tling over here has. heartened the boys over there, and they are worktrig with the determination to hold up their end of this war business, and more. "While there has been no lagging In the shipyards ground Portland,- as re sults will show," eays William Cornfoot president of the Alblna Engine & Ma- chin, works, "yet there la a noticeable quickening and speeding up since the news of the victories across the water Every man Is doing his best to make every minute count. They have heard what the boys In France are doing, and they are going to back them up with their best efforts." There Is no such thing as a "shipyard slacker" In the yards of Portland, the managers of the yards believe ; and while there are men of draft age em ployed, they are there1 either bcause of dependencies that will not release them or realise that they can do more where their experience counts than they could on the fighting line while a green hand took their places here. . The condition. In all probability, is not peculiar -to the Portland shipyards, and as a result of the showing made by tip United States armx an Increased output of shipbuilding throughout the nation will result. VARD I CLASS BY ITSELF Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora tion May Nave More Ways. The Columbia River Shipbuilding cor poration, the onl stel yard In the. Northwest that gained, the permission of Director General Charles M. Schwab to I continue the expansions of the plant as had been planned, Is forging ahead with this Work and expects to have additional ways completed before winter. i Plana for new expansions at all other yards in the Northwest were abandoned after the visit of the Emergency Fleet corporation officials, as Plrecto? General Schwab refused to sanction any further enlarging of plants at this time. Rea sons asMlgned were that there are as many now as supplies cap. be obtained for, and that the West has as much of its martpower engaged In war work as is consistent with the best Interests of the nation. Since December 1. 1917, when the first hull , jvas launched., eight vessels have been ssnt-down the ways, an average of one a month, a total of 70,400 tons of ships. Seven of the eight have bn de livered to the Kmerson Fleet corpora tion. 5 The following are the ships and the dates of their launching and delivery: 8hip launched Delivered Westward Ho ...Dec. 1 .Feb. 4 Westbrook Jan. 13. Mar. 31 Westgate.. Jan. 27 Anr. 23 West Indian Feb. 27 May 22 West Grove Mar. 27 Apr. 26 Western City. . . Apr. 30 June 6 Western Coast. t luiy 6.v.. ,.July 31 Western Pride. . ..July 20,. T" Announcement Important Ot Importance to the shippers and carriers of grain from Portland Is the announcement of an investigation by the bftard of Canada (rraln commissioners Right in the heart of a true vacation country Hundreds of nature's beauty spots mountain, land and sea right at hand. Wonderful scenery magnificent auto drives. Only two-day motor rtm from Portland. NO TROUBLE ABOUT. CROSSING BOUNDARY ! Send Today for Free Road Map, Tourist Literature and "Where to Go" Folder J. R. DAVISON l City Publicity Commissioner Board of Trade Building,. VANCOUVER, CANADA TILLAMOOK LEAVES GRANT SMITH ' ll- - ' - "2'rt '-fit ssntsi' - - ff e . ' TZkMJ& ' sw if " I Lf- ii . I t 'fT. 'VHe ?' "ivV, ' S '-(V, If liiaajg s 1 ! Ji 1 ; rCLJTS , ,; . - - . -CTT- 1 ssssssssTSBasssssBaessasBSMsssMasisM mmmmmm-mmummam.mmt f T (mmmmmwitmm$it.n.. i sn n m iim i-i inzFi rnp?7iT n that wheat carrying even & very high percentage of moisture can be trans ported from the Northwest via the Pan ama canal to Europe without suffering Injury at all. ' J. P. Jones, a 'member of the board, makes this statemenOfollowinff trial shipments of cargoes of wheat heavy with moisture, which arrived at Kuro pean ports undamaged. . IILXLS 'NOT TQ BE HELD BACK No Delays Planned Here to Permit Labor Day Launching. There will be no hulls held for launch ing on Labor day in this district of wooden ship production, according to District Supervisor Lloyd J. Wentworth. The need of ships is . too great, ho be lieves, to hold any vessels on theways that can be put into the water. It Is probable, however, that work on some hulls will be speeded up and, as several launchlngs are due about the first of September, Portland will not be without launchlngs for Labor day. Man agers of the yards building ships here will endeavor to arrange for launchlngs on Labor day, as far as can be arranged without slowing up construction, but there will be no halt in the campaign to get more ships for the nation. NO LABOR TROUBLE, WORD District Manager Wentworth Sets at Rest Various Rumpjrs. Contrary to rumors that have been set afloat in the Northwest, there are no labor troubles in the wooden shipyards of Portland. This on the authority of District Manager Lloyd J. Wentworth. The men are not complaining of wages being paid nor . has there been any un rest evidenced In any of the yards, he One report had it that a thousand men In the Portland shipyards had gone on strike, another that a wage increase of 30 per cent had been demanded in one yard.- ' "There may be trouble tinder the sur face," said Mr. Wentworth, "but It has not come to light Conditions as re gard the labor situation never were better." NEW LIGHTS TO BE ESTABLISHED Aids to Navigation in Coquille River Ready About September 1. Establishment of lights for the aid of the navigation of the Coquille river, in the Coos Bay.' district, . have been an nounced by the lighthouse, service, Sev enteenth district. These lights are to be established about September 1 In the following locations : . , .. Bandon Float Light 6 Light- to be fixed red of . 20 candlepower, about 8 feet ahOvo water On a red pyramidal superstructure on' a black wooden float. In the -position of channel buoy , which will then be discontinued. Drift Light To be fixed white, of 10 candlepower, about 10 feet above water, on an arm or post' on west bank s Top New wood ship slides into Willamette river under Oregon name 'Bottom Mrs. J. C Langelle, The ; Tliamook, originally naTmed the Lenapa But changed that she might carry an Oregon name In the war against the kalserwas launched last Tuesday at the plant of the Grant Smith-Porter Ship company. She was the 15th ship launched there this year and her launching marked the end of the first year's work of river, about 2 miles above entrance to river. Bend Light To be I whits, of 60 can dlepower, about 10 teet above water, on an arm on post- on northwest bank of river, about 2V& miles above entrance to river. Bullards Light To be fixed white, of 60 candlepower, about 16 feet above water, on an arm on post on southwest corner of dock at Bullards landing, about t miles above entrance to river. Wilson Landing Light To be fixed red, of 20 candlepower, about 16 ' feet above water; on an ; arm on post on northeast corner of dock near Wilson landing, about 8 miles above entrance to river. Rocky Point Light To be fixed white. of 60 candlepower, about 10 feet above water, on.an arm on post on Rocky point, about 6 miles above entrance to river. BRAZES BRASS OX SHAFTS Foundation Company Workmen Solve Problem That Baffled. The "fire eaters" of the Foundation company's shipyards,, as the, members of the burning crew are known, have found a method whereby brass can be brazed on shafts, a problem that here tofore has. baffled those who have at tempted It. By this new system. F. E. Carl, coppersmith, and C. A. Birch, acetylene expert, are able- to braze heavy brass on . shaft collars, rudder oraces ana similar heavy casts; and regardless of the size of. the casting. claim to be able to ; produce a perfect jod. . Birch also has designed a burner espe cially ior cutting deep holes in wood. such as scupper or seacock holes, where metal prevents ordinary boring .and wnere chipping guns are ineffective. This burner, it is claimed, does the work of six men. and haa 60 per cent more efficiency, than the chipping gun. Fire danger is overcome by use of a hose to blow water through the hole. REPAIR WORK j IS STARTED Ships to Continue Bunkering at Pacific, Coast Coal Co. Fire at the Pacific Coast Coal com pany will not prevent bunkering of snips as usual, according to announce ment at the company's yards Saturday. Temporary repairs will begin this morn ing, as also were permanent bunkers to enlarge the capacity of the slant. N. D, Moore of Seattle, vice president or tne company, wired authorization for the work as soon as he learned of the fire, and A. L. Stephens, manager of the local concern." Is in Seattle conferring wren Mr.Moore concerning the improve menta, which already were contemplated. GOES? TO EUGENE CAMP Lamon Bonney Was Member' of Frank Gloss' Record Making Gang. The Supple-Ballln' Shipbuilding Corpo ration lost one of its men who have been breaking records for the Emergency Fleet Corporation when Lamon Bonney lert last night for the second officers' training camp at tha TJniversity of Ore gon.- wonney, wnc was -working in -the famous Frank Gloss gang, hung up a new mark Juat the Other day; when n boxed 61 knees In 20 hours. In each knee there were 14 holes averaging: three feet in-depth. total of -T14 holes -vrtth a combined depth of 2142 feet. In doing this work ha kept ahead of eight car- - PORTER WAYS 8 - 4 who christened the era ft. or the company, which In tie Bast twelvemonth has not only sent IS. hulls down the ways, but haj bUilt "aod. equJpped these ways and developed the entire plant from Its very foundation. Mrs. J. C. Langelle, wife of the head caulker of the Grant Smith-Porter com pany, christened the big ehfp as it aped down the ways. penters and two hammer gangs, doing the work generally allotted to two or three men. " . j Billie Burt also did some record work last week. He bored 105 hatch covers in seven hours, three holes to the hatch, of an average depth of 23 Inches, a, total q( 815 holes, nearly 604 feet in depth. Bands Will Contest One of the features of the Red Cross day at the Oaks Tuesday will be a con test for musical honors among the bands of the shipyards of Portland and. in which will be entered the various brass organisations of the plants along the river. This feature has been arranged by Feed Wagner, chairman of the tertainment committee for the Tuesday occasion, and-It is arousing huge interest among the workers in the shipyards, HAKIXE AL3IAXAO Weather at River's Mouth North Head. Wash., ioi. 8. Conditions at tha mouth of . the Columbia nr at 0 pi m. Wind northwest. 24 miles: westacr, dear smooth. Sun Record for August B Sua rtses at 5:88 a. m. Sun sets at 8:85 p. Tides for Monday Hiah. water . Low wster l:3t a. m.. 7.0 feet 7:23 a. m.. 1. feet 0.69 D. in.. 8.4 faet 7:28 p. m.. . 2.8 feet Weather Forecasts Portland and viclnit: Sunday fairs gentle northwesterly winds. Oresoa and wasnlnston: Buna warmer except near coast. Moderate tsorth- westerl winds. l&UK Q1ULAM . Meteoroioauu i4..v.-Xw.....v.Av.-.vAv.:.'1lfcJMMMttlWflMlllMBtaAdMlk.i Observations . 1 g3 Wind 1 TT 3 STATIONS C 5 5 tt Si 3 & 5 . Baker I 80 . . I NW Cleas Boise ..... 88 .02 .. HW OeaJ Boston ..... 68 0 ... Pt Cloudy Chicaco ... 74 0 14 N Clear Denver ... 82 0 18 N Main Eureka .... 60 0 . . N Cloudy Helena 84 0 10 SW Cloudy Kansas City 108 0 10 IW Clet Los Anreles 110 0 .. SW Clear Marshfield . 72 0 . . SW Clear Uedlord ... 86 0 13 NW Cleat Minneapolis 86 0 . . I Ft Cloudy New Orleans 92 0 8 Cleat New Tork . 78 0 13 NE Clear North Head 60 0 24 KW Clear Yakima ... 84 0 . . N Cleaf Phoenix . . . 108 0 . . NW Clear Pecatello ..88 .10 .. E Pt. Cloudy Portland-... 70 6 12 NW Clear Roaeburs .. 83 0 .. N Clear Saeramento . 84 0 14 S Clear . St. Louis ..96 O . . W Clear Salt Lake .. 86 0 .. NW Cleat Saa Diets . 89 O SW Pt. Closdy 6an Fraa . 69 0 14 W Clear Seattle . 70 0 10 N Pt. Cloudy Sitka .... 63. 0 .. KW Cloudy Spokane , . . 80 0 13 BW Pt Cloudy Taooma ... 73 0 .. N Clear Tatooah ts. . 88 .12 .. ,S Clear Walla Walla 84 . . 8 Clear Waahinsrton 84 0 . . E Pt Cloudy Xvinnipea . j 88 0 18 SW Cloudy p. m. report of praoedins day. Local Record - FQfuaad, Or., Aug. a. Maximum tempe tore 70 dea-reea. Minimum temperature CS de rrees. Hirer readins. S a. m.. 7.9 feet. Chance in last - 24 hours 0.2 ' teet. Total .rainfall II p. a to I p. m. ) O inches. Total rainfall since September 1, 117. SB. OS inches. - Nor mal rainfall since September 1, 44.83 i Inches. Defloiency rainfall ; since September 1,; 1817, .8.48 Inonea. . . . , Sunrise B:SS a. m. Sunset 8:18 In. Tetal sunshine 1 2 boors SS minutes. Possible sunshine 14 sours 43 minute. ;loonrise t;43 a, m. Moonset 8:83 4, m,. Barometer (reduced to saa level) .si p. 1 2B.B8 inehea. . . - I BelaUve humidity at aooa 82 pat eeatf COAST SHIPYARDS I CAPTURE -HONORS FOR SECOND TIME Awards In Pennant" Contests or June Are Made by .Emerge ncjf Fleet Committee. X ;J ' PORTLAND GETS 3 PENNANTS i : - Columbia River ShifbuitdingCor- poration, Grant Smith-Porter, Supple ,4 Baflin Lucky Ones. ! - ' Washington. .Aug. 2 -The .. Pacific Coast shipyards again made a clean sweep in the award of honors for the month of June. The pennant contest established by the United States ship ping board and the Emergency Fleet corporation resulted in victory for the Pacific Coast yards in May, the first month in which it was in effect and the committee on awards has just announced that these yards have repeated their initial records. In making awards the committee is guided not by freak records, but by the solid work of production and all around efficiency as shown in official reports. The statement' of the committee on the June awards Is as follows: After careful consideration of the in formation submitted, to ua relating to the j production of the shipyards during the month of June and other data hav ing an important bearing upon yard performance, we- have made our selec tions of the winning yarda in the pen nant contest for the monthOf June as follows: "Yards producing steel ships: "First pennant, blue Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding corporation, district No. 8 - "Second pennant, red Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation (union, plant), district No. 8i "Third pennant, white Columbia Riv er Shipbuilding company, district No. 8. "Tarda producing wooden ships : "First pennant, blue Grant Smith Porter Ship company, St. Johns, Port land, Or., district No. 11. '"Second pennant, red Grant Smlth Porter Ship company, Aberdeen, Wash., district No. 8. " "Third pennant, white Supple-Bal- lln, Shipbuilding corporation, district No. 11. -(Signed) "TP. F- FLETCHER, "HUGH FRAYNE. -"FREDERICK ATWOOD. NO SCARCITY OF OFFICERS Retired Seafaring Hen Flock to Serv ! ice Section Office, Retired sea captains and officers who sailed the seas years ago-are-flocking to the office of the sea service section of ' the Emergency Fleet corporation, opened Saturday in room . 838 of the Northwestern Bank building. According to Lieutenant Harold C. Jones, who Is In charge there will be no dearth of ttfP H0WT wtS n IS sCA Diamonds axe 1 Hi ekva ll three cars in ' : llWli ' -th times r , ' C When the experience , . yS k I a moment's notice. Black ltxmil Re SMS $ M '.'.." fir Sale by All Dealers ' '' " , -, j men to- man ths ships Portland builds to aid in the war for humanity. Saturday was the first day fox the new office, but hundreds of men visited Lieutenant Jones to offer their services for the merchant marine. Only regls- tared - officers - and experienced . amen are wanted, and some doubt had been expressed as to whether there would be enough men found her to fill, the de mand. t !....'... .,- LADIES FORM AUXILIARY." ' Grant Smith-Portr Co. Has First 'Or- . gaaizAtloa. of. KlacL.In .Country, A - ladles' auxiliary to the Grant Smith-Porter', . Ship - company club haa bea formed is said t be the first of; Its ; kind In j the country. Its pur pose will be to supplement the social work of the men, to promote the wel fare of the workers at the yarda. and to .engage In war work. At a - meeting' Friday afternoon the folowlng were elected members of the executive board: Mrs. W. McLellan, chairman : Mrs. R. H. Matson. Mrs, Ai- M. Hlnes, Mrs. . George Teuf ei. Mrs. A. W. Henn!ng; Mrs. Joseph McKenna, Mrs. Bert Pettltt and Miss Smith. Election ft officers will be held next Friday afternoon at 1:80 o'clock. - Mrs., Juva ' Adams Johnson has been engaged to Instruct the members of the club in dancing and the first class will : be. . held next Tuesday night at the club house. Grant Smith, Eric Hauser and An drew Porter, principals of . the com pany, have been elected honorary members of the auxiliary. ALL ALONG THE WATERFRONT This morning, the second excursion of The Dalles-Columbia line leaves the Ash street dock in Portland and the landing at The Dalles. Passengers on the up boat will change to the down steamer at Cascade Locks, those from The Dalles taking the up vesseL. It is planned later by the ship -company to arrange with a stage line that excur sionists may make the trip one way on the Columbia river -highway, and either go or return on the river. - Captain J. S. O'Brien, assistant ru- perintendent of construction of the bureau of lighthouses, left last week for New York, where he will have charge of the! construction of a large new light vessel at the Seaoury plant. Captain O'Brien had "been, on the Pacific- coast for1 the last four years. That he may aid in the production of ships for the Emergency Fleet cor poration. Adolph Isler of the Fortieth company, depot brigade, national army, stationed at Camp Lewis, has been given an indefinite furlough. He will return to Portland and resume bts position at the Gunther-Klng ' Metal works, where he was employed before Joining the army. The National League for Woman's Service Saturday supplied four dozen packages of cigarettes and 100 passes to the Liberty theatre for the men of the Western Light, the 8800 ton steel ship built by the Northwest Steel company, and which '. Is outfitting pre paratory for service, f The smokes and passes were left with Lieutenant Har old C. Jones, in charge of the sea service bureau of the Emergency Fleet corporation, by Miss Helen Farrell. through whose efforts they were se cured. I Workmen In the Foundation com pany's plant raised $131.85 for the en tertalnment of 13 sailors from France 1 who arrived last week to take out one mnTilMIIIIHfllllllllll TTTITTTTl TTTTTTTl 1 1 1 iTiTrTTTTTTlTl lils-s ! demanded by motorists who drove in 1917 and previous years. Facts like this are W.fiil getting excellent J jmg & aupucatea everyw v 1 safe in advising you Our stock is compl ARCHER & WIGGINS CO. . I Cor. 6th & Oak Streets Portland, Oregon RAILROAD MAN WILL GO TO TRAINING CAMP TUESDAY st Y -if 44 r ' NsssassBBBis ' ' . - I.I 111 11 NV f. Grora Pbotok Henry Keck Henry Keck, chief clerk of the car aerv Ice department of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway, leaves for Camp Fre mont, Cel. .Tuesday, with a contingent of men drafted for military service. Mr. Keck has been in the employ of the Spo kane, Portland A Seattle, railway during the past 10 years, and prior to that was connected with the O-W. R. & N. com pany and' with the Portland Railway, Light A Power Co. More than & year ago Mr. Keck made application for a place with the Amer ican railway service in France, and haa been awaiting assignment, to duty sines that time. He figured that his ability as a railroad man would be of more value to the government than his Indifferent marksmanship. However, he is delight ed to serve his country In any capacity, and goes into training as lightheartedly as any doughboy in the army. of the ships built at the yards for the French government. Outfitting of the Callala, which' will be the first ship finished by the Sup-ple-Ballln company for the Emergency Fleet corporation, "has been nearly completed. She was the third ship launched for the government, taking the water April 18. The Callala will have her trial trip this , week. The Harney, Wallowa. Dalana, Alrlle and Asheburn. the - last named launched Thursday, are being finished now. The complete reclassification of em ployes of the Foundation company's plant is to be made in the near fu ture, to facilitate the handling of the payrolls. As a result, every man will be given a new yard number. Employes of the Northwest Steel company have subscribed 25 cents per month per man for relief of Belgian orphans, beginning with the present month. The sum thus, raised wUl sup port 110 Belgian babies, it Is esti mated. C. J. Tllden, representing the eighth and eleventh educational and training districts, visited shipyards of Portland last week, with" the purpose of selecting men for special training to make them Straws WMcH Show Tire Wind Blows nes to us that practically every tire 1 Diamond Factories can ; make is demand that fully- 2,000,000 use now r fully one. for every America. straws that show of our customers, mileage at low cost from Diamonds, here else' in the country, we feel t6 equip with Diamonds. ete. We can supply your size at Diamond Tubes aro also superior in quality. They are made from long-lived rubber that can be patched time and timo again. Local Diatributefs . i , Instructors -In this , work in j their ra- 4 " spective yarda. r. NU , J j t f Notice to Mariner Information haa been received from the master of an American .steamship that at 4 . m. on July Slj when In latitude 40 degraes north. And, longi tude 124 degrees, JO minutes, west,' passed several logs from 80 to 100 feet long, adrift. ' ' ' ,r ' OSCAR W. SCHWARZ. . Nautical Expert U. S. Navy, lis Charge Branch 1 Hydrographio Office Port land. . ; 1 ; ? 1 1 a - First Steel Keel Laid The keel of the first steel! ship was , laid Saturday afternoon in1 the new O. M. Stand if er . yards at Vancouver. Fred ' A. pape. assistant district super visor of steel ship construction, was given the honor of the first work on, the vessel. ! f Ten ships are to be built in the Vancouver steel yards of the Standi fer company, each of 9500 .tons. . m ' 1 j Too Much Good Pood Makes Bill Bad Boy . ! London, Aug. 8. (U. P.)r-K WUUa"' displays a tendency toward safecracking: or porchcllmblng starve hi in. ; ' t If he rolls the bones or playa marbles ; for keeps starve him. ' . Boys are roughnecks only 'when they-, get enough to eat. t This Is what Miss Mercs' ' Ashworth ; came all the way from India to tell the., British Dominions Woman Suffrage union conference here. Miss Ashworth' said the fundamental cause !of Juvenile! crime nowadays is not the ; absence ot the family head at the war but that; many poor boya for the first time la their lives are getting enough to eat. "So the evil lan't wholly j bad," said Miss Ashworth. : Ship Knees1 pilingI1- : HEWN TIES f Large orders promptly! handled-1 Home office, Portland. Operation ! ' and shipping point, Barton, Or, I , H. J. HAMLET MAKTTFACTTJBEB NORTHWEST STEEL CO. PORTLAND. ORB.' Manufacturer ef j BOAT SPIKES SHIP RIVETS Bolts and Upset Rods on Diamonds us the trend of who have been ; i fl 1 1 ti ' a i - - . , r . ' L"' ' . .". 1 '