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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON. .4 SWIFTSURE IS SWIFTSURE TAKES DIP YOUM , PLACE CHUESTMA J 1 j V ' '' - i THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920. THE I TO DO SENT NTO WATER ' . -- ". ' y . .- . : SHOFFH-NG WfflH SOUND 1 Without a sound of mallet, maul or hammer or the falling of blocks. the 1 2, f 00-ton steamship Swiftsure slid from, the ways at the plant of the Northwest Bridge tc Iron com pany .Wednesday afternoon at 4:12. At the iven signal the "atrinr" was cut and all the pneumatic sear was set in motion and the craft started for the waters of the Willamette. As "old salts" stated, it was the "prettiest launching ever pulled off." The launching: of the Swiftsure was an innovation In the setting afloat of gi gantic steamships. Pneumatic gear had beea riirired. Amidships was an air hoist. Forward was another. Pressure was applied and raised to a certain point. This was to be released by' th severing of a cord, a concentrating point for all the connecting valves. By this action sill blocks and sway braces were released ' and the vessel started down the ways. Three minutes after the release she was in j the. control of the towboats. AtCIDESTS ABE PRETESTED Careful policing of the river in front e'f .the ways under direction of Captain Speier prevented anything that savored of an accident. Mrs. W. K. Bowles, wife of one of the directors of the Northwest company, was sponsor for the .Swiftsure. So . silently was the work performed that she was surprised to nee the mammoth hull mov ing.and she failed to break the bottle. It was hauled up by a man on the fore castle head and smashed as the stern struck the water. f The Swiftsure is the first of seven of the gigantic carriers being constructed for the . Swiftsure Oil Transportation company by the Northwest Bridge & 'Iron company. She measures x Length, 465.7 feet between -perpendiculars and 465 feet on the load waterline ; 60 feet beam and 36.3 feet depth of hold. She will have a speed ' of knots and a tlnf r.e 9C fut I! inohsa Inoail T Tap dead weight tonnage is estimated at 12,000 tons. MANY GUESTS AT LAt'KCHISO Guests of tbe Northwest Bridge & iron, company and the Swiftsure company, on the platform at the launching were: Mr. and Mrs. C D. Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Cullers, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowles, W. B. Beebe, L.i It Banks, Hal de Forest, vice presi dent of the United States Steel corpora tion ; A. K. Eldridge, also of the steel company ;-. K. B. Pape of the construc tion and repair division of the Emer gency Fleet corporation ; Captain George Kj Bridgett, marine superintendent of the Swiftsure OH company ; James Mc- Klnly,- formerly of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation and now Con sulting engineer for the Swiftsure Oil company; James French, chief surveyor for, America for Lloyd's Register of Shipping; Walter Lang, surveyor of Portland : A. II. Bryant and M. Mac- ii i vi Liifs AUieriuKn uurcau Ul snip ping, and Mrs. I. M. Whltcomb." Sponsored by Miss Madge Libby, granddaughter of the late W. II. Libby, the Standard Oil tanker W. It Libby was launched at 12 : 30 yesterday after noon at the yards of the Standlfer Con struction company at Vancouver. :v4c jft, S! if hi; " Vv- s 9 a First of tankers being built by Northwest Bridge & Iron company for oil company, as site left ways. Below Mrs. J. B. Bowles, sponsor. been a familiar character on the Pacific side for many years. He was despondent over the faet that he had no command and was compelled to work as a watchman. STEAMER PAWLET ARRIVES AT ASTORIA FROM SIBERIA The steamship Paw let of the Oriental line of the Pacific Steamship company reported at Astoria late this afternoon. The Pawlet is bringing 1500 tons of . Kastern cargo and comes direct from Vladivostok." Siberia. The cargo Includes linseed, bristles, hemp and furs. November 24 the Pawlet picked up the steamship Yana. Russia, to the north of Japan. The Yana was helpless. from a broken rudder shaft and for nearly three days fhe Pawlet had her In tow. The American vessel took her. Into Vladivostok. The Pawlet will take out bound cargo, general, j for all Oriental ports on the regular route. . Abercos Sails Saturday Sailing Saturday for the Orient In reg ular service the steamship Abercos, Admiral line, will carry 2500 tons of flour and a large amount of general cargo. With the exception of Captain Throckmorton there will be an entire new roster of the deck, officers. Alfred Kaths has been signed as chief officer, Charles D. Felter will act as eeoond of ficer, and George F. Campbell as third officer. - News of the Port Schooner Loses Masta . San Francisco, Deo. 16. (L K. S.) The schooner Inca, owned by James J. Winther of Port Blakeley. Wash., Hum boldt bay to Sydney, Australia; has been picked up in a dismasted condition off Sydney and is being towed to that port, said a cable received by the marine de partment of the Chamber of Commerce today. She carried a cargo of lumber. STMAMER BEARPORT CLEARS WITH RALMOV AND LUMBER Outbound for the Orient the steamship Bearpbrt, sailing as -t: regular freighter for the Columbia-Pacific Shipping com pany, cleared on declaration with 1278 tons of general cargo consisting princi pally of canned ealmon and 2,000,000 feet of lumber. ' ' The total cargo- of the Bearport was listed at 3808 long tons. This is rated as one of the large1 Bhipments for Ori ental ports since the rate case started, and in point of general cargo is the best in three months. The shipment of lum ber shows better conditions in the Ori ent. ...,' . . ' 1 LATE CAPTAIX FlTiTOX WAS WELL KNOWX IJT PORTLAND , Captain W. E. Fulton, who committed 'suicide in a hotel in Seattle on Tuesday, was a well known navigator out of Port land. ' His last command from this port was the steamship Beldlng, a Ferris type wooden craft, built by Standifer in 1919. Captain Fulton was 64 years old and had Collision Damages Ships . San Francisco. Dec. .16. rTwo Taciflc coast vessels were damagea tn a collision during a heavy gale- at Newcastle, Aus tralia, according to cable advices to the marine department of the chamber of commerce this afternoon. They are the steamer James Rolph of the Rolph Navi gation & Coal Co.fi San Francisco, and thje schooner William H. Smith of the Pacific Coast Coal company of Seattle. A Japanese steamer was also damaged. There Is One Safe . I Place to Buy Your PIANO OR PHONOGRAPH cosTESiEJrr payments : . ; 7TH FLOOR rMnmi In. VcJffcrtt QV all along the waterfront The dredge Portland shifted from Terminal No. 4 to the pier of the Ukase Investment company Tuesday. The McConmick line steamer Klamath from Portland, passengers and freight. was reported at San Francisco Tuesday ana proceeaea to san ieoro. With passengers and freight from Portland . the steamship Alaska was re Dorted in at San Francisco Tuesday. The steamship Eastern Sailor is load ing ties at the Supple dock at tbe foot of Belmont street. J. H. Webb, formerly with the navy recruiting service In Portland and later chief engineer of the steamshiD Anus. has returned to Portland after a voyage to New York and London. The Apus was a Green Star liner and was built by stanauer at Vancouver, wash. Positions of Vessels " Radio reports from North Head give the positions of the following vessels at I p. m., December J5 ; Btaamcr Cape- Hanrr, Portland for Sin Fima eteco, 15 mile aouth Columbia Htst. . I'awlrt, Vla&vottok for Portland, 173 toflaa from Columbia river. Windber. T aroma for San, Pedro, SO miles louia 01 iiiiwj. - HoUrmcd. Honolulu for Seattle, 1440 mil. from SeatUo. FaraiJO, Sia Pedro for San Francisco, 105 miiae soutu ot Sin c ranciaoo. llaxtum. l'ortland for San Pedro, 22 miles outh Columbia rirer lishtaoip. Admiral Evan. HratUe lor Baa Francisco, 857 mile from Seattle. President. San h'ranciaco for Seattle, 252 mile loath Victoria, - Bearport, Qortland for Shanghai, 120 miles Siekijrou, Abcnleea for Sao Pedro, 12 mile Prank H. Buck, GarioU tor Iinntea, 722 nine irom uanota. Kd Kmsaley; Vanemmr. B. C lad Blubber bar, B. C; for Saa Frmncisoo, abeam Columbia nTer; - , : - Some Day You'll Want Id n BUILD A LITTLE NEST Then you'll want every tnought for the house-you'U not want to' seek a location. Acquire a home. site now m 77, ' W A II I II The Ladd Thrift Plan makes this eaay. Residence restrictions keep up value and scenically and from other standpoints it has many advantages. - -. - ' .Phone for Appointment and Explanation . s Call for Toar mi Caleagar LADD ESTATE COMPANY Owners 248 Stark St. ArrHrale Pacamkar 1 F. H. Back, American ateamer, from Gariota, oO. Depart urea Dacambar 1 Imlay, Americas cteamer for Saa Pedro, ballast. ' Arakan, Dntch steamer, for Europe, vbeat Departure Daoember 15 E. H. Vrr'T. American iteainar, far Baa Pedro, via Knaiipton and St. Uelena, lnmber. MARIS K AIMA5AC Weather at Biar Utotrtli North ,Head, Dee. 1 . Oondiriens at the mouth of the rirer at Boon: Sa, amootli; wind, east, 26 miles; weather, cloudy. Tides at Astoria Friday rrieb Water I - Low Watar - a. sa.-, 7. feet- ' lti51 a. m.. 3. feet b:uu s. to., t.y Met -1 J1:oa m- Iecl DAILY BITPR READINGS 8 AM., Pacifie Time. - kA ?! sn m TATION I . -m '. - : , - , Umatilla ......25 8.2 1-0.1 5T 00 Kutene ........... 10 5.8 -0.7 0.00 Albany '20 10.0 -2.2 0.00 Salem 20 9.4 -2.0 0.00 Oresou City 12 9.5 -1.0 O.OO Portland .......... 15 1 . -1.1 0.00 (-) Falling. RIVER FORECAST The Willamette river at Portland will fall durina the next twa or threa days. . AT WEIGH BOllI KG PORTS Astoria, IJeo. 18. Sailed, at 11 last night, steamer Oleum, or Port San I.uis. Sailed, at 2 a. m., British Reamer Mount Berwyn, or Med iterranean ports. Sailed, at 5 a. m., steamer Wc.it Apaum. far. I'hiladelphia, and way ports. Arrived, at 2, and left up at 4 a. m., steamer F. It Buck, from Uariota. Arrived down at Knapp ton, at 7:80 am., ateamer E. 1L Meyer. Ar rived at 11:15 a. m., motor schooner Culbarra, from Talsra. . San Francico, Pee. 10. Arrived last nignt, steamer Sudbury, from New Tort, for Portland. I'hiladelphia, Dee. 15. Arrived, steamer ie kifh, from-Purtland. San Pedro, Dec. 15. Arrived, at 1 p. m.. steamer Flsvel. from Colombia river. Sailed, ateamer Dslisls, from New York, for Saa FVaa cisoo, Cooa Bay, Doc. 15. Sailed, at 3 p. m.. steamer Curacao, from Portland, for KQreka and San FrancLsco. Astoria. Dec. 15. Left up, at 11 a. m.. steamer Wast Kedron, Left ip, at boob, ajotef tchooner Boobjtlla. Arrived, at 1 :80 p. m., stamer Dairy, fnra .Saa Franeueo. Sailed, at 5 p. m., steamer TrinkUd, for Saa Pedro. Bailed, at 5 :30 p. m., steamer lititum, for Italy. Seattle. Wash., Deo. 1ft. (I. N. 8.) As rived: Tosemite. from San Francisco, 8:45 a m. Sailed: Queen, far Saa Diego, via Saa Francisco and San Pedro, noon. ; Dora, for Imga, Alaska, via Port Blakeiey, 8:80 a. m. Bakenfield, for Taooraa, at noon. Arrived, Dec 15. Schooner Okhotsk Mara, from Okhotsk sea, via Anacortes, at noon; L H T. Kose, from sea duty, at 6:45 p. m. Sailed. Dec. 15. Ixion, for Tacoma, via Vancouver and Com ox, at midnighc; Sinta Klaria, fee Valparaiso and Anacortea, 5 p. m ; Norwood, for San Pedro. 5 p. m.; U. S. C G. L' Haifa, for sea duty. Seward. Dft. 18. eailad: Northwesters, southbound. 10 p. m. . Keiehiksn, Dec. 15. Sailed: Princess Mary, northbound, 1 a. m.: Jefferson, aouth bound, B a. ro. Honolulu,; Dec. 15. Arrived: Wast Keane, from SeatUa, via Belli ogham. San Pedro, Dec. 15. Sailed: W. 8. Porter, for Gaviota: Admiral Dewey, for Saa Diego, ai 10 p. m. ; Phyllis, for Puget Sound porta, at 9 p. m.; Dalisle. for San Francisco, it I a, a; Mukiltao. for- SeatUa and Tacoma, via haa Frsaoitco, at 1 p. m. Dae. 14. Sailed: VoJ. E L. Drake, for Honolulu: Wast Calcra, for Saa Franeiseo. Vie tons, B. C, Dee. 1. Passed, for Vaa coavrr: Bessie Dollar, from New Tort, via Norfolk and Balboa, 5 a. in. Port Townsend. Dee. 1 S. Passed in : Tug Forest T. Crosby, with sundsre sU sew, . at lv.ja a. m. ; uestroyer Tie. ill. at iu a. m. Passed out: Tuc Daaiel Kern, 8:80 . a. m. Dec. 15. Passed out: Norwood, for Saa Pedro. at 2:50 p. m. Passed in: U H. T. Fern, at 1 :oU p. m. : small HnusQ Uulumbia frmsiiter, probably Westhaia, at 1:50 p. m. ; 1 Segandav at 11-80 a. m. Hongkong, Deo. 13. Arrived: Empress of. Kussis. rrosa Vaacouvar, via Xokohama - sad Ala nils, TyndaretH, from See rue. na, Yokohama, Shanghai, Dae. 14. Arrived: Cross Keys. from Brattle, Dec, 11. Sailed: - West Ira. far Seattle. New Vork. Dec 15. 8s Hod: Grace Dollar, tor urtent. via Vancouver. Balboa, Dse. 15. Sailed: W-et Camta. for Seattle and Paget Sound, via Saa Pedro, San TTiette and rortlanfl. San Franeiseo. Dee. 16. I N. S.) Ar riveil Steel Rancrr. BeJlincham, 2:30 a. m. : Paraiso, Loa Angales. T:20 a. m. ; Arctic, tow ing Coquille. Fort Bragg. 11:30 a. m. Sailed Waitameta, Syduay, a. m.; F. S. Loop. Seat Ua, 0:40 a. m. Saa Francisco. Dee. 16 (l N. 8-) Ar rived Dae. l Caspar. Caspar. . a. Thomas Kolph. in tow tug Storm King, Lea angetaa. a:4 p. m. ; Anmirsi sentey, Uam Aa- :zo 5 p. m.; Sadbury. New Yark, :40 p. m : t'narles H Cramp, fnuSdelpMa, S:4n p. m.; it. S. San Franeiseo, Christiaoia, S:45 p. at.; eret. Lot Angetea. 9:ie p. m. Sailad Dee. 15 en-tia. Ssn JM.ea, 10:85 a. jn.i Mad. svr-. Manilla.. 12:20 P. m.; Maui. Honnta In. 13:25 r. m. : Noemi. Ipswich, 1 p. m-i CoQuiUs River. Fort B-srs. 1:25 p m. : dsstrorer loung. Loa Angeles. 2:45 p. m.; Rotarion, Santos, 4:25 p. m. ; Wast Cajoot. Manila, 445 p. m, U. B. 8. Melville. an IHego, 5:30 p. m.; Admiral Nicholson, Santa Barbara, 7:15 p. av; Noms City, Seattle, IT p. m. Women's plain and drop stitch SILK HOSE Our regular $2.00 values Made with double heels and toes, elastic lisle tops and in the following colors Black, Brown and Cordovan. SALE PRICE A PAIR. . Mail orders Filled $1.49 Po Biggest Our regular 45c Heavy' Fleeced OUTING FLANNEL In white arid colors SALE PRICE O A A YsARD.. . . a44C Mail Orders Filled Where Selections Are Large! Quality Is the Best! Price? Are Lower! Just 7 Shop ping Days Are Left to Buy Your Christmas Gifts. Simon s Are Well Prepared to Care for Your Every fSfeed. Shop Early and in the Mornings! SCALLOPED TABLE CLOTHS Mercerized and hemstitched. Our regular $2.25 to $2.65 values. Attractive patterns, 51 and 60 inches in size. 1.98 Mail Orders Filled 72x90-Inch COTTON BATTS White sanitary cotton batts large enough for a complete comforter. SALE PRICE QQft EACH, . . . . . 5oC Mail Orders Filled For the Boy ! A Fine Micldnaw! ' Wool and Wool Mixed Mackiftaws i with shawl and convertible collars and bielt all around are offered in sizes 4 to 10. Heire are values to $12.50. SALE PRICE EACH..... Moil Otdm Filled . A Sale of Neckwear If you intend to give Neckwear to the Men Folks, and a Tie is always an acceptable gift, we suggest that you buy from this assortment, in which are Ties that are values to, $1.25. sale price I EACH Ml Mail Ordert Fillti . ' " " ..." Women's and Misses' DRESSE J8 In a Sale That Eclipse' Ml Other Former Sales Former. Values ' Were to $24.50 Tricotine, Serge, Satin, Jersey and Messaline Dresses are awaiting your choosing in a wonderful variety of new styles. Navy, Black and Brown are the colors. The sizes range from 16 to 49. Owing to the low price we must make the rule that there will be NO REFUNDS, NO EXCHANGES SALE PRICE EACH 1 I I r-V 14 I r 'tkt& Attention! Toys that are just as good as you will find elsewhere are offered for less money. iM it is worm wniie coming Uf 11 here to buy! 9 - . Roller Skates; Mechan- 1. ical Toys, Building Blocks, h Drums, Horns, Dolls, Coaster Wagons, Carts, Kiddie Kars, Trains, Erec tor Sets and dozens of other toys that children like to have. - e ALL DOLL CARRIAGES .ARE MARKED AT SPECIAL PRICES Buy Dolls at Simon's v . .. Arid Pay Less for Them There are many kinds, each and every one of them ; designed to gladden the heart of some little girl. The prices -will appeal to Father and Mother. A CHRISTMAS SALE OF Silk Umbrellas We have a limited number of Silk Umbrellas that are marked to sell at prices as high as $10.50. Colors are Green, Purple, Taupe, Cardinal, Gray and Black. ' SALE PRICE EACH ..... ! Mail Orders Filled Give "Her" a Peixolator - A gift that will last for years. UNIVERSAL PERCOLATOR 6-Cup Size. ... . . . . . . .$6.35 9-Cup Size. . . , . ... . . . .$7.95 WEST BEND PERCOLATOR 6-Cup Size. . . . . . . . . . $6.25 9-Cup Size . . . ; $6.75 Nickel Plated V ELECTRIC PERCOLATORS $13.25 and $17.00 I $1.49 $1.79 $1.98 $2.19 $2.49 $2.89 A 2-Day Sale of Spats for Women - i . - in which' we offer you 2832 pairs of quality.Spatsjit this unheard-of low price.,, Other stores will ask "you from 3 to 4 times :the price' we have decided to'sell them at and, we suggest jthat you buy spats now! ',- - - All sizes are here froni'13 to 8. The colors are:; BROWN, TAUPE, TAN, WHITE,, PEARL AND I CHAMOIS I FIRST, SECONP AND ALDER STREETS (Bate a Paii?