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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1906)
16 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 11HKS. BDY EXPLORERS IE TO GRIEF COM Cruise of the Regnild Brought to Sudden End by Arrest in Canadian Waters. VESSEL HAD NO PAPERS Three Portland Youths Who Planned . ' Year of Hunting and Exploring In Alaska Are Asked to Pay $400 Fine. Thomas t. Cline, one of the three Port land young men who started out in a email two-masted schooner In the middle of July from Portland for a year's explor ing, hunting and trapping cruise in Alas kan waters, returned to this city last "Wednesday morning after the craft was seized by a Canadian revenue cutter in Alert Bay for not having the necessary papers for cruising the high seas about a week ago. Martin Roise, C. B. Stipe and Cline left Portland July 18 In their 38-foot schooner Ragnild, bound for the atlckeen River, be yond Wrangel, In Southeastern Alaska, with provisions for one year. Before leav ing the city one of the members of the expedition, Roise, went to the Custom House to have the Ragnild registered. A Deputy Collector accompanied Roise to the boat, but on measuring it informed Roise that the boat could not be regis tered, as It lacked one-half ton of the necessary five tons for a beat's registry'. Clearance papers for the small craft were out of the question, as no boat under 20 tons can receive clearance. The Deputy Collector assured the boys, however, that they would be perfectly safe In their cruise, and the three youthful explorers left early in the morning, July 18. The Ragnild arrived safely In Astoria, and there the boys beached the boat at Tongue Point and overhauled it for their long trip over the sea. Before dawn on August 3 the boat proudly sailed over the Columbia bar, notwithstanding the heavy fog and wind, which kept the boat from making rapid progress. The ship had heavy winds as far as Destruction Island, when the Ragnild ran Into a terrific storm which compelled the craft to lay two days in the Straits of Juan de Fuca until the storm subsided. With a good wind the boys left their moorings In the Straits and went to Victoria, B. C, where they stayed 36 hours awaiting mall from home. The boys made the voyage from Astoria to Victoria in Just eight days. After their short stay in Victoria the Ragnild with the three young men sailed through Active Pass and then through the Gulf of Georgia. A calm set in and the boys had to wait a whole week for the wind to get through the Seymour Narrows, a very treacherous channel on account of Its narrowness and the swift tides. Safely passing the Narrows the boys sailed through Johnson Straits and then into Alert Bay. Another calm came on and the boys moored their boat on the Nimpkish River, which falls Into Alert Bay, a short distance from the bay, to await wind and also take on water. Alter a narrow escape from capsizing when a terrible gale sent the Ragnild up the river, dragging its anchors, and sent the boat crashing against a large tree on the shore. Tho sails became en tangled In the branches of the trees, and after getting free the boys sailed over to the town of Alert Bay, about three miles distant. As the Ragnild was entering the small harbor of the town the Dominion Gov ernment's revenue cutter Kestrel was leaving, but on seeing a foreign boat re turned and cast anchor within 50 yards of the Ragnild. In about one hour the cutter lowered a boat and Captain Holmes Newcomb, commander of the do minion's warship, accompanied by two Indian agents, rowed over to the anchor age of the American boat. As the boys had no clearance papers. Captain Newcomb placed the boat under arrest and took the three young Ameri cans to the deck of the Kestrel, where a preliminary trial was held by the Captain of the revenue cutter, and the Ragnild was fined $K) for not having clearance papers and for being In' Victoria, a Do minion harbor, without reporting its ar rival at the Custom-House there. As the boys could not pay the heavy fine, the ' commander of the cutter stripped the Ragnild of its sails, took away from the small boat guns and ammunition which the boys took with them for hunting in Alaska and transferred the spoils to the Kestrel. The . boys were allowed to re main on the boat. and. taking the Rag nild in tow. the Kestrel took the Ameri can craft to Vancouver, a distance of about 200 miles. The Kestrel with its prize arrived in Vancouver August 21 and tho case of the three young men was placed before the Collector of Customs there and also the Lnlted States Consul, but neither could help the boys and the case was sent to the department In Ottawa for a final de cision as to the disposition of the boat. m me meanwnne ine tagnild was moored at the government docks and all stores transferred to a government ware house. The authorities allowed the boys to take their personal belongings from the boat and helped them all they could In their plight by offering them a lodging until they could communicate with friends In Portland. A short time before the capture of the Ragnild, the shores of Alert Bay were visited by smugglers and a large amount of whisky sold to the Indians. When the revenue cutter placed the American craft under arrest the Vancouver papers de cided that it was the Ragnild which was responsible for the numerous depreda- tions of the Dominion's laws, and one of the papers fell into the hands of Rev. C. E. Cline, the lather of one of the three young men. He immediately left for Vancouver and arrived there in the early part of this week. Neither Dr. Cline nor any of the three young men could do anything to recover the captured boat without pay ing the large tine, and young Cline de cided to come back to Portland and await the developments in the case from Otta wa. The specific offense for which the American boat was arrested by the Do minion's cutter Is calling at a Dominion port without reporting to a Custom House and sailing the high seas without clearance papers. Both young Cline and 4ils father de clared their intent to fight the case to a finish and recover the boat. They will call upon the Custom-House officials in this city today to receive an affidavit that a request for the necessary papers was made by the boys before they sailed, and with this the young men think they can prove to the Dominion's Government that a nne or 4ou is excessive. Although the trip was cut short by the unexpected adventure of being captured and taken for smugglers and high-sea pirates young Cline is enthusiastic about the voyage and intends to continue the interrupted trip as soon as the boat Is recovered. The RRgnild was 38 feet long, with a beam of 12 feet and registered four and. a half tons. The boat and the pro visions are valued by the boys at JlatK). IheM eier FramJk Stor e Closed Today Until 6P.BL tore Omn Titos Evemn 'From t 9 3 We Are Sole Portland Agents for the "Ostermoor" Patent Elastic Felt Mattresses "Willamette" Sewing Machines 15 Models at Prices From $18.00 to $35.00 Each Trunks and Traveling Bags The Largest and . Best Stock in the City Third Floor Complete Line of "Peninsular" Stoves. Steel Ranges and Heaters in the Basement lEe Meier (II? F rank Store Men s Suits M en s Over c at $15 to $35 s$10tb$35 AMU MK , V1 Our display of Men's Suits for Fall and Winter wear is second to none in the city Every new fashion and material, every prominent manufacturer is represented Clothing of style and quality, beautifully made up and finished with the best linings and findings Stein-Bloch's clothing for smartly-dressed men ; Hart, Schaffner (Sb Marx's fashionable clothing; L. Adler Bros. Sb Co.'s matchless, ready-to-wear apparel; TR Washing ton Co.'s satisfactory factory clothing Prices range all the way from $15.00 to $35.00, which means a saving of 25 per cent on what you are asked to pay at the exclusive clothing store o vercoats A complete showing of Fall and Winter Overcoats in all the latest styles Plain or fancy weaves in Box Coats, 34-length or full lengths Very best makes in exceptionally large assortment and at prices from $10.00 to $35.00 Headquarters for Priestley's Cravenette Raincoats for men and young men Blacks, grays, tans and fancy worsteds in all sizes Prices range all the way from $ 1 0.00 up to $35.00 a garment Clothing Department Second Floor Men's Hats Men's Fall and Winter Headgear Derbys and Soft Felts in all the newest blocks black, tans and grays at prices ranging from $1.50 to $5.00 each. Best values in Tarn "University" Caps for boys and girls; all the best colors, all sizes, on 6ale atr 50 each. Complete new line of Boys' Hats and Caps. Boys Q OuUn.gr The Best VaSs. m tfaeCity -2d Floor Our Second-Floor Clothing Store is ready to supply every need in Boys Apparel at the very lowest prices Suits and Overcoats in every good style and material AH grades Note these special values; Boys' Suits with Norfolk Jackets and Yoke, Knickerbocker Trousers, fancy cheviots, fancy tweeds, stripes and plaids; ages 7 to 15 fl A Crt years; great values at p'itfj Boys' Corduroy Suits, ages 6 to 16 years, made with belt coats 'and knicker bocker trousers; handsome as well as durable suit, well tail- CJt ored; great value . . .( p"Wsf Boys' Reefers in all the very latest novelties, red with velvet collar and cuffs, shepherd plaids with velvet collar and cuffs; tans and blues, silk or satin lined, all ages; great assortment in all grades at prices from $5.00 to $12.50 each-Second Floor. Boys' "Combination" Suits, two suits in one, made with belt coat and one pair knickerbocker and one pair straight trousers; materials ofgray or brown fancy cheviots; ages 7 to 15 years; best suit value ever T C CC offered at the popular price of, per suit Boys' Overcoats, Raincoats, Rubber Capes, etc., Second Floor. A year's subscription to the American Boy given free with every purchase of Boys' Suit or Overcoat to'the amount of $5.00 or over at regular price. The Meier rank Store 6 to 9:30 Specials Toni ght For tonight 6 to 9:30 we offer a grand array of special values in seasonable and staple merchandise of every description Scores of money-saving opportunities at every turn Today being a holiday, store will be closed until 6 P. M. The shrewd buyer will put off shopping until that hour Increased service in both the selling and delivery branches insures prompt and satisfactory atten tion to everyone Economical folks must be interested in this splendid list of bargains for tonight, 6 to 9;30 65c Embroideries 1 5c Yard 1500 yards of Swiss and Nainsook Embroideries, Edges and insertions in the best designs, IV2 to 9 inches wide; values up to 65c the yard, on sale from 1 C. 6 to 9:30 at thisJow price, per yard $3.50 Embr'd's. $ 1 .34 Strip Manufacturers' lengths of fine Embroideries, Batiste Bands for waisting, 3 to 7 inches wide, handsome de signs, 4 yards in a strip; values up to 1 3t. $3.50 strip, on sale 6 to 9 :30 at low price S Women's Hose at 19c Pair 1000 pairs of women's extra quality black cotton Stock ings, seamless foot, double sole, sizes 8V2 to 10, all sizes; great special value 6 to 9:30 1 Qg at this low price 1 Women's Hdkfs. $ 1 .45 Doz. 100 dozen women's pure linen Hemstitched Handker chiefs, y8, W, V-inch hems; regular 25c and 35e values on sale from 6 to 9:30 at 1212c CI AfZ each, or $1.45 dozen P 75c Veilings for 33c Yard Special lot of 18-inch Chiffon Cloth Veilings, extra heavy quality, striped borders, white, black, brown and navy; 75c quality on sale from 6 to 9:30 only at this low price, yard mty 75c Tabourettes 25c Each Special lot of white enameled Tabourettes, very good style and size; regular 75c values on sale tonight from 6 to 9 :30 at this wonderfully low price, O each on sale on third floor School Pennants 39c Each Special lot of 500 school pennants, 12x24 inches, silk bindings and ribbons; regular 50c values on TtQf sale tonight from 6 to 9:30 at this low price. $1.25 Dotted Nets 59c Yd. 45-inch Dotted Nets for waists and gowns, white and cream in very pretty styles; values up to $1.25 yard on sale from 6 to 9:30 at this extraordinary CQ. low price, yard fw $ 1 0.00 Net Robes at $6.98 Special value tonight in beautiful Net Robes, flounced skirt, trimmed with juby ruching; white, blue and lavender; $10.00 values on sale from 6.TL QO to 9:30 at 3O.VO Curtain Material Remnants Hundreds of remnants of Curtain Swiss, Madras, Cre tonne, Burlap, Denim, Lace, etc., 1 to b-yard lengths, all styles and grades; great values 6 Pjc Fish Net Lace Third Floor "White and Ecru Fish Net Lace, suitable for sash or long curtains ; two great lots on sale from 6 to 9 :30 36-inch, 18c value for, yard. 45-inch, 22c value for, yard ."15 $2.50 Curtains $ 1 .85 Pair 200 pairs of White and Arabian Lace Curtains, Madras 'weaves; fine Brussels patterns, 50 inches wide by 3 yards long; regular $2.50 values on sale, 1 QC 6 to 9:30 only, at V XJJ Men's 50c Ties at 25c Ea. 100 dozen Men's Four-in-Hands and Tecks; very best patterns in light and dark colorings; made French fold and reversible; handsome silks in great variety; 50c values on sale, 6 to 9:30 at fcJC Children's Underwear Sale Odds and ends in children's heavy weight Cotton Vests, high neck and long sleeves, fleece lined, gray and white, ages 3 to 9 years; 35c values on sale 1 CL- from 6 to 9:30 only at OC 50c to $1.00 Veiling 23c Beautiful lot of embroidered and velvet dotted Chiffon Veilings, striped borders included in the lot; black, white, light blue, lavender, green, white, car- Or dinal, etc.,; 50c to $1 values on sale at, yard.C 75c Scarfs Tonight 19c Ea. 50 dozen fine Swiss Scarfs and Shams in applique and cut work designs, also a few Brussels net corded ef fects, all white; values up to 75c each, on 1 Q. sale from 6 to 9:30 only, at each Kid Gloves for 97c a Pair Special assortment of women's fine Kid Gloves, 2 clasp, embroidery stitching, black, brown, tan, navy, green, mode, white, all sizes; great special value, (Jff 6 to 9:30 only at, pair C 35c Whisk Brooms 23c Ea.' 1000 best quality Whisk Brooms, plain and fancy handles; 2 and 3-sewed; regular 35c values on sale from 6 to 9:30 only at this "special low 0tr price, each . . . V Picture Frames at V2 Price Great odd lot of square and oval fancy metal photo frames variety of styles; great special values 1 from 6 to 9:30 at, each .- $1.50-$2 Corset Covers 98c Special lot of women's fine Corset Covers, lace and em broidery trimmed; round, square, V and high necks; blouse fronts, all sizes; $1.50 and $2 values QO on sale, 6 to 9:30 only, at OC Men's Bath Robes at $3.10 Men's Blanket Bath Robes, extra long, dark gray, blue and maroon colorings, neat figures, Byron collar, cord and tassel ; great special value, 6 to 1 f 9:30 only at, each yJilV Percales on Sale at 8'2c Yd. 2500 yards of light and dark Percales, all new Fall styles; great assortment; best 1212C quality on sale from 6 to 9:30, at this low price, 82C Boys' Knee Pants 38c Pair Special lot of Boy's Knee Pants, ages 3 ao 16 years, dark cheviot and tweed mixtures; extra well made and Winter weight; great values 6 to 9:30 tflf at the low price of JOC Basement Bargains Tonight 15c Gas Lighters at, each........ 10 5c Box Gas Tapers for. . . . 3i 3-piece ' Carving Sets, stag handles, good steel: $1.50 vaL on sale from 6 tq 9:30 only at low price $1.19 OFFICER IHS ACCUSED POMCE COMMISSION MAKES .INQUIRY INTO CHARGES. Detective Hartman Says Mears Ac cepted Money for Work Per formed Outside Department. It developed yesterday that the Police Committee of the Executive Board held a meeting behind closed doors Thursday evening for the purpose of Investigating a charge of irregularity against Detective j. A. Mears, right-hand man of Inspector Bruin, in the Police Department. The charge against Mears was that he did private sleuthing for Allen & Lewis for which he received renumeration amount ing to $5 per day for his services. "While the committeemen are withhold ing an official report of the session It Is learned from an authoritative source that Lou Hartman, who was recently put out of the Police Department for incom petence, was at the bottom of the charges against Mears. The two officers worked on the case together and a bill was pres ented to Allen & Lewis by Hartman under the name of Mears & Hartman. Hart man received the money which provided for salary as well as expenses. The two had been Investigating a man at Seaside who was suspected of knowing more than he ought of the Tecent disappearance of J2000 from the Allen & Lewis vaults. That investigation came to naught. L. A. Lewis is reputed to have com plained to the Police Committee. Hart man and Mears were called to the City Hall Thursday evening. It is said that Hartman "squealed" immediately. Insist ing that Mears shared the money he col lected from Allen & Lewis. Mears de nied emphatically that such is the case. He took expense money, as the police rules permit but nothing more, he as serted. There Is a tendency at police head quarters to believe Mears was telling the truth. At any rate bitter condemnation is being heaped upon Hartman for taking the stand against his fellow officer and implicating him in the transaction. The two officers had been the best of friends. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cuttine Teeth Be oure and use that old and well-tried rem edy, Mrs. Wlnalow's Boothlns Syrup, for chil dren trethln-. It aoothee tne child, sottene the rums, allays all pain, cures wind eello and diarrhoea. PROGRESS ON PIPE LINE EXTENSION TO PENINSULA IS NEARING COMPLETION. Delay of Work Due to Difficulty Ex perienced In Getting Gates for the Main. Rapid progress' is being made on the new water main connecting the Bull Run pipe line at Mount Tabor with the Penin sula. The new main has all been laid with the exception of a short section on Killlngsworth avenue, which will be com pleted within a few days. The work has been somewhat retarded because of delay in getting the gates for the new main. They have now arrived from the East and have been distributed along the line. These gates could not be made here because of their peculiar pat tern which no foundry on the Pacific Coast is equipped to fulfill. The new main when completed will be 11 miles in length. Its diameter Is 24 inches at the Mount Tabor reservoir. which diameter is reduced at intervals until it Is only 12 inches at the lower end. The standpipe which formerly stood near Holladay park has been removed to East Twentieth and Prescott streets and has been equipped with automatic flood gates which raises or lowers the water to any desired height, thus preserving the pressure and allowing an even service at all times to be maintained through the smaller pipes In use below that part of the city. , The section of water main on East Seventh street is rapidly nearing comple tion and will serve central East Portland better than ever before. Fourteen Tons of Hops Burned. PHILOMATH, Or.. Sept. 28. (Special.) A disastrous fire occurred at 5 o'clock Thursdiy morning, which destroyed al most the entire season's crop of hops for Alford & Rust, who have been run ning the Roth -yard one mile south of Philomath. Ten bales were saved, but the building and about 23,000 pounds of hops were burned. Insurance nearly cov ers the hop loss, and the pickers will not lose anything, The Are Btarted acciden tally and when discovered was beyond control. t Klamath County Holds Fair. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept. 28. (Speclal.)The Klamath County Fair opened here Wednseday under auspices that indicate a most successful three days' programme of sports, and that has brought together a splendid exhibit of products of the soil and livestock. Field, farm and orchard are well represented in the display of grain, grasses, fruit and vegetables on exhibition in the "booths Arranged under the direction of Superintendent of Exhibits John Stilts, while the race events under the direction of B. St. George Bishop have brought together a large 'number of the fce.se horses in Southern Oregon. Prizes ag gregating $2500 have been posted. i Red Eyee and Eyelids, Weak Eyes And Tired Eyes Need Murine Eye Tonic. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT COMPANY 228 Alder St-, Between 1st and 2d Sts. "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST" Pure. Clean. Healthy. Wholesome, tnndnltrratpd Meats. Soup Bones, per lb 3 Soup Meat, per lb 4J Liver, per lb 5C Oxtails, each 5c Boiling Beef, per lb, 54 Beef Stew, per lb 5d Short Ribs Beef, per lb. 5? Mutton for Stew, per lb. 5c Corned Beef, per lb 6J Mut ton Roasts, per lb He Veal for Stew, per lb 86 Shoulder Steak, per lb Sit Best' cuts of Pot Roast, per ib 8e Shoulder Mutton Chops,, pec lb....lOC Roast Veal, per lb 10 Breast Veal, per lb IOC Rolled Roast Reef, ner lb IOC Round Steak, per lb IOC Hamburg Steak, per lb 10? Sausage, per lb IOC Frankfurt style Sausage, per lb.. . .IOC Prime Rib Roast Beef, per lb....l2M:C Prime Rib Steak, per lb 12VjC Loin Steak, per lb 12V.-C Loin Roast Mutton, per lb X'ZYiC Loin Mutton Chops, per lb 12M;C Pork Roast, per lb Pork Chops, per lb 12VC Veal Cutlets, per lb 12ViC Pressed Cooked Cornbeef, per lb,12V-C Hams, choicest quality, per lb. ...17c Breakfast Bacon, very choicest, per lb 17 Pure I.ard (we tlo not handle com pounds or mixtures), 5 lbs 60C We will give still lower prices to all who one quantities or quarters.