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THE MORNING OREG0XIA-. WEDNESDAY. J TILT 24, 1907. TELL OF THEIR ESCAPE Bright Light of Self-Sacrifice Shines Out Through Disaster. FROM DARKNESS TO DEATH Many Sucked Down With Sinking Ship Exhausted Women Slip From Raft Captain Cares ' for Others, Then Dies. SAX FRANCISCO, July 23. The first surviving passenger of the steamer Co lumbia to return from the scene of the wreck was Mrs. Ottilie Leidell, a music teacher of this city, who arrived this morning; on the steamer Pomona. She and 30 members of the Columbia's crew left Kureka on board the Pomona at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Among: the members of the crew who arrived are: B. Agerupp, second officer; Rob ert Hawse, third officer; J. F. Jackson, chief engineer, and they with Mrs. Leidell added much to the meager par ticulars already obtained of the dis aster, and related incidents of heroism which remove any doubt as to the dis cipline of the crew and the manliness of the men on board. Crash Realizes Her Fears. Mrs. LeldeH's story follows: "I was awake In my berth on the port Bide of the Columbia Saturday night when the collision occurred." That far she got in her narrative when the horror of the situation struck her with renewed force and she hid her face in her hands. "Awful! Oh, those shrieks, that excite ment! I cannot forpet them. I never knew I could go through such an ex perience and live. I never could do it again. "My stateroom was No. 42. The fog had frightened mo and I could not sleep. It was all so dark outside, and every thing I had ever heard about accidents at sea parsed through my mind. The boat was going along slowly when suddenly the engines stopped. Then hurrying feet passed my window. I was frightened, and opening the window, looked out. I could see nothing. The engines started up again, there was a crash, followed by screams and shouts and more running around. "I got out of my stateroom. Every one was excited every one except the cap tain. He stood on the bridge, his arms extended, begging the passengers to be cool. The crew stood at the boats, cutting away at the lines that held them. There was no chance to lower them. All who could piled into the boats. Lota of people Jumped over the side trying to climb onto bits of wood which were floating in the water. I did not have' time to think. I ran to the side. There under the side was a raft. There was nobody on It. I Jumped. How I got onto It I don't know. But I struck the raft and Injured my hip. Other women got on the raft, too. I don't know how they got on. Some crawled from the water, others Jumped from the boat. Sank Before Her Eyes. "Then the Columbia went down, bow first, and then over her whole length. The raft whirled around and the water washed over us. Two women and a Utile child were washed off, and I never saw them again. "One woman was left. Her hold was weak. She begged me to help her. I leaned over and tried to hold her on, but I was too weak. She slid into the water" (Mrs. Leldelt gasped as she said It and again buried her face in her hands) "and died before my eyes. "Oh, I can't forget that. I'll never forget that. She drowned and I couldn't help her. Who she was I do not know. But It was horrible, the way she died right before my eyes. It was so dark I couldn't see her face. I couldn't see anything. 'Now and then I got a glimpse of another raft or a boat. We grot some pieces of wood after awhile and used them for oars, and finally it must have been hours after we climbed on the San Pedro. Some Swept Off San Pedro. "It was -a terrible climb up her side. Men helped but I felt so old and weak I never thought I would get over it. The waves kept breaking over us. We were dripping wet and It was so cold. On the San Pedro we were sitting on two lit tle narrow pieces of lumber. Suddenly a wave carried away the lumber we were Bitting on. , We managed to stay on the ship, however, but there were some who got that fnr who got no further, for without any warning the rear mast of the San Pedro gave away and swept several Into the sea. One or two were brought back alive but of the others we saw noth ing. And the darkness hanging over ev erything made it terrible. We didn't know if the San Pedro would hold togeth er, although the officers and crew tried their "best to cheer us up. Then the day broke. "The fog still hung thick and the light only appeared gradually, but then we could see who was saved and who was not. That sight, I can't tell you about it. Everything was so desolate and dismal. "And then the Elder came up. They got us nboard, cared for us and at Eu reka I secured the only remaining berth on the Pomona to come back home. Some of the people who escaped came to this city by train, but I was afraid I could not stand the trip, owing to the Injuries I had received, and so I returned by boat. Everyone has been so kind to me, I can't tell how much I appreciate it." Captain's Voice Arouses Them. Leo Crowley, third pantryman on the Columbia, who arrived from Eureka this morning on the Pomona, made the following statement: "I was asleep in, my quarters in the glory hole' when the shock came. All the employes In the steward's depart ment woke up at this time and we came to the conclusion that the ship had grounded on a rock. As It was not thought that there would be any im mediate danger, we decided that we would not dress and go on deck. Some of the waiters turned over and were preparing to go to sleep again when we heard the captain's voice shouting on deck, and later, at the head of our quarters. "All hands on deck and cut away the boats!" Then we realized that the ship was In danger, and got into what clothes we could and scrambled on deck. On the way up I came upon a little boy about 4 ' years old trying to climb the cabin stairs, end picked him np, carrying him up on deck with me. As soon as I got there a man rushed up to me, grabbed the child out of my arms and shouted excitedly: " "What are you doing with' my child!" I never saw the man nor the child after, and I think they were both lost. "The captain was by this time on the bridge and giving orders to the crew. I had got to the port side and was standing about amidships preparing to take a hand In the lowering of the boats when the ship lurched violently, listing to starboard and taking me off my fee I was getting up again when the bow suddenly dipped with a roll ing motion, the stern going 30 or 40 feet Into the air. Then s. e plunged straight down, making straight for the bottom i-' an -'-nost perpendicular po sition. "The whole thing happened so quick ly after I had got on deck that I had no time to Jump and was taken down with the ship in her dive for 30 feet UI mure. M "I began struggling wlldlv to get tol the surface, and felt myself clear of the ship, which seemed to increase In speed as she went down like a locomotive. "I must have been down fully 40 feet, for on my way to the surface I rubbed across dozens of objects floating about under the water, some hard, solid things like wooden wreckage, and other soft like bedding or clothing, and I know I bumped against some other people who were struggling like myself to get to the sur face. The water for a long distance down was a swirling mass of wreckage of all kinds and struggling people, and I knew that I had to dodge and keep away from these things to get to the surface alive." . Boilers Did Not Explode. Chief Engineer J. F. Jackson said: "As soon as I could get Into my clothes after the collision I rushed down Into the engine-room and found everything all right there, until the boat listed to star board, when I ordered all the crew out ALWAYS HAD A HORROR OF THE SKA. ;8S Mr. William C. Dodson. Mrs. William C. Dodson all her life haw had a horror of the sea. Al though she has made many visits to Los Angeles from Portland in past years, she has always traveled by rail. This Summer she has been in California, and yielded to the Joking and pleading of her son, W. H. Dod son, who was with her, to take Just one sea voyage from San Francisco to Portland. Mrs. Dodson Is the Wife of W. C. Dodson, a salesman with Blumauer & Hoch, who yester day related the above circumstance. She Is among the survivors. of the engine and furnace-rooms to the decks. I am quite positive that the boil ers did not explode. I would have known it If anyone did, as. I stood directly above them when the' ship pitched head fore most Into the sea, and was there until she was well under water before I was able to get back to surface. "After my first rush to the englneroom, when I returned to the deck I heard the captain calling out his orders to have ev eryone taken from the staterooms. The next moment the Columbia threw up her stern and quivering a moment dived straight into the sea. "As we went down I noticed that every one near me had on a life preserver. When we came to the surface, we had no trouble keeping our heads above water as the sea was almost quiet and only slightly choppy. The survivors came to the surface within a half minute and aside from them there was nothing seen of the ship or her crew again. "Some wreckage was floating about, but that came loose when the Columbia went down. Most of us were able to find boards and rafts to ding to. But we lay for hours in the fog and the suffering among the rescued was intense. The San Pedro could not take ' us aboard as she was in a precarious condition herself. Flnallv at 6 in the morning the Elder hove in sight and took us aboard." Walters Save Many Lives. The cool head of A. Marks, second steward, saved many lives when the Columbia sank. As soon as the ship struck the steward ran into the "glory hole," where his men slept, and ordered them to their posts. The men were well drilled, and they wasted no time in their duty of waking the passengers. They ran through the cabins assigned to them, dragging the people out of bed and adjusting their life-preservers for them. This accounts for the fact that all those who were on deck had life-preservers on them. When the waiters were about half through their work on the starboard side, the vessel gave a heavy list, and all those who still remained In their staterooms on that side of tho boat were doomed. The vessel filled to the deck, and the doors of their cabins were Jammed so that they were unable to break their way free before the vessel upended and dived to the bot tom. The starboard deck was filled with half-dressed people when the fatal list came. Those who were already on the deck were able to climb to the port side and cling there until the last plunge was made. The vessel went down without noticeable suction, but the passengers found that they were unable to remain on the surface of the water, although buoyed up by the life preservers. Many assert that they sank as deep as 30 feet before they began to rise. To his own prowess as a swimmer, John Swift, ex-fireman on the Colum bia, can atrribute his safe arrival on the Pomona this morning. With- an arm broken In two places, he swam to some wreckage after the Columbia sank and clung there until taken aboard the Geo. W. Elder. Mr. Swift, with John Roach, was working in the Columbia's fire-room when the crash occurred. Mr.- Roach went on deck to find out what had oc curred and to lend a hand In clearing away the boats. Not until Mr. Roach yelled down the ventilator that the ship was in great danger did Mr. Swllft know what had occurred. He scram bled up the iron stairway of the fire room and had hardly reached the deck when the vessel, stave a lurch and the whole starboard side went under water. Fortunately he had come out on the port side, where in the darkness he did not know what to do. Before the enor mity of the disaster dawned on him there was another lurch and a wave swept him from his feet and the next minute he was In the water swim ming. , "I don't remember what happened af ter that until I came to, floating about In the water. It was perfectly dark. it T f 1 I f 7 k v I didn't have a life-preserver on and ' I don't know how I managed to keep afloat all that time. I tried to move my left arm, which hurt terribly. Then I no ed that It was limp and realized that it must have been broken. I swam to a piece of timber floating by. I clung there until the Elder came along and picked me up." Ran to Help the Women. G. Murphy, a waiter, one of the sur vivors of the Columbia, who arrived here today, said: "When the San Pedro struck us the shock awoke me right away. The next moment the second steward. Marks, called us to our fire-drill posts', and I ran to the deck on the starboard side toward the stern where my post was. When I saw the San Pedro, I knew what was up. I was pretty sure she was sinking, so I ran into every cabin, shaking the people In the bunks and dragging out their life-preservers. I remember putting life-preservers on eight women on that side. Everybody was cool, but nobody knew what to do. They stood around and let me put the straps over their shoulders Just like children without asking any questions or trying to help themselves. I would not let them stop to dress. "T!-?3 boat lay on her right side until she sank. When we were all clinging to the port rail, hardly any of us with any clothes on, the Captain stood on the bridge and looked down on us and said: "Well, boys, I did all I could for you, and I can do no more. She's a gpner. Good-bye!" Rescued by the Pomona. The erroneous impression that the Pomona brought a large number of sur vivors caused an Immense, throng to gather on the dock to await her arrival. Captain Swanson said he learned noth ing from the officers as to how the col lision occurred, as they would say noth ing until they had reported to the com pany. He said: "The Pomona left Eureka at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon with one passenger and 32 of the survivors of the Columbia crew. About an hour before we sailed 30 or more survivors reached Eureka from Shelter Cove. I did not have an op portunity to learn their names. "Purser Byrnes, of the lost ship, is re maining at Kurtka by order of his com panyj He sent many of the survivors of the Columbia north to Portland on the steamer George W. Elder, which rescued SO or SO men and women and took them to Eureka, to which point she towed the waterlogged San Pedro. "Many of tho survivors who remain at Eureka are being cared for In hos pitals. They are suffering from shock and exposure and grief. No one who belonged to me was aboard the Co lumbia, but I had many friends and acquaintances among the officers and crew." His vole choking and his eyes dimmed with tears, Captain Swanson turned away. Purser Brown, of the Pomona, fur nished a list of the members of the Co lumbia's crew brought to this city by his vessel. He showed a list of the surviving passengers taken to Eureka, exclusive of those who reached there .an hour before the sailing of the Pomona, which had been personally secured and certified by Purser Byrnes. It comprised 107 names. and tallied with the list reported In these dispatches last night. Mr. Brown said that he was authorita tively informed at Eureka that 15 mem bers of the steward's department, 10 mem bers of the engineering department and 12 of the deck crew a total of 37 were saved, as were all of the waiters except two. The latter,, he said, are still unac counted for. Paul Hinner, a quartermaster on the Columbia, was in charge of tho raft bear ing four women and 11 men, which made shore at Shelter Cove. It is probable that these are the 15 persons referred to In last night's dispatches as being then on their way to Eureka and who are un derstood to have arrived at the latter point shortly before the sailing of the Pomona yesterday. Sunday evening" there was an affecting scene on board the Elder, when the res cued passengers gathered in the social hall and divine services were held by the Rev. Dr. Frank Talmage, of Los Angeles, son of the great T. DeWitt Talmage. Kneeling on the floor, the passengers Joined in offering thanks to the Almighty for their deliverance. It was a touching spectacle, while women and men with bruised faces and limbs. In strange clothes, supplied by the passengers and crew of the Elder, sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and Rock of Ages. REJOICE AT GIRti'S SAFETY Castle Rock Parents Overjoyed - to Hear From Pearl Beebe. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., July 23.- (Special.) Mourning was quickly turned Into rejoicing this morning When a tele gram was received from Portland that WAS RETURNING FROM VISIT TO BAN FRANCISCO. Miss Amy Churchley. Miss Amy Churchley Is a sister of A. O. Churchley, of 241 McMillan street, this city. Several weeks ago Miss Churchley left Portland to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles Eastman. In Ban Francisco, and was coming home on the Columbia. Word has been received that she was safe. Miss Pearl Beebe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beebe, of this place, formerly of St. Johns, had been saved from the steamer Columbia, sunk Sunday . morn ing. From the time the evening papers were received here last evening, contain ing meager details of the disaster, the parents and family of the young lady were almost distracted, but when a tele gram from a girl friend of hers In Port land arrived announcing that she was safe their Joy knew no bounds. The old couple, as well as the young lady, are very highly respected and popular. Musician Was Coming to Portland. LITCHFIELD, Cal.. July 23. W. It Truesdale, a steerage passenger on the Columbia, and believed to have been lost, was a musician from this city, en route from San Francisco to Portland. Bummer underwear! Robinson & Co. See page 12. ' It - " s I t - Y SAVES LIVES BY - USING BIG STICK Panic in Flooded Sewer Tunnel Stopped by One Strong Man. ALL COME OUT IN SAFETY "Water Rapidly Rising Around Them, Workmen Stampede, but Ben Conners' Club Restores Their Senses. NEW YORK July 23-Forty laborers" wnrt ..nm n n .-1 fntirhf fnn thalu I lirnfl I WAS COMING HERE TO VISIT RELATIVES. Mrs. Charles A. Eastman. Mrs. Charles A. Eastman, sister of Miss Amy Churchley. who was with her on the Columbia, and sister of A. G. Churchley, of 241 McMillan street, a photographer, is & resident of San Francisco. She was coming to Port land with Miss Churchley to visit their brother. Mrs. Eastman was formerly of this city, but recently married and moved to California. She is among the survivors. at Eureka. when the new sewer in West Forty-sixth street was flooded tonight and but for the coolness of Fireman Ben Conners, all would have perished. The men were working in the tube, which is eight feet in diameter, a block in length and 40 feet below the surface. Suddenly a break occurred in the old sewer above them and the escaping water poured into the open end of the tube. The only exit was at the opposite end, where an airshaft led to the surface. A moment after a stream first trickled into the tube the flood came and, when the men turned to run, the water was at their knees and rapidly Tising. Then the men, panic stricken, ran for the shaft and In running fell over each other. When they were half way to the shaft, the water was at their waists. Screaming and fighting, the men wedged themselves into a helpless mass. Then Conners, who had led the way to the shaft, took a hand and, swinging an ugly club, threatened to brain every man of them If they did not obey him. Then he ordered them to form four abreast and march. Some marched, but more swam, as by that time the water had reached the necks of the taller, while those of lesser height had been swept from their feet. One by one they gained the shaft and climbed the ladder to the street. Conners was the last to leave the sewer and, when he did, he rose from six. feet of water. ASSASSIN LAYS HIM LOW Man Thrice Freed on Murder Charges Finally Sleets Fate. MUSKOGEE, I. T., July 23. Mac AI ford, twtce tried for the murder of Cicero Davis, a wealthy ranchman near Porum, and finally acquitted and who was Indicted for the murder of old man Spivey and the Indictment quashed, was assassinated today. - Alford was a violent man and had engaged In a feud with the Davis fam ily, who spent a fortune trying to con vict him. He came into Porum this afternoon armed with an automatic rifle, talked with the City Marshal and said that he was leaving the Davlses alone. On his way home Alford was shot from ambush near the spot, and at the time of day that Cicero Davis was slain. INDICTED MINER IS FREE Charge of Defrauding, Against Mc Carthy, Is Not Sustained. CHEYENNE. Wye, July . 23. In the United States District Court Judge J. Rlner dismissed the case against E. T. McCarthy, a wealthy mining man of Omaha and Baxter City, Kas., who was indicted for alleged conspiracy to de fraud the Government of valuable coal lands In Monarch, Wyo. The evidence on which E. M. Halbrook, E. E. Lona baugh and- Robert McPhllamey were convicted last Friday on the same charge showed that McCarthy had disposed of his Interest In the land in question. OFFICERS JTELL STORY (Continued from First Page.) saw the lights I blew the whistle. I saw there was no chance for us to starboard helm. Our only salvation was to port the helm, which I did." SAN PEDRO IS WATERLOGGED Battered Steamer Promises to Be Cause of Lawsuit. EUREKA, Cal.. July 23. The San Pedro now lies near the Holmes Eureka lumber mill, southward of the Bendlxson ship yards. She is completely waterlogged, her cutwater Is badly battered, her mainmast broken in two and forward seams all open. In the bow on one side Is lodged a V piece of the Columbia sheeting two feet long, six inches wide; also a number of smaller pieces from four to six Inches in length, all wedged Into the wood as closely as if placed there in construction. The vessel is in control of men placed there by orders from C. P. Doe, of the North Pacific Steamship Company. It would appear that this company claims the ship. Captain Hansen, of the San Pedro, consulted with attorneys for the Metropolitan Lumber Company, to which the San Pedro belongs, and it is more than likely that an attempt will be made to get possession of her today. Whether a lawsuit will result remains to be seen. If the case cannot be amicably settled. It will probably be taken Into court. Mr. Atkinson, of the Metropolitan Lum ber Company, stated tonight that In his opinion the Pacific Company has no right to the San Pedrp. He was asked if a claim for towing would be paid immedi ately upon its presentation to the com pany. He replied that the company would pay any claim that was reasonable for services In towing. Officers of the Elder say that Captain Hansen had come aboard the Elder with all his men, stating that he was afraid the San Pedro would turn over, and de clared that Captain Hansen had aban doned the lumber schooner. COLBTA.a BOATS UT.M COOD Inspector Turner Kills Rumor That They Were Rotten. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. Local In spectors Bolles and Bulger today detailed Assistant Inspector Frank Turner to ex amine the lifeboat from the Columbia, which was picked up at sea, the report being circulated that the wood in it was rotten. Mr. Turner reported that, while the boat Is not new, Its condition is perfect. "It 1s built of solid oak," he said, "and the wood Is so hard that I could not chip it off with a knife. The ends of the boat were torn away, but this was done when the passengers Jumped Into It. The boat was only intended to hold 20 people, -but it is more than likely that 40 or 50 people Jumped Into It. There were marks of boot heels, indicating thai the wood was broken in this manner." JfEWBERG JiTJRSE IS MISSING Elsie May Stone Had Not Been Home For .Two Years. NEWBERG. Or., July 23. (Special.) Miss Elsie May Stone, whose name is given In the list of missing, among the ill-fated passengers of the steamship Columbia, is a daughter of J. M. Stone, of Newberg. She is a trained nurse and has not been home for two years. She was on her way from San Francisco to Portland, where she was expecting to nurse one of her brothers, who was going from here to a Portland hospital to take treatment. MURDERER IS RETURNED Captain Klinkenberg Brought Back on Umatilla From Nome. SEATTLE. July 28. The steam ship Umatilla arrived today from Nome, bringing a full list of passen gers and $180,000 in treasure. On the Umatilla was Captain Klinkenberg, master of the wrecked gasoline schooner Olga, in charge of a United States Marshal from Nome. Captain Klinkenberg is accused by George Johnson, formerly steward of the Olga, with the murder of P. D. Jack son, chief engineer of the vessel, and Frank Mitchell, a deck hand. He Is held here In the County Jail until A deputy Is sent from San Francisco to take him to that city where he will be tried. Captain Klinkenberg was arrested at Point Barrow, a couple of weeks ago. Sound freight boats today announced a raise In hay carrying rates of 25 cents on small bales and 60 cents on large bales. General A. W. Greely, U. S. A. sailed for Skagway last night on the steamship Humboldt. General Greely will make an Inspection trip along the forts of the Yukon, returning by way of St. Michael s and Nome. ROCK ISLAND CARMEN OUT Because Man Is Discharged for Washing in Company's Time. CHICAGO, July 23. The Railway Carmen's Union, comprising car repair ers, carpenters, painters, cleaners and laborers, declared a strike yesterday against the Rock Island lines, and 28 3 men employed in tho repair shops at Moilne. Rock Island and Davenport, stopped work until one of their num ber Is reinstated with full pay from the time he was discharged to date of reinstatement. The company made a rule forbidding meu to stop work and wash 10 minutes before the whistle blew, as hnd been the practice. The man mentioned was discharged for vio lating this rule. ROCK ISLAND, III., July 23. An order has been issued by Chief Carman F. L. Boimus calling a strike of union carmen on the entire Rock Island sys tern. Tie order affects 2400 men. Ac cording to advices received here, the order has been generally obeyed. The officers of the union say that trains on tho Rock Island are not interrupted. FORCE IRON MINERS TO QUIT Strikers on Mesaba Range March to the Mines. DULUTH, July 23. Members of the Western Federation of Miners on Mesaba Range, headed by a band, marched to Pettit mine today and forced 250 men employed by the Repub lic Iron & Steel Company to quit work. They then proceeded to ' the Kellogg mine and forced the men there to aban don work. The ore industry is now completely tied up. The ore-dock workers, how ever, are offering to arbitrate. They are distinct from the Western Federa tion of Miners. CORNER BLUEGRASS SEED Kentucky Syndicate Purchases En tire Supply of State. PARIS, Ky.. July 23. A syndicate com posed of J. S. Wilson and Et F. Spears & Sons, of this city, and D. S. Gay. of Win chester, Ky., today closed a deal by which they become the possessors of about 700, 000 bushels of Kentucky bluegrass seed, practically all there Is in the country, with the exception of one party holding about 10,000 bushels. It Is estimated that it will take J500.000 to finance the deal. The seed Is to be de livered by August 1. the market opening on that day. The annual demand aver ages about 500,000 bushels, a large part of which goes to Europe. ELKINS' SLY GAME Puts Up Cortelyou to Kill Off Hughes Boom. IN WALL STREET INTEREST Moneyed Men View With Alarm Popularity of Governor and Hope to Steer the New York Delega tion Away From Him. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 23. When Senator Elklns, of West Virginia, comes out In ad vocacy of the nomination of Secretary Cortelyou for President, it Is tlme' to sit up and take notice. Mr. Elklns never does anything except for cause and, whenever he makes a move on the big political checkerboard, those who know him immediately look around for the motive. Mr. Elklns Is not the kind of man to enthuse over a candidate like Mr. Cor telyou. He and Mr. Cortelyou are not good friends; they have nothing In common. They play the game of poli tics by very different methods. Then why does Mr. Elklns advocate the nomination of Mr. Cortelyou, or rather why does he pick Mr. Cortelyou as the proper man to be supported by the New York delegation to the next Re publican National Convention? All a Wall-Street Game. Mr. Elklns Is very close to the money power in New York the power that would so like to gain control of the National administration. This power has no use for Governor Hughes, for he is too much like Mr. Roosevelt and In the White House would be Just as far beyond the reach of Wall street as Is the present chief executive. It Is, therefore, only fair to suspect that Mr. Klkins, after conferring with some of his friends on Wall street, has taken up the talk of Mr. Cortelyou In the hope of heading off the Hughes men. Not that he expects to see Mr. Cor telyou nominated, even if supported by the New York delegation, but that he looks to the support of Mr. Cortelyou as the best means available of pre venting the presentation of Mr. Hughes. If New York should present the name of Mr. Cortelyou, Mr. Elklna would be one of the first men to try to head oft his nomination. Mr. Elklns would be almost as well satisfied with Mr. Roosevelt as with Mr. Cortelyou, and It is no secret that he Is a very pronounced anti-Roosevelt man. Aim to Kill Off Hughes. The men that Mr. Elklns represents would much prefer to have the New York delegation endorse Mr. Cortelyou rather than Mr. Hughes, for Mr. Cor telyou is not popular throughout the country and hls public career Is not of that type to Insure a Cortelyou wave sweeping over the convention when his name Is presented. On the other hand, should the name of Mr. Hughes be pre sented by the New York delegation the convention might be carried away by its enthusiasm and Wall street would proceed to have a spasm. Mr. Elklns will never admit that he had a deep and mysterious purpose in speaking so favorably of Mr. Cor telyou, but then he never discusses what he really thinks. He Is an un derground worker. His talk will not even fool Mr. Cortelyou, who sizes him up Just about as Mr. Roosevelt has done time and again. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. KERR At 6R2 Schuyler street. July 13, to the wife of Frank R. Kerr, a son. QUICK At 308 East Third street North, July 5, to the wife of Joseph F. Quick, a ton. TILL1SSON At Portland, July 17, to th wife o George U. Tillison, a eon. MAY At 771 Tenlno street, July 18, to the wife of I,. L. May, a son. WILLIAMS At 130 Fifteenth street North, to the wife of J. D. Williams, a son. FREER At 553 Everett street. July 20, to the wife of Charles H. Freer, & daughter. Deaths. PEYSER At St. Vincent's Hospital, July 20, Mrs. Caroline Peyser, a native of Miss issippi, aged bo years, 2 months, 4 days. CLODFELTER At Good Samaritan Hos pital, July 20. Noah O. Clodfelter, a native of Indiana, aged 64 years. 1 month, 3 days. SITTLEMIER At 545 East Davis street. July 22, George. M. Sittlemier, a na tive of Illinois, aged 50 years, 2 months, 18 days. FLAHERTY At Bundy's Bath House, July 20. Adrian C. Flaherty, a native of New York, aged 15 years, 5 months, 12 days. KEE3 At 395 Larrabee street, July 22, Clara A. Rees, a native of Oregon, aged 3U years, 2 months, ltt days. Building; Permits. T. POULPEL Repairing dwelling. East Eighth and Taggart Btreers; $75. J. R. GILL1HAN Two-story frame dwell ing, East Thirty-eighth street, near Haw thorn avenue; $200. B. ALBERS Two-story frame dwelling, East Tenth street, between Schuyler and Broadway; $21100. DAVID PENNI Repairing dwelling. Water street, between Mill and Montgomery; 1400. P. J. CP.ONIN CO. Repairing factory. First street, between Washington and Al der; $400. CHARLES SCHWIND Repairing store. Union avenue, between East Washington and East Alder; $100. D. J. MOTT Excavating East Burnslde and East Third streets; $lt;00. E. 8. HARLOW Two-story frame dwell ing, Simpson street, between Kirby and Commercial; $1800. ORIENTAL INVESTMENT CO. Exca vating for hotel. Seventh and Stark streets; $2000. Marriage Licenses. DBWEY-M'WHIRTER C. M. Dewey, 25 city; Ethel E. McWhltrter. 22, city. KNOWLAND-BRIDGE Joseph Knowland, 32, city; Marium Endora Bridge, 25, city KERN-DOUGHERTY F. P. Kern, 45. Fort Colllnc, Cal.; Anna E. Dougherty, 42, city WEST-GILI.IGAN O. W. West, 32. city; Pearl Ruth Gllllgan, 22. city. SALES-GREEN Lloyd E. Salej, 25, city; Myrtle O. Green, 22.' city. BURKE-KELLY Elmer C. Burke, over 18, city; Hattie M- Kelly. IT, city. DING-LEE Lum W. Ding, 28, city; Violet Lee, 18, city. DRPLY-GREENBAUM Vaisel Druly, 22, city; Reglna Greenbaum, 18. city. McC ANN-GIBBONS Patrick McCann, 38, city; Sadie Gibbons, 32, city. WENDELL-BEIER John T. Wendell. 29. city; Mary Beler, 23, city. TOMPKINS-ALCOCK Orvllle Henry Tomp- kins, over 21, Armory. Miss.; Hannah Gertrude Alcock. 21. city. Colonel Hays, Composer and Poet. LOUISVILLE, July 23. Colonel Will L. Hays, the veteran river editor of the Courier-Journal, song writer and poet, died at his home here today of vertigo, caused by a stroke of paraly sis suffered in the Iroquois theater fire In Chicago. He was 70 years old. Colonel Hays always claimed the au thorship of the original words of "Dixie' and that he was responsible for the arrangement of the music. His version of Dixie was written at tho outbreak of the Civil War, but the -ords were considered so seditious LOSTALLHOPE OP CURING HUMORS Member of U. S. Ordinance Corps HadSkin,Scalp,andBloodTroubl9 For Four Months Tried Variou9 Remedies with No Lasting Effect Permanently Cured and Saysi "CUTICURA REMEDIES ARE UNEXCELLED" "About a year ago I was a sufferer from skin, scalp, and blood humors. For four months I used various reme dies prescribed to me for their treat ment, but they gave only temporary relief and then the distressing blood humors were back as usual. I finally lost all hopes of getting cured of this ailment. But a friend induced me to S've the Cuticura Remedies a fair trial, e had been troubled with the eama disease and said he had been perma nently cured by Cuticura. 80 I got the whole treatment, consisting of Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment, and Cutloura Resolvent, and after I began the treat ment I could see and feel that it was a success. The Cuticura Resolvent is certainly of great value as it cleanses the system of all humor germs and makes digestion easy. I used two complete seta of the Cuticura Remedies and I can say this much, that I was perma nently cured by them. I want to say further, that these Remedies are un excelled In curing the worst forms of skin and scalp humors. S. D. Phillips, Ordinance Corps, XT. 8. A., Rock Is. Arsenal, Rock Is., Ill, Not. 22, I90." SLEEP FOR BABIES And Rest lor Tired, Fretted Mothers In Cuticura. A warm bath with Cuticwra Soap and a single anointing with Cuticura Oint ment, the great skin core, wiU afford instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin-tortured babies, and point to a speedy cure of the most distressing forma of eczemas, tetters, rashes, itching, irri tations, and chafings, when all else falls. Guaranteed absolutely pure under U. 8. Food and Drugs Act, and may ba used from the hour of birth. Complete External sad Internal Trastmes ft Every Humor ot InUnts. CbUdran, (aa Adults. e tints of Outlrurs 8op (ISO.) to Clesnn th Bkin, Culloun OUiment (SOe.) Hsftl tbe Skla. aoa CuU eurm RosolTfDt 0c ). (ot In Uie torm ol Chocolsw Coated Pills, 2Sa. per Tlsl of 60 to Purify tfca Blood. Bold tarouchout too world. Potter Drug Ckso. corp.. tole rrops.. potwo. junse. Mr lulled I'roe. Cuticura, Book SUa SI that the writer was arrested and com pelled to change them. By that time. It is said, Dan Emmett, the minstrel, had written His song and his publisher 1 had It copyrighted. Colonel Hays' most famous sonar waa "Molly, Darling," the sales of whioh reached two million copies In Europe and America. Among his other songs were "Keep In the Middle of the Road," the "Old Log Cabin In thoj Lane," and "Signal Bells at Sea," SUES STANDARD FOR FINES Mississippi Prosecutor Wants $1, 480,000 for Violating Law, TUPELO. Miss., July 23. O. B. Mitch ell, Prosecuting Attorney, today filed suit In the Circuit Court here against th Standard Oil Company for $1,480,000, charging it with a violation of the anti trust law. Tobacco King Marries. MEW YORK. July 23. James B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Com pany, was married today to Mrs. Nan aline Holt Inman, at the home of Mrs. William Stackpole, in Brooklyn, in the presence of a few friends. Brown Palace Sold at Auction. DENVER, July 23. Tho Brown Palace Hotel. In this city, was bought at public auction today by the Wln tield S. Stratton estate for $85,000. The sale was made to satisfy a mortgage held by the Stratton estate. French Mayor Suspended. ' MOULINS, France, July 23. The Mayor of Moulins, M. Chalmin, has been susprtided for having placed a crucifix In a school. Receive Straus and Garfield. SAX FRANCISCO, July 23. Secretaries Straus and Garfield arrived today. A public reception will be given them tomor row by the Commercial bodies. ' 1 Albert Roath. of New London. Conn., has recently b-trx retired after having served 62 years In railroading on tho Shore division of tho New York, New Haven & Hartford rftllrrtnd. There tft no other tmnps, .ance beverage that is so healthful, wholesome, nour ishinir and satisfvin? so Rtrencr.heninc- invicnrat.inu -afwJtuaand vitalizing as ueRibboii Tke Beer of Quality The SA of alcohol in W the beer is simply a mild stimulant that helDS theVWL. stomach do its work with out producing any harmful eaect. Charles Kohn & Co., ' Cor. Third and Pine Sts., Portland. Phone Main 460. HAND APOLIO FOB TOILET AND BATH Delicate enough for the softest skin, and yet efficacious in removing any stain. Keeps the skin in perfect condition. In the bath gives all the desirable after-effects of a Turkish bath. It should be on every wash etand. ALL' GH0CERS AND DEUGGISTS P BI 3