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GREAT LUKE SHIP SINKS NEAR PORT Huge Freighter With Cargo and Five of tCrew , Goes Down. FOURTEEN ARE RESCUED Ijkc Erie Storm, Haging for Past 24 ; Honrs, So Violent as to' Shut Off ! Relief Boat From Entering Harbor Till It Abates. BUFFALO. N. T.. Dec. 9.-Tn ' the wintry rale that has swept Lake Erie for 24 hours, the bis: freighter "W. C. Richardson, of Cleveland, bound from , Duluth to Buffalo, with a cargo of flax seed, foundered early today within half a mile of the harbor entrance. Five of the crew perlsrted. The rest, numbering: 14. were rescued by the crew of the steamer William A. Paine, which had anchored on the Waverly shoal. Tonight the Paine Is still rldinir at anchor in the heavy seas. She will be unable to enter the harbor until the storm abates. The tugr Mason circled around the vessel today and brought the news that' Chief Engineer S. B. Mayberry, Second Mate E. J. Clary and three deck hands or firemen had lost their lives. It Is believed the cargo shifted. ' caus ing the steamer to list so badly she was swamped. Her prow and one funnel show above water. The insurance on the Richardson, amounting to $250,000, will expire at noon tomorrow. The cargo, valued at $400,000, was fully Insured. LAKE STEAMER BURNS; C LOST Erie Boat Destroyed; Fate of Cap tain, and 1 2 of Crew Unknown. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 9. Two men lost their lives and the fate of IS oth ers is unknown as a result of the burninsr of the steamer Clarion near Point Pelee. in Lake Erie, early today. Six members of the crew were taken tfrom the Clarion by the steamer L. C. . 'Hana and brought here. These say all attempted to leave the Clarion as soon s it was ascertained she could not bo saved. Captain E. J. Bell, of Og densburg, N. Y., and 12 other members of the crew took to the lifeboat. It is feared -they may starve or freeze to death before they are rescued. High se'as are runnlnjr on account of recent storms. The survivors say one of the crew fell overboard when at tempting to enter the lifeboat, but was rescued by those in the boat. The mate was frozen to death. A vain effort was made by the six sur ! vivors to enter another lifeboat. One sailor fell overboard and was drowned in his efforts to launch the lifeboat. The men were forced to remain aboard the Clarion until the Hana rescued them. SIX SAVED OFF WRECKED SHIP Survivors Tell Terrible Story of Clarion's Destruction. BUFFALO. Dec. 9. Chief Engineer A. E. Welch, of -the ill-fated Anchor line steamer Clarion, and five surviv ors arrived here tonight from Cleve land. Chief Engineer .Welch was in charge of the crew aft when the Are broke, out. He safc Mate Thompson run below when the alarm was givn. "He never returned," said Welch. "He must have been overcome by smolte. which soon began to roll out of the hatchways in dense volumes. The Are spread so quickly that there was no time to effect a rescue. . In an incredi bly short time the hold of the vessel was aflame, and the boat, owing to the loss of the steering gear, was com pletely out of hand. " - "We saw Captain Bell'and the for ward crew launching the lifeboat, and we turned to the light wooden boat on the davits aft. Her lines were coated with ice. Long before we got thenj clear Captain Bell and the other menu hers, of the crew were away in the larger boat. "In trying to launch our lifeboat Qller McCauley missed his footing and fell Into the water. We never saw him again. "Our boat was swamped by a big roller the moment it touched the water. There we -were with roaring furnace beneath our . feet and without a life boat, even, if one could live .in such a sea. "For four hours we fought the flames to keepxthe Clarion above the water. The Intense heat had driven us about the ' limit of endurance when we were rescued by the Hannah." Welch Is of the opinion that the life boat capsized and that the captain and other members of the crew were drowned. CARGO SHIFTS; FIVE ARE LOST 'ine; of Crew of Freighter Rescued In Heavy Seas. BUFFALO. N. T.. Dec. 9. The W. C. Richardson, a big steel. freighter, sank early this morning at a point five miles up the lake from Buffalo harbor, and five members of the crg-iv were drowned. The remainder of the crew of 14 -were rescued by the steamer Paine, which, with the Richardson, had anchored off Waverly Shoal early In the night, fear ing to enter the harbor because of the prevailing storm. The sea was high, and early today the Richardson shifted her cargo, listed and foundered. SIX DROWN;' NINE ESCAPE Dredge Springs Leak at Port Arthur and Sinks. ORT ARTHUR, Ont.. Dec. 9: Six men were drowned this afternoon In the har bor here. They were on a dredge being towed into the harbor, when it sprang a leak and sank. Nine escaped. WIFE TOLD NOT TO KISS (Continued From First Pago France, as related by the plaintiff, other wise enlivened today's proceedings. Smashing doors to get into her room, excessive drinking and a cheerful Invita- tlon of his to "come and look at 'a new gun and some cartridges I have for you." were among the alleged occurrences she testified . made her life miserable. At Tours she was forced to leave him. she said, because lie Insisted In driving her in an auiomoDue when she insisted he was in no oondition to do so. Telegrams and letters between husband and wife, were introduced by Mrs. Bro "'' counsel. It is estimated that tho entire bundle as exhibited represented about $10,000 in telegraph tolls.- The de fendanfa lawyer volunteered the explan ation that Mr. Brokaw sent sometimes 20 to 30 messages a day. and that his wife replied with 200 and 300-word messages, which she marked "Collect." Some of the testimony concerning the trip in France follows: "At Tours, after he had taken six or possibly more drinks and after I pleaded with him -not to act so, he abused me frightfally." testified Mrs. Brokaw. ' "He called me worse names than ever before and told me to get out of the car, as it belonged to him. I went to my room. He' came up and forced me to go down into the dining-room. A physician: sat nearby. Then he leaned over and said in a voice heard' by several diners, 'I want you to stop looking at that man." Door Broken In. "When I "begged him not to make a scene over nothing' and when he contin ued, I went to my room. I became very ill. I locked my door and refused to let him . into my room. Then he broke in the door. He said he was boss there: that I would go to Paris early ' in the morning with him. regardless of my Ill ness." .The witness said he departed and left her without funds, remarking that she could get back to America "any way she could." ! They subsequently met in Paris, however. WHITE DENIES COMBINE WALLACE BANKER TESTIFIES IN ALASKA COAL CASE. Witness Says He Refused to Sign Affidavit Which Glavis Pre sented Because False. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 9. Declaring in positive and unequivocal terms that there never was an agreement or un derstanding, expressed or Implied, be tween himself and Cunningham, or any of the locators of Alaska coal lands, that the owners of claims were to form a company and act together for their mutual aid in securing title to the lands, Henry White, vlc-j3resident of the First National Bank of . Wallace, testified In his own behalf before the United States Commissioner in the Alaska coal claims investigation to day. . - Mr. White testified that he did not sign the famous "Glavis affidavit," but, on the contrary, when Glavis pre sented to him an affidavit he had pre pared, containing a statement that it was understood between the entrymen that they were to combine to .develop or sell the claims. White flatly refused to sign the affidavit, and said to Glavis: "I cannot sign that, because it is not true." White said he. went to the office' of Attorney John P. Gray in Wallace, and practically dictated an affidavit which is one of the Government's exhibits in this proceeding. Fred H. Mason was recalled for further cross-examination today. He testified that he never at any time had an interest in the proposed railroad to be built to the coal property, and had attended no meetings held in con nection with the organization of the company. HAT INCREASES MYSTERY SOIE CLEW IN MURDER IMPLI CATES TWO STRANGERS. Bay City Police Baffled In Effort to Follow Trail That Leads Into ...... Washington. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. A hat from Walla Walla, Wash., found by detectives in this city following a murder an a series of daring robberies committed Sat urday night. Is the only clew to the iden tity of the murderer. The man wore fhe hat during the two or three hours which he spent terrorizing tho downtown por tion of the city, and Just after the killing of aged William Schneider, cashier in a bath house, dropped it in the street while running away. , Upon the hatband Is stamped the name "Ole Anderson." According to advices re ceived by the local police from the Sheriff at Walla Walla, wtio has been assisting In the attempt to . unravel the mystery, this hat was worn by Jack Street more than a year ago. he having taken it by mistake from the coatroom at a dance at Walla Walla. Street, who now la work ing In a clothes-presslng establishment in Toppenish,- Wash., denies knowledge of the crime and eays that he has not been in San Francisco for two months. Captain of Detectives Anderson has wired the Northern authorities to try to trace the hat from the time it left Street's possession. : VINEGAR JURY; STILL OUT If No Verdict Reached, First Hung Jury In 1 4 Months. After being out for more than,18 hours, the Jury in the case of the United States against the Ingham Vinegar Company, of Portland, gives every indication of not being able to. reach a verdict. The defendants are charged with hav ing manufactured and sold a vinegar which would not come up to the test of the Government as prescribed under the pure food regulations. Should -the Jury disagree, 1t will be tho first hung jury In the last 14 months of almost continuous trials in the United States Court. WATER AT HIGHEST POINT Lake Washington .Breaks Record, Owing to Severe Floods. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 9.-)(Special.) The City Englneeer's observations show Lake Washington to be at the highest water ever recorded. 19.92 feet above seal level being the - present height. . The Summer lftvel of- the lake is -14.6 feet above datum and the Tiighest point ever recorded before is 19.5 feet. Heavy rains and severe floods are . to .blame for the swollen condition of the lake. r ' Northwest People In East. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. (Special.) North western visitors registered at leading hotels today are as follows: From Portland EJ. E. Terlihger, at the Gilsey. From Spokane J. H. Bennett, at the Breslln. FTom Seattle A. M. Baker, at the York: Miss Z. Semple; at the Park-Avenue; J. McFadden, W. M.- Harris, at the Murray Hill. . IA. few minutes' delay In treating some cases i.f croup even the length of time ! takes to go for a doctor often proves dangerous The safest way is to keep Chamberlains Cough Remedy in the house, and at the first indication of croup give the child a dose. Pleasant to take and always cures. Sold by all dealers. REMEDY IS OFFERED Receivership Proposed to Set 77 tie Strike Disputes. CONGRESS TO GET BILL i " Steenerson, of Minnesota, to Offer Amendment to Erdman Act, Em powering Attorney-General to Intervene. . WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. A drastic proposal to meet the strike of the switchmen on the 'roads entering St. Paul Is made in a bill amending the Erdman act, which will be introduced tomorrow by Representative Steener son, of Minnesota, providing for recelv ershlps of the roads involved, if neces sary. Mr. Steenerson has conferred with Commissioner of Labor Nelll and Inter state Commerce Commission officials, and later will take up the subject with the President. The bill proposes that the Attorney General of the United States, in con troversies between railroads and their employes, may. if necessary, file a bill In equity to prevent threatened publio mischiefs. The bill may be filed in any United States Court within the circuits where the railroads may do business, such bill to make railroads and em ployes defendants, together with all known corporations, organizations or individuals aiding or abetting. The bill gives United States Courts full jurisdiction. It also amends the Erdman law so as to allow courts to fix compensation of members of arbi tration boards in cases of unusual im portance. TRANSPORT DIX IS DELAYED Seattle Terminals Clogged, Pre ( Tenting Loading of Supplies. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 9. The first act of violence in the switchmen's strike was reported today, when a newspaper re porter, who went into the interbay yards to talk to the strikebreakers imported from St. Paul, was attacked by a special policeman employed by. the Great North ern, Railway. The watchman was ar rested. The railroads -are increasing their day switching forces, but are making no at tempts to resume night work in the freight, yards. Conditions in the water front yards show litfle improvement. The United States transport Dix, which was to have sailed for the Philippines last week with Army supplies, is lying unioaaea at ner wnarr waiting for cars mat are tied up by the strike. The superintendent of Northern Pacific terminals, c. E. McMullin, said today: "The Northern Pacific has 11 switch en gines at work, a. gain of three since yes terday. The normal number is 22. In normal times we Tiandle 550 cars in and out daily. Tuesday we handled 221 cars, and yesterday 247." Agent Dognan, of the Great Northern, said: "We have five switch engines at work today, which is the normal number, but we are not working at night. Testerday we handled 200 cars in and out of Seattle, which Is two-thirds of normal." Switchman C. E. Lindsay, who Is di recting the strike of the Northern Pacific men. said: Things never looked so hopeful. Of the new men now working, only two are experienced switchmen. The strikers number 193, and not one man has gone back." The Seattle Chamber, of Commerce and Commercial Club are seeking to bring about a settlement of the strike. ST. PALL NEARLY OUT OF COAL ' Schools Without Fuel and Strike May Prevent Relief. ' ST. PAUL,- Dec 9. There "was little apparent change in the situation of the switchmen's strike here today. Interest now centers in Cincinnati, where Presi dent Hawlev. of the Rwlthm.R. it.. and President Gompers, of the American cuuii oi LADor, win confer tomor row, relative to the situation in, the Northwest. i . A company supplying coal to the School Board today announced that it would be unable to deliver coaj to the schools to morrow according to agreement, and the manager of the company stated that Im minent danger of a coal famine existed. This was denied by other companies. Reports from Billings. Mont., stated that six strikebreakers had arrived there today, and that the situation was im proved. Strikebreakers are reported as having arrived at Staples, Minn., and at Livingston, Mont. The switchmen . press committee In Minneapolis today issued a challenge to the railroad officials to take a similar committee of business men, accompanied by a committee of strikers, through the yards, to show where the cars have been moved. The strikers declare if the challenge ts accepted they will be able to show that nothing like a reasonable percentage of normal business is actually moving. The railroad officials signified their willingness to accept the challenge. D. A. Harshbarger, third vice-president of the switchmen's union, who is in charge of the strike, in the absence of President Hawley, said tonight that, be fore the strike leaders allow the switch men's union to be beaten In the North west, the switchmen on all railroads west of Buffalo will be called out. Mr. Harfh barger said that letters received from practically every point covered by the union show that the switchmen generally are keen for a strike. CANADIAN REMEDY FAVORED Washington Labor Commission Wants Compulsory Arbitration. OLTMPIA , Wash., Dft. 9. (Special.) Charles F. Hubbard, a veteran locomotive engineer, who is State Ubor Commis sioner, as well as an .enthusiastic labor union man. is outspoken in declaring leg islation should be enacted to prevent mien damage to Innocent persons as has re sulted from the present strike of switch men. He is chairman of the State Board of Arbitration and says he believes arbitra tion should be compulsory. He favors the Canadian law, which penalizes strikers S10 a day and penalizes employers in lockouts' 10 a day when strikes or lockouts affect public interests. COAL mines resume work Ability or Great Northern' Road to Move Trains Results In Labor. GREAT FALLS, Mont.. Dec. 9. The success of the Great Northern In moving coal trains has resulted . in the opening up of the coal mines at Belt. Stockett and Sand Coulee. Great Northern freight trains, were going in every direction out of Great Falls today, but the work in f $35.00 SAMPLE COATS $14.95 the yards is etill badly hampered by a lack of switchmen, officials and other em ployes doing most of the switching. Trains Carrying Full Tonnage. MISSOULA. Mont., Dec. 9. Pull ton nage trains arrived In Missoula, over tb Northern, Pacific today and it was an uuuiiceu py company omciais xnat nor mal conditions' were gradually being re stored. Strikebreakers are expected here tomorrow. During the day a train load of ore from- tho Coeur d'Alene mines arrived and was hurried through to Hel ena. Telegraphers Vote Being Counted. CINCINNATI, Dec, 9. J., J. Dermody, fourth vice-president of the Order of Telegraphers, is busy today receiving and tabulating the votes of the Big Four telegraphers as to whether their demands on the coinpany shall be sustained. On this vote the committee will or will not be empowered to order a strike. ' Homestake Watchmen Out. LEAD. S. D., Dec. 9. The executive committee' of Lead and Central City Unions of the Western Federation of Miners, today called out all union watch men and others employed by the Home stake Company. This order affects 250 men who have, been allowed by the mine management to -work since the walkout. RIPUGER GIVEN LOAN? HERMAN GOETZ HURTS STATE CASE BY " TESTIMOTy. Witness for State Declares He Put Up $4 500 Seattle Man Accused - of Taking. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) Herman Goetz, formerly a member of the contracting firm of Stirrat & Goetz, and now an officer of the Independent Asphalt Paving Company, today testified under oath that h,e had loaned John Rip- linger $4500, the amount of the check which Riplinger is alleged to have em bezzled from the city. Goetz said that he executed the agreement Introduced in evidence in lieu of the check, in order to protect the city and Riplinger from loss. This development, which was not un expected,' produced the greatest storm in the -trial of the case ' that lias yet re sulted from the taking of ' testimony. Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer, -although he introduced Goetz as a state's witness, gave him a severe grilling. Vanderveer did not spare the feelings of the witness. He questioned him about an ordinance which waa passed and sub sequently vetoed by the Mayor, by which the money was to be returned, and forced the statement that he "might have" ac cepted the money from the city, although it represented a loan made to John Rlp linger personally. . . It was brought out dirring the taking of Goetz's testimony that his support of Riplinger as a candidate for Mayor In "a substantial way" was discussed. The loan, however, was made after Ftiplln ger's defeat. The remarkable statement made by Goetz was In answer to a ques tion asked by Mr. Morris, of counsel for the. defendant. The state will rest its case tomorrow. SEATTLE POULTRY PUTRID Of 27,000 Pounds Seized, 13,000 Pounds Condemned as Unfit. .SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 9. Of 27,000 pounds of chickens, geese, ducks and tur keys seized in two Seattle cold storage plants .during the past week' by state of ficials, 13,000 pounds have been condemned and sent to the fertilizer factories, 8000 pounds have been returned td the owner; as unfit for consumption, and 6000 pounds are undergoing bacteriological tests by the University of Washington chemistry de partment. .Much of the stuff was putrid. The own ers, wealthy merchants, will not be prose cuted, as they had not offered the offen sive poultry for sale. PUBLICN0TICE. ' Let It be-understood that nobody con nected with the store can be a candidate or solioit votes for 'a -candidate for the piano now being voted for at McAHen & McDonnell's popular price dry goods store, cor. .Third and Morrison. WORRELL'S THE ORIGINAL SAMPLE CLOAK AND THERE IS A REASON FOR IT! Special purchase 1500 Sample Coats, the cream of the world's best, y2 wholesale price. Every garment a model, every style and color in the lot, raisin, old rose, grays, greens, black, blues, covert, tight, semi-fitting moy ensige, military; all the new pleated skirt effects, 2 prices, $9.95 and $14.95. VALUES TO $25.00. . , . . . .$9.95 VALUES TO $35.00. .... .$14.95 This is unquestionably the greatest Coat bargain that Portland's money saving buyers has ever witnessed. Please remember that there is only one coat of a kind, except in black. First ones in the store get the pick of the bargains. Come early. v $25.00 COATS, SAMPLES ONLY $35.00 COATS, SAMPLES ONLY . . . : . . . .. . ... . 2000 pieces of Furs, samples only, at special prices. The greatest Xmas present you can offer and save y2. Big offering in' useful Xmas gifts Umbrellas, Waists, Petticoats, handsome Silk Dresses about y2 others ask 300 Children's Coats sizes 8 to 14. $3.98 and $6.95 WORRELL'S SAMPLE CLOAKS and SUITS 134 SIXTH ST COR. ALDER OPPOSITE THE OREGONIAN The Original Sample Cloak and Suit Store. FRAUD TOLD DECADE AGO XT. S. WEIGHER, BATS NO HEED WAS PAID TO HIM. Bendernagel Distributed Sugar Graft Coin as Testified Pros ecution Rests Case. , NEW YORK, Dec. ?. That a report he had made to his superiors in the revenue service of an alleged attempt to bribe him had slumbered for ten years 'after he had made it, was the testimony offered today by Thomas D, Hyatt, a United States district weigher, during the prose cution' of six former employes of the American Sugar Refining Company. Hyatt said he was assigned to the Williamsburg, sugar docks in 1897, arid shortly afterwards was approached by Oliver Spitzer, the dock superintendent. one of the defendants. "Spitzer asked me,'.' continued Hyatt, "to go to James F. Bendernagel's office to be introduced to him. I declined. ' I asked him what rent the company would charge the Government for the new of fices they were preparing for the weigh ers. He said: 'That doesn't matter; we always turned that rent over to the chief weigher, and a great deal more." He added: 'We never do business with the assistant weighers. At the end of the month call on Mr. Bendernagel, and he will hand you an envelope. All you have to do is to go in and shake hands with him.' I declined again. "I reported the occurrence to Surveyor Silas Croft in writing. I left it in the possession of his deputy. I have searched for the report, and had search made for it at the Custom-House, but it cannot be found. I have a copy, made at the time the report was maie." 1 The prosecution rested Its case. School District Growing. ASTORIA; Or., Dec. 9. (Specla;.) It Is unusual for a rural school district to have more than one schoolhouse, but restrict No. 12. in the Upper Necanicum section, already has two ' well-equipped school buildings and this year has levied a spe cial tax to erect the third. The district, whic Is a large one. Is being rapidly settled'up with farmers, and for that rea son the additional building ts deemed nec essary. 2 V4 POUNDS OF FOOD Of Any Kind, Are Fully Digested By One Tablespoonfol of Kodol. Any kind of food, understand not Just some certain kinds. Kodol Is right ly termed the "Perfect Dlgestant" because ft. does digest any and all classes of food. Kodol does this be cause it contains, in liquid form, every one of -Nature's digestive elements therefore cannot help but digest food the way it does. ' Kodol. as stated, digests all food nromntlv nt m pletely and assures good health to the stomach". Come to think of it Kodol does accomplish a great deal If one gives it a chance. Some of the com monest and surest Indications of more or less developed, digestive troubles are these: Bad breath, bad taste In h m.,ti. rising -of sour, bitter fluid. h undigested ' particles of food into the moum. tenaerness and - dull pain at "pit" of the stomach fKomMma- - lieved by eating), sensation, of faint ness, dizziness, and .being "all gone," bloating of stomach amd bowels, capri cious and 'uncertain appetite, flabby, coated tongue, uncomfortable "full" sensation after eating, "heartburn" lingering headaches, heart "f lutteringJ or palpitation, dull, sleenv. "loe-ir" ing, irregular action of the bowels, melancholia, gloomy forebodings, etc. Our guarantee: Get a dollar bottle of Kodol. If you are not benefited the druggist will at . once return your money. Don't hesitate; any druggist will sell you Kodol on these terms The dollar bottle contains 2 times as much as the 60c bottle. Kodol is pre pared in the laboratories of E c DeWitt & Co, Chicago. $25.00, SAMPLE ,ggjgfi Christmas jygyi Aronson long ago established a reputation ftJL aZSJfgl. as fortland Watch headquarters. More, makes fj ani lower prices are points that turn thou- W&Mt&vi sans f b".V'ers to Aronson 's each year. f&$ WSmm MEN'S WATCHES AND CHAINS - 1 , SSI .: MEN'S WATCHES AND FOBS fl pjSjj LADIES' WATCHES AND CHATELAINE 'PINS M IjHJjl LADIES WATCHES AND CHAINS M MIMUmII ?3t Largest assortment chains, fobs IIP iBllw' 8111(1 chatelaine pins in Portland. . Ijjf '" 294 Washington St. ( j$ . - BARGAINSBARGAINS You should not fail to take advantage of the opportuni ty offered at the Great Clos ing Out Sale of Cloaks and Suits at Swan & Winkler 415 Washington HOW TO MAKE THREE DOLLARS A DAY Buy your Christmas piano today. We will give every buyer a cash discount of Three Dollars per day for every day up to Xmas, which is now only fifteen days off that means $45 cash discount if you buy your piano from us today. Tomorrow, $42: the next day, $39, and so on. MORAL Time is money; BET. WEST IARK SUIT STORE .SALE COATS AT $9.95 Street, Corner 11th buy today and save money. AND TENTH STREETS v Co Pi