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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912.
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HEROES PERISH AIDING WOMEN
MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT. ISIDOR
STRAUS AND COLONEL JOHN
JACOB ASTOR AMONG
COOLER HEADS
' NEW YORK, April 18 The Cunard
liner Carpathia, a ship of gloom and
ijuccor, came into New York tonight
with first news direct from the great
White Star liner Titanic, which sunk
off the grand banks of Newfoundland
early Monday morning last.
The great liner went down with her
band playng, taking with her to death
all but 745 of her human cargo of
2340 souls.
To this awful death list, six per
sons were added. One died in the
lifeboat which was put off from the
liner's bide and five subsequently sue
cumbed on the rescue ship Carpathia.
The list of Drominent men missina
stands as previously reported and the j
total death list as brought to port to
night by the Carpathia is 1601.
Survivors in the lifeboats huddled in
the darkness at a safe distance from
the stricken ship and saw her go down
As to the scene on board when the
liner struck, accounts disagree wide-1
ly. Some maintain that a compara- j
tive calm prevailed; others say that
wild disorder broke out and that there I
was maniacal struggle for the life-1
boats.
That the liner struck an iceberg, as i
reported by wireless, is confirmed by i
all.
Sensational rumors told by hyster
ical passengers, who could not give j
nmo nm'J tti.t nnnnf JU
had killed himself on the bridge, that
ie chief engineer had taken his life,
and that three Italians were shot In
the struggle for the boats.
These rumors could not be confirm
ed in the arly confusion attendant
upon the landing of the survivors.
She struck amidships and, ripped
from stem to engine-room by the great
mass of ice, the Titanic's side was
laid wide open.
She quickly listed to starboard and
a shower of ice fell on the forecastle
deck. Shortly before she sank she
broke in two abaft the engine-room
and as she disappeared beneath the
water the expulsion of air caused two
explosions which were heard plainly
by the survivors adrift,
A moment more and the Titanic had
gone to her doom with the fated hun
dreds grouped on the after-deck. To
the survivors they were visible to the
last and their cries and moans were
pitiable.
Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A.,
the last man saved went down with
the vessel, but was picked up. He
was met tonight by his daughter, who
had arrived from Washington, and his
son-in-law, Paul H. Frabricius.
Colonel Gracie told a remarkable
story of personal hardship and denied
emphatically the reports that there
had been any panic on board. He
praised in the highest terms the be
havior of both the passengers and the
crew and paid high tribute to the he
roism of the women passengers.
"Mrs. Isidor Straus," he said, "went
to her death because she would not
desert her husband. Although he
pleaded with her to take her place in
the boat, she steadfastly refused and
when the ship settled at the head the
two were engulfed by the wave that
swept her."
Colonel Gracie told how he was '
driven to the topmost deck when the ,
ship settled and was the sole survivor
after the wave that swept her just
before her final plunge had passed.
"I jumped with the wave," he said, i
"just as I often have jumped with the j
breakers at the seashore. By good j
fortune I managed to grasp the brass
railing on the deck above and I hung
on by might and main. When the j
ship plunged down I was forced to
Vote Por
W. C. Green
Democratic candidate for Re
corder of Conveyances. Write W.
C. Green on the ballot with an X
before the name.
My platform is "STRICTLY
BUSINESS.
And if nominated and elected I
will during my term of office treat
all equal and with courtesy. I will
continue to keep office open dur
ing noon hour.
Respectfully,
W. C. GREEN.
(Paid Adv.) . .
GOES
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let go and I was swirled around and
around for what seemed to be an in
terminable time. Eventually I came
to the .surface to find the sea a mass
of tangled wreckage.
"Luckily, I was unhurt, and seized
a wooden grating floating near by.
When I recovered my breath I dis
covered a larger canvas and cork life
raft which had floated up. A man
whose name I did not learn was strug
gling toward it. I cast off and helped
him to get into the raft ,and we then
'negan the work of rescuing others
floundering in the water.
"When dawn broke there were 30
of us on the raft standing knee deep
in the icy water and afraid to move
lest, the cranky craft be overturned.
Several unfortunates, benumbed and
half dead, besought us to save them,
and one or two made an effort to
reach us, but we had to warn them
away. Had we made any effort to
save them we all might have perish
ed. "The hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpathia were
the longest and most terrible I ever
spent. We were afraid to turn around,
and when some one who was facing
astern passed the word that some
thing that looked like a steamer was
coming up, one of the men became
hysterical under the strain. The rest
of us, too, were near the breaking
point."
Colonel Gracie deaied with empha
sis that any men were fired upon, and
declared that only once was a revol
ver discharged in the air.
"This was for the purpose of intimi
dating some steerage pasengers," he
said. "There was no confusion and
no panic.''
HARROWING STORIES TOLD
Passenger Declares Wreck Due To
Carelessness
NEW YORK, April 18 (Special.)
The Carpathia, with 745 survivors of
the wreck of the Titanic docked to
night. The survivors between . sobs
told the story of the disaster. The
number of dead is 1601. All could
have been saved had there been suffi
cient life boats on the great vessel.
The company is blamed. The story
of the disaster briefly told is as fol
lows: The captain had been warned that
the vessel was in the vicinity of ice
fields. In fact they had been seen the
day before by the passengers. But
the ship kept up a steady gait of more
than twenty-two knots an hour. The
sea was smooth at 11 o'clock Sunday
night when most of the passengers
retired. Sometime later they were
aroused by a loud crash. Many were
thrown from their beds. It was not
necessary to tell that the giant of
the sea had crashed into an iceberg.
She began sinking at once.
Of the cabin passengers the names
of 381 rescued are known. The names
of 126 steerage passengers rescued are
known. The names of thirty-three
are unknown. Of the crew of 800,
165 who manned the' life boats were
saved. The missing in the first cab
in are 172; in the second cabin 189;
and in the steerage 453. Of the crew
excepting those that manned the life
boats and four officers all are dead.
C. H. Stengel, one of those rescued
says that soon after the ship struck
the iceberg hundreds of men leaped
overboard. What become of them no
one knows, although it is believed that
everyone drowned. He says the ca
tastrophe was due to criminal care
lessness. The captain had been ward
ed of the ice fields, but still he kept
the ship going at twenty-two knots
an hour. Immediately after the crash
the front end sank and the fear end
rose high in the air. Women and
chilren rushed from their berths and
were thrown into the life boats by
the trained crew. There were not ev
en enough skilled men to man the
boats and many of the women were
put to work aiding in rowing away
from the sinking ship.
Miss Elizabeth Zonnell, another sur
vivor, says the bottom of the shi.
was ripped off by the impact. The
band summoned to the deck played
''Nearer My God to Thee" as the boat,
its human freight, and the players
themselves, went to their" doom.
She saw John Jacob Astor kiss his
bride of only a few months and ask
if he could go with her. She saw a
shudder come over him when told that
he could not, and she saw him later
aiding women and children to get
into other lfe boats. She saw Major
Archibald Butt, President Taft's aide
take charge of one section of the boat
and direct the placing of women and
children in the smaller craft. Butt,
she is sure, died a hero to duty. She
says Henry B. Harris, the theatrical
man, tried to get in one of the boats
and was forced to retreat at the point
of a gun, and she saw one third class
passenger shot to death when he tried
to get on one of the life boats.
Miss Zonnell says that immediately
after the eras huge chunks of Ice
fell upon the ship and many persons
were killed by them. The vessel was
dommed, and every persons aboard
realized it, but all except those killed
by the ice would have escaped had
there been enough life boats. Miss
Zonnell says the wireless operator
stuck to his post, but as she was leav
ing a fight started in his compartment
He had a life preserver and several
men were trying to take it from him.
The result of that fight will never be
known. .
CONGRESS TO MAKE PROBE
Sinking Of Ship To Be Given Thor.
- ough Investigation
WASHINGTON, April 18. After a
conference at the White House today
between Secretary Nagel, af the De
partment of Commerce and Labor;
Mr. Hilles, the secretary to President
Taft, and Miss Mabel Boardman, ac
tive head of the American Red Cross,
it was announced that an appeal to
the people of the United States prob
ably would be sent broadcast today
by the Red Cross for funds to aid the
destitute rescued from the Titanic.
The task of investigating the wreck
of the Titanic was begun today by
the Senate committees. The com
merce committee appointed a subcom
mittee of seven, headed by Senator
William Alden Smith, of Michigan, to
take testimony.
. Chairman Smith will depart at once
for New York, accompanied by a Sen
ate sergeant-at-arms to procure wit
nesses to attend immediate hearings.
J. Bruce Ismay will be among the
first asked to testify.
Other members of the Senate sub
committees are Senators Perkins,
Bourne, Burton, Simmons, Newlands,
and Fletcher.
Senator Smith said he feared his
committee would be without jurisdic
tion to compel Ismay and other Brit
ish subjects connected with the Inter
national merchant marine to attend
its haringins and give, testimony.
"We may not have juridictioh over
the individual," said Smith, "but the
American Congress is not without jur
isdiction over the harbors of the Unit
ed States. It is for these men who
make use of the harbors to meet the
public demand for information as to
this terrible disaster and to do it
now." -
Senator Smith said he and several
other members of his committee
would present this argument to Ismay
and others in the hope they would
be willing to accept subpoenas from
the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
Smith and other members of teh
committee said no time would be lost
in requesting the officials Jto testify
Witnesses will be asked to come to
Washington at once, according to
present plans.
Immediately after his appointment
as chairman of the subcommittee,
Smith went to the WThite House to
confer with President Taft. One ob
ject was to induce the President to
detail George Uhler, supervising in
spector general of the Steamship In
spection Service, to accompany the
committee to New York. He also de
sired to requestt hat Secretary Nagel
who has jurisdiction over the inspec
tion of vessels, go with the committee
PRESIDENT TAFT IS DEFIED
J. Bruce Ismay, Of White Star Line
Witholds Information
NEW YORK, April 18. Open defi
ance of the president of the United
States and fiat refsal to relieve the
agony of suspense of thousands of
persons were voiced today by J. Bruce
Ismay, managing director of the
White Star line, when he curtly re
fused a wireless request from the
United States scout cruiser for de
tails of the Titanic disaster.
Ismay's stand was reported to Wash
ington by the Chester, which made It
clear that the request to Imay had
been made in the name of the presi
den. Ismay is censoring the Carpa
thian wireless for the reason, it is
believed that the real story will show
that criminal carelessness was re
sponsible for the deaths of the thous
and and more who went down when
the Titanic struct.
It is evident that the Carpathia's
story oLJhe horror will eclipse any
thing in history. Arrangements were
completed today to experite the land
ing of the survivors when the Car
pathia docks at her pier.
Surveyor of the Port Henry and Im
migration commissionerWilliams will
personally supervise their removal, j
survivors will be grouped alphabeti
cally on the dock and this will make
the work of reuniting the survivors
with relatives easy. Customs regu
lations will be suspended.
Mayor Gaynor today ordered that
all 'photographers be excluded from
the dock and the vicinity roped off
to keep back curious crowds. Mayor
Gaynor already has started a relief
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Given Away
FREE TODAY
4 Prizes at 1 p. m.
8 Prizes at 8 p. m.
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NOTE Unable to get
spring xhickens as promised
THE GRAND
IIDENT
THAT HE WILL WIN
TAFT DELEGATION ALMOST CER
TAIN TO BE ELECTED IN
THIS COUNTY
WILSON SUPPORTERS MAKE CLAIMS
La Follette Has Strengthened Position
By Campaign In State Saloons
Will Be Closed During
Voting
The primary today from Indications
will be the quietest ever held in this
county. The race for District At
torney between A. W. Norblad of
Clatsop, and E. B. Tongue, of Wash
ington, may be close, but Mr. Tongue
declared Thursday that he would re
ceive the nomination.
It is confidently believed that a
solid Taft delegation will be elected
and the Woodrow Wilson men say
their candidate will receive the sup
port of the majority of the Democrat
ic voters. Champ Clark's followers,
however, are equally as confident.
The supprters of Roosevelt, Harmon
end La Follette are not making any
claims, but it is believed that the Wis
consin senator's campaign in this
state will increase his strength in
Clackamas County.
Not in recent years have candidates
for the Republican nomination made
such an active campaign as they have
this one. The candidates are Samuel
O. Dillman, F. M. Gill, F. W. Lehman,
M. A. Magone, E. D. Olds, Gustav
Schnoerr and C. Schuebel. An excit
ing race between W. H. Chatten and
David E. Lofgren for the nomination
for joint representative in Multnomah
and Clackamas County.,, is expected.
The polls will open at 8 o'clock and
close at 7. The schools will be closed
today. The saloonkeepers have been
notified that they must keep their
places closed until after the election is
over. Following are the candidates
for some of the other offices:
Caunty Commissioner W. H- Mat
toon. Sheriff E. C. Hackett.
County Clerk Furman Buzbee, W.
L. Mulvey.
Assessor E. P. Carter, James F.
Nelson.
Recorder C. W. Strucken, L. E.
Williams.
Treasurer J. A. Tufts.
Superintedent of Schools T. J.
Gary.
Coroner William J. Wilson.
Surveyor D. T. Meldrum.
Justice of the Peace Pleasant Hill,
Tualatin- and Union, N .0. Say; Os
wego, E. L. Davidson; Milwaukie,
Harmony and Sunnyside," E. M. Kel
log; Oregon City, William Ham
mond and W. W. H. Samson; Oak
Hommond and W .W. H. Samson; Oak
Grove and Clackamas George Bing
ham ; Canby and New Era, William
Knight; Cascade, Cherry ville and Bull
Run, J. E. Pomeroy; Killen and Needy
B. F. Smith.
Constable Oswego, J. C. Hains, Jr.;
Oregon City, etc., George A. Brown
and D. E. Frost; Oak Grove and Clack
amas F. H. Bennet and W. H. Holt;
Cascade, Cherryville and Bull Run,
Bert Jonsrud.
The followiag are the candidates
for the Democratic nominations :
County Commissioner George M.
Hively.
Sheriff E. T. Mass.
Assessor J. E. Jack.
Justice of the Peace Marquam, Mo
lalla and Soda Springs, F. H. Dungan.
Constable Marquam, ;Molalla and
Soda Springs, J. F. Adams.
PLANS ARE DELAYED
Frank Lavigne, who is employed on
the O. W. P. Bridge, applied for a
marriage license as the County Clerk's
office was being closed Thursday. He
vouchsafed the information that his
fiancee did not live in this county and
was told that he could not get a li
cense here. He declined to give her
name. Mr: Lavigne said that he and
his prospective bride would obtain
a license in Portland today. He Is
one of the best know men in Oregon
City.
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R. L. Badger, of Beaver Creek, has
absolute, proof that It pays to farm
on land valued at $200 an acre. Mr.
Badger had twenty-five acres. He re
alized $35 in one week from five cows
150 hens and one heifer. He kept
strict account ojf the net prifit from
his 150 hens last year. It was some
thing more than $350. His cows are
registered Jerseys. Mr. Badger Is an
intensive farmer, and his neigh
bors agree that he is one of the most
enthusiastic and best informed farm
ers in the neigborhood. .
DR. G. L JENKINS STILL
LEADS BILLIARD RACE
In the Commercial Club billiard
tournament finals Thursday evening
Dr. G. L. Jenkins defeated W. B.
i Stokes 90 to 86; R. O. Young defeat
! ed H. A. Montgomery 66 to 65 and' E.
! P. Carter won from Charles Parker
I 25 to 21.
The Enterprise automobile contest
is the most popular thing ever pulled
off in the Willamette Valley.
The Morning Enterprise U the best
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Latest Photograph of Ex-President
Roosevelt.
JAGGAR SOLE OWNER
OE BEAVER BUILDING
Frank Jaggar is now the sole owner
of .the Beaver Building. About a year
ago he and John W. Loder bought the
building and two or three days ago
Mr. Jaggar bought Mr. Loder's inter
est With the lots at Seventh -and
Main Streets recently purchased by
him and the property which he owned
before Mr. Jagar is the owner of more
than a block of real estate on Main
Street.
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The marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth
Conyers, of this city, and ' John Y.
Humphrys, of Salmon River, formerly
of Oregon City, was solemnized at
the St. Paul's Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock,
Rev." C. W. Robinson, rector, officiat
ing. ' The wedding was a quiet one,
and was attended only by a few of
the relatives of the bride and bride
groom. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrys left
immedietely after the ceremony for
Salmon River where the former is
superintedent of the Government
Fish Hatcheries at that place. The
bride wore a becoming gown of gray
silk , and carried white lilacs.
Mrs. Humphrys came to Oregon City
three years ago and has made her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Robinson, of Canemah. Her former
home was at Yorkshire, England, and
during her residence here she has
made many friends.
Mr. Humphrys is well known in this
city, as well as in Astoria, having
lived at both places. He has been
connected with the government hatch
eries in Clatsop and Clackamas Coun
ties for many years. Before coming
to Oregon he lived In England.
HUNTER GETS BOUNTY
W. T. Baughman, who lives about
50 miles from Estacada, was in Ore
gon City on business Thursday. He
brought the skins of ' four wild cats
which he killed, and upon which he
received bounty. The animals were
killed in February, and Mr. Baughman
says there are many in the vicinity,
where he is making his home. Mr.
Baughman is a "good shot," and has
killed scores of wild cats.
FORMER DIPLOMAT
E HERE
H. B. Miller, who was formerly in
the diplomatic service in China and
Japan, has purchased a tract of land
just beyond the Field's bridge over
the Tualatin River near Willamette.
Mr. Miller's father was the builder
of a bridge across the Clackamas riv
er years ago. It has been replaced
by a steel structure. It is his inten
tion to erect a beautiful house on the
site he purchased. R. M. Dayisson
and Rev. W. S- Gilbert, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Astoria, and
who during the Spanish-American war
was chaplain of the second Oregon
batallion. stationed n the Philippines,
have purchased land near that of
Mr. Miller's, and they also will build
soon.
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MEDIUM IS IMPROVING
EACH DAY
MANY NEW READERS ARE OBTAINED
Candidates Assisting In Improving
Efficacy Of Clackamas County's
; Only Daily And Fav
orite Weekly
S STANDING OF CANDIDATES
4- Ruby McCord 118,200
$ Joseph Sheahan 47,200
S Kent Wilson 28,600 $
$ John Brown ...15,000 S
John Weber 6,800 S
John Haleston 6,000 &
S A. G. Kindler . . ." 7,200 S
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Two or three days ago the contest
manager had little heart-to-heart talks
with th candidates in the great auto
mobile race. He has been informed
by several of them that the little talks
were not only interesting but bene
ficial; that they, have worked harder
and with more confidence than be
fore. -He is glad this is- true and
hopes that they will work even hard
er in the days and weeks to come.
Today the' contest manager wishes
tc direct his little story to an en
tirely different class. He will have
little heart-to-heart talks with the
tdvertisers the men who are making
Clackamas County famous, who are
making it wealthy, who are making
themselves and largely through ad
vertising. .
The manager of this department is
not going to pull the wool over any
body's eyes. He would not if he
could. That would be dishonest.
What he wishes to do is "a plain un
varnished tal unfold." The object
of this contest is to increase the cir
culation of the Morning and Weekly
Enterprise. It is increasing the cir
culation by leaps and bounds. Hence it
is becomng more and more valuable
as an advertising medium. It is not
necessary in this day of vast fortunes
many of them made through Intelligent
exploitation of the goods for sale, to
try to prove that advertising pays.
That Is an accepted fact. If the Morn
ing Enterprise had a circulation of
250,000 its advertising rates would be
enormous. Its ' rates are based upon
its circulation. When the paper was
started it did not have one-third the
circulation It has today yet the ad
vertisers found it paid them to ex
ploit their wares in its columns. Now
its circulation is growing daily, the
papers is widely read, and every vote
tolled by Miss McCord, Sheahan,
Brown, Wilson and the others means
money la the pockets of the advertis
ers. They surely understand this; In
fact the contest manager is confident
they do by the way advertisements
have been coming to the daily recent
ly. In the days, long ago, when he
studied geometry, after the explana
tion of each problem were the letters
Q, E. D. (Quod Erat Demonstrandum)
and this little heart-to-heart talk to
the advertisers could not be closed
more fittingly than with these letters.
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Our Interest
In You
Does not cease when we have sold you a
Kodak. Picture taking is very simple
now but if there are any( little points that
bother you, we are cheerfully ready to help
you out. The very complete little in
struction books that the Kodak company
issues, show that they too are interested in
your success. But we are here on the
ground. Let us show you how simple it
all is. -
The 1912 catalogue showing all the
things for this year is here.
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Oregon City Jewelers,
MISS CAUFIELD
BECOMES BRIDE
LOUIS ALFRED HENDERSON AND
OREGON CITY GIRL
MARRIED
WEDDING CEREMONY BEAUTIFUL ONE
Couple Go On Bridal Trip And Will
Live In Hood River Where
Bridegroom Is Engaged
In Business
The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Caufield Eighth and Cent
er Streets, was the scene of a pretty
wedding at 8:30 o'clock Thursday
evening, when their daughter, Miss
Edna Jane, became the wife of Mr.
Louis Alfred Henderson, of Hood
River. The ceremony, was perform
ed by Rev. . George Nelson Edwards,
pastor of the Congregational church.
The ushers were Raymond and Wall
ace Caufield, brothers of the bride.
The ceremony was performed in the
bay window of the p"SIrlor, which was
Miss Edna Jane Caufield, Who Was
Married to LouiP Alfred Hender
son Thursday Evening.
a bower of sweet briar and apple
blossoms. To ihe strains of Mendels
sohn's Wedding March rendered by
Miss Louise Huntley, the bridal par
ty entered the parlor from the re
ception hall. The bride escorted by
her father, Charles H. Caufield, was
preceded by her sister. Miss Clara
Caufield, maid of honor. Beneath
the archway in the parlor they were
met by the bridegroom and his best
man, Sidney Henderson, of Eugene,
and brother of Mrs. Henderson.
The bride was beautiful in her gown
of rich white satin, made entrain,
which was elaborately embelished
with Chantilly lace. A wreath of
orange blossoms confined her long
tulle veil, and, her arm boquet was of
Bride's roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Clara Caufield wore a simple
but becoming gown of white lingerie,
and carried a shower boquet of pink
carnations.
The rooms of the Caufield home
were made beautiful by the artistic
decorations of apple blossoms, sweet
briar, Scotch broom and dogwood
blossoms. The recption hall was de-
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