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VOL. XLV.- NO. 14,086.
POBTULNT, OREGON, TUESDAY,
JANUAUX
30, 1906.
PRICE FIVE GENTS.
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SACRIFICE LIS
Valencia Manned by an
- incompetent Crew,
LIFEBELTS SINK WHEN WET
Discipline Is Lost When Strug
gle for Boats Begins.
LIFE-SAVERS SHIRK DUTY
Steamer Queen Ignores Slum's for
Help and Tuts to Sea .Tugs Sal
vor and Czar Do Not
Attempt Rescue.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 29. .(Special.)
Newspaper comment and the criticisms of
the rescued passengers and members of
the crew from the wrecked Pacific Coast
steamship Valencia agree that there was
rtoss negligence in connection with the
disaster and attempted rescue. It is con
ceded that Captain Johnson, running in a
thick fog by dead reckoning, in the treach
erous Japanese current that all navigators
know upsets every calculation at times,
mistook his position. He thought he was
oft Umatilla Reef when he struck on the
west coast of Vancouver Island.
Passengers and crew disagree about
Johnson's actions thereafter, but they all
agree he carried a revolver. Some say he
threatened immediately to commit suicide,
others that he used the gun to try to bring
back a semblance of order. But there is
no difference of opinion in the statement
that Johnson sent off at least two life
boats shortly after midnight In a sea that
dashed them to pieces.
It may be that an excited passenger
cut the falls and spilled the first boat, but
both passengers and crew declare that.
had Johnson waited until daybreak, the
boats might have been landed safely, or
at least a high percentage of saved lives
" froplerly manned; that thcrew lLselfwas 1
not drilled; that the life preservers were
filled with rushes instead of cork; that
the Pacific Coast boat Queen Ignored cries
for help and put off to sea; that the tugs
Salvor and Czar did not attempt a res
cue; that the passengers and members of
the crew who reached shore made no
effort to take lifelines these are all well
substantiated charges.
Manned ljy Inexperienced Men.
It is conceded now along the water front
that the Pacific Coast steamers are
manned by longshoremen without experi
ence at sea; that drills in handling the
"boats are rare. It is recalled without con
tradiction that Johnson was not an old
man on the San Francisco run. and it
is not disputed that, had the company
been less stringent in demanding quick
runs, the master might have felt safe in
lying off the Straits until daybreak be
fore attempting to come in.
Sensational charges of lack of discipline
aboard the Valencia and of poor lifesaving
equipment have been made by Professor
Frank F. Bunker, one of the survivors of
the wrecked steamer, who lost his wife
and two children In the terrible disaster
off Cape Beale. The charges include the
statement that there was no discipline
aboard the Valencia among the officers
and crew; that the lifeboats were not
properly equipped,' and that the life pre
servers were made of rushes which would
not float, and not of cork.
"Professor Bunker charges directly that
Captain Johnson was negligent tn the
manner or handling his boat: that boats
loaded with passengers were aent Into
the water without proper crews: that no
discipline prevailed: that the wooden
pins of the oarlocks would not fit; that
rush instead of cork life-preservers were
used: that the relief crew sent off by the
Valencia made no attempt to send relief
and that the Pacific Coast Company re
lief boats made no attempt to rescue pas
sengers and members of the crew, float
ing In the water.
Life Belts Sink Iilke Stones.
Pacific Coast officials criticised Profcs
sor Bunker's statements, particularly In
sisting that the life-preservers were of
Government standard. Today Professor
Bunker telegraphed this answer:
iteea me ueits, sucn as were in use
on the Valencia, are buoyant for a short
time only. The rushes absorb water and
they sink. The day after the wreck
threw life belts Into the water and they
sank. Captains of several vesselB' whom
I have Interviewed agree that such belts
arc of no value.
"Some of the Valencia belts were filled
with pulverized cork from the stoppers
of whisky bottles. This Is worse than
rushes.
'Captains of vessels I have seen say
that the only valuable belts are made of
sheets of cork.
"One of the crew rescued says that the
crew of the City of Puebla, with the
exception of the captain and first officer.
.was. .transferred to the Valencia for this
trip;, that they had no drIHs,of any kind
statle-n."
tanas uuara uvcr inc vcaa.
Again, Professor Bunker alleges, bc
cmW'C neither the Dominion , government
the Pacific Coast Company provided
the victims of the wreck, washed
were despoiled by native. He
tlf ?tood on guard three days to
it the dead.
MT
fMkfik Rlchlcy, chief fireman, subetaa
'.NM magL of the charges Hia.de by T. T,
i '
Bunker, and says of condition that pre
vailed aboard the Valencia whoti the boat
struck the rocks:
"Everybody rushed for the boats. I
took my osItIon at lifeboat No, 2, and
the men began to crowd In. I shouted
and yelled to them to make wayfor
the women and children.' A few of the
men left the boat and some women went
in. The boat contained 13 people. She
lowered safely and was hurled out of
sight. 1 found out afterwards that only
seven of them reached shore. All the
women were losL
"There were no officers stationed at any
of the lifeboats, and as far as I could'seo
there were no officers or any of the crew
put aboard any of the lifeboats to take
charge. I repeatedly yelled for Mate
Holmes to take charge of the launching
of the; lifeboats, but he never responded.
I never saw lilm from the time the Va
lencia foundered."
Get Ashore and Hun Away.
"Why did everybody run away from
us?" is the plaintive query of C Allison,
of St. Paul. "The two parties that
reached shore walked away without at
tempting to reach us."
Boatswain McCarthy charges the mem
bers of the crew, many of them unfamil
iar with boat drills, refused to volunteer
to go off in the lifeboats.
Captain Cousins, whom survivors of the
wreck saw stand off and watch the Va
lencia, then steam away, has charged the
tug Czar with cowardice in failing to go
in closer to rescue the drowning. MarinOsi
on the Queen. Cousins boat, allege nc
made no effort to send off small boats
and from the rescued crew of the Valencia
comes the charge that the Queen could
have gotten within 200 feet of the doomed
vessel, but did not make the attempt. S.
Hancock, a members of the Valencia's"
crew, says if the Queen had held her
original position, instead of moving
farther out. she could have saved many.
Cruised Over Spot Where Vessel Sank
A day too late to do any good the tug
Liorne cruised over the spot where the
Valencia sank. By that time the vessel
had sunk with all on board. The pre
vious day the tugs Czar and Salvor had
not dared go in so close, the Pacific
Coast stoamcr Queen had turned from the
sinking boat and the Topeka had failed
the passengers and crew.
F. J. Campbell, a passenger, swore thb
afternoon before an examining board that
the lifeboats were not properly manned.
Second Officer Patterson swore small
boats from rescue steamers could have
reached the doomed Valenclaand that if
Captain Johnson had not sent off his own
lifeboats until Tuesday or Wednesday
their passengers could have been saved.
All the men saved allege the women
would not go off in the boats, but pas
senger Campbell swears the men fought
for their places.
Caustic Comment onInvcstlgatlon.
The newspaper comment on the wreck
is very severe. In a sensational resume
of the Valencia wreck the Star tonight
says:
Victor H. Metcal Secretary of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor In Prwddent
Roosevelt's Cabinet, owes his appointment to
Senator George C Perkins, of California.
Senator Perkins Is closely associated with
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, own
er of the wrecked steamer Valencia.
Senator Samuel H. Piles, one of the men
at "Washington with whom Mr. Metcalf should
keep on the most friendly term. Is the Se
attle attorney for the Pacific Steamship Com
pany. '
B. B. Whitney. Inspector of Hulls, and
Robert A. Turner. Inspector of Boiler, are
the appointees of Victor Metcalf.
Messrs. Whitney and Turner are now hold-
Inc an Investigation Into the .cause of the
disaster to the Valencia, with the view of
ascertaining If any blame can be attached to
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company or Its
employe for the wreck of the vessel and
the great loss of life.
Docs it not look to you, Mr. It cad or. as
though there might be some Inclination on
the part of Inspectors Whitney and Turner
to give the Pacific Coast Company a MtUe the
best of it?
Crime Kests Upon Three.
The News sums' up the oharge that
proper precautions were not taken to save
life by saying:
The wreck of the Valencia last week, with
the lows of over 100 lives, is a crime for
which the Governments of the United States
and Canada and the Pacific Coast Company are
to blame. That It need never have happened
Is the unanimous opinion of the general public
after it has had the greater part of a week
to consider the details as they came out.
It Is a long time now since the feasibility
of wireless telegraphy ha been demonstrated.
Cape Flattery and Cape Beale should be
equipped with wireless stations, and every
ocean-going vessel "of the Pacific Coast Com
pany or any other company that handles pas
scngers should have apparatus and an oper
ator on board.
One hears It so often on the street that
there must be some truth In the statement
that the Pacific Coast Company gives Its of
ficers to understand that the greatest sin
they can possibly commit Is to bring one of
their ships Into port behind time.
The Post-Inttlllgenccr demands:
The circumstances surrounding the wreck of
(Concludcd on Page 4.)
CHUM OF A LICK KOOSEVKL.T IX
VITKD TO HER WEDD1XG.
M!m Annie MeC&uley.
Miss McCauley Is tho daughter or
Colonel McCaulcy, U. S. A. She has
been an intimate friend of Miss Roose
velt since childhood, and will tx one
of the young women who will stand
In a group near the President's daugh
ter at the wedding. Miss McCaulcy
will be a bride during the Easter sea
son, when she will wed O'Donncl Lee,
of SaHtaMTC
GAR OF DYNHIIE
UM IN
Does Not Explode in Rear-End
Collision on Southern Pa
cific at Grant's Pass.
FIREMAN BARGER KILLED
Drauiicatl Breaks and Freight Train
Making Siding Is Hun Into by
a Passenger Train From
the South.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 23. (SpccIaL)
Fireman J. G. Bargcr was killed. En
gineer J. W-. Crocker had his anklo bad
ly crushed and the passengers were bad
ly shaken up In a rear-end collision at the
yard limits cast of here this evening. -V
car of dynamite was smashed and thrown
into the ditch, which, if it had exploded,
would have killed the 3M passengers and
demolished Grant's Pass.
Freight train No. 22. In charge or Con
ductor Goldcns, was coming Into Grant's
Pass just ahead of the passenger train.
No. 16. In charge of Conductor E. Tynan.
The freight was a heavy train, had two
engines and was pulling In on the siding.
when a drawhead pulled out and left the
roar half of the train standing on the
main track.
The passenger train, an extra heavy
one with twocngines, was coming at the
usual speed behind. The distance was
so short and with a down grade and slip
pery track that It could not be stopped,
and it crashed Into the freight train.
Engine Thown From Track.
The forward engine of the passenser
train was thrown from the track, turned
around and badly dismantled. En
gineer J. W. Crocker was thrown from
the cab and had his ankle crushed. Fire
man J. G. Bargcr was caught under the
wreck. He was horribly cut and many
bones were, broken, and he died Just as
the other trainmen got him out of the
wreck.
The second engine stayed on the track
and was little injured. Engineer Frank,
Kinney and FIremaniB. F. Ryan escaped'
unhurt. The f ojgcvAhzU.iQZ
tender ahead. Mail Clerks is. A, Am
brose and Ernest Gordon were thrown to
the floor of the car, but were not hurL
The coaches stayed on the track and the
passengers were not hurt other than
being shaken up.
Caboose Torn, to Fragments.
The caboose of the freight train was
ground to kindling and a car of dynamite
forward of it was thrown on Its side and
Into the ditch. It was a miracle that it
did not explode. Had it done so. not a
person on the train would have been left
alive.
Engineer Crocker was taken to the
Grant's Pass Hospital and Southern Pa
cific Surgeons Loughrldge and Findley
set his broken leg. The body of the dead
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48
deg.: minimum, 34, Precipitation. 0.34 of
as inch.
TODAY'S Cloudy, with occasional light rain.
Easterly winds.
Foreign.
King Christian of Denmark dies suddenly.
Page 2.
Servla will soon dethrone Peter. Page 9.
Mutineers In control of Vladivostok. Page 9.
National.
Heyburn attacks President's forestry policy.
Page 1.
Tillman calls for investigation of causes of
Chinese boycott. Page I.
House orders Inquiry Into Pennsylvania Rail
road combination. Page 3.
Governor Magoon defends canal manage
ment. Page 3.
Packers attorney testifies on claim to im
munity, page 4.
Domestic
General Wheeler burled with military honors.
Page 9.
McReynolds. bankrupt elevator man, can't
explain where wheat is gone. Page 3.
Jerome prepares to prosecute Mann and
cause Deuel's removal. Page 3.
Two livestock associations will consolidate.
Page 3.
Ryans. the turfman. Joins Consldlne in thea
ter business. Page 7.
Standard Oil prepares to leave Illinois.
Page 1.
Sport.
Frenchman runs auto two miles In less than
a minute. Page V.
Pacific Coait.
Lives of passengers on Valencia - sacrificed
to greed and fear. Page 1.
Men on the Valencia shoved women aside
In mad rush for lifeboats. Page 1.
German steamer Mariechen, disabled off
Cape Flattery, goes ashore In Alaska
Bay. Page 3.
North-bound passenger on Southern Pacific
bumps Into rear of freight train at
Grant's Pass. Page 1.
Tramp finds broken rail near Aurora. Or..
and saves lives of .passengers. Page 5.
Oriental limited andpassenger train tn col
lision In Montana. Page I.
Commercial and Marine
Strong position of canned goods market.
Page 12.
Recovery In wheat at Chicago. Page 13.
San Francisco egg market booming. Page 13.
Sharp breaks in New York stock market.
Page 13. "
Protests are filed against ferry dolphins at
foot of Randolph street. Page 12.
Oriental liner departs with cargo valued at
$300,000. Page IS
Italian ship makes quick passage from San
Francisco to Portiana. Jage ir.
Fog on river delays San Francisco steamers.
Page 12.
rerUaad ad Vicinity.
Indictment against ex-City Engineer Elliott
Is dlsrnlsred. Page S.
O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific locomotives
will all use oil for fuel. Page S.
Tom Richardson describes trip of Oregonlaas
to California. Page 12.
Record of a day's proceedings in the Mu
nicipal Court. Pag 7.
Two methods by which the gas graft aaay be
stopped. Page 14.
.Labor eM!tt hwy frajaitsg a trty
I l&tfrau rage S
TEH
fireman was prepared for shipment to his
home In Roscburg. where all the train
crew reside. Fireman Barger was a
young man and leaves a wife and two
children.
A wrecking' train was brought from
Iloseburg and one also from Ashland. A
track will be built around the wreck, and
it Is expected the train will leave for
Portland by 4 o'clock in the morning.
Freight Wreck Ncar Hornbrook. i
ASHLAND, Or.. Jan. 23. The south
bound freight train. No". 22U leaving Ash
land at 8:3) Sunday morning, left the
track near Honujrook. and the Overland
passenger train was delayed 11 hours by
the wreck. Eight cars arc In the ditch.
No one was killed or injured. A wash
out Is said to have, been responsible.
ORIENTAL LIMITED "WRECKED
Meets Another Great Northern Pas
senger Train Head-On.
SPOKANEl Wash.. Jan. 30. The Great
Northern Oriental Limited, No. 1. west
bound, and passenger train No. 2. cast
bound, collided head-on, one mile west of
Columbia Falls. Monk. about.l0:C0 o'clock
last night, A fireman on each train was
killed and Conductor Qulnn was badly
Injured. A great many others were In
jured, but up to the present time (2 A. M.)
no details arc obtainable, owing to the
wires being down."
GREAT FALLS. Mont., Jan. 30. Super
intendent O'Neill, of the Kallspclt divi
sion, has gone to the scene of the wreck
from Whltcflsh with, a wrecking. "outfit
and physicians. It is stated that No. 1
had orders to take the sidjng at Colum
bia Falls adran by.' Ipfs believed that
passengers on No. 2- were cither killed
or injured, but nothing- has been learned
concerning the results to passengers on
No. 1.
One report states that fire has broken
out, but this Is not an official report. Up
to 2:00 this morning: It Is known that at
least four lives were lost and many more
may have been killed or Injured. Both
locomotives' were turned completely over
and piled up together many feet from
the rails.
fcCC
STANDARD PREPARES FOR SUIT
BY EX-EMPLOYE.
Division of Territory Among Com
panies Will Be Attacked by Ma
son, Who AVas Discharged.
Company, of Kentucky, according to the
Chicago Tribune, has made preparations
to withdraw from Illinois after January
31. Mr. Maxon was for 20 years an em
ploye of the Standard .Oil Company, but
was discharged recently.
In the suit that he has in preparation
the Standard OH Company will be charged
with parceling out the state among- the
Standard OH Company, of Kentucky, and
the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana,
and two other companies In the western
part of the state, which are supposed to
be Independent, but which. It I9 alleged,
are subordinate to the Standard OH
Company.
Auditors from New York are now
checking- up the accounts In the territory
of the Standard Oil Company, of Ken
tucky, preparatory to Its withdrawal from
Illinois February 1.
ROCKEFELLER IS IX IHDIXG
Richest - Man in America Dodging
Server o'f Summons.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A report, was
current last night that John D. Rocke
feller had sailed for Europe on January
25 to sec his daughter. Mrs. Charles A.
Strong, who la 111 at Cannes. France. H.
H. Rogers, however, said that he had
heard from Mr. Rockefeller within the
last week and that he felt quite sure he
was still In this country. At Mr. Rocke
feller's home here It was said he was in
the South. Dispatches from Cleveland
recently have said that Attorney-General
Hadley. of Missouri, desired Mr. Rocke
feller's testimony in the oil Inquiry, but
had been as yet unable to get Into com
rounlcatlon with him.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 29. John D. Rocke
feller has not been here since September.
Inquirers are unable to learn his where
abouts. George Rudd. Mr. Rockefeller's
brother-in-law, received a letter from him
recently, and says he docs not believe Mr.
Rockefeller is in Europe. Apparently Mr.
Rudd does not -desire to say where Mr.
Rockefeller now is.
ANOTHER GIRL STABBED
Mysterious St. Louis Criminal Xovr
Numbers Seventeen, Assaults.
ST. LX)UIS. Jan. 29. While entering the
Rcdemptorist High School today, Gcrtha
Rude, a 13-year-old school girl, was
stabbed In the. hip by an unknown man.
The knife cut through her clothing-, but
did not penetrate the flesh.
This makes the 17th girl mysteriously
stabbed within the past two weeks. None
has been seriously Injured. The girl's
description of today's stabber tallies with
that furnished by the others who were
stabbed.
EIGHTY -FIVE - CENT GAS.
Chicago Gas Companies Offer Com
promise to Council.
CHICAGO. Jan. 29. ISghty-flvc cent gas
is provided for by an ordinance submitted
to the City Council tonight and accepted
by the local gas companies. Action upon
the ordinance was deferred Indefinitely,
the Council authorizing the printing; In
pamphlet form of copies of the measure
for distribution among the aldermen and
those Interested "Jn it.
Geologist for Each State.
"WASHINGTON, JaR.- 29. The House
committee aa mines and raining: today
decided te make a favorable report oh
the Martix bill te appoint- a greolgi3t
im each JKate-te report oa the mjar&I
wealtktaa miliar' Interests
tlilCiS5, -,WAUleipaUri; the
!mlcr suit in preparation by May wood
Maxorr, of -Decatur, Illy thu' 8laiilai'l3WI
BURN OPENS
TIRE ON FORESTS
Idaho Senator at Last Deliv
ers Himself of the
Harangue.
SAYS PRESS ATTACKS HIM
Idaho Senator Wants Congress to
Control Forest Service, and Ac
cuses Pinchot of Organizing
Press Against Him.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 23. In a three-hour speech
today Senator Heyburn assailed President
Roosevelt's "forest reserve policy and the
men cngago'dia putting that policy Into
effect. He protested against further ex
tension of forest reserves in his state and
strongly urged the passage ot his bill
giving, to Congress the sole power to crc-
Sraator VT. B. Heybara of Idah.
ate forest reserves. At the outset It looked
as IC Heyburn would make a. tejnperatc.
orderly speech, but he "was frequently In
terrupted by Senators "who support the
.President's policy and he -soon" became
ruffled, at tlmesalmost. losing .control of
his words and his temper.
In" his objection' to forest reserves and
their administration, Heyburn went over
the same ground as he covered in his now
famous letters, which were published last
Fall and which were completely answered
by the President and. Forester Pinchot.
But Heyburn elaborated on his old objec
tions, and. in order to make his objee
tlons seem the more impressive, he ff und
cd them on the rules governing forest
reserves which he himself admitted were
obsolete and no longer in force.
Milk In the Cocoa nut.
The milk In the cocoanut showed up
when Heyburn urged the prompt passage
of his .bill denying the President's right
to create more forest reserves and de
volving that power exclusively on Con
grass. Notice has been served on Hey
burn that "on or about February 7 the
President will create the Shoshone forest
reserve, toward which Heyburn has been
especially hostile, as It lies against his
home town of Wallace. He admitted.
when prodded by Bailey and others, that
his protests to the President and Pinchot
had been of no avail, and acknowledged
that the only way he can prevent the cre
ation of reserves Is by act of Congress.
From the little encouragement he re
eelved today, he must be prepared to see
the creation not only of the Shoshone re
serve but various others soon to follow.
aggregating In area nearly 6,000.00) acres
Roasts Press Bureau.
Heyburn was very severe in censuring
the Forest Service for maintaining-
press bureau, which he charged had been
working In season and out to secure the
publication in papers all over the country
of matter ridiculing and injuring him. He
declared this bureau had Inspired dis
patches to The Oregonlan. one of which
he quoted at length, declaring It to be a
"silly statement, a tissue of falsehoods
and misstatements."
Bailey reminded Heyburn that this was
a very grave charge to make against any
Government bureau, and asked If he had
followed It up to'secure the discbarge of
the men who were treating hltn unfairly.
"When Heyburn admitted he had not and
did not Intend to. Bailey in effect asked
why. he was making so much fuss In the
Senate when he did not Intend to do any
thlng about it. Heyburn took this as an
excuse to cunningly declare that he had
confidence In the President, that the Prcs
ident would do the right thing and that
no one could justly make It appear that
any but the most friendly relations ex
isted between himself and the President
yet every time he censured tho Forest
Service he censured the President, who Is
in hearty accord with Mr. Pinchot and
his policies.
.Angry With Gooding.
At no time in his speech did Heyburn
show more venom than in thrusting- a
Governor Gooding. Mr. Gooding; stood
with Heyburn In opposition to reserves
until last Fall, when he suddenly deserted
Heyburn and entered Into an alliance
with Mr. Pinchot and secured from Mr.
Pinchot the assurance that the Govern
ment would make an exchange of Gov
ernment land. for. state school land which
might be included In the. reserves. - Hey
burn sneered at this deal, declaring that
there was no - authority of law ua4er
whlch'iuck a. traanetie coI4 be made.
m
as. Mr. Gooding was not. authorized to
trade off statc land. and Mr. Pinchot had
no authority to trade off . public land.
Heyburn showed keenly, his resentment
of Mr.- Gooding's desertion.
. Ills Bill Sure to-Fall.
The speech, which may be supplemented
at some near day, served to bring out the
friends' and opponents of the President's
forestry policy. Nelson. Smoot and Bcv
.cridge frequently came to the defense ot
thtf Forest Service and the administra
tion of forest reserves,.- while Fulton.
Clark of .Wyoming and Teller, by inter
jected remarks, showed that they disap
proved of .forest reserves as they are being-
maintained. But enough was said on
both sides, to show the utter futility of
attempting to pass Heyburn's bill taking
away from the President the right to cre
ate forest reserves. It cannot be done.
CHINESE AND FOREST LAWS
Senate Hears Tillman and Heyburn
on Two Diverse Topics.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-By Associat
ed Press.) The Chinese boycott and
the administration of the forest re
serves divided the attention of the Sen
ate today. The Chinese question came
up In connection with a resolution of Till
man, directing an Investigation by the
committee on immigration. Tillman mod
ified the -resolution by omitting the major
portion of the preamble, and, after con
siderable discussion, it was referred to
the committee on contingent expenses.
Heyburn raised the question regarding
the reservation of forests. He sharply
criticised the methods ot the Forestry Bu
reau and charged It with maintaining a
press bureau for the purpose of attacking
him. He'dccllned. however, to hold the
President responsible for this course. He
said that the course was calculated to re
tard the development of the West.
Dubois took a contrary view, defending
the policy pursued and contending that It
was In the Interest of the arid region.
The House statehood bill was reported
favorably by Beverldge. chairman of the
committee on territories, by which the
bill had been under consideration for"
three days.
Patterson gave notice that there would
be a minority report.
Cause of Chinese Boycott.
The resolution of Tillman asking the
committee on Immigration to Investigate
the facts of the Chinese boycott of Amer
ican goods was laid before the Senate
Tile preamble, which alleged that "Wu
Ting- Fang, ex-Chinese iintster to the
United States, had been a leader In the
movement, was objected to by Teller.
Lodge and "Warren. The" latter Senator
said Wu Ting Fang had explicitly denied
the charge in conversation with the Sen
ator when he was in China last Summer.
Tllfman read from the President's mes
sage on the harshness of the exclusion
laws
ifcbeMJRSjgoggrbttr for .the reso
lution. Din tnougnt an investigation wuuiu
not show that the exclusion laws had been
too rigidly enforced. He said the boycott
was confined almost wholly to the Canton
district, which the Taft party, of which
he was a member, was warned not to
visit.
A few of the party learned, he said, that
the Japanese were back of the boycott.
for the reason that, when American trad
ers leave, the Japanese take their, place.
ll the guilds In the Cantonese district.
said Dubois, are back of the boycott be
cause of the effort to keep coolies out of
the United States. The coolies now here
are from that district, he said.
Both Dubois and Teller declared that the
students and merchants were not back of
the boycott, and that It originated with
persons Interested In getting coolie labor
Into this country.
Dubois referred to the South and the
demand for Chinamen to supplant negro
labor, which remark provoited disclaim
era from Clay and Tillman. The latter
said the South had conditions bad enough
now. without further mixing them up.
Tillman struck out all the portions of
the preamble to which objection had been
made, thus modifying It so as merely to
order an investigation. The resolution
was then referred to tne committee on
contingent expenses.
Heyburn on Forest Service.
Heyburn then addressed the Senate In
support of his bill to compensate states
for school lands taken possession of by
the National Government for forest pur
poses. He said that Congress had sur
rendered Its Constitutional right to con
trol the public lands within the forest
reservations and that the administration
of the reservations is of such a character
as to force the conviction that the time
has arrived for Congress to resume Its
guardianship.
Heyburn said the forest reserves In
Idaho cover more than 23.C00 square miles
(Concluded on page 3.)
DAUGHTER OF MARSHALL FIELD
RECEIVES BEQUESTS OF
se.ooe.eeo.
Mrs. David Beatty.
Mr. David Beatty. only daughter
of the late Marshall Field., ot Chl
caso. by his will receives S6,0Od.OOe in
three eests. Mrs. Beatty is how
In Malta. -
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S
OUT OF THE I
Men Crowd Lifeboats
of the Valencia.
HO OFFICERS WERE PRESENT
Delay Until Morning Would
Have Saved Many Lives.
SALVOR AFRAID OF BIG SEA
Muster Knew Where Valencia Iay
"Wrecked, but Would Xot Iieave
Slieltcr In Barafleld Creek
to Brave Danger.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
"One of the passengers cut the ropes in
the falls and allowed the boat to drop
Into the water.
"There were no officers present to pre
vent the overcrowding- of the lifeboats.
"No member of the ship's crew went
off in the first boat, save one fireman,
who could not speak English.
'There was nothing said about giving
way to the women until my wife had just
been placed In the boat, and then Officer
RIchley dragged one of the men out of
the boat.
"The male passengers were badly ex
cited; threw, crowded and pushed tho
women aside and clambered into the life
boats and upon the llferafts.
If I had been carrying- a gun I would
have stopped the men from, crowding
their way into the boats at the outset."
Wife Drowned Before His Eyes.
These are some ot the sensational state
ments made by F. J. Campbell, one ot
the passengers aboard the Valencia who
was rescued. He saw his wife sent off In
one of the lifeboats and drowned before
his eyes. In the Inquiry being conduct
ed before the United States Inspectors.
Campbell swore this afternoon that there
was a lack of discipline and that the
boats were not properly manned.
According to the story told by Camp
bell, one of the male passengers had to
be dragged out of a lifeboat to make room
for Mrs. Campbell. "When this man was
compelled to give way the first considera
tion was shown to the female passengers.
Campbell verifies the statements of
Frank F. Bunker, assistant superintend
ent of the Seattle public schools, who de
clares the life-preservers were Improp
erly made. He says when he landed on
shore he was too weak, to take the life-
preserver he wore from about his body.
Campbell alleges It was soaked with
water and seemed to weigh 50 pounds.
Ijlfe-Preservcrs Were Inspected.
Thoueh not shown in today's evidence.
General Manager W. E. Pearce, ot the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, today
received verification from San Francisco
of the claim that the preservers were in
spected January 3 and 4. They bear
such a stamp, and the records of the San
Francisco office show the Federal in
spectors were satisfied with the equip
ment at that date.
Today's hearing before the inspectors
developed a great deal of sensational
testimony, many errors of judgment be
ing charged. In his testimony Boatswain
T. J. McCarthy swore:
"Had the small boats left the Valencia
the morning after the wreck, instead of
hurriedly and on the night it occurred,
we could In all probability have saved
every life aboard.
"We could probably have got all the
people away from the ship on the sec
ond and big: Uferaft, had there been
paddles instead of long oars, had we not
been half dead from exposure, and had
we carried reasonable loads.
Iilves Could Hve Been Saved.
"All the lives could have been saved IC
anybody on shore could have caught
and made fast a line. We had three
more shots left with which to get a
line ashore.
"A properly rigged life-saving surfboat
could have gotten safely- through the surf
and with little risk effected the saving- ot
many lives."
Captain Turner questioned the seaman:
"You tried to follow the beach back
to the ship?" v
"Yes, air; but the underbrush was so
thlclc that we could not tear ourselves
through-."
"What did you do then?"
"We took the boat- sail, an ax, a little
Iron tank and some biscuits and started
out. The beach was full of driftwood.
We went just a trifle inland and came
to a river. I tried to ford It first. It
was fuir ot quicksand and I sank down
dangerously. We started through the
woods looking- for the head of the stream..
"We f6und an old trail, difficult to get
through. We had not been five minutes
on It before we came to the telephone
wires. Just prior to that time we had
run across a sign post, which stated that
it was-three miles to Cape Beale. That
was the first knowledge we had of the
whereabouts of the ship."
Xews or Wreck Sent by Wire.
McCarthy told of how the party, ot
which he was the head, followed the
wires until Mrs. Patterson wife of the
lightkeeper, was seen. As soon, as they
approached the house Mrs. Patterson
said:
"You are a shipwrecked crew- I lv,
been trying- to converse with you'"
"I te4d her we had net tried to talic t
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