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THE MORXIXG OMGOXLAJT. XOXBJLT, 1FRIL 23, 1906.
I FELT
ILL ALONG COAST
Great Damage to Buildings at
Eureka and Neighbor-,
ing Towns.
WRECK THE LIGHTHOUSES
steamer Alliance Was Off Humboldt
Bar When Earth Trembled and
Officers Thought Ship
Had Grounded.
The steamer Alliance which arrived
here at 10 o'clock last night, brings the
report that the earthquake that laid San
Francisco Jn ruins also played havoc
with all pf the smaller towns and cities
along the Northern California Coast as
far north as Eureka. The lighthouses at
Point Arena and Fort Bragg arc badly
damaged, and the City of Eureka presents
a dilapidated appearance, nearly every
window having been shattered. The brick
ivjildings were badly wrenched, and will
be repaired and the water mains were
iroken. leaving the water supply shut oft
lor several days.
Feels Quake at Sea.
Captain V. Kelly also reports that the
earthquake was felt very distinctly at
sea The Alliance was on Humboldt Bay.
'lie entrance to Eureka. Wednesday morn
.ig, and the vessel shook so violently
that he felt certain that she had drifted
n some unchartered rock until sound
ngs showed" that she was in deep water.
Then was .no tidal wave, but the sea
simply sank and rose violently, pounding
liif bottom of the vessel exactly as though
Hhc had bumped .upon a string of rocky
ledges.
'We were waiting for daylight off Hum
tw'ldt bar, land about a mile from shore
"Wednesday morning." said Captain Kelly,
.n relating the strange experience. "Just
at daybreak we saw a steamer coming
from off shore, and we started to go in,
so as to reach the bay before the other
steamer came out. We were hooked on
full speed, and when about a quarter of a
mile from the bell buoy on the bar the
steamer shook as if she had struck a
rock. She trembled and apparently
stopped dead still, and I ordered the en
gines full speed astern. I told Third Of
ticer Deacon, who was on the bridge with
me at the time, to get the lead and sound
the depth of water. He found the depth
!o be 12 fathoms, or 72 feet, and so I al
tered our course and headed slow bell to
st a again.
Thought Steamer Struck.
"The engineer reported that the stcam
er had struck live or six times., but he
could not understand what we had
struck. 1 came to the conclusion that we
had experienced an earthquake and Third
Oftlcer Deacon coincided with my theory.
The sea. which had been comparatively
calm, became suddenly ruffled, but there
was no tidal wave, and It soon calmed
down again.
"We swung around and proceeded in
again, and reached the dock at Eureka at
6 20 o'clock. We found the statue on the
County Courthouse turned over to an
angle of -IS degrees, windows all smashed
and the wator mains bursted. Chimneys
had fallen all over the town, and the
sidewalks were covered with broken glass
and phistcr.
"Wo remained at Eureka until Friday
morning, and felt two more shocks, one
at noon Wednesday and the other at 3
o'clock Friday morning. Neither of these
did any damage.
"Going to sea Friday morning we met
the steam schooner Guallala. of the same
line as the Alliance, from San Francisco,
and her captain sang out that the Point
Arena lighthouse had been wrecked. He
did not state the extent of the damage.
The, Guallala left San Francisco Tuesday
night and touched at Point Arena "Wed
nesday afternoon."
Brings 31 any Passengers.
The Alliance brought S8 passengers,
and of thse eight came from Eureka.
A C. Barrett, who was staying at the
Grand Hotel had surveyed the damages
pretty well before embarking on the Al
liance, and gives an Interesting account
of how the earthquake affected the en
tire coast north of San Francisco, whence
no reports have been received so far.
"The greatest damage was done at
Ferndale. about 21 miles south of Eu
reka. ' said Mr. Barrett. "Every brick
building in the place was practically
wrecked, and It will cost thousands of
dollars to repair the damage. The front
wall of a brick building put up by
Jluss, Early & Wilson fell out and the
three-story Pythian castlo was also
damaged. It was left standing, but It
is only a matter of time when it will
hae to be torn down as it would be
unsafe in its present condition. Areata
and Fortuna suffered some, but the
damaKCs there consist principally of
broken windows.
A'ance Hotel Suffers.
' 1 was staying at the Grand Hotel
when the shook came and the building'
rocked violently. The guests rushed
cut without any clothing and took to
the street, as they feared the whole
building would oomc down. The Vnirce
Hotel, one of the finest In Northern
California, suffered badly, too, but none
of the guests were Injured.
"The statue of Minerva, on top of
the dome of the County Courthouse
tipped over and hangs on with a slant
of 45 degrees, being held in position
hy the iron rod. The statue weighs
oer a ton. and it will cost several
hundred dollars for the scaffolding In
liavlng the statue straightened up.
"There were several narrow escapes
from Injury. A chimney crashed
Through the roof of the residence of
County Treasurer Roberts and tore
through the celling Into a room occu
pied by a young lady friend who was
visiting with Mrs. Roberts, but the
young lady escaped without a scratch,
although the bed was covered with
plaster and pieces of timbers from the
ceiling and roof.
Quake Stops Clock.
The first shock came at 5:15. as several
clocks stopped at that time. Luckily no
tires broke out or Bureka would have met
the fate of San Francisco, for with water
mains broken wo were entirely without
fire protection.
"Not until lato Thursday night did we
get communication with the outside world
and this led us to believe that something
awful had happened. We did not know
whether Portland, San Francisco or any
other places were longer on the map. and
became greatly alarmed when the steamer
Pomona failed to arrive from San Fran
cisco Thursday morning, according to
schedule. Thursday afternoon ttc received
very meager Information of the terrible
fate which befell San Francisco."
Officers of the steamer Alliance report
that the steamer Breakwater was met
Friday night off Crescent City, bound
from Coos Bay for San Francisco with 600
tons of supplies for the flre "ruff erere, the
supplies having: been furnished by Coos
Bay merchants. The shock bad not been
EABTHTJUftK
noticed at Coos Bay, aad -the wires fce
,lngr in good condition there, the people
had learned of the San Fraactoco calam
ity shortly after 1t occurred.
Captain Kelly was greitly worried last
night because of not having: heard from
his wife and mother-in-law. who lived In
the burned district. Other officers on the
steamer learned that their families were
safe.
The Alliance will go out tonight with a
full cargo of provisions, as the merchants
of Coos Bay ran ahort lnn supplying a
cargo for the Breakwater, which they
started off for the relief of the sufferers
of San Francisco - In hopes of getting a
new supply from 'Portland without delay.
BY WAY 0FTHE SUEZ
Xew Route tvBcIng Prepared for
Europe.
The Portland-Asiatic Steamship Com
pany Is. preparing to establish a rate
ror freight from Portland to Europe by
way of Tokohama and the Suez CanaL
It Is belloved that a rate can be estab
lished sufficiently low to induce ex
porters of lumber to supply the Euro
pean demand, which Is growing dally.
The freight will be shipped from
Portland on the monthly liners to
"Yokohama and there placed on board
of vessels of the Peninsular and Ori
ental Steam Navigation Company for
Antwerp by way of the Indian Ocean,
the Suez Canal and tho Mediterranean.
By this route a delivery can be made In
60 days, so it is believed, there being
little danger of delay In transferring
at Tokohama, inasmuch as tho
Peninsular and Oriental Company
maintains a big fleet on the run be
tween the Orient and Europe.
It Is believed that the rate will have
a tendency 4o, work up trade In other
lines also, many articles of commerce
being produced here for which there
Is a good growing demand in Europe,
but which are not being shipped ex
tensively at present because of lack of
satisfactory transportation facilities.
Announcement of the establishment
of the new rate will probably be made
In a few days.
ANXIOUS FOR HUSBAND.
Mrs. Martin Kcrwln Sends Pathetic
Letter to The Oregonian.
The Orgonlan is In reccplt of a pa
thetic letter from Mrs. Martin Kerwln.
24 Bagley avenue, Detroit. Mich., In
which she states that she has heard
nothing from her husband since. March
17 of this year, who left Detroit to
assist in floating the steamer Geo. "W.
Elder, which lies on the rocks In the
Columbia River near Goble.
STEAM K ft I NTE LTLI G KN CE.
Due to Arrive.
Steamer From. Date.
Alliance. Eureka and way.. ...May 2
Roanoke. Los Angeles April 21
Costa Rica, San Franclnco.. .April 21
F, A. Kllburn. San Francisco. April 20
Nlcomedla, Orient.. ..April 2R
Arabia. Orient. ............ .June 21
Banacouta. Han Francisco. .Indefinite
Due to Depart.
Steamer For. Date.
Barracouta. Ran Francisco. Indefinite
Alliance. Eureka and way. ...April 23
Roanoke, Los Angeles April 20
Costa. Rica, San Franclico. ..April 20
AragonIa. Orient April 20
F, A. Kllburn. San Francisco. April 2S
Nlcomedla. Orient.. May 10
Arabia, Orient jujy j
Carrying mall.
Mrs. Kerwln writes that her hus
band went away with the understand
ing that he would return In April.
"I have a great anxiety for the
boat." runs the letter, "as my husband
is one of the crew that went from here
to raise her. and ns I have not heard
from him since March 17. when he
said he would be home In April. I
cannot eat or sleep. I am selling mv
clothes In order to exist at all. and
beg you, gentlemen, to assist me by
GRAIN VESSELS EN ROUTE
NAME.
Flag
and Rls.
Kelvlnbank
Muskoka
Bardowie
Br.stmr..
Br. bark..
Br. shin..
April
Nox. 221
Procyon .
Br. bark..
Dec 31
uaigatc
Br. ship..
Ft. bark..
Ital. ship.
Ft. bark..
Fr. ship..
Fr. ship..
Fr. bark..
Br. ship..
Br. bark..
Fr. bark..
Dec. 30
Ville de Mulhouse ,
Caterina Accame
Nov. 16
La Tour d'Auverjcne
I -a Perouse
Mar. 14
Lacnnec
Jacobsen
Glenalvon
Inverness-shire
Genevieve Mollnos
Turgot ,
Fr, bark..
Fr. bark..
Kmpereur Menclik....,
Bankburn ,
Bayard .
CM. de Villebols Mareull....
General de Boisdeffre
Br. bark..
Fr. bark..
Fr. bark..
Fr. hark..
Total grain tonnage en route and listed,
From San Francisco.
GRAIN VESSELS
NAME.
Flag
and Rig.
Nov. 24
Mar. 24
Brabloch
General Neumayer
Francois d'Ambols
Emille
Mar. 29
April K
Total grain tonnage In port. 6.K21 tons.
putting a notice In your paper. I don't
know if my husband Is dead or alive."
Captain W. H. Baker, who has the
contract to raise th Elder, could not
be reached last nlghu so It was Im
possible to learn whether or not the
missing husband is In his employ at
presenL ,
The captain brought his crew from
UetrolL
VESSELS IN PORT.
Grata.
General Neumayer. Frervph bark. 14i inns,
in stream ready to sail for the United
Kingdom.
lumber.
Crescent. Atnerlncan schooner. 134 tons, in
rtream ready to sail for Shanghai.
Sehome. ttchooner. 020 tons, at North Pa
cific Mills. loading for San redro.
T. P. Emlgh, barkentlne.at Portland Lum
ber Mills, loading for 8an Tedro.
Alvena. barkentlne. at Rainier, loading
lumber for San Francisco.
Oceano, Kteamar. loading at Inman, Pout
con & Co.'s mills for Telngtau.
MlscelULBeeas.
Emille. German ship. ITS 8 ton, at gas
deck, discharging cargo.
Aragonla. steamer, at Alblna dock, dtp
charging freight for the Orient.
Joha'n Poulsen. steamer, at Inman. Poul
een & Co.'s mills, loading lumber.
Domestic and Foreign "Ports.
ASTORIA. April 22. Arrived down at 5.15
A. M. and sailed at 12 M. Vnlted States
steamer Perry. lor Pan Francisco; arrived
down at 4 A M. and sailed at 743 A. M.
steamer Cxarina, for San Francisco: ar
rived down at 4 A. M, and sailed at 10:15
A. it., steamers J oh an Foulsen and Ite
dondo, for San Francisco: arrived down at
4 A. M. and sailed at 12 St., steamers
Northland and Harold Dollar, for an Fran
cisco: arrived In at 8:80 A. M. and left up
at 10:30 X M. ateamer Alliance, from Eu
reka and war landings: sailed, at 11:30
A. M.. schooner Polaris, for Manila. Con
dition cf the bar at ft P. M.. rough; mind
southeast; weather cloudy.
SWORD JUST
MASS OF RUINS
All Oregon Students Safe, But
Need Money to Get
Back Home. .
THREE REACH PORTLAND
George Coc and Kenneth Kenton
Give Vivid Accounts or How
Memorial Church Was
Rent in Twain.
Only second to the terrible experi
ences that people In San"" Francisco
passed through during" the holocaust
and earthquake, were the trials of
Stanford University students, one of
whom was killed and several injured
and .h11 made temporarily homeless by
the destruction of almost every build
ing; on the university campus. That
all but one escaped with their lives
and only sir were Injured by falling
buildings Is considered by students
who arrived In Portland yesterday as
marvelous. Stanford had many stu
dents from Portland and from the
Northwest. None of them was serious
ly injured.
George Coe, a Junior at Stanford, son
of Dr. Coe. of Portland, arrived on a
delayed Southern Pacific train early
yesterday morning In company with
Kenneth Fenton and Miss Alice Col
lier, students from Stanford and resi
dents of Portland.- Mr. Coe yesterday
told a graphic story of the demolition
of the great Western university and
of the small city of Palo Alto, near
which the university was located. He
still labors under the excitement caused
by the earthquake, but told a thrill
ing story of the escape and arts of
heroism of the students during and
following the catastrophe.
University in Ruln..
"Stanford Is a mass of ruins." he
said. "Where the magnificent build
ings of the university once stood Is a
Jumbled mass of stone and buildings
which cost millions of dollars, libraries
of inestimable value, laboratories con
taining priceless Instruments, the great
Memorial Church, one of the finest In
the world, and the Stanford mansion,
one of the landmarks of California, are
In ruins. The new Stanford library,
which with Its contents was worth
J 1.500.000. Is no more. The Physics
building is A wreck, and all the build
ings on the outer 'quad. consisting
of two-story stone buildings, are badly
damaged. Either the roofs of the
buildings were caved In by the tremor
or the sides have fallen out.
"I saw the fine Memorial Church
split In the middle. The great struc
ture fell to pieces like a block of toy.
From dome to foundation the church
was rent asunder. First one entire
side of the building fell out. and the
other, hnvtng lost Its support, fell
crashing on the first half. I also saw
the magnificent memorial arch topple
over. The arch seemed to sway for an
instant like a palm before a hurricane,
and then the upper half fell crashing
to the earth, leaving the lower part
standing llkB a forlorn stump. It was
found necessary later to dynamite the
lower portion to prevent it falling and
injuring students. The power-house
was also totally destroyed and. In fact,
the entire university is demolished.
Scenes Following Shock.
"The scenes following the first shock
were indescribable. At the early hour
when the earthquake occurred all the
AND LISTED FOR PORTLAND.
Agent or
Charterer.
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Newcastle. Eng.
Hamburg
Rotterdam
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UllBalfour
2259
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2129
Antwerp
122jMeer
1711 Hamburg.... 161
1732 Antwero I...
1728 Swansea ...IBalfour
1733 Antwerp 2S Fuller & Co
17.1, Dunkirk ...Fuller Co
u0 Newcastle. Eng. ... IGlrvln
'21l7fAntwerp ...IBalfour
1G051 London ...IBalfour
1773 Antwerp j...Fullerfc Co
1576 Rotterdam j...Fullerc Co
1252 Hamburg '... Meyer
1731lSwansea ...IBalfour
1732iHamburg ...IFuIler&Co
1721Cardlff I. .-IBalfour
35.706 tons.
IN PORT.
BERTH.
Charterer.
Br. shlp..l2OC0iAstoria....
Fr. bark.. 1454lAstoria....
Fr. bark..ll29A8toria....
Ger. sh!p.ll72SGas Dock.
Disengaged
Stevens
Stevens
Disengaged
students were In bed, and a regular
panic occurred before it was realized
what had happened. My room-mate
and I were thrown against the head of
the bed at the first shock, and with the
plaster from the celling falling, the
pictures swinging on the walls and
the roar of falling buildings. It wemed
as if the world were coming to an end.
We dressed as hurriedly as possible,
and by the time we reached the cam
pus students were pouring from the
dormitories. Strange scenes were vis
ible on every hand. Some of the fel
lows were scampering around In their
underclothing, and one was running
down the street In his undershirt, call
ing 'Come on, boys, let's do something.
The women students in many cases
were hysterical, but after the first
alarm was over their work was heroic
Send Assistance to Agnctvs.
"The entire student body was imme
diately organized. The girls volun
teered as nurses on the spot, and the
men. forgetting their own condition,
went to members of the faculty and
volunteered any services which they
could render. The men were Immedi
ately organized Into picket guards and
the women started to collect clothing
and food to be sent to the needy In
the surrounding places, it was learned
that the Inmates of the Agnews In
sane Asylum had either been killed or
Injured, and a body of students volun
teered at once to go to the aid of the
afflicted. Clotnlng of every descrip
tion was gathered and loaded Into
wagons to be sent to those who were
In more need of them than the stu-.
dents.
"Nearly every fraternity-house at the
university was destroyed, or so badly
damaged that oceup&scy was out of the
question. Food -sras gathered, however,
and the students by bvitdlar ftm out-
He the deatetteked Traftdfctss were able
to ceek.
"From the ruins of one of the dona!
toriea the body of Haaa. tho eely stu
dent killed, was takes eat aad the facaity
immediately took up a subscript km
amounting to to ship als ressalas to
Pennsylvania, sis home, for btsrial.
Money was almost an ua knows quantity,
and even the signature f Pres4deat Jor
dan en a check was worthless. Although
the stadent body Is safe, there is not
enough money at the university to take
any of them home. It was only by scrap
ing 'a little pocket money that a few of
us had that .we were able to reach Port
land. Among the more than 1669 students
J do not believe that there la enough
money among them to take a small ma
jority of them to their homes. The rich
est university In the world with Its mil
lions of dollars worth of land Is as
poor in money aa' the commonest la
borer. "Work Will Go On.
"The history of the university, how
ever, is not at aa end. and on the grounds
of Its ruins a second university will rise
greater than the first. Already arrange
ments are being made for the reception
of the students next August. Of course,
the university will e closed for the re
mainder of the semester, but the students
will be given hours for the work they
have already done. Those whose stand
ings are at requirements will be ad
vanced. Those who are below grade will
be given . the regular examination, and
those who were' to have been graduated
this Spring will receive their diplomas.
The baccalaureate address will be writ
ten by President Jordan and will be filed
In the university archives.
"The cumber of freshmen who would
probably enter the university next Fall
will be curtailed, but the regular stu
dents will be received as usual In tem
porary buildings, which will be erected,
and In a few of the buildings which can
be remodeled."
Kenneth Fcnton's Account.
Kenneth Fenton. one of the best-known
athletes at the University and on the
Pacific Coast, arrived on the same train
with Coe yesterday morning. Fenton Is
among the few who were able to leave
California. His description of the ruined
university was almost Identical with that
of Coe's. "The only way that we could
leave for Portland was by going to San
Jose and Nlies," he said. "San Jose Is In
ruins. The buildings are learning at a
dangerous angle, and will have to be
dynamited for safety. Before we left
for Portland we could see that San Fran
cisco was being devastated by fire. It
was light enough at Palo Alto at night
to read a newspaper by the light of the
conflagration, and the noise from the ex
plosions could be heard at intervals.. All
the students at the university who are
from the Northwest are safe, and there
Is no occasion for worry.
LlM of Northwest Students.
The following Is a list or Portland stu
dents and others from the Northwest
at the university who are safe:
Applegate. Bessie Belle. Klamath Falls.
Baker. Emerson. Forest Grove.
Bennett. Thomas T Marshfleld.
Benson. Caroline. Portland.
Chalmers. Alex J- Forest Grove.
Coe. George C. Portland.
Collier. Alice H-. Portland.
Cramer. Harry P- Portland.
Dougherty. Claire H-. Portland.
Fenton. Kenneth L, Portland.
FrlneTl. Porter T.. Mitchell.
George. Harry !. Astoria.
Glelm. Edgar M-. Portland.
Good el I. Gorham L, Portland.
Gowan. Bel E.. McMlnnrllle.
I iienaerson. i naries v.. rortiano.
Hofer. Robert MeJC. Salem.
Holcomb. Eliot. Portland.
' Hoi man. John TL. Portland.
Huggins. Harold C. Portland.
Johnson. Albert O.. Portland.
Koerner. William. Oregon Cltj.
Kraps. Leo Jacob, Portland.
McColloch. Claude C Sumpter.
Masters. William H.. Torttand.
May. Belle. Baker City.
MelVIe. Roy V.. Tertian.
Morrow. Ben S,. Portland.
Mott. James W, Salem.
Murphy. Arthur A Portland.
Myera. James VV.. Portland.
Rellly. John F.. Portland.
Rocker. Eugene W.. Portland.
Rorenfeld. Arthur. Portland.
Rosenfeld. James W.. Portland.
Ross. Carl T.. Astoria.
Savage. Henry K.. Salem.
Slusher. Dale. Pendleton.
Stotu Edmund P.. Portland.
Strong. Charles A.. Portland.
Strong. Harold William. Corrallti.
Sullivan. Florence F Oregon CItr.
Tewer. Isaac R-. Marshfleld.
Ward. Mllola J. Portland.
Wllhelra. Frederick S Portland.
Wllhelm. Victor H.. Portland.
Toung. Elmer E.. Portland.
Zimmerman. Fred. Portland.
MILL FOR J3RAND RONDE
Aurclla Company WJII Put Up Big;
Reduction PlanL
LA GRANDE. Or., April 22. The Au
rclla Company at the Standard mine
In the upper Grand Ronde district Is
to put In a reduction mill that will
handle from seven to eight tons of ore
dally. This is the first mill of the kind
to be established In mining territory
directly tributary to La Grande, and
for this reason the undertaking Is cre
ating unusual interest- La Grande
residents have subscribed for stock in
the Xurelia Company to the amount of
JS00J, and up to this date the mines
and mill and all else pertaining there
to constitute a, strictly home proposi
tion. There is now no more stock on
the market, the required amount of
funds having been secured for im
provements under plan.
The mill has been ordered, but it
will not be complete and ready for
shipment for about four weeks. In
the meantime there are about five
miles of new road to be constructed
before the machinery can be trans
ferred to the mines. Work has begun
on the road and will be rapidly pushed
forward that there may be no delay
in transportation when the mill ar
rives. The mill is n new gold medal con
trivance which operates on a different
plan from the old style stamp mill. It
works on the crushing .principal and
pulverizes the ore after It has been
reduced by a rockbreaker. Power
will be supplied by a 36-Inch Pelton
wheel under a 70-foot head. The mill
building, ore bins, bunker and board
ing houses will be constructed of logs,
and there Is any amount of timber
for this purpose, right on the grounds.
It Ik the Intention to have the whole
plant In operation before the first of
June.
The p-ogress of the Aurelia Com
pany's undertaking will be watched with
deep interest. The promoters of the
enterprise are sanguine and the entire
community hopes for their success. If
up-the-rlver country comes to the
front aa a mining district it will be
a great benefit to La Grande as well
as the entire valley.
Escaped From Boomed City.
Samuel Goldstone. a merchant of Cot
tonwood. Idaho, arrived In the city yes
terday morning from San Francisco, after
spending two days and nights of horror
in the Golden Gate Park without shelter
and only regulation rations to keep him
alive, distributed by the military author
ities. Ho Is accompanied by bis 4-year-old
son and his s-iaters-ln-law. Misses
Anna, and Minnie Blssard, of Lewlston,
Idaho.
They state that the conditions exist
ing at Ban Francisco at the present time
are horrible beyond conception or descrip
tion. They will Temala here ladefisitely,
visiting Mr. GoMatesa's atater, Mrs.
Head way.
FEED FAMISHED;
CLOTHE NAKED
What Portland Is Doing in
Sending Relief Trains to
San Francisco.
SEVEN IN ALL SENT OUT
Now That the Immediate Necessity or
Getting Food to the Hanffry Has
Been Attended to. Other
"Wants Arc Supplied.
Tf It Is within the power of Portland
to prevent suffering In San Francisco
suffering will be prevented. -Within
the last 3? hours four trains. loaded
heavily with every imaginable article
that can be of ue In the fire-swept
city, have been sent out from the ter
minal yards. A small army of men
has been pressed Into service to load
gTeat quantities of produce and neces
sities of life Intp the cars. Each of tho
relief trains has been given the right
of way and Is hurrying; to San Fran
cisco on regular passenger train
schedule. The trains which have been
sent from Portland have, for tho most
part, been raa.de up and loaded In this
city. Many cars have arrived from
Tacoma. Seattle and a few near-by
cities and were added to the trains
leaving here.
In all, seven long- tralnloads of pro
visions with "cars added from the
North have been sent from this city
since the earthquake. As fast as pos
sible others will be sent to the relief
of the stricken inhabitants. Food, tho
first requirement of the needy, has
been shipped from Portland in great
quantities, and there can be no doubt
that even If trains had not been sent
from Los Angeles. Eastern cities, all
over the West, and from Seattle and
Tacoma. that suffering- would have
been relieved to a great extent by the
food and provisions sent from here.
Oilier Necessities Than Provision?.
Now that provisions are known to
have been shipped In sufficient quan
tities to relieve the suffering-, other
necessities which are second only to
provisions are being dispatched. In
the trains which left the city Saturday
night and yesterday, besides the large
quantities of food carried there were
such necessities as bedding-, tents,
stoves, clothing- and general merchan
dise. With men and women working
like beavers all over the country. It
will be but a few short days until
everything In San Francisco will be
comparatively quiet and orderly.
Thousands of dollars worth of provis
ions and clothing are being purchased
In Portland, and for the next week re
lief committees will he busy sending
their purchases to the needy. The
work of the Government, the first to
act and to get provisions to the suf
fering populations. Is now being taken
up by the various committees which
have been collecting money and pro
visions since the enormity of the cat
astrophe became known.
Goods for the Needy.
The fourth train for the relief of San
Francisco left Portland Saturday night,
loaded with what will be most accept
able to the needy. It was made up of
19 cars, loaded as follows: Three cars
of merchandise, one car of stoves, two
cars of canned goods, one car of cer
eals, four cars of paper for newspaper
publishers, one car of feed, one car of
potatoes, one car of tents, and five cars
of provisions from Tacoma.
At 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning
the fifth train, containing seven cars
from Portland and a like number from
Tacoma and from small towns along
the O. R- & N- left the city from the
terminal yards, picked up other cars
nn the East Side, others at Oregon
City, and went speeding on its mission
to relieve suffering. The cars loaded
at Portland contained three cars of
potatoes, one car or crackers, one car
of cereals and two cars of paper.
The sixth train, containing relief
from Tacoma and Seattle arrived In
Portland yesterday morning .and at 2
o'clock in the afternoon 11 cars were
added to It on the East Side. The 11
cars from here contained two cars of
furniture, one car of merchandise, one
car of canned salmon, one car of
pickles, four cars of flour and two cars
of fresh beef.
At 10 o'clock last night he seventh
train from Portland was made up and
left the city on Its mission of mercy.
It contained one car of crackers, one
car of canned salmon, five cars of
merchandise and one car of fresh
salmon.
As fast as possible other trains will
be made up and sent from the city. No
rest will be taken until the suffering
of Portland's sister city Is known to
be absolutely relieved.
GRAVES WERE THEIR GML
REFUGEES SEEK SHELTER IN A
CEMETERY.
la Their Flight from the Klarae, Thou
aaads of the Hemelraa Are
Driven to Extremes.
Among the scores of refugees who
reached Portland from San Francisco
yesterday were John Williams and
wife, who for two nights slept with
hundreds of others among the graves
of Cypress Lawn Cemetery, about six
miles south of San Francisco.
We wandered from one one place
to another through the country after
w left San Francisco, vainly trying
to find some place of shelter, when
we came to this cemetery." said Mr.
Williams at the Perkins.
Superintendent McPherson of the
cemetery was standing- In tho road.
Sympathy was written in every line of
his face.
"Will you accept my hospitality? "
he said.
Certainly we replied, and the man
took us Into the graveyard and gave
us shelter In a tent there, where we re
mained for two days and nights. Ten
miles away we could seo a great col
umn of black smoke over the city, and
In the night flames shot high Into the
air. Cinders fell around us. All that
first day, and part of the next, ex
plosions were Incessant. Many were
from dynamite, but still louder were
those from the boilers In the big struc
tures that became heated till the s.team
burst there.
"With my wife I "had occupied a
suite of rooms at Ellis and Jones
streets. We left when the first great
shock came. I had some mosey- aad
we saved most ef ur cltfees, aad I
aired a passing- automobile for 310 an
hear.
We tried to reach the ferry. That
was impossible from where we were,
as great lanes of fire shut us off. Then
we started for the coantry. and after
trying to get accommodations at many
places, found the Good Samaritan at
the graveyard.
"There are scores of poor people who
lost ail they had who will always re
member that man. Two days after the
earthquake, ray wife and I got into
Oakland and thence to Portland."
Mrs. Jacob Babler. with her 9-year-old
daughter. May. and 17-year-old son Nor
man, were In a section of San Francisco
two miles from where the first burst of
flre swept buildings and skyscrapers be
fore IL
"Little May was In another room when
the building shook and rocked." she said.
"Beside her bed was a tall bookcase that
stood against the wall. The whole front
was glass. The bookcase was thrown
violently against the bed and missed her
head by half a foot. Glass fell all over
her. She came running into my room
and we retreated to the street.
"We had not been there long before we
went back, for our building was not In
jured nearly as badly as others. We got
our clothes and I was brushing my hulr
when another quake came. That time
we ran out and nobody would approach
the building again.
"Even in the frightened crowds that
thronged the streets and surged in a
stream toward the ferry landing there
were some ludicrous sights. Two gray-
haired women ran gasping, with a nionkey
In a cage between them. Another woman
carried two birdcages, while she had
hardly a stitch of clothing on her back.
A lunatic ran past us, with his eyes star
ing. " 'It's the alarm clock. he kept shriek
ing. "We saw big buildings shrivel up With
the heat 'like kid gloves that are left too
near a fire.
"A woman jumped from a second-story
window at the place where we were stop
ping and was killed on the stone side
walk. We went to a friend's house out
In the suburbs and there we stayed for
two days. Then we managed to get to
the ferry and over into Oakland. You
can imagine how glad we were when we
were safely on that train that steamed
out for Portland!"
Jacob Furth. president of the Seattle
Electric Company, the Puget Sound Na
tional Bank and the Seattle & Interurban
Electric Company, passed through Port
land yesterday afternoon en route to San
Francisco. Mr. Furth is the pioneer street
railway man of Seattle, and one of the
best-known capitalists In the NorthwesL
"I have a, two-fold reason for visiting
San Francisco." said he while at the Port
land. "I have many friends In San Fran
cisco that I cannot locate, and am very
anxious. In the first place I will find my
friends and see them provided for.
"But the other object of my trip In
volves thousands of dollars and thousands
of people. I am going to distribute money
that has been sent to the people of San
Francisco by my friends In Boston. They
are spending money for relief that mounts
up Into the four and five figures. I will
see this distributed where It will do the
most good.
"This money was consigned to H. F.
Grant, general manager of the Seattle
Electric Company. He Is out of the city,
however, and some one else must handle
the money. I have taken upon myself to
see that supplies that come from Seattle.
Tacoma and Boston direct are put where
they belong. I will stay till all is dis
tributed, no matter how long It takes.
"Most emphatically. I shall not attempt
to make San Francisco capital come to
Seattle. We do not believe in that sort of
competition. AH must be clean and above
board.
"I believe San Francisco will soon dis
card her mourning garments and become,
as before, the Queen or the West. Earth
quakes and flre cannot daunt the West
ern spirit. They will recover and be
greater than ever. The greatness of Seat
tle does not depend upon San Francisco's
downfall."
Behind Mr. Furth's Seattle concerns Is
th Stone-Webster Company, of Boston,
one of the richest firms in the United
States. While Mr. Furth did not say so.
It Is understood they contributed a large
amount to the relief fund.
AT THE THEATERS
What tha Press AjenU Say.
ADVANCE SALE TOMORROW.
Blanche Walsh In "The Woman In
the Case at the Hellig Theater.
The advance sale of sats will opn to
morrow (Tuesday! morning at 10 o'clock
for America's areatest emotional actress.
Blanche Walsh, who comes to The Helltir
Theater next Thursday nljcht. April 26. for
an engagement of three night with a. spe
cial matinee Saturday. In Clyde Fitch'
greatest drama. The Woman In the Case."
For once the popular verdict echoed that of
the critic, for the play enjoyed a season of
four month at the Herald Square Theater.
New Tork. although only four weeks -were
allotted lo It originally, and at the end of a
brief Summer vacation returned -In August
to the Madison Square Theater, where Its
former triumph was duplicated. Managers
Wagenhals and Kemper have given Miss
Walsh exactly the same elaborate scenic
production and the Identical company of
splendid players een In New Tork.
"A Thoroughbred Tramp."
There Is n popular attraction at the Em
pire this, week In Elmer Walter's old favor
ite. "A Thoroughbred Tramp. It Is the
met cleverly constructed and staged comedy-drama
of the tramp order that has ever
been put on the road, and Its success hai
been continuous for five years. It will ba
at th Empire -all this week with a mat
inee Saturday.
"New Century Girls Tonight.
ThN s the last but. one of all the bur
lesque attractions that have been pleasing
patrons of the Baker all season. "The New
Century Girls" opened yesterday and evi
dently made good with two large audiences.
Ther w"lll be the attraction alt week, giving
the regular bargain-day matinee Wednesday
nd another matinee Saturday. 'The New
Century Girls" will alsn give a special clos
ing performance Saturday night.
AT THE VAUDEVliiE THEATERS
Star.
Th Musical Shirley h'ad the new bill at
the Star, which starts this afternoon. They
Introduce the largest et of arch chimes In
the world. By special request Fields and
Hanson, the comedians who hare "been an
Immense success during the week past, will
be retained. They are two of the best non
sensical comedians who have appeared In
Tortland within the year. Miss Bonnie
Cruz, the vocalist who was a bit hare last
season, returns with the same sweet volca
which won her so many friends and ad
mirers among local music-lovers. Louis
Bates .Is a mimic and Impersonator who
promises a collection of fresh material.
Barnes and Levins., "the tramp and the
conjurer." offer i burlesque act In magic
full of surprises and fun. James Burke will
render & new Illustrated song and the mov
ing pictures will be new.
Grand.
ThU week the Grand presents an all
feature bill, a programme of typical East
ern aad International headllners. It wilt
prove, beyond doubt, the greatest vaude
ville entertainment which this house has
sheltered. Oa the bill will be Crimmtns and
Gere, the recent headltaers on tha Orpheum
pregramsae at San Francisco. They will
produce their laughter -success. "A Warm
3ateh." These people stand among the
highest sketch teams la this country. T.
Nelsea Downs, the King of Kolas, who has
bsesi Xcatsxsd la tae mmte aalls &t Loadea
HARPER9,
BOOKS
THE
SPOILERS
By Rex. E. Beach
Novels are like men: strong
personalities, virile emotions, en
ergy and resource forge to the
front and are quick to catch the
public ye. This same magnetic
force in THE SPOILERS-thc
work of a new writer has imme
diately caught the reading world
in its grip. They can't let go.
Why?
It is the story of a strong man.
by a strong man, for strong and
grown-up men to read. It tells
a vigorous tale of a land where
the conventions of society have
no place. It is big with adven
ture, passion, love, strife the
primal emotions at white heat.
The key-note of the story is
" There 's never a law of God or
man runs North of Fifty-three."
At stak'e are woman's love, the
wealth of the gold-ribbed hills,
and the mastery of all for the man
who has strength to seize and
hold it.
Novels like THE SPOILERS
are read at a sitting. Once the
story is begun !
HARPER & BROTHERS
and the varieties of France, will do his coin
manipulations at the Grand. This Is .an act
different from alt others In the same class.
Hugh Emmett. the mimic and ventriloquist.
Is too well known here to need an Introduc
tion. He Is the best In America. The ex
mlnstrel man. W. H. Wlndom. Is a hlack
faced monologulst. The Vesuvlan Trio are
vocalists. The rest of the bill Is equally
Interesting.
Pantages Big Show.
One of the very best vaudeville rtiows
ever put on at the Pantages will be offered
during this week. The Imperial Comedy
Troupe will present their hilarious farce-comedy.
".V Woman Hater." Fox and Hughes
will lng selections from the world's most
famous operas. Doreno and Franler are a
brace of clever ringing and dancing comedi
ans who will add much to the programme.
Miss Lillian Melbourne, singer, dancer and
banjo player, has an act all her own of
high qualities. Caeear &. Co.'s great Oriental
trunk mystery will arouse the wonder of all.
The big bill will be completed by an Illus
trated song by Arthur Elwell and moving plc
turfi on the blograph.
Shrlncrs Will Meet.
George H. Hilt, potentate of Al Kader
Temple, after trying for several days
to pet In touch with the chief authority
of the order, has succeeded in doinjc
so, and received a telegram last night
from M. H. Flint, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee. Los Angeles, stat
ing. "Imperial Counclll meeting will
be held as originally planned." Thi
message fails to state whether or not
all festivities in connection with tho
meeting have been cancelled, and for
ther word is anxiously awaited.
'I he council assembles In Los Angele.i
on Monday. May 7. and Portland Shrln
ers were to leave here Thursday even
ing. May 3. Further Information will
be published in The Oregonian as soon
as received.
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