PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MxVRCII Lj Q
VOL. XLVI.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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DAKOTA IS ASHORE
M BAY OF TOKID
Big Hill Liner May Be
Total Loss.
ALU ON BOARD ARE SAVED
Passengers and Baggage Are
Landed Ship Is Leaking.
VESSEL STRUCK A ROCK
Portland People Among Those on
Board IU-Fated Vessel Full Par
ticulars Cannot Be Had Till
Return of Rescue Parties.
MILL FLOAT SHIP TODAY.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 3. Ac
cording to advices received bere to
night from Yokohama by Alfred
Watson, purchasing agent of the
Great Northern Steamship Company,
the Dakota will be floated tomorrow.
Mr. Watson received a cablegram
which stated that the ship was about
40 miles from Yokohama In Tokio
Bay, unharmed. All of the passen
gers were safely landed. The cargo
Is Bald to be safe.
YOKOHOMA, March 4. The Great
Northern steamship Dakota went ashore
In the Bay of Tokio last night. All pas
sengers are cafe and the agent of the
vessel are hopeful of saving her.
The Dakota struck on a rock off
Shlrahama, a village between Mojlma
and Sunosakl, shortly after 6 o'clock Sun
day nlg-ht. It is thought that the Suno
sakl light was mistaken for the Joga
shlma light. The vessel sustained much
damage and sprung a heavy leak.
- Agents of the steamship, who were
sent 10 Omimaru to arrange for the sal
vage, are returning this afternoon with
passengers and malls and details of the
accident.
The steamer Dakota is making water
freely, and It Is feared that the float
ing will be difficult.
OX12 OF HILL'S BIG LIXERS
Vessel Built in 1905, and Carries
Crew of 253 Officers and Men.
The steamship Dakota, in command of
Captain Francke, sail 3ti from Seattle
February 17, with passengers and freight
for Yokohama and liongkong. The
steamship was built In 1W-5 at New Lon
don, Conn., for the Northern Steamship
Company, of which James J. Hill is the
head. She Is a sister ship of the Minne
sota, the largest steamer plying in Pa
cific waters. The Dakota carries a crew
of 253 officers and men. She is 622 feet
long, 73.5 feet beam and 11 feet depth of
hold. Her registered gross tonnage is
'Jtt.'M and her net tonnage is 13.316. The
DtUtota has an Indicated horseoower of
. 10.000. Her navigating bridge is 75 feet
above the water.
BIG SHIP LEAKIXG BADLY
After Hitting Rouk, Stern of Vessel
Plunges Into the Water.
TOKIO, March 4. Pull particulars of
the accident to the steamer Dakota are
expected when the vessels sent to her
rescue return to Yokohama this evening.
Advices at hand indicate that the Dakota
struck a rock, lost her balance and that
her stern plunged Into the water. She is
now in that position and leaking badly.
The damage la believed to be serious.
The scene of the disaster is in the vicin
ity of the Mojlma lighthouse, 40 miles
from Yokohama. The day was clear.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTETtDATS Maximum temperature, 52
1 deirrees; minimum. 33.
TODAY'S Fmiri northerly winds.
Foreign.
Red Line tearaer Varierland Is ashore on
Good win- Sands. Page 12.
Chip Dakota, ashore in Bay of Tokio; all
passengers safe. Page 1.
.Deputies to second Russian Parliament ar
rive In 6t Petersburg. Page 3.
National.
cause he can't stand the. expense of pub
lic life. Senator Spoon er resigns. Page 1.
House passes Philippine bank bill with di
vided vote by Democrats. Page 2.
fienate talking ship subsidy bill to death.
Page 1.
Senator Fulton and President agree that
Bristol shall hold Federal Attorney's
office for time. Page 3.
Domestic.
Mrs. Eddy, through her attorney, makes pub
lic reply to equity suit. Page 3.
Big buildings In New York Jarred by ex
plosion six miles away. Page 3.
21ai-kln tells of the Germans In America.
Page 1.
Pacific Coat.
Steamer Oakland hits rock ofT entrance to
Humboldt Bay. Page 1.
Oregon City elopers have headed south.
Page 2.
Portland and Vicinity.
Father O'Hara says men have not stopped
going to church. Pag 6.
Striking sawmill employes form union and
plan big walkout- Page 6.
Working carmen decline to Join issues with
and it is difficult to determine the cause
of the disaster. It is surmised that a
strong current was responsible.
DOERXBECHERS ARE OX BOARD
Portland Man and Party Among the
Passengers of Stranded Vessel.
F. S. Doernbecher, president of the
Doernbecher Furniture Company, accom
panied by his wife and daughter, Ada,
who live at 771 Tillamook street, were
passengers on the Dakota. They left
Portland February 15 for Seattle, and
caught the Dakota as she sailed on her
last trip. The plans of the Doernbecher
family were to spend three months in a
tour of the Orients In the party also was
Mrs. S. B. Forbes, sister of Mrs. F. G.
Buffum.
Singularly enough, Mrs. Doernbecher
spoke to friends on the day before leav
ing Portland of her uneasiness and said
she felt sure the steamer would go on
the rocks. She seemed to have a pre-
John C. bpoonrr, of WiaconHin, Who
Resigns Seat In senate Because Too
Poor to Stand Expense.
sentiment that the voyage would be a
disastrous one. While this did not deter
her from making the trip, friends in the
city vouch for the fact that she expressed
herself with considerable conviction on
the likelihood of a shipwreck.-
HITS ROCK OFF t
STEAMER OAKLAND ANOTHER
VICTIM HUMBOLDT BAR.
Vessel Towed Into Bay and Beached
in Leaking Condition Unable
to Reach Corona.
EUREKA, Cal., March 3. Humboldt
bar claimed another vlctitm today when
the steamer Oakland, In an attempt to
reach the . inside entrance, ran on the
rocks of the south Jetty. For almost an
hour the Oakland remained on the rocks,
and the bar tug Ranger was called to her
assistance by the lifesaving crew.
When the tug reached the Oakland,
Captain Krager. of the Oakland, refused
aid. A big wave washed the Oakland
from her perilous position, but also tore
off her rudder. For several hours she
drifted helplessly and perilously near the
rocks. The lifeboat, commanded by Cap
tain Honning. put out.
At this time the Oakland displayed dis
tress signals and once more the tug Ran
ger went to her assistance, towing her
this time into the bay, where she was
beached in a badly leaking condition.
There are several large holes in her
stern.
The Oakland went on the rocks about
1000 feet from the wrecked Corona. Sev
eral attempts have been made to reach
the Corona by the Humboldt Bay lifesav
ing station, but all were futile. One trip
the lifeboat barely escaped destruction
on the rocks on the north Jetty.
Captain Boyd and a crew of men are
aboard the ship making preparations to
unload part of the cargo. The Coro'na is
in the same position, but has sunk about
six feet.
Over 500 0 Are Homeless.
NAPLES, March 3. The mountain In
the Province of Potenza, near Monte
murro, which is slipping into the val
ley, began again this morning to move,
after having remained quiet since Sat
urday night. The roaring of the aval
anches was heard for a considerable
distance. Trees were uprooted and the
whole country was devastated. Five
thousand persons are homeless and the
scene is one of desolation. It is feared
that the whole village will be covered
over.
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POORER
RESIGNS
FROM -THE- SENATE
Quits Congress toTake
Up His Law Work.
CANNOT AFFORD PUBLIC LIFE
Says Step Just Taken Was De
cided When Last Re-elected.
SENDS WORD TO GOVERNOR
Wisconsin Senator Victim of Era
High Living Which Pervades Na
tion's Capital Refused Lucra
. tive Retainer While in Office.
WASHINGTON, March 3. Senator
Spooner has" written a letter to Gov
ernor . Davidson, of Wisconsin, tender
ing his resignation as Senator of the
United States, to taTce effect May 1
next. The letter was dated March 2.
but the fact that such a letter had
been written or that Mr. Spooner con
templated resigning did not become
known in the Senate until late today,
when it created great surprise, and the
Wisconsin Senator found himself the
subject of many anxious inquiries.
To all these he replied that his mind
was fully mLde up. He had found, he
said, that to continue In his present po
sition would require a sacrifice on his
part that he could not justify himself
in making. In reply to questions he
said he would resume the practice of
law, but declined to say whether he
would be located in Wisconsin. He
did say, however, that he would con
tinue to be a citizen of that state as
long as he lived.
Fairbanks Kept the Secret.
Vice-President Fairbanks was one of
the few public men to be made ac
quainted with Mr. Spooner's plans be
fore he wrote his letter. The knowl
edge came to him through the personal
confidence of the Senator, but the lat
ter made no oficial communication on
the subject to anyone. The law does
not require that a resigning Senator
should do more than Mr. Spooner has
done, but some Senators who have re
signed have given notice to the Senate.
Senator Spooner in his letter to the
Governor says:
I hereby resign the office of Senator of
the United States from Wisconsin, this res
ignation to take effect on the 1st day of
May, 1907.
Both by law and custom, the foregoing
formula suffices, but I cannot bring myself
to surrender the trust with which Wisconsin-
has so long and so highly honored me
by a court sentence which includes no word
either of explanation or of gratitude.
Had Long Planned to Quit.
On the 4 th day of March. I shall have
served In all 1 years as a Senator. This Is
a long time for one neither willing nor
financially able permanently to abandon it,
to take from his profession. It has been
taken from mine, for I have not thought it
compatible with the full and uninterrupted
discharge of public duty to pursue it, and
I have therefore during my service, with
two or three trifling exceptions, purely local,
absolutely abstained therefrom.
For years, private duty has plainly de
manded of me an early return to the prac
tice of my profession, and I have never,
since I first took the oath of office, wavered
In the determination to retire on the expi
ration of my present term, March 3, 1909.
I might well content myself with a public
declaration of my purpose so to retire. If it
were not for a like declaration made on a
former and similar occasion and what fol
lowed It. In the year 19O0. I announced
through the press over my signature to the
Republicans of Wisconsin that I had un
alterably determined to retire from public
life at the expiration of the term ending
March, 190.1. unless I should deem tt my
duty to resign earlier. I Justified the an
nouncement upon the ground that the peo
ple and those who might aspire to the of
fice were entitled reasonably to know from
me that I would not accept a re-election.
Despite that declaration, circumstances with
which the people are familiar seemed to
make It my duty to accept a re-election.
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EVENTS OF COMINa WEEK
Begin Roef Trial Tomorrow.
The beginning of the trial of the
sensational charges against Abraham
Ruef, the San Francisco politician
and lawyer, is set for Tuesday of
this week. The Indictment against
Rucf accuses him of extortion. The
case against Mayor Schmitz, who
recently went Bast to consult with
President Roosevelt on the Japanese
school question, was continued until
Thursday of this week. According
to. Judge Dunne, of the Superior
' Court,-tf t-heMayor Is not present
In court ''when the . case is called,
proceedings which will compel his
return will be taken.
' Major Goethals, new chief engineer
of the Panama panal, will sail from
New York Wednesday and will take
charge of the work at the isthmus
Immediately upon his arrival.
General Booth Is Coming.
General Booth, head of the Salva
tion Army, will arrive in New York
this week on his way to Japan and
China. He will spend two weeks In
New York and will then proceed to
Canada, where he will be the guest
of the Governor-GeneraL He will
sail for Japan, April 1, from Van
couver. About 50 Senators and Representa
tives will have Washington March
6 for a tour of inspection of the
Panama Canal Zone.
A tournament to deride the Na
tional amateur billiard champion
ship will begin at the German Lle
derkranz Club In New York Monday.
Ronslan Parliament to Assemble.
The Russian Parliament will as
' vemble In St. Petersburg March 5.
There will be no speech from the
throne. When the officers of the
lower house have selected the min
isterial programme the flnanc al
budget will be introduced, after
which the House will be given an
opportunity of working out lt own
existence. The interest is concen
trated In the" budget and the ques
tion of a responsible ministry.
Adjourn 4 o' Clock Today. '
Congress will adjourn at 4 o'clock
today, and both houses will be In ses
sion from morning to noon consid
ering conference reports and affording
the Vice-President and Speaker an
opportunity to sign the bills. The ap
propriation bills have practically been
disposed of, and there will be 'little
further legislation of moment.
proffered as it was In a manner which made
it at once a command and a finer honor than
I had ever dreamed would come to
me: one, indeed, which ought to satisfy the
pride and ambition of any man. A similar
declaration by me at this time, however
strongly phrased, would, I am persuaded.
Map of Bay of Tokio, Showing point Where
Steamer Dakota Was Wrecked.
prove unavailing to withdraw my name from
consideration during the next two years, as
did that which I so publicly and unre
servedly made in 1900.
Not After Further Political Honors.
As my purpose to retire from public life
Is and has been irrevocable, I am unwilling
to be further considered In connection with
an office which I could not In the circum
stances accept.
A Senator will be chosen for the term be
ginning on the 4th of March, 1909, and there
will be and should be, during the next two
years, grave and wide consideration among
the people as to the person upon whom the
honor shall be bestowed. After much
thought, I deem It to be my duty, ail things
Considered, to the people of the state and
to the party to whose partiality I am
Indebted for the highest honors within its
gift to take myself now, beyond recall, from
the field of possible chance. I am therefore
impelled, not only for the reasons suggested,
but also that I may be free to devote to
the discharge of private duty too long neg
lected the remainder of my term, to re
sign the office at this time, while the Leg
islature Is In session to choose a Senator
for the unexpired portion, thereof.
I avail myself of this opportunity to say,
albeit I am sure it Is not needful, that I
am Inexpreesly grateful to the Republicans
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TALKED TO DEATH
Democrats in Senate
KeepUpWorktoEnd.
BILL PENDING AT MIDNIGHT
Sunday Session Enlivened by
Humor and Sarcasm.
CARMACK, FREYE IN TILT
Senator From Maine Rebuked Fel
low Members for Unseemly Con
duct on Sabbath, and Offends
Man From Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, March 3. The fili
buster against the ship subsidy bill,
which began yesterday, was continued
throughout the session today and as
sumed a humorous vein under the di
rection of Senator Carmack, much to
the enjoyment of the crowded galle
ries. The speakers on the subsidy bill
were interrupted frequently to permit
the passage of minor bills, the adop
tion of conference reports and the
transaction of other business inci
dental to the closing hours of the
sesfon.
Ouring the day and the night the
conference reports on pension and
general deficiency bills were agreed
to and there was a long discussion of
tbe report of the La Follette railroad
employes bill, which was sent back
to conference. A report was afterward
agreed upon by the conferees, but
the report had not been acted upon
when at 11:40 the Senate took a re
cess until 9:.".0 Monday.
The conference report of the sun
dry civil bill was agreed to at the
last minute, but the ship subsidy bill
- had not been acted on.
WASHINGTON, March 3. Beginning
at 11 o'clock today, by far the largest
part of the session of the Senate was
devoted to a filibuster by the Demo
crat Senators against the ship subsidy
bill as it passed the House, and when
the Senate adjourned a few minutes
before midnight the bill was stilt pend
ing. Speeches, intended for no other pur
pose than to kill time, were made by
Senators Carmack, Dubois, Overman,
Newlands and others, who frankly con
fessed their intention of defeating con
sideration of the amendment to the ob
jectionable measure. When the recess
was taken at 11:40 the friends of the
bill had given up all hope of securing
any shipping legislation during the
present session.
Carmack Injects Some Humor.
Never before has the Senate appeared
to relish so much an attempt to kill leg
islation by filibustering methods. Mr. Car
mack, director of the minority movement
against the bill, at no time tried to hide
the fact that his effort was a filibuster
pure and simple. He came into the open
by addressing himself principally to the
term "filibusters," which Mr. Gallinger
only yesterday applied to the Democratic
Senators who have undertaken to defeat
the measure.
Mr. Carmack devoted himself to an in
dorsement of Webtser's dictionary as an
authority on orthography and definition
and 'said If the Senate had any doubt
that this work was an authority, he
would bring it in and ask that passages
from it be read at the desk. After read
ing Webster's definition of "filibuster,"
with its varying uses and synonyms, Mr.
Carmack said that the remark of Mr.
Gallinger branded him as "a marauder,
a pillager, a buccaneer, a sea robber, a
free-booter and a pirate upon the seas'
In fact, he said. "I have been accused of
almost everything except appendicitis. So
branded I am to be retired from this
body and sent to my home, for I cannot
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defend myself by attacking the character
or the credibility of the Senator from
New Hampshire. I cannot discredit him
truthfully and therefore cannot discredit
him at all."
When he had spoken for about 45 min
utes, with the obvious purpose of killing
tlrne, Mr. Carmack looked at his watch
and remarked: 1
Dubois Adds His Mite.
"Well, I see I must be parrying along."
At this remark the Senators on the floor
shouted their amusement. To give Mr.
Carmack a rest, Mr. Dubois asked to be
permitted to read from a very interest
ing document on the subject of ship sub
sidy, and Mr. Spooner protested that as
Mr. Carmack was in so great a hurry
to conclude, it would not be fair to in
terrupt him. The Senator, however, said
he was sure that any contribution from
Dubois would be valuable and he should
be glad to permit it to be read and incor
porated in the body of his remark,.
Mr. Dubois then read at length . and
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when he had concluded a very technical
paragraph to which few Senators paid
any attention, Mr. Carmack asked fhat
the last paragraph be repeated, as he re
garded It of great importance. Laughter
followed, and as Mr. Dubois sat down,
Mr. Gallinger interrupted to reply,- he
said, to what he thought had been an
unwarranted attack uion him.
At this juncture a colloquy occurred
between . Mr. Gallinger and Mr. Carmack
over the definition of the word -filibuster,
as given by different dictionaries, and the
latter charged that Mr. Gallinger had
simplybeen trying to ''filibuster accord
ing to his own definition, of tthe word."
By Any Other Name Smells as Bad.
Charging that the pending measure was
for the purpose. of "looting the treasury,"
Mr. Carmack referred to the bill as voting
a "subvention" and Mr. McLaurin asked
the difference between "subsidy" and
"subvention."
Mr. Carmack answered: . . t
"Subsidy by any other name smells as
bad."
Mr. Carter added to the spirit of levity
by interrupting the reading of letters
from shipbuilders by Mr. Overman, who
was giving Mr. Carmack a respite.
"I want to know," said Mr. Carter,
"what, if any, dictionary is used in Ten
nessee, and that,- if any, standard of
spelling exists, and if it Is uniformly ap
plied?" This gave Mr. Carmack an opening,
which he took advantage of to taunt
Senators Carter and Gallinger with be
ing parties to a filibuster.
"Observing that my question embar
rasses the Senator," Interjected Mr.. Car
ter, "inasmuch as he , probably Is not
willing to admit that the dictionary Is
unknown in that state, I will withdraw
the Question."
"If the Senator wants a direct answer,"
said Mr. Carmack, "Tennessee stands by
the constitution and Webster's diction
ary." Tilt Between Frye and McCarmack.
After Senator Tillman had asked how
much "steal" there was in ship subsidy.
Senator Frye of , Maine rebuked the
whole proceeding as undignified. For the
Senate to hold a session on the Sabbath
day, he remarked, for the sole purpose
of frivolous debate for the amusement
of the galleries was about the most un
seemly proceeding he had ever witnessed.
While he spoke, Mr. Frye turned so
as to face Senator Carmack, who was
seated. He at once arose and replied:
"If the Senator refers to me, I will say
that I am not responsible to blm for my
conduct, and I shall conduct myself ao
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Potent Factor in Days
of Revolution.
MEN AND MONEY FOR CAUSE
Were First to Answer Lincoln's
Call for Troops.
SCHOLARS AND INVENTORS
Some of America's Greatest Geninsea
Are German or of German Ki
tractlon People .Also Promi
nent in Politics and Finance.
BT FREDERICK J. HASKIN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. (Special Cor
respondence.) According to the most con- 1
servatlve estimates, there are at least '
12,000.000 people In America who are
either German or of German extraction.
We have more than 6.000,000 citizens who
were actually born in the Fatherland.
They are diffused through every portion
of the country, but New , York has the
largest German colony in the world.
After that the greatest number Is found
In Pennsylvania. In the early days of
the Keystone State, when the question
arose whether the German or English
language should be the official tongue of
the Legislature, a German cast the de
ciding vote in favor of the English. Nine
Governors of Pennsylvania have been of
German descent. In the West, the num
bers pile up again, and there was at one
time a concerted effort in Wisconsin to
make that wholly a German state. Prob
ably 75 per cent of the population of Mil
waukee is of German extraction.
The history of the Germans In the Uni
ted States Is as picturesque as any tra
ditions cherished by. the American peo
ple. Peter Minnewit, of Wegel, was the
first German to set foot on American
soil. He came in 162G as first Governor of
New Netherlands, but the initial German
colony was not established until 16S3, ' In
the land of William Penn. This little
band of 13 families came on the good
ship Concord, with Germar.town as. their
Plymouth Rock. The emigration was
straggling and Infrequent during the rest
of the century, but the accession of good
Queen Anne to the throne of England,
and her generous protection of the perse
cuted Germans, led them In 1703 to leave
their desecrated homes for England, from
where they were sent to people the Amer
ican colonies.
Defenders of the Stars and Stripes.
Although the Germans themselves d
not :boast of their war record, claiming
to be a peaceful people, the archives .of
American wars show some interesting
facts about them as soldiers. The first
regiment to reach General Washington
after his call to arms was the York
County regiment, composed of Germans
under Lieutenant Heinrich Miller. More
than 40 companies in the war of the
Revolution were composed of men of this
race, most of them coming from New
York and Pennsylvania, but each state
where they had settled contributed its
share. Colonel Nicolaus Herschheimer,
with his brave band of followers, won
two decisive victories for the colonies.
The far-famed First New York Battalion,
under Colonel Lasher, was composed of
German soldiery. When in 1776 Washing
ton's depleted army of 3000 men called
for help before going into the battles of '
Princeton and Trenton, It was 1500 Ger
man soldiers who reinforced them and .
won those two battles. ;
The brilliant, picturesque Baron von
Steuben, drill-master and Inspector-general
of the army, was called the right
hand of Washington because he took a
mob and hammered it into an army.
When the continental soldiers were starv
ing at Valley Forge and a plea was sent
forth for funds, nine Germans responded
by raising $100,000. The superintendent of
bakeries of the continental army was
Christopher Ludwlg, who was described
by. General Washington as "my honest
friend." Michael Hillegas, who was the
first treasurer of the United Colonies,
and afterward of the United States, was
of that nationality. It was Heinrich.
Miller who became printer for the con
vention, and a German editor "scooped"
DING
NATION
his colleagues on the birth of the United
States.
Led His Church Flock to Battle.
Two stalwart figures of the Revolution
were the sons of Henry M. Muhlenberg,
the founder of the Lutheran Church In
America. The first. Reverend Peter O.
Muhlenberg, of Woodstock, Va., called
his little flock together one Sunday morn
ing, preached a stirring sermon on the.
glories of war for the right, then threw
aside his clerical coat displaying a mili
tary uniform, and called on all those who
would to follow him. At the church
door he made up a company of 300 men,
and with this handful he went through
the war, becoming Colonel, then Brigadier-General.,
and finally Major-General.
His statue has been placed in the Na
tional hail in Washington by the State of
Pennsylvania. His brother, Frederick
A. Muhlenberg, was president of the con
vention which ratified the Constitution
of the United States. Later he was made
speaker of the First and Third Con
gresses, and it was his deciding vote, in
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