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Terrible Powder Ex
plosion on Georgia.
EIGHT DEAD, OTHERS WILL DIE
Spark Ignites Charge, in Bat
tleship Turret.
MEN INSANE WITH AGONY
Two Leap Overboard in Frenzy, but
Are Rescued Son of Admiral
Goodrich Among the Dead.
, Heroism of Survivors.
RECENT NAVAL DISASTERS.
Battleship Maine, blown up
Havana harbor, March, IS, 1898 ; 242
killed.
Battleship Iowa, explosion of gun,
April 9, 1003 ; 8 killed, 6 Injured.
Cruiser Olympla. explosion of barrel
of alcohol at Norfolk Va., September
12. 1903 ; 2 killed, 0 Injured.
Battleship Massachusetts, explosion
In flreroom, at Philadelphia. December
IB. 1804 ; 8 killed, 4 Injured.
Battleship Ml5lBouri, texploslon of
powder off Pensacola, April 13, 1904;
38 killed. 8 Injured.
Gunboat Bennington, boiler explo
sion at San Diego, July 21, 1905; 62
killed.
Battleship Kearsarge. powder explo
sion off coast of Cuba, April 14, 1906;
7 killed, 14 Injured.
BOSTOT, July 14. With six of her
officers and crew dead and 14 others
either dying or suffering from terri
ble burns received In an explosion of
powder In the after superimposed tur
ret, the battleship Georgia steamed
slowly up Boston harbor from the" tar
get practice grounds In Cape Cod Bay
late today and landed ' the dead and
Injured men at the Charleston Navy
Yard. Tiro of the Injured Died Tonight.
With the arrival of the Georgia there
became known the details of the most
terrible naval accident that has ever
taken place along the coast of New
England. The accident occurred short
ly before noon today while the Geor
gia's crew was at target practice off
Barnstable In Cape Cod Bay. In some
manner, as yet unexplained, two bags
of powder became Ignited and in the
terrible flash that followed the entire
turret crew, consisting of three offi
cers and 18 men, was engulfed In fire
and received horrible burns, one offi
cer and five men dying before the ship
reached port and another before mid
night. The victims of the accident
are:
Dead.
GOODRICH, Lientenantent Casper, Brook
lyn; died at 11:45 tonight after being
landed.
GOI.DTHWITE, Faulkner, midshipman.
' Kentucky.
THATCHER. William J., chief turret cap
tain. Wilmington, Del.
BURKE. William Joseph, seaman, Qulncy,
Mass.
HAMILTON. Ceorge G., ordinary seaman.
South Framingham. Mas.
&IIL.L.ER, George JL-, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
THOMAS, William M., seaman, Newport,
R. I.
PAIR, William, Brooklyn.
Injured.
Cruse. James T., midshipman. Nebraska;
hands and face burned very seriously.
Schlapp, Frank H., boatswain's mate, sec
cond class. North Adams, Mass.; back, chest,
arms and face burned.
Hansen, Charles, gunner's mats, first
class. New York; face and hands burned.
Taglund. Orley, chief yeoman, Richford.
Dillnn.; arms, back and face burned.
Walsh, Edwtn K., seaman, Iynn, Mass.;
chest and face burned fatally.
Bush. John A., ordinary seaman. New
Tork ; face, arms and chest burned, probably
fatally.
Elch, Charles I, ordinary seaman, Frank
tort, lnd. ; face, arms and head burned.
Fone. John A., ordinary seaman, South
n Ick. Mass. ; two-thirds of body burned.
Gilbert, Herald L, ordinary seaman,
outhwlck, Mass.; two-thirds of body burn
ed. Maleck. John C. ordinary seaman, Cleve
land. O.; arms and face burned.
Mease. Louis O-, ordinary seaman, Berea.
O-; arms, face and chest burned.
Rosenberger, Samuel L., ordinary seaman,
Philadelphia; arms and face burned.
Thomas, James P.. ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn. N. Y. ; face, arms, chest and back
burned fatally.
Four other men received minor In
juries. Their names were not given
out, and they were not taken off the
ship.
The explosion occurred in the after
superimposed turret, but the men, un
der command of Lieutenant Casper
Goodrich, son of Rear-Admlral Good
rich, commandant of the. New Tork
Navy-Yard, and Midshipmen Faulkner
Goldthwalte and James T. Cruse, were
operating the eight-Inch guns. The
guns in the forward turret had fin
ished eight rounds of practice, and the
guns of the after turret had -fired one
round.
Smoking Powder in His Arms.
Two rases, as the big 10-pound bags
of powder are called, had Just been
sent up through the ammunition hoists
and were In the arms of the loader,
whose name was withheld by the ship's
officers. The loader stood at the breech
of the 8-inch gun, ready to Insert the
charge. At this instant the turret
was seen to be smoking, and two men
who stood near the loader saw a black
epot on the bag, indicating that the
charge had ignited and was smoulder
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ing. The loader discovered the spot
at the same instant, and threw him
self forward on his face, at the same
time shouting a warning to his turret
mates. The other men who had seen
the spot were Elch and Hansel!, and
they also threw themselves on the
floor of the turret.
Before the other men in ttre turret
could understand what caused the
loader's cry of warning, there was a
blinding flash as the burning powder
exploded. Flames, smoke and nauseous
gases filled the little superstructure,
in which more than a score of men
were confined. . As the powder was not
confined, there was no report, nor did
the vessel suffer any Injury; but every
nook and corner of the turret was
filled with flames.
Crazed 'With Fain, Leap Into Sea.
The loader, who was nearest the
powder, was terribly burned, as was
every other man in the turret with the
exception of Elch and Hansell, who,
though scorched, escaped with in
juries much less severe than the others..
Blinded by the smoke' and flames,
cooked by the acid, penetrating gaseous
flames and maddened with pain, the
men screamed in agony. Some stag
gered blindly up the ladder to the
hatchway in the top of the turret.
Charles Warm Fairbanks. Guest
Last Night of the Astoria Commcr
cial Club.
while others crept along the turret
floor, begging plteously for assistance.
Lieutenant Goodrich and Seaman Malck
became crazed, Btaggered up the Iron
ladder to the top of the turret and then
threw themselves headlong into the
sea. In a despairing effort to choose
a death by drowning In preference to
death -by slow fire.
When the smoke of the burning
powder had cleared away, the ship
mates of the unfortunate men rushed
to their assistance and tenderly the
suffering sailors were lifted out of
the fire-blackened turret and quickly
conveyed to the ship's hospital, where
their burns were dressed by the sur
geons. In the . meantime Lieutenant
Goodrich and Seaman Maleck had been
rescued by a launch that was return
ing from an inspection of the target.
The surgical staff of the Georgia was
soon reinforced by tie surgeons of the
vessels In the fleet, who had been in
formed of the accident and summoned
to the scene.
Investigation Is Ordered.
A wireless message telling the brief
details of the accident was sent to the
Government wireless station on the
highlands of Cape . Cod . and thense
overland to the Navy Department at
Washington. ,
An examination of the turret after
"the accident failed to show that any
serious damage had resulted to the
ohlp.
Immediately upon learning ' the de
tails of the accident. Captain Henry
McCrea, commander of the Georgia,
notified Bear Admiral Charles M.
Thomas,' commander of the squadron,
of what had occurred. Rear Admiral
Thomas ordered an investigation board
to examine into , the cause of the acci
dent. Until this board makes its re
port the primary cause of the explo
sion will be in doubt, and it is uncer
tain even that the board will be able
to determine definitely what ignited
the powder. .,
Two theories are entertained. One
belief is that a spark from the dis
charge of the guns floated back into
the turret through a gunport and set
tled on the powder cases. Another
theory is that the spark that caused
the trouble came from the ' smoke
stacks of the ship and floated through
the gunports. That a floating spark
caused the accident seemed evident to
several men, but whether from a gun
or a funnel furnished a topic for dis
cussion. Landing Dead and Injured.
Not until half an hour after the
Georgia came up to the dock at the
navy yard was it known that there had
been any fatalities. On the way across
Massachusetts Bay Midshipman Goldth
walte succumbed to his tortures, and a
little later death ended the sufferings of
Turret Captain Thatcher and Seamen
Burk, Thomas and Miller. Seaman Hamil
ton died while the ship was approaching
the navy yard pier.
When the Georgia arrived at the navy
yard dock about 4:45 o'clock, a great
crowd was awaiting her. Several hundred
workmen from the machine shops and
other departments of the yard had
gathered, as well as a large corps of
newspapermen and three priests, the
latter believing that they might be called
on to administer the sacraments of the
Roman Catholic Church to dying sufferers
of that faith. With the exception of offi
cers and the priests, however, no one was
allowed on the dock. A detachment of
marines, armed with fixed bayonets, kept
the crowd at a respectful distance and
no one was allowed to pass down the
pier. As soon as the ship was made fast
to the dock, five ambulances drove up
to receive the injured men. Tenderly
the sufferers were borne down the gang
plank on stretchers and placed in the
ambulances, which carried them to the
naval hospital.
Assistant Surgeon Paul T. Dessez, as
sistant to Surgeon W. H. Buchor, the
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R0U1GILC0ME
Gill FAIRBANKS
Vice President Spends
Day in Astoria.
GUEST AT SEASIDE BANQUET
Eats Breakfast at Goble With
Railroad Section Foreman.
DISPELS "ICEBERG" STORY
Distinguished Gnest Sprinkles Hid
Address With Appropriate Witti
cisms Whole City Turns
Out to Greet Him.
FAIRBANKS' DAY IN OREGON.
Morning Eats breakfast with rail
road section foreman at Goble.
Noon Received at Astoria with
salute by Qrulser Charleston and the
cheers of citizens; guest of Senator
Fulton; makes speech at 4 o'clock.
Night Goes to Seaside and is guest
of honor at a banquet.
Later Will be guest tonight of
Portland Press CUib, leaving for the
East tomorrow.
ASTORIA, Or., July 15. (Special.)
Nineteen times the boom of the guns of
the cruiser Charleston broke the stillness
of the air at noon announcing the ar
rival of the train bearing Vlcee-President
Charles W. Fairbanks, who has been
Astoria's honored guest today. As the
Vice-President stepped from the train the
cruiser's band played a martial air, the
blue-coated marines brought their guns to
preseht arms and the crowd broke Into
cheers while dozens of whistles on steam
ers, mills and canneries Joined In harsh
but loud acclaim.
The first to greet him as he stepped
upon the platform was Admiral Swin
burne, but others crowded forward and
shook his band as he passed along 'the
line to Senator Fulton's automobile. The
procession then passed through the prin
cipal streets of the city, the Vice-President
waving his grateful acknowledge
ments of the ovation given him by the
thousands of people who lined the side
walks. Later he was escorted to the
home of Senator Fulton for luncheon and
during the early hours of the afternoon
the Vice-President and party were taken
on a trip through the city, about the
harbor and paid a visit to the cruiser
Charleston.
Members Reception Committee.
Those who accompanied Mr. Fairbanks
to Astoria were Governor Chamberlain.
Congressman Kills, ex-Senator Mulkey,
Judge George H. Williams, S. G. Reed,
District Attorney Manning, Food Com
missioner Bailey, J. W. Minto, Walter
C. Smith. H. M. Cake, C. A. Sehlbrede,
Louis Krause, C. F. Swigert, Max Cohn
and Russell King, the Vice-President's
private secretary.
The party was in charge of the spe
cial reception committee consisting of
Senator Fulton. Mayor Wise, H. R. Jen
kins and J. E. Gratke.
Shortly after 4 o'clock the procession
again formed and headed by a platoon of
police, the Charleston's band and the
cruiser's full complement of marines and
bluejackets and followed by the Vice
President and the other guests of the
city in automobiles proceeded to the
VanDusen field, where Mr. Fairbanks ad
dressed a crowd of several thousand peo
ple who had gathered to hear him.
Introduced by Fulton.
Mayor Wise welcomed the distinguished
visitor in a few well-chosen words and
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then Senator Fulton in his usual happy
manner introduced the guest of the day.
Mr. Fairbanks' speech was purely of an
Impromptu nature, but he is a pleasing
talker and his numerous witticisms and
local hits soon aroused the enthusiasm
of the audience and dispelled the Idea
that he Is an "iceberg," as so often de
picted. He spoke of the great and un
equalled prosperity of the country, of the
wonderful opportunities to be found in
the West, and prophecied that the pros
perity of America as a Nation, waa but
just beginning.
He said in part:
"Tour Mayor says Astoria la located on
the Fairbanks (of the Columbia). I feel
this afternoon as though something was
on me. But it is not a city, it is not
even a hamlet. It is a deep appreciation
of the cordial welcome, generous courtesy
and unstinted hospitality that has been
shown me by the people ef Oregon and
of the City of Astoria.
"Long after I . have left this grand
state and your beautiful city and have
returned to my home in the East, I
shall carry with me a due sense of
obligation for your wholesome hospi
tality." Sees Great Future for Oregon.
Speaking of the conditions throughout
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the country, he said: "This country has
made such rapid advances that it has
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTBRDAT Maximum temperature, 74 de
grees; minimum, 67.
TODAY Fair and warmer. Northwest winds.
Pacific Coast.
More witnesses for Haywood's defense ar
rested for perjury, and more arrests com
ing;; strong evidence in rebuttal. Page 1.
Chief witness against Glass refuses to tes
tify and Is sentenced for contempt.
Page 3.
Heney threatens Indictment of big men
who Influenced witness. Page 8.
Blx Oregon Guardsmen spend night of ter-
ror on Tillamook Head. Page 1. .
Fairbanks visits Astoria and, attends ban
f quet at Seaside, Page 1
Congressman Jones announces he Is candi
date for Senate. Page 7.
National. '
Powder explosion on Battleship Georgia
causes 8 deaths. and 18 are terribly
burned. Page 1.
Foreign.
Floods In Germany cause death and devas
tation. Page 2.
Domewtto. "
Seattle woman left penniless on train bj
baby's trick. Page 2.
Newport society leaders establish gam
bling club. Page 8.
Chicago operators warned to prepare) for
strike. Page 2.
Rev. Mr. Dyott may decline call to Port
land. Page 8.
Sport.
Beavers return for six weeks of baseball on
home grounds. -Pago 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon wool season practically at an end.
Page 15.
Sharp break In wheat prices at Chicago.
Page Id.
Brief spell of great activity In stocks.
Page J6.
Steamers start on long ocean race. Page 14.
Government resumes giving out of fnee ma
rine intelligence. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
"Intensified" fishing ruining salmon indus
try of Columbia. Page 10.
Vice-President Fairbanks to be guest of
Portland Press Club tonight. Page 16.
Secretary Garfield's visit encourages District
Attorney Bristol in fight against land
thieves. Page 11.
Bids on improvement bonds are rejected
for second time. Page 10.
Harrlman officials adopting maps for Ore
gon Eastern Page 11. ,
Sunday lid not popular with City Council
men. Page 10.
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Charges of Perjury in
Haywood Case.
ALLER ANO DAVIS THE FIRST
Several Coeur d'Alene and
Cripple Creek Men.
ORCHARD AGAIN TESTIFIES
Many Witnesses Demolish Story of
Train-Wrecking Plot Sensations
Promised in Today's Evidence.
Sterling to Come Forward.
BOISE, Idaho, July IS (Special.) The
sensations promised by the state on re
buttal have at last begun to arrive. Dr.
McQee. who was arrested last night In
Spokane, was the first. C. W. Aller and
W. F. Davis have followed In quick suc
cession. The arrest of Davis had to be
deferred for a while 'this evening to al
low Justice of the Peace Savidge to
finish seeing the championship ball game
between W'eiser and Mountain Home.
Aller was placed in Jail, early in the
evening. The case against .him appears
to be absolute. He swore positively that
he saw Orchard and Detectives Sterling
and Scott together in a certain room.
The state now shows that the trainmas
ter of the Florence & Cripple Creek road
was occupying that room;, that Mr. Scott
was not in the employ of the company
at that time, and that Mr. Scott.. between
April 25 and June 13.. 1904. lived in Den
ver. Mr. Dai-row in his persistence to lift
the lid when Mrs. Baker, late proprietor
of the Miles House, was on the stand,
brought out a moBt interesting fact. The
landlady could remember Scott bo well
because he was constantly getting notes
warning him that he would be "bumped
off" unless he left town.
. More Arrests to Follow.
Other arrests to follow these three are
Domlnlck Flynn, of Mullan; William Mo
Hale, of the same place; Patrick Moran,
the Cheyenne saloonkeeper; Mrs. King
and daughter, of the Cripple Cheek lodging-house;
Captain Wallace, the Cripple
Creek lawyer who commanded a militia
company during the strike .and Riley,
who lived across the street from Brad
ley's in San Francisco.
Riley swore that he got a drink from
Guibblni the morning of the explosion,
when, as a matter of fact, Guibblni was
in bed. Wallace swore that Sterling fired
the first shot that started the Victor riot.
Mrs. King and her daughter often saw
Orchard In Mr. Sterling's room. Mora
denied that he went to Denver in June,
1904, . and got $500 from Pettlbone for
Orchard. Flynn and McHale will be
tried for perjury In connection with that
poker game in Flynn's cigar store in
Mullan on April 29, 1899, when they say
Harry Orchard was present.
An officer high in the counsels of the
state ' said to your correspondent this
evening that the arrests made were JuBt
a beginning and that all who had STVorn
falsely would be. prosecuted. This prob
ably also Includes Max M alien. King of
Globevllle, and his man Friday, Joe
Mehallch.
Sensations Promised Today.
The developments tomorrow promise to
be even more sensational than today.
Three Important witnesses who will be on
the stand are R. C. Sterling, Charles
Neville and Thomas M. Stewart. M
Stewart Is -the man who was beaten
September 1, 1903, at the time when a:
the defense witnesses swear that every
thing was peace and quietude In th
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Cripple Creek district. Sherman Parker,
Steve Adams, Jack Gaffney, Jim Laferty,
Art Bastlan, Ed Minster and a dozen
other union miners took Mr. Stewart,
then 60 years old, out of his house at
night, leaving an armed guard over his
wife lest she give an alarm. They took
Mr. Stewart a quarter of a mile' down
the railroad track, beat him over tha
head with guns, shot him In the back an3
left him for dead on the railroad track
In front of an approaching train, three
days after the troops arrived for which
the defense says there was no. need.
Charles Neville will tell the story of
the trip from Cripple Creek into Wyoming
with his father and Orchard after the
Independence depot explosion. Neville
has been here for a month or more and
is never out of sight of a detective. It
will he remembered that the boy's father
died suddenly in Goldfield, Nev.. and the
state is taking no chances in losing
young Neville. He was only 14 when he
made that trip Into Wyoming and he
says Orchard and his father thought
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Count Jjeo V. Tolstoi, Reported to
Be Dead.
LONDON, July 16. Ths Dally Tel
egraph prints a dispatch from St.
Petersburg that there is an uncon
firmed rumor there that Count Leo
Tolstoi Is dead.
he was too young to understand much
that was said.
Surprise for the Defense.
It Is known that the defense put up
tlOOO to have K. C. Sterling remain away
from Boise during the trial. The sur
prise is that those 15 bright lawyers
would fall into such an easy trap. But
the defense made the mistake of at
tempting in Mr. Sterling's absence to
fasten the Independence depot explosion,
the Vlctorlot and other crimes upon the
good-natured secret service man. There
is a limit to" what even the best of good
natures will stand. It Is intimated that
the evidence of this payment of $1000 will
not come out on the stand, for the sake
of the honor of the legal profession.
At midnight W. F. Davis had not yet
been placed under arrest, although It Is
understood a warrant for him has been
Issued.
AMiER'S STORY TORN TO BITS
Cripple Creek Agent Arrested for
Perjury Orchard's Uncle Insane.
BOISE, Idaho, July 15. Another war
rant charging perjury against a wit
ness, who has testified for the defense
in the case of the State of Idaho against
William D. Haywood, was issued this
evening. C. W. Aller, formerly a tele
graph operator and ticket agent at the
depot of the Florence & Cripple Creek
Railway, at Cripple Creek, Colo., is
charged with the offense by prosecut
ing attorney of Ada County. He was
Immediately arrested and held in
$5000 bonds, and the preliminary hear
ing will be set, to take place within the
next few days.
Eleven witnesses in rebuttal were
examined today in the Haywood trial.
Harry Orchard reappeared on the stand
and was asked a few questions as to
his acquaintance with some of the wit
nesses for the defense, who have testi
fied as to his movements. On being
turned over for cross-examination, he
admitted that his uncle, Peter McICin
ney. committed suicide by hanging 13
or 14 years ago. Counsel for the de
fense asked Orchard If his uncle was
not insane before he killed himself, and
also tried to show by the witness that
his maternal grandfather was Insane,
his monomania beinj? Imaginary crimes
committed a long time ago in Ireland.
Orchard denied all knowledge of the
grandfather, but admitted that his
uncle was demented.
Prove Aller a Perjurer.
The entire afternoon session was
taken up with the examination of
witnesses, who contradicted the evi
dence given by C. W. Aller. who testi
fied for the defense In support of the
charge of conspiracy against the
Western Federation of Miners, in which
it Is alleged that the Mineowners As
sociation, the Citizens' Alliance and the
Plnkerton Detective Agency were con
cerned. Aller swore that he saw Or
chard and D. C. Scott together at the
depot of the Florence & Cripple Creek
Railway on a Sunday about three
weeks prior to the explosion at the
Independence depot on June 6, 1904.
Mr. Scott, this afternoon, swore that
he was not in Cripple Creek at the
time and a number of witnesses cor
roborated this. As a result of this
rebuttal testimony, Information was
sworn out after court adjourned, charg
ing Allen with perjury.
Blow to Gas Theory.
The explosion at the residence of
Fred Bradley, in San Francisco, was
again under consideration today, the
state undertaking to show that the ef
fect of an explosion of Illuminating gas
could not have been- that described In
the deposition taken for the defense
in San Francisco. The manager of the
Boise Gas Company, C. D. Lampson,
who was at one time a resident of New
Tork, qualified as an expert. He dis
credited the proposition that gas could
be Ignited by the glow at the end of
a rifcar. He was cross-examined at
considerable length by Mr. Richardson
and showed a close technical knowledge
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FACE DEATH IN '
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Six Soldiers Undergo
Night of Terror.
HELD BY TIDE ON ROCKS
Water Rushes Upon Them,
Cutting Off All Escape.
HANG NINE HOURS ON CLIFF
Drenching Rain Beats Fpon Them
and Heavy Wind Blows in From
Sea Men Reach Camp Sun-
day Badly Exhausted.
SEASIDE, Or., July 15. (Staff Corre
spondent.) Six riflemen of the Third
Oregon Infantry regiment, in camp at
Seaside, reached their quarters at 10
o'clock this forenoon hadly exhausted
after being caugtit by the tide on a peril
ous point of rocks under a cliff known
as the trap Tillamook Head. Their
escape from death was nothing short of
miraculous and they got away only after
a fearful experience. They were com
pelled to cling to projecting rocks on the
perpendicular cliff for a period of nine
hours until the tide receded.
All this time a drenching rain was fall
ing and a heavy wind was blowing in
from the sea. Drenched and nearly fro
zen, the six Infantrymen hung on
through the night, calling and shouting
to one another to keep awake. Miracu
lously enough, none of the boulders to
which they clung became loosened and
all were able to bear up under the strain
until the tide receded at daybreak.
Hung All NlKht to Cliffs.
Few people have ever' been caught in
the trap and lived to tell of it. That
the Quardsmen escaped a terrible death
was due only to the fact that they were
able to climb 75 feet up the cliff and
bang there. The detail was In command
of Captain Denny, of the ordnance de
partment, and FlrBt-Dleutent Dlsch,
of Company H. The enlisted men were
Sergeant-Major Howard of the non
commissioned staff and First-Sergeant
Geer, Sergeant Oesch and Corporal
Dickel, all of Company H.
The squad left Camp Everett at Sea
side late Saturday afternoon. Intending
to search out a favorable point for rifle
practice along the coast. A route was
pointed out to them and they set out at
6 P. M. Passing around Tillamook head,
three miles below Seaside, they came to
the dangerous rocks known as the trap.
Unaware that It was time for the tide, to
come in. Captain Denny and his men
marched under a tall cliff that seemed to
set well back from the ocean. Passing
among the rocks, they were well along
toward the other side when a swirling
line of breakers bore down upon them,
cutting off retreat from both sides.
Tide Overwhelms Them.
They had not an instant's warning, for
It appears that the tide floods the trap
from both flanks before appearing In
front. The name 'Trap" is well applied
to the spot, the guardsmen say. Up to
their waists In the .water, the six men
tried to wade back whence they had
come, but the tide dashed In stronger
and stronger and beat them against the
cliff. Had the men lost their heads, there
would have been no hope for them. Find
ing they could not get back or forward,
they splashed through the boiling break
ers to the cliff, fortunately chancing on
a shelf where they were safe for a time.
The tide, however, soon drove them from
this shelter and then they were compelled
to climb for it- It was dangerous work
trusting their weight to the boulders and
crevices of the cliff. By careful climb
ing the six entrapped men got out of
reach of the ocean.
Then followed a night of suffering such
as tested their endurance to the utmost.
Holding themselves against the face of
the cliiT, they waited hour after hour for
the . tide to recede. A cutting wind
chilled them. Already drenched from
their hapless dip in the surf, their cloth
ing was kept saturated by the rain which
continued nntil nearly daylight.
Held Prisoners Till Daylight.
Not until 8 o'clock yesterday morning
did the tide recede so that they could
climb down from the point of rocks. All
their equipment was found at the base
of the cliff, where it had been hurriedly
left. The rifles had spent the night in
the water, as had the ammunition and
equippage. HurYying on through the trap,
they camped on the beach, built a fire
with some matches from a waterproof
match-case and proceeded to dry out their
clothing and blankets and ate their
water-soaked provisions. Remaining over
the rest of the day, they camped on the
beach again last nlgbt and walked back
to camp this forenoon, arriving at 10
o'clock.
STATE GUARDS STRIKE CAMP
Militia Boys Preparing to Go Home
After Strenuous Campaign.
FORT STEVENS. Or.. July 15. (Spe
cial.) The National Guard troops which
have been participating in the Coast
defense maneuvers at the mouth of the
Columbia River struck camp today and
the various companies are returning to
their home stations. No drills or ma-
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