Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1907)
THE MOKXTVG OKEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1907. HIS LIFE SAVED BY PRESEHT1MEH T Thomas Muirhead, Water Tender on Columbia, Quits Her at San Francisco. COMES HOME BY RAILWAY Tells of Narrow Escape From Col lision With San Pedro on Voyage Before the Last One Refuses to Return on the Boat. Thomas Muirhead, Jr.. a watertender on the Ill-fated Colombia, la safe at his home, 308 Vi Pine street, in this city, as a result of a presentiment which he had of coming disaster. This fear was also shared by his wife, although she was In Portland and her husband In San Francisco. On last Wednesday night she awoke at 12 o'clock with a strange feeling of depression, and fear ing that some great calamity was about to befall her husband, she im mediately arose and wrote him a let-, ter, telling him to quit his work on the vessel at once, and not to take pas sage on her coming up the Coast on the trip which was her last. Mrs. Muirhead then went out and posted the letter, having addressed It in care of Captain Doran of the steamer Co lumbia at San Francisco. The letter should have reached San Francisco last Saturday morning, but wa not re ceived by Muirhead. Last Friday morning, July 19, Muirhead thought he had not better make' the return trip Portland, a narrow escape the boat had had on a previous trip casting its Influence In this direction. He accord ingly quit and took the next train to Portland, arriving here at midnight Saturday night, about the time the collision occurred. Speaking of the matter last night Mr. Muirhead said: "My wife, formerly Miss Theressa Wheeler, of San Francisco, and I were married here June 8. Rev William Hiram Foulkes officiating. She had told me several' times that I must quit my Job on the vessel, as she was at home alone too much, and It was too dangerous for me. "On July 10, when the Columbia was bound for Portland from San Fran cisco, this being the trip before her last, we had proceeded to about the same position the ship was In when she sank, near Cape Mendicino, and were In a dense fog, when we heard the whistle of the San Pedro. We answered, but there was a confusion of the signals, and although we were proceeding under a slow bell we nearly ramed the San Pedro amidships. Just as we were holding our breath and expecting to collide, the San Pedro veered off to the port side. . For a short time we were bow and bow. I thought then that a collision would be the fate of the vessel. "When I reached home my wife told me If I didn't quit the boat I would go down with her some day. A week ago she dreamed the vessel went down with me on It, but did not pay much attention to it. On Wednesday night however, when she awoke with such a terrible feeling of Impending doom-she hastily wrote the letter to me and posted It. "I have been following the sea for two and a half years,- and .was just about to apply for a third assitant en gineer's ticket. Captain Doran was a very careful navigator, as was the cap tain of the San Pedro, but both the vessels always had the same course." TEST CASE OFFISHING LAW Question of Concurrent Jurisdiction to Be Fought Out. ASTORIA, Or., July 22. (Special.) Charles Gunderson and Christ Nlelson were arraigned In the Justice Court this afternoon on complaints charging them with fishing for salmon in the Columbia River with purse seines con trary to the statutes of Oregon. The attorneys decided, to make a test of the case against Nlelson and he was fined $50 and costs. An appeal will be taken Immediately to the higher court, and pending the ultimate de cision of the case, the purse seiners will be permitted to operate their gear unmolested in accordance with an agreement with State Attorney-General Crawford, who was present at the hearing. The defense contends that the Oregon law against purse seines cannot be enforced on the Columbia River because Washington has no law prohibiting that class of gear, and It bases its contention on the decision of Federal Judge Wolverton In the case against R. Desjelro, who was ar rested for fishing in the Columbia In violation of the statute which pro vides that no one who has not been a resident of either Oregon, Washington or Idaho for at least six months shall fish for salmon In the Columbia River. On the other hand, the prosecution con tends that concurrent Jurisdiction does not necessarily mean concurrent legis lation and that Oregon can enforce her laws on the Columbia no matter what the laws of Washington may be. Mr. Crawford stated this afternoon that the case will be carried to the United States Supreme Court In case the lower courts hold against the conten tion of the state. GIRL SHOOTS HER LOVER Jealous' of His Attentions to An other She Murders Him. LOS ANGELES, July 22. George T. Bennett, proprietor of the Bennett Elec trical Company, was shot and killed this evening oy .steiie corwell, a young woman with whom he had lived for the past five years. Bennett was killed as he sat on the porch of the home of Miss Marguerite Bennett, who, although of the same name, was no relation. The con' fesslon by Bennett's slayer that she was nijt married to him caused a sensation scarcely less pronounced than the news of the tragedy. According to the etory related by Miss Corwell. Bennett has of late been , a fre quent caller at the home of Miss Bennett, and Miss Corwell became convinced that he was about to desert her. Tonight she drove to Miss Bennett's home In a cab and. calling Bennett to where his auto mobile stood at tha curb, shot him twice, one of the bullets taking effect in hit brain. Miss Corwell drove to the police station, where she surrendered herself. Bryn Mawr Wins at Polo. LAKH FOREST, 111., July 22. The Bryn Mawr Junior today defeated the Fort 1, ln-tha third gam. of, tha-KatiouBi jiola STEAMSHIP WRECKS OF LAST 60 YEARS ON PACIF IC COAST THAT WERE ATTENDED WITH LOSS OF LIFE. The following list includes the principal wrecks of steamers which have oc curred along the Coast from San Francisco northward In the last 60 rears. It hows the astonishing total of nearly 1600 lives lost. In addition to this nearly 600 lives have been lost In wrecks of sailing vessels. ' 1652 January 29 General Warren, from Portland for Ban Francisco. Sprung a leak off the Columbia River, and In returning struck on Clatsop Bplt. Forty lives lost. ... 186S July 80 Brother Jonathan. Left San Francisco In overloaded condition and foundered a few miles north of Crescent City. One hundred and fifty five lives lost and 19 saved. I860 January 6 Northerner, from San Francisco for Portland. Struck on Blunt's Reef and pounded to pieces. Thirty-eight lost. 1873 About January 25 George S. Wright, from Kluvock, Alaska, for Port land. Supposed to have been wrecked on east coast Vancouver Island and crew and passengers murdered by Indians. Thlrtyrtwo lost. No survivors. 1878 November 4 Pacific, from Victoria for San Francisco. Struck by the American ship Orpheus, in collision, in Straits, near Flattery, and sank in a few minutes. Two hundred and sixty Uvea lost and but two saved. April 18, 1879 Great Republic, from Ban Francisco for Portland. Struck en Sand Island Inside the river and broke up three days later. Eleven lost In trying to escape by capsizing of a boat. July 23, 1875 Eaetport, from Coos Bsy for San Franclsoo. Struck reef near Point Arena. Three lives lost. April 29, 1883 British steamer Grappler. from Victoria for Alaska. Burned off Vancouver Island. Eighty-nine lost. May 12, 1889 Alaskan, from Portland for San Francisco. Foundered off Cape Blanco. Thirty lives lost. Survivors brought to Portland by steamer Columbia. March 17. 1889 Beds, from Knappton. Wash., for San Francisco. Foun dered off Cape Perpetua March 17. Eleven lost. December T. 1894 Keeweenah, from Nanalmb for Sa Francisco. Foun dered off Cape Flattery. Thirty-one lost. No survivors. December 7, 1864 Montserrat, from Comox for San Francisco. Foundered off Cape Flattery. Thirty' lost. No survivors. February 14, 1898 Clara Nevada, from Juneau for Seattle. Destroyed by ex plosion In Lynn Canal. Seventy lost. No survivors. 1898 City of Chester. Sunk In collision In San Francisco. . Thirteen lost. . February 22, 1901 City of Rio Janeiro, from Hongkong for San Francisco. Struck a rock entering San Francisco Harbor In a fog. One hundred and ninety three lost. August 15, 1901 Islander, from Vancouver for Alaska, Struck a. rock off Douglas Island. Sixty lost. December 2, 1901 Mattewan, from Tacoma for Ban Francisco. Foundered off Cape Flattery. Thirty-one lost. January 1. 1902 Walla Walla, from Puget Sound for . Ban Francisco. Was struck In collision with the French bark Max off Cape Mendocino. Forty-seven lost. October 19, 1903 8outh Portland. Foundered off Bandon while en route from Portland to San Francisco. Twenty-two lives lost. ' January 9, 1904 Clallam, from Victoria for Port Townsend. Foundered In the Straits of Fuca. Fifty-four lost. January 2, 1906 Valencia, from San Francisco for Puget Sound. Wrecked on west coast of Vancouver Island. One hundred and thirty-nine lost. November 18, 1906 Dir. from Seattle for Port Blakely. Was struck In colli sion with steamer Jeanie and sunk near Alkl Point. Forty-nine lost. July 22 Columbia, from San Franclsoo for Portland. In collision off Shel ter Cove. Between 78 and 100 lives lost. The British sloop-of-war Condor foundered- off Vancouver Island while en route from Victoria to Honolulu In December. 1902. Eighty lives lost. The tug Estelle, from Nanalmo for Comox. foundered off Cape Mudge.in Jan- " uary, 1894, and eight lives were lost. The tug Fearless, from Astoria for Coos Bay, was wrecked on North Spit of TJmpqua River In 1889. Six lives lost. The steamer Michigan was wrecked on Bonilla Point, Vancouver Island, In. . January, 1903. One life lost. ' The steamer Los Angeles was wrecked near Newport, CaL, in April, 1894, and three lives lost. The British steamer Labouchere, from San Francisco for Victoria, was wrecked a short distance north of San Francisco in 1866 and two lives lost. Other serious steamship wrecks In which there was no loss of life were the Southernor, near Cape Flattery, In 1854; the Prince Alfre'd, near San Francisco, in 1874; Barnard Castle, on Race Rocks, In 1886; Idaho, on Race Rocks In 1889; Victoria, on Blanco Reef, In 1888; Tacoma, north of Umpqua River, in 1883; AJax, off Shelter Cove, In 1890, and St. Paul, near Mendocino, in 1905. Total, 27 steamers, 1583 lives lost. GAME TO COAST IN 10 COIXMBIA WAS BUILT FOR THE O. K. & N. IN THE EAST. First Entered Columbia River July '22, Just 2 7 Years Before the " Day She Went Down. It was 27 years ago yesterday morning that the steamer Columbia first poked her nose into the Columbia River, she having arrived July 22, 18S0, from Chester, Pa., where she was built for the Oregon Rail way & Navigation Company. After round ing the Horn she called at San Franclsoo for her first cargo and list of passen gers) and tha excellent time she made on the maiden voyage was Beldom lowered. Caotaln Fred Bolles brought her from tha Atlantic and for over 36 years ha ailed aa her master. In that time only one instance is known of the steamer having been at sea mora than one night nn- the run from the Columbia River-, to the Golden Gate. During the Ban Fran cisco earthquake she was seriously dam-aa-ed and soma time was required to re pair her, but with the exception of having been on drydock for an overhauling in 1S95 and again after the earthquake, ahe was almost continuously on the run. ane craft was known as the flgship of tha fleet and ahe remained so after the O. R. & N. transferred the ocean lines to the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company. The Columbia was on her 81st northbound voyage under the S. F. & P. colors when she was rammed by the San Pedro. Little is known of the San Pedro here, for ahe made only one trip Into tile river. arriving February 10, 1907, from San Fran cisco and loading outward with lumber from tha Eastern & Western mill. She sailed February 15 in command of Cap tain Anfinsen. The Columbia" was 309 feet long; 85.5 feet beam and. 23.3 feet depth of hold. She ..................... MARSHAL OF GOLDENDALE. I i " i ' . j I 1 :: mmmmi-mhfmm - s - . i ;: i v i :: : - - i i '' IV 1 K ;; ; I . j 1 1 nrtsss f? s.' ,'H. jawm rft ii i f "i n in i irmif uttf I Waa of 1746 tons net register and was one of the stanchest of the vessels built In her day. From the time she slid grace fully from the cradle until Saturday night she had not met with an accident at sea. That fact earned for her a reputation for safety and punctuality that proved a drawing card and It frequently happened that passengers would postpone journeys in order to sail on the steamer. With . the loss of the Columbia four steamers have been severely dealt with by fata since the S. F. & P. assumed the management of the coterie. The first to get Into trouble was the steamer Geo. W. Elder, which went ashore Janu ary 21, 1905, at Reuben, near G-oble, on the Columbia. The St. Paul waa bought to succeed the Elder and went ashore Octo ber 6 the same year at Point Gorda, Cal. In April, 1905, the steamer Oregon, which was chartered to take the St. Paul's place, caught fire off the Northern Cali fornia coast and while not a total loss, waa not placed in the same service again. She waa afterward repaired and later was wrecked In Alaskan waters. None of the previous wrecks waa attended with loss of life. COOPER CASE IS DECIDED Must Pay Fine of $500 and Spend 15 Days In Jail Appeals Case. HELENA, Mont., July 22. The famous Cooper land case was decided today. He was found not guilty on the charge of Il legally fencing land, but was found guilty of obstructing free transit over and across the public highway. ' This is the second time Cooper was before the Fed eral Court. The first time he paid a fine of $600 and passed 24 hours in Jail. This afternoon he was sentenced to 15 days confinement in the county jail and to pay a fine of $500. Judge Hunt signed the writ of error and the defendant was ad mitted to ball in the sum of $800. This will carry the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals 'at San Francisco. NO' -TIME WAS LOST Magill Called Faye Graham When Wife Died. SUPPOSED SUICIDE PACT Woman Kept Word but Magill Never Intended to Do So Clinton Talks of Lynching. Daughter Hiding. CLINTON, . 111.. July 22. (Special.) Friends of Fred Magill, the banker under arrest in California on the charge of murdering his first wife, today pointed out as significant that when Magill found her dead, he awakened his daughter and had her telephone immediately to Faye Graham, the stenographer whom he after wards married. It was also said Magill washed his dead wife's face, but neglect ed to remove a bowl of chloroform from the bedside. The prosecuting attorney made a hurried trip to Chicago today, . presumably to learn what progress is being made In the ' analysis of the Internal organs of the dead woman. A ripple of excitement waa caused by some talk of lynching. ' Maglll's friends believe the banker and his wife entered Into a suicide compact, which' she kept but which he never In tended to keep. It ia said that Marguerite Magill, the daughter, who was smuggled away from San Diego, Cal., last Wednesday to avoid annoyance by yellow journalists, is hiding with friends at Decatur, near here. WILL REBUILD WITH BRICK FIXE STRUCTURE TO REPLACE BCRXED BUILDING. Negligee .shirts greatly reduced Robinson & Co. at Trontdale Will Begin Today to Clear Away Debris In the Burned Area. TROTJTDALE. Or July 22. (Spe cial.) The burnt block, the scene of yesterday's disastrous fire, where once stood the principal business blocks of the town, is now a mass of charred ruins. Work of clearing away the rub bish will be commenced tomorrow. Building plans are unsettled yet, sev. eral of those whose buildings were burned being unable to determine Just what they will do until their Insurance losses are adjusted. It Is highly prob able, however, that the principal prop erty-ownera will erect new buildings as soon as possible, although it may be that some of them will sell their prop erty to others. Several offers to buy have been made today by men who have considerable capital and would put up pretentious structures. The only definite plans for rebuild ing have been made by the Weinhard estate. Arrangements were completed today by which a three-stroy brick building will be put up. It will have a frontage on Main street of 100 feet, will be three stories high and will ba occupied as a hotel, merchandise store, saloon and barber shop. Harlow. Blazer & Harlow are the lessees of the new building and have a lease for ten years. They will have the principal ground floor for their general merchan dising business and the postofflce. The building will cost over $25,000. Its con struction will begin aa soon as possible, and it will be completed before six months. S. S. Logan will rebuild his store building on the old site. Until it is ready he will do business in a tent. wnicn win te erected tomorrow. The insurance on the burnt property in sured is being adjusted, and it is ex pected all will be finished tomorrow. Harlon, Blazer & Harlon will then resume business in the Masonic hall, where they will remain untU their new quarters are reaay. lhe postofflce safe was opened this morning and contents found In good shape. None of the books or papers were burned, but the supply of postage stamps was damaged to the amount of $165, which Inspector Riches of the Post office Department ordered to be returned to Washington for redemption. The sufferers by yesterday morning's fire aro highly appreciative of the efforts to save their property made by the volun teers. By their efforts much portable property was saved and other buildings were Kept from burning. James Nicholson, who was so badly burned, is still alive at Good Samaritan Hospital, but it is not likely that he can reoover. He is conscious and was able to recognize those of his acquaint ances who called upon him today. CALHOUNS J3L0CKS PEACE Refuses to Withdraw Delegates From Industrial Conference. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The Indus- GOLDENDALB. Weak., July 23... (Special.) W. C. Burgen, whose right to the office of Marshal of this city has been confirmed in quo warranto proceedings before Judge McCredle at Vancouver, Is one of the beet known peace officers of Eastern Wash ington. He served as Sheriff of Klickitat County four years, as Deputy Sheriff four years, and as Marshal of Goldendals five years. """""SBHBBBBMra Our New Hair Vigor WEIGHT AHD HEALTH THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED THE TONIC TREATMENT. Ayer's Hair Vigor was good, the best that was made. But A issuers nair v mor J NEW IMPROVED FORMULA v.- r j ir Via is better. The one great spe cific for falling hair. A new preparation in every way. Ask your druggist to show it to you, the new kind. The New Kind "BSSMsaasssssMssssBnBBsaBan J Does not change the color of the hair J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass. Thta Woman Took Dr. Wllllarno Pink Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds and Has Been Well Ever Since. How many women and men too are suffering from a general decline in health which the ordinary remedies eeem unable to check! How many hus bands see their wives wasting away. steadily losing health and beauty, and are powerless to help! Consumption and other germ diseases find in these debilitated systams easy prey, for the lowered vitality is unequal to the task of fighting off the infection of these diseases to which most of us are almost daily exposed. i ne symptoms indicating tne aectme which may have results so fatal could scarcely be better described than in the statement of Mrs. William ALaoiey, or B3 Court street, Utiea, N. Y. Her case is a typical one. She says: "For six months alter the birth of my baby, I Buffered from sick, dizzy head aches, which seemed like a rush or blood to my forehead, just back of my eyes. Some days they twitched so I could hardly see and black spots floated before them. The least exertion brought on this sickness. My appetite was poor and I waa often sick to my stomach. "If I tried to work my feet soon be came swollen, paining me terribly. I had sinking spells and grew pale and nervous. I was so thin that I weighed only 95 pounds. "One day when at the drug store to get headache powders I decided to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills instead. I soon noticed that my headache was dis appearing and my nerves gradually grew stronger. The pills gave me a hearty appetite and I now weigh over ISO poonds. I believe the pills to be the best tonic and builder a woman can take, as they certainly helped me when my condition was critical and I have never been seriously ill since." The great value of Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills lies in the fact that they actually make new blood and this carries health and strength to every portion of the body. The stomach is toned up, the nerves are" strengthened, every organ is stimulated to do its work. If yon are. ill and the treatment yon are taking does not cure yon, write for proof of what Dr. Williams' Pink PUhl have done in rmilnj. cases. Your druggist sells them or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cants per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, K. Y. . , OXEY paid in premiums to outside insurance companies accrues to the benent of other states. A strong local company saves time and trouble by its prompt adjustments and thorough grasp of local affairs. Oregon people would profit by taking out insurance in an Oregon insti tution, managed by Oregon men oi mgn etanding and backed by Oregon money. Plate Glass, Steam Boiler, Liability and Accident Insurance; Indemnity Bonds. UNION GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION nvn W.B.OLAFIE, . . . President Wholesaler in Fruits jr. rr.zssKB, . . Vice-President Wholesale and Retail Grocer Bebkard Albebb. . 2d Yice-Pres. Aioen Broa. lulling Co. H. D. WiojOH, . . . Manager Union unarantes A monition 1. W. RorrJTKBB, . . . Auditor Bonntree A Diamond, Beal Ettat W. Cooper Morris, . Treasurer Oregon Trust 4 Savins Bank S. C Sfekceb. . General Counsel Attorney -at-Law H. D. Waosox. Jb., . Secretary Union Guarantee Aawiation J. B. Wetferbee, Medical Referee Fhytician and bnrseon trial Peace conference, which will hold its first session in Christian Science Hall tomorrow morning- at 10 o'clock, today sent a letter to Patrick Calhoun, presi dent of the United Railroads, asking him to withdraw his delegates from the con ference. The letter stated that while not wishing to pass judgment upon any one indicted or accused in court, it was feared that the presence of the delegates of the United Railroads would disrupt the har mony of the conference and that the con vention could not recognize anyone who stands accused of crime. Calhoun sent a lengthy reply, in which he denounced the request for his withdrawal as a cowardly act and made for political purposes. He said, however, that he would not appear at the conference. MARK TWAIN IS BACK HOME His Stateroom on Board the Minne- tonka Was Number "23." NEW YORK, July 22. Samuel L. Clem ens (Mark Twain), returned from Eng land this afternoon on board the steam ship Minnetonka. Mr. Clemens state room number was "23," but ,116 said that was someone else's joke and not his. MAKQTJAM BUILDING, POETLAND, OKEG03T Chas. E. Morgan, General Agent OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE 30 'f4.0- yV4r. . 1 m . ii ' nit. i v. t HAT 70 LOSS MY ETiXNAl ZOGS Of HHAV AN AU TO MAT C Tt- PZOVB - A TL- pov rocfCAn, D-.L XYZ Ti rr- . . tr J V.'.' ND mS (JlArCL A- 6- VOW REDUCED RATES ON COAL Interstate Board Approves Harrlnian Plan to Prevent Shortage. CHICAGO, July 22. (Special.) Authority has been granted the Harrlman roads by the Interstate Commerce Commission .to make a special reduction of 25 cents a ton in coal rates in Idaho, Nevada and Washington from July 1 to September 1. This authority has been granted for the purpose of inducing coal dealers In the states named to lar in their Winter yir urns. 3c .m: v supplies of coal in the remaining Summer months, so as to avoid a repetition of last year's experience In connection with coal famine, caused by the inability of tha roads to transport coal as needed to sup ply the wants of tha consumers In the territory named. The inability of the roads to transport coal as required arose from two causes, the scarcity of cars and the congestion of their tracks with other traffic. Since the beginning of the Summer officials have been doing all In their power to in duce coal dealers to lay in their stock early, with only partial success. The special reduction in the freight rate la now held out to them In the hope that they will not fall to make hay while the sun shines. M. Ball, a well-known Portland plonaer, who had been confined to bis home on the Wiberg lane and Villa avenue, has partly recovered and is able to be about. Mr. Ball was one of the first Portland policemen. IF k S t it 8 CM BM i. aV' 1 t. it V i v H its i JfH fit $ 1.11 Iff The splendid smoking qualities of have built up such a standard for them in the West that you'll hear men every day say to one another, "Got an Imperiales ? instead of merely " Got a cigarette ? " It's the rich tasttj the real smoking satisfaction of Imperiales that have made the name mean "good smoke" everywhere. That thin mais paper crimped, not pasted aids .the rich Imperiales blend of tobacco in smoking smoothly and deliciously to the mouthpiece and keeps them free from that "after effect" found with other cigarettes, 10 for 10 cents The menof tha -West smoked 100,000,000 Imperiales In 1J06, Sold Ecf&rytaherm TK JOHN BOLLMAN COMPANY Manufacturers Saa Francisco 1 JA,--'JUXJiJ'JjajUL.-Sji