THE MOHXIXG OREGOMAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1908
STEAMER
BURNS
FIFTEEN AHE DEAD
St. 'Cuthbert Meets With Dis
aster Off the Nova Sco
tian Coast.
CYMRIC RESCUES CREW
Those Lost Meet Death by Small
Boat Swamping , Remaining
3 7 Taken Off and Vessel
Is Abandoned.
HALIFAX, X. S-. Feb. 3. In the midst
of a wild blizzard this afternoon the
steamer St. Cuhbert -was burned to the
water's edge oil the Nova Scotiaa coast.
Fifteen members. of the crew were
drowned by the swamping of a small
boat in -which they attempted to leave
the vessel after lire had broken out yes
terday. The other 37 members of the
crew, including the captain, were res
cued by the White Star liner Cymric.
After taking off the survivors, the Cym
ric abandoned, the burning steamer this
afternoon arid proceeded to Boston.
A wireless message from Captain
Finch, of the Cymric, read:
"The 6teamer St. Cuthbert was aban
doned afire Monday afternoon off the
Nova Scotian coast. The Cymric -stood
by for nine hours during a strong gale,
heavy seas and snow squall. Lifeboat in.
charge of chief officer, making three per
ilous trips, rescued 37 members of the
crew, Including, the captain. Several
members of the crew severely burned and
injured.
"Fifteen of the crew were drowned
Sunday attempting to leave the vessel.
Their boat was swamped by a heavy
sea." "
The St. Cuthbert. owned by the British
& Foreign Steamship Company, of Liver
pool, Killed from Antwerp on January
19 for New York. She was comparative
ly a new vessel, having been built In 1904
at Newcastle, England, by the Arm
strong Whitworth Company, and was of
4954 tons register.
SEALERS MUST BE CAREFUL
Japan Issues Orders In View of Last
Year's Trespass.
VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 3. Advices
wero received by the Empress of India
that in consideration of the raiding of
foreign territory last year by Japanese
.sealers,:- official notilication has been Is
sued to the sealers about to leave Japan
to be careful not to trespass In foreign
waters
Notification is given by the Japanese
Communications Department that it has
been decided to Install wireless telegra
phy on the six steamers of the Nippon
Yusen Kuisha running to Seattle, which
will be ready to exchange communica
tions after April V
A colliery disaster Is reported from
Yubari colliery, Hokkaidl, where a gas
explosion killed 91 miners. A large num
ber who escaped from the mine were se
verely burned.
TESTIMONY IS DAMAGING
Webster Guerin Was Overheard to
Threaten Mrs. McDonald's Ufe.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Mary J.' Campbell,
who conducts a cleaning and dyeing es
tablishment, testified In the McDonald
trial this afternoon to having interrupted
Webster Guerin in the act of choking
Mrs. McDonald and to having heard him
threaten to take her life.
Miss Millie Lagon, a milliner of Prairie
Du Chien, Wis., told of having over
heard a quarrel in a downtown restau
rant between Guerin and Mrs. McDonald,
iu the course of which the defendant, .in
reply to a demand for money, made a
threat, to which Guerin replied, "If ever
you threaten to tell the old man again, I
want you to know that I can shoot, and
Bhoot to kill."
SEND THE GUARD TO COAST
Reported Inquiry About Mobiliza
tion ot Ohio Militia.
AKRON, O., Feb.' 3. Captains Yontz
and Watktip of the two local com
panies of the Eighth Regiment, Ohio
National Guard, have received tele
grams from Major Stanford M Swartz,
of the Third Battalion of the regiment,
asking how many men they can mus
ter In four hours' notice for mobiliza
tion on the Pacific Coast.
.' COLUMBUS, O., Feb..' 3. State offi
cials here declare that they know noth..
ing of any orders sending the Ohio
National Guard or any portion of it
to the Pacific. Coast, as reported from
Akron. ,
CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT
(Continued from First Page.)
tlon to prosecute malefactors for their
crimes and a rigorous enforcement of the
law should result In congesting the crim
inal courts, then the plunderers of mil
lions will be given precedence In the path
way to prison over the pilferers of pen
nies." . .
Condemned Only by Malefactors.
Hepburn, of Iowa, declared that the
Democrats had shown great - versatility
in the debate of today. One, he said,
spoko in unseemly terms of the Presi
dent: another said he could not toil
whether the message was by Mr. Roose
velt or by one of his own political Ideas.
"The message," said Hepburn, "is re
ceived in some sections of the country
wltliy violent condemnation. This condem
nation comes from the organs of the very
men, and those only, whom the Presi
dent of the United States has seen fit
to denounce ts the malefactors, the great
malefactors of the age, and that Is the
only Houree from which it has come ex
cept from the gentlemen from Ohio," re
ferring to M"". Foraker. (
The President, Hepburn declared, had
done nothing to unsettle conditions by.
his own acts. He had simply called at
tention to the misdeeds of those male
factors. "The President." he said, "is
neither a bull nor a bear." The stock
gamblers, he said, "have done moro than
any other class to bring on this disaster,
to bring into disrepute the value of our
securities."
People Behind President.
"In everything the President has done."
continued Hepburn, "the American, peo
ple stand by him. In every recommen
dation of the message, the American
pe.ople stand behind him."
Continued applause on the Republican
Hide, quickly followed in all parts of the
House. Interrupted the speaker for some
minutes.
"And they demand," he went on, when
fiuiet was restored, "that the legislation
the President stands for shall be given in
order that these recommendations may
be made effective through the courts.
Some may say there will be nothing done
by this Congress. I do not believe it. I
assert that the American people are
earnest in upholding the hands of the ex
ecutive power, that he may be able to
accomplish thq reforms advocated In this
message, and, if any man stands in the
way, he will simply be run over."
Again a wave of uproarious applause
swept over the house. Hepburn said the
Democratic party Is making a departure
In advocating the course of the President,
and had opposed National legislation In
many cases on the ground that there was
no constitutional power for it. Hepburn
said: ,
Some men complain that the President has
not put a larper number of these malefactors
in the penitentiary. I know a. good many in
whose behalf 1 v.-ould like to iee his ener
gies doubled, but we must remember tbAt
there are difficulties In the way. One dif
ficulty is to convict any man of crime. If
he reinforces his de-fenee with- an abundant
exchequer, you must remember how many
restrictions we have thrown around the
criminal.
He favored interpreting the- criminal
statutes liberally and in a way to avoid
evasion and to secure Justice. Then, he
added, there would not be so many in
fractions of the law. He denounced stock
gamblers for monopolizing the money of
the country In their operations. He said
that the Democrats knew that the Presi
dent's message meets the expectations of
the people, and on that account they are
trying to appropriate all of its provisions.
PLOT TO KILL IK
PKIXCE OP MOSTEXUGEO IN
DANGER OF MURDER.
Native of Principality Arrested in
Arizona on "Suspicion of Join
ing in a Conspiracy.
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 3. In the ar
rest of Milo Gjonovich, a. native of
Montenegro, at Globe, Ariz., the postal
authorities believe they have discov
ered a plot against the reigning head
of Montenegro, Prince Nicholas.
Gjonovich was arrested for taking
from the mails a letter addressed to
Rojo Pocek, another Montenegrin, and
his defense Is that he' was working in
the Interest of his government. Several
relatives of Pocek have been arrested
in their native home in Montenegro
lately and It is believed that Gjonovich
is responsible.
Complaint has been sworn out
against Gjonovich before United States
Commissioner Charles E. Martin, -of
Globe, for misappropriation of the
mails. Gjonovich has been working at
Globe as a miner, but is well educated.
BOYCOTT GETS A BLOW
(Continued from First Page.)
Buck Stove & Bange Company, of St. Louis,
against the American Federation of Labor,
in which an injunction was recently granted
by Justice Gould in the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia.
When asked for an expression of opin
ion in regard to the decision of the Su
preme Court in the Loewe case, Samuel
Gompera, president of the American Fed
eration of. Labor, decline -to- make any
comment at this time.
Story of the Suit,
The suit was instituted toy Loewe & Co.
In the United States Circuit Court in
Connecticut, the company alleging dam
age by a boycott against their factory
to the extent of $80,000, asked for a
judgment of $240,000 In accordance with
the terms of the Sherman act. Not only
the members of the Hatters' Union, but
the American Federation of Labor,, of
which the union Is a subordinate organ
ization, were included in the bilL
In the complaint it was alleged that the
labor organization had undertaken to
compel the manufacturers to unionize
'their factory, and it was asserted, that
-when they failed in this effort, the union
hatters withdrew and Induced other em
ployes to do -so. This act was followed
by the declaration of a boycott against
Lowe's hats wherever they were found,
and as the firm controlled an extensive
trade throughout the country, the boy
cott extended to many states, which, in
the language- of the bill, constituted a
combination to limit and restrain inter
state commerce.
The unions advertised ' their boycott
against the firm In labor organizations
p in different parts of the country, and in
consequence the firm claimed that Its
business fell off outside the state. Ac
tions were brought at different places,
notably at San Francisco.
LEWIS BECOMES PRESIDENT
New Head of Coal-Miners Declares
His Policy.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 3. Thomas L.
Lewis, of Bridgeport, O., was declared
elected president of the United Mine
workers of America at today's closing
session of the annual convention. The
report of the tellers showed that 127,025
votes were cast for president, of whien
Mr. Lewis received 64,653'4 and "W. B. Wil
son, of Blossburg, Pa., received 62,472.
Lewis' majority was 20S1H-
John P. White, of Iowa, was elected
National Vice-President, having no op
position. He received 116,078 votes.
For secretary-treasurer, W. D. Ryan, of
Illinois, received 82,345 votes, John Fahy
receiving 40,918 1-2.
The delegates tp the American Federa
tion of Labor, who were elected, are John
Mitchell, T. L. Lewis, W. B. Wilson, W.
D. Ryan. John H. Walker, of Illinois;
John P. White, of Iowa, and G. W. Sav
age, of Ohio. Mr. Lewis was introduced
to the delegates by W. B. Wilson, who
pledged to the new head of the organiza
tion his support. Mr. Lewis made a
speech in which he denied that there had
eved been a personal difference between
himself and the other national officers.
President Mitchell and Secretary Wil
son shook hands with Mr. Lewis and the
delegates cheered loudly. ,
The convention adjourned subject to
call for a special convention to ratify any
wage agreement that. may result from a
joint conference with the operators ot the
central competitive field.
Boilermakers' Strike Off.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 3. President Gallivan,
of the International Union of Boiler
makers, today announced that the strike
of boilermakers against, the several rail
roads In Minnesota was declared off.
The railroad officials announce that they
will only take back such men as they
need. .
Sends (ioldflcld Report to House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. -r- President
Roosevelt today sent to the House of
Representatives the report of the special
commission of investigation Into the Gold
ficM labor troubles, in reply to a recent
resolution requiring him to do so.
12V2c Outing Flannel at 7c
Outing Flannel, flannelettes and percales, in the 7
regular 12'2C grade, choice, the yard C
SLIGHTLY MUSSED TABLECLOTHS
Worth $5.00 each for only........ $4.45
Worth $6.00 each for only $4.95
Worth $6.50 each for only...... ..'..5.25
Soiled Napkins ONE-FOURTH OFF REGULAR
White and Colored Wash Dress Goods y2 OFF
REMNANTS OF WOOL AND OUTING FLANNEL
AT BIG REDUCTIONS
Scotch Flannels, for suitings, waists, skirts and house
wear; wears well and launders nicely.; 50c OQ.
grade for 39c, and 40c quality, yard only. ...
V.artM-' liT-iiWfaM.'.-r, ttF-t-tti i t rr-T-T,y,r,.-r.w.- iniw
IjTi mmi0r
AGENTS ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS
$3.25 Blankets $2.45 Pair
SANITARY GRAY WOOL BLANKETS, good size and
good weight, with fancy pink and blue An AC
borders; regularly $3.25 pair, sale price..
WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, with pink, blue or red
borders, priced as follows:
$3.75 values at... $2.85 $ 6.00 values at... $4.45
$4.50 values at...S3.50 $ 7.00 values at.. .5. 15
$5.00 values at... $3.98 $13.50 values at... $9.00
ALL-WOOL PLAID BLANKETS, in pink and white,
gray and white or blue and white; big, soft, warm
fellows, worth $10.00 the pair; sale . rjCJ
Sale
Cold
Weather
Goods
Don 't by any means miss this opportunity to purchase yohat you need for the present cold snap at the Olds, Wortman
& King Store, and secure it for much below the regular price. There are very special savings to be had on Men 's,
Women's and Children's Shoes, warm Underwear and Hosiery, Wool Blankets, Men's Underwear and Outing Flan
nel Sleeping Garments Bear Cloth for Baby 9s Coat and many other lines.
Initial Showing of Oriental Si
muz?
IE n W 7-1 TUSSORAH SILK
The pronounced favorites in Silks for the coming season will be the oriental weaves. There is a broader range
this year than has ever been known and fancy effects as well as plain colors will be decidedly popular. These
silks will be in demand for shirtwaist suits and waists in plain tailored effects, for semi-tailored costumes and
gowns for dress occasions. We've spread six large tables in the silk aisle full of these superb fabrics and we
cordially invite your inspection. Come and view them whether you buy or not. We will take pride in showing
you our assortment we will take pleasure in having you know .that it's the best hereabouts. We're certain
that if you have a silk want, you'll come here to buy.
RACCARRAH SILK RAJAH SILK SHANTUNG SILK MOTORA SILK
MANDARIN SILK SONG-O-SILK KUHLA SILK TUSCAN SILK
PONGEE SILKS In plain or fancy effects and imported or domestic weaves
These silks are shown in every conceivable plain color; in fancy polka dot or striped patterns; in self-colored
stripes or self-colored polka dots. We hope that all women who pay close heed to fashion's dictates will avail
themselves of this opportunity to see this very complete exhibit.
A SALE OF HOUSE NEEDS
Bargains in furnishings for kitchen, dining-room, parlor,
hall for all parts of the house. Special attention is paid
to closing out odd lines.
CHINA DINNER SETS With border decora- d0 Of
tion; 100-pc sets, regularly $16.50; sale price. .pOiJ
Sets of 112 pieces, regular $18.00. values, selling for. .$9.00
DINNER SETS of German China, $20.00 valuesfijl ( Cft
but slightly damaged, special at .". P XiJvi
HAVILAND CHINA DINNER SETS Regularly $28.50,
but slightly damaged, so they are now sell- . J?1 V CA
ing for 1
The $45.00 sets of 60 pieces are now...;... $31.00
00 sets of 55 pieces, special at......... ;$2S.OO
ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE DINNER SETS IN ODD LINES AT EXTRA
SPECIAL VALUES
60c
55c
28c
16c
10c
63c
28c
10c
15c
($e& The $42
odd
A 'half-price sale on
lines of
SEMI-PORCELAIN
GLASSWARE
CUT GLASS
CHINA I
GRANITE IRON
JARDINIERES
UMBRELLA STANDS
15c Coat and Hat Racks, have 4
hooks; special
Coat and Hat Racks, have 6 hooks,
25c value ,
Folding Coat or Hat Rack, 7-pin
size, 25c value, for...
Folding Coat or Hat Rack, 10-pin
size, 35c value
Coal Hods with hoods, 45c values,
special
10c
15c
15c
25c
30c
Regular 75c Wood Baskets selling
now for. ,
Reg. $1.10 Teapots, white enam
eled . . .
40c Granite Iron Coffee Pots, two
quart size, sale price
22c Sauce Pans of granite iron,
2-quart size, sale price
Regular 14c Pudding Pans of gran
ite iron
Regular 88c Tea Kettles, 8-quart
size, for
40c Muffin Pans, 8-hole size, sell
ing for
18c Sink Strainers,, selling now for,
each ....'.
Regular 25c Table Mats, set of six,
for
$1.50 Tea Kettles, No. 8 size, copper, nickel-
plated, seamless body; spe
cial for
rr
$1.15
WOMEN'S LONG CPA TS $23. 85
No need to be anything but warmly clad these days, when Portland's largest and
best style salons offer such remarkable bargains in Women's Coats. To attend
this sale means to choose from a magnificent assortment and to save half or
more than half. A goodly selection of women's long coats is offered a lot of
about 120. They are in the ultra-fashionable,
long, loose-fitting models. Some are smartly tai
lored and some richly trimmed. There are gar
ments for street or evening wear; mostly fancy
materials, but a few very handsome affairs in
colored fabrics. The regular r m
values run to $48.50 each. A OO
remarkable bargain today
WOMEN'S COATS OF CARACUL The most stylish
and serviceable fabric yet devised for Winter wear;
it's a long-nap weave that resembles Persian lamb or
Astrachan; these coats come in long or short models,
fitted or loose styles ; they are very warm wraps that
insure perfect comfort and they are pronounced fa
vorites among modishly garbed women for this sea
son's wear; 'worth to $58.50 each;
choice of any one that remains
WOMEN'S STORMPROOF COATS Strikingly hand
some garments, suitable for wear in rain or shine;
there are plain colors in severely tailored styles or
tastefully decorated effects in wine, cardinal, mode,
gray, black or tan; wraps dressy enough to wear for
evening occasions and thoroughly serviceable on drippy
. days; the values are from $10.00 T T A F"
to $42.50 each ; choice, selling - ft
now for
$18.95
Primps 1
Valentines and Valentine Day Novelties Here
We have Valentines from 5c a doz. to $10 each. A very large assortment of the popular Postcard Valentines. Valentines in lace-trimmed,
hand-painted or ribbon-decorated effects. Valentine Hearts for party decorations, fancy Paper Napkins and Valentine Box Stationery.
Hand-painted and fancy Valentines lO to $10.00
Fancy Card Valentines, each 2 for 5, and up to 35
Fancy Top Valentines, an endless assortment. All prices.
Comic -Paper Valentines in packages of 1 dozen, the package. .5
Postcard Valentines, 2 for 5 to", each : 20
Red Valentine Hearts for decorations at Valentine Parties.
Fancy Tally Cards, for the Valentine day parties. .
Fancy Paper Napkins in Valentine effects.
Box Stationerv for Valentine season correspondence.
22S!
BRIEF EXAMINATION HELD
THAW'S COXDJTION OBSERVED,
, ' BUT XO OPINIOX GIVEN".
Wife and Member of Counsel, Pay
X Him Brief Visit Alienists
Hold Conferences.
POUGHKEEPSIE. N T., Feb. 3. A
brief preliminary examination and ob
servation of the mental condition of
Harry K. Thaw was held today by Dr.
Allan W. Ferriss, president of the New
York State Lunacy Commission, and Dr.
Lamb,. Superintendent of Matteawan
State Hospital.
After the examination Dr. Ferriss
said it was too early to give an opin
ion on Thaw's mental condition. The
examination interrupted a visit of Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Daniel O'Reil
ly, of Thaw's counsel, who came up
from New York today. Mrs. Thaw
appeared depressed over the situation
in which her husband found himself
nmonf? the insane. She stated that
Mrs. William Thaw would probably
accompany her on her next visit to
the hospital.
Drs. Evans and Jelliffe, alienists, re
tained by the Thaw family, held sev
eral conferences with Thaw during? the
day. It is believed here that unless
Thaw is discharged through the co-operation
of the state authorities within
a few weeks, habeas crpus proceed,
ingrs will be instituted In the Supreme
Court here.
Doubts lag Is Chesapeake's.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Doubt is thrown
on the genuineness of the flag sold in
London last week as that of Captain Law
rence's ship, the Chesapeake, by G. Wilfred
Pearce, who has been investigating the
matter In behalf of the New Jersey His
torical Society. It Is claimed by Mr.
Pearce . that the Chesapeake's flag was
burled in the coffin with Lawrence's body
when it was laid at rest in Trinity
churchyard. New York. The flag, Mr.
Pearce said, was spread over the casket
when the body of Lawrence was brought
from Halifax by permission of the British
authorities after the capture of the Ches
apeake by the British idurlng the War of
1812.
rKOTO VATJCXTIJ.-ES THJ5 LATEST.
Kiser has . 'em. See 'cm. 248 Alder St.
Eye glasses 1.0O at Metzger's
L
STICK .VEAKLY IS PUT INTO
OniO'S BUNKERS.
Second Time Dynamite Has Been
' Found in Battleship's Coal.
Oversight of Miners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The command
ing officer of the battleship Ohio reports
that whil6 taking coal from the chartered
collier Fortuna, at Port of Spain, Trini
dad, a stick of dynamite about five inches
in length was found. The Fortuna had a
cargo of New River coal supplied by the
Boring White Coal Mining Company at
Newport News, Va. This is the second
time that dynamite has been found in coal
furnished United States men-of-war.
The previous case occurred over a year
ago and resulted in an order being Issued
by Admiral Evans that all officers and
men employed in coaling ships examine
coal carefully while being put aboard ship.
The order described the general appear
ance of .dynamite and gave certain neces
sary precautions to be observed.
The dynamite was evidently a stick used
in mining the coal and escaped the obser
vation of the miners and persons who
subsequently handled the coal.
To Celebrate Emmet's Anniversary.
At a meeting of Division No. 1, Order
of Hibernian's, held last night In Wood
men of the World Hall, arrangements
were made for celebrating the anni
versary of the birth of Robert Emmet
on March 2. E. S. J. McAllister has
beeu invited to deliver an" address on
that occasion. A quartette composed
of the members of the Ladles' Auxili
ary, will sing the song dedicated to
Emmet's memory by Thomas Moore,
the poet, "Oh, Breathe Not His Name,
Let It Sleep in the Shade." John
O'Hare will be in charge of the pro
gramme. Plans -were also discussed
for the celebration of St. Patrick's
day. It was decided to have the exer
cises iu the Armory, but the programme
has not been completed.
Slight Earthquake Shock.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. The Weath
er Bureau today Issued the following
earthquake bulletin:
"An earthquake of slight intensity
from a distant origin was recorded on
the seismographs at the Weather Bu
reau on the afternon of February 1,
beginning at 6 hours 1 minutes 11
seconds P. M., seventy-fifth meridian
time. Perceptible tremors were re
corded for nearly one hour. The dis
tance of the original quake from Wash
ington is estimated to be about 3SU0
miles."
ALBANY. N. Y.. Feb. 3. Direi tor
Clark, of the State Museum, reported
today that earth tremors from senile
distant source were registered Satur
day evening by the seismograph in the
museum. The disturbance begun at
6:20 P. M. and lasted for nearly an
hour, traveling in an east-west direc
tion. Its center must have been over
5000 miles distant, somewhere in tho
Pacific or In Central Asia.
PltOibilr Many persona were injure. fv
eral erkuly. Monday when two Mrti-ar?
collided at the north end of the Hnilthnln
street bridge. The accident wan caused by
a defective brake.
Buy Denny Dulin, It's Good
10c, at 303 Wells-Far-o bdpj.