3 TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAy. THURSDAY. SEPTE3IBER 24. 1908. . GOULD HAVE SAVED F Captain of Ship Star of Bengal Calls Tug Captains Cowards. FOUR MEN SHOW HEROISM 4 I Passenj-ers on Doomed Vessel Are ' Buried Under Avalanche of Boxes J or Dashed on Bocks Justice v for Tug Commanders Asked. j SEATTLH, Sept. 23. A special cable to the Post-Intelligencer fronr Wrangell . says: I Scenes that words cannot describe ' ' marked the last hours of the unfortunate . wretches who are numbered among the victims of the wreck of the Amerlian ' bark Star of Bengal, Which went down to destruction at Heliu Point, Coronation ' ' Inland, last Sunday morning. Not by ' ; drowning did all the unfortunates meet - . their death. Many of them were crushed. ' '. bruised and mutilated by the wreck. Hues spars crushed the spark of life out of many brave men who were desperately 1 . struggling with the waves In an effort to ; reach shore. Others were caught in the tangled mass of rope and steel cord. ' while great cases of canned salmon hold '?l down others, preventing them from reach- lng the desolate shore in safety. '. What an appalling scene was presented JJ on Coronation Island last Sunday! Grave- yard of as fine a vessel as sailed in north- 2 em waters, the treacherous rock claimed 1110 II WRECK ' more than 109 human lives as toll. I Victim of Tag Captains' Cowardice. While the tugs lay a short distance away, apparently heedless of the big ship's hazardous position and the crlti- I ' cal situation of the precious lives aboard. . Captain N. Wagner was making a des- perate effort to induce the tugs at least ', to take off the men. Presently, accord ' . lng to his own story, he burned the blue " lights of distress, but no help came. " . the ship lay anchored in sufficient water t. , to have held her safe, but the gale ln ' ' creased in force and those on the doomed ! . vessel could quickly see there was no hope. The only chance was to get ashore, and in so doing over five score t men went down to unknown graves In the watery depths, their resting places i unmarked by monument, their epitaphs the serious charge made by Captain Wagner that every victim of the disas- ter Is a victim of the rank cowardice of the masters of the tugboats Hattle Gage and Kayak. , Wagner Demands Punishment. . Captain Wagner makes a stronger as , sertion. He insists that the captains of the tugboats shall be punished if it Is in t his power to bring them to account for ; their alleged neglect and cowardice. The master of the wrecked cannery vessel, who was so III from exposure upon his , arrival last night that he could scarcely make himself heard, was much Improved 1 this morning and was still set in his purpose to have the masters of the tugs brought to justice. 1 "For four hours the Star of Bengal rode at anchor. he said, "during which time every man aboard might have been ' saved. We were lying in seven fath J " oms with comparatively no wind. We ' anchored at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, .' but the ship did not commence to drag , anchor until 8:45 the same morning. : At any time between daylight and I ' o'clock the tugs could have come along- side and rescued alL . "Those two captains are criminally cowardly, and will have to answer to ' the authorities and to Ood for 110 hu man lives." Today's advices confirm last night's report that 110 lost their lives in the awful disaster, which rivals that In which the steamer Valencia figured off Vancouver Island nearly three years . ago. Fifteen whites were drowned or killed. Forty-five minutes after the Mar of Bengal struck she broke Into three pieces, only the mlzzen topmast being visible above the surface. To four brave volunteers a majority of the survivors owe their lives. Captain Wagner states that, when the ship struck - at 9:4$ A. M., he called for volunteers to man a boat and go ashore. Four gallant fellows offered their services and after a " desperate struggle they finally made the , beach. There they rigged up a breeches - buoy, but the ship rolled and pitched so fearfully that the line was practically useless. However, the men ashore did j heroic service in assisting others -out of the water and In pulling their mates from the wreckage in which so many were crushed to death. Scenes that sickened the hearts of the J stoutest were witnessed In the surf. With A desperation born of fear, with strength given only to those that defy death, the ;' unfortunate men aboard attempted to reach the shore. But the great majority ' lout In the unequal race. Some were lifted high on the waves only to be sacked down to the hungry depths. Others were imrled against the forbidding rocks, where they were dashed to pieces. Others fought only to be crushed under aval anches of salmon cases or other debris from the fast breaking ship. The survi vors try to efface these awful scenes from their minds, but without success. Ono Man's Awful Fate. One man who attempted -o get ashore by the breeches buoy met a 4 heartrending death. He was holding fast to the line, which slackened as .' the ship rolled towards the shore. Then the great vessel righted her self and with an awful lurch rolled off shore. The force caused the line to arrow taut with a Jerk. The man held I on with desperation, but he could not i retain his hold. He was thrown 0 ' feet above the wire, and when he fell struck on the poopdeck rail. His head ' was split, the brains splattered over the deck and in an instant a mighty wave swept away all trace of the un fortunate. Those who reached the shore turned their attention to rescuing others from the surf and to pulling out the ghastly and mutilated remains of those who had given up their lives. Little sem blance to human form did many of the bodies have. In the mass of wreckage, the frail human beings were crushed, mangled. Some of the" bodies were pulled out minus arms and legs. In some rases the heads were missing. Others" were disembowelled. The sur- vivors succeeded In burying the bodies of 15 white men. Brief and homely was this ceremony, but that voracious animals might not desecrate the graves the bodies were weighted down in the sandy beach with cans of salmon. When Captain Wagner left In the Kay ak's boat, 27 bodies were on the beach, bruised, mutilated, torn almost to pieces by the waves, rocks and wreckage. Story of One Survivor. Ship Carpenter David Wilson, one of the survivors, said: "When the captain called for volun teers. I put axes, shovels and tools in the boat, also a rifle. After reaching shore, the surf gave us a hard struggle. It pulled the boat's painter from four men, and surged back and forth until I thought we ' would never get it on the beach. Finally we made it fast to a rock. I rigged the breeches buoy to a tree on top of the bluff. But we could do nothing. The poor fellows could not swim well in the wreckage, which, was mixed with all kinds of debris. "Our next thought was to start a fire, for we were nearly all dead with cold and exposure. By good fortune one man had matches In a tight tobacco-box, With salmon-boxes and other wreckage we finally started a fire by saturating the wood with kerosene. It was an awful experience, especially to see those poor men trying to reach shore, only to be drowned before our eyes or to have their lives crushed out by mountains of wreck' age." Dragging Survivors Ashore. Frank Mutr, a waiter, who was one of the volunteers, said: "We four, who went ashore In the boat, had a hard time dragging bodies and men nearly dead from the wreck age. Some were covered with debris and others were nearly gone when we pulled them out of the surf. Captain Wagner was almost gone when we managed to get hint on the beach. He could not speak, but from the shore we could see him pleading witn nis eyes lor rescue. Cases of salmon pinned him down so that he could not help himself. We looked for Hawkins and Healy, but could not find them. Hawkins was Mrs. Eabler's brother." The Coroner's Jury leaves tonight for the scene of the wreck. The survivors left for Seattle on the steamer Hum bold. BRYAN SPEAKS IN TRAIL OF SPEECHES FINDS TER.inTS AT COLUMBUS. Democratic Candidate Given Great Receptions Talks on Labor, but Kot a Word of Haskell. COLUMBCS. O.,- Sept 23. Twelve speeches to enormous crowds marked the second entry of William J. Bryan, Dem ocratic candidate for President, into Ohio during the present campaign. His concluding speech was made here tonight to a crowd of 20,000 persons, while Just previously he had addressed the largest audience that ever had assembled in Memorial Hall. The seating capacity is 6000. but this was increased by 2000 others who were satisfied to stand. Mr. Bryan's appearance on the plat form created a scene of the wildest en thusiasm, which took some time to die out, but the demonstration was repeated when he was formally Introduced by James Kilbourne, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio several years ago. While Mr. Bryan was speaking. Judge Harmon, the present Democratic candi date for Governor, and others were ad dressing the crowd outside. Says Nothing of Haskell. In none of his remarks did Mr. Bryan touch on the bribery charge against Govt ernor Haskell. During the day In this city the Demo cratic candidate for President spoke to 4000 precinct committeemen, the number being so large that the hall was emptied in order to accommodate those who had not heard him talk on organization. These meetings were followed by ad dresses to the Commercial Travelers' League on the trusts and to the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers and Fire men. His remarks tonight were on the Issues of the campaign generally, but his speech to the representatives of the brotherhoods was devoted exclusively to the labor question, and more particular ly to the plank of the Democratic plat form demanding a trial by Jury in cases of Indirect contempt. In these remarks he took occasion to refer to the attempt made in ls to pass a law covering such cases. Mr. Bryan will leave here at 10:20 o'clock in the morning for Cincinnati, stopping en route at Sprlnglield and Day ton. Calls for Democratic Congress. Six speeches were made "by Mr. Bryan on his way from Toledo to Columbus, at Fostorta, Carey and Upper Sandusky. In all his speeches Mr. Bryan made a plea for support of the Democratic state ticket and wherever he spoke insisted that Judge Harmon should appear on the plat form with him. In the discussion of Na tional Issues he spoke of the necessity for a Democratic Congress, in order, as he said, to secure the remedial legisla tion which the Democratic platform de manded. Pays Respects to Cannon. Addressing a crowd of several thousand at Marlon, made up mostly oi woraers In the steam shovel manufactories, Mr. Bryan denounced Speaker Cannon for having, ae he charged, throttled legisla tion intended for the benefit of the la boring man. A Republican House of Rep resentatives, he aaid, meant the re-election of Mr. Cannon as Speaker, and in that case no hope of labor legislation could be entertained. With a Democratic President, he de clared, "we will either compel the Senate to yield to the demand of the people or -!! ,1 f,- mi. fit nuhltc life the Seni- ators who prefer their own opinions to the opinions of the voters expressed at the polls." Boy Confesses Murder of Priest. NEW TORK. Sept. 21. A sensational turn was given last night to the strange case of Rev. Arturo Azenclo, the Spanish priest, who was found wounded in Central Park on the night of September 14 last, and who subse quently died, when 17-year-old Enrico De Lara, son of a West Indian mer chant, was arrested and charged with having murdered the priest. The police say that De Lara confessed that he met the priest in Monte Cristi. San Domingo, and the two came to New York. On the night of the murder the po lice Bay the De Lara boy tells of hav ing met the priest and accompanying him for a walk to the park. Accord ing to the police, the boy says he quar reled with Father Azenclo and threat ened to shoot him, and the priest fled and the boy shot. The lad is charged with homicide and held without bail. Anson's Daughter Weds. NEW TORK, Sept. 23. Miss Dorothy Anson, the 18-year-eld daughter of Adrian C. Anson, of Chicago, the for mer baseball captain, and until last May the County Clerk of Cook County, quietly left the home of her sister, Mrs. WTalter H. dough, in Montclair, S. J., last night and was married at Hoboken to Arthur S. Dodge, clerk in Montclair bank. CHOLERA STRIKES RUSSIA S RULERS High and Low Suffer in St. Pe tersburg Many Victims in Schools. MANY CORPSES UNBURIED Court Councillor Stricken While En tertatnlng Guests Dead Arrive at Cemeteries Faster Than Sextons - Can Bnry. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23. Aslatla cholera Is spreading so rapidly that It has Invaded the families of the aris tocracy and merchants, and one case has been discovered in the palace of Princo Alexander of Oldenburg, a cousin of the Emperor. Schools have become Infected and the deaths are so numerous that the sextons cannot bury the bodies as fast as they arrive at the cemeteries. Twenty-four cases have been re ported In the town of Peterhof. The Imperial family Is expected to return soon to Peterhof palace from Its cruise in Finnish waters. Disease Invades Schools. The disease has broken out among the cadets at Pavlovsk Military Acad emy, one of the most important higher military schools in the empire. Forty students have been sent to hospitals and two deaths already have been an nounced. Several attendants at the academy also have been stricken. The academy has been closed and the re maining cadets sent into camp at Kras-noe-Selo. Amo.ig the cases reported In St. Petersburg today Is that of Court Councillor Nechiporenko, who was stricken while entertaining a party of guests. Two prominent merchants. several officials of the various minis tries and other members of the better classes in the capital are today down with the disease. A servant in the second military scboool has developed the cholera and measures are being taken to prevent an outbreak in this institution. The disease was conveyed to these two schools in the rations served to the students. Can't Bury Dead Fast Enough. The accumulation of corpses at the graveyards continues. There are 92 unburied bodies at the Preobrazhens koe Cemetery this morning and the regular mortuary train brought down 146 more. The sextons are able to in ter only 120 bodies a day. The authorities have stopped navi gation on the Catherine Canal, a wind ing and stagnant ditch that runs sev eral miles into the heart of the city. The municipal authorities, realizing that there undoubtedly would be a re newal of the outbreak in the Spring, have appropriated $125,000 for the con struction of four cholera hospitals witn a capacity or zuoj beds. The report for the 24 hours ending at noon today shows 436 cases and 157 deaths In St. Petersburg, an increase of 19 cases and a decrease of 18 deaths, as compared with Tuesday's statistics. CONFESSES $20,000 THEFT Ex-Sunday School Teacher Looted Brooksby Hall. LEICESTER. England, Sept. 2S. John F. Spencer, a former Sunday school teacher, who recently was sen tenced to a year's imprisonment for a series of robberies, has confessed to the burglary of Brooksby Hall, the country residence of Captain David Beatty. whose wife was a daughter of the late Marshall Field, of Chicago. The burglary was committed last De cember and. Jewelry to the value of $20,000 wu stolen. As a result of Spencer's confession, three of his con federates and the receiver of the stolen Jewelry have been arrested. Spencer told the police that the diamonds and pearls were taken from their settings and sent to tho United States for disposal. DENIES ROAD INJUNCTION Court Decides Against B. & O. in Car Allotment Case. BALTIMORE. Sept. 23. The applica tion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for a preliminary injunction to restrain the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing an order relative to coal car distribution was denied by the Fed eral Court today. The order was one requesting the company to include so- called "private and "foreign railway fuel" cars in making up its percentage of allotments of cars. PLAGUE AGAIN RAGING Fresh Outbreak of Disease in Ca racas Is Announced. WILLEMSTAD, Curacoa, Sept. 23. Let ters received here from Caracas an nounce a fresh outbreak of the bubonic plague In the Venezuelan capital. Sev eral deaths have occurred among people of the better class. Firty Hurt In Trolley Wreck. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23. Fog was responsible today for a head-on col lision between two cars on the South western Traction Company's line be tween this city and Chester, In which about 50 passengers were injured, sev eral probably fatally. Before brakes could be applied there was an awful crash. Men were hurled In every direction and. both cars were wrecked. Among the most seriously hurt were: Edward Smith, leg out off and shock, may die. William Mullen, ribs crushed in, may die. Philip Hanagan, George Frey, W. R. Porter and M. 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Through the collapsing ot a epan of near ly 600 feet of tho Baltimore & Ohio Rail road bridge over the Susquehanna River at this point this morning. 12 loaded coal cars of a northbound freight train -were carried down and the epan was totally demolished. William Wilson, of Havre de Grace, a watchman, went down with the wreckage and received injuries which may prove fatal. There were no other casual ties. The bridge, which was erected In the early eighties, was being rebuilt and double-tracked. The accident occurred about 6 o'clock. With a crash that was heard for a distance of several miles, the Immense mass fell into the river, com pletely choking up the eastern channel. Two hours later the section that went down would have been swarming with workmen engaged In putting ud the great eteel beams and girders which enter into Its construction. There are reports current that the bridge was tampered with and that dyna mite had been concealed in different parts of the structure during the last few weeks. Baltimore & Ohio officials are on the scene making investigations. According to the bridge official's esti- ( . 3 lit .. untt fifiA mates me aamago wm wv.vw t cluslve of the loss to cars and freight. D. D. Crothers, chief engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In an In terview this afternoon expressed his Inability to explain the catastrophe on any other theory than that the bridge had been dynamited. "I would not make such an accr-na-tion." he said, "because It is barely possible, though highly Improbable, that there was some hidden defect in the work of construction that caused the. accident. But the bridge could f LADIES HOME JOURNAL PA TTERNS lOcandlSc J 1 OS If U WQiiS'i KIN' Specials on Table Linen TABLE SETS Containing one cloth in handsome patterns, size 2x2V2 yards, and one dozen 24-inch napkins to match. 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Lot 500 on sale Thursday, each, only 98c Flannelette In new Fall patterns for kimonos, house gowns, dress ing sacques, etc. Spe- q cial, the yard XOC New Scotch Flannels For shirt waists, children's dresses, etc. Kegular 50c grade, Thursday 39c Tan Shoes Favored our shoe salesmen try ther skill in fitting you prop erly., With the perfect service and conscientious fitting given here, comfort as well as good looks are assured as long as the shoes last. Milady's shoes three are one of the most 10c toilet. Cart Sale Regular $9.50 values, f special sale price J)D.UU Regular $11.50 values, &n f- special sale price JOeOU Regular $12.50 values, d j e special sale price '. P Regular $13.50 values, $ 8.50 Regular $17.50 values, $11.00 Eberhardt Gets 30 Years. HACKENSACK, N. J., Sept. 23. Au gust Eberhardt, on trial here for the ened in little ways yoa can't see ; hemlock instead of oak tanned soles; composition instead of leatherheels; pieced counters instead of good solid sole leather. 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