THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANTTARY 2Q, l'JIU.
SHIP ONCE SAVED
IS ADRIFT AGAIN
PARIS IS AGOG OVER DRAMATIST'S NEW PLAY.
William H. Smith Waits Off
Moclips for Towboats to
Come to Relief.
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CUTTER MISSES VESSEL
Slate Believes That Though Without
Masts She May Bo Saved Yet.
Effort Will Be Renewed
This Morning.
HOQUIAM. Wash., an. 19. (Special.)
There Is a report hero tonight that tha
ship Will Lara II. Smith Is anchored be
tween Point Gr:iville and Moclips, nd
that she was anchored all day yesterday.
The sailors left the ship at 10 A. M. and
reached Moclips this afternoon.
HOQUIAM, Jan. 19. (Special.) The
American ship "William H. Smith, which,
when helpless, dismasted arid at the
mercy of wind and wave, was taken In
tow by the oil tank steamer Washtenaw
on Monday, is seen again oft Moclips.
Observers who reported her plight today
had seen nothing of the Washtenaw, and
the absence of the escort puzzles marine
men here.
Word came to the Grays Harbor Tug
boat Company at noon today, and an
effort was made at once to dispatch the
tug Cudahy from Westport. The Cudahy
was unable to cross the bar because of
the rough weather, and the tug Daring
was sent out from Westport, with In
fractions to made the bar at daybreak.
Tug Cruises Off Cape.
The wanderings of the ship and ofc
the oil-tank steamer have caused sor
row in shipping circles for two days.
Vessels which have passed over the
route they should have taken have been
coming into Northern ports without
x having seen either. ' The tug Goliath
has been cruising off Cape Flattery
in the hope of effecting the salvage.
She has been as far as 50 miles south
of the cape, without result.
It was believed until today that the
Washtenaw had lost her tow, but was'
standing by until the weather moder
ated, so the line could be mended. Xow
anxiety is transferred to the Washte
naw by the report that she is not to
be seen near the Smith.
Gale Off Cape Moderates.
The steamer Drake, which was re
ported as arriving at Seattle today from
San Francisco, had not "seen the ves
sels. The weather of Monday and Tues
day, in which the Washtenaw and the
Smith were caught, was unusually se
vere off the Washington coast.
The wind off Cape Flattery on Mon
day blew 76 miles an hour and yes
terday it blew 45 miles. In this gale
the life-saving vessel Snohomish went
out to aid. The wind moderated to
17 miles an hour off the cape today
and there is comparatively little danger
to the Smith at present.
SHERIFFS FAVOR CLOSING
Recommendation Adopted by North
Yakima Convention.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 19.
(Special.) The Summer meeting of the
Washington State Sheriffs' Association
will be held in Everett on July 14, 15 and
16. This was decided Just before ad
journment of the annual convention here
this morning. Th following officers
were unanimously elected for the en
suing year: President, F. K. Pugh, of
Spokane; vice-president, 8. Vanzand, of
Whatcom; secretary, J. E. Ferguson, of
Chelan, and treasurer, Deputy Stringer,
of King.
The following were unanimously rec
ommended: Whipping-post and lash for
wife-beaters and women assailants: more
uniform salary and compensation for
Sheriffs and removal of legal limitation
so that Sheriffs may hold over two terms;
general Sunday closing law; recommenda
tion that Sheriffs pay 60 per cent of re
wards received into the treasury of the
association; recommendation that an ex
Sheriff be appointed a member of the
board of control; a state curfew law;
Tnaklng Jail-breaking or attempt a felony;
protection of Sheriff Injure, in perform
ance of duty, or. If killed, payment of
$1000 to widow or immediate family.
The fee bill drafted at the Colfax meet
ing in 1908 wa approved.
SEATTLE ASKS HEARING
Substitutions Are Being Made ,ln
Tonnage in Transit. '
SEATTLE. Jan. 19. The Interstate
Commerce Commission is likely to bold a
hearing in Seattle to investigate substi
tution of tonnage at transit points. The
Chamber of Commerce today received a
telegram from Commissioner Franklin K.
i.ane saying that the Commission had
discovered many irregularities while in--vestigatlng
the subject and asking If a
hearing on the Pacific Coast were neces
sary. The Chamber replied that a hear
ing in the Pacific Northwest was very
.desirable.
Flour and lumber shippers are Interest
ed in the investigation.
SLEEPING CARS.
I'ortiund to Seattle and Tacoma.
The Pullman sleeping car for Seattle
and Tacoma on the Oregon & Wash
ington owl train leaving Portland at
11:45 P. M. is at the disposal of pas
sengers after 9:30 P. M. This car may
n occupied until g o'clock the fol
lowing morning, thus enabling travel
ers to obtain a full night's sleep with
out the loss of an hour.
Reservations and tickets. City Ticket
Office. Third and Washington streets,
or Union Depot.
C'avlli Off for San Francisco.
Arthur. Cavill. swimming instructor of
the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club,
leaves tomorrow for San Francisco, where
lie will spend a two weeks' vacation. Dur-
tnr CfLVtll'fl ahjtenoo nMfla . .1.
" . a IVJ Lll3
swimming tank will be completed, and
1 lie Bwiiiiuiuig trusses win De discontinued.
While in San Francisco. Instructor Cavil!
expects to secure a number of entries for
the Summer competitions to be held in
Portland in July and August.
TO CURK A COLD IX OME DAT.
Ts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
1 Drusslsts refund money If It falls to our.
Ki yi aiiQX& a liana turn U en mash fcoj 5 a,
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EDMOXD ROSTAND.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. (Special.) The date of the dress rehearsal of
Kdmond Rostand's "Chanticler" is set and all the literary world is striv
ing for cards of admission. Between Rostand and his feathered actresses
,and actors there has has been as much dissension as among the families
in a barnyard. The first of the four acta will represent a poultry yard,
with Lucien Guitry in the role of the cock. Guitry, who ranks with
Antoine as the best actor in France, receives $40,000 for playing the
- title role in "Chanticler." Mme, Simona Lebargy plays the part of a
pheasant and receives a salary equal with that of her co-star, Guitry.
Mme. Lebargy objects to the fact that she is expected to lay an egg
in full view of the audience. Rostand is one of the first poets of the
day. His contracts are such'that he cannot lose money, even if the
play fails, which is unlikely. Paris is deeply interested over this play,
and wants It to be a roaring success. So financial failure seems impossible.
SWOLLEN STREAMS
FOLLOW BIG THAW
Floods, as Predicted Tuesday,
Are Storm's Aftermath;
More Rain Due.
SNOWFALL FORESEEN, TOO
Wind at Portland Reaches 12 -Mile
Velocity Walla Walla Isolated.
v Dayton Submerged Train
Situation Better. '
Floods, the predicted result of Tues
day's general gale and rain, are at
hand, swollen streams having been re
ported from several points yesterday,
thawing of snow alone contributing,
as no Pacific Northwest city reported
rain.
Rubbish clogging O. R. & N. culverts
near Alto, Wash., backwater rushed
through a. ravine, carrying everything
before it, a rancher rescuing his wife
In the nick of time. Many head of
cattle and half a hundred pigs were
swept away. This flood alone worked
damage in the Touchet Valley entail
ing the loss of thousands of dollars,
the water measuring 50 feet deep at
one embankment. At Portland the
Willamette rose 1.6 feet in 21 hours pre
ceding 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
That he flood situation will become
more serious is the prediction of the
Weather Bureau, the forecast for to
day telling Western Oregon and West
ern Washington ' to prepare for more
rain, which may be accompanied by
occasional snowfall. Only the terri
tory east of the Cascades Is promised
fair weather.
Portland Has Balmy Day.
Aside from the breeze that ' swept
Tatoosh and North Head yesterday
Portland's gale was the strongest reg
istered, a 12-knot gale blowing here
spasmodically. The maximum tempera
ture in Portland was 45 degrees above,
recording a balmier day than that en
Joyed by many Northern California
cities.
Of the cities that report floods, Day
ton, Wash., seems to be suffering most,
the Patit and Touchet Rivers flooding
the main streets and surrounding the
schoolhouse stealthily. Teachers and
students were rescued from the inun
dation by volunteers.
For 48 hours Dayton has been cut
off from the world, no mail arriving,
all trains being tied up. Forces are
out to save the railroad and wagon
bridges but if the prediction of more
rain is fulfilled it is feared the situa
tion there will be serious.
Washington Cities Flooded.
Dayton is not the scfte Washington
flood victim. An ice jam in the Walla
WaIla River broke at Lond&n last
night, causing the river to overflow.
All the lowlands in . the vicinity of
Wallula are flooded and in places en
tire ranches are submerged. Great
damage is reported.
At South Bend, Wash., a heavy wind
and rain storm has prevailed for 3S hours
and. as a result, the second temporary
railroad bridge at Holcomb was carried
away by the, high water. The original
bridge went out in the great storm of
last November. This was replaced by a
temporary bridge built on piling, which,
in turn, was swept out by a storm in
December. Another temporary bridge was
built, only to meet the same fate as the
other viaducts. Interruption of mail, nas-
senger and freight service is causing
great Inconvenience ana considerable loss
there. '
Walla Walla is nearly isolated, its only
train outlet being to the south by the O.
R. & N.
Train. Schedule Resumed.
L Washouts near JVallula Walla Waila
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Grange City and in Western Whitman
County stalled traffic on the O. R. & N.
Spokane trains are running to Winona,
in western W hitman County and re
turning, keeping up regular service be
tween those points, but there has been
no through service or mail since Sunday.
La Grande reports that traffic is grad
ually being restored to normal through
the Telocaset drifts on the main line.
The rotary snowplow was disabled yes
terday, but the wind has gone down.
.Damage resulting from landslides near
Harbin, Wash., was repaired late yester
day so that the operation of trains over
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle was re
sumed on 'schedule time here last night.
The North Bank Limited left Portland
as usual at 7 o'clock last night and the
fame train westbound was started from
Spokane also last night. Trains that were
delayed by reason of the Blid.ee will reach
Portland some time today. Barring fur
ther accidents of this character, resulting
from heavy rains, the officials of the
North Bank expect to have all trains
running regularly, beginning this morn
ing. SONG SINGER ARRESTED
Postal Authorities Charge "Tricky"
Smith With Forgery.
Y. E. Smith, an illustrated song singer
known to the police as "Tricky" Smith,
was arrested by Postal Inspector Clem
ents and Detectives Hellyer and Maloney
of the local Police Department last night
on the charge of forgery. He is held at
the City Jail awaiting arraignment in the
Federal Courts.
. Smith came into possession of a $30
money order sent by one George Smith,
of Spokane, to himself in this city. After
receiving the order at the general de
livery ' window, "Tricky" Smith main
tained its possession for a week. In the
interim George Smith, the sender, arrived
in the city. He had occasion to use the
funds he took the precaution tq forward
and applied for his mail. When he failed
to receive the money order he complained
to the postal authorities.
Inspector Clements learned of a bar
tender who had cashed the money order
for "Tricky" Smith yesterday. - After
an all-day search of the haunts fre
quented by Smith, the officers' located him
at 7 o'clock In the evening, and placed
him under arrest.
RABBI'S BODYSENT NORTH
Late Ellas Berman, Who Died Here,
Will Be Buried at Seattle.
Aceonvpanied by members of the fam
ily, the body of the late Rabbi Klias Ber
man, of San Francisco, who died sud
denly in this city Tuesday night, will be
taken to Seattle today, where burial will
txke' phice.
Whi'.e en route to his California home
from Seau.e, Rabbi Berman was stricken
with apoplexy ar the Union Depot at 6:30
o'clock Tuesday evening and was re
moved immediately to the Good Samari
tan Hospital, where he died five hours,
later.
Rabbi Berman was one of the most
scholarly clergymen in this country. At
the time of his death his relation to the
oithodox Hebrew congregations of Sal!
Francisco wis virtually that of a bishop.
Dr. Berman was aged 58 years and is sur
vived by a widow, two daughters and a
son.
MRS. MARY LEAVENS DEAD
Typhoid Ferer Claims Second Vic
tim at Willamette.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Mary Helen, wife of D. O.
Leavens, a well-known resident of Wil
lamette, is the second victim of typhoid
fever, having succumbed last night in the
Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, where
she had been taken five weeks ago.
Mrs. Leavens is survived by her hus
band and six children, Fred, who is on
the police force of Portland; Mrs. Mamie
Wallace, of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Rose
Wallis, of Willamette: Mrs. Daisy Twom
bley, of Willamette; Elmer E. and Willie,
of Willamette.
The funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
M. E. Church, and the interment will be
in the I. O. O. F. plot of the Mountain
View Cemetery.
Today is positively last day for dis-
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Furnishing a Home
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Making Furniture at Home
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THE GREATER ,
Ul ROME
1909
GRAZED PARENTS HELD
PROSECUTOR BLAMES ELDER
OF HOLY ROLLERS.
Coroner's Jury Finds Verdict
Against Father and Mother of
Year-Old Baby.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) A Coroner's jury at Lynden today
found a verdict holding George and Anna
Peshtot responsible for the death of their
1-year-old daughter from exposure, when
the mother, father and four children
went to the roof of their dwelling and
danced naked as they waited for the
coming of the chariot of fire that they
professed to believe was coming to take
them to heaven.
Prosecuting Attorney Llvesley today
announced that If possible he would hold
the elder of the Holy Holler sect for man
slaughter. The prosecutor believes the
elder to be responsible indirectly for
the child's death, through teachings that
have turned the parents' .minds. Affi
davits that the parents are insane will be
filed in court, in all probability. The
parents are now in Jail and the little
ones still living are to be committed to
the care of relatives.
Peshtot was apparently more rational
today. He declared that the woman had
hypnotized him and the children, as well.
LAW VIOLATOR FINED $400
Grocer Sells Liquor and Gets Limit
Sentence.
HILLS BORO, Or., Jan. 19. (Special.)
Convicted of selling liquor in violation of
the local option law, Albert Mizner was
fined J40O by Judge Campbell in the Cir
cuit Court tonight. The judge gave
Mizner the alternative of serving out his
sentence at the rate of $2 a day. and the
prisoner began serving time tonight.
Mizner conducts a small grocery and
confectionery store at Garden, on the
Oregon Electric. Several witnesses and a
minor son of the accused testified that
Mizner was in Portland on June 7. when
it was charged that Mizner sold the
liquor, but the jury refused to accept
the alibi.
A similar case tried before a jury in
the Circuit Court yesterday failed. .
Columbia Farmers Elect.
DAYTON, "Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.)
Farmers' unions of Columbia, County, rep
resenting a membership of over ISO, yes
terday elected officers for the year. Offi
cers elected by Dayton Local, No. 33, F.
E. C. U., were: Charles W. Pryor, pres
ident; William Rice, vice-president; Ezra
Vary Pattern, secretary -treasurer; J. J.
Fix, doorkeeper; trustees T. B. Courtney,
H. R. Rayburn, J. P. McLarry. Columbia
Local, No. S3, at Longs, elected George
1873 1803 1909
Wonmeini
50 more women buy the Woman's
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more for it than they did three years
ago. 100 more advertisers talk to
these women through its columns.
Why?
v
Buy the February Woman's Home Companion and see. Read the stories it's a Love
Story Number, beautifully illustrated a long one by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, a funny one by
Anne Warner, an exciting one by Anna Katharine Green, a Southern one by Fannie Heaslip Lea,
an old-fashioned one by Zona Gale more delightful stories were never written. And there aro
helpful, practical things as well. Here is a partial list of them :
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Pln-Money Club
The Head or the Heart
The Campaign of Hope, by Dr. Osier
Through the Customs House
Snow Photography
The Most American City
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vice-president; L. B. Windust, secretary
treasurer, W. R. Booth, captain; H L.
Harmann, doorkeeper; B. F. Rose, con
ductor. Meetings will be held this week
to. list the number of grain bags required
this year in Columbia County. It is
estimated 600,000 will be required by the
farmers' unions.
LETTER ON NOBLE LORDS
Scholarly Review of EngliH Aristoc
racy and Portland Democracy.
PORTLAND. Jan. 19. (To th Editor.)
Just now much space is given to the
House of Lords of England, to the hurt
of popular education, for a city ordinance
to sterilize the threats of the push clubs,
the conservation of the midnight music of
our neighbor's torn cat, and the building
of a cantilever bridge from Council Crest
to Mount Scott- "We are always minding
somebody elses' business- What Is a bloom
ing Lord, anyway? The word Lord is a
contraction of "halfon! (Saxon for leaf
author or bread earner.) Exclusive of the
few descendants- of the feudal lords, most
of the bunch are from the noble line of bar
bers, tailors, mercers, butchers, brewers, dis
tillers, money-lenctars, and what not- Some
of them don't care to discuss who their
grandfathers were.
Gold and land makes your Lord, or rather
the members of the House of lords, for
there are many descendants of so-called
noble Lords hustling for grub In noble Al
bion. To those who read into words and
not at words. Christopher Sly, In act I of the
"Taming of a Shrew," was an honest Lord.
His first prayer, after waking up out of a
drunk was, "For God's sake, a small pot of
ale!" "Am 1 not Christopher Sly," said
he, "old Sly's son of Burton-Heath, by birth
a peddler, by education a cardmaker, by
transmutation a bearherd and now by present
profession a tinker?" The Rev. Sydney
Smith, speaking on the Lords' rejection of
the reform bill, Sn October. 1881, compares
them with Dame Partington, with her mop.
trying to push back the Atlantic. "She
was excellent," he says, "at a slop or pud
dle, but should never have meddled with a
tempest."
The Lords and Commons of the Portland
Democracy Is another breed of masculine
malaprops. The House of Commons In a
warm session Is divided Into three parties,
forming one glorious blast of heterogenous
wind. On the right side the brogans and
overalls Democracy, led by Aleck- Sweek,
John B. Ryan, Parliamentarian Reams,
General Killf eat her, Jim Foley, Charley
Duggan, Calmyourself Burnett and some
more. On the left is the Militant Chris
tian and hell-defying Democracy the foe
of the harf-breeds and the woe of the non
partisans, led by the invincible O-eorge
Thomas. Bert Haney, John Stevenson, Sir
E. Albina Versteeg. Colonel Tom Guinean,
Citizen Parker, Frank Schlegel and others.
In the center sits the Kentucky Klfck, led
by the unfathomable Mark O'Neill, ably
sup-ported by Eesle Armitage. Tom Thorn
ton and some others but that Is enough-
radiating Kentucky geniality and ready to
hurl a chair in- either direction.
Above them Is the immaculate House of
Lords, who never gave to party what was
meant for mankind, and so -forth com
posed of H. W. Stone, Parson Wagnon.
Deacon Milner, Shudge Van Zante. Fatty
McAllister, Ikey Swett, Newt McCoy. But
termilk Dan. et al.t looking down with holy
horror on the vulgar roughnecks.
The heavyweights of the party are 'all
taking post-graduate courses on the simple
life. Colonel Wood is attracted by the
various isms, and ologies and is unravel
ing the cosmos. Milt Miller Is enjoying the
pastoral life and meditating on the sublime
and beautiful in barnyard bouquets. Col
onel Holman Is writing history, and eood
history. Jeff Myers is reported to be with
Dr. Cook. Colonel Bob Miller Is said to be
preparing an oration on "The Genesl of
Kattie-patea kduiiuioiw.' Jimmy G lea son
Is studying International politics and sol-
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Twenty Good Sandwiches "
House Embroideries
The Fashion Department
Four Pages for Children
Valentine's Day Ideas
Two Love Songs, by Carolyn
At
In Dublin. (Lawfter.) Dick Montague,
quiet Dick, who has gray matter behind that
brow, is earnestly at work trying to solve
the problem "How to Preserve an Equilib
rium in the Vacuum of a Stewpot." Billy
Munly, the poet of the Democracy, is work
ing on a epic poem on "Bugs." the first
canto of which reads, or rather should read:
The bug of Aldrlch makes us hazy.
The bug of Cannon makes a class;
The bug of XJ'Ren make us crazy
As our party's balking ass.
Cad Williams has joined the church. Col
onel Bob In man is sawing wood and saying
nothing. Oglesby Young is taking absent
treatment. John- Manning is writing a brief
on "Biplane Politics." Tom Greene is read
ing the letter. of Junius. John Montag has
a steam roller In mind, but is uncertain
whether It could squeeze the wind out of
'a Democrat, while our old friend of the
"sufficient unto the day is the evil there
of" must think it's a pretty long and
boisterous day. Charley Petrain Is vigor
ously In favor of a plain mush -and-mi lie
oratory for future campaigns. Last time he
ripped out a heart-breaking quotation from
Cicero, Hogan, the porter, reached down
for a spittoon. "Behave yourself." said
Tom Thornton, sternly, "he only said that
With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many physi
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forms of illness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a consti
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remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly
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without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is, therefore, all-important,
in order to get its beneficial effects, to purchase and note that
you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only.
It is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly
on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels
colds, headaches and fevers and assists in overcoming habitual constipa
tion permanently, also biliousness and the many ills resulting therefrom.
The great trouble with all other purgatives and aperients is not that they
fail to act when a single dose is taken, but that they act too violently and
invariably tend to produce a habit of body requiring constantly augmented
doses. Children enjoy the pleasant taste and gentle action of Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna, the ladies find it delightful and beneficial
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the thoroughbreds were the pride of th
party." On the whole, the outlook is en
couraging. JAMES HENXESSY MURPHY.
Cartwright to Meet Farnicras.
WIXXIPBG. Man., Jan. 19. Sir Richard
Cartwrig"ht, Minister of Trade atjd Com
merce, will meet a deputation of the Man
itoba, Saskatcnewan and Alberta Grain
growers Associations in Ottawa, on Jan
uary 26, to discuss the question of federai
ownership or control of terminal elevators
Four Girls Meet Death.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19. Foul
girls were killed and a number Injured
In a fire in the factory of Arnold 9
Harris, clothing manufacturers, today
The girls Jumped from windows.
Frederick H. Weyerhaeuser, the lumbe.
king, is a German and came to this countrj
In 1S.V2.