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4 THE 3IORXING OEEGOX1AX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1910. lUI'GINNIS TELLS STORY OF RESCUE Hero of Kentucky Wreck Gives Narrative of Race With Rising Water. WIRELESS KEPT WORKING While Crew Struggles to Prevent Dynamo From Being Swamped, Tireless Operator Calls Till Alamo Is Sighted. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. 6. W. G. Mc Ginn is. wireless operator of the ill fated ft earner Kentucky, yesterday told the story of the wrecking of his vessel and the rescue of the captain and crew by the Mallory liner Alamo, sending the story to the station of the wire less company at Savannah. McGinnis said: "At midnight February 3 a leak was reported and by 2 A. M. February 4 everybody was on deck, as the water was slowly overcoming the pumps. At 2:30 A. M. the captain called me and stated the condit ion of the ship, at the same time telling me he did not think there was any danger, though the sea was rough, but to see if I could cet anyone in case we needed them. I had heard from Charleston and we expected, to reach there with out aid. Call Sent to Alamo. "I started calling and shortly after ward Chief Engineer- Grand told me the water was slowly creeping up on the dynamo, which would not give current much longer. I picked up the Alamo, which .answered my S. O. S. signal. The Alamo was about 90 miles away. "I pave my position as nearly as Captain Moore kept watching for the sun to get a time-sight to give tbem our correct point.. Struggle Keeps Dynamo llunnlng. "The electrician, Robert Lacey, came up about 8:30 o'clock and said the water was up to the wheels of the dynamo, which would not hold its power much longer. After some time we decided the only way to do was to put all hands at work to keep the dynamo running regardless of any thing else, as the ship was settling fast. Mr. Lacey wrapped the whole thing, dynamo and turbine engine, in canvas, which rave her eight inches before she would burn the armature out. We kept in constant communi cation with the Alamo and made about two miles toward her. "Everyone on board was in a serious mood. We gave up hopes of reaching Charleston and waited Xor the Alamo. Wa ter Gains Ijh st I noli . "About 11 A. M., just before the cap tain en t lifx nnnn rtftaltion th trician reported the water was up to the last inch and that the dynamo might stop any minute. Our principal object was to keep the dynamo run ning until we could get our noon posi tion to the other ship. After a hard fight we managed to Keep .the dynamo running right up to the moment we sighted the Alamo. . "At 1:30 P. M. all the boats were lowered and by 3 P. M. the Alamo was alongside." Today the revenue cutter Yamacraw reported that after cruising around last night and today she was unable to find any trace of the Kentucky and that the vessel must have pone down. GIRL IS KILLED BY TRAIN Sadie Vttlng Struck by Chicago Sperial at Troutdale. TROITTDAL.E. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Thirteen-year-old Sadie Utting. daughter of a widow residing- at Trout dale, was dashed to death and the body mangled by the Chicago Special f the O. R. & N. road at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning:. The little girl was passing: the depot, carrying palls of milk for delivery to customers in town. The walk on which she was traveling passes close to the depot and as she stepped upon the tracks it is thougnt her attention was attracted by some tib.iect of interest. At the moment the girl placed her foot on the rail the engine struck her at a speed of nearly SO miles an hour. The body was thrown against the eaves of the depot by the fender of the train. Sadie lettering was one of five chil dren of a widow. Two years ago the husband went to Canada. where re died. The people of Troutdale assisted Wrs. Uttering In starting a small dairy business. It is not belived that the Coroner will hold an inquest. No blame seems to attach to the train crew. SAFER FOOTBALL RULES liiterx-ollcsiate Committee Blames Tncklers for Injuries. NEW YORK. Feb. 6. A radical re vision of football is under advisement by the Intercollegiate rules committee in charge. Greater safety for the play er and more variety for the spectator are said to be essential if the game is to be permitted by public opinion to live. The ruleg committee adjourned last night until March 25, after appointing a sub-committee to consider three plans of reorganization. The sub committee is composed of A. A. Stags', Vntverslty of Chicago; Tr. W. I,. Dud ley, Vanderbilt T'niversity. Nashville, Tenn., and O. W. Savage. Oberlin. O. AVhen the committee reconvenes it will pass formally on recommendations de rided upon In the meantime by the sub committee. In the main, the committee feels that injuries to players are largely due. not o much to mass plays as to savage tackles. Accordingly, It is recommended that there be no more diving tackles, that a rigid physical examination of all can didates be Insisted upon, with medical aupervlsion of all players. Under one of three plans suggested, halves would be shortened from 35 to 30 minutes, with 15 minutes intermission, and these halves themselves split again into four periods of 15 minutes' play with inter mission of nve minutes. The three plans upon which the sub--committee will report provide In sub stance for the following changes of Alignment and play: First plan 1. Seven men on the .scrimmage line. 2. No pushing or pulling of the jnan with the ball. 3. ' prohibition of diving tackles. 4. Ends going down the field not to l body-checked. ft PUer oin down the field un- der a punt not to approach nearer than five yards to catcher or punter until he has touched the ball and then not to tackle him or charge forward unless he starts to run with the ball. 6. Eliminate on-side kick. 7. first man receiving the ball to be allowed to carry It anywhere. 8. Forward pass allowed over any part of the line to men on ends of the line or behind the line when the ball is put in jjlay. ' Second plan 1. Divide the halves as already specified, play to be resumed by the side in possession of the ball when the preceding period closed. 2. Seven men on the line of offense and three backs to be at least four yards in the rear of the line. 3. Forward pass to be made and caught only by players standing be hind the line when the ball is put In play. 4. In offensive plays between the two 25-yard lines the team with the ball must advance it 10 yards In con secutive downs or forfeit possession. On this article the committee states itself open to further advice. Third plan 1. Seven men on the line of scrimmage with th'S backfield of offense limited to four men. center rush, always in the center and no in terchange of players permitted. 2. Eliminate neutral zone and on side kicks. 3. No runner with the ball to receive" help until he has reached the line of scrimmage. This would reduce the weight of the attack. 4. Distance to be gained, seven yards in four downs. FUEL SHORTAGE FEARED SPEAKER AT BANQCET TAKES PESSIMISTIC VIEW. Bad Collections Bane of 3ealers. Portland Association Holds First Banquet. Members of the Portland Fuel Dealers' Association, which was organized last August, held their first banquet Saturday night at the Edelweis Grill. Between 50 and 60 members attended and participated in a discussion of trade conditions, pres ent and prospective. The informal pro gramme of toasts was much enlivened by the ready wit of George Estes, who pre elded as toastmafter. Accepting the fuel man's own definition of himself "the mildest mannered man that ever trimmed a cord or wuttled a ton' last night's gathering of these dealers was a jovial one. The principal speaker was W. N. Day, president of the Western Fuel Association, of Spokane. Mr. Da$T defended the fuel dealers from all respon sibility for the present high oost of living. He asserted that the dealers in fuel at Spokane had not advanced the cost of their product in the last two years and he did not believe the local dealers had taken advantage of the general ad vance in the coK of other articles by adding to the price at which they sup plied wood and coal. He spoke of the purposes of the association which, he said, were to insure to the dealer only a legitimate, fair and honest profit, guar antee to the consumer an adequate supply of satisfactory quality and at all times to win for the dealers the respect and confidence of the general public. M. c. Banneld, of the Banfleld-Veysey Fuel Company, of this city, responding to the toast. "The Fuel Business," was not optimistic. He recalled the short age in the fuel supply that Portland experienced in 1906-7 and reminded the members of the local association that only through effective organization could that record be prevented from re peating itself, probably next year. He said that in 26 years' residence in this city he had seen 125 fuel companies forced to suspend business because of their inability to collect. Frank' P. Waring, president of the Steel Bridge Fuel Company, explained the objects of the association of fuel dealers, which, he said, represented an Invested capital of $500,000 and an an nual business approximating $2,000. 000. Responding to the toast, "Railway Traffic." F. T. Hunt, traffic manager of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, said that the relations be tween the company he represented and the fuel dealers necessarily were close for the reason that 35 per cent of the freight business handled by the rail way company came from the woods. He explained that the company was endeavoring by increasing its equip ment to keep pace with the demands of the city for the increased movement of cordwood and other fuel. Others to respond to toasts were C. C. Churchley, C. R- Aylesworth. K. Anan, H. M- Kimball and A. H. Edlef sen. The menu was appropriately printed on wood veneered paper and the differ ent courses were indicated by terms familiar to the fuel dealer's vocabulary. CONTRACT LET; SAVE ROAD Piling to Check Unruly Invasions of Lewis River. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 6 (Spe cial.) The County Commissioners met this afternoon and awarded the con tract to the Lewis River Boom & Log ging Company for driving 1250 feet of piling north of the North Fork of Lewis River for the protection of the county road In that vicinity. The cost of the piling is to be $1.50 per lineal foot, bank measure. The work will be gin in 30 days. The point where these improvements are to be made is near the John Spring er donation land Claim, now owned by W. F. Brock. For 30 years the county road at this point has meandered along the river bank and about every two or three years the Commissioners have been called upon to buy ground from the adjoining ranches for the purpose of getting away from the encroach ments of the river. By the expenditure of $2000 at this time In permanent im provements the Commissioners hope to check the invasions of the unruly stream. VOLCANO-ISLAND IS SEEN Captain of Steamer From Mauritius Reports Strange Sight. VAXCOl'VER. B. C. Feb. 6 (Special.) White en route to Vancouver the steamer Glenaffric. 'Captain Allen, passed the burning volcano-island Farallon de Jajae in latitude 31 K. and longitude 33 E., a 6not rarely passed by vessels owing -to its lying outside the regular ocean tracks. This island has- been in constant erup tion for over 11 years and Is said to be a most weird and beautiful sight. The Glenaffric arrived here a few days aso from Mauritius, and Captain Allen eays the pugar crop of Mauritius for last season was the bept ever known on the island. Most of the output is sent to Calcutta and London, but the number of vessels chartered to bring sugar to this coast is increasing yearly. Captain Allen notes the general prosperity of Mauritius and its steady settlement and growth in area of cultivation. Chamberlain's Cough Remedv Is a very valuable medicine for throat and lung troubles, quickly relieves and cures painful breathing and a danger ously sounding cough which lndtcatea congested lungs. Sold by ail dealers. UNKNOWN WOMAN ES TO KILL Supposed Wife Follows J. B. Haney to Madras, Shoots Him, Poisons Self. TEAMSTER. WILL RECOVER Employe In Porter Bros.' Camp Re fuses to Reveal Identity of His Assailant Officers Summoned at Once From Prineville. MADRAS, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) J. B. Haney. a teamster In the employ of Porter & Clarkson. In Porter Bros camp No. 2, in Willow Creek Canyon, four miles from Madras, -wa? shot and seriously in jured at 7 P. M. Saturday by a woman supposed to be his wife. The woman, who came with the evident purpose of com mitting murder, took poison after the shooting and died at Madras at 8 o'clock. The woman, who was exceptionally well dressed, came to Madras Friday night on the stage from Shaniko, and all today she was busy Inquiring where she might find Haney. Finally, on learning that for the last month he had been em ployed as a teamster at Porter Bros. camp No. 2, in Willow Creek Canyon, near here, she secured a buggy and drove to the camp tonight. Arriving at the camp, she celled Haney to one side and engaged in a heated ar gument with the man, but the bystand ers were unable to hear the remarks, other than to gather from the tones that a serious argument was under way. Sud denly the woman produced a 44-caliber revolver and shot Haney In the right side, the bullet striking a rib, glancing and lodging in the man's back. Haney grappled with her and managed to tear the gun from her grasp, when the men working in the camp rushed to hia aid and, after a struggle, overpowered the woman. Both were then placed in the buggy and hurried to Madras. It Is believed that when about a half mile from Madras the woman took a quantity of poison, although she was not detected in so doing. When the party arrived at Madras the woman was found to be un conscious and died without regaining consciousness. Haney, who is out of danger and will live, absolutely refuses to make any statement. Haney has been working for one month In his present condition. The Sheriff and Coroner at Prineville have been notified and will fcxrive at Madras in the morning. . MADRIZ' FORCES ROUTED ISSl'RGE!TS TAKE MAXY PRIS ONERS AND MUCH CAPITAL. Mena and Chamorro Soon to Join Forces Revolt Comes Under Nose of Madriz. ' BI,UEFIEI..PS. Feb. 6. Dispatches re ceived here describe the engagement be tween the provisional forces under Gen eral Mena and the Government troops. In an official dispatch Mena says he de feated 600 of the enemy commanded by General Garrida, a Guatemalan, at Las Garitas. which ia midway between La Ubertad and Jungalpa. Mena completely routed the enemy, capturing many prisoners and rifles. The losses to the Madriz forces were heavy, while the provisionals suffered only slightly. General Mena ist pushing forward to Join General Chamorro at Comoapa, which is well on the way to Managua. Chamorro in the last few days of his advance upon the capital executed a flank movement. thus evading the Madriz troops, who expected to engage him at Aeoyapa. Cnmoapa Is one and a half days from Teustepe, 1n Managua pro vince, with a clear road from there to Granada. The Madriz forces, the dispatches say, have retreated to Santo Domingo, directly to the north of Teustepe. General Cham orro holds all the lines to the interior and the enemy behind him is completely cut off. General Aurelio Estrada, brother of the president of the provisional government, has 1200 men in the hills six miles from Managua, having successfully organized a rising some time ago directly under the nose of the administration. He will Join Chamorro and Mena in the march on Managua. The provisional government expects that the people of Granada and Rivas will re enforce the provisionals, making Estrada's army, 6000 strong. The expedition which went to Grey town on the gunboat Ometepe has re turned after having been fired upon a number of times by the batteries. No landing was effected. A courier from Chamorro, bearing dis patches to General Mena. was captured by the Madriz soldiers and shot. REGISTER SHOWS FRAUD Three Men Indicted In Seattle Many False Addresses Found. SEATTLE. Feb. 6. The grand jury to day Indicted three men for violation of the registration law and in default of $1500 ball, two of the men were locked up in the County Jail, the third escaping arrest by leaving town. The two in jail are alleged to have ob tained the registration of 115 fraudulent names in the interest of a candidate for Mayor who has promised a "wide-open town" if elected. One of the men, a paid party worker, was given charge of the registration books of a certain pre cinct and wes also a-rpointed election Judge for the same precinct. Grand Jury detectives have found many fraudulent addresses and there will be arrests if the suspects try to vote at next Tuesday's primaries, the special prose cuting attorney says. INDIAN TRIBE OUTLAWED Surveyor Returns From Nelson River Telling of Meeting. WINNIPEG. Man.. Feb. 6. James Whitestein, a government surveyor, who returned to Edmonton yesterday, reports having encountered near the upper reaches of the Nelson River an outlaw tribe of Indians headed by Johnny-Gun-a-Noot. who Is wanted for the murder of a white man on the Pacific Coast five years ago and on whose head the British Columbia gov ernment has set a price of (1200. PU Bring WE WANT YOUR PRIZE AWARDS Not Necessary to Have Them Countersigned We'll Give You Full Value for Them and a Bonus of Five Per Cent $150 Is Worth $157.50 $125 Is Worth $131.25 READ THIS TELEGRAM! POSTM.TELEGRAPH The Postal Tftqraph.CbleCompanyfliroorporated)traHmitan(lilellver8thi "j?ced at X c P 58 Eilers Piano House, Portland, Or. ' Fifteen of America's greatest, most. responsible aiitl emi nently renowned piano manufacturers joined Eilers Piano Ilouse'in this undertaking'. Of course, "piano certificates" or "prize checks" have no intrinsic value in themselves and can only be accepted by a dealer in position to place large orders, and when factories agree to co-operate by rebating all or a great part of the amount represented by the checks. Why a Bonus of 5 Per Cent? In the past we have conducted several publicity contests, where certificates have been issued. Our experience has been that the cost of the prizes, the advertising, etc., has averaged about 5 per cent of the volume of business resulting there from. In this instance it is ont costing lis a cent for this ex pense, so we have determined to give our patrons the benefit of this additional saving. Each and every piano in our stock bears a card upon which is marked in plain figures the regular established lowest retail price of the instrument. Select the piano you want and if the price be, for example, $263, deduct the amount of your prize check, plus 5 per cent ; pay one-tenth of the balance in cash and take twenty-four months yes, thirty months, if you wish, to pay the balance, for the mere additional simple interest on the deferred payments. Remember, 5 per cent does not mean a loss of profit to us, but represents the amount of money that would ordinarily go for preliminary advertising, printing bills, etc. In this case it is your gain. s FACTIONAL WAR OPENS DAYTOX, WASH., DIVIDED OVER MEN'S ARREST. Two Face Charges of Attempting to Break Tp Revival Meeting. Oregon 3Iinister Involved. DAYTOX. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Dayton la divided Into two bitterly opposed factions over the arrest of Ira Jones and Everett Pounds on charges of attempting- to break up a religious revival meeting- at the Christian Church. Intense feeling is developing and the case promises to be one of the most sensational recorded here. Churchmen are arrayed against friends of the young men. Jones and Pounds Intend to fight the charge, and thei-r attorney. Will H. Fouts, will probably ask for a jury trial. Over a dozen witnesses were subpeonaed yesterday and It is thought many more will be called. Friends of the defendants declare a warrant will hr Issued for the arrest of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, oX Forest Grove, Or., who is Contest Checks to Eilers CLAftCNCC H. RUItTIIlie T1UOt-IU Ma.n Offlee. tZG Thirl Street. Portland. Oregon. Paid New York, Account order thirteen hundred fifty pianos shipped within next sixty days fallowing manufacturers agree accept prize contest checks, hobart ca.ble doll king kimball lester ruarshall wendell Schumann story clark whitney leland hinze hallet davis haddorf f kohler campbell lawson. Not necessary countersign. Manufacturers will make settlement with us on all prize checks through headquarters here. Leave for Chicago tonight. H. Terry It's Better to Deal at Eilers Than to Wish You Had The Home of Fine Pianos 353 WASHINGTON STicLiiT, conducting the meetings and who, they declare, forcibly laid hands on pounds while he is alleged to have been giv ing a buck and wing dance in the aisle. It is said the minister stepped down from the pulpit, took hold of Pounds and marched him up the aisle for Identification by Elder Richard Harper. Witnesses are being selected from 600 people who sat in the congregation when the disturbance occured. One of the principal witnesses will be the church janitress, -who, it is said, saw the young men writing obscene ex pressions In the church hymnals. "SPARTAN" DOCTOR DEAD Child-Raising Theorist Bursts Blood Vessel Aiding Patient. LON'G BEACH. Cal.. Feb. 6. The strain of supporting- a 200-pound patient, who had rolled off the operating table, burst a blood vessel in Dr. William Law rence Woodruffs lungs yesterday and the surgeon idled shortly afterward. Dr. Woodruffs views on the simple life and Spartan methods1 of raising children had made his name known throughout the country. He first practiced his Theo ries on his infant children, who thrived on eoaree foods and ice baths, and the wearing of only a single garment even in the coldest weather. COMMERCIAL CABLES MACRAV. PAKiOCNT. O CSt aw MTINT NO- 33- message subject to the terms and ttonsprlnt, .ALWAYS O I Feb. 4, 1910 Pianos of Highest Standing Remember, here yon choose between instruments of known worth, of unquestioned durability, backed up by Oregon's foremost, largest and most responsible house. Take; choice of the famous Kimball; Philadelphia's best, the Lester; the artistic Hobart M. Cable; the reliable Marshall & Wendell; the celebrated Schumann; the time-honored Hal Jet & Davis; Doll; Leland; King; Story & Clark; Whitney; 'Hinze; Haddorff; Kohler & Campbell; Lawson, at our lowest established Portland retail prices, less whatever cash and the 5 per cent premium on same your prize check entitles you to. Bear in mind, we guarantee every instrument as to quality and also as to price. Your money back if at any time yo-.i can buy the same grade of piano elsewhere, East or West, at anywhere near such a low price. Remember, too, any instrument is exchangeable at buy er's option at any time within two years for either New York's most beautiful art product, the Weber, or the hand-made Ha zelton, or Chicago's greatest piano, the Kimball, or the world's standard instrument,, the Chickering or the genuine Pianola Piano we allowing full cash amount paid toward payment of the instruments above named. Bear in mind, too, that nowhere else can be found under one roof so many high-grade pianos to choose between and test side by side as at the House of Eilers. You'll never be thoroughly satisfied with your purchase unless you have in vestigate our pianos, our prices and our terms. Biggest, Busiest and Best CORNER PARK (8th) STREET quick mm LIFE DOCGHTT ASOTIN HTJNTKR LAYS LOW FOUR COUGARS. Stalking Supposed Coyotes He Conies on Band of Starving Animals, All of Which Bite Dust." ASOTIN. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Charging four animals gathered about the carcass of a dead horse, N. K. Gabril, who lives in the Blue Moun tains, found that instead of encounter ing coyotes, as he expected, he was face to face with four fierce cougars. He did not notice the fact ontil so close that to retreat would mean an attack from the beasts, so he took; careful aim and fired, killing one, when the rest made off to the brush. Gabril followed and, as he entered the shade, saw one of the animals crouched for a spring. A quick shot brought it down. The other two began to advance to attack the hunter, and his life depended on the surety of his aim and his quick ness in handling his gun. Two well directed shots, however, dispatched 263 fcjk of this blank. them. Oabrll scalped the animals for the bounty. He says the cougars were thin, and is of the opinion the severe Winter has driven the beasts to forage In bands. iiiiiutiiauiiijfflaiitiiiraiiiBffiaTiaiKnimBn! Skimmed Milk is Pure But would yoa pat it in your coffee ia preference, to rich cream ? Hardly. Ordinary Vanilla May Be Pure But why injure the flavor of your desuits when you can get the finest, purest, moat delicious extract made at practically the same cost ? BURNETT'S I VANILLA g surpasses ordinary vanilla as much as rich cream surpasses M skimmed milk. A trial bottltt H will convince yon. g,tinni.ii..-ir:-iiiii";:in:vjiiiT'!riiaiiarnimiiiiii;iMr'niK