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TT TT TTi PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AFIlILi 7, 11)11.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ULi J.A Aut a
COST OF LUG IS
FUST DECLINING
Prices Show Marked
- Recession in Year.
FLOUR Jl A BARREL CHEAPER
Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Meat,
Cereals Go Down.
SALMON IS MUCH DEARER
Oregon Fishing Law Are Held Re
sponsiblePrices Still Far Above
LtI of It OS a Shown
by Leading Staple.
CHICAGO, April . tSpeclal.) The
fjh coat of Ihrtnr problem, over which
the entire conn try vn deeply agitated
a faw months aao. seems In a fair war
f eolation. High prices, which drove
to housewife almost to the point of
distraction a rear ago. have been hit a
rssoundlna whack.
All kinds of meats and cereals show
a marked decline from the prices or a
year aa-o. Poultry, butter and eags are
much lower, and the wholesale price of
flour Is about tl a barrel lower than
the corresponding period a year ago.
The "ultimate consumer may not
have noticed a It rest difference. pr
kaps. for the retailer cannot follow the
market as cloeely as the wholesaler and
the path of the steer from the farm to
the table Is long and tortuous. It
makes a difference also what part of
the city yon live In.
Some Artlclea Hearer.
In a few lines, especially In enffea
and dried fruits, prices are higher than
a r ico, due. the dealers say. to nat.
ural causes. The Spring weather In
Urch. l10. followed by Winter
weather In April and May. killed a
large part of the fruit crop, which ac
counts for the higher prices at this
time. Prunes of the ordinary board-tnv-bous
variety sre sellrns; about 4
cents a pound higher than a year aso,
apples J cents a pound higher and apri
cots 2 cents a pound. Canned tomatoes
and canned peas are about 10 cents a
dozen higher than a year ago and coffee
la cent a pound 'higher.
Salmon Is the only other edible which
baa advanced In price from a year ago,
due. It Is said, to recent legislation la
Oregon, which has prohibited certain
klnda of fishing and curtailed the out
put. Decline In Staples Shown.
Tba decline la wholesale roodstnffs
can best be shown In the following
comparative table:
Apr. ism. Acr. 10ITL
tt D&jis. per Dusn4 9:
Corn meal
iin !..-.
.14H .11
-IT lit,
1 J 1.H
: . i.v.i
.lit" .1S
It'a -lTv
2u
Urtl
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ilmoQ . . . . .
RolUa eats
Him' ,
Jlaroa .....
flour
Prices Above) 1905 1tcI.
While the prices of today are con
siderably rower than those of a year
ago on the same class of commodities,
they still are a good deal higher than
they were In 1S0S. Navy beana In
March. 1505. were 11.70 a bushel, corn
meal tl lS a hundred pounds, rolled
oats 1. ii a hundred pounds, ham 11H
cents a pound, and bacon 10 H cents.
Retail prices In the downtown dis
trict are slightly lower than In out
lying sections of the city, smd show a
substantial reduction from a year ago.
The following list furnished by Froeh
llng A Hepjve. who do a large retail
buslnes 'downtown and furnish meats to
many of the hotel and restaurants,
shows the difference In prices compared
with a year ao:
Some Meats Cheaper.
Apr.. 19I0l Asr . 1911.
Vottoo ..........
Umb
I'ork
flrlola ateak.....
Round sea
X.n,
Faa
I.amb chop. ......
Pork tenderloin ..
ait pork
Lar4
l.nla t f ........
Rib. of bf......
COl'-kvna
.14 i
13 lo
11 .12
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1 .14
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1 .IS
Meanwhile wares have advanced In
all lines of Industry, and the "work-Ins-man's"
dollar goes much farther
than sis months aro.
JAP AMBASSADOR SILENT
He Will Not Deny Ilnmor His Nation
Was Checkmated la Mexico.
WASHINGTON". April t Baron Cchl
da. Japanese Ambassador, today de
clined to comment on or even to dig
nify by a denial the declaration made
yeserday In El Paso by a Mexican said
to be close to the Mexican Forelxn Of
fice, but whose name was withheld, that
the United States troops were sent to
the border as a caution to Japan, which,
country. It waa rumored, was attempt
ing to secure a coaling station on the
Paciflo Coast of Mexico. The Ambas
sador declared that he would sot deny
an eld story which long since had been
officially declared untrue.
N'o comment was forthcoming from
the Mexican embassy, where the story
waa laughed at as a "bugaboo." which'
continue to haunt the United States as
Cb "fairy creatures of nursery tales ;
to frighten children."
BRIDE IS BLIND DUE
TO HURTING YOUTH
WOMAN" WHO SHOT FTUEST BY
ACCIDENT, LOSES SIGHT.
Shock of Everett Mishap Shatters
Nerves of Mrs. Sarah Watson
and Her Vision Falls.
EVERETT. Wash- April . (Special.)
A strange sequel to the killing of
Virgil Bell last Sunday, when Mrs.
Sarah Watson fired a rifle bullet acci
dentally through the young man's
breast. Is that Mrs. Watson has been
stricken with blindness that may be
permanent.
Only a short time after the young
married woman was taken to the home
of her uncle. J. & Moss, at 402J Smith
avenue. Sunday afternoon, she com
plained of distress la her eyes, but she
was so nervous at the time that little
attention waa paid to her complaint.
Later it developed that Mrs. Watson's
vision had been so seriously affected
by the shock of the tragedy 'that her
sight was dejrrtlng her. She Is un
able to distinguish day from night and
has to keep her eyes bandaged tightly.
Physicians attribute the Impaired
vision to the shock of selng Virgil Bell
fall at her feet and hearing his shriek
when the bullet pierced his body.
Every effort Is being made to quiet
Mrs. Watson's nerves, which have been
at high tension since Sunday after
noon. DYNAMITE IN COLLISION
Runaway Colts Drive Wagon Tongue
Into Load of High Explosive.
VANCOUVER. Wash, April . (Spe
cial.) Two tons of dynamite came
near being exploded today on Reserve
street when two colts ran away.
Two loads of dynamite, wore being
hauled down Reserve street this morn
ing, when Joseph WsKgener. a farmer,
drove along several blocks behind. The
colts dashed down the street. The
driver of the wagon loaded with the
high explosive next to the runawsy
team, hearing the commotion, looked
back, and succeeded In turning Into a
side street. The second teamster how
ever, could not Ret out of the way.
The colts dashed Into the rear of the
loaded wagon. The tongue crashed
through the end gate and stopped
against a boa of the dynamite.
BOY'S HIP PUT IN PLACE
Salem Lad, II, lndergoes Lorens
Operation at Salem.
SALEM. Or, April . (Special.) Dr.
Elmer Smith, of Portland, today per
formed the Lorens operation on the
dislocated riant hip of Fred Schroeder.
son of T. W. Schroeder. of Salem, and
as near as can now be determined Is
successful. The boy Is 11 years old.
four years older than the ago at which
It Is generally considered safe to under
go the operation. Resetting of the Joint
was. accomplished In SO minutes.
The child's leg was placed In a plas
ter cast where It must remain for two
months when the cast will be removed,
the leg straightened and a new cast
placed on the leg to remain for anothor
two months. Then the physician says
the patient will be fully recovered and
will be able to walk.
CRUELTY IS DISCOVERED
Illinois Representative Wonld In
vest 1 gate Roosevelt's Utterances.
ST. PAUU Minn.. April (.(Special.)
A majority of the committee which In
vestigated the whipping of boys of the
Red Wing State Training School re
ported to the -Legislature today, recom
mending the dismissal of the superin
tendent snd three subordinate officials;
the abolishment of corporal punishment
for all Inmates over If yeans and that
corporal punishment for younger Inmates
be resorted to only under the direction
of the State Board of Control.
The testimony offered at the eommtt
tee ties rings was to the effect that some
of the boys were cruelly Injured by the
lashing they received.
SLIDE FIRE ESCAPE FAILS
Wind Upsets Canvas Chute, Hood
River Pupil Hart.
HOOD RIVER, Or, April . (Spe
cial.) The first test of a canvas-chute
fire escape Installed recently at the
Park-street Grammar School In this
city resulted this afternoon in the seri
ous Injury of Louis Wagner, II years
old, son of J. O. Wagner.
In the mid-afternoon reoess tba
teachers ordered fire drill. Several
children who preceded young Wagner
down the chute slid In safety, but as
the Wagner boy waa half-way liva a
strong gust of wind turned the chute
Inside out. burling him to the ground.
His nose and tipper lip were split and
bla left arm was dislocated.
MIMIC JUNGLE BEAST DEAD
Trained Alligator Dies Hour Before
. Roosevelt Banquet.
Death In the Commercial Club's
mimic Jungle at the banquet In honor
of Colonel Roosevelt removed one of
the most realistic features of the scene.
A pet alligator.' t feet long, trained to
open Its Jaws, died an hour before the
feast and monkeys were substituted.
This change was made quickly, the
committee putting a tree here and there
to nil out the alligator's place on the
river bank painted by William Graback.
The alligator was owned by Profes
sor Wilbur, of the Northwest Amuse
ment Company, who has promised to
donate the stuffed animal to the Com
mercial Club.
TARIFF OUTLOOK IS
MUCH
BECLOUDED
Efforts at Revision May
Kill Reciprocity.
COMPROMISE MAY BE MADE
Taft May Sign Schedule Re
visions to Save Reciprocity.
HE COMMANDS SITUATION
Democrats May Hold Back Canadian
Bill to Hold Threat of Rejection
Over Taffs Head In Order
to Extort Terms,
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April . The special session of
Congress tnat convened on Tuesday
will not follow a cut-and-drled pro
gramme mapped out by the leaders; It
will not be a session remarkable for
.harmony; It probably will not be a ses
sion of unsual achievement. But not a
man among the leaders of either party
Is willing, at this time, to stake his
reputation on a prediction of what the
outcome Is likely to be.
The President. In calling the special
session, had In mind only one thing
the passage of tho Canadian reciprocity
bllL The Democratic leaders, who were
not averse to the special session, have
other Ideas, but there Is no unanimity
of sentiment smong the members of
either party, and almost anything Is
likely to happen before the session ad
journs. The situation la still further confused
because of the existing legislative en
tanglement. The Democrats have safe
control of the House; the Senate Is Re
publican by a narrow majority, with the
Insurgents holding the balance of power
and the President Is leading a sadly di
vided narty. mint of whose members are
entirely out of harmony with the Ad
ministration and In no. mood for recon
ciliation. '
Opinions on Tariff Many.
The principal work of the session, if
not the entire work other than Investl
gsttons. will be on the tariff. Including
the Canadian reciprocity MIL The Pres
ident would like to see that one bill
passed and nothing more. There are
Republicans and there are Democrats
who are of the same frame of mind. On
the other hand, many Democrats and
some Republicans want other tariff leg
islation enacted at the special session
snd these men are probably In the ma
jority. The House roust take the Initiative on
all tariff legislation and the programme
of the leaders will be announced by the
ways and means committee when It
reaches an agreement. No programme
has been agreed upon as yet. however,
and. because of the wide diversity of
opinion among Democratic members of
the House, the committee will be very
cautious about announcing it plans.
Soma Democrats favor the prompt
passage of the Canadian reciprocity bill.
to be followed by revision or certain
schedules of the Payne-Aldrlch law; oth
ers malntstn that It Is better to put
through bills revising one or more sched
ules of the existing tariff law before the
(Concluded on Page. 2.)
I MajSSSPeMBHBSSPBW I
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maxtmmu temperature. 87
devrees; minimum. 34 degrees,
TODAY'S Pair; warmer during afternoon;
northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Prle.t 1. witness in Camorrists trial. Page 3.
Ruulan Council of Empire attacks Cxar
for enacting Zemstvo law by decree.
Page 2-
Mexlcan rebel chiefs Join in demand Dtas
resign as essential condition of peace.
Pag .
National.
Taft again appoints Harper collector ot
customs for Puget Sound. Psge 7.
President recalls negro cavalry from patrol
duty because Tezans object. ' Psge 4.
Many poislbilltles as to, tariff bill presented
by situation In Congress. Page 1.
La Follette proposes new Inquiry Into Lorrl-
mer bribery charges. Page 6.
Domestic.
President of Mormon Church says rules for
bidding plural marriages must be obeyed.
Page 4.
Cost ef living much lower than a year ago.
Pag L
O'Gorman deep In work of Senate. Pag 2
Atlantlo liner Princess Irene, with 1720
passengers, goes ashore on Long Island.
Page 1.
Sirs. Armour's $103,000 pilfered by young
woman friend. Pag 3.
Search In San Francisco for Mrs. Henry
suddenly ends. Page 3.
Montana cowboy, insane over family quar
rels, kills four, perhaps eight persons,
and commits suicide. Page 4.
Craig Llpplnrott. Philadelphia publisher, is
suicide. Psge 3.
Sports.
Portland Northwestern League team to
play Oregon Agricultural College today.
Page S-
Columbla University - Washington High
School baseball gam not played owing
to quarrel over umpire. Page 8.
Pacific Coast League results: Vernon 4.
Portland 2: Los Angeles 3. Oakland 2
(18 Innings)! San Francisco 3. Sacra
mento 2. Psge 8.
Pacific Northwest, '
Oregon City minister sues for divorce, tell
ing of wife's jealousy. Psge 7.
Addison Bennett finds fine farming Is don
In Sherman County. Pag 7.
Woodburn school superintendent sccused ot
caressing young girl pupil. -Pas 6.
Roosevelt pleads for open Alaska In Seattle
speech. Page 1.
Woman who shot youth by accident goes
blind suddenly. Psge 1.
Prominent college athlete expelled from
Washington Slate School tor co-ed esca
ped by night. Page 1:
Commercial and Marine.
Rival port commissions a (tree to leasing of
dredge for channel work. Pag 20.
Local hay and feed prices are working up
ward. Page 21.
Wheat drops at Chicago on expert's favor
able crop report. Page 2L
Bonds In more demand than stocks at New
York. Pag 21.
Good prices paid for livestock at North
Portland. Pag 21.
Salem prune-packer holds Oregon Italian
.variety of crop at 4 cents. Pag 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland Auto Club donates 1300 for rosd
work In Cowllts County. Washington.
Pag 19.
Realty Board resolves on sctiv campaign.
Pag 13.
Pacific Fruit Express Company to put In
1J0.AK In betterments. Page u.
Portland's municipal government is 60
years old today. Page 9.
8. D. White appointed chief probation of-
flcer. Page 12.
Many questions to be voted on at June
election. Page 12.
F. W. fhausse, of Printers Board of Trade,
presents tabl showing printers here are
paid xnor than prlntera in 12 Eastern
cities. Pag 14.
Lombard accepts Werleln's challenge t
debate. Rushlight demurs. Pag 14.
Colonist travel to Oregon again increasing.
Paga-SOt
Swimming pool for Marquam Quick is pro
posed. Fag 11.
MORE ARTILLERY WILL GO
Government Will Strengthen Garri
son of Hawaiian Forts.
WASHINGTON. April . In accord
ance with 'plans laid and announced sev
eral months tgo, the War Department
will send two more companies of coast
artillery to Hawaii In about three
months. The troops will be taken from
posts along; the eastern coasts of the
United States.
There are now only two companies of
coast artillery in Hawaii. The plans
contemplate ultimately making; the
coast artillery" strength In Hawaii elgiit
companies, but this number will not bo
reached for some time.
GUESS WHO "WAS JUST HEBE I
ROOSEVELT'S PLEA
IS, "OPEN ALASKA"
Far North Is His Main
Topic at Seattle.
CORPORATION CONTROL IS HIT
Ex-President Dons Cap and
Gown Before Students.
LO RIMER AGAIN SCORED
Immense Audience Walts Hour for
Arrival of ex-President 15,000
Hear Open-Air Address
on Varsity Campus.
SEATTLE. April S. Theodore Roose
velt concluded his speechmaklng on
Puget Sound tonight with three ad
dresses In Seattle.
After his return from the open-air
meeting; at the State University he
spoke to a brilliant gathering: of busi
ness men In Hotel Washington banquet
room. Then he was whisked away to
Dreamland Hall, where a great audi
ence had been waiting for an hour.
Here he repeated his familiar exhorta
tion to good citizenship and reiterated
his views on conservation, applying
them especially to Alaska.
He wished to see the resources of
Alaska thrown open to use by the peo
ple of Alaska, and not turned over to
great corporations whose members had
never seen Alaska, but sat at office
desks In New Tork and Eastern cities.
Alaska Should Be Opened.
Mr. Roosevelt declared he favored the
determining of validity of the Alaskan
coal claims at the earliest possible mo
ment, that the ones with honest claims
might be allowed, the dishonest can
celled, and the land thrown open to usei
Mr. Roosevelt said that from his ob
servation and from conversation with
people living in this state he was con
vinced that niii suffrage was a suc
cess in its operation. He urged, how
ever, that the women think more of
their duties than their rights.
After applause which greeteed this
statement had died away he added that
men should apply the same rule to
themselves. People who attended to
their duties, he said, need not fear loss
of their rights.
Seattle Is Congratulated.
Mr. Roosevelt denounced the argument
that an open town meant business pros
perity as Infamously false, and congratu
lated the people of Seattle on the recent
revolution in their municipal govern
ment. Mr. Roosevelt created much humor in
the banquet given In his honor by the
Commercial Club, when he referred to
New Tork City's feeling toward himself.
Senator Polndexter, of Washington, who
preceded Mr. Roosevelt, mentioned the
service of the ex-President as Police
Commissioner of New Tork.
"Allusion has been . made," said Mr.
Roosevelt, "to my term as Police Com
missioner of New Tork. New York, with
horror, recalls the incident. From that
day to this New York has oscillated be
tween two desires; one that I should be
a private citizen of the most private
(Concluded on Pago 8.)
4
ATHLETE EXPELLED
IN CO-ED ESCAPADE
YOUXG WOMEX IDENTIFY
RAIiPH HAIGERSOX IX PARTY.
Washington State College Regents
Take Action on Prank When
Girls Were Rolled From Bed.
PULLMAN, Wash., April 6. (Special.)
Ralph Holgerson, prominent athlete,
member of the athletic team of the Ta
coma Y. M. C. A. was tonight ordered
expelled from the Washington State
College by the Board of Regents after
affirming the decision of the discipline
committee investigating the recent prank
at Stevens Hall, the girls dormitory,
when a half dozen co-eds were rolled
from their beds by a party of. six young
men.
The expulsion of three other students
has been practically agreed upon by the
committee and the report to be presented
to the regents tomorrow will also recom
mend the suspension of three other stu
dents. Holgerson told his story to the in
vestigating committee today, alleging
that he was not near Stevens Hall at
the time of the alleged Indignities. That
he had been Injured and had been under
the care of a nurse. His roommate
testified that Holgerson was in his room
30 minutes before the Incident occurred.
Holgerson was positively Identified by
wo young women as being In the party
while four other girls eay they arecer
tain he is guilty.
FIGHT ON OVER RELICS
Order Is Sought to Stop Sale of Mc-
Kinley Heirlooms.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. (Special.)
To prevent Harry Cooper, of Oakland,
husband of the late Mrs. InaMcKinIey
Morse Cooper, from disposing of proper
ty belonging to Marjorie McKInley
Morse, his 16-year-old stepdaughter, ap
plication was made late yesterday in
Judge Graham's court for a restraining
order and for the appointment of Ben
jamin L. McKInley, assistant United
States District Attorney, as guardian for
the girl.
Mrs. Ida McKInley Morse Cooper, who
was a favorite niece "of President Mc
KInley, died at Fruitvale sanitarium last
Thursday. Part of her property con
sisted of cherished keepsakes and heir
looms of the late President, which she
desired her daughter to have.
It is alleged In the petition for the
appointment of a guardian that these
keepsakes are being disposed of by
Cooper without the order of the court.
PIPE IGNITES COAT TAILS
When Man Ignores Warning on
April fool's Day He Is Burned.
CENTRA LIA, Wash., April 6. Spe
cial.) Daniel D. Russell, a" farmer, who
lives four miles north of Centralla, Is
confined to his home as the result of un
due caution used to protect himself from
being "April-fooled" last Saturday, .
Mr. Russell was climbing into , his
buckboard. when some small boys
yelled: "Hey, Mister, yer coat-tails are
on Are!"
'Tm too old a bird to be mafle an
April fool of," replied Russell with
asperity.
Not until he had proceeded some dis
tance did he realize the significance of
the warning, but when he rushed back
to town his raiment was ruined by the
fire and he was severely burned.
Mr. Russell's mishap was caused by
the ignition of his clothing from a
glowing pipe which he had thoughtless
ly put In hi3 hip pocket.
400 STRfKERS IN BATTLE
TItree Seriously Wounded In Labor
ers Riot at Prinoe Rupert.
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, April 6.
Four hundred striking street laborers
engaged in a battle with the police here
today following an attack upon a force
of men working under police protection.
During the fight Milan Mlchcedich, a
striker, was shot and probably fatally
wounded and several other inen, Includ
ing two Constables, were less seriously
hurt.
The town tonight is in a state of tur
moil. All saloons have been ordered
closed and the Mayor ordered the po
lice to nail up the hall used by the strik
ers. Many citizens are being sworn In
as deputy Constables. Many strikers
have been arrested and additional ac
commodations are being arranged for.
WIDOW'S EYE ON SALEM
New York Woman, 50; Writes to
Find. Widower or Bachelor.
SALEM, Or.. April 6. (Special.) A
Nejv York woman who requests in her
letter "to be sure and not give her
name to reporters, because she is in
earnest an means business," has writ
ten to Secretary Hofer, of the Salem
Board of Trade, asking him to locate
for her a widower or bachelor who-is
desirous of obtaining a good wife,
nurse or housekeeper.
MINE PLANTING TO BEGIN
Manzanita Arrives at Fort Stevens to
Take Up Work in Harbor.
FORT STEVENS, Or., April 6. Spe
cial.) Actual mine planting operations
will begin at once in the mouth of the
Columbia River. The auxiliary gear has
now been Installed In the lighthouse
tender Manzanita and the vessel reported
here today to participate in the maneuvers.
ATLANTIC LINER
ROCKS
Princess IreneGrounds;
on Long Island.
SHE HAS 1720 PASSENGERS
Though Rolling Under Impact
of Waves, She Is Safe.
TUGS WORK AT MIDNIGHT
Lying Broadside on Beach, Great
Stennier Is Fast In Sand and
Rough Sea Prevents Pas
sengers From Landing. ,
NEW YORK, April 7. The steamship
Prinzess Irene, with 1720 passengers
aboard, from Naples, Genoa", Palermo,
and Gibraltar, lies stranded tonight on
the sands at the edge of the "Graveyard
of the Atlantic," on the seaward coast
of Long Island. . A rough sea and a 20
mile wind are hurling the waves high
against her sides as she rocks broadside
onto the beach.
All day tugs pulled valiantly, but aa
darkness settled down they abandoned
their task to await midnight's flood tide.
The passengers, within sight of their
destination, remain on board tonight.
The Prinzess Irene was still aground
at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Tugs had
moved her 15 degrees, but the tide
again began to recede after 1 o'clock.
After that hour there appeared to b
little hope of dragging her clear.
After running into the sand in the fog
early yesterday morning, the liner lay
helpless throughout the day. surrounded,
by tugs and revenue cutters. Efforts to
pull her free at afternoon high tida
failed.
Because of a rough sea, no transfer of
passengers was attempted pending re
newed attempts to drag her clear early
today. If these fail, transfer will ba
made to the Prlnz Frledrich Wllhelm,
of the same line, which will be sent to
the scene from her dock here soon after
daybreak.
Wind Rolls Ship on Beach.
At low water in the evening the strand
ed liner lay with her. length of K5 feet
broadside to the beach. Watchers on
shore saw the incoming tide, urged on
with a wind which had increased to
nearly 20 milesn hour, rock the vessel,
while every other swell rolled up her
sides and spat about her superstructure.
As the night wore on life-guards pa
trolled the beach with surfboats and
breeches buoy In readiness for any emer
gency. They pinned little faith on the
efforts of the tugs to pull the liner off.
They recalled the grounding of the St.
Paul some years ago and how she had
stuck fast for ten days in just such
a sandy bed. Two big wrecking tugs,
however, kept their lines on the ship,
and, reinforced by the derelict-destroyer
Seneca, watted for the aid of the floods
tide after midnight. '
Passengers Remain Calm.
The scene of the grounding lg about
ten miles east of Fire Island. The ves
sel lies 1000 feet from the beach of tha
treacherous sandsplt which skirts Long
Island. Creeping carefully in the murky
weather, the Prinzess Irene did not
strike hard, and few of Jier passengers,
235 of whom were in the cabins, real
ized what had happened until they arose
for breakfast. And, although two-thirds
of the passengers are Italian and Greek
immigrants, unable to understand the
assurances of the officers, they were
reasonably calm.
Captain Goddard and bIx veteran life
guards, who went out to the Prinzess
Irene, remained aboard all night to help
quiet the fears of the more nervous pasi J
sengers. On the beach Captain CharlesVl
W. Baker stood with six men ready to
put out a lifeboat or shoot a breeches
buoy line. If conditions required. He
said It would be easy to cast a line ta
the stranded vessel.
No Damage Done or Feared.
Although the Increasing breeze cams
from the most undesirable quarter tlia
southwest Captain Baker doubted If It
would develop Into a real storm and he
assured the few onlookers that the lin
er's watertight compartments would
keep her dry, even If the strain sprung
some of her plates.
The steamer had been f,ust 18 hours ua
to midnight, but she had suffered na
apparent damage, although from bow ta
amidships the hull was caught in flia
sand with a considerable list to port
Although several boats maneuvered
about the Prinzess Irene, no attempt
waa made to board her.
WILLIAMS GETS AMBITION
He Wins Jeff Davis' Bayonet-
Marked Seat in Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 6. John Sham
Williams, the new Junior Senator fromJ
Mississippi, has succeeded in a lifetimes
ambition. He has the seat in the Sen-I
ate which was occupied by Jeffersori
Davis, the president of the Confeder
acy.
The desk s,tlll bears the bayorief
marks made by Union soldiers durinff
war times In an effort to destroy It
The bayonet stabs were filled wltli
putty, but are easily discernible.
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