THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JANUARY SO, 1912. RIVE C1ATT "WRECKED BT EXPLOSION ANT THREE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. DEMOCRATS PLEAD FOR UNITED PARTY E.W. ITCH SLAIN; SAL0011 HELD TnT"""""' 1 f 2 mm Speakers at Portland Jackson Club' Meeting Deplore Present Discord. Robbery Not Motive of Killing of We!!-to-Do East Side Shopkeeper. T. wis x M ev. Absolutely Pure A i The only Baking Powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM. NO LIME PHOSPHATE WILSON INCIDENT VEILED BULLET PIERCES HEART it tbv : 111 i at -LJ. tl i ; j. Vj ,y . '. li 1 " J"' "" 7 mi ii -rr-" v ' - , , - 1 Spot Where Bol y Was rl-ovrr-d Visited by Policeman Short Time Before Death Victim Owner of Mnch Property. Edison W. Mutch. as;ed SS years, for mer proprietor of a dirmr store at JM East Burnslde street anil well-to-do. was found murdered at 11:45 this mornln tn a doorway at the, rear of the Merchants' F' hanire aaloon. First stret. crir Ankeny. lie had been ahot throuKi tf heart. The body, atlll warm, was found by Patrolman Con verse and Special officer peabursj on thtr re;rt:lar rounds. Feaburir had vl.ltd ttie same spot at IS o'clock and aald the body was not there then. Shortlv after ti murder had ben discovered. Ernest Ottlns;er. proprietor or the M ri-h ax. ta' Cxhsnrt saloon, waa flared enter arrt by I'atrolman Klenlen and la ri'-talned at the police station pendlnsr an In vewtlxatlon. The police found a Jt-callber revolver In Ot tfna;r's poesesslon. one chamber of which had been recently discharged. Mr the police. officer Klenlcn wnt to the saloon a few mlnutea after the body had been taken away and found Ottlnarer. who had been wipinar up the bar. standing with bis arms on the bar and hla head on hla arm. Klenlen asked: "YVbat's the, matter, old man?" Tin eorrv." replied Ottina;er. "Sorry for what? It was an acci dent." said Klenlen. (mincer looked up and. rrlnntnr. an swered "Was ltr Fo stated Patrolman Klenlen at the police atatlon this morning;. A youns; man known In the Mer rhtnta' Kx-hans: aaloon aa Karl was drlnklnr with Mutch In the resort about o'clock. Shortly thereafter Mutch and his companion left together by the front door. Neither waa Been In the P'are atraln by Krnest Ottln-er. pro prietor of tha aaloon. who was on watch. Mutch was somewhat under the Influence of liquor. nobbery Xmt Motive Mutch's movements after he left the saloon have not yet been learned. K.rly this morn In a; the police bad seen no one who had aeen hlra alive after o'rlork. Robbery was evidently not the motive for the killing; aa Mutch's heavy gold watch, worth perhaps $100. waa In the pocket of hla veal. In his trousers I-ocketa were S3 or 14 In email chan re No motive for the murder waa appar ent. Converse and Seahurg- found Mutch's . body lylna- In the rear doorway of the saloon. The rear door of Ottlnarer's place leada Into a sort of paved court. r blind alley. This door was locked at T o'clock last night, as Is custom ary, and waa not opened thereafter, did Ottlnger. Death Theejarajt (laaeaas. The body had evidently been drafted to the apot. aa the clothlna: was cov ered with dirt. As Mutch was a larre. heavy man and not easy to draa; around. It Is the belief of the police that he was murdered not far from the saloon. The bullet, evidently from a revolver of .It caliber, had pierced the heart and death must have been Instanta neous. Life waa extinct when the policemen came upon the body, but It was seen that Mutch had not been Ions; "dead. The ball went through the vic tim's coat, vest and ahlrt. but thtee was no bullet hole In the beavy over coat the mttn wore. The fatal shot had been nred at close range. Proprietor ottlnfrer. of the Merchants Kxrr.aDKe saloon, said he had known Mutch a long; time, lie said he came originally from Prince Kdward Island, lor several years he waa a longshore man, but In recent years had become quite prosperous. Ottlnser said Mutch was the owner of valuable property on I'olon avenue. Fast Burnslde street and other places on the Kast Side and waa a stockholder In the IL O. Peck" Auto , Wheel Company. lie was married and lived at ti) fcaat lloyt street. Ottlnger said Mutch came Into the Saloon about ( o'clock In the evening and that he seemed to be somewhat un der the Influence of liquor. He re mained about an hour, talking; with the youns chap known aa Kearl. ot tlnger aaya ho did not aee Uutch alive after he left with KarL HILL HAS UNE IS RUMOR Western Pacific Be Lie-red to IS la Hands of Implre-Bnllder. NEW TORS. Jan. It. (Special.) The sharp upturn la the stock market started la the Great Northern ajroup. Naturally the old rumor that Burling ton 4'a were to be retired through the Issuance of new bonds under the re cent 1400,000.000 blanket mortgage tiled by the Hill road was revived, and this caused a spurt In Northern Pacific. Later a far more Interesting story was aprung In explanation of the strength of Great Northern. It was to the street that Jamea J. Hill bad ob tained control of the Western raclflo. with which tha Great Northern ahortly would be connected. For many montha financial circles have Insisted tnat If ever the Western Pacific ileveloped Into a railroad It would become such under Hill manage ment. The Hill Interests would gain various advantagea through acquisition of the Western Pacific, it would at once make liUl a power in llarTlman territory. DEAL COSTS HILL MILLION Great "ortlirn" Cutoff In Idalto of 35 .Miles Is Expensive. SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. It. (Spe cial.) The Ureal Northern Railroad has let a f l.OOd.Ooo contract to Guthrie A McDougalL of St. Paul, to take the curves out of the main line of the Great Norlnecn between iand Point and Al bany Pal la. Idaho, and a lltie beyond, a distance of about 3& miles. Surveyors and a large engineering crew are running a line now. and the contractors are assembling crews and construction teams and trains. Work will begin early la February. One thouaud mil will be employed i t 1 by the contractors In reconstructing the main line of the Great Northern betweem these two Idaho points where the Hill line la notoriously crooked. Not only will the curves be eliminat ed, but the. aara will be taken out and the track will be raised to prevent any trouble from floods. A maximum curve of 3 per rent will be established on thla important atretcn. and the grade line will be made uniform. LOST TAR EATS MUSSELS Terrible Experience on IllcaJt Island Nearly Proves Fatal. FEATTLE, Wash, Jan. lt.-r-Ppec!aL Lost for two midwinter days and nights on Duke's Island, off the South eastern Alaskan Coast, and nearly dead when rescued by his shipmates. Jena Jensen, a fisherman-sailor. In the crew of the power schooner Northland, kept the spark of life burning In Ms chilled and hungry body by eating raw mus sels gathered among the rocks of the beach. The Northland reached Seattle this morning. Jensen was lost while the men In the crew were hunting. For two nights and days the crew searched tha for ests, carrying lanterns at night and firing gone. Meanwhile the lost sailor had made his way to the beach, a dis tance of several miles from where the scboober lay. and digging through tha snow, procured a few mussels. Chilled to the bone and with waning strength after two frightful nights, during which the dared not sleep for fear of freeslng, he was finally found struggling slowly along the beach. He waa carrying a tin can with a few mussels, one or two of which he ate from time to time to keep up his strength. Nauseated by the food and weakened by exposure, the lost man waa practically out of his senses. FOUR FACEEATH IN WAVES HI jU Seas 'Prevent Rescuers From Getting Near Wreck. NORFOLK. Va, Jan- 11. The revenue cutter Itasca reached the shooner Harry Prescott. stranded near Cape Hatteras. at 10 o'clock tonight and"wlll attempt to take off the four members of the crew who are clinging to the rigging. The lifesavers made a final attempt to rescue the men at S eTclook and failed. Because of high seas and the strong ttde. it Is feared the men cannot be rescued tonight. Three men have already been saved. They are: Captain V. K. Phllbrook. of Weatherport. Me.; T. S. Smith, mate, of Boston, and George Robins, ef Jones port, Me. Coast Bids Are Too High. ' OREGONIAH NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. It. Bids for the construc tion of the Walla Walla, Waslu. publlo building, opened today, show that Dle tor Wehtxel. of Wichita. Eaa, were the low bidders, for limoetone. 1119. 414. and the Campbell Building Com pany, of Salt Lake City, lowest, for sandstone. tll4.40. The Sound Construction Company, of Seattle. V. aah, bid 1128. S00 for either stone. There were no other Coast bid dera. List of Well Known Pianos) Now on sale la our exchange depart ment Stelnway grands and uprights. Everett grand A. B. Chase grand Ea tey grand Kranlcb Bach grand, Eteck grand Ohlckering grand Chase, Lud wig. Knabe, Conover. Kroeger. Paca erd. Kingsbury, Kimball. Lester and other upright pianos all In A-l con dition, many look new all for sale at a tempting price. All marked In plain figures Sherman, Clay 4k Co, Morri son at Sixth. KTVT.R - ' " - . v ..... . . ......... - - ; . J- -Jr r. I ' ...... . - .. . ; x. ,v t' t ; ' r v - '- : ' - ' i -. - - . ,ir,i. ... -r .-in.. . - ' I 1 1 "" 1 m ':;v ' xew'gN j ...L-: - '' '' J1 Is r M' r m n.n aa-al jVJWaaBBaaaaaaaaBTaT NOT SOLVED Bodies Are Not Recovered From Dixon Disaster. WOMAN COOK RESCUED Chief Engineer Can't Account for mowing- Vp of Holler Inspect ors Start Investigation Ac cident Third In Year. Facing the third serious accident to the fleet In less than a year, officers of the Shaver Transporatlon Company prepared early yesterday to ralae the wrecked steamer Sarah Dixon, which had drifted to a point near Kalama after the explosion at 11:15 o'clock Thursday night, when she was a short distance above"- Martin's Island light, headed down stream. Captain James Ehaver wss at the scene early, the steamer Wanna having been ordered out. and at 10 o'clock the gasoline tug Echo left Portland with men and sup plies. Captain Sharer reported that no bodies had been recovered from the wreck and that the boiler was split on top, but the cause of the explosion was not established. As Captain Fred R Stlnson and Mate Arthur Monlcal were In the pilothouse at the time of the ex plosion. It Is supposed that their bodies were blown Into the river, as the pilot house and texas were wrecked, and the lower house was badly damacad. Un less the hull wss lnjired more than appeared to those at the scene, it prob. ably will be the only portion of the vessel saved with her machinery. As Silas Knowles. fireman, was standing In the flreroom It Is thought that he was mangled, as he must have been la the path, of the full force of the ex plosion. The steamer Lurllne stood by the wreck early In the morning, after hav ing taken on the survivors at Kalsna. and her crew put an anchor to hold the Sarah Dixon fast until her owners could reach there. None of those who lost their lives was married. Captain Stlnson had been in the service of the Shaver Transporta tion Company more than 1J years, hav ing worked up from the deck force, and Mate Monlcal was with the company for a long period. Fireman Knowles entered the service as a logger, but owing to his massive build and weight was too heavy tor the work, and was given a fireman's berth. Captain Stlnson. with Paul Peterson. WRECK STEAMER WRECKED BY BOILER EXPLOSION AS IT NOW APPEARS. ...". ..'''.'-- KARAH DUCK '.'ARTLT SUBMERGED NEAR KALAMA. r . a logger, and Jeff Owsley, watchman on the Dixon, were on the steamer M. F. Henderson when she was struck by the tug Samson, near Bugby Hole. July 22, 1911. The Henderson was practically a total loss, her machinery being the principal property saved. The first disaster of last year for the Shaver fleet was the burning of the steamer Sharer. April 20. as she was berthed at the Davis-street dock, most of her house being destroyed. Members of the crew experienced narrow es capes, but there were no fatalities. United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Edwards and Fuller, began an Investigation into the Sarah Dixon ex plosion yesterday and the testimony of Chester L Lewis, chief engineer; Steve Meaney, assistant engineer, and Harry Dewey, fireman, was taken. Others probably will be called today but so far no light has been thrown on the mystery of the boiler explosion. Four years ago the Dixon's boiler was in stalled new, and at the same time her hull waa rep:.ced. The boiler was last Inspected In April and lta original al lowance of ilO pounds of steam was not cut down. "14 must have been Immediately pre ceding the accident that I saw Silas Knowles, the fireman, standing along side the boiler with his eyes on the water glass," said Chief Engineer yesterday. "He was a careful and con scientious fireman and I cannot think that the result was from water trouble. We were carrying about 200 pounds of steam and had no reason to make fast time, as we were not due down the river until daylight. "It seemed to me that when the boiler exploded it shattered everything abov It, the celling of the lower house being torn away, and the force in the pilot house must have been terrific. I got as far as my room, thinking to get some clothing, but even that far aft every thing was wrecked. The steamer be gan to list toward the port side and before we left the edge of the hurricane deck was under water. We experienced difficulty in getting into the boats, but Mrs. H. II- HUL the cook, had the hard est time as she was in water up to her waist before we got her Into a boat. "I remarked to the boys that the wreck waa drifting, as soon after the explosion we passed the Martin Island light. We had the metallic lifeboat and the workboat in the water, but after pulling aa far as Hoffman's Land, lng we tied th . work boat to dolphins there. We knew the tide was ebbing and thought the best place to head for was Kalama." Steamboatmeu say that the accident on the Earah Dixon is but the second of the character on the Willamette, the first having been the steamer Senator, an Upper Willamette vessel, on which the boiler blew up as she was heading Into a dock near the foot of Stark street Captain Dan McGlll. her master, was killed and Chief Engineer Felix Evans and others, of the crew were In jured. The accident happened more than 40 years ago. Orders have been given for timbers and other mater" ai to be uaed tn rais ing the Dixon and two barges and a derrick will be sent to the wreck to morrow, as It is not doubted but that the craft can be floated and brought here. She was slued at 330,000. Only the engines remained from the original Sarah Dixon and the hull first launched la now part of th barge Sarah, moored at the East Sid., yards of the Shaver' Interests, and used as a workshop. i . '. .'', :- fin Photo Expected Comment on Controversy of Sew Jersey Aspirant With Colonel Harvey Does Not ( Develop as Predicted. ( Wrath of Portland Democrats over the actions of Governor Wilson in the Wilson-Harvey incident and the Bryan letter tempered down to such a degree yesterday that It formed the basis of but little comment at last night's meet ing of the Jackson Club, contrary to expectations. The leading speaker at the meeting was P. C. Hunt, who essayed to explain some of . the Democratic troubles and to show the whys and wherefores of the Wilson and other controversies. Plea Made for Harmony "The Republican party is attempting to detract from Its own feuds by point ing out some of the so-called troubles of the Democrats." said Mr. Hunt. "But we must not stand for It. Democrats must quit quarreling and get together. I believe that if the great Andrew Jackson should rise from his grave and speak he would shout at the top of his voice, "Democrats, for God's sake quit fighting and get together in the cause of pure Democracy.' It does not matter who the man Is. who is run for the Presidency it's the principles he rep resents. The Republicans have their troubles In selecting a Presidential can didate. "Personally, I believe that the Demo cratic party will not have to pit Its candidate against President Taft. but will have to fight against Theodore Roosevelt, the most unscrupulous, po litical manipulator, audacious, four flushing and dangerous demagogue ever Intrusted with high authority. For years the Democratic party has been meeting defeat, but clouds are appear ing on the Republican horizon and the Democratlo skies are getting brighter." Rerwbllcans Are Blamed. Francis Clarno, who spoke at the meeting, aeciarea mat ine w noun uwn I - ..nmnl. Kv the Renubltcan party interests. "If Wilson is to be relegated to the DacRgrouna. aeciareu Clarno. "let it be by the will of the people and not by any political clique. As for me, I believe Bryan is the great . . . v " i n a ,.-th M o la Ear man on muw a p, . -- a second runner to Roosevelt, but he has not had an opportunity 10 u-"-strate his worth. Roosevelt Is the only man who has ever had an opportunity to practice the things developed and worked out by Bryan." Ha praised Roosevelt for tenacity and grit. "Even if I am a Democrat in a Democratlo meeting," he said, "I can not help expressing my admiration for the tenacity of Roosevelt, who stood up against all the world for what he thought was right." Party Principles Held First. Ernest Kroner expressed the opinion that Democrats ought to fight for Democracy and not for the personali ties of candidates who might be se lected to represent those principles. -Wa must discontinue our bickering on unimportant questions and unite for the good of the Democratlo platform as a whole." he said. "Leave it to the ability of any man the party nominates for the Presidential campaign to work out these principles." The meeting was attended by E0 leading Democrats, a number of whom expressed opinions as to the duty of Democrats to get together and work for the common interest of the party. Among these speakers were Ogleiiby Young. John H. Stevenson and M ! GIr!W. Mov.tague declared yesterday that regardless of the opinions ex pressed by many leading party mem bers in Portland that the Wilson-Har-vey Incident and the Bryan letter would eliminate Wilson from the race for the Presidential candidacy, he be lieved it would not have that effect. Support Declared Retained. "I haven't heard of anyone who was a Wilson supporter who Is not one still." said Mr. Montague. "The op posers, many of whom have expressed themselves, were opposed to him be fore these Incidents. I believe Wilson acted the part of a man in refusing to accept the support of Harper's Weekly. He did not consider it proper to be backed by Wall street interests and man-like he expressed his views openly. I believe records will show that two-thirds of the rank and file of Democrats lr the Btate are for him, and I don't believe they have been 1 r by L. W. Jones, 870 Halght Ave. turned by these Inoldenta, which have been magnified out of all proportion to their importance. No man goes through a campaign without his enemies club bing him." Samuel White, who declares he is an ardent Democrat, but not especially a Wilson supporter, said! "I stand for any man who represents the Demo cratic principles. As for the Harvey incident. I believe It is a molehill made Into a mountain. 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