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'RED,' EXULTING AT
LEPER WINS STRIKE
64 OF TITANIC DEAD
5 PASSEINGtnb UN
PULLMAN ROBBED
TURK: MASKKII ME.X AITE-Ml,
SHOOT AIR TCBE. ESCAPE.
7 KILLED,
DISASTER, DRUBBED
BROKER THRASHES SOCIALIST.
"COP" WON'T ARREST.
ON FEDERAL WORK
TAKEN FROM OCEAN
WILL GO 10 SENATE
HURT 111 Ml
JOHN EARLY, QUARANTINE AT
TENDANT, WALKS OUT.
ISMAY SMARTING
UNDER CRITICISM
MEMBERS OF HOUSE
MANY
Two Tornados Hit Illi
nois and Indiana
ROPERTY LOSS IS IMMENSE
)f 100 Persons Injured Eight
at Least Will Die.
iMALL VILLAGE WIPED OUT
ll.oe of MtrMork In Two Males
Heavy Wire Torn Down, So
lall Detail of Catastrophe
Not Obtainable.
CHICAGO. UK. April 21. Seventeen
-ersons were believed to hare been
llled la a series of tornadoes which
liw-ept across parts of Illinola and In-
llana between S o'clock In the arter-
iooh and nightfall yesterday. Twelve
leaths hare boeo confirmed, and eight
ir reported on authority which ap-
eara reliable.
Oar HaaaXd Prrwaa lajarv.
A hundred persons were Injured, at
east eight of them so severely they
nay die. and many thousands of dollars
lamas was done to property.
Two scctlona reported tornadoes at
-he um time. Most damage appar
ntly was dona by that which appeared
'rom Coal City. III., and swept east
ward. The other wrought Its devasta
tion aoutheast of St. Louis. In and
ihout Murphysboro. III.. In Jackson
"ounty.
Wauponsee. a small villas near Coal
Uy. 111., was reported wiped out. but
I no communication could bo had with
tho reason to verify the rumor.
Leee of Umtwk la Heavy.
The loss of livestock In Illinois and
Indiana Is heary.
Telephone linemen aant to repair the
-Utnaaed line near Grant Park report
ed flv persona had been killed and SO
:nlured
Between and 10 houses, said tho
;tnriDa. had been demolished. They
were unable to give the names of tho
lead.
STORM CVTS COMMI'XICATIOX
Member of Two families Injured
at Marplij nboro.
ST. IjOLIS. April II. The
tornado
part of
Injuring
wept through the northern
Murphysboro, 111., seriously
'.oorif Kins, two daughter, and Mr.
and Mrs. William Wllderback. Xo
deaths ware reported. Two houses
rere demolished at Murphysboro and
the Illinois Central station at Finney
was carried J0 feet.
At t o'clock Mount Vernon was tha
i only town of any siza In the storrn
sweut district which was In communl-
' i atioa with the outside world and op
erators at that point reported their In
ability to icet Into communication with
points in tha territory Immediately aur
roundlng Cairo. Murphysboro. Marlon
and Duqaoln were In he affected dis
trict, but at an early hour tonight,
had been unable to report their dam
age. Twenty houses were reported blown
town at Coal City, 1 1 1 and several at
Maion. Several persona are reported
injured. Interrupted telephonic com
muDlcation made confirmation difficult.
STORM STRIKR5 rHATTSWORTH
.Many Baildings Blown Down bnt No
Lives Reported Lost.
BLOOMIXOTON'. 11L. April 21. A tor
nado paased over Chattsworth. 41 miles
northeast of here on the Illinois Cen
tral, at : P. M. today. Many build
ings In tb city were unroofed and
store fronta blown In. In the country,
farm bousea and outbuildings are re
ported demolished. Xo loss of Ufa has
been reported.
A report from Campus, in the north
east corner of Livingston County. .says
that Mrs. lson Hulse was killed and
her two children wera probably fatally
Injured The storm swerved northwest
or Odell and swept a path about 10
rods wide, demolishing virtually every
thing In it path.
CHICKEN - RAISING DRAWS
Crania Pass Movement on to Induce
Many to Enter Industry.
GRANTS PASS. Or April SI. (Spe
cial As many enthusiastic chicken
raisers have been making- displays of
fancy fowls, indicating that poultry can
be kept at a profit of 12 or more a
head, there is now on foot a movement
aimed to Induce many others to en
gage in chicken raising.
Alt kinds of breeds do well In Rogue
River Valley and require but rfttle.rara
to grow to maturity. At present every
raiser of poultry Is looking for better
Trade and breeders. A number of good
okerels have been received from out-
vide points. It is believed that Grants
Pas can supply the Portland market
I and cut oft Kastern shipments by the
carload, if the .railroad company will
give a better rate on wheat and clikken
Iligrmamen Force Porter to Tolnt
Out Ooenpled Berths Only
One Car Dlturbcd.
CHICAGO, April 1. Five persons
were robbed of money or valuables or
both by three masked robbers, who
went through a sleeping car of the
Rock Island westbound Oolden Slate
limited a few minutes after midnight
today. After the robbers finished their
work they shot holea In the air tube
connected with the engine, thus bring
ing the train to a standstill and oulckly
made their escape.
Under cover of three revolvers the
porter wsa forced to point out to the
outlaws the berths that were occupied.
As soon as tho robbers entered the
Pullman they forced the porter to lock
the doors. Only the occupants of one
car were disturbed.
In money and Jewelry the robbers
obtained approximately $710.
Presence on tho train of the three
robbers has not been accounted for. It
Is believed the men boarded the lim
ited at the crossing of the Chicago.
Burlington Qulncy Railroad, near
which a Burlington train was held up
soma time ago.
It waa aald today at the general
offices of the Rock Island here that a
good description of the outlaws was
obtained.
BODY OF LOGGER FOUND
Corps of Man Drowned November
I 5 Comes to Surface.
BROWNSVILLE, Or, April 21. (Spe
cial.) Tho body of Ralph Newton, aged
30, who was drowned while driving
logs November 15. was found today at
Crawford, about two and a half miles
from the placa where) he went under.
Newton was driving logs for tha
Calapooia Lumber Company at tba time
of the accident. He slipped from one
of tha logs and waa unable to extricate
himself or come to the surface. Re
peated efforts were made to locate tho
body but without success. The body
was discovered opposite Crawford.
The victim leaves four children and
a wife who has deserted him.
Dr. Starr, of Brownsville, took charge
of the body and will make a report to
the Coroner.
WOMEN TALK SUFFRAGE
Grant rn Advocates Are Making
Enthusiastic Campaign.
GRANTS PASS. Or., April 21. (Spe
cial.) The committee on equal suf
frage held a mass meeting Saturday In
tha auxiliary room of the Commercial
Club. Two hundred women were pres
ent to hear the programme. Papers
were read by Mrs. Arthur Conklln, Mrs.
Harris. Mrs. Mary Hlldreth and Mrs. C
H. Clements.
Mrs. Conklln handled the suffrage
question from a teacher's point of view,
Mrs. Harris from a political standpoint,
Mrs. Hlldreth from a domestic and Mrs.
Ciemonts from a legal standpoint. The
women are well organized and expert to
make a good campaign In this part of
the state.
MINING MAN IS SUICIDE
Henry Rragdoii, of Gold field. In
Despair Over Ill-Health.
OAKLAND. April SI. Henry F. Brag
don. first president of the Goldfleld
Stock Exchange, committed suicide In
his home here tonight by shooting him
self. He was i years old and well
known among Western mining men. A
few minutes before his death. Bragdon
discussed with his wife his continued
Ill-health.
"I don't believe I'll aver get well,"
he said. Mrs. Bragdon began to pre
pare breakfast, and he went to his bed
room and shot himself. Bragdon went
to Goldfleld at the beginning of Its
boom and w-as first president of tha
Montexuma Club there.
JEW GIVES TO CATHOLICS
Donation or 23,O00 Mad to "Great
Bulwark. Against Anarchy."
BALTIMORE. April 21. Cardinal Gib
bons, who Is chancellor of tho Catholic
1'nlverslty at Washington, wsa the re
cipient yesterday of a gift of 136.000
for the university. The donor Is a
wealthy Jew from the Middle West, but
his name Is withheld.
He said that he regarded the Catho
lic church as the great bulwark in the
Cnited States against the "bad features
of socialism and anarthy and for the
upholding of law and order."
SIX FEET OF SNOW FALL
Yellowstone Park Has Experience
Without Seasonal Precedent.
LIVINGSTON. MonU April II. Six
feet of snow fell In the Yellowstone
Tark last night and today. Five feet
covered the ground at Gardiner. '
The fall is the heaviest In history at
thia time of year.
ROUGHS KILL POLICEMAN
Officer Resisted In Attempt to Ar
rest Suspicious Loiterers.
OAKLAND. Cal.. April 21. Charles
Williams, a special policeman, waa shot
and killed here tonight by two roughs
when on hla way to work.
William, according to witnesses, at
tempted to arrest the men. who wera
loitering In a prosperous residence section.
i
! 0!d Faces to Be Seen
. in Both Branches.
ABBOTT WINS NOMINATION
Senate Will Have Fifteen on
Holdover List.
RETURNS ARE INCOMPLETE
Democrats Indorse Republicans in
Some District., Express No
Choice in Others All
Returns Not In.
A review of the result of the recent
primary election on the Republican
candidates for the Legislature show's
that several members of the . last
House and Senate have been named to
succeed themselves, some House mem
bers have been elevated to tha upper
branch of the Assembly and some in
either branch have been defeated. But
one member of the Multnomah County
delegation in the lower House James
D. Abbott has been nominated.
There are IS holdover Senators. Two
nominees for Senatorial positions have
served in previous sessions.
Democratic returns have not been
completed. In some districts the Dem
ocrats made no nominations. In oth
ers they Indorsed the Republican nom
inees, r
The Republican nominees In both
houses are as follows:
Repreaeatatlv ea.
First District. Marlon George X.
Johnson, N. Carlton Smith, George W.
Weeks. F. E. Heltel. S. A. Hughes.
Second District. Linn F. H. Porter,
Charlea Chllde, L. G. Lewelllng.
Third District. Lane I. B. Cushman,
Allen H. Eaton. Calvin J- Hurd.
Fourth District. Douglas Joseph T.
Fridges. B. F. Nichols.
Firth District, coos J. S. Barton.
Sixth District, Coos and Curry S. P.
Pierce (Curry.)
Seventh District, Josephine E. E.
Blanchard.
Eighth District, Jackson J. A. West
erlund. J. H. Carkln.
Ninth District, Douglas and Jackson
C. E. Whisler (Jackson).
Tenth District. Benton P. O. Bone
brake. Eleventh District. Polk E. E. Pad
dock. Twelfth District. Lincoln and Polk
Walter L. Tooxe. Jr.
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Government Increases Salary of Man
Driven From One End of
Country to Other,
SEATTLE, Wash.. April II. (Special.)
John Early, the leper, who has been
driven from one end of the United
States to the other, and who sought
refuge at Tacoma, has Just won a strike
for more wages.
As an inducement to him to leave Ta
coma. he was appointed an attendant at
United Slates Quarantine Station at
Diamond Point, at a salary of 50 per
month. Upon assuming his duties, he
uicertalned the other attendants were
rniviiK. isn a. month. He went on a
strike, demanding the same pay as tho
others.
Ho presonted his case to the depart
ment through Surgeon F.arle. in charge
e fhi nuuranllne district, who recom
mended that Early receive the same
compensation as the other attenaams.
This was granted.
Early Is now well satisfied with his
surroundings. He is a close student of
the Bible and puts In his time reading
It. On Sundays he holds service at the
station, preactilng to the employes and
visitors.
TERMINAL WORK STARTS
Rails Are Being Laid on Front Street
in Marshfield.
J.ARSHFIELD, Or.. April 2L (Spe
cial.) The Terminal Railnoad has
started actual construction on Front
street. The pavement is being taken
up and heavy rails are being put down.
Tho Terminal Company has a franchise
for tho waterfront of Marshfield and
ia to allow other roada to run over the
tracks.
Another large shipment of rails ar
rived from San Francisco on the steam
er Kedondo and the same vessel
brought a large steam shovel.' Tho
work of the construction on tho Ter
minal Railway is being pushed and
material for the road is being gathered.
While the Terminal Company has the
franchise for the waterfront streets in
Marshfield. the Southern Pacific has
applied for the waterfront In North
Bend and probably will be given it.
TACOMA MOURNS VICTIMS
Special Services for Dead of Titanic
Are Held.
TACOMA. April 2L Eulogies in hon
or of the Tltanic's victims and survi
vors were pronounced by .pastors In
many churches holding special mem
orial services for the ship's dead today.
"Foreigns build ships that Ameri
cans may run races with death," de
clared Rev. E. C. Wheeler, of the Pil
grim Congregational Church, who de
nied the assertion the disaster was an
act of God. "It was due to the Ameri
can demand for spied." he said.
"Another sacrifice to the Moloch of
progress the mania for rapid transit,"
was the way Rev. A. L. Hutchinson, of
Emmanuel Presbyterian ' Church,
termed the disaster.
BACK TO THE PLOW.
Director Denies He
Urged High Speed.
PART THAT OF PASSENGER
No Special Rights Asserted or
Enjoyed on Board.
CAPTAIN NEVER HAMPERED
No Thought or Escape Entertained,
Says Statement, Until Boat Was
Reins Lowered and No Pas
sengers Were Near.
NEW YORK, April 2L In a state
ment given out tonight. J. Bruce Ismay
replied to several published statements
regarding the Titanic disaster, particu
larly those In which his name is prom
inently figured.
Ha denied that he had anything to
do with tho navigation of the vessel
and declared that he did not consult
with her captain regarding her conduct
at sea, and made no suggestion as to
the course or other handling of the
ship.
Ho exercised no privileges that did
not belong to any other first class
passenger, he declared; did not sit at
the captain's table, and was not din
ing with him at tho time of tho acci
dent, and In fact, was in bed when tha
collision occurred.
Flight 'vr Considered.
Ho had no Idea of returning to
Europe particularly to avoid appearing
at the Senatorial investigation, he add
ed, and only knew that the Investiga
tion was pending when informed of
It at the pier when the Carpathla ar
rived., Mr. Ismay's statement fol
lows: "When I appeared before the Senate
Friday. I supposed the purpose of the
inquiry wae to ascertain the cause of
the sinking of the Titanic, with a view
to determining whether additional leg
islation was .required to prevent the
recurrence of so horrible a' disaster.
"I welcomed bu61i an Inquiry, and
appeared voluntarily, without subpena,
and to all questions put to me by the
members of the committee I answered
to the best of my ability, with complete
frankness and without reserve. I did
not suppose the question of my personal
conduct was the subject of Inquiry, al-
f Concluded on Pag 3.)
Policeman Shakes Hands With. Man
Who Trounces Other for Gloating
at Deaths on Titanic.
MILWAUKEE, April 51. (Special.)
Two Socialists of the "Red" type were
today loudly proclaiming on a crowded
streetcar their Joy over the death of
men of wealth and distinction in the
Titanic wreck. They especially gloat
ed over tho deaths of Astor, Straus
and Major Butt.
B. W. Stone, an investment broker,
was one of the car passengers, and the
Socialists asked him what he thought
about it.
"Xo man with a drop of true Ameri
can blood in his veins would say what
you are saying," he responded.
"You're a liar," shouted on of the So
cialists, as he sprang- at Mr. Stone.
The latter arose and with a stiff bat
tery of blows changed the fellow's face
Into a disfigured mass.
A policeman, noting the hubbub
rushed into the car, but, when told of
the cause of the battle, refused to ar
rest Mr. Stone, but instead shook him
warmly by the hand, saying:
"I am proud of you."
ALBANY TO GET NEW HOTEL
J. C. Hammer Is Erecting Five-Story
Structure at "Hub City."
ALBANY, Or., April 21. (Special.)
Work on Albany's new hotel, which
will be one of the largest hostelrles In
the state, Is well under way. It is being
erected by a company headed by J. C.
Hammell, proprietor of the Hotel Re
vere In this city, on property owned
by Mr. Hammell at the Southwest cor
ner of Second and Lyon streets. It Is
said that a number of Albany men and
several commercial salesmen are inter
ested with Hammell In the project.
TKe hotel will really be a six-story
building, as it will have a full-story
basement.
Until last year Albany did not have
single brick hotel, but the erection of
this new hostelry will make three
splendid structures of that type, all
with modern equipment. In this city.
the VanDran Hotel having been erected
near the union depot last year and the
St. Francis Hotel having been opened
recently in the business section of the
city.
The First National Bank will erect a
five-story structure at the southwest
comer of First and Broadalbin streets.
Coincident with' the erection of the
new Hammell Hotel, a new business
block will be erected at the northwest
corner of Second and Lyon streets, di
rectly across the street from tho hos
telry. This will be a two-story brick
structure covering a quarter block and
will replace a group of old shacks,
which for years have constituted Al
bany's Chinatown.
It is also possible that the Albany
Lodge Knights of Pythias will build a
big castle hall this Summer on the
quarter block at Third and Lyon
streets, directly south of the new hotel.
SAILORS HOLD MEMORIAL
British Consul Praises Crew and
Musicians of Titanic.
James Laidlaw, British Consul, last
night held a memorial service in mem
ory of those who perished in the Ti
tanic disaster at the Seamen's Friend's
Institute, in Flanders street.
Mr. Laidlaw' spke of the unselfish
ness and stability of the crew. He
said that the captain was said to have
quieted the crew when he said, "Be
Britons, my men."
"The Lord said, 'He that loseth his
life for my sake shall save it,' " quoted
Mr. Laidlaw, adding that those who had
surrendered their lives that others
might live had saved their souls.
The musicians were praised for their
bravery In playing to keep up the
spirits of the doomed men. Mr. Laid
law opened his address by saying that
the Titanic was believed to be a life
ship herself, having every known ap
pliance for safety on board. A poem
by Kipling, about the toll paid for the
supremacy of the sea. was read.
.T. K. Gill spoke briefly. "Nearer, My
God. to Thee" and prayer closed the
service.
BOYHOOD PACT IS KEPT
Albany Man "Stands Up" When His
Chum Becomes Benedict.
ALBANY. Or., April 21. (Special.)
When they were both young boys to
gether in Albany years ago, Winfield
S. Royce and William H. Anderson
made an agreement that, they would
"stand up" at each other's wedding.
Royce, who is now chief operator in
the Western Union office here, has
not yet fallen under the darts of Cupid,
but he fulfilled the boyhood pact to
day by acting as best man for Ander
son when the latter was wedded this
afternoon to Miss Ellsworth, of Bridal
Veil.
The ceremony was performed at the
Multnomah Hotel in Portland. Ander
son Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. An
derson, of this clty. He has been
working for several years in the office
of a lumber company at Bridal Veil.
GREAT TUNNEL TO START
Milwaukee Will Begin $5,000,000
Cut Through Cascades.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 2L May 1
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Railway will start construction of a
three-mile tunnel through the Cascade
Mountains. It was announced last night.
Workmen are building bunkhouses at
Rockdale, and as fast as these are com
pleted three gangs of 250 men each
will be put to work on the project,
which will cost nearly to. 000, 000.
The tunnel will shorten the line
seven miles, and will eliminate the
heavy grade at the summit.
Search for Bodies td
Be Continued.
CABLE STEAMER ON PATROL
Those Reported Regarded as
Possible of Identification.
WORK IS DELAYED BY FOG
Depth Where Titanic Sank Estimat
ed at 2000 Fathams, So No
Effort Will Be Made to
Obtain Soandings.
ST. JOHNS, X. F., April 21. Sixty
four bodies have been recovered by the
cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, which
has been searching the vicinity of the
Titanic disaster, according to a report
that reached this city tonight.
It is said several bodies which were
recovered were sunk again, as they
were without Identification marks. The
names of those Identified could not bo
obtained through the Cape Race wire
less station.
Many Are Identified.
The 64 bodies recovered are regarded
as identifiable, according to the report.
Those that were sunk were presumably
in a condition making their preserva
tion impossible.
XEW YORK, April 21. Two wireless
messages addressed to J. Bruce Ismay,
president of the International Mercan
tile Marine Company, were received to
day at the office of the White Star
lino from the ca'oleship Mackay-Bennett,
via Cape Race, one of which re
ported that the steamship Rhein had
sighted bodies near the scene of the
Titanic wreck.
Wreckage Found Xear Icebergs.
Tlve first message, which was dated
April 20, read:
"Steamer Rhein reports passing
wreckage and bodies, 42.1 north, 49.13
west, eight miles west of three big Ice
bergs. Now making for that position.
Expect to arrive at 8 o'clock tonight.
"MACKAY-BENNETT."
The second message read:
"Received further Information from
Bremen (presumably steamship Brem
en) and arrive on ground at 8 o'clock
P. M. Start operations tomorrow. Have
i nnnuMoT-ahiv rielaved irk Dassase
by dense fog. MACKAY BENNETT."
Before his departure from asning
ton. Mr. Ismay, after reading tha two
messages, said:
"The cableship Mackay-Bennett nas
v.., .h.riimi hv the White Star line
and ordered to proceed to the scene of
the disaster and to do au sne can io
recover bodies and glean all informa
tion possible.
Identification to Be Sought.
"Kverv effort will be made to iden
tify bodies recovered and any news will
be sent through immediately by wire
less.
"In addition to any such messages as
h. tii Mackav-Bennett will make
each morning by wireless a report of
its activities and such reports will be
made public at the offices of the White
Star line.
"Tho ahleshln has been oraered to
remain on the scene of the wreck for
t least a week, but should a largo
,.mhor of bodies be recovered before
that time, she will return to Halifax
with them. The search for bodies will
not be abandoned until not a vestige
of hope remains for any more recover
ies.
"The Mackay-Bennett will not make
nv o.iimdincrs. as they will not serve
any useful purpose because the depth
here the Titanic sank is more tnan
2000 fathoms."
SKAMANIA BACKS TAFT
Five Delegates to Convention Are lor
President.
STEVEXSOX, Wash., April 21. (Spe
cial.) The Republican county conven
tion met in this city Saturday and
elected five delegates to the state con
vention to be held at Aberdeen May 15.
They were instructed to support Taft..
Colonel A. R. Greene was elected chair
man of the resolutions committee and
the following was adopted:
Resolved. That the National emblem is a
guarantee to every citizen of all his- rlslits
undr the Constitution, and that the dla
plav of any other flag st any time or place
within the boundaries of the United States,
for the purpose of furnishing a rallying
point for the dissemination of any declara
tion of principles repugnant to the Consti
tution, la Incipient treason and ousht to
be suppressed by law.
Resolved: That our delegates to the state
convention be instructed to urge the adop
tion by that convention of a resolution ask
ing the Legislature of the "State of Wash
ington to enact a law making it a misde
meanor punishable by fine and imprison
ment, to display on the person, or at any
public assemblage, for the purposes of se
dition, any flag, emblem, symbol, sign or
design wbatsover. calculated to supplant or
challenge the supremacy of the Stars and
Stripes.
Resolved, That we attribute our present
exalted position, both at home and abroad.
In large measure to the wise statesmanship,
sound policies and Impartial administration
of the laws of our distinguished Chief
Magistrate. William Howard Taft.
Resolved, That the five delegates from
Kkamania County to the Washington state
convention, to be held at Aberdeen Hay 1.
be Instructed to vote for the delegates la
the Chicago convention, who will work and
vote first, last and all the time lor the
rcnominatlon of President Taft.
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