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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1913)
.3 IS. MOORE RARES RELATIVES IN FEAR PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW OF SCENE OF MIM DISASTER. Closing-Out Sale LOST STORY OF SHOOTING THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, APRIL. 7, 1913. MEN ON Fill Anxious Queries Fail to Bring Definite News From Scene of Capsized Bark. YOUNG WIFE IS PROSTRATE Unveil Blackmail, Member of Fort land Engineering Crew on Board, U Bridegroom or Few Days. Others of City on Ship. Anxiety of the relatives and friends of mm reported to be on tha Miml kept tie telephone and telea-raph wire be tween Portland and Brighton. Wheeler and otcer polnta busy all day yester day ir. an effort to get information from the scene of the wreck. Tha anxi ety wae increased when tha informa tion .a verified that a number of prominert Portland people were among tlmse who are struggling against leath In the hold of the ill-fated vessel. t until the telephone and telegraph nmces were closed following the defi Tifte announcement that the dashing waves would withhold the secret of the fate of the men at least until this morning did the volume of messages cum. But the anxiety continued. It was not until afternoon that re ports were verified regarding several Portland engineers and contractors be ing on the boat, ll was known that thse men had been at work and that their duties held them on the deck or In Ihe hold of the ship. It was known l.o thai they were to be among those on board when the ship was finally pulled from the sand Into the ocean. Albert fmit Board. Probably the most prominent person anions Ihe number was Albert Crowe. Captain Crowe, a native of Maine. Is one of the survivors of the fast-disappearing class of skippers which made th New KncUiul fWt of clippers the wonder of maritime achievement, and he made many trips to the China coast and tlie western coast of America In the lay wnen much of the commerce of those ports waa carried In American bottoms. On the Muskoka. one of the particular prides of the fleet, be es tablished many records. Later Captain Crowe aalled under the British flag and came to Portland rm.n times In the wheat-carrying tra'le. About ten years ago he estab lished himself here and entered into partnership with John A. Anderson in the ship-lining business. Some year aso he waa appointed surveyor for the San Francisco Board or underwriters, and has been active In the business of l(:e port. His home Is at iit Koss street. He has a wife and two chil dren Bert. 1. and. Margery, 0. The daughter Is employed in the office of her father's home. Other rortlaaitors Ami Naasber. Others of the Portlanders were: tTarles Fisher, tfc years of age. for merly a resident of Portland, now a resident of McMinnvllle; Russell Black man, of Portland, secretary of the Fisher Engineering Corporation, resid ing in the Juliana apartments: W. E. Koen. a contracting plumber of 1181 Ke-hy street, and Captain J. Westphal. a German who Is wet known In marine clrtlfS of Portland. Ituepell Blackman has been a resi dent of Portland for about Ave years, omlng here from Rochester. N. Y., where he has relatives. He was mar ried lat Tuesday In Portland to Miss .May Robert?, daughter of J. P. Rob erts, of Albany. Or. He was In the city all last week until Saturday morn hig. when he went to continue work on the Miml. upon which he had been working as a civil engineer since about February 20. Mts. Blarkman remained In Portland living in apartment !3 at the Juliana Apartments. In Trinity Place. Mr. Blarkman Is 3T years of age and Is well known In engineering circles, hav ing been engaged in that business since oming to this city. He formerly was ronnerted with the Portland Engineer ins; and Contracting Company and la ter Joined the Fisher Engineering Cor poration as secretary. Prostrates Bride. Mr. Blackman was prostrated when s'ie learned that her husband was on the Ill-fated ship. A dozen or more friends attended to the task of getting information from the scene of the wrei-k. while relatives attempted to unlet the bride. Her hopes rose and f II as conflicting reports were re letved. Twice during the day It was reported that the body of her husband !ii been recovered, while later re ports were to the effect that he was safe on the ship and might be rescued. The last report waa that the fate of Mr. Blackman was uncertain. Mrs. nia -kman's father and mother arrived in the city last night from McMinn vllle to attempt to comfort their daughter. MIMI'S BALLAST REMOVED Work to Float f-liip Began in Ma rob on "X'o Cure Xo Pay" Contract. The four-masted German bark. Miml. was first stranded at the north entrance of Nehalem Bay on the night of Febru ary 13. It waa about 8 o'clock when she struck and nearly 3 o'clock tn the fol lowing morning when the life saving i rew from Garibaldi Reach got a line aboard and the first man was brought ashore. Finding that the ship waa apparently in no immrciaie enngrr, nu the crew decided to remain aboard until word could be received from the ;-rm:m Consul for this district. On Krhruary t;. the Miml was left high and dry on the beach at low tide and it the opinion of ithrt that she would never be floated again. faptalu Westphal. however, came to Portland and. acting on the Instruc tions of II. 11. Schmidt, of Hamburg, owner of the Miml, tenders for floating I.i r were taken. Trie contract was finally awarded to Watt Holjflcld. of Brichton. for 114. on "no cure no- p" terms, and the-e contractors began preparations early In March to float the ship. About two weeks ago. preliminary work bema ftnlfhed. a barge was towed from Astoria with heavy anchors and .nble to be used In the work With all but 404 tons of the ballast of the ship thrown overboard, the caldee were tretched and arrangements were made to i;ive the first "drag" on them at high tl. WlfrPBY. t'onsi'ierat V misgiving was expressed tu'urdy. jftrr everything was in res.Jiness lor the attempt, as to vlu'ther the ship would float safely when drawn Into deep water, beeanse more lhan two-thirds of her ballast lisd been taken out. The Miml I.-4 a four-masted bark of steel construction. Isl feet In length with a 43-foot beam and S4.5 feet depth. he was built In Kit. Four years ago she loaded In Portland with a cargo of veat. Her value wss estimated at - . ... " e?er J-i - ' ' -,v e .4 Photo Copyrighted by Benjamin A. GIfford. LOOKING SOCTH FROM NEAHKAIIME MOCTAI A SHOWS APPROXIMATE 1.0CAT10JT OP VESSEL VHK. WAS STHA.SDED B, WHERE SHE NOW LIES. BARK MINI UPSETS Ship With at Least 26 Aboard Capsizes Near Nehalem. BOAT RESTS NEAR SHORE Unless Tboee on Disabled Craft Can Cling to Perilous Position Tntil Daylight All Will Likely Die, aa Dark Halts Rescuers. CoTTtlnued From FlrBt Psire. I the men on board were drowned. This opinion prevailed until daylight when the cries of the men could be dis tinguished now and then above the din cf the wavea and breakers. The Itfesavlng crew from Barview station hurried by special train to the scene and attempted to make a rescue by boat but were beaten bark by the waves, which were running extremely high before a strong gale. Attempts were made to shoot a line to the boat. a small part of which protruded above the waves, but the line missed. Kfforts were given up then until the tide went out. about 4 P. M.. when a lifeboat manned by a Barview crew fought for an hour or more against the waves, but could not reach the boat. The lifeboat got near enough to hear one of the men yell -We're all here." "Jump," shouted one of the lifesavers, but the men remained on the boat In the watery prison. It was reported that one man did Jump Into the water, but this report was denied tonight. Lifeline Falls Short. Returning to the shore, the lifesavers attempted again to cast a line, but it fell short in the wind, and again an attempt was made to go by boat. The waves beat the rescuers back and at S o'clock the captain of the lifesavers announced that no further efforts would be made to effect a rescue. Immediately a number of those stand ing on the beach volunteered to man the boat to the rescue, but the life sav ers refused to let them go, saying it was sure death to venture Into the breakers. The fight was then given up and the men were left to the fate of the sea until tomorrow morning, when the attempts at re'eue will be resumed. The sky tonight Is laden with clouds and It Is pitch dark. More than 1000 persons gathered on the beach and built a big fire, but nothing could be heard of the men. except an occasional cry. which some claimed was from the men and others maintained was the wind. Just what condition the victims are in Is uncertain. The Mlmi is a freight boat and while she had water tight chambers it is not known whether they would be of any service, inasmuch as they are under water and It would be Impossible for the men to hold out over night because of lack of air. Mi Seea Against fky. The last seen of any of the men Ju,t before dusk, when six figures were seen silhouetted against the blue back ground on a part of the railing of the vessel protruding from the water. It was faid that others could be seen wav ing their hands from a porthole on the other side of the vessel. This was after the ship had passed through the high tide of the early part of the day. The supreme test of the whole affair Is expected early tomorrow morning, when the tide gets to Its highest. The boat will then be completely under wa ter. It Is expected. If the men have a a water-tight compartment anywhere within the vessel to which they can retreat they will be safe, but tf not it Is feared they will be washed off or drowned within the boat. There will I be no portion of the ship above the water for nearly an hour, it Is toought. 5ceae Bench Heart-Reading. The scene on the beach tonight was heart-rending. A crowd of persons numbering 100 or more gathered from all over this end of the state and stood gating Into tiie inky blackness which held the secret of the fate of friends, relatives and acquaintances. The scene was more terrible because of the In ability of anyone to lend a hand to as sist the unfortunate victims despite the fact that they were only 00 feet away. All manner of rumors were circulated to the effect that the men had come ashore and that bodies had been found. The main consolation of the crowd was the fa-'t that no bodies were washed ashore. Drift of all kinds, including & f some food which was aboard the ves sel, came to the shore and It is believed that had any one been drowned the body would have been pitched onto the beach by the waves. The beach for miles was combed for bodies during the night. While the horror-stricken crowd surged up and down the sand, arrange ments were being made by telegraph and wireless to geu life-saving crews to tile scene. The Point Adams offi cials were reached and have arranged to rush to the scene on the tug Oneonta or Wallula. Other stations have been cauitht by wireless and tugs are being directed toward the scene. CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED Ex-Knjfineer of Oregon City Seeks to Oust Incumbent. OREGON CITT. April 6. (Special.) Charging that City Engineer C. S. No ble and his assistant. George C. Yale, entered Into a conspiracy with Mayor Jones and the members of the City Council for the purpose of giving Tale an opportunity' to hold a position un lawfully. Henry Meldrum, ex-City En gineer under the Carll administration, has filed a reply in the Circuit Court. Meldrum Is acting on the relation to the State of Oregon, plaintiff, and seeks to oust Yale, who was appointed City Engineer early In January. The city charter of Oregon City provides that the City Engineer must be an actual resident a year prior to his appoint ment, and although it was contended that Tale was a resident of Meldrum Mation. where he lives, he was con firmed by the Council, and Henry Mel drum brought suit to oust him. On February 7 Yale resigned, and Meldrum says that In pursuance of preconceived plan, conspiracy and agreement by Yale and the city offi cials, the Mayor pretended to fill the vacancy by the appointment of Noble, who was Yale's assistant. Tale then became Noble's assistant, but has been practically directing the work of the City Engineer's department in the same manner as when he held the title of City Engineer. STUDENTS ENGAGE ROOMS Increased Enrollment of Women Ex pected at Corrallis in Fall. OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls. Or., Aprial 6. (Spe cial.) The first Indications of a large ly Increased enrollment of women stu dents at Oregon Agricultural College next Fall are now reaching Dean Anna Z. Crayne In the form of requests for rooms In Waldo Hall, the girls' dor mitory, which has been crowded to ca pacity during the present college year. lAst September an annex had to be provided to house all of the new stu dents comfortably, and this early de mand for accommodations bespeaks i repetition of that experience. Prospective students of domestic sel ence and art from Grants Pass. Suther- ltn. Drain, McMinnvllle and Pendleton hare madet deposits with the college tor rooms to be occupied next Septem ber. as have also young women from several points in California and Wash ington. The applications are placed on file in the order of their receipt and rooms are assigned as vacancies oc cur. STRIKE STOPS ALL CARS Regiment of Guardsmen Held Read; for Duty Around Buffalo. BI'FFALO. N. Y., April 6. Streetcar traffic in this city and along the Ni agara frontier waa completely tied up today by a strike of motormen and con ductors. An Intermittent service was maintained during the day. but late to night every car was withdrawn because of hostile demonstrations. It was announced by officials of the International Railway Company that strikebreakers would be imported and that a determined effort would be made to move traffic tomorrow. Although the police were able to cope with every situation mat arose during the day. members of the Sixty-fourth Regiment were ordered tonight to hold them selves In readiness for Immediate duty. The International Railway Company operated the streetcar service in Buf falo. Niagara Falls. Lockport and sev eral smaller towns. The men demand an increase of o to 7 centa an hour, a rearrangement of working hours and recognition of their union. Threat of Harm Alleged. OREGON CITY, Or., April . fSpe cial.) Declaring that Peter Kern, his former employer, had threatened to do him great bodily harm. Alex Ltndgren swore out a warrant for the arrest of Kern. Kern will be given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Slevers Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Kern was one of the Oregon City saloon men to whom the City Council refused to issue a new liquor license Wednesday evening. Much excitement was caused at the time, particularly with regard to Kern, as It was maintained that his reputation was spotless- 4 tokVZ&tt&Kii AGGIES LOSE HOPE With Five Athletes Barred, Track Chances Dwindle. BAKER COUNTED AS WINNER Corrallis Expects to Take aa Points at Columbia Meet and Figures Oregon to Win With 42 and Winged M Second WiUi 38. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls. Aprti . (Special.) New vicissitudes took a hand in ath letlcs at O. A. C last week when five candidates for the track team were eliminated from the running on accoun of deficiency In scholarship. The in advertent answer which these youths have -given to certain pedigogical questions have made probationers o them and thus deprived them of ellgl blllty to represent their alma mater in any intercollegiate contest. jever- theless. In a statement given, out yes terday. Dr. Stewart, who is coaching the track team, said that he will mus ter in enough cinder path men between now and April 12 to insure O. A. C. an entrant for every event listed on the programme of the Columbia meet to be held In Portland next Saturday. Baker Heads Aggie List. All the men who will be available for service on Captain Williams' team can not be determined until next week but according to the dope. Baker, Crouchley, Lafky. Walters. Smith. Mil lerlng, Jordan, Reynolds and Young will appear In the lists. In figuring out the probable results of the Columbia meet the local dope sters are not rating the Aggies higher than third In the linals and are count lng on landing but one tlrst place In the whole programme. Using last year's records as a basis for the calcu lation and bearing tn mind that the local men havg not been In one lnter class meet tlfis year, the bookmakers have it that Baker should lead the field at the close of the 50-yard dash. The 220 is doped to go to the Multnomah Club and Wtndnagle, of the University of Oregon, Is expected to take the 440, with the O. A. C following In second and third places. In the distance runs previous records clearly give Oregon the palms and O. A. C. third-place tro phies. Vault Chances Slim. If Bellah and Holdman. of the Mult nomah Club, enter for the pole vault, there will not bo a look In for the col lege men until the contest dwindles down to the third-rate premiums. In this department of the game Mlllerlng, of O. A. C. should give Fee, of Oregon. good race. Two O. A. C. men are expected to place In the high Jump on this event- Points In the broad jump are con ceded to Hawkins, if he enters under winged "M" colors. Parkins, of Oregon and Smith, of Lincoln High School. The shotput prizes are doped to go to Oregon, Multnomah Club and Washing ton High fachool, In the order named. Both the hurdle events are granted to Hawks s. Latourette and Bibee If these men enter. There Is a little stronger hope for O. A. C in the relay race than in a number of the other events. When summarized the O. A. C. dope sheet places the local team third, with total of 22 points: Multnomah Club second, with 35 points, and the Univer sity of Oregon first, with 42. RATE HEARING CONTINUED Value of Pacific Power & Light Plants to Be Computed. PASCO. Wash.. April 6. (Special.) As a result of complaints made by resi dents of Pasco, North Yakima, White Bluffs and many other towns supplied with water, light and power by the Pa cific Power & Light Company, the Pub lic Utilities Commission, at a meeting held here yesterday, ordered appraise ment of the several plants of the com pany In places making the complaints. These figures will be used as a basis for determining whether the rates charged are exorbitant or legitimate in the opinion of the Commission. When the data are obtained, a meet ing of complainants and representa tives of the corporation will be held at North Yakima and opportunity given for argument by both sides. Skamokana Banker to Answer. ASTORIA. Or April S. (Special.) F. W. Parker, owner of the defunct Bank of Skaraokawa, was taken to Cathlamet from Ritiville to answer a charge of accepting a deposit from F. Richards, when he knew the bank was insolvent Mystery Surrounding Death of Chorus Girl Gradu ally Being Solved. MAN WHO SHOT DEFENDED Xlece, Who Saw Tragedy, Declares Her Uncle Had Been Drinking Heavily Mother of Accused . Man Tries to Shield Son. LOS ANGELES, April 6. (Special.) The whole truth in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Irene Mattis Smith, the chorus girl, who was slain In her mother's home in this city, will be made public within the next 24 hours, ac cording to the District Attorney. The arrival in Los Angeles of Mrs. Alice Bohanon, of Wellington, Kan., mother of Mrs. Estelle Moore and Morris Bo hanon, held In connection with the shooting, and sister of James L. Mur phy, who- Is charged with having actu ally fired the fatal shot, having brought the Investigation to a climax. Weeping hysterically, Mrs. Moore threw her arms about her mother, whom she had not seen for years, and sobbed forth a part of the tragic story. Declaring that, next to her mother, she loved her uncle, James Murphy, the erring girl said that he had been under th i influence of liquor for weeks, be ing in that condition the day of the shooting. Mrs. Moore said that during the course of one day he had drank 148 bottles of beer in addition to two bot ties of whisky and wine.- The Moore woman, who has maintained a sullen silence since her arrest, at first endeav ored to persuade her mother to refuse to tell the authorities anything she might know, and failing in this, she re fused to talk of the shooting and be came hysterical. Mrs. Bohanon vehemently accuses her brother and even her daughter of vari ous misdeeds In the effort ,ta shield her son. She confirmed previous allega tions in letters she wrote that her brother had taken a shot at his father and attacked bis son-in-law with brass knuckles, and also accused mm of an unmentionable wrongdoing. She tells of the acquittal of her daughter from a bigamy charge, but-says she holds in criminating letters against her, but is unaware of the checkered career of her son since leaving home. UTES GET FEDERAL- TROOPS MAY GO AFTER CHIEF BIG RABBIT. Indian Agent Sends Message to War like Band Now in Mountains Defying Arrest. CORTEZ. Colo., April 6. Indian Agent Spear issued today an ultimatum to the outlaw band of Ute Indians, who for several weeks have defied the county and Federal authorities and persisted In hiding Chief Big Rabbit, wanted on the charge of having mur dered a sheepherder, to the effect that Federal soldiers would be sent into the mountains to capture him and the band unless he is surrendered. The band is led by a noted Ute war-, rior, Meriana, who took his followers Into recesses of the Big Ute Moun tains, about 35 miles southwest of this place. Immediately after the killing the Utes hustled Big Rabbit into the mountains to escape arrest. The band of 50 or more succeeded in preventing his capture by county authorities, al though a large posse of deputies un dertook the task. The Indians showed fight, but Agent Spear forbade the county authorities to begin hostilities. Agent Spear now is with the major portion of the Ute tribe on the reser vation and Has determined, he declares, to apprehend Bib Rabbit Steel Reaches Cloverdale. CLOVERDALE, Or., April 6. (Spe cial.) Eleven and one-half tons of steel arrived here recentlyby wagon from Tillamook, Or., and- will be shipped from here by water to the Little Nes tucca River to be used on a new steel TELEGRAPH OPERATOR MEETS AN OLD FRIEND W. H. Ray First Used Plant Juice in Texas, Where It Is Very Well Known. "I bought my. first bottle of Plant Juice in Texas," said Mr. W. H. Hay, Western Union Telegraph operator, who lives at the Morris Hotel in Seat tle, he further said: "3Jy business is very trying on the nerves and I suppose my case would be cailea nervous dyspepsia, ray stomach would not digest my food properly and at times I would almost have congestive chills. I knew I would have to find something to cor rect my nervous condition or I would have to ston teleerranh nneratiner. While in Texas f read so much about Plant Juice that I decided to try it. I got a bottle there, then I was trans ferred to Los Angeles and was able to get It there; then when I came to Se attle the other day I read that you had opened up here and I was able to se cure It. I am feeling so much better In every way that I am very glad. Indeed, to be able to tell anyone suf fering with stomach or nervous troubles that Plant Juice will do all that you say it wllL" Plant Juice Is a vegetable remedy that is at once taken up by the cir culation and cleanses the blood of all poisons, it removes uric acid, clears the liver and puts it into healthy action; relieves constipation, bilious ness and headaches, aids digestion and cures dyspepsia, soothes and heals ragged nerves: sharpens the appetite and gives sound restful sleep, in fact Plant Juice will make you feel like a different person. If you feel tired and worn out from worry or overwork, sleep badly and wake up tired, with coated tongue, bad breath, sore muscles and puffy eyes, If you have headaches. dizzy spells, spots before the eyes, hot flashes, a feeling of numbness, pains across the back or in the joints, take Plant Juice, It will straighten you out n short order, it has helped others and will help you. Get a bottle today: why suffer any longer? The Plant Juice man is at The owl Drug Company's store at Seventh and Washington streets. Call and get a bottle from him and if it does not do all that is claimed for it your money will be re turned in full blast at The National We are in receipt of orders which makes it imperative that we dispose of every gar ment in our superb stock im mediately. Those who have patronized us know what phe nomenal values we show at these sales; those who have not will be astonished at the re markable showing of new Spring Suits and Cloaks. They are being sold as follows : $40 Suits and Cloaks, $22.45 $30 Suits and Cloaks, $18.45 $25 Suits and Cloaks, $14.45 $15 Suits and Cloaks, $ 8.45 Attend this sale and see what our Sample Room prices and Upstairs Location saves you. Note Location Note Upstairs, 2d Floor Swetland BIdg., 5th and Washington Opposite Llpmaa, Wolfe on Fifth Street. NATIONAL SAMPLE CLOAK AND SUIT CO. draw bridge. This span will be the connecting link in the new tide land road now under construction here. The road crosses the tide flats west of Cloverdale, and will shorten the main route from Keskowin, Or., and the Sal mon River country of Lincoln County five miles. It is expected to have this road completed this Fall. BRYAN RELIGIOUS SPEAKER Secretary of State Delivers First in Series of Sunday Addresses. WASHINGTON. April S. Secretary Bryan, laying aside affairs of the State Department today, delivered before a religious mass meeting the first of a series of Sunday addresses wnicn ne will make under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor Union of the Dis trict of Columbia. He spoke in one of the down-town theaters. Resenting; the implication often heard that a man who lives a spiritual life is narrower than he who confines himself to purely material things, Mr. Bryan said: If a man felt his spiritual starvation as keenly as he does physical, starva tion, or if his spiritual leanness showed as plainly as physical leanness It would be easier to give him spiritual food." Albany Parish to Produce Play. ALBANY, Or., April 8, (Special.) One hundred young people of Albany will participate in the presentation of The Doll Shop," which will be given here soon under the auspices of St. "Cream-of -tomato" That's a favorite way to prepare Camp bell's unequalled Tomato Soup. Just add milk or cream instead of water. The simple directions on the label make it so easy that a child could not fail And you never tasted anything finer. Write for our little free booklet which describes some of the many ways to serve and use this incompar able soup. Its delightful pos sibilities will surprise you. 21 kinds 10c a can Look for the red-and-white label ''j LNOX- This Trade Mark . The Knox Die stands for all you can ask in hat style far more in quality than you pay. Knox always puts in something for good measure. At the Knox Agencies Peter's Episcopal Parish. Rehearsals for the play have heffun. STOMACH UPSET? ?" Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases, Sourness and Food Fermentation. That awful sourness, belching of acid and foul gases: that pain In tha pit of the stomach, the heartburn, nervousness, nausea, bloating after eating, feeling of fullness, dlszlness and sick headache, means a disordered stomach, which cannot be regulated until you remove the cause. It Isn't your stomach's fault. Tour stomach Is as good as any. Try Cascarots; they immediately cleanse and regulate the stomach, re move the sour, undigested and ferment ing food and foul gases: take the ex cess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste matter and poi son from tha Intestines and bowels. Then your stomach trouble is ended. A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning a 10-cent box from any drug store will keep your stomach sweet; liver and bowels regular for months. Don't forget the children their little lnstdas need a good, gentle eleaslng, too. in All Leading- Cities. l I1IILIII L J