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3 THE MO It MM OKEUUAUM, TUESDAY, ALOIM 11V SENATORS ARGUE OH SUGAR TARIFF Republican Leaders Predict Ruin of Industry in South if Bill Is Passed. TIME FOR VOTE NOT FIXED Democrats Confident That Only Two of Party Will Go Against Meas ure Minority Members Say Change Only Temporary". WASHINGTON". Aug. It. Free susar was the text of the tariff debate in the Senate today. Republican members as sailing the Democratic proposal to put sugar on the free list In 1916. predict ing the ruin of the Louisiana cane sugar Industry and the "gobbling up" by the trust of the domestic beet sugar in dustry of the country. Senators Brlstow, Smith of Michigan. Sterling. Smoot, Lodge and Cummins led in the attack on the sugar sched ule, which bids fair to hold the atten tion of the Senate for several days. No time has been fixed tor a rote on the Democratic rates or amendments pro posed today by Senator Brlstow, which would provide for a gradual reduction of the tariff on refined sugar until the figure would reach 1.26 a hundred pounds In 1919. Democrats Bare of Strensjtau Democratic leaders asserted tonight that the Brlstow amendments would be voted down and that there would be no Democratic votes to be cast against the majority except those of the Louisi ana Senators, Thornton- and Kansdell, who gave notice of their purpose to the Democratic caucus. In today's discussion Senator Bristow asserted that the American Sugar He fining Company, which several years ago started out to acquire the beet sugar factories, abandoned the plan because "they found It would be cheap, er and easier to destroy this industry through free sugar than to control It by purchase of stock." Senator Walsh declared that testi mony of beet sugar men before the lobby committee was to the effect that the reason the American Sugar Kenning Company reduced Its holdings in the beet sugar plants of the West was be cause of fear of the Sherman anti trust law. Senator Makes Prediction. Senator William Alden Smith vigorously supporting the Brlstow amendments, declared: "I venture the assertion that the American Sugar Refining Company nor any of Its owners has not purchased any beet sugar stock since the Demo cratic party came into power and will not buy any until you have passed your bill and your three years of strangula tion have persecuted the beet sugar men and tremendously reduced the price of their stock." "If the Industry Is going, to be ruined." asked Senator Williams, "why should the stock be bought- then?" "Because the Democrats' -lease of power." replied Senator Smith, "is but temporary and there later will be a reaction." "If this party's lease of power is temporary," Senator Williams returned, "why picture all this despair, why not pass the bill, turn the Democrats out. re-establish your lines and go ahead?" The Republican Senators unanimously contended that the proposed rates would not cheapen sugar to the con sumer. Senator Cummins said the removal of the sugar duty In Kit would tend to abrogate the present reciprocity treaty with Cuba because it would abolish the Cuban sugar preferential, the chief provision of the treaty. He raised the question, however, whether the pro posed law or the treaty eventually would prevail. Bill and Treaty la Accord. Senator Lodge, who said he drafted a portion of the Cuban reciprocity treaty, declared that the pending bill made an Immediate reduction In the sugar rate of approximately 20 cents a hundred pounds and that this reduc tion would not be in conflict with the treaty. Senator Williams also Insisted that there was no conflict between the troaty and the bill. The treaty, he said, applied to all Imports, guaran teeing Cuba a preferential but not preventing a change of tariff rates by law. "Undoubtedly." he added, "the bill will give Cuba the right to serve no tice of abrogation of the treaty If she wanta to take that view of It. But Cnba may conclude, as she gets many other things in at preferential rates, that It is to her Interest to keep this treaty anyhow." Senator Sterling said agitation for free sugar had deterred capitalists from erecting beet sugar factories In South Dakota Senator Walsh, of Montana, ex pressed the belief that many projected beet sugar factories In the West had been kept from entering the field by the "powers that be" in the beet sugar industry. . VESSEL SINKS; 32 LOST (Continued From First Pass.) Juneau and Skagway and presumably were on the ship when she struck the rock. Twenty-two passengers were taken on board at Prince Rupert, Ket chikan, Petersburg. Wrangell and other points, and these also were on the boat at the time of the disaster, making a total of IS passengers. Forty-three passengers were rescued and taken to Juneau by the steamship Jefferson, leaving 33 who have perished. Seven of the crew are dead, making the total dead forty. Parser's Records Lost. ' The figures of the number of passen gers are given by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. They cannot be verified by the purser, who lost all his records. It Is barely possible that some of the S passengers booked to sail from Seattle changed their minds at the last moment. The vessel and cargo, mail and ex presa are a total loss. - The sMd tu valued at S400.OO0. A number of horses for use on the Shushanna trail were on the vessel. The steamship Jefferson of the Alaska Steamship Company. southbound, heard the wireless call of the sinking steamship and turned back to rescue the survivors, who had taken to small boats and life rafts. Ten of the passengers had suffered so severe ly from exposure that it was necessary to take them to a hospital In Juneau for treatment. Miss Lillian Ward died after being taken off a life raft. The uninjured survivors of the crew and passengers are being taken to Seattle en the Jefferson, and will arrive there Thursday. The 43 surviving passengers will leave Juneau for Seattle on the North western tonight All are able to travel, having recovered from the effects of their rough experience. W. A. Dyer, a student at Marquette Medical College, was drowned while his roommate, P. Nearey, pf the same college, was rescued. A. J. Wilson, who was drowned, was from Prince Rupert, B. C. Mrs. Nellie Ward, of Seattle, was drowned after getting to the deck from her stateroom. Her daughter. Lillian, was struck by a falling steamer mast, and died several hours later on board the Jefferson. J. H. Holman, one of the drowned passengers, was from Corn wall, England. . The State of California was going at full speed when she struck the reef and a great portion of the ship's bottom was torn off. letting in a great flood of water which quickly engulfed the boat. Most of the passengers and mem. bers of the crew who perished were In their staterooms and there was not time to get them out before the boat went down. The 'crew numbered 52 men. Captain Cann and 40 men are on the Jefferson returning , to Seattle, seven perished and First Officer Ablnethy and three men are standing by the wreck. The ship Is sunk in deep water and there Is no hope of salvage. The Jefferson was only a short dis tance away when she picked up the "S. O. S." call and when she arrived HISTORIC STEA1TER LOST W W-es e STATE OF at the scene the survivors were in the lifeboats and on life rafts. It was broad daylight. There is no possibility that any ot the missing reached shore. Bodies of Tea Recovered. The dead whose bodies have been recovered are: Mrs. A. Blrnbaum. Mrs. Stella Reardan. Mrs. Clara Van De Lass. John Van De Lass. Miss Lillian Ward, Seattle, daughter 9f Edward C. Ward, assistant .manager Pacific Coast Steamship Company. Mrs. NelHe B. Ward, mother of Miss Ward. Four unidentified women. Following is a partial list of the missing, who are believed to be dead: Miss Anna L. Cassldy. Mtss May Dixon. W. A. Dwyer. Blanche Frldd. Monmouth. Or. Minette E. Harlan. Moamoutb, Or. Leslie Hobro, manager of the Pa cific Coast Steamship Company's office in San Francisco, J. Holman. Miss Alice Johnson. Llllias B. Norman. Nick Pittulaa. Miss Reardan. Mrs. C. E. Splthlll and child. Ben A. Wade. Misa Wilson. Severn of Crew Dead. Members of the crew dead: Fourth Officer L Anderson. Wireless Operator D. C Perkins. Deck Officer N. Lawson. Deck Officer L, Mezzene. Waiter. Smith. Walter J. Clark. Waiter B. Madlger. Following is a list .of the passengers who were saved: L. Ferris, W. H. Daniel, Albert Gyb ling, Mrs. E. M. Cardiff, P. Neacy. Mra J. Mills. May Joseph, Miss M. Smith, J. F. Pugh. Mrs. J. F. Pugh. C. O. Dickin son, Miss F. Mull, Mrs. B. V. Drake. A. P. Wlnnedge, F. C. Russell, O. P. Opshall, C. V. Nelson, S. D. Grant, J. F. Dickson, D. R. O'Neill, F. Brown. & J. Robertson, D. N. Wescott, C. D. Shaw, J. Mull, R. Shaw. A. Irish, W. Paulsen, & Gren, H. Olson, P. Raymond, - J. Mathews, D. H. Coman. Harry Agrup, Floyd Benson. Peter Olson. Mrs. Peter Olson. A. M. Floyd, Mrs. A. M. Floyd, M. Nellie Hamilton, K. Hill, H. H. Towne, T. Hipp. Seattle Teacher Missing. Miss May Dixon was a Seattle school teacher. Her parents live at Superior, Wis., and a brother resides at Spokane. The names of John Terrass and his sister. Miss Clara G. Terrass. both of Los Angeles, appear on the passenger list of the State of California, kept at the office of the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company in Seattle. They are not In the list of rescued, which Is complete, The list of missing is incomplete. Vessel Built In 1870. The State of California, an iron steamship of 2276 gross tons, was built at Philadelphia In 1879, and-carried a crew of 76 men. For many years she had carried passengers between Puget Sound and San Francisco. The wrecked vessel was commanded by Captain Thomas H. Cann, Jr.. who had command of the steamship Valen cia on her last trip from Seattle to San Francisco, and who was transferred to another command when the Valencia reached that port, thus barely missing being on that steamer when she went ashore at Cape Beala, B. C. January 23, 1906, with a loss of 117 lives. CAMBER BAY Is DANGEROUS Scene of Disaster, Bordering: on Big Kcef, Never Officially Surveyed. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. Gambler Bay is accounted by mariners one of the most dangerous pieces of water In Alaska. Last - year the Admiralty Trading Company built a cannery on the bay and made a contract with the Pacltic - Coast Steamship Company by which the latter was to handle its busi. ness. The bay had not been navigated by large vessels until last year, and It Is said it has never been officially sur veyed. A reef must be skirted for a long distance, and big boats have little room in which to turn. The State of Cali fornia went to her doom a few minutes after leaving the cannery. Wreek Vletlma oa Honey moo. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 18. Rev. John Vanderlas and Mrs. Clara Vanderlass. who were lost on the State of Califor nia, were on their honeymoon trip. They were married here August . Vanderlass was a mtnister of Phoenix. Arli. He was iR years old. OLD SHIP GOES TO ,11 Historic State of California One of Quartet Associated in Coast Run. GEO. W. ELDER ONLY LEFT Crail Wrecked tn Alaskan Waters for Many Years Visitor at Port land Prevlons Acvl- . dents Not Ffetal. Plying for tl yearf. on the Pacific Coast and In that time having churned its waters from the southernmost end IN NORTHERN WATERS. ..It "4 a CALIFORNIA. of the West Coast to the chilly waters of Alaska, the pioneer steamer State of California, a ship that participated In historic trsvel from Portland to Call ifo'a and besides furnished much of Interest in the period when water transDortatlon ruled as- her arrival and departure were leading events, beta Joined many others In the marine grave yard of the Alaskan Coast. The State, as she was customarily re. ferred to, first berthed at Portland May' 25. 1879. when she completed a voyage from Philadelphia, where she was con structed. The steamer reported at San Francisco May 8. 1879. having speeded from the Quaker City tn 6S hi days. Associated with her at different times on the Portland-San Francisco route were the steamers Oregon, Geo. W. Elder and Columbia, and the sole sur vivor of that quartet now is the Elder, which Is under repairs at San tran cisco and In to be recommlssioned soon with a new lease on life that may round out for her several years more in the trade for which aba was built. Craft Second of Same Jtame. The State of California was with drawn from the run out of this port about 1900. but returned In 1908 and was operated a year. She waa the sec ond one of her name constructed for use In the Coast service, the first State of California having been purchased from the Pacific Coast Steamship com pany by the Russian government and a duplicate of her was at once or dered. The 8tata of California had been on the run until 1886 without getting into the limelight for other than speed and comfort, when she collided with the barkentlne Portland and soon af ter became disabled off the Oregon coast and tha steamer Oregon towed her Into port, the salvage for that piece of work being 818,600. The trouble was due to a broken shaft. In 1890 the accident recurred. Captain J. M. Lachlan brought the State of California from Philadelphia to San Francisco, but he was succeed ed on arrival by Captain Gerald Deb ney. who held command until 1888. when Captain H. S. Ackley succeeded him. Records at the Merchants' Ex change show that Captain Green, later on the Columbia, held sway on the State- of California, also Captains Thomas, Gage, Parsons and GoodalL The steamer had been returned to the route In 1908 to replace the steamer Senator. Sister Ship Precede "State." The Geo. W. Elder had come to this coast In 1876. She waa built In 1874 at Chester, Pa., and two years later the Oregon Steamship Company brought her around. She waa commanded by Captain Francis Conner and her first arrival at Portland was September 6 of that year. Other masters In order were Captains Lachlan, Relchmann. Hayward. Ackley, Carroll, Hunter, Lyons, Lewis, Patterson, Stannard, Jes sen and a number of others In later years. The San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company, which finally fell heir to the Elder through the various corporation changes that followed pi oneer steamship days, operated her un til she went on the rocks at Reuben, near Goble, almost, ten years ago. She was sold as she lay. After several fruitless attempts she waa finally floated and rehabilitated and has re mained on the Portland-California run until ordered out of service last month to have new boilers installed. Colombia In Fatal Wreck. The steamship Columbia came here In 1S80 from Cheater, Pa., also. She was built for the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company and Captain Fred Bolles was her first master, he having brought her around the Horn, and she reported here July 22 of that year. She held probably the most remaraaDie retard of the early ships in the regular trade, for only once In 16 years waa she lonsrer than one night at sea on the voyage south from the Columbia River to San Francisco. She was with drawn from service In 1895, drydocked and thoroughly overhauled, and she ran with her usual good luck until the night of July 21, 1907. when off the coast of Northern California aha was struck by the steam schooner San Pedro, and sank, and 83 lives were lost Captain Doran had been commander for a lengthy period and waa lost with her. The steamship Oregon arrived here April 23. 1879, from New Tork. and was 65 days and 4 hours on the way, call ing at Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso, Captain Francis Conner being her mas ter. She made regular trips until 1894, when she was laid off and thereafter used largely aa an extra steamer. In December, 1889. when on the way down the river the Oregon collided with the British ship Clan Mackenzie and was damaged to fhe extent of several thou sand dollars. She wag lost In 1906 on the Alaskan coast. Names Not All Lifted. LOS ANGELES. Ang. 18. Relatives here declsred today that Jack Terrass. a Los Angeles hlsrh school student and his sister. Miss Clara G. Terrass. sailed HE GRAVEYARD 4- r. on the State of California. Their names did not appear In the first lists of drowned or rescued. WIRELESS OPERATOR WEALTHY Adventure at Sea Sought by Young Man Lost In Shipwreck. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Spe cial) D. C. Perkins, first wireless operator of the State of California, whose name appears tn the list of the missing, la the son of wealthy parents In San Francisco, where he made his home. He went to sea because he was attracted by the adventure and oppor tunity to see the world afforded a wireless operator. He had with him as second operator. Walter Chamberlain, who is among those saved. The wireless men of the State of California did excellent work in sum moning the steamship Jefferson to their assistance. In the short time of three minutes after the vessel utruok the wireless men of the Jefferson had the Ill-fated California's "3. O. S." dis tress call and their vessel was on her way to the scene of the wreck at Gam bler Bay. TWO OF LOST FROM PORTLAND Blanche Fridd and Minette Harlan Listed Among Missing. SEATTLE. Aug.- 1. The records In the office of the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company contain the addresses of some of the passengers listed among the dead and missing in the loss or the- steamship State of California. Mr. and Mrs. John van DeLass were from Los Angeles: Blanche Frldd and Minette Harlan were from Portland. Or.: W. A. Dyer was from Milwaukee; Miss Alice T. Johnson was from Van couver. B. C, and Mrs. C. E. Splthlll and Miss Lillian B. Norman were from Port. Bolivar. Tex. JELLYFISH HOLD UP SHIP Great Mass of "Portuguese Men-of- war" Delays Schooner for 2 Day?. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. (Special.) For two days the three-masted schoon er Azalea, which arrived In Los Ange les harbor today, was surrounded by men-of-war." No shots were fired, and the schooner drifted lazily in the fleet. striking the "men-of-war" on all sides and ramming them with her .prow when sir would dive down a long swell, causing an enormous mortality among them. The "men-of-war" were fish, a spe cies of jellyfish, termed by seafarers "Portuguese men-of-war. and were met by thousanda a few miles out of San Pedro. The vessel loaded at urays Harbor and bad a good passage until within sight of the San Pedro hills. Then It was that thousands of tne Jellyfish surrounded the schooner until hundreds or acres of tne suriace oi tne water in all directions from the schooner were filled with the fish. ENTIRE FAMILY IS SLAIN Death of Wife, aud Four Children Laid to Husband Now Dead. NEW YORK. Auk. 18. The bodies of Mrs. Mary Lake and her four children, Horace. 17, Walter. 8, Stella, la, and Dorothy. 14. were found naked in their Brooklyn home today badly mannled. Beside them, dying, was the husband and father, Henry Lake, a restaurant chef. Apparently he bad killed all Ave and then fatally wounded himself. The trageoy occurred aa early aa last Thursday, possibly Wednesday. In the corner, huddled in a pool oi blood with a wourvl in his head, was Lake. He was in a semi-conscious condition and could only mumble in coherently. The room was a wreck. . Lake was rushed to a hospital, where he died. The police are at a loss to fix a motive for the crime. TROOPS TO STAY AT MINES Governor Ferris Not to Order Re- moral Until Situation Is Quieter. CALUMET. Mich.. Aug. 18. Accord ing to General Abbey. In command of the state trcops in the copper mine strike zone. Governor Ferris jwlll keep the troops here until It is believed the situation can be safely turned over to the Sheriff and his deputies. The Governor believes his course In keep ing the militia here fully justified. The troops probably will be here two weeks longer. Hoisting Is under way in five Calu met & Hecla shafts. No. 15 resuming operations this morning. Large bodies of strikers appeared in tne vicinity of the shafts this morning, but tbey were orderly. Fraternal Bodies May Unite. CHICAGO. Aug. 18. Six million mem bers of the Fraternal Benevolent so an roi f Z fSIF iPOWDES TrSLr'S "SSP Delicious jJP Layer Cake Nh, Your cake will be uniformly even in texture, of that soft, velvety consistency that makes it melt in your mouth, if Rumford Baking Powder is used. Rumford makes all cakes so digestible, light and nourishing that it makes perfect cake. THE WHOLESOME BAKING POWDER B ANKRUPT FURNITURE STOCK ENTIRE Peters Mfg. 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His first action was to commission a Seattle friend as notary public. Next he Issued a requisition on the Governor of Oregon for the return to King County of James Kyan, want ed in Seattle under the laxy husband act. Ryan la under arrest at Prlne vllle. Mr. Hart also found time to sign a number of vouchers and frighten Democratlo officeholders by aaklng them why they hadn". handed 'In their resignations, since It waa now a Re publican administration. - a GIRL OF 13 WINS HONORS Lass Defeats Older Contestants in Test for University Scholarship. FORT SMITH. Ark., Aug. 18. Adeline Lincoln, 18 years old. won a scholarship today In the University of Arkansas. She defeated a class of 82 applicants, all of whom were several years ber senior. The girl, a high-school graduate. Is the youngest to get a university schol arship in the state. Mining Experts In Session. BUTTE. Mont., Aug'H. 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