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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. r-
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LINER SUNK IN FOG;
15 BELIEVED DEAD
Steamer Admiral Sampson Is
Rammed Near Seattle by
Princess Victoria.
OIL TANK TAKES FIRE
Canadian I'aeirie Craft Keeps Bow
in Collision Gap t'ntll All Hope
Is Gone 4 Passengers Missed.
Many Saved From Sea.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 2. Within
10 miles of this port this morning, at
6:30 o'clock, the passenger steamer
Admiral Bampson was rammed and
sunk by the Princess Victoria, a Cana
dian Pacific liner. The collision oc
curred in dense fog oft Point No Point.
It is believed 15 lives were lost.
The official list of dead furnished by
the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company
contains H names, eight members of
the crew, two passengers and an al
leged stowaway, but four other pas
sengers are missing nnd are believed
to have perished.
Eight of Crew Lost.
The members of the crew lost were;
Captain Zimroe M. Moore.
Chief Engineer Allen J. Noon.
Wireless Operator W. E. liecker.
Stewardess Miss M. Campbell .
Watchman A. Sater.
Third Cook L. Cabanas.
Quartermaster C. M. Marqulst.
Messboy J. C. Williams.
The passengers lost were:
Mrs. Kubv Banbury, wife of George
Banbury, Paciflc.Alaska Navigation
agent at Skagway.
George W. Bryant, of Seattle, paint
er, bound for Seward.
Exra Byrne, of Seattle, a. waiter, who
was burned so badly that he died soon
after being taken to a hospital here, is
believed to have been a stowaway.
The four missing passengers are:
John McLaughlin, of San Francisco,
aid to be well known there.
W. Hoffem.
J. H. Cllne.
William Kloviteh.
The Admiral Sampson, bound for
Alaska, was just creeping along in the
smoke and fog, blowing her horn. The
Princess Victoria, also whistling and
traveling prudently, struck the Alaska
boat at a quarter angle Just abaft the
beam and sliced almost three-fourths
of the- way across the Sampson. The
oil tank of the Sampson was cut Into
by the Princess and the oil was set on
Art. Immediately the middle of the
Sampson and the Interlocking bow of
the Princess were enveloped In flame.
Many Leap Into Sea.
The officers of both boats had good
control of their crews. The lifeboats
of the Victoria and some of those on
the Sampson were Kwered immediate
ly, the latter containing passengers.
Persons on the Sampson began to leap
into the water and were picked up
speedily by the Victoria's boats and
taken to the Canadian ship.
The captain of the Princess held his
boat In the gap of the Sampson until
the Samps-on began to settle in the
water and then withdrew. The Samp
son sank a few seconds later.
Captain Moore. Quartermaster Mar
quist and Wireless Operator Recker
staved on the Sampson until they had
seen all the others leave. Then they
tried to lower a lifeboat, but they were
too late and they were ingulfed with
the ship.
As a result of the collision the Pacific-Alaska
Navigation Company filed
a libel of J670.000 against the Princess
Victoria today.
ASHLAND GOES ONTO MAP
Exploitation of Mineral Springs Re
sources to Be Widespread.
ASHLAND. Or., Aug. 26. With the
return from San Francisco of the com
mittee which has the mineral springs
auxiliary to the local water system in
cTiarge comes an official report of con
tinued progress along construction, ad
vertising and exploitation lines. In a
general way the committee will adopt
features which prevail at the leading
European resorts, especially at Carls
bad. Government consular agents are
making exhaustive reports in regard
to conditions there, covering extent and
qualities of the waters, hotel facilities
and details respecting municipal gov
ernment as applied to watering and
pleasure resorts, among which Carls
bad is conceded to be a model.
The most advantageous phases of
these will be Incorporated in the plan
to place Ashland In the front rank as
a watering place. This being accom
plished, it is confidently expected that
substantial development of other re
sources will rouow in aue season, aq
vertlslng on a wide scale is planned
and to this end the Southern Pacific,
through Its various avenues of pub
licity, will aid in the work of placing
Ashland not only on the state but also
the National map.
PUMPING PLANTS FIXED
Outlook and Grandview Irrigation
Districts to Benefit.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Aug. 26.
(Special.) Authority was received by
the reclamation office here yesterday
for Immediate construction of two ad
ditional pumping plants, those at Out
look and Grandview, besides the pump
ing plant at Snipes Mountain.
The announcement Included also the
information that S50.000 additional had
been appropriated for pumping plant
construction, making a total of 1340,000
available from the reclamation fund for
this purpose.
The Grandview and Outlook irriga
tion districts have organised and voted
bonds, and the work of securing trust
deeds to all lands held in excess of 40
acre units Is In progress, in order to
comply with the requirement of Secre
tary Lane that all farm units under
these projects shall be reduced to 40
acres.
BOOMS STARTLE COOS BAY
(Continued From First Page.)
Marshfield with a surveying crew,
heard the firing and. being curious,
he and his men timed the reverbera
tions for 13 minutes. They came almost
regularly on the minute and then
ceased. The first noise of the reports
was sharp and the aftermath was a
long, rolling reverberation.
Booming Heard Generally.
The Marshfield wireless station at
4 o'clock had no word from sea rela
tive to a battle. Advices by telephone
from Bandon are that the noise was
beard at the same hours as on the
beach at Coos Bay. The sounds were
heard distinctly, but seemed far at sea.
Late wvrd from Port Orford last
night was that the vessels off Cape
Blanco were the German cruisers Leip
sig and Neuremburg and a Japanese
cruiser. The supposition is the Ger
mans were looking for an English mer
chant vessel. The trio left the scene
late yesterday and nothing was heard
of them afterward.
Coos River residents who live on
high elevations and Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Nasburg. of Marshfield, who
live on Telegraph Hill, all report hav
ing heard the firing at the noon hour.
They said they heard the sounds plain
ly and that they came from the direc
tion of the ocean.
Mayor Sure It's Battle.
"There is absolutely no question of
there having been a battle at sea near
Coos Bay." said Mayor Simpson. "The
theory of the noise having been thun
der cannot be considered, for the firing
was at intervals and the battle raged
from about 10:30 until 2 o'clock, with
one or two pauses. Between 1 and 2
o'clock, following a lull, one tremen
dous sound, much louder than had been
heard before, was brought to our ears,
and then the firing began again with
regularity, with an occasional louder
explosion. Charles Kaiser, a veteran of
the Spanish-American war, was with
me. He declared positively the sounds
could be nothing else than a naval contest."
MR. BOOTH VISITS
BOYHOOD SCENES
BODY OF MAN, 72, FOUND
Note Points to Suicide of Aged In
dependence Straggler.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Aug. 26.
(Special.) "This deed is done by my
Eastern Oregon, Where Candi
date Herded Sheep for 25c
Daily, Is Seen.
PAY TAKEN iN CHICKENS
After Taking Little Rest at Eugene
Home and Caring for Mail, Which
Grows In Volume Daily, Cam
paigner Will Begin Tour.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 26. (Special.)
Sunburned but radiant in the discov
ery that Eastern Oregon, his boyhood
home, is behind him to the extent of
more than two-thirds of the registered
voters in the nine counties through
which he toured, R. A. Booth, Repub-
STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION AND VESSEL WHICH STRUCK HER
ABOVE ADMIRAL SAMPSON. BELOW PRINCESS VICTORIA.
own hands. I am broke and old. I am
72 years old. I was born in 1842. No
one cares to give me work, as I am
too old. My name will stand unknown.
I am glad it is over."
Thus reads a note found written in
a book lying beside the dead body of
an old man discovered beside a bridge
inside the city limits here. D. F.
Weatherford Is the name on a grip
found with the body. A small bottle
of carbolic acid and a half-pint bottle
containing whisky also were found.
The clothing bears the name Frank A.
Cram. Hood River. Or. In the grip
was found a new automatic revolver,
fully loaded.
C00LEY ISN0T INDICTED
Curry Grand Jury Refuses Bill on
Old Murder Charge.
ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 26. (Special.)
After an investigation of several
days the Curry County grand jury late
today refused to return an indictment
charging Riley Cooley. of San Fran
cisco, with the murder of Thomas Van
Pelt, in the- isolated Chetco district of
Curry County in 1898. Cooley was ar
rested at San Francisco about six
months ago, or nearly 18 years after
the alleged murder was committed. He
was brought to Roseburg and later
taken to Gold Beach, where he was re
leased on bail in the sum of $50,000.
Stephen Doyle, a private detective
of Spokane, Wash., worked up the evi
dence which resulted in Cooley's arrest.
The evidence was presented to the
grand Jury by District Attorney Merl
deth, of Curry County.
PORTLAND IRONWORKER
SURVIVES WRECK OF
ADMIRAL SAMPSON.
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J. Broonnu.
J. Brosnan, 403 East Forty
third street South, Portland, was
one of the survivors of the Ad
miral Sampson, the Pacific-Alaska
Navigation Company steamer
which was wrecked 20 miles
north of Seattle yesterday morn
ing. Mr. Brosnan, a brother of Mrs.
F. J. Moran, has been away from
Portland several weeks, and had
been at Bremerton for a short
time before sailing for an out
ing in Alaska. He is a skilled
structural ironworker and was a
foreman on the Northwestern
National Bank building, and ex
pects to work on the new Meier
& Frank building.
Mrs. Moran received a tele
gram yesterday which read:
"Was in Admiral Sampson
wreck. Am safe on land now."
Mean candidate for United States Sen
ator, returned yesterday from a 30
day 2200-mile motor trip, covering all
of Eastern Oregon Except the Colum
bia River territory.
It formed the first gun in his cam
paign for the November election and it
reverberated through the Eastern Ore
gon olateau with accelerating velocity.
He was seized first by one county cen
tral committee and then another. His
trip was a triumphal tour, escorted by
loyal Republicans from one county
line to another. Brass bands awaited
his arrival. He was made the guest
of honor wherever he went.
He started into Eastern Oregon at
The Dalles with no intentions of
speaking. It was to be a personal
trip to renew acquaintances where he
"grew up." For many years he rode
the ranges in Wheeler County from
the Blue Mountains to the Cascades;
he herded and sheared sheep through
out the territory that is now Crook,
Wiheeler and Grant counties. He point
ed out to J. S. Magladry. who accom
panied him, the farm on which he
worked for 25 cents a day and took
his pay in chickens. He traversed the
route over which he had driven a band
of horses from Umatilla County to
Canyon City when he was 14 years of
age.
Old Times Recalled.
He found the acquaintances. He was
surprised, he says, to find the number
of those who knew him in boyhood.
He found men who, as boys, had rid
den the ranges with him. It was the
host of actual friends which he met
that pleased Mr. Booth more than any
one thing during the whole trip. Some
he had not seen for years. And they in
sisted upon speeches.
At Silver Lake, a side trip out of
Lakeview, they heard of him and sent
for him. Returning through Paisley
at noon, they surrounded his car and
he spoke from the rear of his machine.
At Lakeview that night the Court
house was filled with waiting Repub
licans. "I was never treated better In all
my life," he says modestly, referring
to the serenades by local bands and of
the continual procession, of several
cars containing as many as 10 or 12
representatives of the local Repub
lican committees, as it moved from one
county to another.
Much Country Traversed.
From Lakeview the party went to
Klamath Falls by way of Bly and Bo
nanza. A brass band awaited his arrival
and It escorted him to the theater,
where Judge Benson presided. And
thus it went. He passed through
Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam. Wheeler,
Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur. Kla
math counties and the itinerary took
the candidate through The Dalles,
Wasco, Shanico, Mitchell, Antelope,
Canyon City, Prairie City, Blue Moun
tain Springs, Burns, Vale, Ontario,
Plush, Adel. Lakeview, Paisley, Silver
Lake, Port Rock, Pine Creek, Klamath
Falls, Merrill, Fort Klamath and Cra
ter Lake.
Sometimes they drove 50 miles with
out a stop. Occasionally they killed a
coyote or sage hen. Mr. Booth is an
expert with a rifle. The trip was
varied from the Cascades to the Idaho
line and from the irrigated lands in
the north to the California line and
the swamp lands on the south.
He says he found Eastern Oregon
warmly in accord with his theory that
the Democratic free trade policy, bring
ing American labor into direct compe
tition with the foreigner, is , detri
mental to the producer. Eastern Ore
gon ranks predominantly in the class of
producer. His theme ran along lines
of developing the state with the in
terest of the producer, the settler, in
view.
Need of Settlers Noted.
"In regions where there were many
homesteaders I interviewed the set
tlers to learn their needs," said Mr.
Booth. "I advocated legislation lead
ing to some system of rural credits
following the European plan to aid
the homesteaders In developing the
land. I discussed National legislation
necessary to provide for the best means
of communication. In the matter of
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This morning I shall display to the gentlemen of Portland the
new Fall styles in men's fine headwear. Your inspection is
courteously invited.
Dunlap Hats $5
The highest expression of the hatter's skill; soft,
stiff, silk and opera.
BE. U.S. ,vr. OFFICE
StetsonHats$4-$5
Brewer Hats $3
A notable exhibit of three great makes, depicting
every proper style for Fall wear. The leading
colors are green, brown, blue and black. All
combinations of trimmings. Main Floor
Ben Selling
Morrison
at Fourth
Exclusive Portland Agent for Dunlap Hat
roads and mail service in that section
of the country.
"I also visited the irrigation projects
to ascertain whether or not the settlers
are making good, and I viewed the pos
sibilities of draining the swamp sec
tions of southeastern Oregon. I found,
everywhere, complaints from the lack
of mail service and from the discon
tinuance of mall routes, where the
prices of carrying mail have been ad
vanced by the addition of the parcels
post system, and where the Govern
ment has refused to concede to the
advances.
"In Eastern Oregon I found the reg
istration more than two to one Repub
lican, and I expect to poll a vote about
as It is registered."
"Landslide" In Predicted.
Mr. Booth's companion, Mr. Magladry,
is even more enthusiastic, and char
acterizes Eastern Oregon as a "land
slide" and far in excess of anticipa
tions. Mr. Booth will pass several days
going over his mall, and then will
leave immediately to report to his
headquarters in Portland. H4s next trip
will be into Eastern Oregon, this time
taking in the counties along the Co
lumbia River, and dropping down into
Crook County. This trip will be made
by rail.
At present Mr. Booth is almost
snowed under with invitations to
speak.
"There is a world of them," he says.
"Every county fair, every little side
show, and every occasion wants one
to come and address them. I cannot
make them all, but I shall be busy
from now until the time of the elec
tion." Among those dates under Immediate
consideration are Springfield, which
soon will celebrate the construction of
its new mill; Riddell, Newport, Port
land and Heppner.
FAIR TRAIN LEAVES
Columbia River Interstate
Show to Be Promoted.
MANY STOPS TO BE MADE
Albany Honors Memory ol Pope.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.)
A solemn requiem in honor of the late
Pope Pius X was held today in St
Mary's Roman Catholic Church in this
city and was attended by a great many
people. Rev. Father Arthur Lane, rec
tor of the Albany parish, who con
ducted the service, spoke feelingly of
the greatness of character of the late
Pone and of his work for the church.
Vaudeville Artists. Trick Animals,
Et Cetera, to Be Taken on Party
Making Trip Through Cow
litz, Harbor Country.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) The special train leaving Van
couver tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock
to boost for the Columbia River Inter
state Fair will contain five cars and
arrangements have been made that one
of the cars will be turned over to the
women who will go on the trip.
Among the many interesting things
on the train will be taken several
comedians, clowns, trick mules, band,
singers, several Indians, Beho Graj-, the
champion roper of the world, and an
air-driven caliope that cost $3500.
Letters have been sent to all of the
Commercial Clubs in the cities in which
the train will stop.
Stops will be made at the following
places: Ridgefield. Woodland, Kalama.
Kelso, Castle Rock, Vader, Wlnlock,
Napavine, Centralia. Tenino and Ta
coma. where they will put up for the
night, parading the streets.
Friday, the following stops: Olympia,
Oakville, Elma, Montesano, Hoquiam.
Aberdeen and back to Vancouver.
It Is expected that more than 100
from Vancouver will make the trip. In
addition to the performers.
Arrangements are being made to
have two ferries operating on the 1 o-
lumbia during the fair week. Many
machines will be brought across the
river and the present ferry is inade
quate to handle the crowd that cer
tainly will be In attendance. There
will be enough cars to take the crowds
from Portland to Hayden Island, and
the Washington-Oregon Corporation In
Vancouver will have extra trains mak
ing fast time between Vancouver and
the fair grounds.
PORTLAND INVITED TO J'AIK
Vancouver Expects Dig Delegation
on Thursday, September 10.
Portland is being besought in scores
of ways to send representatives to the
fair in Vancouver on "Portland lay,"
Thursday, September 10. Tuesday, J. 1..
Werlein, special representative ol the
fair, invited the Rotary Club to send a
delegation and yesterday ' Chief Makes
Enemy" appeared at the Ad Club and
presented to Mayor Albee a Bpeclal In
vitation. Saturday the Irwin Wild West Round.
Up show will come In force and will
make a parade through the streets to
interest Portland people In the cele
bration of Portland Day at Ml fair.
Tho route of their parade, at 4 o'clock,
is as follows:
Vancouver avenue to Killings worth,
east on Killlngsworth to illiams,
south on Williams to Oregon treat
over Steel bridge, south on Third street
to Taylor, west on Taylor to Sixth,
north on Sixth to Pine, east on Pine co
Fourth, south on Fourth to Moi ,-is.m,
over Morrison bridge to Grand avenue,
north on Grand avenue to Holla. l:i,
west on Holladay to Union. Bor:k on
Union to Ainsworth. west on Ainsvorth
to Vancouver avenue.
Headed by J. E. Werlein, 50 members
of the Vancouver Commercial Club and
officials of the fair will go by special
train Into Southwestern Washington,
leaving today, to visit a score of towns
to invite them to send people to see the
fair. The itinerary of this Whirlwind
excursion Is:
Thursday Ridgefield. 7:25 A. M. ;
Woodland. 7:45 A. M.; Kalama, 8:25
A M.; Kelso, 9:05 A. M.; Castle Rock.
9:55 A. It; Vader. 10:50 A. M.; Wlnlock,
11:20 A. M.: Napavine, 12:05 P. M. : Che-
halls, 12:30 P. M.; Centerville, leave e,
P. M. ; Tacoma, arrive S P. M.
Friday Tacoma. leave 7:30 A. M. :
Olympia. 9 A. M. ; Oakville. Bill -V
Elma, 12:10 P. M. : Montesano, 1:10
P. M. Hoquiam. 3 V. M. ; Aberdeen. 1:11
P. M. : Aberdeen, leave 7 P. M.
BOTTLES AREJJNIQUE CROP
Hood Wvor Haiich PrOflMM I'lrM
Return. $60. In ;lu--urc.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 26. (Spe
cial.) Perhaps the most unique crop
ever harvested In Oregon was I but
brought to the city yestcrdsy from the
ranch of a young OU who formerly
made his home hero, but who now
lives in Washington, D. C. The product
consisted of a wagon loud of bottles
and the return was $60.
The place has been owned for a period
of more than four years and tho apple
trees as yet have never produced nn
income. The sale of the bottles, wine,
champagne, beer and seltzer, brought
the owner the first return he has ever
received from his raneh.
C0QUILLE MEASURES PASS
Cltj Voles lo Double Tax and Im
prove Water SjMcni.
COWl'ILLE. Or.. An. 20 (Special.)
At the special election here today N
the questions of amending the charter
to permit Die City Council to levy
20-mlll tax Instead of 10. and to laaiK
bonds to tho amount of $17,500 for Im
proving the water plant, both carried
by good majorities.
The amendment DM I led Ml
195 and the water works bonds by 2..1
to 173. About 50 per I ent of tho totnl
vote was cast.
stockman Hurt In RHMMf.
DRAIN. Or. Aug. 26. (Special.) T.
C Edwards. 60 years old. sustained a
broken lee and his ribs crushed yes
terday when his team ran away while
he was driving to his farm few miles
west of town. He was takon to
hospital in Roseburg Mr Edward l"
a prominent stockman and has resided
in Drain for the past 10 year.
cas MM brok.- away from jt MlMj
m i lie st. LewrenM ami fctfted. fee.
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