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TTTE MORXTNG OREGONIAW, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1914. 7 11 CASTAWAYS OF KAMI ARE SAVED Revenue Cutter Bear Lands Eight White Men and Three Eskimaux at Nome. GASOLINE BOAT RESCUES Schooner Survivors King and Winze Finds Wrangell Island. Four of Party Die and Eight Are Given Up as Lost. NOME. Alaska, Sept. 14. Eleven sur vivors of the crew of the Karluk, the Stefansson exploring ship, arrived here today on the United states revenue cutter Bear. They had been rescued from Wrangell Island by the gasoline chooner King and Wlnge and trans ferred from tnat craft to the revenue cutter. The survivors Include an Es kimo, his wife and two children. The other survivors are: William Lair McKinley. magnetlcian, of Clydebank, Scotland. John Monroe, chief engineer. Bert Williamson, second engineer. Robert Templeman, steward. Ernest Chase, assistant steward. Fred W. Maurer. fireman. Seaman Hadley. Cat Survive, Hardships. With them were brought also a black and white cat picked up by the Kar luk's crew at Victoria, B. C last year, and which they had kept with them through all their hardships. None of the 11 persons brought here by the Bear is seriously 111, although several are suffering from stomach , trouble and minor ailments. Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who commanded the Karluk when she was wrecked and who was on the Bear in her two rescue attempts, is looking after the sur vivors. He is endeavoring to have the eight white men sent to Seattle on the Bear, saying they can be better cared for on the revenue cutter than on a passenger boat. The rescued men are warm In their praise of the treatment accorded then on the King and Wlnge and the Bear. Twelve of Party Die. Counting the eight men who are be lieved to have perished on the ice while trying to reach land after the Karluk was crushed, the three who died on Wrangell Island, and Andrew Norman, of the Anderson party, who committed suicide by shooting, while Insane from exposure while lost, 12 members of the Stefansson expedition have died. Malloch and Bretty, who died of curvy, and Mamen, who accidentally shot himself were burled on Wrangell Island with solemn ceremonies by their comrades, and the graves were marked with driftwood on which the names of the dead were carved. EUit members of the expedition who are missing and are given up for dead are: Alexander Anderson, first mate; Charles Barter, second mate; John Brody, seaman; H. King, seaman; Alls ter Forbes ilackay, surgeon, of Edin burgh, Scotland; James Murray, oceano grapher, of Fox Field. Hants. England; Henri Beuchat, anthropologist, of Paris; Thomas Morris, seaman. Rescue Ship Still Out. The Bear tried to get in tune with the former revenue cutter Corwin, which was fitted out by Jafet Linde berg as a rescue ship, to tell the Cor win of the rescue. The Bear could hear the Corwin, but was unable to send a wireless message, so the Corwin at last reports was off Wrangell Island, thinking the Karluk's men were still ashore. After the accident to the Karluk Jast January when the ship was crushed by the ice north of Herald Island, the Karluk's people remained in camp on the ice until they had agreed that the best course was to make for Wrangell Island, 80 miles distant They divided into parties and set out for the destina tion agreed upon. The party led by Dr. Forbes-Mackay changed its mind and headed for the Siberian shore. It repented and was seen to luy its course again for Wrangell Island. Klght Lost in Blizzard. Four days later, in the third week of February, a terrible blizzard raged, which opened the Ice in all directions and churned it. There was really no hope that any of the eight could have escaped the storm, but to ease their minds the survivors on Wrangell Island made Journeys in all directions, even to Herald Island, in the vain hope of finding some trace of the eight lost men, who must have been shallowed up. No ono could possibly live on Herald Island, which has per pendicular sides and is bare of vege tation. The Bear last Summer ap proached within 12 miles of Herald island on a fair day, and could see nothing but Ice around it, with no sign of life anywhere. hen the castaways landed on Wrangell Island March 12, they had 79 days' rations, which were exhausted about June 4. After that time tJey subsisted on whatever food they were able to gather with their hands and kill with their guns. They killed three polar tears and.- many seals and birds They were without salt for their meat and could not even get salt water until Spring, as the Icebergs shut them off from the sea Whistle Overjoys Castaways. The survivors made stoves from coal oil cans and built boats from drift wood and covered them with the skins of walrus and seals. The King and Wlnge, after leaving Nome September 3. went to East Cape, Siberia, to take on Eskimos and skin hoats. She then laid her course for Rogers Harbor, Wrangell Island, ar riving there about 10:30 o'clock on the night of September 6. She sent up skyrockets, but received no response, the castaways on shore having retired at 10. The next morning they were overjoyed to hear the whistle of the schooner. Four Eskimos in a skin boat found a lead through the Ice, reached Bhore and brought back a number of men who had been in camp near share. The schooner then pro ceeded to the other side of the island, where they picked up the remaining survivors, who were in anottier camp. The King and Wlnge started for Nome with the rescued people and had gone T5 miles when she met the revenue utter Bear. bound for Wrangell Island. The King and Wlnge reported that she had beaten the Bear. After a brief conference it was agreed by Captain Olaf Swenson, of the schooner, and Captain Cochran, of the cutter, that the accommodations on the Bear were better for men in need of medi cal care, and the survivors were transferred and brought here. Adventurer Among- Missing. Alister Forbes-Mackay, one of the missing explorers, was born at the Fall of Cantyre. Argyll County. Scotland. February 22, 1878. He was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. His love of adventure Interfered with his practice of medicine and he was en gaged successively as a soldier against the Boers, under Lord Roberts, a sur geon in the British navy, a member of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition of 3907-09, and a member of an exploring expedition that made a five months' voyage up the Amazon River. He vol unteered his free service to Stefansson as surgeon of the expedition in 1913. Dr. Mackay was 5 feet 11 Inches tall and heavily built. His nearest rela tive is Vivian Flnlay, 4 Randolph Place, Edinburgh. Henri Beuchat was born in Paris December 9, 1878, of Swiss parents. He served in the French army, matriculat ed at the Sorbonne, became a magazine editor and was made custodian of the upkeep and repair of all. the monu ments of France. He Joined the Stef ansson expedition at the request of the Canadian government: James Murray, the oldest member of the expedition, and who also Is listed as dead, was born In Glasgow in 1865. He was permitted to Join because of his endurance In the Shackleton expe dition of 1907-09. The youngest man could not outdo him at anything. He was biologist under Sir John Murray in the Scotch Lake survey, was at tached to the Bolivian boundary sur vey in 1911 and was the author of Important scientific publications. DEPOT DEDICATED TODAY PORTLAND SENDS LARGE PARTY TO ATTEND SPOKAJiE EVENT." Two Private Cars and Pullman Bear Railroad Notables and Agents, j. D. Farrell in Charge. BANKERS ARE BACK All Eastern Plants Humming, Due to War, Is Report. MONEY SITUATION BEST YET J. c Return Ainsworth and A. L. Mills From Conference With Reserve Board Fond Ottawa to Aid Farmers at Two private ears and a special Pull man car leaving here on the regular Sookane train yesterday afternoon car ried a large party of O.-W. R & N. Company officials bound for the depot dedication at Spokane. The oarty was headed by J. D. Far rell, president of the company, and in eluded J. P. O'Brien, general manager M. J. Bucklev. general superintendent W. J. Holman. chief engineer; B. E. Palmer, superintendent at Portland; W Bollons. superintendent at La Grande A. G. Kamm, superintendent at North Yakima; W. Connolly, superintendent at Spokane; E. Thomas, master me chanic at La Grande; F. L Coykendall assistant superintendent at Portland W. H. Dressell. master mechanic at Portland; J. F. Graham, superintendent of motive power; T. M. Ramsdell, mas ter car builder; A. W. Perley, special representative of operating department C. P. Chamberlain, special representa tive of executive department; J. I Brass, assistant general manager at Seattle; J. C. Morrison, superintendent commissary department; G. W. Saul, purchasing agent; J. W. Morrow, tax and right of way agent; J. T. Langley, assistant superintendent motive power; U. K. Hall, general storekeeper; a. Blaisdell, auditor; E. A. Klippel. super intendent of telegraph; A. H. McKeen, signal engineer; J. B Glover, freight agent, at Portland; B F. Egar, agent at Albina; J. H. Fredricy. asent at Hood River; T. F. O'Brien, agent at Pendleton; J. H. Kenny, agent at La Grande; M. H. Dougherty, agent at Baker; D. A. Broughel, agent at Walla Walla; J. B. Thomas, agent at Kenne wick; H. G. Temple, agent at North Yakima; H. G. Lucas, agent at Tekoa; W. F. Snodgrass, agent at Colfax; F. x. Walmsley, agent at Seattle; F. M. Fowler, agent at Tacoma; W. S. Nel son, agent at The Dalles; M. H. Brooke, agent at Wardner, Idaho; R T. Stra chan, agent at Wallace; Frank W. Robinson, assistant traffic manager H. E. Lou'nsbury, general freight agent; J. R Stein, assistant general freight agent; James Copland, freight claim agent; C. L. Smith, agricultural agent; C. H. Dexter, city freight agent; P. J. Collins, general baggage agent; W.' R Carruthers. district freight and pass enger agent at Seattle; T. I. McGrath. traveling freight agent at Tacoma; H. P. Potter, district freight and passen ger agent at Aberdeen; R. Burns, dis trict freight and passenger agent at Walla Walla; C. F. Vandeventer, dis trict freight and passenger agent at North Yakima; Guy L Anderson, trav eling freight agent; H. C. Oliver, trav eline freight agent, and several others. Robert E. Strahorn, president of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern, who con ceived the new line between Portland and Spokane and the terminal at Spo kane, already Is in Spokane and will take a prominent part in the festivi ties there today. B. L Winchell, traffic director of the Union Pacific system, who has been on a tour of the lines in the Northwest, will "Join the party at Spokane. Wil liam McMurray. general passenger agent of the O.-W. R & N. Company, accompanied Mr. Winchell. CANDIDATES ABE HEARD DR. WITHYCOMBE A.DR. A. BOOTH TALK TO EAST SIDE CLUB. Thorough System of Roads Favored as Key to Commercial Growth of Portland ana State. Development of the commerce of the state by means of good roads and bet ter waterways were subjects of ad dresses yesterday by Dr. James Withy combe, Republican candidate for Gov ernor, and Robert A. Booth, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, at a meeting of the East Side Business Men's Club at Hotel Edwards. Dr. Withycombe announced that he is an advocate of good roads, believing that they are the essentials of the com mercial growth of Portland'. "Oregon, as has often been said, is a state of possibilities. We have thousands upon thousands of acres of land which can be cultivated. There are homes for thousands of ambitious men. "But there is an obstacle now In the way in the form of poor roads. To open up this vast country so that it may grasp its own, commercially, we must have good roads. Personally, I have pledged myself to a system of good roads throughout the state, if elected Governor. There is nothing of more importance from a commercial stand point and there is nothing that deserves more official attention." Mr. Booth said be considered Port land's size and growth to be dependent upon the development of the trade of the state. "I am especially anxious," he said, "to see the Columbia River deepened and the bar at the mouth re moved so that there will be no resist ance to traffic on this great waterway. I believe it is of the utmost importance that we all work for improvement in traffic and trade along this line. I am pledged to this plan and am its backer, first, last and all the time." The meeting was attended by a large number of East Siders. A number of short addresses were given. Including a tajk by Frank Branch Riley, in which he praised the East .Side Business Men's Club for its work of upbuilding, and urged the hearty support of the club in a campaign for better roads to open up the commercial opportunities of the state and to encourage tourist travel. Eastern manufacturers now are run ning their plants night and day on or ders for clothing, shoes, automobile trucks, gunpowder, firearms and other commodities used by the nations now at war in Europe, reports J. L. Alns worth, president of the United States National Bank, and A. L. Mills, presi dent of the First National Bank, who have just returned from the bankers conference with the Federal Reserve Board at Washington, D. C. If the war continues, other factories will be called upon to supply the Euro pean nations with other large quanti ties of materials they need for use in the field and in homes. As a result of the recent conference the United States will be in good posi tion to meet 'the financial requirements of the European situation. The prin ciple banking centers in the country arranged at the Washington meeting to contribute in proportion to their re spectlve bank clearings to a fund of 3150,000,000, which is be deposited with the Bank of England at Ottawa, Ont This money is to be used to meet the commercial indebtedness of the United States to shippers in Europe. Ottawa, in fact, will become a clearing-house between the United States and the European commercial centers. "Within a short time," said Mr. Ains worth, "the balance of trade again will be with the United States, and the use of this fund no longer will be neces sary. Even If the war continues Europe will have to buy heavily of our products. "While we have arranged to raise 3150,000,000 to finance the business now passing between the United States and Europe, it is probable that no more than 325,000,000 will be needed. Eastern bankers, declare Mr. Ains worth and Mr. Mills, do not feel at all discouraged by reason of the war. The only discouraging 'element in the situ ation is the demoralization of the cot ton market. This, of course, is due to the war. Europe, which normally is the biggest customer of American cot ton raisers, this year is buying nothing. The South is left with the season's crop on its hands and the planters are unable to raise money with which to finance themselves for next year. The prospective early inauguration of the Federal reserve system and the arrangement for financing European business, they think, hans placed the en tire country on a sound basis. We will have no trouble this year In moving our wheat," said Mr. Mills. "The farmer or grain dealer, through our fund at Ottawa, will be able to get immediate return on his shipment. In fact, he will get earlier action than in times of peace." Mr. Mills and Mr. Ainsworth were the only Pacific Coast bankers at the Washington meeting. About 40 others from various parts of the country were present, including such prominent fin anciers as Benjamin Strong, president of the Bankers Trust Company of New York; James B. Forgan, president of the First National Bank of Chicago; George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago, and A. H. Wiggins, president of the Chase National Bank of New York. The entire Reserve Board met with the bankers .and discussed with them plans for operating the reserve system. It was decided to open the new Fed eral banks as soon as they can be made ready. Secretary McAdoo presided. I want to ask you this: Would the men who built Westover invest a million and a half dollars in something that not an absolute certainty? was They knew the history of view property in other cities how sought-for it was, how difficult to buy. They knew the class of people, the kind of homes always found on the high places. Because this immense sum has been spent in transforming an inaccessible hill into a view property, the parallel of which is not found in all America, does not mean the prices are beyond your reach. The final section of Westover is complete. Wednesday, Sept. 23, is "Westover Day." It will mark the dividing line between Portland view-property as it has been known and the view-sites of the future. To reach Westover by auto, go up Lovejoy to Cornell Road, then follow the carline. Splendid auto road to the top terrace. No grades over 10. By streetcar, take "W" car on Morrison marked "Westover." Transfer to West over Terraces car at 25th and Pettygrove. Go to end of line. CANADIAN TROOPS VIEWED Governor-General and United States Officer See 2 0,0 0 0 Men. VALCARTIER Que.. Sept. 14. The Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada, for the second time re- iewod the troops at Valcartler camp this afternoon. Twenty thousand men passed by in half "battalions, marching with the step of veterans. The review was witnessed by Gen eral William Crozier, chief of ordnance of the United States Army. FREIGHT TAX PROTESTED Oregon Railroad Commission Tele graphs Congressman Plaint. A. protest has been entered by tHe Oregon State Railroad Commission against the 3 per cent tax that Con gress proposes to place against freight shipments as a part or tne special revenue producing measure now pend ing. The following telegram was sent by the Commission yesterday to N. J. Sin nott, a member of the Oregon delega tion in the House of Representatives: "On behalf of Oregon shippers and consumers, we protest against pro posed percentage tax on freight re ceipts. Markets of Pacific Coast neces sarily are at long distance and freight rates relatively and of themselves are highest in country. Flat percentage tax casts undue burden on section already handicapped by distance from its markets. Effect will be entirely disproportionate to revenue derived, as many industries now must operate so closely to cost any advance In rates will shut them out of markets and close them. Our people will patriotical ly bear any necessary Just tax, but this Is not Just tax. Pleas show this to Mr. Underwood, give copy to Oregon Senators and urge them see Presldsnt and Secretary McAdoo." Complexion perfectlon-Santlssptlc Lotion A flV Blood Destruction Stopped and Rebuilt Worries Overcome, Evidence Brushed Away. The Skin Cleared. Situation in Turkey Improves. WASHINGTON, Sept. I. 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