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K VOL. VIA. NO. 17,415. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, . SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 37 YEARS ON DEEP SKIPPER'S RECORD ION FUSED FISHING BARK IS IN GRIP 0FfBREAKERS flllQTFP QUIT FIIM BRITISH COLUMBIA KB BURNS OFF COOS BAY WASHING SLAYER OF WOMAN SHOT IN REVENGE Albert F. Gabel Victim of Jesse L. Lee. uuuiui uuii iillu GVES WOMEN VOTE BY PRIMARY TICKET IN CEMENT ACTION IX HIS IiOXG SERVICE COUSINS SEVER LOST A SHIP. STAR OF CHILE, CARRYIXG 200, : SWEEPING TOWARD ROCKS. PROHIBITION BILL ADOPTED BY SAFE MARGIN. V y Ship as Wrapped in Flames Last Boat Leaves. RACE WITH DEATH IS WON Wireless Summons Rescue Vessels and All on Board Are Saved; BLAZING CRAFT ANCHORED Dredge Michie Picks .Up 423 Refugees and Lands Them at North Bend. MARSHFIELD, Or., Sept. 14. (Special.) Flames from a fire un- Bucessfully battled for hours were heating the decks of the steel steamer Congress and smoke was partly en-1 veloping the upper structure when the vessel, after a 30-mile race, anchored just off Coos Bay about 4 o'clock this afternoon and all persons aboard, 423 passengers and crew, were transferred In safety to the Government dredge Colonel P. S. Michie. Specials Meet Refugees. At 8:20 o'clock tonight the Michie landed the refugees at North Bend, where they are being cared for by hospitable residents, while the assist ant manager of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company is coming by spe cial train from San Francisco. He telegraphed ' he would have special trains meet the refugees here to carry them on to their destination at Se attle. ' , Burning Ship Enveloped. Tonight the' burning steamer pre sented a weird sight as she lay at anchor about three-quarters of a mile off shore, with' Captain Cousins, her master,- standing by with the gasoline schooner Tillamook and the steam schooner A. M. Simpson. The transfer of all hands from the Congress was accomplished without a single mishap. Charles Joughin, ship's baker, a survivor of the Ti tanic disaster, was the only person who fell into the water. He was chief baker on the Congress. Race With Death Won. Fire was discovered on the Congress about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It was in the second steerage, as nearly as could be located. It gained head way in spite of all efforts to control it. The vessel was about 30 miles off shore when the commander decided to put in. A terrific race to save the lives aboard the steamer at once began. The Congress dashed for shore. In deep water off the harbor entrance she cast anchor, the flames creeping forward meanwhile from the after hold to a point amidships. Boats were swung out and lowered and the work of taking off the passengers began, Transfer Calms Passengers. As fast as a boat was loaded it proceeded to the bar dredge Michie, to which the passengers were trans ferred. When the work began the forward decks of the Congress were black with terrified men, women and children. As the work proceeded the passengers became calmer. The sea was smooth and the weather fine and there was little delay. One woman, who was very ill, was carefully handled in getting her to the Michie. She was Mrs. Margaret Reig, , of 4257 Delmar avenue, St. Louis, Mo., en route home from a visit in California. Rescue Finished at ' Dark. When darkness came all persons had been taken off the Congress and the Michie headed for the harbor. The Congress by this time was wrapped in flames from stem to stern and was adrift. It looked as if she would go on Coos Bay Spit. The landing of the Michie at North Bend was a most touching scene. The city dock was. lined with probably 3000 persons anxious to learn the news and to offer every assistance possible, The Michie drew in her searchlight streaming down the water, and those on the dock saw that every available space on board was crowded with the rescued. As the lines went out (.Concluded on Pane 6. Column I.) Captain of Congress Meets Witli Few ' Accidents Marriage to Minneapolis Woman Recent. SAN FRANCIS CO. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) Captain Nahum E. Cousins, skipper of the steamer Congress, has sailed up and down the Coast for more than 37 years on the bridge of vessels of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany. Although He has had accidents, as have many other mariners. It Is said that during all his long service he has not lost a ship. In the latter part of 1907 Captain Cousins was subjected to an investiga tion following the loss of three little children from the deck of the steamer President, of which Cousins was com manding officer. The board of steam boat inspectors found that neither Captain Cousins nor any of his officers was negligent nor unskillful. Captain Cousins was married last January to Miss Julia Kirby, of Min neapolis, whom he met a year pre viously when she was a passenger on the Congress on Its trip from the north. On another occasion a vessel of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company be came a furnace, when fire broke out aboard the steamer Queen in January. 1911, after the craft had left this port bound for Puget Sound with 92 pas sengers. From a point off Point Reyes, where the fire was discovered, the Queen limped back into port, her crew valiantly fighting the flames. By the time the Queen got back the fire was under control, with everyone, passengers and crew, safe. Captain G. H. Zeh was skipper of the Queen, and was commended highly for the way in which he handled the situation so as to avoid a panic M00SE LOSES T. R.'S VOTE Candidate Who Supports Wilson Re jected by Colonel. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Theodore Roosevelt issued a statement here to night through his secretary, John. W. McGrath, announcing that he is not supporting Samuel Seabury, candidate for Governor of New York, in the Pro gressive primaries. 'Mr. Roosevelt has stated explicitly to the Progressives who ' have asked him to support Judge Seabury that he would not do so," the statement said, because Mr.' Seabury is supporting Mr. Wilson and is running on the same ticket with Mr. Wilson, and therefore, doing all in his power to bring about the re-election of Mr. Wilson. "Mr. Roosevelt would regard this as disastrous calamity to the country and he therefore believes that no Pro gressive should support Mr. Seabury in the Progressive primaries next Tuesday." BOY, 10, OUTWITS HORSE Father Summoned by Note Sent Down Flame When Animal Balks. HOOD RIVER. Sept. 14. (Special.) Leslie Sherwood, 10, was hauling slab- wood from the mill at Ruthton when the gentle old family horse balked. Fearing to leave his cousin, a little girl who accompanied him. with the animal, Leslie took a pencil from his pocket and scribbled on a piece of paper the words. "Tom has baked." Leslie tied this to a piece of slab with 'his handkerchief, and .put it in a flume racing alongside the road. His father at the mill some distance away got the note and went immediate ly to the aid of his son in persuading Tom to draw the wood home. CIRCUS ELEPHANT HANGED "Mary," Worth $20,000, Is Exe cuted for Murder of Trainer. ERWIN, Tenn.. Sept. 14. "Mary," the big circus elephant which killed her trainer at Kingsport, Tenn., Tues day, was hanged here today. A rail road derrick car was used in the ex ecution. The animal was forced to the tracks by other elephants, heavy chains were tied around her neck and she was hoisted in the air. She was valued at 820,000 by her owners. BEAVERTON MAN IS KILLED J. E. Bennett Victim of Auto Acci dent; Mrs. Bennett Hurt. WALLACE. Idaho, Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) J.'E. Bennett, of Beaverton, Or., accompanied by his wife, drove his automobile off the grade east of Wal lace today. Mr. Bennett was killed and Mrs. Ben nett seriously injured. The body was brought to Wallace and will be sent to Portland. Mrs. Grant Brown, daughter of Mr. Bennett, lives in Hllls- boro. MRS., ANNE HOWE FAILING President Wilson's Sister . Sinking .Steadily, Says Physician." NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 14 Mrs. Anne Howe, . President Wilson's sister, who is gravely ill here, "has failed steadily today." - This announcement was made at 9 o'clock tonight by her Dhyslclan. Dr. ' H. M. Lee. Division of Offices Is Harmonizing Factions. GEOGRAPHICAL LINES NOTED Balance Between Faithful and ex-Moose Obtained. HODGE THREATENS BOLT Most of Other Defeated Candidates, However, Promise to Support McBride Reporter Named for Place in Congress. BY M. M- MATTISON. . . ' SEATTLE Wash.. Sept. 14. (Special.) If the ticket the Republicans nomi nated in Tuesday's primary election had been the product of a convention, the shrewd ' politician would hold it at arm's length and enthuse over the care taken to recognize geographical re quirements and the exquisite pains ta ken to see that every shade of Repub lican belief was given expression. Whatever may be thought of the in dividuals everything ie there that the old kings of convention days used to demand to make the ticket balance. It may work for harmony in that it preaches a silent sermon in favor of reunion of the Republican factions and it may result in the knifing of factional nominees. Seattle Accepts Ticket. Here in Seattle on the second day after the results became known the ticket seems to be acceptable. There is comparatively little ' talk of contin uing after the primaries a fight that was launched months ago. Analyzing the ticket as an old-time politician would do, it is shown that seven state officials have been renom inated, presumably because ' of satis factory past performances. One old' time state ofncial has. been put back Into the running .after an 11-year rest. The' Senator has been renominated and a chief deputy named in the place of his principal. Thus is the question of public service records easily answered. Offices Scattered About. Geographically, the ticket can be con sidered as giving Spokane the Senator and Seattle the Governor; Tacoma. the Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of State; Walla Walla, the Superintendent of Public Instruction; Adna, in Lewis County, the Insurance Commissioner; Olympia, in Thurston,' the Commissioner of Public Lands: Port Orchard. In Kit sap, the Auditor; Seattle, the Attorney General and State Treasurer. In fact, the State Treasurer really covers a bit more of territory than King County, for though he originally resided in Seattle, he was appointed (Concluied on Pare 11. Column 1.) i 3Ihn 3 &r& vgf : 1 5 Vessel Bearing Season's , Catch of Salmon Is Helpless Off Point Pedro Tugs Answer Call. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 14. The Alaska Packers' bark Star of Chile, en route from Bristol Bay, Alaska, with the season's catch of salmon for San Francisco, was reported tonight to be in the breakers off Point Pedro. 25 miles south of the Golden Gate. On board the vessel more than 200 can nery hands are thought to be return ing to this port. The news of the bark's plight was brought here by fishermen, who said that the vessel appeared to be in great danger of being swept on the rocks, but that a dense fog closed in and hid her from view. Deep sea-going pugs were sent from San Francisco to the vessel's assist ance. When last seen the Star of Chile was three-quarters of a mile off shore andher crew was signalling for help. The Star of Chile is of 1001 gross tonnage and was built In Dundee. Scot land, in 1868. She carries a crew of 12, is 202 feet long, 34 feet beam and 24 feet in depth. MOTHER, DAUGHTER WED Unique Double Ceremony Performed by Vancouver Justice. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Mother and daughter today were brides in a double wedding, performed by W. S. T. Derr, Justice of the Peace here. The mother, Mrs. Lottie Alice Walker. 41. of Washougal, and who has been led to the altar twice before, was married to Middle Burley, 36, a farmer of Battleground. The daughter. Miss Frances Anne Walker, was but 17 years old and was married to Edward Daniel Llapple. 21, of this city. The former, will live at Battleground, and the latter at Camas. Wash. MILK TRUST IS CHARGED Department of Justice Investigates Boston Dealers. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Investiga tion of a complaint that Boston milk dealers have combined to Injure the public and violate the' anti-trust law has been begun by the Department of Justice. ' ' " This . la the first formal complaint that has been filed with the Depart ment, although the attention of various branches of the Government has been directed to Increases In the price of milk throughout the country. " ' PRICE OF HAIRCUT RISES San Francisco Charge . Barbers Are -50 Cents. to SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. To the high coBt of living is now added the high cost of being barbered. On and after an early date it will cost half a dollar for a haircut in San Francisco. The Barbers' Shop Proprietors' Asso ciation, at a meeting, held last night, decided to raise from 35 cents to the higher figure the price of haircuttlng. BE STARTED SOMETHING DOING! Mr. Moore Wants to Enjoin Directors. PLOT TO DROP CASE ALLEGED Order Asked to Prevent Con trol of Meeting by Proxy. HEARING TO BE MONDAY Plaintiff In $1,500,000 Case Asks Court to Estop Participation of Defendants in Stockholders' Conference September 2 0. The case against the so-called ce ment trust, now under Investigation by the Federal authorities, took a new turn yesterday when Aman Moore, vice-president and treasurer of the Ore gon Portland Cement Company, of Os wego, Or., applied to Federal Judge Bean for a temporary restraining or der against six directors and officers of the company which. If granted, will oust them not only from its control, but from all participation In its af fairs. On a showing made by Mr. Moore. through his attorney. Coy Burnett, that the six men named were attempting to obtain proxies to control a meeting of stockholders of the company on September 20, with a view to having the meeting take steps to dismiss the suit brought by Mr. Moore in behalf of the company August 28. for $1,500. 000 damages against 14 other cement concerns which, he charged, had formed a "trust" and were attempting to con trol the Oswego plant or ruin it. Judge Bean issued an order directing them to appear .in court at 10 o'clock . Mon day to show cause why an injunction sho'uld not be issued. .... Six Officers Named. The six men named tn the petition for an injunction, and against whom Judge ' Bean's show-cause order - was Issued,: are R. P. Bu'tcbard. of Victoria. B. C. president and director- of the Oregon Portland Cement Company: M. J. Ballard, director: L. C. NewlandS, director and superintendent; George Macdonald, secretary; Clark M. ""ore, sales manager, of Portland, and Charles Boettcher. of Denver, stockholder in the Oregon company and president of the Cement Securities Company. All these defendants are also de fendants in the previous action for $1,. 500,000 damages brought by Mr. Moore. In the application for an injunction the Oregon Portland Cement Company Is also named as a nominal defendant. General Ouster Is Asked. The application to Judge Bean asks that a temporary restraining order be granted against each of the defendants 'Concluded on Pago 10. Column 4.) Conservative Government, Headed by Premier Bowser, Apparently Suffers Decisive Defeat. VANCOUVER. B. C. Sept. 14. Wom an suffrage and prohibition apparently have been adopted by the voters of British Columbia, according to incom plete returns received late tonight from today's general election. I The Conservative government, head ed by Premier W. J. Bowser, appar ently has been decisively defeated. The returns indicate that the Liberals will control the next Legislature, 33 to 14. Suffrage apparently was carried by an overwhelming majority and the re turns thus far received indicate that the prohibition bill has been Indorsed by a safe margin. The defeat of the government Is the most striking in the history of the province. The returns thus far are generally decisive and it is not considered likely that the soldiers' vote will materially affect the result, although Premier Bowser may retain his seat In the Pro vincial Parliament, as he is not far be hind the Liberal ticket, which appar ently was elected in its entirety in Van couver. In Victoria, A. Stewart, the recently appointed Minister of Finance, was de feated. In Rossland, Lome Campbell, Min ister of Mines, is 100 votes behind his opponent, with only two small pre cincts to be reported. In Revelstoke, Thomas Taylor, Min ister of Public Works since a conser vative government came into power, was defeated decisively. In C .nd Forks, E. E. Miller, one of Premier Bowser's new Ministers, lost by a sub stantial majority. RAILWAY OFFER DECLINED British Trainmen Hold Out for Wage Increuse. LONDON. Sept. 14. The conference between representatives of the rail ways and their employes, which has been in session for the last two days. broke ,up here today because of the men's refusal to entertain a compro mise offer and their insistence on the 10 shillings advance demanded, which the railways refuse to grant. It is possible the conference may be resumed tomorrow. TEUTONS TO AID BULGARS Force of 300,000 Men to Be Sent to Balkans, Says Report. LONDON, Sept. 14. A wireless dis patch from Rome says that at the gen eral council of the central powers at the-headquarters of the German Em peror an offensive campaign in the Balkans was mapped out. Germany will send 200,000 men and Austria 100,000 for this purpose, says tho report. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees; minimum, oo degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly winds. War. French draw noose tighter on Comblea. Pass A. Allies are as unit, says French premier. Pare Serbs. British and French are advancing la Balkans, rage 4. Official war reports. Page 4. Politics. Washington primary ticket fuses faction. rage 1. Mr. Marshall accepts Democratic re-noml- nation as vice-r resiaent. rags x. Martin H. Glynn praises Democratic ad- ministration, rage 3. Grays Harbor County goes for Humphrey. Fata 11. Mexico. Battery A men on edge while Mexicans In dulge In no'.iuay revelry across ooraer. rage 4. Domestic. Historic mining town burns. Page 6. Star of Chile Is In breakers off Point Pedro. Page 1. New York business men offer to aid in settling streetcar strike. Page 7. Sports. Pacific Coast league Results Portland S, Vernon 7: Oakland 4. San Francisco 3; Los Angeles 6, Salt Lake 5. Pag 18. White Sox climb In pennant race. Page 16. Dodgers Increase lead over Philadelphia. Pago 18. Frank M. Templeton. Portland shooter, wins Padfla Coast handicap event. Page 17. Player limit Is off and Coast Lnnua man. agers wil try out recruits. Page 17. Pacific Northwest. Steamer Congress destroyed by fire off Coos Bay. all on board saved. Page 1. Jackson -County Fair opens. Page 20. Captain of steamer Congress on ships for 37 years. Page 1. British Columbia adopts woman suffrage. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Flour prices advanced 20 cents In local . market. Pago 21. Argentine offerings at Gulf ports break . Chicago wheat market. Page 21. Wide advances in speculative stocks at New York. Page si. Port to make fill at site for new Heath shipyard, rage Portland and Vicinity. Jesse L. Lee shoots Albert F. Gabel. who shot Ms divorced wife. Page 1. Third Oregon's homecoming parade is trl- umi m mrc- - o. a. in. n!ia. for Portland trade revival win Progressive Business Men's Club. Page 10. Only 00 protests against tax assessments Xllea. rage v Disease traced to mental state by Christian Scientist. . Opposition to naturalization of S. Benson talis nai- ragn iw. Sanity hearing of H. C. Mowrey under Way. Page 15. Aman Moore wants cement company di rectors restrained. Page 1. Third Oregon men partake of royal feast. Page S. Auditorium cornerstone laid. Page 7. Dr. McClure tells physicians that knife can defeat paralysis. Page 11. State convention of Hughes Alliances called for October 7. Page 11. Dahlia and horse reign at Gresam. Page 20. Labor Council revives plan for labor tem ple. Pago 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. ATTACK IS MADE IN PUBLIC Attempted Killing Is Echo of Tragedy of January 9. GUN DISCHARGED TWICE Divorced Husband of Mrs. Lee Say He Learned Only Recently of ex Wife's Death and Hurried Here to Avenge Her. The tragic death of his divorced wife hy a rifle In the 'hands of Albert F. Gabel caused Jesse L. Lee. a mechanic, of Kenton, to attempt the retributive killing; of Gabel yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o clock. At close range Lee fired two loads from a shotgun at Gabel. Inflicting; wounds that may prove fatal. The shooting occurred before the Queen Bakery, 622 Alberta street. Mrs. Lee was killed by the alleged accidental ' discharge of a rifle on January 9 last. Several stray buckshot struck Fred erick W. Nichols, aged 14. of 1038 Nineteenth street North. Inflicting flesh wounds in his left foot. The boy was standing half a block away. He was attended by Dr. A. Samuel Tor re ns, at East Seventeenth and Alberta streets, and taken home. Seated before the bakery, where he s employed as a delivery chauffeur by his brother. Henry Gabel, the victim. ' was reading a newspaper. Lee ap proached, carrying a sawed-off shot gun. Victim Taken Inairarea, Do you know who I am?" witnesses say he asked. "Well, I'm Mr. Lee." Hia next words were In a lower tone and unintelligible. Gabel glanced up from his paper as Lee fired.- The; first shot caught Gabel in the left shoulder, shat tering it. A hall of buckshot smashed, through the bakery windows. Imperil ing those inside. Gabel leaped to his feet, nis sniri- sleeves reddened with blood, and began to run. Lee fired at the fleeing man. dropping him In a huddle on the side walk. The first shot was fired at a dis tance of about 12 feet, the second at 15 feet. Assailant Tries to Escape. As the wounded man fell. Lee turned and ran nearly to the corner of Six teenth and Alberta streets, striking into a vacant lot, where he threw the shot gun In some bushes behind a residence at 1015 Fifteenth street, near Wygant street. Patrolman Endicott, who was going home on an Alberta car, with ex-Deputy Constable H. H. Long, left the car and started in pursuit. Lee had se creted himself in the bushes. Patrol man Endicott. with drawn revolver, called on him to come out. There was a minute's pause, then the fugitive emerged, his hands held high. He was taken to the Police Station at once by Patrolman Endicott in a volunteered automobile. Bystanders' Escape Karrsw. Gable was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital by the Ambulance Service Company. As he was lifted into the ambulance he murmured, "Lee shot me." Within the bakery, at the time of the shooting, were Mrs. Elizabeth Hutch. F. A. Wegner and William R. Alt. all employes of the place. All three wit nessed the attempted killing, and had narrow escapes from the first shot, which scattered battered buckshot through the bakery. Gabel was reading a paper aold him by Tritchof Saistrom. a newsboy. Recovery la Possible. The weapon used was a sawed-off 10-gauge shotgun, both barrels loaded with buckshot. Had either charge struck the victim fairly, death would have been a matter of moments. At Good Samaritan Hospital his condition is reported to be grave, but there is , said to be hope for his recovery. Questioned at the Police Station by District Attorney Evans and Deputy District Attorneys Kyan and Collier, the prisoner answered that hia sol purpose was to avenge the death of hia ex-wife. "The only thing Is. be shot my wife, and 1 shot him, that is all 1 have to say." Lee replied. "You have a clear recollection of taking your gun and going out there, haven't you?" Queried Deputy District Attorney Collier. "Well. I'll tell you. I really think I remember pretty well." was the re sponse. Conversation la Recalled. "The little boys say after you intro duced yourself you said something else that they couldn't quite understand." District Attorney Evans prompted. "Oh. yes. I said. 'You are the man that killed my wife.' Then he started to run." Lee declared that he had not known of the killing of Mrs. Lee, for which Gabel is under indictment for involun tary manslaughter, until two weeks ago. He had become estranged from his wife and had gone to Canada. When Mrs. Lee was killed, relatives sought in vain to locate him. Fiually his mother, who lives in Los Angeles, received a letter from him. He was then at (Concluded oa l'age . Columu 2.)