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VOL,. IVI NO. 17,447.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THREE-MILE TRENCH
TAKEN BY BRITISH
MOTOR CAPSIZES
HURTING 6 IN CITY
AIRMAN SHOT DOWN
IN RAID ON BRITAIN
HUGHES MAJORITY IS
SHOWN BY BALLOTS
44th SUNNY DAY
SOLE SURVIVOR OF
IS LURE TO OPEN
SONGS STIR VOTERS
CREW OF 21 LANDS
FAILURE OF BRAKES ON HfXl:
RESULTS IX CATASTROPHE.
GERMAN FLAXE-DROPS BOMBS
ON THAMES SEAPORT.
40-MILE STREAM OF AUTOS SEEN
OX COLUMBIA HIGHWAY.
ROUS NG CA MPAI6N
Offensive Resumed on
Large Scale.
FIGHTING WEATHER RETURNS
Position With Sinister Reputa
tion Smothered by Guns.
600 PRISONERS CAPTURED
Advance Most Important In Three
Weeks Deep, Snut Dugouts of
Enemy Highly Prized at
Outset of Winter.
fCopyrlght, 1918. by the Associated Press.)
BRITISH FRONT IX FRANCE. Oct.
21. via London. Oct. 22. With the re
turn of fighting weather the British
resumed the offensive on a larger scale
today and turned on enough gunfire
and sent In enough troops to make ure
Regina trench was theirs. It was the
most important attack for three weeks.
All this month Regina trench - has
been developing a sinister reputation.
It Joins on to the old first-line fortifi
cations In the neighborhod of Thlcpval,
and anything in that region with com
fortable dugouts the Germans like to
retain In order to prevent the active
battle front from broadening, and for
another reason which a British soldier
expressed when he said:
"With Winter coming on we feel the
need of those deep, snug dugouts the
Germans spent so much time in bulli
Ing." "Blsj Bite" Kound SKniarr.
Parties of the British got possession
of portions of Regina tren,ch on several
occasions, but the Germans swarmed
out of their burrows and repulsed the
Invaders. Evidently Regina trench was
not to be taken by nibbling and re
quired one big bite. In such cases there
Is nothing to do but wait for clear
Weather, when the gunners can see
what they are doing and turn on a No.
1 artillery curtain of fire.-
Yesterday morning a set gunner's
smile was on the face of the whole
army. Instead of rain and mist making
a gunner's bane of low visibility, an
almost wintry sun was shining In
crystal clear air literally an artillery
man's heaven. All the gun tribe neces
eary for the Job were up and in posi
tion already waiting for such a day as
this, when the eyes that see for them
from the observation posts can tell
whether the practice shells they leis
urely fire are on the target which they
are to paste as, far as they can, on the
signals being given for the concert to
begin.
Trench Nearly Three Miles Long.
When the same kind of weather con
tinued today, staff officers who arrange
these affairs said:
"This Is moving day for the Germans
,ln Regina trench."
The Regina trench is a long trench
of nearly three miles about the same
length as the battlefront at Gettys
burg.
Shortly after noon, when there had
been the usual amount of shell fire all
morning and no sign anywhere on the
landscape that anything unusual
was going to happen, a number one
curtain fire sudenly was turned on with
the same effect on the ear as when all
the whistles of New York start when
the clock strikes 12 on New Year's eve.
The usual billowy cloud of shell smoKe
churned and whipped the length of
Regina trench with the customary ac
curacy of these swathes of death and
tempest, and then the British Infantry
were in full possession of the trench.
Six Hundred Prisoners Taken.
Some Germans bolted from the first
ugly breath of that barrage, knowing
from experience that the only thing to
do was to move on to another position
and force the gunners to prepare an
other deluge for the next step of the
entente allied offensive. ' Six hundred
left alive were taken prisoner.
The gunners are smiling at the stars
tonight, which promise another fair day
tomorrow. The cold weather has trans
formed the army Into a Winter
chrysalis. The battalions are marching
up the trenches all wearing their over
coats. The call is for more chocolate
and more bacon sizzling in pans in the
dugouts. The gunners. who were
stripped for their work In August, now
warm their hands on the heated gun
barrels. At night on the field, where
fires are permitted, the men gather
around the blaze of any wood they can
gather. Those digging new trenches on
the ground do not mind how cold it is
so long as the f- Is not soaked by
rain.
COLD WEATHER HELPS DRIVE
Gains Mado Easier by Hardening of
Ground on Western Front.
LONDON, Oct. 22. The following
Joint dispatch dated last night has been
received from the British war corre
spondents' headquarters in France:
"The past two days of blue skies and
hard cold winds has resulted in a gen
eral drying of the ground In the bat
tle area, again permitting activity. The
British troops already have taken ad
vantage of the improvement.
"Shortly after noon today, following
a, heavy bombardment, an attack was
delivered along a. front of about 6000
(Concluded on Face 5, Column 2.)
Driver Tries to TUrn Off Heavy
Grade on Washington Street
and Wheel Gives Way.
6ix persons were injured yesterday
morning, when the automobile In which
they were riding turned over at Twenty-third"
and Washington streets. Mrs.
William Maxwell, of Tillamook, sus
tained, a fracture of the left leg. and is
now In Good Samaritan Hospital. From
the character of the accident it Is
considered remarkable that any of the
party escaped without more serious In
juries. The car was driven by William Max
well, of Tillamook. He was accom
panied by hie wife and son, Joseph. 12
years old, and by Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Kinnlnan. of Aloha, Or., and their lit
tle daughter, Pauline, 2 years old.
Every member of the party was so
badly bruised and shocked that they
were taken to Good Samaritan Hos
pital for treatment.
The car was descending the hill, ac
cording to Mr. Maxwell's statement,
when the brakes refused to work. In
an endeavor to check the speed and
avoid, accident he attempted to turn
Into the side street. Instantly a front
wheel of the ear collapsed under the
strain and the machine upset, throw
ing the occupants to the pavement.
None of them was pinned beneath the
wreck.
With the exception of Mrs. Maxwell
all were able within a few hours to
leave the hospital, where their wounds
were dressed. They returned to their
homes yesterday afternoon.
UNFAIR ELECTION CHARGED
N learn giian Liberals Send Protest to
President Wilson.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Oct. 22. Rep
resentatives of the Liberal party have
sent a protest to President Wilson
against the recent elections, in which
General Emillano Chamorro was elected
president of the republic, accusing
President Adolfo Diaz of not complying
with his promise to permit an absolute
ly fair ballot.
The protest says also that the Ameri
can Minister. Benjamin L. Jefferson,
imposed on the Liberals conditions
which amounted to the exclusion of the
party from the participation in the
government which Its number entiteld
it to.
8 HURT IN AUTO COLLISION
Cars Said to Have Been Racing Into
Michigan Town.
MANISTEE. Mich.. Oct. 22. Eight
persons were Injured, three perhaps
fatally, when two automobiles, said to
have been racing into Manistee, col
lided at the outskirts of the city short
ly before midnight last night.
The injured Include Waldemar Brown,
ex-Mayor of Manistee; George Giles,
register of deeds, and Frederick Stone,
candidate for Judge of probate. -
Brown is believed to have sustained
a fractured Ekull.
COFFEE THEFTS EXTENSIVE
Ten Pounds Taken From Each of
Many Bags in Salvador.
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal
vador. Oct. 22. Two arrests have been
made in connection with the theft of
coffee shipped from San Salvador, dis
closed through complaints made by
American merchants that 10 pounds of
coffee wero missing from each of many
bags consigned to them.
The value of the coffee stolen ap
proximates 300.000 pesos. The investi
gation, which began a month ago, has
not yet concluded.
WOMAN KILLS MOTHER, 85
Daughter, Who Is 52, Then Kills
Self by Jumping Into Deep Well.
DUBUQUE, la.. Oct. 22. Mrs. Mary
Sunderhaft, aged 85, was murdered by
her daughter. Josephine Sunderhaft.
aged 52. yesterday, the latter later com
mitting suicide by Jumping Into a 60
foot well.
The old lady was found with rope
twisted tightly about her neck. Her
clothes were nearly torn from her
body, as were also the clothes of her
daughter.
NOTED GENERALS WOUNDED
Marchand and Sainte Claire Deville
Hit Fighting for France.
PARIS, Oct. 22. Two of the best-
known French generals, Brigadier-Gen
eral Marchand, of Fashoda fame, and
General Sainte Claire Deville. have
been wounded in battle.
General Marchand's wounds are not
regarded as serious, in fact It is an
nounced that he will be able to con
tinue in command of his brigade on the
western front. General Sainte Claire
Deville, however, is seriously wounded
AVIATOR DECORATES GRAVE
Georgia City Honors Memory of Mrs.
Ellen Wilson.
KUMt, ua.. Oct. 22. A wreath of
flowers entwined with an American
flag was dropped from a height of 1400
leeu oy j uiiuuy ureen, an aviator, on
the cemetery here In' which Mrs. Ellen
Wilson, wife of the President, is burled.
The wreath was placed on Mrs. Wil
son's grave as Home's tribute to her
memory.
Mrs. Hanley's Compan
ion Adds to Interest.
AUDIENCES JOIN IN LUSTILY
Mrs. Bert Anderson's Patriotic
Parodies Win Voters.
MARTIAL AIRS ARE VARIED
Med ford's Mezzo Soprano Is "Doing
Her Bit" in Extern Oregon With
Mclodius Forecasls of 'Vic
tory for Republicans.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 22. Special.)
While Mrs. E. B. Hanley. the Billy
Sunday of politics, is encouraging Re
publicans and producing a change of
heart in many a Democrat, another
Medford woman Is "doing her bit," too.
In this whirlwind Eastern Oregon cam
paign. This is Mrs. Bert Anderson who
sings at each of the big meetings.
When Mrs. Hanley was persuaded to
enter the campaign movement by giv
ing her famous heart-interest talks to
voters in Oregon, her fellow townsmen
sent Mrs. Anderson along on the trip to
give additional Interest by singing pa
triotic songs.
Mrs. Anderson Is a trained vocalist
with a big mezzo-soprano of beautiful
tone-quality and full of melody.
Clever Melodies Sun sr.
In her church-choir work and in her
social life she has confined her selec
tions to the classical music, but in the
campaign she Is singing the songs that
stir and thrill. Patriotic songs, martial
melodies and clever parodies on Civil
War-time songs make up her reper
toire. One. set to the tune of "Tramp.
Tramp. Tramp, the Boys Are March
ing." is creating a sensation. In La
Grande, tomorrow night, where Mrs.
Hanley Js to speak, printed copies of
his song will be distributed In the
audience, so that all may Join in the
chorus. It follows:
Here at Shadow Lawn I sit.
While with gloom my brow Is knit.
As I sea Hughes' chanches surely mount
ing higher.
And the tears they fill my eyes.
fcplte of all that I can do.
For I fee! they're going to force ma to
letlre.
CHORUS.
Tramp, tramp, tramp.
Z hear them marching.
Millions whom I cannot fool.
And' I greatly fear
That the tlmo is drawing near.
When I'll have to start again at teaching
school.
If I only had been firm
And refused a second term
Which the Democratic party had in view.
T would net be In the plight
Of a man too proud to fight.
And too weak to crow a cocka-doodle-do.
Audience Joins In Song.
Another, to the stirring air of "The
Battle Cry of Freedom." Mrs. Anderson
(Concluded on Page 7, Column 2.)
j.
British Aviators Pursue and Br1 ng
Down CraftRailway Cars Dam
aged, but No One Killed.
LONDON. Oct. 22. A hostile aero
plane appeared today over the forti
fied seaport of Sheerness. at the mouth
of the Thames. Four bombs were
dropped. Xo casualties have been re
ported officially.
An official communication issued to
night says:
"A hostile seaplane was shot down
and destroyed this afternoon by one
of our naval aircraft. The machine fell
into the sea. Judging by the time. It
probably was the seaplane which vis
ited Sheerness today."
The following official account of the
attack was given out:
"A hostile aeroplane approached
Sheerness at about 1:45 P. M. today,
flying very high. Four bombs were
dropped, three of which fell into the
harbor. The fourth fell In the vicinity,
of a railway station and damaged sev
eral railway carriages.
"British aeroplanes went up and the
raider made off in a northeasterly di
rection. No- casualltles have been re
ported." APPLES PICKED ON SUNDAY
Hood River Folks Act to Save Best
From Windfalls.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. -Oct. 22. (Spe
cial.) Hood River applegrowers for
the most part today engaged In picking
apples. They have been assisted by
townspeople at an estimated number
or 200. But orchardlsts snd city folic
have disobeyed no scriptural injunction
for "the ox is in the ditch."
Thousands of boxes of the best com
mercial fruit still remain on the trees
In the East Side orchard district, The
apples "lave so ripened that the least
swaying of the branches cauoes them
to 'umble in wasteful numbers to the
earth. A fallen apple cannot bo used
In the commercial packs, but must bo
shipped to by-products plants.
SPAIN WINS CONCESSION
Germany Makes Conditional Promise
to Spare Fruit Ships.
MADRID. Oct. 21, via London. Oct.
22. The Minister of State, replying to
a question In the Chamber of Deputies
today, said that the German govern
ment has promised to respect condi
tionally Spanish ships carrying fruit,
even those with consignments to- bel
ligerent ports. '
The Minister requested the chamber
not to discuss the torpedoing- by Ger
man submarines of merchant ships."
WORLD CROP FALLS SHORT
Total Estimated at 25 Per Cent Leo
Than That of Last Year.
ROME, via Paris. Oct. 22. The total
wheat harvest of the world Is esti
mated by the International Agricultu
ral Institute as 7 per cent below the
average and 25 per cent below that of
last year.
The institute's report Includes, for the
first time, the crop of European Rus,
sla. which it estimates to be 20 per
cent less than that of last year.
ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IX.
Mr. Willcox Reviews
Recent Primaries.
REPUBLICANS FAR IN LEAD
Results in Widely Separated
States in Evidence.
INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN
New York, New Jersey, Maine, Pa
cific Coast States and Middle West,
Says Republican Chairman,
Have Shown Preference.
NEW TORK. Oct, 22. (Special.)
"The people of the United States have
made up their minds In favor of Mr.
Hughes and against Mr. Wilson and
that Is all there is to It." said William
R. Willcox. chairman of the Republi
can National Committee, today.
"They have given positive proof of it
on numerous occasions this Fall
proof that cannot be denied, misunder
stood cr misinterpreted. In a dosen
states, from Maine to California, from
Michigan to Maryland, where the
voters have had a chance to stand up
and be counted, they have unfailingly
taken advantage of these opportunities
to show their determined preference
for Mr. Hughes. There Is no exception.
"This Is the thing that counts. It
doesn't make . any difference what
claims campaign managers put forth.
It Is the way the people vote that does
the real talking.
Actual Votes in Evidence.
"Here Is how they have been voting:
In California, S07.793 Republicans voted
in the primaries and only 77,830 Demo
crats. In Maine the voters were counted
at an election and Maine's answer was
emphatic and conclusive. There were
79,902 Republicans and 66.547 Demo
crats 'and that was after a campaign
hotly contested on both sides and where
the Democratic managers made support
of Wilson the cardinal issue.
"New Jersey and Massachusetts show
exactly the same situation. In each
state there wai a Democratic contest,
with one side supported by the Admin
istration. In each state the Adminis
tration candidate was defeated and In
each state the total Democratic
vote was far below the Republican
vote.
Mararln AY id In New Jersey
"In New Jersey Servitor Martlne.
seeking renominatlon, polled B0.9S1
votes. Judge Westcott. who had the
Administration support against Mar
tlne. polled 29,627. This was a hard
fight, which attracted attention all
over the country because of the efforts
of President Wilson's friends to defeat
Martlne. While this bitter contest was
going on, there was a good-natured
campaign In the Republican primaries
between Joseph Frelinghuysen and
Frank lm Murphy, each of whom polled
more votes than both Martlne and
(Concluded on Pass 2. Column 1.)
Gorgeous Autumn Coloring Is Fas
cinating to Thousands Fair
Weather Today Forecast.
Monday, fair; northwesterly winds.
The weather has become a toplo of
conversation that Is not frowned on as
being the last resort on which the Weak
conversationalist falls for Intelligent
discussion.
Truly, many native Portlanders assert
that this weather, while unusual, is the
kind that has brought fame to Oregon.
Yesterday, the 44th consecutive dry
day, was as pretty an Autumn day as
could be desired. Forty-two days was
the previous Fall drouth, record. Al
most the entire population of the city
went somewhere to enjoy It.
Those who possessed automobiles
sought the open road. Others enjoyed
boating on the river. Those who were
not so fortunate strolled or visited
parks.
The Columbia Highway with the
mountains' gorgeous, fascinating Fall
coloring, lured thousands, and in the
afternoon there was almost a continu
ous stream of automobiles from Port
land to Eagle Creek, some 40 miles
East.
The dry weather is doing little dam
age. Farmers are unable to dig their
potatoes because of the dry soil, but
potatoes may be left in the ground
practically all Winter without harm.
Although no official reports have
reached the weather bureau of frosts
In the vicinity of Portland, many of the
residents of the suburbs have made un
official reports of freezing tempera
tures. WHEAT BRINGS TOP PRICES
Walla Walla Farmers Get From
$1.32 to $1.45 a Bushel.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 22.
(Special.) Top prices for wheat for
the year brought out 100,000 bushels
yesterday and as many more the day
before. Farmers sold for 11.32 and up
to a half-cent better for club; S 1.40 for
bluestem, and 11.45 for turkey red.
W. S. Malloy sold 30,000 bushels of
club at top prices; Harry Collins dis
posed of 6000 bushels: Fred Hofer 8000
bushels. F. C. Vollendortf 7600. and H.
B. Richmond 7000 bushels of club. Ben
Zugar sold 9000 sacks of barley for
S3G.35 a ton. the highest price of the
season.
Dick Tompkins sold 12,000 bushels of
hybrid and 24,000 bushels of bluestem.
THRESHER, WHEAT, BURN
Barn Also Destroyed on Farm South
of The Dalles. ,
THE DALLES. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe
cial.) Fire from the threshing engine
yesterday spread to the wheat stacks
ready to be run through the separator
on the Fisher ranch. IS miles south of
this place, and about 1700 bushels of
grain, the barn and the threshing ma
chine were destroyed.
The thresher had Just been set up.
and the blase started when the crew
was absent for dinner.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 65.4
degrees; minimum. 42. tt degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; north westerly winds.
Politics.
Chairman Willcox says figures show people
nar.t Hughes. Page 1.
Girrord Plnchot will speak tonight. Pace 10.
Stirring patriotic campaign songs add en
thusiasm In Republican meetings, page 1.
Oregon City Republican women plan torch
light procession. Page 7.
Mr. McNarjr confident Oregon will give big
majority for Hug lies. I'age 5.
Churge Mr. Hughes gave assurances to con
ference represented by Jeremiah O'Leary
authoritatively denied. Page i.
War.
Austrian Premier slain because he. refuses
to convene Parliament. Page 4.'
Cause of war discussed by Lord Roberts In
letter written shortly before ha died.
Page 4.
Italy desires to avoid bitterness In war with
Germany. Page 4.
British take three miles of Important
trenches. Page 1.
Airman shot down in raid on England.
Page 1.
Foreign.
Scandinavian countries continue to buy ships
in America. Pa-e 2.
National.
Washington minimises French Seizure of
Chinese territory. Page S.
Domestic.
Captain of whalebaok sole survivor when
vessel la wrecked. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Los Angeles
1-4. Portland 0-4 (second game 11 In
nings, called, darkness): Oakland 3-2,
Vernon 0-9: Salt Lake 6. San Francisco .
Page 32.
Doble seks to keep Johnny Parsons out of
Oregon-Washington game on technicality
Page 12,
Review of baseball season shows Red Sox
and Robins had class of league. Page 12.
Pennsylvania promises to be factor In East
ern championship race. Page 13.
Abner Blair wins high honors at traps.
Page IS.
Pacific Northwest.
Olympla examiners say Industrial Insurance
system is lax. Page 6.
Marine.
Cargo tor Kenton Mam No. 3 being sought.
Pag 13.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Children asking playgrounds depict sordid
conditions in Marquam Oulch. Page IB
Baker Theater has new revolving stag to
change scenes. Page IS.
Many enl'.at as student missionaries. Page 11.
Hcpe Presbyterian Church Is dedicated.
Page 11.
M. c. Fortner. victim of streetcar accident.
dlea. Page lo.
Roarln' frontier danc to be given in barn.
Page IS.
Motor capsizes on Washington street, hurt
ing six. Page I.
Rev. A. F. Bishop preaches opening sermon
at Central Presbyterian Church. Page 11.
Forty-fourth atraight sunny day lures thous
ands to open Page 1.
Church congregations aid Armenians.
Page 10.
Weather it port, data and forecast. Page 5.
Black Friday Tragedy
of Erie Grows.
WHALEBACK'S CAPTAIN SAYED
Man Adrift 30 Hours in Icy
Waters of Lake.
BITTER ORDEAL DESCRIBED
Most of Men. Lost When, Vessel Fonn
ders Others Dcco'ne Exhausted
and Are Washed From Raft.
Other Steamers Lost,
CLEVELAND. Oct. 22. Storm-swept
Lake Erie gave up another fragment
today of the story of Its "black Fri
day" another vessel pounded to pieces
In the stinging gale and grinding
wave, carrying 21 men to their deaths.
The last vessel is the Duluth-owned
whaleback James B. Colgate.
Its lone survivor, adrift for 30
hours on a raft, brought the story
ashore. Half dead, he was carried off
rescue ship at Conneaut, O., this
afternoon.
He Is Captain "Walter Grashaw. of
this city, master of the Colgate, which
went down at 10 o'clock Friday night
off Long Point, Canada, opposite Erie.
Captain Alone la Burned.
Every one of the crew of 21 perished,
19 of them sucked down to death the
Instant the big steel boat foundered in
the storm, and two added to the roil
when, exhausted, they were washed off
the raft that carried their captain. The
ferry steamer Marquette and Bessemer
No. 2 picked up the captain off Ron
deau. Canada, opposite Cleveland.
Six men were lost when the steamer
Filer sank In Lake Erie on Friday, only
Captain Mattison being saved. Earlier
the steamer Marshal F. Butters loun
dered. but Its crew of IS were saved.
Grashaw. who had been master of the
Colgate for only two weeks, is In a
critical condition. Ills wife is at his
bedside.
Victim Laaheel fcy Wavea.
Captain Grashaw could be seen by
his rescuers prostrate on the craft,
numbed hands wrapped about the ropes
twined across It, his body lashing In
the waves. Captain Grashaw'a story
follows:
"We were passing Long Point about
to 7 o'clock Friday night when trou
ble began. The boat sprang aleak
forward. We were all aft at the time
and Immediately we could feel her tip
ping and settling at the head.
"Every man worked for his life then,
but it was no use. By 10 o'clock the
storm had Increased so that the Col
gate d'd not have a chance. The gale
was terrific, rains driving and the
waves pounded. We got the life raft
ready Just as the boat was so far down
that her decks were awash.
Raft Twice Capalaed.
"When she sank everybody Jumped
Into the water. I went down and when
I, came up by some chance my hand
touched the raft. I grabbed it, and
pulled myself on it Just as Second En
gineer Harry Ossmann and a coal passer
reached it. What happened to the
others I don't know. I never saw them
again. They must have been sucked
right down with the ship.
"Then our awful fight began eome
thing I'll never forget. Twice the raft
turned completely over and we were
washed loose, but we managed to re
tain our holds. I must have been un
conscious all the time, for now I can't
remember distinguishing night from
day while the storm went on and our
raft plunged with us. never once in
sight of a ship that might rescue ua
until this morning.
Coal Passer Goes First.
"First the coal passer was washed
away. Then hours later Ossmann.
totally exhausted, was washed to his
death. How I managed to keep on the
raft I don't know. Time and again It
turned over with me. Each time I
had to fight my way on top again."
The Colgate was built In 1892. 3300
gross tons 308 feet long, 38 feet beam
and 24 feet deep.
LAKE IS FTXTj OF WRECKAGE
Vessels Xot Reported May ITa c
Been Lost In Storm.
DETROIT. Oct, 22. That other ves
sels than those already reported may
have gone down in the terrific storm
on the Great Lakes Friday, was the
belief expressed tonight by Captain
Alexander McDonald, of the steamer
Harvey D. Goulder. which stopped at
a coal dock here tonight on the way
up the lakes.
Captain McDonald said that he had
passed through the northern end of
Lake Erie today and that the lake
"was full of wreckage."
Two Bodies Washed Ashore.
DETROIT. Oct. 22. The bodies of two
men. believed to have been members
of the crew of the barge D. L. Filer,
which foundered in Lake Erie Friday
night with a loss of six lives, were
washed ashore below Amherstburg.
OnL, about 20 miles down the Detroit
River, today. They have not been Identified