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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1916)
4 THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1916. STORM STRIPS SHIP OFF ALASKAN COAST Harold Blekum Has Eight-Day Battle With Snow, Gale and Rough Seas. VESSEL IS FRAME OF ICE Crew Forced to Chop Frozen Accu mulation From Superstructure to Prevent Topheavy Sail ing Craft From Capsizing. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) Stripped of her head sails, with her forestay gone and her rigging hanging In shreds, the two-masted tchooner Harold Blekum arrived here today in tow of the tug Manila from Port Angeles. With the arrival of the schooner comes the story of an eight-day battle with snow and Ice and wind and wave off Kodiak Island, which ended with the northwest gale finally triumphant, ripping the head sails off the vessel and forcing Captain Magnussen to turn the prow southward to milder seas and weather. Bad Lnck Follows Ft The experience of Captain Magnus sen and the eight men of his crew was, for sheer bad luck, a marine rarity. Coupled with the desire to make tne port for which he had cleared was the further wish to spend Christmas at his home at Kodiak, and Captain Magnussen turned back only when loss of gear made further attempts to beat up against the gale impossible. The Harold Blekum left San Fran cisco November 4 with a full general cargo for Kodiak and Seward. The vessel made a quick run up the coast, making hsr landfall off Kodiak Island November 19. From then on it was bad luck piled upon bad luck and, al though at one time she was within 16 miles of safe anchorage, the gale drove her back to the open sea. Vessel Top-Heavy With Ice. According to the story brought by the officers and crew, wind-blown spray Rnd snow enfased the craft in solid ice, making the vessel so topheavy that the men chopped steadily in relays all through the eight-day period in order to keep from foundering. Tricks at the wheel were for only half an hour at a time, so cold was the driving wind. When the forestay was carried away, and after it the forestay sail, jib and staysail, the vessel's head fell away and the captain decided to run for tho south. Frozen rigging and canvas made working the ship almost impossible, and thereafter the canvas on the ship was carried away. She made the run from Port Angeles in 18 days, prac tically under bare poles, and when she reached port she showed only a rag on the foremast, with nothing on the main. The Harold Blekum Is owned by W. J. Erskine. of San Francisco. LONG POLAR TRIP PLANNED Captain Bartlett to Have Power Ship Built on Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Polar navigator, an nounced here today that within a few months he wolld let the contract on the Pacific Coast for a power ship in which he will start on a four or five year scientific and exploring expedition to the Arctic In the Summer of 1918. in co-operation with Roald Amundsen, who will leave Norway about the same time. Captain Bartlett will be accompanied by a party of only about 10 men, he said, including two navigators. Several of his principal assistants have been selected, but their identity will not be disclosed for the present. CRANBERRY MEN UNITE Oregon and Washington Growers Form Pacific Exchange. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) At a meeting held here last evening, the Pacific Cranberry Exchange was organized, H. S. Gane being elected temporary chairman, with w. E. Schimpff, temporary secretary. The meeting was attended by the growers In Pacific County, Washington, and Clatsop County, Oregon. The new exchange is being organized on lines similar to the one maintained by the fruit growers of Oregon, Wash ington and California. It ie estimated that 10.000 barrels of cranberries will be grown on the Pacific Coast bogs in 1917, and it is to handle the marketing of this crop that the organization Is being formed. 3 WOMEN WIN HUSBANDS Lottery Drawing Comes as Climax to Bachelors' Club Dance. GLEN CARBON, 111., Dec. 24. Three "eligible" bachelors, guaranteed "good providers," were won by three women at a matrimonial lottery early today as the climax of a dance given by the Glen Carbon Bachelors' Club. The names of the prizes and the holders of the lucky numbers as given out by Carl Huffman, a member of the club, are: Joe Clenson, 33, coal miner, of Glen Carbon, won by Miss Maud Fletcher, of Glen Carbon; Charles Hen dricks, 38. marble worker, of Edwards vine, won by Miss Sarah Brown, of Denver, Colo.; Joe Jiggers, 34, bar tender, of Glen Carbon, won by Miss Rose Brown, of Denver. ACETYLENEPLANT KILLS 3 Three Others Seriously Hurt, Ten More Injured by Explosion. DES MOINES. Dec. 24. Three per sons were killed, three probably fatal ly injured and 10 others seriously in jured when an acetylene gas plant in the home of John Faaborg, near Klm ballton, la., exploded shortly before noon today. The dead are: John Nelson, Kimball ton. 45; Ida Faaborg. Kimballton. 14; Christina Faaborg, Kimballton, . Assailant Suspects Held. J. B. Nelson reported to the police last night that two men with knives had tried to attack him at Second and Jefferson streets, but that he had es caped by running. D. Sandy and John Luciani were arrested by Patrolmen Maxwell and Abbot after Eva Brown. 74 Second street, had identified them as the two men who had chased Mr. Nelson. The prisoners were held on a charge of drunkenness. " - AO?rVfSOV vsv -rss Toy S&rcS Uf TWO STo CrVVOS BERLIN LIKES IDEA Baron Bussche Says America Will Play Important Part. RESULT UP TO ENTENTE Under-Secretary of State Notes Im portant Fact That All Belliger ents Insist on Protection for Small Neutrals. BERLIN. Dec. 24. (By wireless to Sayville. N. T.) Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and formerly first secretary of the German Embassy in Washington, in an inter view with a member of the Overseas I News Agency staff regarding Presl- 1 dent Wilson's note to the belligerents, describes the reception of the note by German official circles as sympathetic. "The under-secretary opened the conversation, says the news agency, by saying: "I am sure I know what you want to ask me. You want to know our opinion about what I may call President Wil son's peace note. In this case I think it would be best if you ask me regarding those points which impress you as most important." In complying, the Interviewer said: "There are two main points in the President's note which, although inter woven with each other, make separate consideration necessary. The first is in relation to the immediate and near fu ture and conveys the meaning that the conditions ought to be made known under which the belligerents consider the conclusion of peace probable. The second problem is far-reaching. It takes a broad view of the possibilities of the future in general and asks by what means such catastrophes as the present can be averted." Baron Bussche agreed to this. "As to the problem wfiich you men tioned last." he remarked, "that of gen eral arrangements for the future. I dare say that the United States will play an important part ;n them. The United States always has been among the most enthusiastic and foremost advo cates of the idea of arbitration. Peace Itnelf L'p to Belligerent. "As to the conclusion of peace itself, this must be done by the belligerents. I think I understand President Wilson aright If I say that he does not offer mediation for this point, and that he only shows the interest which the United States, as well as all other neutrals, naturally have to see peace restored. The President says that in this direction it would be of material advantage if conditions could be com municated under which the belligerents consider it possible to make peace. As to these conditions I may point out one remarkable fact: all of the bellig erents have insisted that one of their most important aims is the protection of small neutral states." "I do not want to reopen discussions Qf the past. I want to be as impartial, as 'neutral.' as it is possible to be in the present hour when I state what must be Germany's standpoint in this respect. All the belligerents agreed In words about this position of neutrals, but as to their actions, they have been less unanimous. I do not want to speak about Belgium at all. As I have al ready said I do want to speak of the past. How About Ronmnnla and Greece? "But how about Greece? How about Roumanla? Roumania has been dragged into the war virtually against her will by the entente. Of course, we recog nize that Lloyd George In his last speech called the entente's action in Roumania s case a blunder, but that is small comfort. Then about Constanti nople? M. Trepoff. the Russian Prem ier, a few days ago announced to the world that possessibn of this city had been promised to Russia by the entente in 1915. Does this not mean the par tition of a state which cannot even be called small and which has assisted vitally during the present war? "At all events, from our standpoint, we must insist that an aggressive coalition of the great powers against one or several others, with the inten tion of partition or conquest, ought to be prevented." Fir. lly Baron Bussche. asked to ex press his general opinion regarding the President's note, said: "I think I can state now that the President's note has been received with sympathy. This is certainly true of official circles. "We shall know after a few days what will be the entente's answer to our offer to enter into a conversation of negotiations or a conference In SOME OF SANTA'S LITTLE JOKES. f.rTvj urn w fci mmmzm which the belligerents can outline and communicate their conditions. "This. I understand, also is President Wilson's opinion, and we shall know whether the entente will avoid answer ing this, our question, as according to the latest utterances of entente states men may seem possible, or whether things will take a diferent course." s FRANCE IS NOT RECEPTIVE Entente Declared on Different Foot ing From Central Powers. PARIS, Dec. 24. The unanimous vote of the Senate affirming that France cannot conclude peace with an enemy who occupies French territory coming at the same time as the peace note of the Swiss government, has stirred anew the French press and public. The ac tion of the Senate gave further indi cation of the attitude of the entente allies toward President Wilson's pro posals, while confidence voted in the Briand Ministry was regarded most favorably. The foreign affairs committee of the Chamber devoted a large part of the session yesterday to an examination of President Wilson's note. The Petit Journal suggests that President Wilson in sending the note i knew he would have the support of Switzerland, and says "France pities its neighbor, menaced like Belgium, perhaps, but Essence. which did not want war, knows that there are suggestions that honor and lntrest prevent it from hearing." The Petit Parisien says: "The note deserves the same courte ous examination and reserve. France will not forget the treatment by the Swiss of the interned and cepatrlated people, but has a right to recall that as to the war the entente allies cannot be placed on the same footing as the central powers." The Echo de Paris says: "Our resolution will demonstrate once more than the Federal Council would be mistaken as to the feeling of the allies, and the French in particular if it believed them disposed to nego tiate with Germany. Germany has at tempted the same effort in Switzerland as in the other European neutral coun tries to procure benevolent interven tion." The Matin says: It must be remarked that the Fed eral Council supports the effort of America without associating it with regard to the questions. Besides asking the governments to make known the objects of the war, it limits itself to the very honorable wish that peace be concluded now and homage is to be rendered to the sentiments dictating the note." NOTE VIEWED AS ULTIMATUM Australian Premier Comments on Lansing's Explanation. LONDON, Dec. 24. A Reuter dispatch from Melbourne today quotes Premier Hughes of the Australian Common wealth as follows in reference to Sec retary of State Lansing's explanation of President Wilson's note to the bel ligerents: "Under the guise of an addenda to the peace note deploring the war, the explanation abruptly discloses that the situation is critical enough to bring the mediator to the verge of war. "The peace note cannot be read apart from the thinly-veiled demand to know the allies' Intentions, not for the pur pose of mediation, but in America's in terests. Seeen in this light, the note is more of an ultimatum than an effort at mediation." Note Delivered to Russia. LONDON, Dec. 24. David R. Fran cis the American Ambassador at Pet rograd, yesterday handed President Wilson's note to the belligerent pow ers to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, says a Reuter's dispatch from Petrograd today. Progress of the War. THE Teutonic allies in the Dobrudja region of Roumania are still ham mering hard the Russian and Rou manian lines in the north. The town of Isaklshe, on the east bank of the Danube, has been captured by the In vaders, who are also keeping up their operations in the region of Tultcha. In Galicia and up in the Carpathian mountains considerable activity pre vails, with the Russians the aggressors. In the Carpathians the Russians have captured several Austro-German posi tions, and farther south near the Tran-sylvania-Roumania frontier, have tak en a ridge from them. The third Christmas of the war. ex cept in Roumania. finds the belligerent forces still well entrenched and using their artillery as the chief method of warfare. Only small infantry engage ments are reported from any of the fronts. A O TsyfAZ fx MINiNG DIVIDENDS BIG SPOKANE niSTRICT YIELDS NET OK $13,827,281 TO OWNERS. Melon Sliced by Hercules Is Largest. Mark Jlade In 191S Exceeded Tbla Year by 53,530,764. SPOKANE, Waah., Dec. 24. (Special.) The dividend distribution of North western mines in territory adjacent to Spokane will be $13,827,281 in the cur rent year, exceeding the 1915 record by $3,539,764, thus establishing a new high level for metal-producing corporations and firms in this field. While the figure credited to the Her cules have been estimated, they are be lieved to be approximately correct. As suming this to be true, the Hercules occupies the first position for the year in the disbursements in the Coeur d'Alene division. Interstate-Callahan, first in the ta bles of the last previous year, occupies second place this year. Bunker Hill & Sullivan occupies third place and Hecla fourth, Caledonia. Federal and Success occupying Important positions. Suc cess paid less than in the previous year and Stewart dropped out, although re ported to be earning. Tamarack St Custer made its first ap pearance and is expected to make a fine showing when in operation again. WARNING NOW EXPECTED Cont1nud From First Pace.) suit of his peace movement, will be increased. The effect of the action, it will be contended, will be to give Ger man submarines an absolutely free hand in sinking on sight practical!" every vessel they may meet. It will be regarded as a further Indication of the Administration's policy to swing Gray's Sensational Announcement Beginning Tuesday Morning My Great $85,000 Stock EE OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINEST READY-FOR-WEAR CLOTHES must be converted into cash at the earliest date possible. Owing to EE EE late receipts of merchandise that should have been delivered months ago, we are greatly overstocked and once to meet our obligations. To do this we will make tremendous reductions all along the line, except on EE women of Portland and vicinity will avail themselves of this opportunity to supply their clothes needs EE Chesterfield Suits and Overcoats, Men's Fine Furnishings and Hats. Ladies' Fine Suits, Coats, Dresses Waists, Skirts, Petticoats and Sweaters, all go in this Great Stock-Reducing, Money-Raising Sale 1 CHESTERFIELD SUITS AND OVERCOATS $20.00 Values at $16.50 $25.00 Values at $10.50 $30.00 Values at $24.50 $35.00 Values at $27.50 $40.00 Values at $32.50 MEN'S UNDERWEAR AND PAJAMAS REDUCED. $1.00 Garments at 800 $2.00 Garments at '.$1.60 $2.50 Garments at $2.00 $3.50 Garments at $2.80 $5.00 Garments at $4.00 $6.00 Garments at...f $4.80 MEN'S SHIRTS REDUCED Wilson Bros, and other good makes. Odd lot $1.50 Shirts at 95c Regular $1.50 Shirts at $1.15 Regular $2.00 Shirts at $1.65 $2.50 and $3.00 Shirts at $1.05 I R. M. GRAY Corner Washington and West Park Streets lllllllllllllllllllM JN ALL SINCERITY do we offer this message of thanks and appreciation to those who in this season of giving have turned to us for their needs. A half century s experience records for us no year of greater buying and giving and further do we note a growing spirit of kindliness of consideration by the thousands of holiday shoppers. Indeed, our associates, truly anx ious to please, have seen and felt this; a finer spirit has leavened, aye, refined, a season marked by that wonder ful blending of tenderest sentiment, religious belief and material affairs and so the principals of this firm and all who toil with them tender to you who may chance to read this the best wishes for your health and well-being. Louis G. Clarke William F. Woodward the United .States Into line back of the. central powers. The American people should Know that from the beginning of the war the 1 men and women of England and France have felt that while they were fight ing for democratic principles we were reaping profit from their agony. At the same time they realized the value of American friendship and sought to retain it by restricting supervision of commerce to a point which they felt endangered the effectiveness of the blockade. American Course Amases. They have watched with amazement the acceptance by the United States of German destruction of American life on the high seas and shrugged their shoulders at our failure to attend to what they looked upon as our own business. They believed that humani tarian reasons should have moved us to protest vigorously against the en slavement of Belgians and French civ ilians. They were deeply aroused by the action of the Federal Reserve Board in warning investors from purchasing unsecured bonds, holding that it struck an unmerited blow at their credit. There is no doubt from the cabled re ports received that they consider the President's peace movement as having relation to the German proposal, if not inspired by It. If the President now should warn Americans against travel ing on belligerent merchantmen and thus give the widest possible scope to the operations of German submarines, diplomats say, there is no telling what may happen. Britons Would Blame Americans. It must not be forgotten that the sinking of every ship means a curtail ment in the food supply of the people of England and their disposition nat urally would be to blame the United States for their condition. The allies are not helpless by any means, so far as the United States Is concerned. They may say that war necessities prevent them from supply ing the tonnage ' which this country needs for the transportation of it products. This would affect seriously the prosperity of the American people, for without ships their goods could not reach foreign markets. The Administration heretofore has Insisted that Americans have the right to travel on belligerent merchantmen, even those armed for defense. Christmas Baby Born. The first Christmas baby to be re ported was a 7 H -pound boy born to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Cook. 70 North Fifteenth street. Dr. Earl Smith reports mother and son doing nicely. Ladies' Suits & Dresses HALF-PRICE $25.00 Suits and Dresses. .$12.50 $30.00 Suits and Dresses. .$15.00 $40.00 Suits and Dresses. .$20.00 $50.00 Suits and Dresses. .$25.00 $75.00 Suits and Dresses. .$37.50 HATS Special lot $3.00 Hats at $2.35 Odd lot $4.00 and $5.00 Hats at $3.25 HAND LUGGAGE Bags and Suitcases at 25 Discount. MEN'S FINE NECKWEAR REDUCED 50c Neckwear 40 Special lot $1.00 Neckwear at 550 Regular $1.50 Neckwear at 05tf $2.00 and $2.50 Neckwear at $1.45 $3.50 Neckwear at $1.75 JUXB STREET AT WEST BM8X Rival is for ed wright PLACE AS SECRETARY OF SERVICE COMMISSION ASSURED. H. H. Corey, Competitor at Primaries, Supports Loser for S20OO Post If Legislature Acts. SALEM. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) Ed. Wright. County Clerk of Union County. I probably will become secretary of the I Public Service Commission, after the I first of the year to fill the position now held by Edward Ostrander. Mr. Ostrander will remain with the Com mission as an examiner, a position held before H. H. Corey, then secretary, be came a member of the Commission. Mr. Wright, who resides at La Grande, was a candidate for the Re publican nomination against Mr. Corey before the last primaries. At the time it was understood he had made state ments that in event Mr. Corey was de feated, he would use his influence to retain Mr. Corey as secretary. The selection of Mr. Wright has been hanging fire pending action by the next Legislature. A large share of the Public Service Commission's appropri ation was sliced off by the last Legis lature, and It may be that the appro priations made at the coming session will be such as to demand retrench ment on the part of the Commission so that the secretary's duties may still de volve upon Mr. Ostrander. However, it Is understood that Mr. Wright Is the selection of at least two members of the Commission. It Is not known what Commissioner-elect Bueh tel will do in regard to the appointment of Mr. Wright. The secretary's position pays $2000 a year. POLICEMAN PLAYS SANTA Basket of Provisions Taken to Fam ily of Missing Man. Patrolman Gustafson acted the part of Santa Claua last night, and carried a basket of provisions to the family of Mrs. William Foster. 521 East Eighty second street. The police had been In formed that the family, consisting of a grandmother. 70 years old. the mother, and three small children, were In al most destitute circumstances. The policeman reported that Mr. Fos ter deserted his wife and children yes- - MARSHALL 4-700 -HOME A 6171 Yes, Thank You we had a most satisfactory 3E Christmas business. B Our new location, our in- S creased efficiency and the host of patrons so loyal to E this long-established firm all 55 combined to favor us greatly. B We wish to express our ap- preciation of the splendid patronage accorded us. H THAT CHRISTMAS CHECK can be spent to good advan 3E tage at this store. EE Tomorrow and all this week we shall be busy helping se- lect gifts resulting from 5 checks and from the large B number of merchandise or- ders issued. We hope you those favored. are among Buffum & 1 Pendleton Co. Clothiers, Hatters and Haber- dashers EE 127 Sixth Street 30 easy steps from Washing ton. 55 F. N. Pendleton Winthrop Hammond terday. taking $17 from his mother, and $1.S5 from the children's savings bank. The provisions were prepared by a charitable society. Woman Arrested; Beer Seized Mrs. Minnie Hedges, aged 23 years, was arrested at 355 North Fourteenth street last night in a raid in which the police seised a keg and a half of bottled beer Hazel Rumpf was held as a wit ness against Mrs. Hedges. must convert stock into cash at g a few contract items. Men and 3 from this magnificent stock of 3 3 LADIES' COATS One-third of the Price $20.00 Coats at $13.50 $25.00 Coats at $16.5(1 $30.00 Coats at $10.5(1 $40.00 Coats at $27.5(1 $50.00 Coats at $32.50 LADIES' WAISTS REDUCED $ 3.50 Waists at $2.65 $ 4.50 Waists at $3.25 $ 5.00 Waists at $3.05 $ 6.50 Waists at $4.75 $ 7.50 Waists at $5.50 $10.00 Waists at '. $7.25 ODD LOT LADIES' SKIRTS $10.00 to $15.00 Skirts at $3.25 REGULAR STOCK SKIRTS $ 7.50 Skirts at $ 3.75 $10.00 Skirts at $ 5.00 $12.00 Skirts at.; $ 6.00 $15.00 Skirts at $ 7.50 $18.00 Skirts at $ O.OO $20.00 Skirts at $10.00
