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- . ; . - . , VOL. LVIII NO. 18.4.J1 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as Second-Class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS OVER-DUE NAVY PLANE REACHES MOBILE, ALA. XC-4 FORCED BY FOG TO LAND OX ISLE OFF NEW ORLEANS. OF CREW PUT IN FARMER, WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN MURDERED RELATIVE FIXDS RODIES OF SLAIX FAMILY. PERSHING UNWILLING TO ENTER POLITICS RED-LADEN ARK OF SOVIET" SAILS SUGAR EXPORTS GAIN DESPITE NEAR-FAMINE IXCREASE OF 339 PER CEXT OVER LAST YBAR SHOWX. HOPE FOR MISSING GEXERAL FIRM IX POSITIOX TO AVOID PUBLIC OFFICE. COAL OPERATORS SHY AT U.S. PUN Wilson Wage Body May Not Function. RONS FOR MUTINY CREW ABANDONED 249 Radicals Off for Un named SOME DEFIANT, SOME SAD "Long Live Revolution in America," Motley Rabble Curses in Chorus. OLD GLORY FLIES OVERHEAD 'We're Coming Back," Says Berkman; "To Hell With U. S. ," Another Roars. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The United States army transport Buford, "Ark of the Soviet," sailed before dawn to day with a cargo of anarchists, com munists and radicals banned from America for conspiring against its government. The ship's destination was hidden in sealed orders but the 249 passen gers it carried expect to be landed at some far northern port giving ac cess to soviet Russia. "Long live the revolution in Amer ica," was chanted defiantly by the motley crowd on the decks of the 6teel-gray troopship as she churned her way past the Statue of Liberty. Now and then they cursed in chorus at the United States and the men who had cut short their propaganda here. Not until he Buford steamed out of the narrows between Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth did the din cease. Over their heads, whipping in the wind, the Stars and Stripes floated from the masthead. None Knows Destination. The autocrats of all the 'Russians on the transport were Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, his boon companion for 30 years. With them were 245 -nen and two women, Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkin. None knew where they would debark and even Captain C. A. Hitchcock, commander of the veteran transport, was no better off. At daybreak to morrow, Colonel Hilton, commanding the troops on board as guards, will hand the skipper his .instructions. Only a few high officials of "the war and labor departments know the chip's destination. The voyage will last 18 days un less it is prolonged by unfavorable weather. The presumption is that the Buford will land at Hanme, Hel singfors, or Abo in Finland, which are connected by rail with Bielo- Osporoff on the Russian frontier. It was intimated in official quarters that arrangements have been made with the Finnish government to per mit the passage of the Russians through that country. Event Unique in History. The transfer from Ellis Island to the Buford of the agitators who have preached death and destruction, was an event unique in the annals of this nation. Seized in raids in all parts of the country, they were mobilized here for deportation. An elaborate screen of secrecy was thrown about the preparations for sending them away. It was in the darkest hours of night that an army tug drew up at the dock at the immigration station to take aboard the undesirables for the seven-mile journey down the bay to the Buford. Two dozen soldiers armed with rifles and as many immi gration inspectors carrying night sticks patrolled the shores of Ellis Island until the tug arrived at5:15 A. M. The reds were marched single file between two lines of guards from the immigration barracks to the boat landing, each carrying his or her baggage. A score of agents of the department of justice circulated among the Russians. These agents and the soldier guards on the island went on board the tug with the de portees and took them to the trans port. Anarchists ArfJaDowneast. A revenue cutter and two other army tugs formed an escort for the the reds and one tug lay alongside while they were being transferred to the Buford to prevent attempts by those reluctant to leave to swim the Concluded on Page 2, Column X.) Lieutenant-Commander Read De clares That ut No Time Was Crew Ignorant of Position. MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 21. The trans Atlantic naval seaplane NC-4, missing for several hours yesterday after leaving Galveston on a non-stop flight to Mobile, arrived here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Because of fog the plane was forced to descend and spend 12 hours at Grand Island. La., 50 miles south of New Orleans. Lieutenant-Commander A. C. Read, who Commanded the NC-4 in its flight across the Atlantic and who is in charge of the plane on its present navy recruiting flight, said on land ing here that much trouble was ex perienced yesterday because of the fog which set in soon after leaving Galveston. The seaplane, he said, was brought to the surface four times, but at no time did members of the crew lose their position. The landing at Grand Island was made because it was considered inadvisable to attempt to make Mobile in the fog. ' Commander Read and his crew se lected Grand Island as a place to spend the night because their maps showed a town there. The place was destroyed by a tidal wave In 1893. nothing now remaining except a fish ing camp and a lighthouse where the NC-4's party spent the night. "We thought that we were landing at a town," one of the officers laugh ingly remarked, "but found the place had not existed for 26 years." The trans-Atlantic plane will com plete its recruiting flight tomorrow with a trip to Pensacola. IRISH ATTACK DEPLORED Archbishop's Expressions of Re gret Read in Dublin Churches. DUBLIN. Dec. 21. A letter from Archbishop Walsh condemning the attempt on the life of Viscount French, the viceroy, was read in all the Catholic churches in the Dublin diocese today. In his letter the arch bishop said: "The attempt at assassination of the viceroy, which startled anrt shocked the city yesterday, calls for the melancholy protest of'every Irish man who loves his country and who hopes to see the present rule of coer cive government in Ireland brought to a final close. "Is there any rational man capable of deluding himself into the belief that such a method of seeking redress for the mlsgoternraent of this country is likely to help the efforts of the righteous men who are working earn estly with the single purpose of re establishing in our country a reign of liberty and justice?" 'FLYING PARSON' RESIGNS Lieutenant Maynard to Resume Work as Clergyman. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, "the flying parson," winner of the recent army transcon tinental air race, announced today that, he had resigned from the army aviation service. He will resume his work as a clergyman. "1 am going to take the advice I received in an anonymous letter the other day and go back to my preach ing." Lieutenant Maynard said. "In substance It said: 'I am now an old man, more than 80. but when I was a young man an old man told me not to be a fool; now I am old and you are young, so I want to give you some advice. Don't be a fooL Go back to your pulpit and give up your flying and newspaper fame." " GERMANS PRESENT NOTES Protocol Is Approved, Though It Violates Constitution. PARIS Dec. 21. The peace confer ence yesterday was handed three Ger man notes. The first deals with transportation of troops immediately after the peace treaty goes into ef fect, the second gives exact details about German light cruisers under going repairs and the third announces ratification by the national assembly of the protocol signed by Kurt von Lersner in September. inil annuls article oi ot me uer- 1 man constitution, which provided for Austrian representation in . the Ger man parliament. COPPER MINES TO OPEN 8000 Men to Resume Work Today at Anaconda, Mont. BUTTE. MONT, Dec. 21. It is ex pected that 8000 miners will return to work In the morning when 10 j properties of the Anaconda Copper ; Mining company and those of the North Butte company will resume op erations. These mines were closed down De cember 1 when the fuel famine be- i gan. It is said the smelters in Ana- conda and urcat r ails will be oper ating again soon as ore shipments from Butte can reach t hose plants. SHIP AWARDS ARE MADE 341 Cases, Involving $18,300,360. Approved for Payment. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. Awards by the shipping board volving J22.197.934 for the cancella tion of contracts, were announced to night. A total of 341 cases amounting to J18.300.360 have been approved for payment and 52 advances totalling $3,987,574 have been recommended. Open Rebellion on Army Transport Charged. TROOPS ON GUARD AT SEA Agitation by I. W. W. Blamed for Defiance of Orders. PASSENGERS ARE ROBBED. Two Petty Officers Included in Group Landed When Ship Docks at Hoboken Pier. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Eleven mem bers of the crew of the transport America, including two petty offi cers, charged with mutiny on the high seas and other crimes, were taken from the ship in irons today when she docked at a Hoboken army pier. Other arrests were expected to be made as the transport crew was re ported to have been in almost open ! rebellion since leaving the port last November on a trip to Europe and return. An Industrial Worker of the World agitator was said to have fo mented the trouble. The America, an army transport, manned by a civilian crew, returned from France yesterday with members of the American peace mission. Six Held a BlnRlnllfti. Six of the 11 prisoners are alleged to have been the ringleaders. Seven are charged with mutiny on the high seas. The others are charged with stealing and other offenses. William Calkins, an ordinary sea. man. accused of being one of the ringleaders and who was said to have had an I. W. W. card, was arrested by an armed guard who found him hid ing in the hold of the ship after it had docked. Calkins had oeen ar rested at sea for stealing, but es caped and was reported missing. The trouble started last November when the vessel was on its- way to Europe. Members of the crew were caught gambling and refuted to quit when ordered to do so by army of ficers. The baggage of passengers was looted, and when ship officers ordered the crew's quarters searched a number of automatic pistols were found. These, it was said, had been stolen from officers and soldier- passengers. Women Become Hysterical. Several days later two women pas sengers, wives of officers on their way to Coblenz, became hysterical whon they discovered two soldiers trying to gain entrance to their state rooms. On the same day a master-at-arms was caught selling a rain- 4 J I THE CORNER GROCERY CLUB. I : ZZZZZ1 M p) i y&) WM T v,. P COVlb L HKT W St' FAR ? L-JfUaa3 T T tl rTi V A ii 4 . . ... ....... . Authorities Hunt for Missing Em ploye of Wealthy Colorado Agriculturist. GILCREST. Colo.. Dec. 21. Adam Shank, a wealthy farmer, his wife and four young children were mur dered on their farm near here early today. One child, Juanita, was found wounded. She died tonight. The bodies were found by Shank's cou sin, Adam George today when he went to the farm to take the family to church. The murderer apparently used a re volver. The authorities are looking for an employe of Shank who has not been seen since Saturday. The names of the killed: Adam Shank. 37 years old. Elizabeth Shank, his wife. 35. Marguerite, 6. Florence, 4. Wesley, 2. Juanita, 3. Bloodhounds Greeley in an were ordered from attempt, to trace the slayer. Three children were found dead in bed. The murderer in each case had sent a shot into the head. Mrs. Shank was found on the floor beside I the bed. Shank was found in a hall way. Bullet holes in two windows led the authorities to believe that the father first was slain through a win dow when he arose this morning. Shank was partly dressed. They be lieve Mrs. Shank, hearing the shot, rushed to her husband's aid and re ceived a wound in the breast. From the appearance of the bloodstained rooms. Mrs. Shank returned to her bedroom to protect the children. The murderer then is believed to have entered the house through a kitchen door and completed the work. Robbery was not the motive, ac cording to authorities. No effort was made to search the house. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 21. A man answering the description of Alex Miller, a mute farmhand, sought by Sheriff Hall of Weld county In con nection with the murder of the Shank family, was arrested In Denver tonight. 2 DIE; 48 HURT IN WRECK Train Leaves Track When Axle of Passenger Coach Breaks. ST. JAMES, Mo., Dec. II. Two per sons were killed and 48 injured when a "Frisco" passenger train waa de railed three miles east of here today. The train was en route from Okla homa City. Okla., to St. Louis. The accident was caused when an axle of one of the coaches broke. The dead are J. O. Hopper of West Virginia and Mrs. William H.. Prehn of St. Louis. The injured were taken to a hos pital in St. Louis. John M. Weaver of Cincinnati suffered a fractured skull and his condition was said to be serious. Mrs. Prehn was a Red Cross super visor in the southwestern division and had been directing the Christmas roll call in Oklahoma. Campaign to Put Commander tn White House Denied by Brigadier-General Dawes. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. (Special.) General Pershing shows little or no concern over his own political future. He is not a candidate for the presi dential nomination either republican or democratic and the soft pedal was officially applied to anything that savored of politics during his stay in Chicago. This statement was maCi by one who undoubtedly is as close to Gen eral Pershing as any man in the United States: "Of course, men have talked of Gen eral Pershing as a presidential possi bility. It is only natural. But Gen eral Pershing is not a candidate tn any sense of the term. "Some of tis old neighbors at Lin coln. Neb., some time ago organized a 'Pershing for President club" and that Is as far as any concerted action has gone. "The general himself has. not al tered the position he took Dubllcly when asked for a statement affect- ing his own peUtical status; he said ' their executive committee, explained he was not in politics and would not ! further tonight their reasons for re be so long as he remained In the i fusing to participate in the govern army. He has not deviated from that j ment's plan for settling their bltuinl- determination." In some quarters there was a re port that the Pershing campaign had been opened formally and that Brtg-adier-General Charles G. Dawes was to be the Pershing campaign mana ger. "Absolutely wrong," Mr. Dawes said yesterday. "I will not be the mana ger of anybody's campaign. I am out of politics." That there will be continuous talk connecting General Pershing's name with the republican nomination from this time forward Is believed in polit ical circles to be a reasonable fore cast. Up to this time, however. It Is learned on the highest authority that nothing has been attempted and there is no prospect that General Pershing will take any action personally that would make him an active candidate in any of the direct-primary states. TREATY IS HOLIDAY ISSUE Few Congressmen Will Stay to Work for Compromise. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Negotia tions toward a compromise on the German peace treaty and conferences on railroad reorganization legislation promise to be the only activities of the few members of congres:. remain ing here during the two weeks' holi day recess. By the time congress re convenes January & It is hoped to have a compromse arrangement al ready prepared for presentation in the senate. Senate and house managers on the railroad measure will hold a meeting Tuesday to outline work on adjust ment between the Cummins and Esch bills. OBJECTION AGAIN ASSERTED Government and Garfield Strike Plans Held Different. STATEMENT IS ISSUED Question of Fixing Wages and Prices to Be Settled at Meeting Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Coal oper ators of the United States, through nous coal strike. Renewing the de nials that previous agreements had, bound them to accept the govern ment's plan, they asserted that while they were bound by and had agreed to accept strike sttlement proposals made by Dr. Garfield, formerly fuel administrator, the government's pro posals as accepted by the miners dif fered vitally from those of the Gar field plan. duration Left Open. The insistence of the operators on the aland left open tonight the pos sibility, it was held, that the com mission named Saturday by President Wilson and given by him power to fix wages and prices of" coal neces sary to sustain wages, might be un able to function. The executive com mittee did not say. however, that op erators would stand aloof from the commission in its investigations and decision, but left the question open, to be settled probably at a meeting Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio, where a general session of the scale commit tee of the central competitive field and other operators generally has been called. Attitude la Re-Stated. The operators in a formal state ment tonight said: "In the light of the statement of Attorney-General Palmer yesterday. in which he says that it would be an amazing repudiation of their own statements if the operators do not ac quiesce In the plan which their offi cial representatives have repeatedly agreed to. In the settlement of the strike, the bituminous coal operators feel impelled to restate their attitude so that It may be clearly appreciated by the public. "Attorney-General Palmer, in his statement of yesterday, asserted that the operators had agreed to the memorandum of the attorney-general and John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, laying down the terms of agree ment for settlement of the coal strike. The fact is that the operators never learned of the existence of that agree ment until after it had been pre sented to miners at the Indianapolis conference of December 1. Proposal Not Accepted. "The operators did accept the pro posal of the government, presented through Dr. Garfield, former fuel ad ministrator, and referred to in Presi dent Wilson's letter of December 6. Under the terms of this proposal the mine controversy was to be settled on the basis of the five principles an nounced by Dr. Garfield. The appli cation of one of these principles de termined the 14 per cent advance which was granted the miners. The Garfield proposal further provided for the establishment of a board with advisory powers only. "The operators still stand by the acceptance of the Garfield proposal. The president's letter of December 6 i referred specifically to It and it seemed clear to the minds of the oper ators that It was the intent of the president that the Garfield proposal was to be used as the basis of settle . ment of the wage controversy. "The operators never have been con ; suited in regard to the memorandum which was drawn by the attorney ' ceneral in conference with President ' Lewis and Secretary Green of the miners' organization." Radlfnl I llf trrcin-r AMrrtrd. "The memorandum goes far be yond the Garfield proposal to which ' they assented." . The operators point out the fol lowing radical differences between the Garfield proposal and the Palmer- Lewis memorandum, which was ac- : cepted at Indianapolis, "1. The Garfield proposal would have established a board with ad- , vlsory powers only. The Palmer- , Lewis memorandum agreement would establish a commission not advisory I in character, but with full power def initely to fix coal prices, wages, dif ferentials and to determine the de tails of working conditions within : each district covered by the memo randum. "2. The questions of differentials and internal working conditions in the many bituminous coal fields af fected by this memorandum are so involved and complicated that a com plete review. In order to make an Intelligent decision, would be an in terminable task. These matters are of vital importance to the coal in- ICoaciuaea on rase a, comma .. American Importers Bring in More Than 250,000,000 Pounds In Last Ten Months. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. In the face of a growing scarcity of sugar, more than a billion and a quarter pounds of sugar, valued at nearly J97.000.000. were exported from the I rr. .a - m o ..... ' . K i, first t.n I months of the present year, a de partment of commerce report issued today shows. Exports, which went largely to the United Kingdom and France, exceed in quantity 339 per cent, the amount sent out of the country during the same period last year. While this sugar was being shipped out of the country, American Im porters brought in more than a quar ter billion pounds, valued at $481, 424.000. PARIS. Dec. 21. (Havas.) An of ficial decree issued yesterday fixes the maximum wholesale price of sugar, with the consumption fee In cluded, at the following figures for lT0 kilograms (about 220 pounds): Refined sugar. 290 francs; loa'f sugar. 286'; francs, with an increase of li francs tor three kilo loaves; irregular lump sugar 288 francs; crystallized or granulated white sugar, including the customs duty. 270 francs with an increase of three francs for powdered sugar. At the present time the franc Is worth about 8.6 cents, which woulo make the maximum wholesale price of granulated white sugar in France approximately 10. 5 cents. NEW PLANET SUSPECTED Irregular Movements of Neptune Are to Be Analyzed. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. A new planet was believed to be responsible for irregularities in the motion of the planet Neptune. Professor Harold Jacoby of Columbia university an nounced tonight. It was supposed to be about the same size as the earth, but farther away from the sun than any other planet. Professor Jacoby said that astron omers of the country will attempt to locate and photograph the new celes tial body between December 30 and January 31, when conditions are "most favorable to the discovery." ICE DAMAGES O.-W. BRIDGE Dynamite Fails to Save Steel Struc ture at Kennewlck. KENNEWICK, Wash., Dec. 21. (Special.) After continuous dynamit ing of ice for the past 18 hours on the O.-W. R. & N. railway bridge, an eight-span steel structure across the Columbia river, near Kennewick, both ends gave away today under the great Jam of ice. It was believed all efforts to save the bridge had been i abandoned. The ice Jam was growing large every hour, and it was feared it will take several spans with It. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. VinsTKRDAT Maximum temperature. 52 degrees; minimum. l uegreea. TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds. Foreign. Mas?a-r- of 500 unarmed men In India j sets scant attention In London papers. , Pace 3. National. New military policy for nation agreed on. Page 4. Domeatir. Mysterious promlie to return Dansey boy alive puts new aspect to case over his alleged muriiar. Page 12. American sugar exports gain,' despite shortage. Page 1. Pershing unwilling to enter politics. Page 1. Coal operators shy at government wage plan. Page 1. Pacific coast Chinese launch boycott of Japaneae manufacturers. Page o. Overdue navy seaplane reachea Mobile. Ala.. In safety. Page 1. Career ntf rabid rd leaders In U. S la terminated. Page 2. Farmer, wife and four chi.drea, murdered. Page 1. Ark of soviet, with 249 radicals aboard. aai'is for unknown destination. Page 1. Eleven of crew on army transport put In Irons on charge of mutiny. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Labor department policy on I. W. W. de portations Is scored. Page 6. Seattle boy's Invention drives 25 horse power motor. Page 4. Several new Instructors appointed to fill vacancies at Oregon Agricultural col lege. Page li Hope for missing crew of Chanslor is abandoned. Page L State Drainage association to convene In CorvalMa January 1 and 2. Page S. Flood damage In Umatilla county re ported to be small. Page 7. Major M. W. Hawkins of Portland to be appointed Judge of district court Page 7. Woman who drowned three children tries suicide. Page 6. Sports. Oregon eleven to start hard training today. Page .10. Multnomah guard and Dallas basketball teams to meet December ST. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Soap oil refinery, destroyed by fire, may be replaced by larger plant here. Page 14. Unrest declared to be natural consequence of war. Page 13. Pacific States Fire Insurance company's growth la rapid. Page 13. Foreign exchange rates shown Improve ment. Pago 17. Early filing of Income tax returns recom mended. Page 17. Killing of boy laid to acuffle for pistol. Page 18. Glrllsb pawn of fate, aged 15. may be saved from ten-year penitentiary sen tence. Page 18. L,cyal Legion plana to extend organization to California and Montana. Page 11. Report of Apparent Life on Wreck Disproved. ONLY 4 BODIES RECOVERED All of 31 Men Listed as Un accounted Believed Dead. CAPTAIN AND 2 SURVIVE Sunken Hull Ma) Be Death Cham ber of Some; Wife Reaches Bedside of Chanslor Pilot. BAXDON. Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.) Hope was abandoned here tonight that any of the 31 men missing since the tank steamer J. A. Chanslor waa wrecked three days ago would bo found alive. Constant patrolling of the beach last night and today failed to result In the finding of any more bodies. Of the 38 men on board the Chans lor when she was wrecked only three. Including Captain A. A Sawyer, reached shore alive. Bodies of four others were found on the beach. The other 31. It was universally conceded, also were drowned. A report of last night from the scene of the wreck that signs of ap parent life had been discovered on board the unsunken portion of the wreck was fully exploded today by Captain Johnson of the coast guard crew, who after several careful ex aminations from shore declared that the only movement was the flapping of the searchlight canvas. Wreckage Wtk Ashore. Captain Johnson also said that a large" portion of the shell of the for ward part of the tanker had worked off the rock today and come asnore. He believed that the vssel's machin ery had gone to the bottom with the after, part of the steamer when she first struck. A portion of the shell of this section was afloat today more that a mile north of Cape Blanco. Exact description was received here today of Francis Jackson, the young assistant engineer, who was the son of C. S. Jackson. Portland publisher, and special efforts were ordered to be put under way to find his body. The bodies of the four men recovered were being held here pend ing Instructions from the relatives of those who had been identified, as to their disposal. An identification card j found in the pocket of Edward A. Rose, one of the four whose bodies were recovered, showed that he was 25 years old and had enlist d in the navy In 1913. t'iiptulnn Wife at Bedalde. Mrs. A. A. Sawyer, wile of Captain Sawyer, arrived here tonight to be at r the bedside of her husband in the hospital, where ne was laacn aner being washed ashore. It was said at the hospital that Captain Sawyer was suffering from congestion of the lungs, due to exposure, and that he probably would not be able to leave i the hospital for some days to come. 1 Captain Johnson or uie coast guara said that the Chanslor had struck on j the extreme north point of Cape I Blanco. The after part lay in about 45 feet of water and 400 leet Ifom the beach. It was apparent, he said, that the bottom had fallen out of the after part when the. ship struck, and that the machinery had gone to the bottom, where it was doubtless still i lying, notwithstanding that a portion of the shell of that section had re floated today. Gaptain Johnson thought the prospect for salvage work there was fair, and that some of the bodies of the men who were in that portion of the ship might yet be found. GUARD STATION LOXti SOUGHT Strip or Coast 200 Miles Long Left Unprotected. Although people along- the southern Oregon coast have been trying for 40 years to obtain a coast .guard station at Port Orford or some other point In the immediate vicinity, the strip of coast land more than 100 miles long between Bandon, Or., and Hum-, boldt bay, Cal.. continues to be un protected, and Blanco reef and Rogue river reef, two of the most dangerous points along the Pacific coast, con tinue to take their toll of life and property. It was at Cape Blanco that the Chanslor struck the rocks and carried 35 men to death last week. Port Or ford is located Just south of Catpe Blanco and Is the nearest point from which a small oat could be sent to the resue of a ship in distress. Something of the unsuccessful fight which people of Port Orford and vi cinity have been making for a life saving station there was explained yesterday by a former re.ident who is familiar with the coast line and who knows the history of marine dis asters at that general vicinity which have caused the loss of 300 lives. The disaster to the Chanslor re called to him the wreck of the Czarina on January 12. 1910, off Marshfield. when neatly a c e ' - men lost their lives. The ship could not be reached because of the reefs, and people from the shore could see the men Strug -(.Concluded S Page Column 1.)