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THE MOItXIXG OltEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MAT 23, 1922 PANIC Of US SHIP UUD ID GREW Indian Natives Reported to . Have Fought for Boats. RADIO OPERATOR IS HERO Officers Draw Revolvers to Keep Sailors Back and Allow Women to Get to Lifeboats. BT FERDINAND TUOHT. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) PARIS, May 22. (Special cable.) That a panic on the sinking liner Egypt -was caused when the- Lascar crew rushed the lifeboats, is con firmed by the signed statements of everal of the white passengers. A young English girl who was res etted from the sea draws a terrible picture of the decks as the maddened Indians hurled themselves upon the loats. Many of them from the engine room wore nothing but a loin cloth as they dashed on deck and pushed Englishmen in dinner jackets and comen in evening dress aside. Others rushing up and down the decks seized all the life belts and plunged into the water. Operator Goes to Death. Th wireless operators both went (town with the Egypt, sending out the 6. O. S. until the sea closed over the tireless house. A. W. Hardwick, the senior oper ator, was at dinner when the crash occurred. Rushing to his post on fleck, he ordered his junior to help the ship's officers while he sent out the call for help. The junior returned with a lifebelt, tut Hardwick refused to leave and the younger man stayed with him. Although sucked down by the vortex, Hardwick was still alive when picked up by the Seine, but died of exhaus tion before port was reached. A young Scotchman, Joe F. Duff of t)undee, says: "If It had not been for the Lascars nd natives rushing the boats, all the Women would have been saved. There vaa a ecene of wild disorder, but I Aid not hear revolvers being fired, although they were drawn by the of ficers in an effort to keep the Lascars from the boats." Duff asserts he saw two of the fcoats stormed by the crew as they were being lowered. He adds that he and another survivor. Captain G. D. Carr, had difficulty in jumping into One of them. Crew Draws Knives. Another survivor says the Indians feven drew knives in their attempt to keep women and children from the boats. In many cases the natives Were the victims of their own panic, as the overcrowded boats broke from the ropes and fell with their load into the sea. In one case a boat fell on the struggling men who had fallen from it into the water and crushed several of them. The captain of the Egypt, which lies in 400 feet of water with $6,000,000 la gold in. the safe, seemed still dazed, and all he would say when questioned about the ramming of the vessel by the French freighter Seine was: "I'm the captain of the -Egypt and she's at the bottom of the sea." Ship printer Genner had buckled On his life belt when he saw a wo man unable to get to the boats and without a belt. Taking his own, he strapped it about her, saying: "I can't swim, madam, but no mat ter. Tell my wife at Dover." Life Given for Woman. Genner was drowned but the wo man was picked up and brought to Brebt on the Seine. -' Dr. Brammer, the ship's physician, with Captain Keating of the Ulster r'fles, clung to a bit of wreckage for half an hour. Then the doctor, un able to hold on any longer, held out his hand to Keating and murmured "Goodbye, I'm finished." Captain Keating was finally picked The survivors are being cared for by the people of Brest in the hotels of the city. Many of them are with out clothing and are being supplied By citizens of the. port. FOG IS BLAMED FOR CRASH Weather Is Declared to Have Been Thickest in Years. ' BREST, May 22. (By the Associat ed Press.) The thickest fog in years axound the Finistere-Ushant light alone was responsible for the catas trophe to the British steamship Egypt, according to Captain Le Barzic, com manding officer of the freight Bteamer Seine, in his report to the ministry of merchant marine. The Seine rammed the Egypt Satur day night and nearly 100 persons lost their lives in the disaster. - Among them were two Americans, Mrs. M. L. 6lbley and Miss V. M. Boyer, missiffn Jles, on their way to India. "The fog was so thick," says the Import, "that the captain on the bridge Was unable to see the bow of his Bliip. On Saturday at 4:20 P. M. the fog became so thick I gave orders to slow down to 50 revolutions a min nte, thus maintaining an average speed of six knots. When, at 7 O'clock, I heard a fog horn quite close, find immediately a huge bulk ap peared at right angles crossing our bow, I gave orders to reverse the engines. But too latea terrible crash occurred, my ship striking the other amidships. " "The fog whis'tle was sounded and I finally suoceeded in catching sight or a liner, listing badly to starboard At 7:40 the ship, which later was identified as the Egypt, went down by the stern. "I ordered all the boats lowered and scoured the sea for hours pick ing up several dead and also many in whom life was not yet extinct. pave up about 11:50 and returned to Brest." The disaster occurred a few- miles from Green Kocks-. where the Drum' mond Castle was wrecked in June, ISM, with a loss of 247 lives. A hoavy fog still hangs over the shores of Finistere. making the works of the searching parties difficult. "When the vessels came together those aboard the Egypt did not real ize at first the extent of the damage caused by the little freighter Seine. It was some minutes before the liner began to keel over and then the pas sengers dashed in great alarm from the dining room to the deck. Captain Collyer urged them to be calm, and ordered out the boats, for which there was a rush. The Lascars, it is asserted, used clubs in an at tempt to get possession of the boats, but the officers drew their revolvers and drove them away. G. 0. P. NOMINEES LISTED ' (Continued From First Page.) the senate, Mrs. W. S. Kinney of Clatsop, who was a representative in 1921, and two women have been nornl- FLAPPERS OF CALIFORNIA ORGANIZE PROTECTIVE SOCIETY. r si ttcl .1 It - i z Photo copyright by Underwood. PATSY RIjTH MILLER, PRESIDENT OF FLAPPERS' ASSOCIATION. Down at Los Angeles the Flappers' Protective association, chapter No. 1, has just been, organized for fighting the propaganda against the modes and habits of the "flapper" throughout the country. The first chapter has chosen Patsy actress, as the president, while Miss tary and director of propaganda. Headquarters are in Los Angeles. The girls'hope to be able, to present their side of the controversy to the public as thoroughly as those who criticise nated for the house, Mra Fannie Kay Bishop of Marion county and Mrs. C. B. Simmons of Multnomah. Sen ators Lafollett, Ritner, Eberhard and Strayer have been renominated, and E. D. Cuslck, in the 1919 senate, Is nominated. In the house among those wiio have been renominated are Thomas B. Kay, Charles Childs, R. D. Acheson, T. T. Bennett, S. P. Pieroe, D. E. Fletcher, Ed Cary, Philip Hammond, K. K. Kubli, W. G. Lynn, Herbert Gordon, E. N. Hurd,. Denton G. Burdick, H. J. Overturf, S. A. Miller, A, R. Hunter and A. M, Wright. Some Have Seen Service. Among newly nominated repre sentatives who have seen service in previous sessions are L. T. Reynolds, W. C. Bolton, Ben F. Jones, L. M. Graham, C. M. Crandall, L, H. Adams, C. G. Brownell, Louis Kuehn, D. C. Lewis, L. L. Mann and Tt. A. Ford. Following is the personnel: State senate nominations, repub lican: Marion county, A. M. Lafollett, Sam H. Brown. Linn county, L. M. Curl. Lane county, J. S. Magladry. Lane and Linn counties, E. D. Cusick. Jackson county, George W. Dunn. Benton and Polk counties, A. J. Johnson. Yamhill county, Peter Zimmerman. Clackamas county, F. J. Tooze. Multnomah county, M. R. Kleppcr. Multnomah county, unexpired term, Harry L. Corbett. Columbia, Multnomah and Clacka mas counties, W. J. H. Clark. Clatsop county, Mrs. W. S. Kinney. Morrow, Umatilla and Union coun ties, Colon R. Eberhard. Umatilla county, Roy W. Ritner. Baker county, W. H. Strayer. Representatives nominated, repub lican: Marion county, Thomas B. Kay, Otto J. Wilson, Lloyd T. Reynolds, Mrs. Fannie Kay Bishop. Linn county, Charles Childs, Robert D. Acheson. - Lane county, H.' C. Wheeler. Ben F. Keeney, Emmett Howard. Douglas county, J. M. Thome, D. S. Beals. Coos county, T. T. Bennett. Coos and Curry counties, S. P. Pierce. ....... Josephine county, Theodore P. Cramer Jr. '-' Jackson county, Ralph P. Cowgill, John H. Carkin. Hood River county, L. X. Blowers. Benton county, Claude Buchanan. Polk county, D. E. Fletcher. Wasco county, V. C. Bolton. Yamhill county, R. V. Stockton, Ed Cary. Polk and Lincoln counties,CBen F. Jones. Washington county Loyal' M. Graham, Edward Schulmerich, L. M. Hesse. Clackamas county, Philip Hammond, George Randall, M. J. Lee. Malheur county, C. M. Crandall. Multnomah county, L. H. Adams, C. G. Brownell, E. R, Campbell, T. H. Hurlburt, O. B. Houston, R. J. Kirk wood, K. K. Kubli, Louis Kuehn, D. C. Lewis. Walter G. Lynn, Mrs. C. B. Simmons, W. F. Woodward, Herbert Gordon. Multnomah and Clackamas coun ties. Fred J. Meindl. Clatsop county, E. N. Hurd, James W. Mott. Columbia county, A. E. Veatch. Klamath. Crook. Lane; Deschutes "I always feel at home here" is a common in the. lobbies of the otel fpiill Manage v w set's s Ruth Miller, pretty 18-year-old movie Anna Charles, a stenographer, is secre them have done. and Jefferson counties, Denton G. Burdick, J. M. Ezell, H. J. Overturf. Umatilla and Morrow counties, Alfred J. Smith. Umatilla county, L. L. Mann, S. A. Miller. Union and Wallowa counties, C. A. Hunter. , Union county, A. R. Hunter. Baker county, Charles J. Shelton. Harney and Grant counties, R. A. Ford. Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler counties, A. M. Wright, John A. Miller. Tillamook county, Rollie M. Watson. BANKS APPARENTLY LOSER Kcchcck Gives Victory to Clark by v - Margin of 108 Votes. -Apparently W. W. Banks has failed of renomination for his seat in the senate for Columbia, Multnomah and Clackamas counties by 108 votes. Re checking The Oregonian's figures on this nomination and on the 12th, 13th and 14th positions in the Multnomah representative race does not change the results from those originally . an nounced. The new tabulation for the joint senatorial district shows: - Banks. Clark. . ...15,688 16,227 . ... 1,566 1,262 . . . . 3K1 269 Multnomah Clackamas Columbia Totals ' Clark's plurality 108. 17,643 17,758 Columbia returns are official. Uniess the official count In Mult nomah and Clackamas differs from the foregoing, W. J. H. Clark is the republican nominee. A recheck made yesterday confirms1 the fact that Herbert Gordon ob tained the 13th position on the legis lative ticket in Multnomah'. Gordon is 62 votes behind R. J. Kirkwood, the 12th man, and is 123 votes ahead oi John B. Coffey, who has been nosed out. H. A. Lewis is 139 votes itehind Coffey. The revised vote, which does not change the result in any particular,' is: , . , Kirkwood 17,206iGordon .17,144 Coffey 17.0211H. A. Lewis. . .'.16.882 "PASSING SHOW" COMING More Than 2300 downs Said to Be Worn in Production. , "The Passing Show of 1921," with Willie and Eugene Howard as the starring comedians', which opens at the Heilig theater tomorrow night, is a mixture of vaudeville, burlesque, musical comedy, opera, extravaganza, ballets and drama. Vivid color effects and a variety of new lighting devices add to the in terest of the 26 scenes. The costum ing ip original. There are said to be 2300 gowns worn during the produc tion. The musical number's are the sort which set audiences humm'tig. Practically the same company, which was at the New York Winter Garden with the Howard brothers, will be seen here. S 4 H- grien stamps Tor cash. H man Fuel Co.. coal and wood. Broad- in fc35" SBO-21 Adv SEMI-SOFT COLLARS Achieve fashion without starch SAGELAWN . 50c i 1 itfara J t(j & Shirts g DAUGHERTY IS HELD TO E Letters Read to Show Con nection With Case. - $25,000 FEE ALLEGED Senator Caraway Declares Prison Physician's Report of Disease Is Cue for Appeal. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 22. Re newing his attacks on Attorney-General Daugherty in the senate today, Senator Caraway, democrat; Arkansas placed in the congressional record alleged copies of two more letters purporting to show that Mr. Daugh erty was actively and directly inter ested in obtaining the release from the Atlanta penitentiary of Charles W. Morse, the shipbuilder. "e letters; published today In a iocal paper, Senator Caraway said, showed that Mr. Daugherty was en gaged as counsel in the case because ne had the confidence of former President Taft, who commuted Mr. Morse s lo-year sentence, and charged mat Mr. Daugherty had "abused1 Mr. Taft's confidence One of the letters purported to be from Thomas B. Felder, New York attorney, alleged to have been asso ciated with Mr. Daugherty in th Marse pardon case. The other alleged tu nave Deen written by Frank L. s-eeiey, editor of the Atlanta Georgian, to Mr. Fe'der. aaiA that Mr Morse owed his liberty and his life to jours and Mr. Daujrherty's efforts. oeeiey saio nis interest was 'purely philanthrop'c " Both letters oore laii dates. Rectification Held Prevented. Commenting on statements in the letters that Mr. Felder and th pres ii."riiey-eeneral took steps to prevent revocation of Mr. Morse's re lease when it was charged that fraud naa Deen practiced upon President Taft, Senator Caraway asserted that Mr. Felder and Mr. Daugherty, if not cognizant or the original fraud, pre vented rectification. it tney "were not a party to the i.aua.in us original nerDetratinn said Senator Caraway, "they became accomplices alter the fact." Senator Moses, republican. ( rcw Hampshire, when Senator Caraway had finished, asserted that "the whole reriormance In connection with dis cussion of the Morse case, was i smoke screen to hide democratic cabinet officers who served under theJ last administration." The Morse and Bosch Magneto cases now before the department of justice, the New Hamp shire senator said, promised to "seri ously embarrass a former attorney general and former secretary of the treasury." - Conviction Thought Possible. Senator Caraway disclaimed any intent to embarrass the department or any interest in the pending prose cution. "If the former attorney-general is as bad as this attorney-general he ought to be prosecuted," he added. The evidence submitted in the Morse case, if placed before a jury. Senator Caraway declared, would convict both Mr. Daugherty and Mr. Felder. of fraud. The letter by Mr. Felder, purport ing to have been written to Lon O. Bailey, Hanover National Bank build ing, New York, detailed connections with the Morse case at length, ex plaining receipt as a fee in the case of 25.000 in stock, on which divi dends subsequently ceased. The letter said that Mr. Felder was engaged by Mr. Seeley, the Atlanta editor, and that Mr. Felder arranged to renew Mr. Morse's commutation plea just before expiration of Mr. Taft's term. Disease Report Is Basis, The letter said that Mr. Felder and Mr. Daugherty were informed by Dr. A. L. Fowler, prison physician, that Mr. Morse appeared to have Brights' disease. "With this cue, Mr. Daugherty and myself took up the matter de novo," the letter continued. "We returned to Washington, discussed this phase of the case with the attorney-general and with the president. . . . The application for pardon or clemency 'hung fire' for several weeks. ... . During all those weeks, Mr. Daugh erty and myself spent practically all of our time in New York, Cincinnati and Washington working upon the case." BUREAU IS PROPOSED (Continued From First Page.) .he services of this body may be found accepiable and useful and we desire at 'his time to record our wiUrngness to. srrvp i urtHPr in i nis 7, iter tn fhe bst Profit By- MORS Great Reductions ' East Through California Round Trip Summer Tourist Tickets On Sale May 25 to Aug. 31st Return Limit Oct. 31st. ' Liberal Stopover Privileges. - ' I i "High Points" on the Way ; The Glorious Siskiyous Majestic Mt. Shasta The Rugged Sierras i "Pleasure Places" You Must See San Francisco World famous city that "'tis hard to leave." Los Angeles Wonder city and noted tourist center. ; San Diego Romantic city "Where California began." s Three National Parks: Yosemite Sequoia General Grant. Scores of Charming-Seashore and Mountain Resorts For fares, sleeping car reservations or beautiful folders inquire at City Ticket Office, Fourth Street at Stark, Main 8800, or ask any agent. T Southern Pacific Lines JOHN M. SCOTT, - General Passenger Agent. - of our ability, and to express our appro ! elation ot and tor the courteous treat- j ment accorded us by the parties to this I controversy throughout the hearings and , I charge and direct Its management in all ; Investigations.. - 12 The. board had about concluded to I make known its decision Saturday J afternoon, but with both sldesistand- i J lug out on the hall feature. It was I regarded best to withhold final action ( for 48 hours. The submission of the findings yesterday to the employers!) resulted in a full meeting of the i I latter at the Chamber of Commerce.!; That was followed by a session be-1 j tween a committee from the em-1 1 ployers and the state board at j ; o'clock in the afternoon at library j hall, while last anight Otto Hartwig placed the findings in full" before ail general meeting of the longshore- . men's union. The. longshoremen's. I committee had discussed the findings j with Mr. Hartwig in advance of the i . full meeting. i The strike was opened April 23, when union men failed to return for ' work in the afternoon. , There had been negotiations between them and the employ rs as to a new agreement, that previously in effect having ex pired April 1. The day preceding the strike the employers issued a new Bchedule, the base wages of 80 cents an hour and $1.20 an hour overtime being unchanged, but extra pay ot 10 cents an hour on certain commod ities was cut off. : Trucking, done before by longshoremen, was declared separate from longshore work and a scale of 70 cents an hour straight time and $1.05 overtime fixed. Accompanying the printed schedule was a statement. announcing the em ployers would open their own hall May 1. The longshoremen's union contended that while negotiations were under way it was mutually un derstood that the old agreement was in effect, yet that the employers ignored the union in making known its new schedule and hall plans, sim ply distributing notices among the men individually. The employers reported yesterday there were 53 1 men at work on ships in port and 50 more were awaiting call. The strength of the longshore men's union at the time of the strike was said to be 600. PORT FACTS TO BE GATHERED Committee of Presidents' Council Interviews Authorities." First-hand facts about Portland's shipping facilities were obtained last evening by the committee of the pres ident's council of civic organizations, appointed recently to investigate con ditions arisig out of the waterfront strike and criticisms that the port was not meeting the competition of other ports. Thus far, the inve-stiga-tios of the committee show that its report will be optimistic. Various key personalities having to do with the community's interest in its port have been interviewed by the committee and the information thus obtained will be submitted to the president's council at its next meet ing. Last night a dinner was held at the Chamber of Commerce, with W. D. B.-'Dobson, general manager of the chamber: George B. Hegardt, dock commission, and Harbormaster Speier as guest of the committee, members of which are Colonel J. J. Crossley of the American Legion, chairman; H. B. Judge, East Side Business Men; J. R. Ellison, Rotary club; J. W. Cunning ham, engineers; Judge George Staple ton Progressive Business Men, and Robert W. Osborn, City club and secretary of the committei. Hazelwood Orchestra" J. I. N. Colburn, Director TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME 6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30 . 1. "Every Day," fox trot..... , W. Daly 2. Valse Bleue Margis 3. "La Tosca,'' selection. G. Puccini 4. "Tell Her at Twilight" Donaldson 5. "Three Songs Prom Eli- " land" (a) "Silent Woe." (b) "Secret Greetings" (c) "Anathema." 6 "Coo Coo," fox trot Jolson and de Sylva 7. "That Beautiful Home of the Rose," ballad A. D. Graham 8. "Swanee," one step........ G. Gershwin. Washington St. Hazelwood CONFECTIONERY and RESTAURANT 388 Washington SU Near Tenth OX Furs Stored the Safe Way Tod ay; and Wednesday, Last Two Days of the Unprecedented and Unparalleled "Wooltex" v. Apparel OH Ask the Waiter what the wise ones ask for, and he'll say: BREW wherever good drinks are sold. 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