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VOL. XXI. NO. 1.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1902.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GET! SAYS ELLIS G.
But Mr. Adams and Mr. Swi
gert Politely Decline.
DID MR. HUGHES CREATE THEM?
He Says He Did, and Demands That
They Iteslgrn From Port of Port
land Jfo Right to Oppose
Him, He Declares.
The manner in -which C. F. Adams and
C. F. Swlgert became members of the
Port of Portland Commission -was the
basis yesterday afternoon of the liveliest
discussion that has ever taken place in
the board's office. At the meeting, held
in room G6G, "Worcester building, Ellis G.
Hughes, president of the board, declared
that he was instrumental in securing the
appointment of Swlgert and Adams to the
commission, and he thought they should
coincide with his -views on some Important
matters. As they failed to do so at
divers times, he felt that their resigna
tions were necessary, in justice to himself
and the friends who assisted him in se
curing the enactment of the Port of Port
land law. Mr. Adams and Mr. Swigert
felt otherwise. Mr. Swigert produced
some letters which had passed between
himself and Mr, Hughes, and as the
single newspaper reporter present refused
to deafen his ears during the reading of
the correspondence, he -was granted the
freedom of the sixth-floor corridors, with
the unrestricted privilege of ascertaining
the distance from said corridors to the
street below by aerial descent.
The Incidents, briefly stated in the fore
going, happened at an adjourned meeting
of the Port of Portland Commission. The
Commissioners present were: Chairman
Hughes and Messrs. Adams, Banfield,
McCraken, Reilly and Swigert. The prin
cipal business which brought them to
gether was the opening of bids for en
gines for the new dredge. Only two bids
were received one from the Willamette
and the other from the Portland Iron
"Works. The former company was repre
sented by "William H. Corbett, vice-president
and general manager, and Bert C.
Ball, chief engineer; the latter by Presi
dent H. T. Clarke. The "Willamette's
bid was 52G.400, and the Portland's, 536,000.
The former was accepted.
In their bid the officers of the Willamette
Iron Works stated that, as some of tht
material, particularly the shafts, must be
made In the East, the time for the com
pletion of the engines -was dependent
upon the delivery of these parts. They
guaranteed to have the engines completed
within five months after the signing of
the contract, subject to the condition
that the shafts be delivered at least two
months prior to such time, and contingent
upon strikes and other delays beyond
their control. They would not accept
the clause covering defects discovered one
year after the final test and acceptance
of the completed work. After the engines
were completed and passed the final test
and Inspection required before accept
ance, their responsibility ceased, as they
could not control conditions under which
the engines would operate after that time.
Houseboat Not Acceptable.
Passing some minor business, the com
mission took up the plans of the hull of
the proposed dredge, prepared by J. B. C.
Lock-wood, its designing engineer. Mr.
Xiockwood explained the plans fully, the
staterooms for the officers, accommoda
tions for a crew of 40, and so on. The
chairman thought a houseboat would af
ford more comfortable quarters for the
men, but Mr. Lockwood said and several
members agreed with him that a house
boat would give satisfaction in Summer,
but in the rough -weather of Winter would
be difficult of access by men working on
the dredge. So the matter was dropped
tor tne time Being.
"Now," said the chairmr.
the next order of business,
slder the spud gear.
So the spud gear was br.
forms, one by Chairman
by Designing Engineer
Hughes held that the
of the dredge is excelle
poor In construction. I
built, satisfactory res
tnined. Mr. Lockwoo
objections against tho
First, it was compll
get out of order; secow
of installation; third
use of square spuds;
quired the services
operate it. He prop
he said, is generally
spuds are placed o
ship, and the dreti
swinging ahead fro
he said, the simples
ditious system
A general dlscu
merits of the two
Mr. Adams move
plan be accepted.
Mr. Banficld.
"You'll lose a
with that spud g:
"How Ions: wil
gear?" asked M.
"From 10 to
Hughe..
"And yours?,
"Two minute
"It will nev
man.
Didn't
"I'll bet you
two weeks' U
with all the
loving days
The chalrm.-!
motion was
Adams, Banlil
and Hughes,
Mr. Sv.igertl
sign a spud
"But I'll i
added.
"I. too."
"I might si
'wood design
Ing coinp.ac-
"No," dccll
ically, "I sh.'
direction. If
my work,
Of course,"
"I receive nl
"Well," stl
from his sej
Mr. Lockwti
shall get aij
Lockwood
-work. He
strength of i
(reassuring!!
are the res'
Hbr)
"You'll b.
neck," rejj
seemingly j
"If the
does not work right," interjected Mr.
Banfield, staring the chairman in the
eye, "who will blame you? No one! No
one. sir! All will blame tho commission."
"I shall take all tho blame," said the
imperturbable Mr. Hughes.
''Mr. Hughes will take all the blame
because he acts as he thinks," observed
Mr. Swlgert. "He believes he will be held
responsible for the actions of the whole
board. It Is an awkward position for htm
to be in, and it is an awkward position
for us. Had I known that I should be
placed In such a situation, I should never
have accepted an appointment to the
board."
"I," answered the chairman in on easy
manrier. "with the assistance of friends
secured the enactment of the present Port
of Portland law. And," he went on in an
explanatory- way, "these friends come to
me with complaints. I am not responsible
to you. Colonel McCraken; to you, Mr.
Banfield; to you, Mr. Adams. But I am
(energetically) responsible to the people.
I am responsible for putting you In here,"
glancing significantly first at Adams and
then at Swlgert.
He Didn't Create 'Em.
"No, sir!" exclaimed the two looked-at
gentlemen. Mr. Adams naif arose from his
chair. Mr. Swlgert flushed.
"No, sir," echoed Mr. Banfield, who
turned in his chair and glanced at the
chairman.
Lapse of 10 seconds, during which, the
.sound of a pin dropped -upon the floor
would have been heard had not the. pin
so dropped been melted by tho torrid si
lence. Mr. Swigert refreshed his fellow com
missioners. "Is that truer he asked quietly.
"It is not," said Banfield.
"It is; I'll prove it," said Hughes. Tho
commissioners leaned over and bent their
ears, and the chairman went on: "Colonel
McCraken and Mr. Selling agreed," he
continued, "that, as I had got the bill
through the Legislature, I was entitled to
two places. The vote was unanimous a
the end, but if I had not Insisted upon
your election you would not be here (look
ing at Adams and Swlgert). I do not
know what Mr. Banfield thinks. I said
nothing to Mr Iteilly. But If I had not
Insisted upon your appointment you would
not have got the office. (This with a
"mark-my-word air.") Now, the gentle
men who helped me to get the bill through
hold me responsible for you." (Again
looking at the two commissioners.)
"Am I to understand," asked Mr. Ad
ams, slowly and deliberately, "that we
arc to defer to your Judgment in all work
undertaken?"
"No, you are not."
The first mention of the names of Swi
gert and Adams for appointment to the
board was brought up.
"You," said the chairman to Mr. Ban
field, "brought me a note against these
men."
"It was handed to me by a man at the
elevator, who told me to give It to you,"
was the answer. "I did not know what
was In It."
"The names of Mr. Swlgert and Mr. Ad
ams were not mentioned at our first meet
ing," he resumed, after a pause. "The
matter came up this way. "You wanted us
to organize with five on the board. I op
posed you because Charlie Ladd was in
California, and our attorney sustained my
contention that wo could not organize un
less he were notified. The first mention
we had of their names was in Mr. Cor
bett's letter. I knew Mr. Swigert well.
I did not "know Mr. Adams, but I inquired
about him and learned that ho was a
good man. I voted for them not because
you mentioned their names, but becaucc I
was satisfied that they would make good
officers."
Then followed a desultory discussion,
which was terminated by Mr. Banfield,
who abruptly demanded of the chairman:
What Did the Chairman Meant
"Do you mean that when you say
'thumbs up' to the board we must com
ply?" "No, sir; no, sir."
"All right," said Mr. Adams.
"All right," said Mr. Banfield.
Commissioner Swigert wished to make
a few remarks, but he made quite a num
ber. After referring to his long frend
shlp with Charlman Hughes, he said that
when ho heard that he would bo appoint-
(Concluded on Second Pajfo.)
t
MISSING NUMBER 47
Six People in Walla Walla
' Disaster Picked Up at Sea.
FIVE OF CREW, ONE PASSENGER
French Bark Max Evidently the Boat
Which Struck the "Walla Walla
"Was Spoken and Reported
Collision With Steamer.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. '4. As far as
can be determined by diligent inquiry and
careful checking and comparison of lists
the dead and missing from the wreck of
tho steamer Walla Walla now number 47
people. The steamer Nome City arrived
"hero tonight with six survivors of the
wreck. They include five of the crew and
ono second-class passenger. They were
picked up off Trinidad yesterday after
noon from a life raft. Their names are:
P. Nelfon, first officer; F. Lupp, second
officer; C. Brown, fourth offices; J. Shlel,
pantryman; S. Muerello, second cook;
Henry Erlckson, second-class passenger.
Eiickson was accompanied by his wife
and three children, who are yet unac
counted for. They were bound for What
'com. Wash.
The known dead number eight; passen
gers nilbslng, 19; crew missing, 20. The
known dead are:
Known Dead.
MRS. HERMAN KOTZ5CHMAR, pas
senger. JOHN WILSON, quartermaster.
WILLIAM BARTEN, fireman.
DROLEY (or L. H. DRUBY), pas
senger. Four unknown men.
Passengers Unaccounted For.
The following passengers are. -unaccounted
for:
J. L. FIELD.
J. A. GRAY.
CHARLES NEFF.
DR. ALLEN.
MRS. ALLEN.
MRS. L. JOHNSON.
W. B. MOORE.
L.-M. HANSSLMAN.
L. C. MARSH.
MRS. H. ERICKSON and three children.
J. BROWN.
D. JONES.
G. F. SPENCER.
L. DRUBE.
G. NICHOLSON.
A. HANSON.
Crew unaccounted for:
GEORGE HULDORN, third officer.
J. OTIS, watchman.
JOHN ENGLISH, quartermaster.
R. SOMER9, seaman.
E. L. NUTTMAN, purser.
GEORGE H. CROSBY, chief engineer.
B. F. POTTER, second assistant engi
neer. W. P. DORLANDS, water-tender.
J. ROONEY, fireman.
G. GORE, coalpasaer.
JOHN CALLAHAN, coalpasser.
J. CONNELL, steward.
MRS. M. REYNOLDS, stewardess.
FRANK REARDON, porter.
F. RHODE, mess boy.
I. HOLLOWAY. waiter.
T. B. WILLIAMS, waiter.
J. JOHNSON, waiter.
ED REISS, waiter.
The list of saved Includes 52 passengers
and 160 of the crew.
Experience of Those Rescned La at.
The presence of so many officers on the
life raft picked up by the Nome City is
accounted for as follows:
The first, second and fourth officers
were on the rear of tho Walla Walla
doing all In their power to rescue thr
passengers when they not the ve
sinking. Just previous to this they had
thrown j. raft from the steamer to the
passengers who had Jumped Into the wa
ter. As the boat was going down the
officers leaped and were picked up by
those who had succeeded In boarding the
raft. There were originally eight persons
on the raft, those mentioned heretofore,
an unknown lady, and. the 15-year-old son
of Rev. Dr. Erlckson. Shortly after tfie
Walla Walla went down those on the
raft met one of the lifeboats, and ,the
unknown woman was removed from 'the
raft to the boat. Young Erlckson died
from exposure 12 hours after the Walla
Walla went down. The survivors saw the
steamer Despatch come and go out of
Eureka, but could not hall her. Rev.
Erlckson seems to have suffered the moat
from exposure. He drank a quantity of
salt water during the 36 nours the party
was drifting about in the ocean before
being picked up by the Nome City, and
tonight Is -unable to talk. The rest of the
party are In as good condition as can be
expected after their perilous adventure.
One Lifeboat Still Ont.
Advices received at the office of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company are to
the effect that two of the missing life
boats arrived last night north of Trinidad,
and that 17 people were landed from them.
This leaves one lifeboat yet to be ac
counted for. The company's agents have
confidence that the missing craft will turn
up before many hours have passed. The
majority of the survivors left Eureka
today on the steamer Pomona. They are
due to arrive tomorrow. The revenue
cutter McCulloch and a number of tugs
are cruising up and down the coast for
possible survivors.
Hard Battle for Life.
On one little fleet of life craft hard bat
tles for life were .fought. One was half
the time two feet" under water. On an
other a man went mad. His mania took
the form of self-destruction. His com
panions kept him from drowning himself.
They cannot tell how. In such a sea, on
such a raft, they saved even their own
lives. Yet they saved them and the life
of the madman, too. Another raft had
10, and every one was saved. The man
who was driven temporarily Insane was
Fireman Andrew Orrego, who attempted
to end his life by Jumping Into tho sea,
but was restrained by his companions in
misery.
The following named persons reached
Trinidad in safety, after a most perilous
trip In one of the boats:
M. C. Morehouse, stationary engineer of
Seattle: H. S. Marshall, chief cook of the
Walla Walla; W. T. Smith, passenger, of
Los Angeles; William Sheehan, fireman,
of San Francisco; J. McCallum, ship
hand, of San Francisco; William O'Leary,
sailor, of San Francisco; Charles Brown,
third assistant engineer, of San Francisco;
A. Spear, R. McKee, Fred McClement, H.
Katzschon, Jr., O. Swanson, Dan Lar
sen, Charles Dawson, passengers; EL Al
exander, coal hand; A. Johnson, raessman.
H. H. Weaver, a passenger, was badly
hurt and Is not expected to live.
The people of Trinidad did everything In
their power to relieve the distress of the
haggard and worn-out survivors. One of
the survivors, William O'Leary, says that
the boat saw the unknown French bark,
and came within 300 yards of It, but could
not attract the attention of any one on
board.
LAffDED OX THE BEACH. .
Stery ef ihe Boatswain, Who Wagji,
a Raft With Six Others. " "
EUREKA, Cal., Jan. A.-HlhQ develop
ments late last night and Hoday have
added seven more names to t"o survivors
of the Walla Walhv It was thought
that one of tho missing rafts with four
people aboard had been sighted off Hum
boldt Bar. Captain Hennlng and his
life-saving crew, with two volunteers
.from the steamer San Pedro, put to sea,
but the object sighted proved to bo an
old sail. The crew was compelled to
remain at seal all night, being overtaken
by darkness. The tug Ranger, which
steamed about SO miles, running north
ward above Trinidad, returned today.
Nothing was sighted. Late this after
noon, the seven who landed at Dry La
goon reached this city. A. Johnson, the
boatswain, ropi
"The
VICTORY FOR BOTH
Hanna Will Control the Ohio
House, Foraker the Senate.
H'KINNON ELECTED SPEAKER
Animated Session of the Representa
tives' Caucns Price Declared Hlm-
KClf for the Re-election of Hnn
na Trro Years Hence.
COLCJMBUS, O., Jan. 4. In the Repub
lican caucuses this evening, for the or
ganization of the General Assembly, tho
Hanna men secured control of the Houso
and the Foraker men of the Senate. Some
of the nominations for officials of the
Senate were made without opposition, but,
there was a "fight to a finish" for those
of the House, especially for the Speaker
ship. There was no compromise in the
case. In the Senate, the Senators make
up the standing committees themselves.
In the House, the Speaker appoints all
the committees and the contest was pri
marily for the Speakership, with every
thing else as secondary.
The Republican Senate caucus was
short and featureless, but the House cau
cus was animated and lasted several
hours. Representative Cole, in present
ing the name of W. S. McKinnon, of Ash
tabula, for Speaker, denied that McKln
non's election could be construed as a
humiliation of Senator Foraker, whose
re-election they all desired. Representa
tive Guerln, In presenting the name of
Aaron E. Price, of Athens, for Speaker,
repeated the statement that Price had
been Indorsed originally by both Senators
and other Republican leaders. He de
nounced "outside Influences" and the
threats to make '"one-termers" out of
certain members.
McKinnon was nominated over Price on
the first ballot by a voto of 38 to 30.
After McKInnon's address of acceptance.
Price was called out and made the sen
sational speech of the day by nominating
and declaring himself for Hanna for re
election to the Senate two years hence.
Price said that he found It easier to get
pledges than votes, and eulogized Hanna
and McKinnon, to whom he credited his
defeat, as men of the -highest character.
A. G. Comings, of Oberlln, one of the
Hanna leaders, walk, nominated without
opposition for Speaker pro tern. Burgess
L. McEIroy was nominated for re-electlonl
as Chief Clerk of thevHouse over H. V.
Speclman on Ihe first ballot by a vote
trf, 43 to 23. The Foraker Representatives
made their last hard stand for Speelman.
THfe other nominations were made without
opposition.
In-ther Republican Senate caucus most
of the time ifras devoted to the selection
of a committee to apportion the standing
committees. F. B. Archer, the Foraker
candidate, was nominated for .President
Tpro tem. (without opposition. F. .te. Scobey
was nominated for Uhiet Clerk over w. a.
TJhl, whose nomination Senator Hanna
had- strenuously urged, by a voto of 14
to 7. While the Hanna men swept the
board In the House, the Senate nomina
tions Included only one pronounced Han
na man Richard Lynch, for enrolling
clerk.
The result of the Republican nomina
tions made tonight affects more than tho
Legislature, which convenes next Monday.
The prestige of the Ohio Senators with
the National Administration and with the
future National and state campaigns, tho
reapportionment of the Congressional dis
tricts so as to arfect those who arenovf J
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freely discussed as the contest has waged
the past week.
The Democratic Senate caucus tonight
nominated Senator W, E. Roudbush for
president pro tem, and "others or minor
places. The Democratic House caucus
nominated L. C. Brumbaugh for Speaker
and L. G. Barton for Chief Clerk.
Later a Joint Democratic caucus was
held, at which the names of Charles W.
Baker, of Cincinnati; Judge J. H. Clarke,
of Cleveland: Judge A. W. Patrick, of
New Philadelphia, and H. J. Partington,
of Columbus, were presented for the nom
ination of United States Senator. On the
first ballot Baker was nominated by a
bare majority, as follows:
Baker 27IPartngton 3
Clark .14Patrtck .. 8
Baker, In accepting the nomination, eu
logized Colonel James Kllbourne, the re
cent Democratic candidate for Governor;
Mayor Tom L. Johnson and other lead
ers, and. discussed proposed legislation.
The joint Republican caucus will be
held next week. As there 13 no opposi
tion to the nomination of Senator Foraker
for re-election, It will be merely a formal
affair.
1
Lintzen;rer Supports Belmont.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Fritz Llntzenger,
Independent Democratic candidate for
Representative of the Seventh District,
has withdrawn from the contest, and has
Issued a statement asking his followers
to vote for Perry Belmont, who has been
declared by Judge Scott, of the Supreme
Court, the regular Democratic nominee.
Refused to Honor Brjnn.
BOSTON, Jan. 4. At a meeting .today
the Democratic state committee refused to
co-operate with the Commonwealth Club
in the reception and banquet to be ten
dered by the latter to Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan. The action of the commit
tee was unanimous.
TO AID CALEB POWERS.
Systematic Plnn for Raising Money
for His Defense Will Be Adopted.'
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4. William S.
Taylor, of Kentucky, held a conference
with Mayor Bookwaltcr and other leading
Republicans today with a view to start
ing a movement In aid of Caleb Powers,
ex-Secretary of State of Kentucky, who
Is now under conviction for complicity In
the murder of Governor Goebel. and Is
trying to get Into the Supreme Court on
an appeal. Powers wrote a pathetic let
ter to Taylor, In which he states that his
two trials In the courts of Kentucky for
a crime of which he knows nothing has
stripped him of every cent he has In the
world, and the money furnished by his
friends has also been spent In his defense.
He says It will be months before he can
prosecute his appeal to the Supreme
Court, and he asks that Republicans here
be appealed to for assistance. Nearly all
members of the conference today ex
pressed a willingness to assist the con
demned man, and a systematic plan will
be adopted for raising the money. Taylor
was requested to ascertain how much
money Powers will require.
Jurisdiction In Lynching Cases.
""ROME, Jan. 4. A cable dispatch from
Washington says that Secretary of State
Hay has sent a note to the Italian Am
bassador in Washingtonjeisnof"-Mayor
des Planchef , saying that a copy of Italy's
protest against the lynching of Italian
citizens at Erwin, Miss., will be sent to
Congress, accompanied by a recommenda
tion by President Roosevelt advocating
legislative reforms and the subjection of
all acts committed In violation of treaties
and to the detriment of foreigners to the
Federal Court's Jurisdiction.
Disorders at Barcelona.
MADRID, Jan. 4. The police of Barce
lona are guarding the Suburban Tramway
cars, which have to rim the gauntlet of
volleys of rocks.
A feature of the situation Is the atti
tude of the women. At meetings of work
men during the night It was decided to
'trIk- for a reduction to nine hours work
ifcx. to niDpart the r- - V , w
INTENDED TO DELAY
Panama Canal Company's
Offer to Sell Out.
THE RAILROADS BACK OF IT
In the Senate the Proposal WI1J
. Doubtless Cnnsc a Lons Debate
Property May He Had for
Forty Millions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The offer of
the Panama Canal Company to sell its
property for J40.000.000 will probably mako
no difference with the programme for con
sidering the passage of the Nicaragua
Canal bill In the House. The friends of
this measure say that the Panama propo
sition is simply a move by the transcon
tinental railroads Intended to defeat tho
Nicaragua bill. Hepburn says that, act
ing on the Canal Commission's report and
the belief that the Nicaragua route offers
the best advantages, he will push his bill
through this week.
In the Senate the offer will make a
vast difference. Many Senators bellevo
In the Panama route, and especially In
the tidewater level. They will make this
offer of the Panama Company the text of
a long debate. The amount conforms to
the commission's estimate, and this Is
to be a'dvanced as an additional reason
why the Panama route should be selected.
As soon as Morgan undertakes to get con
sideration for his bill In the Senate, there
will be a counter-move to refer the bill
back to the committee In order that the
new Panama offer may be considered.
Several members of the Administration
look with favor on the Panama route,
which will give support to those Senators
who Intend to make a fight for Panama.
Provided a clear title to the property
can be had. the $40,000,000. added to the
estimate of $113,000,000 necessary to com
nlete the canal by the Panama route,
would make It cost about $60,000,000 les3
than the estimated expenditure necessary
to build by the Nicaragua route. The sea
level canal would cost, according to the
estimate, about $50,000,000 more.
The Charges Aprninst Perranlt.
The Civil Service Commission Is confi
dent that Its call for the removal of Surveyor-General
Joseph Perrault. of Idaho,
for violation of the civil service law, will
receive prompt and positive attention. In
fact, it is believed that the commission,
which has been In conflict with Perrault
during his entire Incumbency, has lately
received a tip that It would be supported
by the authorities having jurisdiction, in
the renewal of Its efforts to bring him to
time. The present phase of the case was
precipitated by the transfer of Robert
McCracken from the regular to the per
diem roll, which virtually amounts to a
discharge. McCracken filed, with tho
Civil Service Commission, a number of
specific charges against Perrault of a
damaging and convincing character. Com
missioner Hermann, to whom the matter
of McCracken's dismissal was referred:
upheld the action of the Surveyor-General,
as he has " -'ably done In all of
the latte.1 " 'th the commission.
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