The Sunday Oregonian., October 25, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

-THE STjyDAY OREfeOXIAy. PORTLAyP. OCTOBER 25. 1903. '
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DISABLED VESSEL
LIES OFF COOS BAY
Decks of Steamer Plant Swept
by Heavy Seas, and Steer
ing Gear Is Broken.
THIRTY PEOPLE ON BOARD
Boat Send In Distress Signals, bat
Is Not Believed to Be In Imme
diate nanjrer Was Bound
for San Francisco.
MARSHFIEI-D. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
tvith 3" passengers an1 carE
of freight aboard. the steamer" M. F.
riant In at anchor about two miles orf
Coos Bay an a result of breaking her
machinery while passing out over the
bar on her regular trip to San Francisco.
Tust how badly the steamer is damaged
cannot be ascertained, but it is believed
that she is now in no immediate danger
and that her master. Captain Burtis.
will have her towed into port some time
tomorrow.
While going to sea at noon today, the
ateamer was struck by a heavy sea that
swept her decks fore and aft. The tre
mendous breaker caused the steamer
to veer from her course, and before she
could be straightened out live breakers
piled mor her. washing a portion of
hr deckload of shingles overboard. i
nally the Plant made her way to sea,
after her thrilling experience.
A half hour later the steamer Eureka
crossed out without taking a drop of
water. She stood by the Plant for a
while and then steamed south.
Signals for Boat With Hawser.
At the lookout used by the Ilfesavlng
rrew at the entrance of the bay. the
Plant could be seen Just before dark
this evening. She was at anchor anout
two miles off and a little north of the
bar. She appeared to be listing. The
tug Columbia went to the bar. but did
not go out. as the tide was not right for
bringing In the steamer. All the after
noon the Plant has been signalling to
the lifesavlng crew, but the heavy fog
made reading of the signals difficult.
One signal was to the effect that the
vessel s steering apparatus was out of
trder. Another read: "Met with acci
dent: send boat with hawser."
representatives of the steamship
company who saw the boat from the
lookout tonight feel assured that Cap
tain Burtis is at anchor only to await
a favorable time to be towed back to
port The Plant crossed over the bar
shortly after noon. The bar was rough
but not worse than on many other oc
casions when it is crossed in safety. A
heavy sea. however, struck the boat
and carried away her sternpost and
probably her steering; apparatus, and
some small piece's of wreckage and a
lltle of the freight came ashore, indi
cating; that at least some damage was
done.
Towed Back by Steamer Eureka.
With a small sail, the steamer turned
toward the south, but shortly after
wards was towed back by the steamer
Kureka. which left the bay soon after
the Plant. North of the bar the Plant
dropped anchor. tshe seemed to list
to one side, but as the Eureka left and
as another steamer left, it is thought
that Captain Burtis would not have re
mained where he was If there was any
danger to the passengers.
Nothing further can be done to help
the steamer tonight. On this trip the
Plant carried a cargo made up of
shingles, butter and general merchan
dise. Among the passengers Is Cap
tain XI. Emory. Inspector of the Life
saving Service of the Pacific Coast,
who has been here to visit the Coos
Itnv station. The first-class passen
gers who went out on the riant are:
A. Havens. K. W. Huffman, Alex Stur
rirvant. M. Buery. Theo. Bradley. E. H.
I-mhonskv. S. Assen. Charles Mer
chant, a. II. Pater, Mr. Buckings. F. A.
Smith. Mr. Bliss. W. T. Vedden R.
S. Uordon. Mr. McDonald. Mrs. McPon
ald. Mrs. Amundsen. T. H. Harrahan.
Mrs. Harrahan. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd.
John Bovd. Anna Colebrook. J. A. Val
den. Mr.- Moore. C. A. Erickson and J.
A. Snyder.
Boat Is Spanish War Prize.
The M. F. Plant was formerly the
Cuba in the Spanish merchant marine
and was the first prize boat captured
bv the United States Navy In the war
with Spain. She was bought by the
Plant Company and later by the Ore
gon Coal & Navigation Company and
brought around tho Horn. She has
been running between Coos Kay and
San Francisco for the past three years.
She is 201 feet long, carries 700 tons of
freight and Is valued at about 160.000.
and is not insured.
Lately M. N. Kuppenberg. of Spo
kane, has been negotiating for the
purchase of the Plant, together with
other property owned by the company.
This Is the deal In which it was re
ported James J. Hill wa Interested.
The deal, however, has not yet been
;losed. although It was about to be.
and the boat is still owned by the Ore
gon Coal & Navigation Company.
THRONGS CROWD TO TAFT
(Continued from First Pa-
Judpe RU-k's injunction. He worked on
the I.ake Shore and refused to accept
frcght from the Ann Arbor station, pre
ferring to stand by Secret Rule No. IS. He
was wntenced to Jail, although his con
finement was but a formality. The
brotherhood supported him for six years
after that, then the I.ake Shore reinstated
htm and he is now running a passenger
engine between Elkhart and Toledo. He
said, in presenting Mr. Taft:
I shall not only vote for Judge Taft.
nit I am doing all I can to aid in .ils
ranvas I have been working for him
wr since the beginning of the cam
a:g:l." Mights or Hail road Men.
Referring to Mr. Innon and the rail
say w orkmen In general. Mr. Taft said to
1. K-khart auuvenre:
"I am very much obliged to Mr. Tn
jon fur Introducing me to this audience,
aue there was a time, a number of
,- Mrs ago. when Mr. Iurton and I had
tome d:ifernces: that Is. I did n-t have
:lim. but a judc? on the bench with me
3a-l them, and now. as we look back to
Jiat time. I think .Mr. Lennon and I agree
ti the principles that ought to apply be
:wen railway employer and railroad em
love's and it shows a broad. Intelligent
p--n on the part of Mr. Innon to iniro
J e ni liere and to take the stand that
j- is in favor of the Republican ticket
i.xt November.
Vnt I want to speak about is rall
ay labor In this country. One of the
.lungs that seem to me to portend
rood in this country Is the fact that
railway laborers and the railway
irders are convinced that, except with
reference to the division of dividends
ind wages, the Interests of the rails-ay
employe nnd the Interest of the
aliwuy employer are identical and
that they have the right and that they
ought. In order to look after their
Interests, to unite in politics to see
j -1 ia avn in the
inai a. square - e ---
treatment of railways and that unJuj't
. . , ll.n.a ahmlld
legislation against
meet their condemnation as much as
does that of the stockholders, and of
ficers of the railroad. When we have
that calm, deliberate conclusion, a sen
sible one, reached by the railway
orders, we may know that labor and
capital are coming together on com
mon grounds and that It must work
for the benefit of the public at large.
In his speech at Gary tonight. Mr.
Taft talked on the bank deposit guar
antee question and made a general ref
erence to the tariff and prosperity is
sues. This afternoon the candidate was en
tertained in his car by Indiana cam
paign songs sung by four young ladies
from Huntington.
Talks on Tarltt at Gary.
Northern Indiana and Chicago con
trlbuted to the enlivenment of tha new
Industrial city of Gary tonight. The
town, which was built by the United
States Steel Corporation, is declared 13
be Republican beyond question, because
of the tariff protection afforded that in
dustrv. Mr. Taft launched at once into
a tariff argument, making It clear that
the party was pledged to a revision of
the tariff on protection lines.
"The proposition that tho- party has
been debauched by contributions by the
corporations, is most absurd," declared
the candidate, with a smile. "I am In
a position to know that there is not
enough campaign funds to debauch any
party or anv body of men. And I want
to suggest right here that, if you are
looking for a good charity in which
to deposit your surplus cash, the Re
publican cause furnishes a most desir
able object."
When Mr. Taft expressed confidence in
his election, he was wildly cheered and
cries of "You're all right. Bill; you'll get
there!" came from all quarters of the
hall.
Mr. Taft discussed his position on labor
and received hearty commendations.
The Taft special left Gary for New Tork
at 10:30 tonight and will reach that city
at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
NEARLY CHOKED TO DEATH
Clairvoyant' Client Springs From
Chair Grabbing Him by Xeck.
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 24. (Special.)
While reading a man's palm in his of
fice in the Pacific Hall this morning. H.
Mansfield, an aged clairvoyant, was sud
denly grabbed by the throat by his sub
ject and choked into unconsciousness.
He was found nearly dead and badly
bruised, but It Is believed he will re
cover, notwithstanding his age.
While the reading was In progress a
man entered the ante-room and said that
he must have an Immediate reading of
his life lines. Mansfield rose to tell him
to wait for a few momenta, when the
man whose palm he had been reading
threw himself on him. In the struggle
the hats of alt three men fell on the
floor and, making his escape, the smaller
of the men took Mansfield's hat and left
his own. Later in the day Mansfield de
scribed the hat and with this clew the
detectives arrested Charles Johnson, who
proved to be wearing the hat, which is
an extremely large one.
PAROLED INDIAN IN JAIL
Woman Alleges Clark Bobbed llcr
of Certificate of Deposit.
OREGON CITT. Or, Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) Harry Clark, a young Indian,
who was on parole, is In the county
Jail, charged with robbing Mrs. Vic
toria Howard, who says Clark took
from her a certificate of deposit on a
Sheridan bank for 1190 and about 13
in money. Mrs. Howard Is of dusky
hue and comes from the Grand Ronde
Reservation. Last night she was given
some coffee by the Indian entertainers
Bnd says there were knock-out drops
in It. When she regained her senses
this morning her money was gone.
Clark denies his guilt. He has been
before the Justice Court several times
on charges of stealing chickens.
TULL & GIBBS LOSE $40,000
Serious Kire In Spokane Due to De
fective Wiring.
SPOKANE. Oct. 24. Fire which
started beside the elevator shaft In
Tull & Gibbs' furniture store warehouse
here this morning did consider
able damage. The entire stock
of Tull & Gibbs. stored in this ware
house, was destroyed, entailing a loss
of between $35,000 and $40,000.
The National Biscuit Company lost Its
entire stock valued at J7S00 and the
building, belonging to C. H. Weeks,
was damaged about $12,000. The loss is
reported to be well covered by insur
ance. The blaze is believed to have
started from defective wiring.
SALE SAMPLE SUITS.
Manufacturers'" sample line of wom
en's tailored suits on sale at 60c on the
dollar of wholesale cost. All latest
styles and colorings, and only one of
a kind. No charge for alterations.
McAllen & McDonnell. Third and Mor
IT'S THE HAT.
The trimmed hat, the tailor suit hat
all kinds of hats. I.e Palais Royal
has them at the lowest prices. S75
Washington street.
Dixzy, She Falls Ffora Train.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Oct 24. (Special.)
Mrs. Nancy Young, of Central Point, foil
from the vestibule of an incoming train
yesterday and narrowly escaped a seri
ous accident. Mrs. Toung was In com
pany with her sister. As the train slacked
its speed within the yard limits both
walked to the platform and were standing
by an open vestibule, and either from
dizziness or sickness Mrs. Toung lurched
forward from the steps and fell heavily
upon the ground, being severely bruised
by the fall.
Take Out Lumber Cargoes.
ASTORIA. Or.. Oct 24. (Special.)
The steamer G. W. Fcnwlck cleared at
the Customs-House today for San
Francisco with a cargo of 1,950,000 feet
of piling, loaded at the Hammond
Lumber Company's mill. The steamer
Cascade also cleared for San Frarcisco
today. She carries a cargo of 515,000
feet of lumber, loaded at Rainier.
Wireless Service Works Perfectly.
SEATTLE, Oct 24. The Army wireless
signal service station in Alaska. Eagle
City. Circle City. Fairbanks and Fort
Gibbon are handling the commercial and
press matter ordinarily carried by the
land wires with as much promptness as
w hen the land wires were in use.
More Sugar Lumps for Bryan.
CHICAGO, Oct 24. Twenty contribu
tors turned J25S9 Into the Democratic
campaign fund yesterday in sums of
J?Xi or over. The sources of IST5 were
made public in New Tork yesterday, the
remainder, J1&64. being announced here
today.
DIG Mill TUNNED
Somerville Brothers Build at
Vancouver.
PLANT TO COST $150000
Waterfront Property Purchased by
Firm for $31,200 to Be Used "
as Site for Proposed
Sawmill. ; -
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct 24. (Spe
cial.) Somerville Bros., of Napavlne,
Wash., have purchased 2 acres of
waterfront property about 200 feet be
low 'the big railway bridge over the
Columbia, paying for the land 1200
an acre. The land is the Van Atta
and Whipple tracts and has a water
frontage of 800 feet
Somerville Bros., together with others
Interested with them, will build a
$150,000 milling plant on the property,
according to Information given out by
J. A. Webber, their representative in
this city. The plant will Include a
sawmill, planing mill, shingle mill,
sash and door factory and furniture
factory, and when completed and in
running order, will employ 800 men.
Somerville Bros, have two sawmills
at Napavine, Wa3h.. and are old lum
bermen on the Coast. They have re
cently made big lumber and timber
shipments to the Isthmus to be used
in the construction of the Panama
Canal.
They expect to buy their logs for
thir Vancouver plant as they at pres
ent have no timber holdings in this
section. ,
TAX VALUES ARE REDUCED
Washington County Figures Are
$-1,033,786 Less Than Year Ago.
HILLS BORO, Or.. Oct 24. (Special.)
Assessor Wilcox has completed the
1908 assessment with description and
values as follows:
Acres tillable land, 97.189; valua
tion of same $ 4.027,453
Acre, non-tillable land, 333.202;
valuation of same 4.GS0.A05
Improvements deeded lands 6S0.3SO
Value town lots 4!i'"?
Improvements on same 3!i.--.ro
Improvements on lands not deeded 11,750
Parlfic Railway & Navigation Co.
16..r.O mile, railway) 49.500
Oregon Electric Hallway Co.
UO.ftii miles railway) 54,800
Oregon & California Railway Co.
CM miles railway) S44.120
Pacific Btates Telephone Co. (37.40
miles wire) 6.090
Independent Telephone Co. (36
mile, wire) 1.2IO
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
34.40 miles wire) 064
Lake Pence Water ditch (2.50
miles) .
Hainea Electric Power Co. (21 ...
mil..) - "
Railway rolling stock 4
Manufacturing machinery t'-f'Sii?
Merchandise and stock In trade. . 2.l.t i.i
Farm Implements, wagon., etc... 137.205
Money, notes and accounts 211. 4. 5
Household furniture ?i' -"i
Homes and mules. 6,183 head 3i2.SiO
Cattle. 13.S! head 2?!i4.5
Sheep and goats, 10,890 head 10. Boo
Swlae. 2,245 head 12.430
Gross value $12,558,988
The assessment for the year of 1907
was 116.529.774. The O. & C. Railroad,
the Southern Pacific Railway, -was as
sessed at 110,000 per each mile of road
bed. The total valuation is 14.033,786
less than last year's values due to a
horizontal reduction of 25 per cent
on real estate.
TAFT FRIEND OF UNIONS
C. S. Gleason Delivers Rousing
Speech at Goldendale.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Oct 24. An en
thusiastic Republican campaign meeting;
was held in this city this evening, the
principal speaker being Charles S. Glea
son. of Seattle. Mr. Gleason discussed at
length the principle issues of the cam
paign, and in reply to the attack; made
upon William H. Taft, charging that
whllo on the bench he rendered decisions
against the interests of the laboring men,
reviewed exhaustively the decisions
of Judge Taft, and pointed out that he
had held that employes have the right to
organize themselves into unions, to adopt
rules for the governing of these unions,
to prescribe penalties for violation of such
rules, to employ persons to represent
them in controversies with their employ
ers, to strike at the suggestion of such
persons for the purpose of bettering the
conditions of their employment, and to
raise funds for the purpose of maintain
ing themselves during a strike, and that
thev have these rights, even though they
be in the employ of a railway company,
engaged in interstate commerce, and such
railway company is in the hands of a
receiver, appointed by a Federal Court
SELECTS SITE FOR STATION
Iilfesaving Department to Have
Exhibit at Seattle Fair.
ASTORIA. Or., Oct 24. (Special.)
Captain Wicklund. of the Point Adams
Llfesavlng crew, has returned from
Seattle, where he went to select a site
for the station that the department
will Install at trie exposition to be held
there next year. lie chose the site on
Lake Union, near the center of the
grounds, and the building and all Its
equipment will be so constructed that
at the conclusion of the exposition it
can be removed ana permanently placed
on one of the sites on the Coast where
new lifesaving stations are to be lo
cated by the Government
DRILL FOR OIL AT COOS
Machinery Will Be Pat In Place
Within Next Few. Weeks.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) Frank O'Pay. an oil man, who
recently visited Coos Bay. is expected
here within two weeks with machinery
to drill for oiL It has been known for
some time past that there was oil
p.round Coos Bay. and during the past
Summer a number of investigations
along that line have been made.
CARELESS LABORER HURT
Fails to Get Off Track Before Ap
proaching Car Hits Him.
Peter Pwanson," a laborer, who lives
at 1066 Denver avenue, and is em
ployed by the O. W. P. line, was pain
fully Injured yesterday afternoon about
4 o'clock in a streetcar accident at
East Tenth street and Hawthorne ave
nue. Swanson. together with a number
of other workmen, were engaged in lay
ing new track at this point A car
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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED
MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASUIN ask um acnw
THE IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT CLOTHING
is NOT the price
STYLE QUALITY TAILORING
constitute GOOD CLOTHES
If purchased at our store your
garments will fit as if made
to measure while the price is no
higher than ordinary sorts elsewhere
RAINCOATS AND OVERCOATS
$15 to $40
n Jiljl3
nuu
LEADING CLOTHIER
" ' - - ! .1 . ., Alf r III llll
it a terrible place to spend a mgnt witn- BULy LU0ltU IIM JMIl.
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came along, slowed down a little but
did not stop, and the laborers, grown
careless by long custom, continued
work on the track until the car was
almost upon them and then one by one
stepped out of its way.
Swanson waited too long and was
struck. He was felled heavily to the
pavement and sustained a severe scalp
wound. He lay unconscious until some
one called the Red Crosr ambulance in
which he was removed to the Good
Samaritan Hospital where he was at
tended by Dr. Rockey. He will be able
to return to his work in a few days.
County Court Appointments.
The County Court yesterday appoint
ed Thomas Norton and Charles Honey
man clerks in the Justice Court, and
C. C. Ford and Thomas Carroll, gate
keepers on the Madison-street bridge,
to succeed Andrew Bradford and G. P.
Fuller, resigned, and George M. Mc
Donald to succeed William Taylor, de
ceased, as gate-keeper on the Burnslde
street bridge.
Meet at the Electric Fountain in the
Perkins Grill, and listen to Webber's
Novelty Orchestra at 12 o'clock lunch,
6 o'clock dinner and after the theater.
SEARCHERS GIVE UP HOPE
Believe Green River Hunters Will
Xot Be Found Alive.
GREEK RIVER HOT SPRINGS.
Wash., Oct. 24. Hope of ever seeing
Fred W. Kloeber and Julius Kumle alive
has been abandoned and searchers are
now directing their efforts to recovering
the bodies of the missing men, who left
Hot Springs Hotel last Monday morn
ing on a short hunting expedition. Since
that time nothing has been heard of
them, despite that half a hundred ex
perienced woodsmen have been on the
trail for four nights and days.
At daybreak today a party of six left
the hotel for a canyon two mllea to the
north, which is known as an exception
ally dangerous place. It is feared the
absent ones may have perished there,
and thorough search will be made for
the bodies. Monday night was the cold
est of the year, so far, and as the men
had no provisions, it is believed In their
weakened condition they may have been
frozen to death. There is much snow in
the canyon at this time of year, making
it a terrible place to spend a night with
out equipment.
CHINESE BECOME CALMER
Belllngham Police Believe Danger
of Clash With Chinese Is Over.
BBLJjINGHAM, Wash.. Oct. 24. While
the Chinese of this city are still highly
excited over the raid made upon their
bunk houses yesterday by the police. It is
believed that all danger of a race war
with the local Japanese is at an end.
Today and tonight the Celestials, aided
by detectives, are still hunting for the
Japanese who caused the search warrant
to be issued on the charge of theft. If
he Is found. It is possible there will be
serious trouble, but the police believe he
has skipped town.
Xewberg 11; McMinnville 0.
NEWEERG, Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
Newberg High School defeated McMinn
ville High School this afternoon by a
score of 11 to 0.
Get your order In for Chalmers' "30."
John Stark Makes Uncalled-for At
tack on Xewsboy.
John Stark, a German laborer. 3T
years of age. who lives in South Port
land, was arrested at Third and Wash
ington streets at 10 o'clock last night
by Constable Lou Wagner because of
an unwarranted attack made upon
Louis Goldstein. 13 yeai-s of age, a
newsboy, who lives at 694 Front street
The episode attracted a crowd of per
haps a thousand people, who jeered the
man as the officer placed him under
arrest.
Stark wanted to buy a paper from the
lkd but becoming enraged because
he 'was not waited on quickly enough
to suit his convenience, grabbed the
boy's papers and tore them up. After
throwing them into the street he
started in to thrash the boy but was
stopped by Constable Wagner. Stark
was locked up In the City Jail.
The books carried by a passing : ew7'r
sehooiboy were futid to weigh i pound..
ew and Stylish Furnishings
p.-npt- This season's favorite Carpet is un
arpcis . doubtedly the Axminster, while the
most stylish colors are tan or brown, with rich Oriental
figures. We offer an extraordinary selection of tan
Axminsters, in exclusive designs. Large stock for im
mediate delivery. Prices, $1.30 to $l.SO yard, laid.
nMnPHPQ Many new Tapestries, Damasks and
urdyeucs oir fabries the latest colors,
enrich our Drapery stock. For craftsman interiors we
show new printed' Scrims, Bungalow Nets and similar
inexpensive but effective stuffs.
"Pnrnifiirp A larSe assortment of new.Daven-
jrurmmic ports oak, mahogany and over
stuffed pieces; new, quaint furniture and new mahog
any Tea Tables, Serving-Tables and Novelty Piece3
have been added to our furniture lines this week.
Fifth and Stark J. G. Mack & CO. Fifth and Stark