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: PRICE FTVT? fKN'TS. : - " t . TTTrsrw envnAV TiYRXTXO. JANUARY 24, 1909. . ; . VOL. XXVIII. NO. 4. s ER LOSTON fANCOUe CDAST Soquel Goes. Way of Valencia. RESCUE BOAT IS SWAMPED Falling Spar Kills Captain Ja mieson's Wife and Child. FIVE OF CREW RESCUED fcix Men With Captain and Dead Family Are Left on Board While Tecs Takes Saved Ones to Jiamflcld.' VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 23. The Ameri can four-masted schooner Soo,uel, Cap tain Jamlcson. from Callao. dun Decem ber 9. to Port Townsend in ballast, was totally wrecked on Seablrd Rocks Fri day nlglit. at the mouth of I'eehcna Bay. close to where the steamer Valencia was lost'mitli HO lives on the same day two years a no. The Srxiuel was endeavoring to make her may Into the Straits for Tort Townsend. and Captain Jamleson'a wife and child were killed by falling spars ' when two of the masts came down soon after the schooner drove on the rocks. Kescue Roat Swamped. The steamers Tees and Lebro, the lat ter carrying the crew of the wrecked Bamfleld Creek motor lifeboat, with dif ficulty rescued five of the crew. The Lebro's boat was swamped during the rescue work and aome of the Ufesavers were almost drowned. The Tees, boat picked them up. Six men. one prostrated with a broken leg as a result of a falling spar striking him. could not be got off. and darkne.s came. They were left on board tho wreck and the Tees went to Kamfield to land those saved. Manning Goes to Itcscue. The United States revenue cutter Manning, on special detail as lifesav lng pucket. put out from Neah Bay at 4:30 this afternoon to render assist ance to the wrecked craft. She took with her the Ufesaving crew of Waahdi lxland station. The Manning found the Soi;iicl so firmly impaled on jagged roiki tl.at there is small chance she Willi ever be gotten afloat again. The five men rescued by the Tees w. re recovered from one of the Seabird Rocks, which are almost awash at high water. They reached the rocks early this morning. They hud built a fire on the rock with driftwood and were huddled abouc the fire awaiting res cue. A Fort Townsend report states that the Soiuel Is owned by J. J. Hanifan A- C of San Francisco. LEAVITT NOT TO CONTEST .Attributes Divorce Suit to Wife's Xervous Temperament. PARIS. Jan. IJ.--W. II. Leavltt yes terday received from Thomas S. Allen, his wife's lawyer at Lincoln. Neb., In formation that Mrs. Leavltt. who Is a daughter of W. J. Bryan, had filed a petition for divorce on the ground of Incompatibility of temper and non support. He waa questioned on the matter today 'and declined to discuss It. saying he did not desire to embar rass his wife In any way. Mr. Leavltt will not oppose the suit. With bis mother, with whom he has been living in Paris, tie will leave- m a few days for America. His depar ture la In no way connected with the auit. but Is part of his plan to exhibit his painting. "The Last Supper." In the United states. Mr. Leavltfs friends In the Latin quarter, who esteem him highly as a serious worker, said his life has been exemplary. They declare that Mrs. Leavltt'a decision to obtain a divorce Is due to her nervous temperament. . IS' i f HOON j Bag: serf t COSGROVE WAITS TILL ROAD OPENS TRIP DELAYED BY BLOCKADE OX SOl'THKRX PACIFIC. Will Henialn In Car at Oakland Scv eral Days Refuses to Dis cuss Politics. r SAN FRANOISOO. Jan. Z5.- Special.) Governor-elect Cosgrove is not so soon to leave California for the , North. He waa due to leave this afternoon at 2 o"clock. but word oamo that the Southern Pacific lines were blocked and he will remain In his private car Indefinitely until he can go through without delay. It win prob ably be several days before his car moves. In the meantime he Is located at the Oakland Mole, as hta physicians believe It would be unwise for him to go to a hotel. The place Is not adapted to quiet, as trains are moving at all hours of the night, hut the Governor Is determined to make the best of a bad situation. The car is so equipped that all meals can be served without his moving from the train. Mrs. Cosgrove has a number of friends in Oakland and San Francisco and the party will while away the hours with visits, both h the car and about the bay. It is said by those close to the Governor that he absolutely refuses to discuss the political situation, but that he Is anxious to return to Olympia to settle the tangle as to who Is Governor of the State of Washington. ' MAN DIES OF NIGHTMARE Thurston Fanner Found Dead In Bed Arier Groaning In Dream. EUGK.NE, Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Marlon Nice, a farmer-living rear Thurs ton, died early this morning while un der the spell of nightmare. Mr. Nice was in usual health yester day, but has been subject jto nightmare for a number of years. When his wife was aroused early In the morning by the groaning of her husband, she paJd no particular attention, such spells being not unusual with Nice. When he failed to rise at the usual hour, his wife found him dead. Tlje deceased leaves, besides his wife, two sons. Ira and John, the former liv ing on the home farm, and the latter an employe in the Eugene postofflce. SHE STEALSJO .GET FOOD Woman Thief Leaves Explanation in Room of Victim. DENVER. Jan. S. Saying she was dy ing of consumption and was forced to steal to obtain food and medicine, a woman thief, signing herself Mrs. M. L. Crane, last night left a note In the room of one of her victims, explaining her plight and begging pardon for the thefts. Numerous robberies have been .commit ted in an apartment house on Eighteenth avenue of late, all evidently by the same person. Last night the thief reappeared and stole several articles from a room occupied by sleeping women, after which she evidently sat down "and wrote the note. She then disappeared. DUKE AGAIN TRIUMPHANT AbruzzI Only Man to Scale Mount St. Elias In Alaska. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. That the Duke de Abruzzi is the only man who has succeeded in reaching the to.j of Mount St. Ellas. In Alaska, waa brought out in the consideration by the House committee on foreign affairs of the ap propriation asked for marking the Alaskan boundary. This mountain Is one of the peaks which are crossed by the boundary line and is an evidence of the difficul ties attending the work of marking the boundary between Alaska and Canada. WILL HEARJ3ATEWAY CASE Interstate CommlMion to Decide on Through Route Via Portland. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 23. It Is announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission that a hearing will be held at Chicago February 18. before Commissioner Prouty. on the question of the estab lishment of a through route, and joint rate from Puget Sound points to the East via Portland gateway. The Hill and Harrlman lines are unable to agree and the Commission has been asked to settle the djspute. HARRY MURPHY TOUCHES UP, WITH HUMOROUS HIGH-LIGHTS, SOME OF THE INTERESTING 3 fcfecrv 1 peakln ef Hlli Water. lUIllXfAiM, wniuvi '-' -y " ' ' - . '..innrn lnMnfflllrt III HOIIIfl RAILROADS SUED SOLD FOR L Second Step in Fight to Recover Grant. BUYERS ARE ALSO DEFENDANTS Over $15,000,000 and 353, 288 Acres Are at Stake. FEDERAL. ATTORNEY ACTS Suit Begun Against Harrlman Com panies and Purchasers Supple mentary to Action for Acre age Still Held. Another step in the fight of the Federal Government to recover possession of the land included In the Immense grant to the Oregon & California Railroad Com' pany was taken yesterday when B. D. Townsend, special assistant to the Attorney-General filed In the Federal Court in Portland 35 suits in equity against the Oregon & California and Southern Pacific Companies and over 100 other defendants. These suite are supplementary to those previously filed against the Harrlman companies and are for the purpose of re covering land Included in the grant and already sold by the railroads, or, where title to the land cannot be regained, of securing for the Government all monies paid for the land in excess of J2.50 an acre, the price at which it was stipulated in the original grant the land would be sold. Besides the railroads, the defend ants in the suits are those who have pur chased land from these companies. The suits Involve more than $13,000,000 and also more than 353,288 acres of land. All of the land is located In Oreson. Carries Out Announced Policy. These suits filed by Mr. Townsend are in keeping with the pledge that the Fed eral attorneys made In the original bill of complaint filed by the Covernment, In Its suit against the Oregon & California Company. In its original suit the Gov ernment alleges the fact that the rail road violated the terms of thj grant by refusing to sell the lands contained there in for J2.60 an acre and seeks either to force the railroad to sell the land to settlers according to the terms of the grant or to have the entire grant an nulled and the land restored to the pub lic domain. At the time this suit was filed the Fed eral authorities knew that the railroad company had sold to timber syndicates such as the Hammond and the Weyer haeuser interests, and also to timbermen. thousands of acres Included in the grant. In order not to involve complications and delays, the suits against the railroad and against the other owners were brought separately. It Is alleged in the complaint that all of the lands sold to the defendants named In the euj were sold in violation of the terms of the land giant; and for this reason the Government hopes to make null and void the deeds and contracts made by the Oregon & California Com pany to the purchasers. It has been al most a herculean task on the part of Attorney Townsend to get together the evidence upon which to base his suit. It has involved months of the hardest kind of work, for the selling of the lands by the company began, in the early days and has continued up until 1908. In many Instances copies of deeds and con tracts to sell are in possession of the Government. Other deeds and some very Important ones have never been recorded, yet the Government is in posssslon of evidence, as In the case of the Ham mond holdings, that deeds and contracts are In existence. Many Own Large Tracts. Practically every defendant named In the ault owns, or did own, over 1000 aires of land. The Hammond Interests hold SO. 000 acres, and next come the (Concluded on Pag-e .) On the Carpet. AND t AFFINITIES DON'T ALWAYS GIVE JOY EARLE DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS ERRED. New York Man Wants Xo More of His Soulniate" That He Married Twice. BATTLE 'CHEEK. Mich., Jan. 23. (Special.) "I have learned that affini ties do not always turn out as at first expected, and. though I have erred, every man is liable to do that." Thia from Frederick Plnney Karle, of Monroe, N. Y., when interviewed at the sanitarium today. Of his second wire, to whom at one time before he was divorced and remarried, he re ferred as his "affinity." he refused to say much beyond this, although he In timated that he was through with her and that no reconciliation would ever be effected. ' Karle arrived In this city Thursday direct from' Monroe, following his re turn from Paris. He was desirous of escaping from the gaze of the world pending the divorce .proceeding of his "soul mate." Strict precautions were taken so that his presence should not become known, and he told the offi cials of the Institution that as soon as his presence should become known he would leave. As yet, however, he has not done so. INDEX OF T0DAY:S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY Manmvm temperature, 41 decrees; minimum 34 degrees. TO DA V Ocasional rain or snow; southerly winds Legislatures. Olvrr.rla lawmakers spend two weelce getting 'ready for work. Section 1. page 7. Movement begun in Washington Senate to abolish BoBrd of Control. Section 1. page 7. Senator Hurt Introduces bill for Inspection of Oregon mlnee. Section 1. page 6. Balley'e bill to provide public playgrounds In Portland strikes constitutional snag. Section 1, page 7. Foreign. Three Russian desperadoes kill three per sons and wound five near London, then two commit' suicide. 'Section 1. page 4. Terrible earthquake recorded In all ob servatories probably occurred in Turk estan. Section 1. page 4. National. Houae refuse to Increaee pension of Mrs. Cogbtan. Section 1. page 6. Politics. Taft arrives Bt Charleston ready for trip to Panama. Section 1, pag 3. . Congressman Hayes says Japan exercises veto - on American " legislation and nctlmlnates . against foreigners. Section 1. page 2. Hopkins hangs to forlorn hope, while Lorimer eeeks dark horse for Senator. Section 1, Domestic. Bea.-h Hargir gies on warpath in Kentucky. Section 1. page 3. Great Atlantic liner Republic rammed by unknown vessel oft Atlantic roaat and abandoned: wireiees saves paesengcra. Sec ' tion I. page 1- Ex-Judge Hn-ue: of Portland, repaya fine to man who he was wrongly punished. Section 1. page 1. Callfornian liable to fine for killing one of only two nirvlvlng condors in etate. Sec tion 1. Dage 4. Earle. disenchanted of afTlnlty, Is in sanita rium. Section 1, page 1. Tw4 Portland girls, arrested for mealing at ilakland. . confess Crimea. Section 1. page 2. t , Sport. Coast League arranges schedule with 31 weeks' Way. Section 1. page 8. Dugrlale confident of winning team for Se attle Section 4, page 4 Jeffries' return to ring still causes much speculation. Section 4. page 4. Portland automobile show gives promise of being a notable event. Section 4. page 5. Dorando writes his own life story. Sec tion 4. page 4. Pacific Northwest. Skating rink burns at Eugene; loss $4000. Section 1. page 4. Theodore Knise willing to give S10.000 to be rid of wife. Section I, page 6, La Orand farmers take stock In 1600.000 corporation to irrigate 20.000 acres. Sec tion 1, page 6. Blockarlo ;n railroad delays- Cosgrove'e trip North. Section 1, page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Government sues for portions of Oregon land grant already sold by railroad. Section 1. Page 1. Dr. Brougher to start movement for "What would Jesus do" In Portland. Section 2 Page Hi. Ro-c Festival to send invitations to all points where fleet touched. Section 1, page 11. William B. Mersereau awarded $"i.'i50 dam ages from HcTga Farrett. Section 1. Page 8. St. Mark's parish to move to Twenty-first and Marshall streets. Section 8. Page 8. Water Commissioners RafTety and Allen to continue In service. Section 3. Page 8. Stockmen making strenuous attempt to se cure bounty bill. Section 4, Page 6. Tax statements are ready for distribution to property-owners. Section 1, Page 10. Oregon short Line surveying for road along Snake River. , Section 4, Page 6. Mayor vetoes maintenance fund for street Improvements. Section 3, Page 4. John MrSulty tells of abnormal tides and their causes. Section 4. Page 8. Commercial Club holds hotly-contested election. 8ectlon 1, page 8. Thompson Estate Company appoints C. K. Henry attorney in fact for Oregon. Sec tion 1. page 11. m Jtmt Close I P This Shop. IV.,..,. I I I I 9 " 1 ' . A A , " V Wil! I ii5 WHITE STAR LINER FOUNDERS AT SEA Republic Run Down off Cape Cod Coast. WIRELESS USED TO CALL AID Fleet of Steamers Rushes to Stricken Vessel. PASSENGERS SAVE NAUGHT Unfortunate Tourists First Trans fcrri'd to Italian Liner Florida and Later to Steamer Baltic. FOUR MAY BE IK.I. NANTUCKET, Mass.. Jan. 23. A wireless message received here early tcday from an unknown steamer, probably the Baltic, says four pas sengers of the Republic were killed in the collision It Is also reported that the Re public has not yet sone down, and that the Lucania and Fumessia are standing by Wireless operators are allowing the Baltic operator run sweep, so there may be no delay In getting details. BOSTON. Jan. 23. Hardly had the day operator at the Government wireless sta tion at the Charleston Navy-yard tested his Instrument this morning when the machine began to click out a message that stirred the- entire Northern Atlantic seaboard to unwonted activity. "To revenue cutter Gresham, Boston," said the message from out of the air. "Steamer Republic In distress and sink ing. Latitude 40. 17. longitude 70.26, southwest of Nantucket." The cutter Gresham was not at the Navy-yard, tiut Intercepted the appeal in Provincctown harbor, on the Inside of Cape Cod. and at once got under full speed and. huirried to the. aid of the stricken vessel. 1 This was the first news received of the collision between the White Star liner Republic, which left New York yester day for Naples and Mediterranean ports, with "61 souls on board, and the Lloyd Italian liner Florida. The vessels crashed together shortly after 6 this morning in a dense ioz off the Cape, and the impact of the blow so disabled the Republic that she sank soon after 9 to night, the terrific pressure of the sea crushing in the doors of her water-tight compartments one by one, until ,the ves sel slowly heeled over and plunged be neath the waves. .Many Get Mes&age. The same wireless message that sent the Gresham scurrying around the sandy point of Cape Cod with a "bone in her mouth." was also picked up by the Inward-bound White Star liner Baltic and the Cunarder Lucania, which had passed the Republic a short time before, and both vessels put about at once and start ed at full speed for the point in the wide Atlantic where the crippled vessel was then wallowing in her death strug gles. The French liner La Lorraine, outward bound from New York behind the Republic, also intercepted the mys terious waves in the ether that were carrying the fateful message far and wide, and she, too. spurted ahead to give aid to the fabric of steel that was sinking. The revenue cutter Acuehnet, at Woods Hole, picked up the cry . for aid, and stearted1 seaward, but put back after ?oing five miles, for more definite in formation. At New Bedford the cutter Mohawk also heard the summons from out the air and left her berth on a voy age of euccor,. but drove aground in the heavy fog on a sandbank in Buzzards Bay. i While these vessels were all hurrying to the stricken steamer, or doing their (Continued on Page 2 ) Here It la Aln. FINE HE IMPOSED REPAID BY HOGUE PORTLAND'S EX-JUDGE UNDOES ALLEGED WRONG. Man Whom He Punished for Fast Driving Five Years Ago Gets Money Back. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) A group of clubmen, was seated around the big log fire In the bar of the St. Francis last evening. In the party was ex-Judge W. H. Rogue, of Portland, Or. M. H. Thompson, an In surance man and permanent guest at the hotel, walked up. Judge Hogue was introduced. "I think I ought to remember you,' said Thompson. "You cinched me for "I did not catch that remark, sir," said Judge Hogue. "Well, five years ago. In Portland, Or., I was arrested for fast driving and the case came up before you, and you fined' me $25," explained Thomp son. "Am I to understand, sir, that you feel that you were unjustly treated?' asked the Judge, In a quiet, well-modulated voice. "Yes. I most certainly do," replied Thompson, hotly. "Well, all I can say is that I never Intentionally wronged anyone," said the Judge. "When I sat on the bench, I tried to act fairly and conscientious ly to all. If you feel that you were unjustly treated. It is not too late now for ' me to attempt to repair the wrong." with that. Judge Hogue wrote his u-tr f5 unci handed It to Thomp son, who accepted it and put It in his pocket." SWELTERING IN JANUARY Chicago Experiences Warmest Win ter Weather in 39 Years. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. (Special.) Chi cago today experienced the warmest Jan uary weather since 1870. The tempera ture reached 66 above, the former rec ord being 65, this point being reached in 1870 and again in 1876. January 29. 1906. the temperature reached 61 above, but only for a brief time. Today people went about thinly-clad, forsaking wraps, and in homes and of fices all heat was shut off and windows and doors thrown open to the limit. Phy sicians say the unseasonable weather will result in much illness, as it will plant the germs of pneumonia and kin dred allhients. Continued warm southerly winds are responsible for the peculiar conditions here. Rain is predicted for tomorrow, after which- It will become colder. De cidedly warm weather prevails through out the Middle West, and the snow Is disappearing ei-erywhere. One peculiar ity of the' unusual weather is the soggy nature of the atmosphere, making it dif ficult to' breathe. INSURANCE MAN VERY ILL Arnold S. Hothwell Undergoes Op- 1 cration for Appendicitis. i Arnold S. Rothwell, state agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, whose offices are In the Failing build ing, is critically ill in the Gjod Samari tan Hospital. Mr. Rothwell was opera ted on for appendicitis yesterday noon by Drs. George Wilson and E. D. John son. Mr. Rothwell-s case was a very seri ous one. but hopes for his recovery are entertained. Mr. Rothwell, who is a bachelor and lives In bachelor apart ments in th'ls city, Is well known both in Portland and throughout the state In business and social circles. CROMWELL BEFORE JURY Spends Two Hours Telling of Pan ama Canal Purchase. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Through William Neison Cromwell, who nego tiated the Panama Canal purchase, the Federal grand jury which is Inquiring into the libelous statements of the New York World and the Indianapolis News in connection with that transaction, to day got at the bottom of the facts in the matter. Mr. Cromwell was under examination for two hours. He brought with him a large number of papers and these were carefully gone over. EVENTS OF THE DAY "The Idea of Sn?lnr We're No Friends!" H 1 1 H M f J b nfllJb TO FORLORN HOPE Backers Talk Vaguely of Gaining Votes. BUT CLAIMS APPEAR GAUZY Men They Expect to Win Are Strongly Anti-Hopkins. L0RIMER CAUSES DISMAY Starts for Washington and Is Sus pected of Purpose to Line Uuj Opposition to Support of McKinley or Lowden.. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. (Special.) SermtOi Albert J. Hopkins' nrospect of breaking the toga deadlock this week and of drop ping into his present seat for another six years fell today from a lighting chance to a forlorn hope. After two days of skirmishing the Federal chiefs declared tonight that they had been able to line' up only five or six new votes. They in sisted on predicting that Mr. Hopkins would get between 93 and 96 on the first joint ballot that is taken on Tuesday, hut when pressed for names answered vaguely. Fall to Line Up Antis. While outwardly preserving an optimis tic demeanor, the big leaders who are fighting for the Aurora man confessed secretly that the effort to line up the "antis" was not meeting with the desired uccesa, and that the only accessions that could be definitely numbered consisted of three Chicago members. Of these Emll O. Kowalski Is one. He le expected by the Federal men to vote for Mr. Hopkins on the next ballot, this gain of one' being credited to Governor Dcneen. Besides Mr. Kowalskl, the Hopkins men, .said they had hopes of landing Chester W. Church, one of the "ultra antis." They said, that Kdward J. Brundiige, Mayor Busse's corporation counsel would swing Mr. Church into line. Little logic is seen In this by anti Hopkins men, who point out that Mr. Brundage has been unable to bring In William F. Zipf. a Representative frort his own territory. Mr. Church comes from Dcneen territory and Charles W. Vail and other Dcneen leaders from the Englewood part of the town, have been working in vain to line him up. It is only by along stretch of the imagina tion, the "anils" declare, that belief could be put In the report that Mr. Church will succumb to the influence of Mr. Brundage, who comes from the other side of Chicago. Lorlmer Seeks Dark Horse. Wliile the Federal men also lay claim to Mr. Zipf, who has been voting for Speaker Shurtleff. this prediction l scoffod at by the foes of Mr. Hopkins. The other main features of the day in Chicago brought additional distress to the fitces of the Hopkins men. .Will iam Lorlmer, who is the main spring of the opposition,: went to Washington. The blonde Congressman did not say why he was going n'or what he hoped to accomplish. His departure, however, filled the Hopkins men with an unde fined dread, and at once they began to surmise that Mr. Lorlmer had gone Kast to urge Concressmen F:-ank O. Lowden or William . B. McKinley to make a vigorous fight for the toga. Both men have received a few votes during ihe balloting, and each la con sidered to have as good a chanoe as anybody else when the breakup of the deadlock comes. . . XEWLAXPS TO BE HE-ELECTED Backed by Popular Vote and Legis lative Majority. , CARSON, Nev., Jan. 23. The members of the Nevada Legislature will ballot (Continued in Pi 2.) Somewhat Violent Hnancrattnn Pnre- . . . - , n t flu-n M M fn 1 J inc , ni ....... , What Statement Oner Thought J They Were Vp ABalnst. 4