THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 29, 1909.
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PIONEERS MEET IN
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J WIBELESS OPERATOR, HERO OF WRECK OP STEAMSHIP OHIO
Fall Display
Captain and Crew Praised for
Score of Southern Oregon First
Settlers Assemble at
Ashland.
Hurrying Passengers .
to Safety.
OTSSIEME
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OHIO SURVIVORS
TELL OF WRECK
ANNUAL
heunon
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WOI0EN IN BOATS FIRST
Survivors Reach Vancouver Wearing
Odds and Ends of Garments,
Rough Coffin Bears Body of
Wireless Operator Eccles.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 2S. Stories
told by survivors of the Ohio disaster
who arrived here today on the steamer
"Rupert City are full of praise of the
officers and crew of the Ohio. The
three members of the Ohio's crew who
perished Purser Frederick J. Stephen,
Wireless Operator George E. Eccles,
and Quartermaster Albert M. Anderson
gave their lives to save those of
passengers.
The soldier who was drowned, said
to be Poc Hayes, bound for Fort Lis
cum from Columbus, O., was wedged
In his stateroom by the twisting of the
ship. The steerage passenger lost was
drowned while swimming to a lifeboat.
The Ohio's own crew took the pas
sengers to the snore of Carter Bay and
then rowed to Swanson Bay, where the
halibut steamer Kingfisher was at
anchor. The Kingfisher hastened to
Carter Bay, took the shivering passen
gers and crew on board, fed and clothed
them and conveyed them to Swanson'a
Bay.
Ketchikan Hears Calls.
Operator Eccles- calls of distress did
not reach any steamer, for none was
within range, but they were heard at
Ketchikan, and the operator there gave
the news to the Humboldt and Rupert
City, which went later to Swanson Bay
for the refugees. Twenty-two passen
gers who wiuhed to go North were car
ried to Juneau on the Humboldt, and
131 others were landed at Vancouver
by the Rupert City today.
The passengers who arrived here
today gave every sign of having
been through a shipwreck, for their
costumes mere made up of odds and ends
of garments gathered during the rush
for safety. A grim note of tragedy was
ftruck by the presence of a rough coffin
on the upper deck, which contained the
body of Wireless Operator George Eccles.
The coffin was obtained at Swanson
Bay.
The disaster came with appalling swift
ness and 30 minutes after the Ohio struck
she went down, only her forecastle head
and six feet of her smokestack showing.
As the liner was proceeding up Finlayson
channel on Thursday night bound for
Alaska ports, rain storms came on and the
weather became very thick. The Amer
ican vessels take a course on the right of
Saren Island, while the Canadian steam-
era and the halibut boats take the chan
nel on the opposite side. 9hortly after 1
o'clock the rain became heavier and it
was impossible for the lookout to see
ahead. Then came a terrific crash and a
noise as if thousands of boilermakers were
riveting. The liner seemed to give a jump
and the alarm was spread that the vessel
had struck a rock.
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SOCIETY IS 33 YEARS OLD
GEORGE K. ECCLES, OF WINNIPEG.
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Sinks Close to Shore.
Captain John Johnson knew that thi
least delay might have terrible results, so
he Instantly decided to beach his sinking
vessel. Full speed astern was ordered
and the crippled vessel backed off the
rock. Then her helm was put hard aport
and she noeed Into a little bight called
Carter Bay. Here she took the beach
about two ship-lengths from shore and
the work of transferring the passengers
to safety began.
The nearest settlement was at Swanson
Bay, 20 miles away, and It was decided
to send for help in that direction. Second
Officer Ed Stewart got a crew together
and manned one of the boats and set off
at top speed. They covered the distance
under adverse conditions in three hours.
At Swanson Bay they found the New
England Fishing Company's steamer
Kingfisher. Captain Holstrom, lying with
steam up. waiting for bait, on her way
to the halibut bank in Hecate Straits.
Anchor was hoisted at once and under
full steam the fishing vessel set off for
Carter Bay, which was reached at
o'clock yesterday morning.
Fishermen Are Hospitable.
As the Kingfisher slowed down the
fishermen manned their dories and In
minute the bay was dotted by the little
crart making for the rocks. In 45 min
utes every one of the passengers and
crew, with the exception of Captain
jonnson. the mate, chief engineer and
boatswain, these electing to stand by the
wreck, were transferred to the Kingflsh-
er. wnicn immediately became a scene
of hospitality concerning which the paa-
wisers are estnusiasuc
"Flapjacka never looked ao good to
me, said one. "and Jack the cook, who
was turning them out at the rate of
a hundred a minute, I should think."
The fishermen gave the refugees
warm clothing, and their sodden rags,
were dried out In the engine-room. The
Kingfisher made the run to Swanson
Bay in one hour and 45 minutes, and
by the Una she got there, their cloth
ing was dry,. passengers were fed, and
altogether they took a more hopeful
view of the situation. By this time the
Rupert City was hurrying to the scene,
and the 131 people were transferred to
her and brought to Vancouver. The
Humboldt took 22 of the passengers
who wished to continue their journey
north.
Survivor's Story Thrilling.
M. J. Heney. the Copper River Rail
road contractor who arrived- on the
Rupert City said:
"It was a terrible' night, pitch dark,
with a heavy rain and sea. The Ohio
struck with a shock that almost threw
us out of our berths. I dressed as
best l could and heard the shouts of
the officers calling to arouse every
body and keep order. It was exactly
1:10 o'clock Thursday morning. It
seems to me that the ship struck the
pointed rock on her side. The force
shook the ship until she groaned.
"The captain showed remarkable
presence of mind as soon as the
steamer struck he ordered full speed
ahead and pointed toward the nearest
shore, which was Carters Bay, in
Northern British Columbia. This took
the ship sliding off the rock and the
fact that she slid off was what saved
us.
"Arriving In the bay, boats were
put off. containing women and chil
dren. The crew, from the captain
down, and every passenger. Including
the women, behaved with magniflcant
bravery. One woman even was Joking
to keep up the spirits of some of the
others who began to cry.
" "tccKs. the wireless operator, stuck
bravely to his post until the ship was
sinking beneath his feet. I did not see
him Jump, but indications are that he
did. for we have- his body aboard. A
long, deep gash shows on the man's
forehead, which leads to the belief
that In jumping, or In coming to the
surface, he struck something, render
ing him unconscious.
His was the only one of the five
bodies which was recovered. The
soldier who perished had enlisted In
Columbus, O., and was bound north to
Fort Llseum, Alaska. The bravery of
everybody concerned was very . com
mendable. The wireless man stuck
to his post to the last, the quarter
master went back to assist the soldier,
who was calling out that he could not
force open the stateroom door, and the
crew behaved magnificently, leading
the women ' and children without a
particle of disorder, always obeying the
hoarse voice of the captain which com
manded the men and led them in per
fect order about their work. Carter
Bay had no landing place and we were
all In the boats when the Kingfisher
picked us up and took us to Swan
son Bay. Even when about a score
were in the water there seemed little
disorder, as the boats rowed around
picking up the people."
FIRE LOSS S7S,
Eight Buildings in Hoquiam
Prey to Flames.
Y0RKT0WN CREW AIDS
REGATTA DATES ARE SET
CATHXAMET 'ttTLXi HOLD WATER
CARNIVAL.
Governor Hay Invited and Astoria
Promises Brass Band and
Excursion.
KELSO, Wash., . Aug. 2S. (Special.;
Cathlamet. county seat of Wahkiakum
County, Is arranging for a big event In
the regatta which is scheduled to take
place there September 4 and 5. This is
the big annual event which usually is
held at Astoria but which the enterpris
ing Washington town has bid for this
year. Business men have already raised
a purse of J 400 to decorate the town.
Valuable prizes will be offered for win
ners in sailboat, motor-boat and other
aquatic races. That there will be ex
citing races is assured by the fact that
the Wolff, the boat which made such
showing in Seattle, will be brought to the
Columbia to compete.
Governor Hay has been tendered an In
vitation to -be present on this day and
it is understood that he has accepted and
will be present if possible.
An attendance of over 2000 people Is
expected. Astoria has promised a large
delegation. . besides a first-class band.
On September S a ball game will be
played between teams from Astoria and
Skomokawa on the field at Cathlamet,
and the winner In this event will play
tno uatmamet team the same day.
The committee In charge of the arrange
ments consists of M. Gorman. Joe Burke,
w. A. Wise, R. C. Parker. George Han
nigan and Ray Watklns.
GERMANS TO OBSERVE DAY
Countrymen to Honor Memory of An
dreas Hofer, Patriot.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 3S. (Special.) Ger
man-American societies from Portland.
Eugene, Oregon City, Mount Angel and
other towns In this part of the state will
be in Salem tomorrow to join the German-American
Society of Salem to ob
serve the 100th anniversary of the death
of Andreas Hofer, the great German
soldier and patriot.
The societies will assemble at the hall
of the local organization, where refresh
ments will be served, after which the
crowd will go to the Savage grove, where
speeches will be made and patriotic and
sacred songs sung by the German sing
ing societies.
Andreas Hofer organized the Tyrolean
Peasants and made such fierce warfare
on Emperor Napoleon that a price was
set on his head, when be was betrayed
by one of hia followers, and executed In
1910 by order of Napoleon. For some rea
son Germans generally throughout the
world will observe the occasion of
Hofer's martyrdom in 1909 instead of 1910.
Ilbrary Board Named.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Aug. 28.-(SpeciaI.)
Today Governor Hay appointed Kate Tur
ner Holmes, Seattle; Senator J. D. Bas
sett. Ritxville; W. E. Henry, Seattle, and
F. F. Hopper, Tacoma, members of the
Advisory Board of the State Library
Commission. Their terms will alV expire
on August 27. 1913. Kate Turner Holmes
is reappointed
Hotel Grayport, a Cement Structure,
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Blocks Further Spreading of
Flames Which Threaten Busi
ness Center of Harbor City.
HOQUIAM, Wash, Aug. 28. Fire
here this afternoon destroyed eight
buildings and entailed a property loss
of $75,000, partially covered by Insur
ance. Buildings owned by the Northwest
ern Lumber Company and the Lytle
Mill, two business blooks on "I" street,
a business block at the corner of Sev
enth and "I," and several smaller build
ings were destroyed.
The fire was fanned by a high wind.
The crew of the cruiser Yorktown per
formed nobly In assisting In fighting
the flames. The Hotel Grayport build
ing, which was scorched, saved the en
tire business center from destruction.
It la built of cement and brick. The
other buildings were frame structures;
WOMEN ENJOY LONG WALK
Portland Party Makes Trip
Seaside to' Newport.
From
NEWPORT, Or., Aug. 28. (Special.) A
party of three men and three women, in
cluding Erskine Wood, K. Beebe, R.
Glisan, Mrs. William S. Biddle, Miss Re
becca B. Biddle and Miss Use Koehler,
all of Portland, arrived in Newport yes
terday, having walked along the beach
from Seaside, which place they left on
Monday, Aug. 16.
One day was spent In Ashing for salmon
at Nehalem. They said that the trail at
Cape Lookout Is not as bad as was re
ported, and that good accommodations
were enjoyed all along the route, although
at some places, owing to the slue of the
party, the men had to sleep in barns.
The party is now resting at the Ocean
JHouse and will soon leave for Portland.
Mrs. W. A. Howe. Miss Marion Howe
and Miss Ev Cross, of Carlton, are also
registered there, having arrived yester-
aay.
B. F. Mulkey Delivers -Address and
Monument Is Proposed to Mark
Site of First Flouring Mill
South of Roseburg.
ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. 28. (Special.)
The annual reunion of the members of
the Pioneer Society of Southern Oregon,
held .at Ashland. Thursday, was the
most enjoyable event to the gopdly
number of the old .settlers of the Rogue
River Valley able to assemble for the
occasion.
A study of the original membership
roll at the time of the organization of
the society 33 years ago, and a check
ing off of that list those who have
been called, to cross the great divide
year by year, serves to emphasize what
a depletion the years are making in
the ranks of this sturdy band which at
the time of the organization in 1876
embraced a very large proportion of the
population of this valley. Its remnants
now are practically lost In the maelstrom
of new population and new develop
ment, and represent a mere handful
when they get together once each year
for social reunion, feasting and to re
count the days of "Auld Lang Syne."
Score of First Settlers There.
Some of the families prominent in
the early history of this section were
not represented at all at the pleasant
reunion in Ashland Thursday, but many
of them were. If not by their heads,
perhaps by an aged widow or their
children or children's children. Of the
100 heads of families who signed the'
first roll of membership of the society
83 years ago only 20 survive, as near
as can be ascertained, and of these 12
were present on the occasion of the
latest reunion.
These were John P. Walker, aged 86;
A G. Rockfellow. S3; A. D. Helmann,
84; Theodore Cameron. S. J. Day, 85; C.
K. Klum, 80; James Thorton, $2; E. K.
Anderson, 84; C. Neil, aged 90; C. C.
Beekman, E. E. Gore. 83, and R. P. Nell
Other prominent pioneer families rep
resented were the Reames and Rapps,
the Herrlns, Wagners, McCalls, Mills,
Millions, Robinsons, McCullys, KInneys,
Vlnlngs, Barrons, Tolmans, Emerys,
Grubbs, Wells, Hanleys, Rosses, Dunns,
Russells, Gillettes, Chitwoods, Murphys,
Colemans, Houcks, Pattersons, Ma
thenys, Kublls, Millers, Britts, Taylors.
and perhaps others T.-hoao names es
caped notation.
Among those Who partook of the en
tertainment was William Willis, a one-
armed hunter and woodsman famous in
this section three decades or more ago.
Now he is past four score years In age
but yet able to get about, though
bent in form.
A splendid dinner was spread for the
pioneers and their families at the new
G. A. R- hall, and the banquet boards
were luxuriant with fruits and flowers
arranged and provided largely by the
native sons and daughters of Ashland.
A programme was given at the Chau
tauqua tabernacle at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, when C. H. Gillette, acting
president, presided, and the venerable
secretary, Silas J. Day, kept the records
of the day as he has those of many
preceding ones.
Rev. William Clyde, the oldest living
minister of Ashland, offered prayer.
followed by a vocal duet by Mrs. Guy
Jacobs and F. B. Edgington. The ad
dress of the day was given by B. F.
Mulkey, and was an eloquent comment
upon the history of Oregon in Its rela
tion to the pioneer life of the state.
Following him I. E. Vining, a native
son, gave a short address in which he
paid a tribute to the pioneer spirit of
Oregon and the inheritance which came
to the native sons and daughters.
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AT FOURTH
toria sailed for Nome last night, taking
the last cargo of freight for Yukon River
ports. The last boat starts from Nome
up the Yukon September 6. Steamer
Tamplco will arrive during the night
from San Francisco.
CHAUFFEUR'S HAND BROKEN
Crank
Flies Backward,
Wrist Bones.
Crushing
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 28. (Special.) Roy
Crawford, chauffeur for Dr. W. H. Davis,
suffered a peculiar automobile accident
today.
He was "cranking" the engine when It
backfired and the crank which he was
holding whirled backward with such
rapidity that it broke both bones in the
wrist of his right arm.
ASSESSMENTS ARE RAISED
Marion County Puts Higher Values
on Railroad Property.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 28. (Special.)
The tax-roll of the Assessor of this
county, recently completed, shows that
there Is a material increase in the valu
ation of the property of railroad com
panies. The Southern Pacific Is assessed
$1,450,475, as against $1,338,900. an in
crease of $111,576. The assessment of
the Oregon Electrle Is nearly double
that of last year, the 1909 assessment
being $424,800, compared to $278,775 in
INVALID FOR YEARS DIES
Sister of President Crooks, of Al
bany College, Succumbs.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 28. (Special.)
Prances H. Crooks, . sister of H. . M.
Crooks, president of Albany College, died
at. 7:40 this evening at the . home of her
brother In this city.
She had been an Invalid for 19 vears.
Miss Crooks was a native of Illinois, 38
years old, and had resided in Albany
four years.- She is survived by her father,
Andrew Crooks, of Albany, and three
brothers President H. M. Crooks, of Al
bany; Robert A. Crooks, of Portland, and
William A. Crooks, of New York Citv.
LIEN FILED ON CISTERN
Oregon City Contractor Would Hold
Water-Tank for Debt.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Aug. 28. (Soe-
clal.) A mechanic's Hen was filed to
day by D. R. Sutton against a cistern
owned by James 1L Harris who resides
near Lents. Sutton constructed the
cistern for Harris, at a contract price
of $25.60, but out of this Sutton was
to pay 50 cents a day for board, leav-
ng $22.10. which Is still due.
In case Harris does not pay the debt
the question arises, what will Sutton do
with the cistern?
Monument for Pioneer Miller.
C. B. Watson followed with a paper
giving the history of the old Ashland
flouring mills, the first manufacturing
industry in this section of the state
and where the first flour ever ground
in the territory south of Roseburg was
turned out. This mill has recently been
dismantled and every material evidence
of it removed to make way for a city
park, and Mr. Watson urged the erec
tion of a monument to the pioneers of
Oregon upon its site, presenting a reso
lution with this object in view, which
was adopted by vote of the society.
Other musical -numbers were, given,
Including a vocal solo by Mrs. Margaret
Gehrett and an instrumental solo by
Miss Beulah Caldwell.
Memorials to five members of the so
ciety who died since the last reunion
were read.
A resolution was passed unanimously
protesting to the State Board of Geo
graphic Names against any change be
ing made in the name of Mount Wag
ner (or Wagner Butte, as it is more
familiarly called), one of the snow
capped peaks of the Sisklyous in this
vicinity, which was named for one of
the early pioneers, the late Jacob
Wagner.
FRIEND SHOT FOR DEER
Dallas Girl Gets Federal Job.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 28. Miss C. B. Elton, of
Dallas, Or., has been appointed stenog
rapher In the Internal revenue office
at San Francisco.
John Mathews Victim of Virgil Clo
ver's Carelessness.
, EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 28. John Mathews,
of Coburg, was shot and seriously wound
ed by Virgil Clover while hunting in
mountains northeast of Eugene yesterday
afternoon. Clover mistaking him for a
deer. The rifle bullet entered Mathews"
groin and lodged somewhere In his body.
Mathews was taken to Coburg last night
and brought to the Eugene hospital to
day. While the surgeons express hope
for his recovery they say the wound is
very serious.
Mathews and Clover, accompanied by
Enoch Stewart and W. Beeson, all of
Coburg, were hunting near Donna, in
the Mohawk Valky. They were separated
In the Woods when Clover saw Mathews
at a distance through the thick brush,
and thinking he was a deer, fired. Math
ews is aged about Jo, and has a wife and
five children.
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1908. a. difference of $146,025. The Port
land Railway, Light and Power Com
pany is assessed $359,710, an increase
of $12,000 over last year. The assess
ment of the Northwestern Long DIs
tance Telephone Company Is Increased
this year from $33,860 to $50,796. The
Pacific States Telephone Telegraph
Company is assessed at $150,000, the
same as last year. The assessment of
the Pullman Palace Car Company re
mains at $120,000, the same as In 190S.
Within the Next Two Years Double
Track Carline Direct to Business ,
Centei a 15 -Minute Ride.
Sandy Road will be an 80-foot boulevard.
Sandy Road will have hard-surface pavement.
Sandy Road will be known as Rose City Boule
vard and this will be the handsomest entrance to
the City of Portland,
"WTiere else can you go in Portland and buy property with
our improvements, at our prices and with this splendid
future. '
We don't want speculators, but homebuilders.
If planning a home, consult with
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Seattle Shipping Notes.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2S. British steamer
Ooeano sailed today for Yokohama, car
rying a large general cargo. Steamer Ad
miral Sampson arrived from San Fran
cisco and Is Angeles with passengers
and freight. Steamer Northland returned
from' Taooma today and will leave dur
ing the night for Sitka and ports.
Schooner Helen Johnson sailed for Ket
chikan. She will trade along the Alaska
Coast. Steamer City of Seattle sailed
for Skagway and porta. Steamer Vic-
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