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STEAME
RBORNED
PASSENGERS SAFE
Flames BurstOut on St.
Croix Off Coast.
ALL ON BOARD REACH SHORE
Panic Averted With Difficulty
by Cool Officers.
VESSEL ROARING FUflNACE
A Lut Boat leaves. Flames Wrap
All Sides Passengers and Crew
Encamped In Canyon Till
Help Arrives.
LOS ANGBLES. Nov. 20. The pas
senger steamer St. Croix, of the North
Pacific Steamship Company, turned to
the water', edge tonight at a point
three miles off Point Duma and 18
miles north of Santa Monloa and the
Uvea of the 82 passengers aboard and
those of the crew of 36 were saved by
the heroic action of the officers and
crew, and ths fact that the sea was
ca3m at the time of the disaster.
All of those on board escaped on
lifeboat, and rafts, and were safely
landed at Point Duma on a little beach.
They are camped tonight In the Zunl
canyon back of the point.
Difficulty In Saving Uvea.
The fire started In the second cabin
while dinner was being served, and
Jrad made such headway before It was
discovered that the greatest difficulty
was experienced In launching the boats
and IKerafta and placing passengers
. safely aboard them.
A panic among- the passengers was
averted by the prompt action of the
officers and crew, who gave the pas
sengers nojrhance to save their per
final belongings.
J-lret Officer F. Mill. Immediately
after the landing of the passengers at
Point Duma, made his way overland
to Maltbu ranch and there secured an
automobile and came to Santa Monica,
arriving at 11 o'clock tonight and
bringing the first authentic Informa
tion of the landing of th,e passengers.
Hull Seen Burning Fiercely.
At o'clock, while the hull of the
St. Croix was burning firecely. the
steamship City of Topeka passed wlth
Ing a short distance of her. but, being
unable to discover any signs of life
aboard, proceeded on her course to
' Redondo and gave out the first report
of the disaster.
The St. Croix left San Pedro at Iff
o'clock this morning bound for San Fran
c'co direct. She carried no freight and
her passenger list of S3 was an exceeding
ly light one. She was proceeding in
good time at the moment tha fire was
discovered.
Ship Is Roaring Furnace.
Its origin Is unknown. A member of the
crew discovered the flames Issuing from
the windows and gave the alarm. Much
excitement ensued and a panic was Im
minent when the officers commanded the
passengers to go forward and remain on
the main deck. Meanwhile the lifeboats
and liferafts were lowered and the pas
sengers placed In them.
First Officer Mills states that, as the
last boat containing members of the crew
t left the St. Croix, the flames burst forth
; from all sides, and the Iron hull became
' a roaring furnace. '
Camped In Desolate Canyon.
The passengers', the majority of whom
are women, must remain In the desolate
Zunl canyon until daylight, when relief,
which has been sei from this city, will
reach them and arrangements be made
for bringing them here.
Ten days ago an explosion took place
In the boiler-room of .the St. Croix, and
Chief Engineer Day was scalded to death.
The belief is that an explosion in the
engine-room oclow the second cabin
caused the fire of today.
Charles C. Claggett, a traveling sales-
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MARRIED TO YOUTH
MAX STOPS MARRIAGE CERE
MONT JUST IX TIME.
Judge Is About -to Marry Hlra to
Wrong Girl When He
Loudly Protests. '
EELLINGHAM. Wash.. Nov. 20.-(pe-clal.)
"Hey. there, stop, stop it, that isn't
the woman I want to marry at all. That's
her sister. The other one's going to be
mv wife."
So shouted Albert Dlerlck today when
Judge E. p. Hardin, of the' .'Whatcom
County Superior Court, attempted to tie
the nuptial knot with Dlerlck and Nora
Soderbom, as principals. The Judge was
so startled that his judicial dignity- was
Jolted a. heavy setback.
"What's that; what's thafV he de
manded, "her name is on the license.
She must be tha one." "
Don't care." said Dlerlck. "I won't
marry her. That s flat enough. Can't
make me. cither."
The mistake happened when Dlerlck.
Lucy Soderbom, the bride-to-be. and her
sister, Nora, went to obtain the license.
The whole bridal party was considerably
fussed, and the Deputy Recorder had
difficulty In separating principals and
witness. He finally guessed wrong, and
the Judge, following the license, had the
couple all but married when the groom
protested hotly. The mistake was recti
fied and the ceremony proceeded as orig
inally planned by Jhe contracting partlca
MARSHFIELD MAN MISSING
Brakeman With $80 It Is Feared
May Have Been Killed.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Nov. (Special.)
Harry McDonald, a brakeman on the
Southern Pacific, whose run Is out of this
place, is strangely missing, and the po
lloe fear he may have been made away
with.
When last seen. McDonald had about
V0 In his pockets, which may have led
to motives of robbery If. as the police
'think, he has met with an assault. Sev
eral men have been arrested on suspicion
of knowing something about his disap
pearance. A report ha come in that McDonald
was seen working In a logging camp, but
little credence Is given to this, for he
had not been discharged from the em
ploy of the railroad.
"SOCIALIST" SUPPRESSED
Seattle Paper Held to Contain Inde
cent Matter.
SRATTL.H. Wash.. Nov. 20. The police
today confiscated an entire edition of the
Socialist, a weekly paper published by Dr.
Hermon F. Titus, on the ground that it
contained Indecent matter, objection being
made to an article by Miss Agnes Thecla
Fair, an Industrial Worker of the World,
who was imprisoned at Spokane for hold
ing street meetings.
The article purported to describe indig
nities to "WhtcU. prisoners were subjected
by the Spokane police. A man who was
selling the paper on the street was held In
$500 ball for circulating forbidden litera
ture. HAZING IS BORN IN SOME
West Point Superintendent Com
ments on Infraction of Last June.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Some cadets
in every class at West Point Military
Academy Just have It born in them to
haze and that Is all there is to It. This
practically is the conclusion H. I
Scott, superintendent of the academy,
has reached after years of experience
there.
The hazing of last June was the only
serious infraction of the rules of disci
pline at tha Academy during the year,
according to Colonel Scott In a report
to the War Department today, and yet
that came after years of attempts to
suppress it.
BOURNE TO NAME RIDDLE
Southern Oregon Man to Get Land
Office Appointment.
" ROSEBVRG. Or., Nov. 20. (Speclal.
It was learned here tonight that
Senator Bourne will recommend the
appointment of George W. Riddle, of
Riddles, as receiver of the Roseburg
Iand Office, to succeed J. M. Lawrence,
who recently resigned.
HARRY MURPHY SHOWS UNDER THE
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TAKEN OUT ALIVE
Others Entombed in St.
Paul Mine May Live.
WATER IS SAVIOR OF SCORE
One Among Living in Cavern
Preached, Sang Hymn.
SEARCH FOR DRINK LUCKY
Mnle Alive In Depths, Superstition
Stopping Its Slaughter Gloves,
Tobacco, Prisoners' Food.
Women S'ow Hopeful.
CHERRY,. I1L, Nov. 20. The gamut
from deepest despair to ahysterla of
hope was run here today when 20 min
ers entombed In the St. Paul mine for
a week, almost to an hour, were
brought to the surface alive.
At midnight a small fire broke out
In the mine, cutting off the rescue
work. Fire apparatus was lowered and
a stream of water turned into the
mine. Up to midnight only 20 men
have been brought to the surface. The
story of their sufferings And the hero
Ism of their resourceful leaders is one
of the most thrilling In all the black
history of mining disasters.
Tent a Morgue.
Dawn broke with the bearers of
atretchers moving from the pit mouth
to the tent which served as a morgue
with bodies, swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance. Forty
of them had been brought up, and
most of them Identified, when the mar
velous report shot through the pros
trate community: "They've found them
alive! They've found them alive!"
All thoughts were of the men who
were alive. It took six hours to bring
the survivors to the surface. Mean
while a report spread that 70 or more
men wereallve in a far reach of the
mine, cut off from escape by a bank
of black damp between their barricade
and the main shaft.
' Only Two Helmets Left.
But two oxygen helmets remained at
the mine, and with this scant equipment
two experts began a new exploration. At
9 o'clock P. M. they emerged, their oxy
gen apparatus being exhausted and re
ported no further living In that section.
The women, with hope born afresh, re
fused to believe anything but the best
and haunted the mine far Into the flight,
seizing at every straw of encouragement
offered.
From the top of the hoisting shaft to
the sleeping cars drawn up on the sid
ings was a distance of about 150 feet.
Between the crowd, held back by militia,
a passageway was formed. It was along
this line that , the women, looking for
loved ones, gazed into the faces of the
survivors as they passed through.
Babies Held to Peep.
A woman here and there who fould not
see, held up a child and cautioned It,
"Look and see If you can see papa when
they pass."
The machinery stopped, the cage was
up and a dozen torches made a dingy
light on its passengers. There stood the
rescuers, wearing shiny rubber coats .and
white caps. Between them, wrapped In
military blankets, they held the rescued
men. some standing, others carried In
arms. Slowly the procession moved. A
burst of applause started from the crowd,
but a raised hand from the militiamen
brought silence.
It was a critical moment. Mothers and
wives stretched forth their arms, mur
muring, "Billie," or "Frank," or "Oh,
Andy, are you there? Speak to me, I
am here." The blankets drawn over the
heads of the men hid their faces and
prevented identification from the crowd.
Not receiving a reply, the women tore
toward the sleeping cars, Imploring and
begging anyone to give them good news.
Overcome by appeals,, a rescuer called
out the name of the man he was escort-
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BURIED
DAYS
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DROUTH, 1910, IS1
LETTERING ON EGG
KANSAS PHENOMENON STAR
TLES SUNFLOWER STATE.
Farmer's Wife In Republic County
Finds Curiously Marked Egg
In Chicken-House,
TOPEKA Kan., Nov. 20. (Special.)
The helpful hen, famed in Kansas song
and story. Is responsible for a "pheno
menon" that is stirring the state from
the Missouri River to . the Colorado
border. It Is all about an egg that was
laid out in Republic County, June 11, of
this year.
Early in the forenoon of that day, Mrs.
Ralph Fullen, wife of a prosperous
farmer, as was her custom, responded to
the daily cackle of Biddy, and went' out
to the chicken-house to gather eggs.
Imbedded In the shell of one were
ominous characters which spelled out
"Drought 1911."
There is no doubt about the letters
being outlined In the shell, for Mrs.
Fullen has had numerous tests made and
stands ready to pay $100 reward to any
person who can, with paint or otherwise,
duplicate the letters on the shell of the
egg.
Secretary Coburn wrote a letter request
Ing the egg, and It Is now on exhibition In
the State Agricultural Department.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Treat her.
YESTERDAY' 3 Maximum temperature, 63
degrees; minimum. 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy and probably showers;
light southwest wind. t
Domestic.
Steamship St. Croix burns to water's edge
off Point Duma; 135 reported lost.
Section 1, page 1.
Pennsylvania and New York Central sys
tems prepare for titanic struggle.
Section page.
Submerged wreck thought to be Colonel
Astor"s missing yacht. Section 1. page 2.
Eusapia Palladino's Seances in New York
disappoint scientists. Section 1 page 6.
Federation of Labor unanimously re-elects
Samuel Gompers. Section 1. page 4.
Federal Circuit Court orders dissolution of
Standard Oil Company. Section 1, page 1.
Sport. ;
Intercollegiate championship 1s kicked back
to Yale. Harvard losing. 8 to 0. Section 2.
page 2.
Michigan defeats Minnesota in fast gridiron
contest, 15 to S. Section 2, page 2.
Interschoiastlc football season most sucoess
- ful in Portlands history. . Section 2.
page 2. -
Walter McCredls believes Spokane only
magnate who would stick In baseball
war. Section -. page 2.
Bids, for Jeffries-Johnson tight to be opened
next week Section 4. page 6.
Multnomah team will play Oregon "Aggies"
here Thansglving day. election 4, page 4.
Chemawa Indians defeat Hill Military Acad
emy on gridiron, 12 to I. Section z,
page 2. .
Pacific Northwest.
Huge Alaskan coal trust object of Cunning
ham claimant shown at inquiry. Section 1.
' page 6.
High water In Santlam carries out bridge pier.
Section 1. page 6.
Prosecution delays Ryan murder trial. Section
1, page 6.
Grand Jury Indicts still more in Lewlston
bank case. Section 1, page ft.
Return of Captain at Vancouver causes every
body to move, according- to custom. Sec
tion 1. page 7.
Hermit stockman found unconscious in Cas
cades, entangled in halter. Section 1,
nage 7.
Congressman Hawley promises to clear out
Clackamas napio. ana grve viuu
Federal building. Section 1. page i.
Rogue River Spitsenberga take first prise at
slpoKane apple snow. - dwiiwii ,
Walla Walla ticket agent Is accused of de
frauding railroad. Section 1. page 8.
Otis Hamilton by new move may delay trial
for. months. Section 1. page to.
Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufac
turing Association convenes at cottage
Grove. Section 1. page 4.
Commercial and Marine.'
Heavy buying for iondon checks decline In
hops. Section 3, page is..
Wheat closes easier at Chicago. Section 3,
page I,
Standard Oil decision leads to selling of
stocks. Section 3. page 11.
Small changes shown in New York bank
statement. Section 3. page ll.
Specifications published and bids asked for
on repairs to urease cninoo. eection o.
page 10
Fortland and Vicinity.
In huge ehakoup of police. Captain Moore re
lieves Baty as neaa or oetective.. Becuon
2. nags 12.
Harrlman line manager denies boycott of
Portland; three nrms only unaer can. ac
tion 1. page 8.
'Joy ride" chauffeur acquitted of charge of
larceny." Section 1, page. 8.
Orders to studv Issued to National Guard
officers. Section 2, page 12.
Young girl harried over rough mountain roarts
to hospital lor llie-evm umit,,..
1 n... ft.
General Manager O'Brien, of ' 8 P.. tells
push club commute railway win nsinain
neutral In Broadway bridge controversy.
Section' 1. "page 8.
Ordinance calling for cheap - lamp-posts on
East Side vetoed Dy . ,'jaayor. wirjo o,
page 12.
Dr. Parson, of Beaver Falls, to assume
charge . of Third hTesoyierian Luurco To
day. - Section 3, page 12.
Man strikes match, filling lamp, oil ex
plodes, he is horribly burnea. section i,
page 0. i
PoVtland youth falls to Identify Port Defiance
SUIClae tl ni lamer. dokuuii a. iu.bt
Portland auto show in January promises to
be a winner, section 4. page o.
Portland automobile dealers hold annual elec- j
tlon of ofneers. section page o.
SPOTLIGHT SEVEN INTERESTING EVENTS OF CURRENT MOMENT
OIL IS
OUTLAW!
Dissolution Ordered by
- Federal Court.
GOVERNMENT WINS VICTORY
Dividends to Parent Company
Restrained.
EVASION IS PROHIBITED
Contention That Combination Was
Beneficent One Swept Aside.
Case Will Be Appealed Di
rect to Washington.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20. In an
opinion written by Judge Walter H.
Sanborn, of St. Paul, and concurred In
by Judges Vandeventer, Hook and
Adams, with a special concurring
opinion by Tudge Hook, the United
States Circuit Court for the Eastern
District of Missouri today handed down
an opinion declaring the Standard Oil
Company of New" Jersey an illegal com
bination operating In restraint qf trade
and ordered Its dissolution.
The opinion was filed simultaneously
In St Louis and in St. Paul.
Government's Victory Sweeping.
In this decision the Government of
the United States gains a sweeping vic
tory. According to Frank B. Kellogg,
special prosecutor, the Government has
won" every point for which It con
tended. The decree filed by Judge Sanborn is
comprehensive and enjoins the Stand
ard Company, its directors, officers,
agents, servants and employes from
voting any stock: In any of the sub
sidiary companies, and from exercising
or attempting to exercise any control
over the acts of these subsidiary com
panies. The subsidiary companies are en
joined .from declaring or paying any
dividends to the Standard Company and
from permitting the latter company to
vote any stock in, or direct the policy
of the subsidiary companies.
But the defendants are not prohibit
ed from distributing rateably" to the
sharenolders of the principal company
the shares to which they are equitably
entitled in the stocks of the defendant
corporations that are parties to the
combination.
Further Combination Prohibited.
The defendants are enjoined from
continuing or carrying into further ef
fect the combination adjudged to be il
legal and from entering into any like
combination, the effect of which Is to
restrain commerce in petroleum or to
prolong the unlawful monopoly.
The case will be appealed direct to
the Supreme Court of the United States,
the Judges who signed the decree are
In effect the judges of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, although they
were sitting for the purpose of trying
this case as the Circuit Court for the
Eastern District of Missouri.
The decree becomes effective in 30
days, when no. doubt a stay will be
granted for the purpose of an appeal.
When the decree takes effect, unless
a stay is granted, an injunction will
issue restraining tne cttanuara um-
pany from a runner ciuiuuain.u ui
ts business under Its. present forma
tion.
Evasion Provided Aga'inst.
It appears from the concurring opin
ion written by Judge Hook that the
company cannot do business under any
other form with the object of stifling
competition. He says on this subject
that it is thought that with the end
of the combination, the monopoly will
naturally' disappear, but should it not
do so and the members of the combina
tion retire from It, except one who
might perpetuate the monopoly by the
aggregation of the physical properties
and instrumentalities., it would constl-
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STANDARD
DECLARED
TAFT IS URGED TO
RETAIN BIG STICK
FliOGGIXG OF JLATIX3 CALLED
DUTY TO UNIVERSE. .
No Two Opinions, Says Londori Re
view, Concerning Necessity for
Discipline Near Isthmus.
" LONDON. Nov. 20. (Special.) Noth
ing could be more agreeable to Europe,
so far as Central American affairs are
concerned, than such a turn of events
on the Nicaraguan coast? as would give
Washington good grounds for drastic
action.
"It is to be'hoped," says the London
Review, "that Mr. Roosevelt did not
take the 'big stick" with him to'Afrlca,
and that Tresldent Taft knows where
to lay his hand on It.
"There may be two opinions as to
the expediency of , wielding it in Inter
nal concerns, such as corporation ag
gressiveness, like the Standard Oil, and
corporation Iniquity, like the American
Sugar. That is for the Washington
Administration to say.
"But if the United States is to en
force the Monroe doctrine and main
tain the hegemony of the western
world, the plainest of plain duties to
the rest of the Universe requires that
the brawling Latin states near the
Isthmus be flogged Into some sense of
discipline."
CUPID CHEATS PRISON CELL
Friend Agrees to Wed Girl to Save
; Her From Disgrace.
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Nov. 20.
(Special.) In order to save Lena Sar
lun from the penitentiary and to give
her a home, protection and a name un
stained by crime, Herbert Daniels, a
friend of the girl, today obtained per
mission from the Prosecuting Attorney
to marry her, and after the ceremony
she was released ffom jail, where she
was held on a charge of forgery.
The girl, who is only 17, was ar
rested for attempting ' to pass three
checks which she had stolen from the
mall and the Indorsement of which she
had forged. She asserted that she had
contracted debts and that collection
agents had hounded her to desperation.
A felony charge was laid against her,
but her friends pleaded so hard for
her release that Daniel's offer to marry
her wasHre -flnshlng stroke with . the
Prosecutor, and the case against her
was dismissed.
The peculiar . ceremony was per
formed with 'deputy sheriffs as wit
nesses and the Judge who was to have
tried her as the officiating Justice.
SURVEYORS COMING NORTH
Hill Crew Believed to Be Seeking
Junction With "Western Pacific.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Nov. 20.
(Special.) A crew of surveyors arrived
here from the north today and left for
Portland,, taking with them a complete
surveying and camp outfit which had
been used In their work in Central Ore
gon. '
These surveyors admitted that they
have been working in the interests of
J. J. Hill, who contemplates extending
a line down through Oregon to tap the
Western Pacific In Northern California.
The cold' weather and heavy snow in
the mountains drove the surveyors out
of the Oregon country, so they expect
now to be ordered Into California,
where work can be done this Winter.
The head of the party frankly stat
ed that they were opening the way for
a new line through Oregon and Califor
nia to San Francisco.
HOQUIAM GETS MEETING
Slate Labor Convention Will Convene
on January 11.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 20. (Special.)
Pursuant to a call issued by Charles R.
Case, president of the Washington State
Federation of Labor, that body will hold
Its ninth annual convention in this city
beginning Tuesday, January 11. It is anti
cipated that no less than 460 delegates
will be present from the various locals,
and that the session may continue for
the larger portion of a week.
It is understood here that the contempt
eases against Gompers, Mitchell and Mor
rison, and the recent adverse fJecision by
the. Court of Appeals of the District ot
Columbia against these men will be
strongly censured.
RAILROAD TITANS
FOR BATTLE
Two Great Systems to
Fight for Traffic.
MILLIONS SPENT IN CONFLICT
New York Central Jealous of
Encroaching Pennsylvania.
OLD MEN ARE WEEDED OUT
Nothing but Young Blood Wanted
in Struggle for Supremacy That .
Amazes Financial "World by
Prodigality of Expenditure.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. (Special.)
Railroad and financial circles are look
ing forward to one of the severest
struggles for , supremacy In railroad
history, which Is scheduled to begin
the moment the Pennsylvania Railroad
opens Its new $100,000,000 terminal in
the heart of New York City. The con
flict is to be between this great sys
tem and the New York Central lines,
which hope to wrest the traffic su
premacy from the system which a
Thompson, a Cussatt, a McCrea and
their predecessors have made almost
a household word throughout the
United States.
The New York Central management
is being groomed for the fight which
seems inevitable and which will In a
measure revolutionize the methods in
vogue on the Pennsylvania for a gen
eration. Conservatism Must Go.
This does not meal that the Penn
sylvania methods are considered obso
lete, hut simply that strenuous ' ag
gressiveness Is to take the place of
conservatism because conservatism can
no longer maintain the supremacy
which hus been the Pennsylvania'
boast for many years.
In preparation for the struggle
which both managements have realized
is coming, money has been spent with
a prodigality which hns astounded the
financial circles of every center of the
civilized world. In preparing the New
York Central to rope with the Penn
sylvania more than $100,000,000 has
been expended and the finishing
touches are being put on by an ex
penditure this year of fully $80,000,000
in additional track facilities and In bet
tering the present track and roadbed.
Tunnel Fart of Battle.
With the same end In view, the man
agement of the Pennsylvania has ex
pended close to $200,000,000, fully half
of which was used in tunneling into
the heart of New York, In buying val
uable business property, tenring it
down, and erecting in its stead one
of the finest, If not the finest, passen
ger station in the world.
Naturally 'the preparation for such
a struggle would extend to every de
partment and every feature of the
science of railroading. The effort has
been on the pari of both managements
to secure, first, the very best facilities
in the way of track, roadbed, rolling
stock, stations, power and terminals
that money could buy.
Young Men Replace Old.
Having accomplished this. it was
necessary for the owners of both prop
erties" to see that the army of men and
officers whose duty it will he to han
dle these magnitlrent facilities shall
be of the kind that will make the
most of them. It was with this1 strug
gle In view that Edward II. Harrtman,
shortly before his death, caused the
retirement of W. H. Newman solely
with a view-of getting a younger and
more energetic man, W. C. Brown, to
take up the reins.
Pennsylvania to Weed Out.
In an even.- greater degree Is the
official roster of the Pennsylvania to
be gone over with the purpose of
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