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Newspaper Page Textv. : TIIE SUXDAV OREGOIAV PORTLAND, SOTE3IBEK 21, 1909. " WRECK THOUGHT I German Steamer Wotan Re ports Submerged Vessel Off Coast T)f Cuba. ONE OTHER IS MISSING It Nourniahal. Boat AVas Much Oat of (oursr Revenue Cutter Starts for .Scene and Wireless Appeal- for Aid Is Sent. TAMPA. Fla.. Nov. 30. That a. eub-tm-rsed wreck In latitude 23 north, longl tudo SI -nest, is that of Colonel John Ja cob Astor's yacht Nourniahal is generally believed by maritime mm here, as ho other boat in the path of the recent storm in Jamaican water bas been reported mlesing or unaccounted for. The wreck waa sighted by the German steamer Wotan today. The latitude and longitude reported would place the ratsslng vessel a short distaaee north of Cardenas Bay. on the northern coast of Matanzas, Cuba. These waters have been turbulent recently. If 'the yacht sighted provea to be the Nour .niahaL it will indicate that Colonel Aetor 'reconsidered his reported intention of go ing to Ponce from Kingston, which he -left November S. Captain Hans Schalckier. of the Wotan. who reported the wreck, said that his ship did not approach close enough, to make an Investigation, the wrecked vessel evidently being In 'shoal water. With glasses he saw what appeared to be three spars above the water, one of them about 15 feet : above. Ha waa certain that the mid- die one was a mast. According to the location given by Captain Schalckier. the Nourniahal, if the boat was she. waa considerably out of her course, having been reported as bound from Port Antonla, Jamaica, for San Juan. P. R- Tonight the wireless station here Is seeking the revenue cutter Algonquin i to give Instructions to proceed at once to the point designated In the report of Captain Schalckier. At 9:30 tonight the local wireless sta tion spoke to the revenue cutter Yam acraw at Charleston, giving her the latitude and longitude of the sub- merired vessel. The captain of the i Yamacraw advises that he will leave indl- Charleston rated. at once for the spot ALL SHirS ASKED TO SEARCH Ator Trustees Send Out Wlrelea Appeal oil West Indian Route. MEW TORK, Nov. 10. Those most concerned, over the safety Of Colonel John Jacob Astor and party on board the yacht Nourmahal had their anxiety Increased tonight by the news from Tampa. Fla.. that a submerge! wreck had been sighted which might be the vessel. Colonel Astor's private secre tary, William A. Dobbyrt. said that he was still without any advices. At the request of Douglas 'Robinson, a trustee of the Astor estate and brother-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, the United Wireless Company sent out an S. O. S." message touaj which ., 1, much the significance or me C Q D." It means "Send out succor." and was sent to all wireless stations along the f-'outh Atlantic and Gulr roasts and to ships in the West In dian trade. It became known late tonignt that Mrs. John Jacob Astor. eastward bound on the Lusltanla, has kept al most constantly in touch with the sit uation bv means of wireless messages sent to Nicholas Blddle. a trustee of the Astor estate. STEAMER ST. CROIX BURNS (Continued From First Pag- man of Chicago, one of the passengers on the St. Croix, succeeded in getting to Santa Monica tonight. He said Cap tain Warner of the St. Croix provea k. Mi Imra of the disaster, al though all the officers and crew worked with great courage, The fire, he said, ate its way inrougu ' the. ammonia pipes before It was dis covered and the presence of the fumes from theescaping ammonia prevented any attempt to locate the blaze or check Its progress. When the first alarm was given. Captain Warner Mtood on the bridge and signalled his orders. ... The second boat to be lowered. In which five women and a baby had been placed, fell Jnto the water when one of Its davit ' ropes broke and the occupants spilled into the sea. They were in danger of drown- ' tng when J. Mervln. the steward, leaped from the deck of the steamer and suc ceeded In keeping the women and child afloat until another boat could come to their rescue. The father of the child and husband of one of the women who were struggling In the water, also leaped Into the sea when the boat went down, and being unable to swim, was In danger of drowning hen rescued. Tha captain and soma members of the crew were the last to leave the burning vessel. For four hours the crew rowed : through th i fog until the shore was sighted and a safe lanuii.g place found. ' .Many of the women passengors were taken violently ill and some of tbem, un avoidably placed in exposed places, were drenched. Water and provisions were In the boats and after a landing waa made a huge fire was built and tiie passengers made as cornrortaoie pusfiunr. The list of poaeengcrs on t! St. and the names of the officers is lows: Croix s ,fol- Unit Mrs. C. B Smith. .Miss r-a.-ah 0-ly. illsl 1 Ffr'un. .Mrs. K. M. Jone. Miss V. K. Taylor. TV. R. Hn. V. II. imtan. Mr. P. J Hatly. Mis Huskies. A. i.yoix. A. Gubl-h and JcUr. li. pw.n, Charles I'lngctt. If. ThomtAS, H. Wl.son. M. C. Kulllv an. J. J'lsw.-uer. H. Basnet! un.t 1. 1. S. Smith and wife. C L. Biii. C'abln. Frank Hinm. M M Rnini'-s. Mlta Chandltr. .1. U. ruffe. Miss P- Heue. AuKuat Broden. Miw K. Mt-Kinney, r. K. Cluwl. , . William Angus. i; J. Kartin. O. B. (Smith. Miss Nina Brookmu, - A. Na'-huf..-. K. Woodsida. II. K. Armiruns and wife. H. U. Rutherford. I. . K. rook and wife. J. Vounr and wife. - A. VauRhn and wife, . W. Hopkins. .Mrs. C. M. Ptsnrord. V Ruohanan and wife. Mrs. tv. . Day. ; K. rurtin. J. H. riarlt and wife. Edward l'erry. S. X. Clifford. H. I'atne and wife. J. F."lxu. J.. A. Wallace aod wlfVX. P. Cuiaminirs and Wili.a-n Moakina. , -a-lfe. O. M Hl'l. , " l-d wwneman. Jierood Cable. W J. rrtst. Tony Allenr. !, L. l.o?i. F. tn-lseoll. Robert ( hrtatlaa. j r. Wllaon. F. 1 Ope. F. Flaher. II MclerM-' The officers of the St. Croix are as follows: Captain, Fred Warner; purser. J. S. I DBF rjOURMAHA Ford; chief officer, F. Mills: second of ficer, li. Blekum: third officer. H. Warner; first engineer. A. Cranwr; sec ond engineer, H. Helmke: third engi neer, H Livingstone; steward, J. Mer vin; wireless operator, J. L. Fishbum. The St. Croix waa owned by tile North Pacific Steamship Company of Seattle. She was brought south about six weeks ao as one of the Vessels of an independ ent line between San Francisco and Southern California points to compete with, the Faciflc Coast Steamship Com pany. The advent of the Bt. Croix on the run between Saa Francisco and the South resulted In a rate war In which the rate from tv An art-lea to San Francisco waa i ut as loir as tl- As a result of the low rate all steam era have been crowded with passengers to their utmost capacity. The stt-amer St. Croix was built at Bath. Me., in liSS. She was 240.7 feet long, -40.4 feat beam and 25.9 feet depth of hold. Her gross registered tonnage was and net tonnage 10S4- She carried a crew of 59 and her engine developed JT700 Indicated horsepower. LOS ANGELES AGENT IS 1IEKE I). AV. Ferguson Sajs Passenger Traffic in South Has Been Heavy. E. W. Ferguson, district freight and VESSEL BURNED TO WATER'S WHOSE 135 PASSENGERS STEAMER ST. CROIX, FROM PHOTO passenger agent of the North. Pacific Steamship Company, with headquarters at Los Angeles, is in Portland, having arrived last Tuesday. "The St. Croix was ownod by Schu- bacn & Hamilton, of Seattle." said Mr. Ferguson last night, "and formerly ran In the Alaskan trade between Puget Sound and Nome. She was leased by the North Pacific Steamship Company last September, and left San Fran cisco on her first trip south on Septem ber 18. At first she called at Santa Barbara regularly, but since the open ing of the rate war early In October she has run between San Pedro and San Francisco direct, making two round trips weekly. Passenger traffic bas been heavy and she has carried capacity loads every trip since she has been in the service of our com pany." 1 The steamship St. Croix was operated by the North Pacific Steamship Com pany, between San Francisco and San Pedro. Last week an accident aboard resulted In the death of the Chief En gineer. Otis Doe. who was fatally burned by the bursting of an oil feed pipe. His body was brought to Port land and buried here last Tuesday. The other vessels operated on the Coast by this company are the steam ships Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder, ply ing between Portland and San Pedro, with calls at Eureka and San Francisco: the F. S. Kilburn, running between San Francisco and Eureka; the Santa Clara, plying between Portland and San Fran cisco direct, and the Eureka, running between Portland. Coos Hay and Eu reka. TARGEflJSEFfif NIGHT FOIIT COLFMBIA SOLD1EKS TRT NEW PLAN. Attacking W ar Vessel Will Be Fired on by Rapid-Fire Batteries of Fort. FORT STEVENS, Or..- Nov. 19. (Spe cial.) Fort Columbia will soon be the cenu;r of a very interesting series of ex periments with night-firing target prac tice. A target Illuminated In a manner similar to an attacking war vessel will be towed rapidly past the battery and fired at from shore by the rapid-fire bat teries. . The projectiles fired will be equipped with a tracer, a device which is used for Illuminating the path of the nmlertlle through the air in order to fol low lis course and thereby determine the accuracy of the results accomplished. Though nlght-flirng haa taken place before at Ft- Stevens, this will be the first time a moving target has been fired upon, consequently the results will be watched with great Interest- It la ex pected that the great accuracy obtained by the 33d company in their day prac tices will be duplicated In this night per formance. A number of Navy officers, together with all available Army officers, will witness this demonstration of the ef fectiveness of night-firing at moving tar get. The Captain Anton Springer, a 65-foot steam launch, that has been used In con nection with the installation of the new fire control system at Fort Stevens, is to be taken to Puget Sound for use at tno artillery posts of that district. This boat will be taken to the Sound by En gineer Mahan and Captain Woods, using the new Government boat romance as a towing vessel. WASHOUGAL ON RAMPAGE Contractors on Power Dam Will Sur fer Heavy Loss. . WASHOyGAL. Wash, Nov. 20. The tremendou downpours of rain have aet the Washougal River on a rampage and It Is now a seething mlllrace, filled with thousands of hurrying logs, and every now and then a whole tree, perhaps 00 feet in length, cornea like a great battering ram to help demolish the big dam that was nearly completed tor the electric company, and is wrecked almost beyond repair. The loss to the contractors runs up into the thousands and the electric company has been com pelled to secure steam power to run its plant for the Winter. Flght In Paris Draw. PARTS. Nov. 20. Jim Stewart, of New Tork. end Sydney Russell, of Australia, fought a 15-round draw here tonight. MILL HEADS GATHER; Oregon and Washington Lum ber Association Convenes. NATIONAL BODY JOINED Conservation of Clear Commodity Is Approved American Republics Bureau to Be Furnished. . Trade Outlook Bright. COTTAGE GROVE, Or... Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) The Oregon and Washington Lum bering Manufacturing Association held its regular meeting here today, Instead of at Portland. There were about 60 mem ben present, representing 120 sawmills EDGE OFF POINT DUMA AND AND CREW ARE SAFE. TAhEX IJT ALASKA WATERS. in Oregon. Many Important questions were acted upon, among them being a decision to Join the National Lumber Manufacturing Association. Progress was reported as to marketing odd lengths, and a campaign was ap proved as to the conservation measure in marketing clear lumber. Traffic and le gal bureaus were organized to work on transportation problems to accomplish good results on freight claims for over charges on shipments. An advertising plan was decided upon to display selected fir. consisting of board ceiling, interior finish, mouldings and cor nice, ready for Installation In the Bureau of American Republics, at Washington, 13. c., of which John Barrett is director. The code of ethics promulgated by the American Lumber Transportation Com panies' Congress was adopted, with the understanding that this association is op posed to transit shipment. The outlook for trade conditions was pronounced as encouraging for ties and structural tim bers. .An increased demand Is looked for in the Spring from the East and Califor nia. Clear lumber was reported In good demand, but scarce. The Oregon and Washington Lumber Association will entertain the Western Retail Lumber Association of Spokane, which is to be held in Portland Febru ary 14 to February 16. L. K. Campbell, chairman of the Oregon Railroad Com mission, addressed the convention on present and prospective railroad building in Oregon and Us effects on the lumber ing Industry. Th Portland delegates were J.. 'P. Keady, F. C. Toung. L. J. Wentworth, H. F. Burntrager. J. J. Kenny. A. B. Was tell, G. A. Grlswald, W. B. Mackay and F. C. Knapp. Other delegates were: J. H. Chambers, Ashland; G. N. Snyder, Glendale; G. B. McLeod, Astoria; A. C. Dixon and John Fuller, Eugene; Henry Fischer, Marcola; J. A. Biiggs, William Skidmore, Curtin; Otto Briggs. Walker; H. C. Auld, Mohawk: George C. Garlin ger. Dallas; Robert Shaw, Mill City, and Fred Russell, Dorena. A banquet was given the delegates tonight In the rooms of the Commercial Club. MARINES AWAITING ORDERS Armed Force May Be aragua. Sent to Xic- WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. That the crit ical situation between this country and Nicaragua lias reached the acute stage was evidenced konight when Secretary of State Knox sent for his colleagues In the State Department and for the Acting Sec retary of the Navy and his aides to meet In conference at his home. For nearly three hours the statesmen went over the situation. The result of the deliberations was not made public, but it was not denied that more warships are to be ordered south at once. 'There was ' considerable rumor about the State, War and Navy building that 400 marines In the canal zone are under waiting orders. These could be rein forced Immediately by a similar detach ment now at Philadelpnia. ZELAY.VS MEX SCRUEXDERIXG ... Starving and Poorly Clad Tlicy Give up to General Estrada. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua. Nov. 20'. (By wireless via Colon.) One hundred men of Zulaya's troops with rifles came into General Estrada's camp at El Salto last night and surrendered. They were in a starving condition and poorly clad. The men said that the rest of Ze-laya's- forces in the Rama district have little or nothing to eat and are anxious to join General Estrada. POINDEXTER IS CANDIDATE Spokane Man Announces Willing- ness to Succeed Piles. SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 20. Miles" Polndexter. Congressman from tbo Third Washington District, at a meet ing of the Progressive Republican League this afternoon announced his candidacy for the United States Sen atorshlp to succeed Senator Piles, of Seattle. The league adopted a resolu tion giving its support to Polndexter. His platform Is an avowed Insurgent one, with announced hostility to Mr. Cannon and Mr. Aldrlch. Lava Flow Grows Larger. MADRID. Nov. 20. Latest official ad vices from Teneriffe say that the flow of lava is increasing considerably from Tevde Peak. One crater has ceased eruption, but an other has opened in Mount Corredora. Thanksgiving M ffgiiffl Hart Schaffner& Marx y-:Wm Mm Good Clothes "MakeM pl Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx IF WE had to depend for our food on our own skill with the rifle, a lot of us would go hungry. Similarly, if we had to make our own clothes, a lot of us might have, to stay at home. You can get your Thanksgiving turkey easier than with a rifle, and you can easily get here Hart Schaffner. & Marx good clothessuch clothes as nobody else makes all wool fabrics; fine tailoring, perfect in style, correct in fit; highest type of clothes made Suits, Raincoats, Overcoats, g2Q to $4Q Saml Federation of Labor Re-elects Officers Unanimously. STEEL TRUST FIGHT IS ON Meeting Called to Outline Policy in Battle Against CJpeu Shop War ring Electricians May Be Harmonized. TORONTO, Nov. 20. After unanimously re-electing President Samuel Gompers, Vice-President- John Mitchell, Secretary Frank Morrison and other executive of ficers, and selecting St. Louis as the place for holding the next meeting, the 29th annual convention of the American Fed eration of Labor adjourned today. Uncertainty as to whether an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in the Buck Stove & Range Company contempt proceedings would be made and the possi bility that Gompers, Mitchell and Morri son may have to go to jail, hung like a cloud over the closing days of the con vention and the re-election of the trio was the signal for noisy demonstrations of approval. President Gompers, .in thanking the con vention for its action, declared that It meant that the principles for which he and his colleagues had dared to stand have the unanimous approval of labor. The Federation directed that a meeting - .' of the presidents of the various organ lzatlons affiliated with the Federation be held at Pittsburg. December 13, to out line a course, of action against the alleged "open shop" policy of the United States Steel Corporation. The special committee which is to en deavor to bring about the amalgamation of the warring factions of electrical work ers, was announced today. The committee will call a convention of the two factions within a year. LOSS IS PLACED AT $10,000 Grays Harbor Is Ilaril Hit by Wind Storm. GOMPEliu IS NAMED ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 20. Latest ntws indicates $10,000 damage on Grays Harbor from the storm. The loss falls mainly on loggers and mill men through breaking booms and logs adrift. The Wilcox wharf broke down and 2.O00.000 shingles fell into the water, but were recovered. The river is bankfull. bringing down jams of logs. Upper Humptulips Valley ranch ers had to drive their cattle to jhigh V Rosenblatt & Co. ground. The E. K. Wood mill at Ho quiam closed during the storm on ac count of danger from flying lumber. SURVEY IS TURNED DOWN Conflict With Oregon Trunk Will Ne cessitate New Filings. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The Gen eral Land Office today rejected the Deacutes Railroad Company's map for section 5 of Its line. In so far as It con flicts with the right of way of the Cen tral Oregon Railroad. An opportunity will e given to file a new map which avoids xthis conflict. "Section 5 covers that part of the survey for the Deschutes Railroad be tween the southern end of the Des chutes Canyon and Madras." said Gen eral Manager O'Brien, of the Harrlman lines, last night. "The principal point of conflict between our survey and that Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Famous Remedy lor Grip & While "Seventy-seven" is sold in every drugstore . in America it is best to have a bottle in your pocket, and take a dose at the first feeling of lassitude and weakness and so break the Cold up at its inception. "Seventy-seven" will cure a Cold after the Influenza, Cough, and Sore Throat have set in but it takes longer why delay? Fits vest pocket. Druggists, 25e. Humphreys' Homo. Medicine Co., Cir. William and Ann Streets. New York! CANCER We Knife Remove Cancers Without x By the Latest Modern Method. Consultation Free. Cancer Specialist In Charge. AMERICAN CANCER COMPANY, Room SI Raleigh Building;, I'urtlaod. Oitgos. ' V ' BlOOfl of the Oregon Trunk is where these surveys cross the Crooked River. At that point, however, there is ample room for constructing two or three railroads. The ruling of the General Land Office simply means that we must make another survey covering that sec tion of our road and submit a map to the Interior DVpartmenf for approval. This will be done." Tribute Paid to Errlckson. Resolutions attesting the worth of James H. Errlckson, late manager of the n.nh, Theater in this city, were adopted yesterday by the Theatrical Man agers' Association or i-regon aim the TALKS WITH THE CHIROPRACTOR .TALK I am glad to note you were interest ed in our chat last week. It might be a good plan to clip these talks out and keep them for future reference re-reading when the series is or a com- pleted. Tes, I know many pePle think Chiropractic is something like Osteo pathy. Because the Osteopath and Chiropractor have discarded supersti tions, absurd theories and practices, and both work on the patient with their hands to benefit him. the unin formed conclude the two systems must be at least very similar.' Some have jumped to this conclusion and made statements when knowing nothing of the facts for, while we both work on the patient with our hands, what we do Is different and our basis or reason for doing so is still more unlike. Chiro practic had an Individual birth. It Is not related' to Osteopathy In any way and the well-informed Osteopath will never tell you otherwise. He will stick to his basis and be willing that we stick to ours: I am convinced the Osteopath can do much good, but he hasn't our basis and In many cases can not "deliver the goods" where the Chiropractor can. Let . me repeat. Chiropractic Is not Massage, Magnetic TTeniln-. Osteonathy, Faith Cure, Chris tian Science or anything else but nhlronractic. Nor Is it like any other method. What Is Chiropractic? Chiropractic today is an art. science and philosophy which comes nearer to being practical in its application to the needs of suf fering ljumanlty than any system of dealing with disoaso that ever came before it. and neater to the absolute truth than any philosophy that has oc cupied the attention of men before this time. To be sure we study many of the sr.me books that M. D.'s and D. O.'a do, but we on"t stop with that, we Corner Third and Morrison Streets Theatrical Mechanics' Association. No. .. of this city. The resolutions paid a high tribute to Mr. Errlckson. in whose un timely death It was recognized that the theatrical enterprise of the Pacific North west has lost "an honest, conscientious and useful worker, the City of Portland an upright citizen, and the association a member whose loss Is Irretrievable." CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. New and up to dtte. E. W. Moore, pho tographer, Elks bldg., 7th and Ftark sts. Engraved plate and 100 calling cards. reirular 12. special this momn si.io. Kilham's. Society Stationers, Oak ytreetg. Fifth and No. 2. have a reason for placing different in terpretation and significance on the facts gleaned from these and other sources that has been placed on theia before. Marconi did this with the facts fnvolved In telegraphy and today w have "wireless." Who can say that w shall not be able to communicate wttlt Mars before this generation has passed? I am glad you are not foolish enougtt to scoff at a thing because it Is new; or different from what you had previ ously believed. And now that you ara interested I shall try to tell you some thing of the philosophy of Chiropractlo in our next talk, and If you have any need of my services In the meantime I will try and demonstrate something of the art and science if you give nie the opportunity. Remember, I make no charge for consultation. How old is Chiropractic? Chiro practic Is fourteen years old and it has grown steadily and rapidly since its birth, until today it is much larger and stronger than Osteo pathy was at its age. In tact no new science has ever grown faster or at tained greater importance in the same length of time. There are at least four Important schools in the V. S., and many hundreds of competent Chiro practors practicing their profession. In due time we shall win general recogni tion. Right now we have to take all the odds but we are doing it cheer-, fully and getting results In spite of the fact. When Chiropractic Is given an equal show with the other profes sions the people will then see and know of its superior merits. Tou will receive careful and cour teous attention when you call on or write me. In the next talk I shall try to deal with the philosophical phase of Chiropractic. Office hours 10 to II A. M. and 2 to 4 P. M. 205 Oregonian Bldg. Yours sincerely, DR. L. M. GORDON. Chiropractor.