v. : 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.