NOVEMBER
1909.
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Captain and Ten Others Picked
Up by Columbia River Light
' ship 20 Miles Away.
ANCIENT LIFEBOAT BLAMED
Toor Equipment at Garibaldi Station
Hold Responsible for Loss of Two,
I ire-Saver 'Swept Away and
Siiilnr t arried Off Ijy Seal
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the sliin. ' She. stayed there several
minut and ti-on drifted out over the
.,. ... .. nli.ra she began to take
water iVw ami peesengers all helped
and she was kept afloat till 8:30 o clocK.
Mo.nnwhlln the life-saving crew ap-
anil t.ik nff tWO Women, tWO
girls and four men. Then they found
too manv wi.ro aboard and the boat
camo ba'-k and left the men. While they
were trvfiig to reach ihore one of the
life-s:ivins crew was swept away and th.
captain h;M his left arm broken. Then
the boat overturned and Mrs. Holdredge
and the little Hunter girl were drowned.
.Mrs. King and the other Hunter girl
wrrn saved-. .-
"On board tlie Argo everybody waa
working with might and main to keep
the craft afloat. -About 8.30 the captain
ordered trie boats to- put away, and tho
inatB took charge of one and th. cap
tain the other. The captain ordered the
mate to follow him. which he did until
they put so close to the surf the mate
was frightened. He called to the cap
tain it was suicide to try to land there,
and pulled for the rr,"en 4ea.
Both boats .drifted around till tho
Artto went down, at 9:30. While Wo
wer drifting the- captam totd the maW
ho thought an Julian had been left on
the Arpo, but the boat could not get
nar enough ti find out. About mid
night the Oshkosh came looking for sur
vivors. We had a lantern in our boat
and this guided the Oshkosh to where
wo were. When we were hoisted aboard
wo were a thankful lot of people."
Mate Johnson, in discussing the wreck
briefly, yald":
Jlan Washed Off Argo.
"The Argo struck the tar about 3
o'cloek in the afternoon, and the steamer
pouhded, breaking her keel and the
planking. Site began to fill at once, but
we hoisted a sail and got her outside,
where we anchored. A steam pipe broke,
and this left the vessel helpless. , We
could not keep out the water with the
pumps, so we threw overboard" a large
quoi.tity of oil and coal. Then we knew
she was sinking, and took, to the boats.
-I followed the captain's boat, but when
I saw slid was headed for the shore I
took to the open sea and drifted till we
were picked up by the Oshkosh. . We had
lost on -man. Martin Olson, who. was
washed off by a heavy sea while we were
getting off the bar."
E. Salmoni-on. one of the crew of the
Argo. n ils about the same story of the
wreck.
"We came in over the bar In the South
Channel and the Argo struck about half
ebb tide. The current running out from
the bay was so strong we could hardly
buck it. She struck several times and
when a pteampipe burst we lost control
of her. Tlie k-el and a number of planka
were wrenched off. which let In the
water rapiuiy. Crew and passengers all
set , to work balling her out. but even
witn the deckload lightened two hours
aftir she struck she had four feet , of
water iiv her engine-room.
"There was no excitement on board,
and everybody kept cool. At the time
the boats put off there was five feet of
water in t.er. ' The boats were about a
mi! from- her when she tipped and
linally sank. This was about quarter
past 9. "'After we we're picked up by the
Osiikotji'at midnight we cruised around
tip and down the coast looking for the
captain' boat, but could see no trace
of it.-'-
All accounts of the wreck unite In
blaming tiie poor condition of tlie life
boat at the Uaribaldi station for any
loss of life. It is said the boat la old
end havy and not adapted to the class
of work it is called upon to perform mt
this station. , '
Confirmation of the rescue of Captain
Snyder and the ten men with him in
. his boat waa brought to Astoria by Cap
tain Strangeland, of the steamer Coro
jiado. which arrived today. When pass
inc the Columbia River lightship he was
signalled to come in close, but the heavy
sea prevented 1 him from golnc close
enough to hear what was said. He made
nut a. boat, however, bearing the name
Ann JiaiiulniT astern, and a number of
people on the deck of the lightship. The
r.lxrnw here the Argo was wrecked l
hoot So miles from the ltehtshtp, and
It Is .considered entirely possible that
the little1 boat mlsht traverse this dis
tance dm Ins the night. '.
. Mate Accounts for Italian.
.Tnhn X. Johnson, mate of the Argo. ac-
..i.t"fir tlie Italian thought to have
been left on the vessel -when she went
"After my boat was full." ha-sald. "the
Italian t-anie to tlie side of -the steamer
and wanted to. get. aboard. X told him I
liad no room, and ordered nun to cross
the deck: to th-.other; side, where the
i.s.i.i.in wan nutting off In hia boat. The
man did this, but the captain had al
ready cast away, seeing tne man on tne
deck, however, he came, back and took
him abourd." ; '.'. --
The mate describes the- wreck prac
tically as the res have done., telling how
the boat struck and sank soon after the
mall boats had pushed .off
"After wa had been picked 'CP." h
said, "the Oshkosh cruised about all
rticht trying- to- pet some trace - of the
captain's Ua.t. Failing in this, .we re
turned to T'lUmook Bay. and -went to
Tillamook City.
"Tom Iitham, captain ef the OsnKosn,
end Mr. IX-an, part owner of the vessel,
deserve gr?at praise for ..going outside on
such-a' rough nlgtlt "to "help the Argo.
If it hud fiof,-been for them I am sure
the bont 1- hod with all on board would
lmve pone down." - - -
In Tillamook there is general regret
over the lo.s of the Argo. Many busi
ness men of this city have lost heavily
in the freight that went down.
foosBuy Men in
Wreck.-
MnssflFIELD. Or., Not. 21. (Spe-c,al.,t-aptain
Levy Snyder, whose
ship, th'u Arso. was .wrecked. Is an old.
time Coos County man. For many years
he was a" Conuirie niver navigator and
..u.v Km. r-nntfliit of the Tri
umph. -H went tn Ihe Columbia, River ,
about a y.-ar ago. . ; "
Henry Wlckbaru, a member .of toe
llfe-sarlng' crew, was also a Coos Bay
man. he 23 years old and was a
member of well-known family of Em
pire Cityr- He was one of the Coos Bay
life-saving crew berore he went to
milaroook, only short time ago.
TARIFF I
Congressman Mann Fears Do
minion Will Forbid Export
of Pulp Wood.
BILLS TO OFFSET FRAMED
Solon Would Postpone Maximum
Duty Until Free Admls-
elon From North AJso V'rged.
Lawmaker to Wage Fight.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Congressman
Mann, chairman of the special commit
tee on wood pulp and print paper of the
last Congress, who prepared the pro
visions on these items, as first reported
to the House by the Payne tariff bill, but
who was overruiea ny toons'
final passage of the tariff law. took the
position today that the country may well
be alarmed at the danger of a tariff war
with Canada growing out of tne tana.
wood pulp and print paper, under tne
Payne act. 1
Mr. Mann will Introduce in wns'""
several bills and Joint resolution
nhiect. One measure
joint resolution to postpone the PP"c
tion of maximum tariff from April I next
to January 1. 19H- J0"'"hS- ',:;
that the maximum tariff of the United
States shall be held not to apply to wood
pulp and print paper Imported from Can
ada. I
Pnlp and Paper lree.
Mr Mann has prepared and will intro
duce a bill which provides that wood
pulp and printing paper shall be admit
ted free of duty when imported from
Canada, being the product thereof, on
the condition that canaaa or
. .iv. th wnod duId or printing pa-
lit .iui.li .-.. rr
per is manufactured siian .i
restrict or Impose any export duty or ex
port license fee upon printing pap;-r. me
chanically ground wood pulp or wood used
In the manufacture of wood pulp.
These measures will be referred by the
Speaker to tho committee on way and
means, but Mr. Mann may make a fight
in the House to have them referred to
the committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce, where he U the new chairman.
Motions, Coup Planned.
" Mr Mann says that under the rules
of the House If the ways and means com
mittee declines to report upon his prop
osition. - ha can bring thera before the
House at any time by motion to take
then away from the committee on ways
and means and refer them to hla own
committee.
' in the last Congress, when the ways
and means committee Was endeavoring
to smother the bill introduced by Mr.
Mann to prevent the importation of
moking opium, he sent a nonce io ,
member of the House that on a cerU. n
morning he would move to take the bill
from the ways and means committee and
refer it to a friendly committee. The re
sult was a passage at arms between
Mann and Payne, of the ways and means
committee on the floor of the House, but
Payne was compelled to report Manns
opium bill and it became a law.
Mills Are Endangered..
Mr. Mann says unless some legisla
n .nch n he DroDOses. be adopted.
or a reciprocal treaty with Canada be
agreed to, Canaaa, smarting unuei mo
nioi of the Payne tariff law. Is
likely to forbid the exportation of pulp
wood from canaaa to m uiineu iai
thorehv not only close up a num-
h, nf the newspaper mills of the
United States, but increase the cost ot
nrint i,rer to a point which will in-
tremendous injury, not only upon
the newspapers, but upon the book
publishers, including especially school
books.
OIL HEAD UP FOR PERJURY
tr.... ria Pierce, of Kansas, to Be
Tried Wednesday.
imTtV Tex.. Nov. 27. Henry Clay
Pierce, of Kansas,- oil magnate, will be
h. Wednesday for alleged false
swearing. The case was continued last
Xu trust and relates to an affidavit filed
by Mr Pierce when the Rogers-Fierce
Company entered the atate la 19uo after
WITH
GANADAPRED1CTED
havlng beea ousted for violation ot iue
anti-trust laws.
Attorneys for the Blate conferred today
and declared that no continuance would
be asked or granted by either side.
SISTER FEARS FOUL PLAY
Body of Man Who Died Soon After
Wedding to Be Exhumed.
St. Louis. Mo. The body of William J.
Brder. a former postofflce clerk, whose
life insurance was collected by Mrs. Dora
K Doxey, now of Columbus, Neb., will be
exnumed by Deputy Coroner Fath. An
autopsy will be performed to see If there
are any traces of poison in the body.
Miss Kate Brder, sister of the dead
man, who has returned from Columbus,
Neb where she had Mrs. Doxey and her
husband. Dr. Loren B. Doxey, arrested
on a statutory charge, gave the Deputy
Coroner the result of her investigations.
Erder was married to a woman who
gave her name as Dora E. Dodge, at
lavton. Mo., on April 26 last. He died
i.iiv in. naming his widow. Mtes Erder
heniflciarv of a life Insurance policy
of $3J0O. In addition the widow received
m Insurance on the life of ,rders sieter,
v-iiabeth. who had died a week before
1-H ftF. -
Miss Brder asserts that her brother first
knew his wife as Dora La Gear, that Bhe
told the family she had been married to a
man named Dodge, and that he had died
six months after the wedding. Dispatches
from Columbus, Neb., say Doxey and his
wife have been released on 6iX bail.
MIRROR REFLECTS DEATH
Barber Shop Customer Sees Wom
an's Image as She Falls on Walk.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. While reclining
In a chair In James Grecco'a barber
shop at 558 West One Hundred and
Eighty-first street, a customer found
himself gating dreamingly into a mirror
which reflected clearly the view of a rear
window overlooking a stone-flagged
court. Just then the mirrored window
was darkened for an instant. The cus
tomer leaped out of the chair, shouting:
"A woman dropped past that window."
There had been no sound and Grecco
thought hia customer was craxy. The
man appeared almost overcome with the
shock, so Grecco's son was sent to the
court to investigate. He returned a few
minutes later, completely unnerved.
There-s a woman lying on tne nag
ging," he said.
The body was Idenuiiea as mat oi airs.
Caroline Gazil. She had been ill and de
spondent. The Olvmpic and Titanic, of the White
r in. .r in l Kim leet in lenKLii. vs
feet In beam and 04 feet In depth, trora tne
keel to the root of the pilot-houde they will
have a lieieni oi n.i . :
at the bow will be 02 feet, a betirht that
would seem sufficient to overtop the spray
of the largest waves. '
Strong Digestion and
The Dyspepsia
of Old Age
variably Mean a Long and Healthy Lite.
There- Is a process known as jneta
bollitm going on constantly In th. body,
and by which the tissues are built up.
and after having served their purpose
in the physical economy, are torn down
and cast off.
So long as the due relation between
waste and supply is maintained, nutri
tion, and the various functions of the
body are continued. But after middle
life and in old age there comes a time
when waste exceeds supply, and when
the various elements which constitute
the different fluids, tissues and organs
no longer hold their due proportion,
and the principle of life Itself becomes
enfeebled, the body no longer having
power to assimilate new material as it
once did.
As-old age creeps on, all the functions
gradually fail, especially those of diges
tion, absorption and assimilation, and
the system being deprived of its full
quota of nutriment, slowly wears out.
If the nutritive and digestive processes
of old people could be maintained un
impaired, life could be prolonged al
most indefinitely.
There are many old persons iri whose
stomachs the gastric function is almost
entirely suspended. When this trouble
occurs, the problem Is, how to digest
the food and get along without the
natural stomach juices. There is but
one way to overcome the effects of this
condition, and that is to supply artifi
cially to tho stomach a powerful dlges
Uv. substano. to tak. th. plae. of th.
1 -n A.'
.SJMPSON, riftfSJZK. .
ITER ADOS VALUE
Reclamation Has Added
Wealth $15,000,000.
to
768,000 ACRES IRRIGATED
AVork of Government in -Advance of
Settlers' Demands, for 343,000
Reclaimed, Acres Have Not
Been Taken. tTp.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Nov. 27. Fifteen millions of
jnii.r. nH iinwards have been added to
the wealth of the West through the
nrdncts of the soil on Reclamation
Service works. This does not take into
.n,mt of course, the enormous lucre
m,r tn land values which has been
.lii-Aoi result of reclamation.
The year 1909 is really the first In
which notable returns have been made.
Tr i now seven years since the reclama
tion act was passed. During this in
terval surveys and examinations have
been carried on throughout the western
ial of the United states, uarge proj
ects have been laid out and the most
important structures have been built
to a point where 768,000 acres have been
supplied with water or urouBm i
condition where settlers, by proper ap
plication to the Land Office, can imme
diately take tne water to uitu neius,.
Irrigated Farms for Sale.
Tho work Is much In advance of the
needs of the people, for out of this 768,
000 acres applications for water rights
have been received for only 425.000
acres, leaving S43.0UO with water ready
for the plow. The great problem,
therefore, is no longer that of engineer
ing, but how to put this land Into the
hands of the men who will Immediately
utilize It for crop production. The ap
proximate Investment in this 343,000
acres, which Is now standing idle, is a
little over $10,000,000. so that In one
i sense these $10,000,000 are locked up
until the farmer makes application tor
the water and returns to the Govern
ment his proportionate share of the
an Adequate Nutrition In-
Juices which It fails to secrete' naturally.
For this purpose there is nniniug
superior to siuakts st-croi.-v
TABLETS known to medical science, as
they supply the deficiency, and are sucli
a reliable ajid thoroughly efficient sub
stitute for the natural gastric Juices,
that if two or three are taken after
each meal, the food will be digested In
so complete a manner, that the natural
digestive fluids will, never be missed.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets should be
used by all old and middle-aged per
sons. In order to prevent or cure the
dyspepsia of old age. Through their
use complete digestion of the food is
assured, with a consequent Increased
nutrition of the body, and a. staving off
of the sensibility and decrepitude of old
age.
This remedy Is, however, not only
good for the Indigestion incidental to
advanced life, but is also applicable to
the dyspepsia and stomach troubles of
any age, from, youth up.
Secure a package of this famous dys
pepsia remedy from your druggist for
60c and if you find that as you get
older, your digestion and assimilation
become weaker, this remedy will as
sist the stomach in the performance of
its functions, so that the general sys
tem will not suffer from . the delin
quency of the digestive organs.
A sample package will be sent you if
you will forward your name and ad
dress to the F. A. Stuart Company, 150
etuart Building, Marshall, Michigan.
Most central location.
New ami modern . equip-.
me.nt. '
Broad and comprehensive
service.
Uniformly courteous treat
ment. Careful and conservative
management.
On these we 'solicit your
patronage.
Check . Accounts opened
without .restrictions as to
amounts.
Savings Accounts opened
with $1 and up.
A general banking and
trust business transacted.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
Comer Sixth and Wash
ington Streets.
J. Frank Watson, President
K. L. Durham. Vice-President.
WT. H. Fear: Secretary.
S. C. Catching. Asst. Secretary.
O. W. T. Muellhaupt, Cashier.
K. M. Hulden, Asst. Cashier.
George N. Davis, Trust Officer.
Stanley Baker, Realty Manager
Don't throw away your
hot water bags, we mend
them. We also mend cut
glass and chinaware.
Guaranteed waterproof.
Simonscn Fixit Mfg. Co.
V- Manufacturers of Fixit Cement
625 Henry Bidg., Cor. 4th and Oak
... . i -. .-.. ......... in thin
money wnicn nas urai iii'"-
reclamation work.
A considerable portion oi uu
,i. land Is embraced In four projects
now completed in Montana, Wyoming
and Nevada. On other I rejects the
farmers, owing to lack of funds, scarc
ity of labor and other conditions, have
Koon nhle to prepare all of their
land for water, and thousands of acres
were for this reason unproductive this
season.
Will Soon Be Taken Up.
Tho Chief F.neineer of the Reclama-
.-,, aoT-vii-e now in the fiWd. calls at
tentlon to these Important matters but
i..t tiint with the excellent har
vests secured from the irrigated lands
this year, it will not be many months
before the areas unutilized will be
n finri nut In crops. The oppor
tunities for homemakers on a number
of these proiects are so attractive and
.v.. under which these lands are
disposed of so reasonable that there is
every reason to expect a heavy rush of
homeseekers to.take up these farms be
fr,r. th heeinning of the next crop
season.
BRIDE AND GROOM NABBED
Couple Arrested on Train as Result
of Joke.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26. Despite protesta
Hons that they were the victims of a
tr,ke a voting married couple starting on
.INITIO- trio were
. Alton train by detectives", who
ir",..,. thl E-room to be a thief fleeing
UCiiircj
from arrest.
The couple,
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Wait for Our Great
Clothing Sale
Beginning Dec. 1st.
Watch for
Announcement in
Wednesday's Paper
Salem Woolen Mills Clothing Co.
Seventh and Stark
GRANT PHEGLEY, Manager
Chochal. both of this city, were married;
in the afternoon. A stateroom was re-,
served for tlie-.bridal pair on the Alton
train leaving for St. Louis at 11:30 o clock.
Half an hour before the trains- de
parture a telephone message was received
by Lieutenant Andy Kohan at detective
headquarters informing him that a man
accompanied by a .young woman was
leaving the city with a "suitcase filled
with stolen securities."
Detectives Howe and Quinlan were sent
to the Union Depot and found tlie couple
in a stateroom. They were taken to the
Citv Hall, where the "Joke" was ex
plained. They said they were compelled
to jifmu out of a window at the brides
home, and a delay was encountered by
their frlenls cutting the tire of the auto
mobile that took them to the depot.
Fake Peers Held.
PARIS Nov. 27. The Bubatae, who
were arrested for fraud after they had
obtained jewelry in the names of Count
.nj -.,untess Gubata were held today
for trial In the Correctional Court upon
Never Fails of. a
Who is it you have in miad someone
just entering upon fresh and rosy
young girlhood ?
Is it one with whitened hair your
mother or some dearly loved old friend '?
Perhaps it is the young wife and moth
er; the fiancee; a man of affairs or a
college hoy ?
At Aronson's you will find gifts for ;
everybody gifts that never lose their
first charm or diminish in loveliness
practical gifts gifts that satisfy.
You should begin now to study the pos
sibilities of this store for gift-purposes.
Every day's delay now means added
discomfort to you later.
DIAMOND GIFTS
A low as f 10.00 and at varying prices up to
$1000.00. These gifts will be treasured and give
pleasure for a lifetime.
Gifts of Novelty Jewelry
That show refinement in design. Many of the offerings are exclusive
with us created by craftsmen, who, through fine skitf, have caused
their handiwork to become a universal standard of excellence.
Tt-nsi. l f Yin mk
29V3shington(near fifth)
charge of swindling, following an exami
nation before a maeistrate.
WHITE RABBIT CASTAWAY
Sailors Wlio Kescuo Bunny Kofuse
$25 for Mascot.
Galveston. Tex. Tlie fi.shins schooner
Mendlnco. Captain Arthur Sinims, picked
up a 'white rabbit iri a wooden box in
mid-gulf three days ago, 400 miles from
land. Shipping marks on tlie box show
it to have been shipped from some point
In Pennsylvania for Liverpool about Octo
ber. The animal was more dead than
alive, but revived and the crew refused
I2S for the mascot.
It is estimated the rabbit traveled in the
sea about 2j00 miles.
Kpravin Is the method followed nt the
present time by tho (Jovwnimsnt in destroy
ing the water hyacinth, which has proved
a seriouH impediment to navigation 0:1 many
nf Th- Snnfiiern rivers of thi-- country.-
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