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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1909.
TTV J. H. CRADLKBAL'GH.
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RUXAWAT. or wild locomotive,
while not a common occurrence. Is
1 one that hat happened often. A
down grade and an accidental start is all
that is Feemlred to accomplish this, but a
runaway steamboat is a decided rarity.
There are only two such Incidents that I
rver heard of, and both of these hap
iened In Oregon waters.
Along In the early '70s an old man
Siarned Stevens owned a ranch on the
Peninsula opposite Vancouver, Wash.,
i bout where the Oregon terminus of the
2s"orth Hank railroad bridge across the
Columbia is located. While the farm was
a fairly good one. Stevens used to eke out
expenses and add to his yearly gains by
lunnins a little propcllor between Port
Sand and Cape Horn, Washington. He
look orders for the farmers for gro
ceries, calico, shoes, ammunition any
thing needed by anyone along the river;
find he also took butter, furs, eggs, game,
.hickens. the principal products of the
country at that time, on his return trips,
marketing them in Portland. The boat
was small, and Stevens was captain, cook
uid crew, the only man on her.
On one of his trips up the river he made
e. landing at the Vancouver dock for the
jnjrpose of putting off a small lot of flour
or his eon, who owned a bakery in that,
tthen, quiet little-village.
He had a rope wfch a loop In the center
f It. the ends being fastened on the eides
"f the boat, and - when he wanted to at
tend to his engine, or leave the wheel for
wny purpose for a moment, he would set
Ihts wheel where he wanted !t ajid slip the
tioop over the. spoke so that the wheel
c-.ould not turn. On this occasion, when
Tie got. ready to cast off, he sung; out to
. small boy who was Idling on the
-wharf, "Let go that line!" The line
was about the size of an average lead
Jlne. and when the boy loosened It. he,
unseen by Stevens (who, by the way.
was very deaf), and moved by that
plrit of mischief which always prompts
the slumbering1 devil inherent In the
general run of small hoys to do the
wrong thing- at the right time, took up
the slack in the line and a half turn
round the corner of the wharf, and
Iheld on.
Stevens was at his engine, which he
!had reversed, and could not understand
"why he made no sternway. He caught
on In a minute or two. and then he lost
ftils temper entirely, and. shaking his
flst and swearing, ho danced a regular
3iornptpe on the deck, which was, of
course. Just to the kid's taste. When
"the little Imp had worried the old man
nearly into a spasm he threw the line
off and the boat backed away. When
IStevens got the boat's bow pointed the
:way he wanted her he threw the loop
fcrver the" spoke on the wheel, and. .lump
tins down to his engine, turned the
team on to so ahead.
As the little "whittletldig" came
chugging by the wharf the old man
tepped to his wheel, and as lie was
breast of the small boy who had tan
talized him he started to give him a
tongue lashing, shaking his fist at him
at the same time. The small boy. in
the meanwhile, had not been idle. The
old steamer Fanny Troitp had been
loading potatoes at the wharf that
morning, and there were dozens of
Mmall potatoes lying on the wharf. The
Is Id had gathered a supply of these,
and when Stevens shook his fist at him
ie returned the compliment by firing a
END OF PRESENT YEAR WILL SEE OPENING
OF FOURTH GREAT EAST RIVER SPAN
Bridge Will Be Useless for Many Months to Come, However, Owing to Tammany Methods Auto Owners Targets
for Abuse in Gotham Hearst Comes Out for Vote for Women. .
FT IOTU F. IiONKKGAN.
NEW YORK. Dec. II. (Special. )
A week from next Friday the fourth
of the big bridges spanning the
liast River, between Manhattan and the
,1-ong Island side, will be opened. But
it will be many months before it is of
.ny real value to the traveling public.
The new structure Is .the Manhattan
bridge, which ciosses between the old
: "Brooklyn bridge and the Williamsburg
cpan. The structure was begun and com
pleted under the McClollan administra
tion, and the hasty dedication is simply
for the purpose of giving the L.ittle
Mayor" such few glowing tributes as re
main. '
The dedicatory ceremonies on Christ
mas eve will be as Impressive as the out
going city officials can make them.
Then the roadways will be opened for
traffic, but it will be some months before
the promenades, of which there are two.
will be ready for pedestrians. As far as
furnishing the bridge with a trolley or
elevated service, this remains as liiucn
of a mystery as it has been for the past
year. In fact, it almost approaches the
proportions of a scandal, for which the
Board of Estimate and the Public Service
Commission are to blame. There is every
'reason to believe that another year wilt
'elapse before the people are given real
transportation facilities over this $20,
'(,000 structure.
Autoi.sUi 1 ii Bad."'
i These are unhappy days for automo
bile owners. The police have been stirred
up by Commissioner Baker, and the pub
lic has been inflamed by fiery articles In
the newspapers, so that the lot of the
average owner of a car is not as happy
it used to be. The least little burst
nf speed these days is the signal for an
larrest. generally followed by a scathing
lecture and a fine in the Police Court.
"And the Joke of it is." a bicycle cop
tonuo ine orner day, "that the men-
who are arrested, in most cases, are not.
The ones who are a danger to the com
munity. The law says that the speed of
an auto, in the. city shall not exceed 17
miles an hour. ' Most of the men we ar
rest are going at a 2&-mlle clip. There Is
really no more danger in a 25-mile limit
than there is in the 17 miles that the
law allows. The majority at the 25-mile
criminals are men who have no intention
)of speeding, and who are really mucn
.surprised when they find themselves un-
Ier arrest.
i chaps who go hooting and whooping
along at anywhere from 40 to 50 miles an
hour. The trouble is that we are not
! equipped to keep up with them, and In
the majority of cases they are able to
escape. The speed limit could be safely
raised to 25 miles an hour, but no legis
lator would dare to suggest it. For the
germral public, who do not ride in auto
mobiles, would never consent to it."
From the figures in the Secretary of
State' office, it appears that., at the
present time, there are about 90.000
autos in this state, of which ' fully 65.
tmO arc housed within the limits of
Oreater New York. In addition there are
ihousands of cars in nearby points or
w Jersey and Connecticut, which., to
all Intents and purposes, are New York
vehicles. The vast majority of these cars
' are stretched out o'-er the same few
HUMOROUS- INCIDENTS OP
N&M PORTLAND IN THE
DAYS BEFORE RAILROADS.
in a crowd. On pleasant Sundays there
Is almost a continuous string of autos, all
headed the fame way, and rendering their
favorite thoroughfares practically im
passable to pedestrkins. This is another
reason why the autos are so unpopular.
Kxpert lawyers for Poor.
In this state, if a person accused of
murder is too poor to engage counsel, the
presiding Judge asKigns a lawyer to take
charge of the defense, and for his serv
ices the state pays him J500. Heretofore
this bit of patronage has been parceled
out among young lawyers, who needed
the money, and were on friendly terms
with tho Judge.
But Judge Maione. of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions, has changed all this. He
told a. number of leaders of the bar that
the rights of a; poor defendant should be
bh carefully guarded as the privileges
of the rich, and asked nhem, as a matter
of duty, to consent to accept assignments
in such case, when called upon to do.
Among those who agreed were Samuel
ITntermyer. who numbers scores of big
corporations among his clients, and Jo
seph H. Choate, ex-Ambassador to Eng
land. Air. Vntermyer was the first to offi
ciate, acting as counsel for a poor Italian
woman who had murdered her husband.
Not only did the Jury acquit the woman,
but they raised a purse of J500 for her,
and . the statement was made that Vn
termyer would give her the fee allowed
by the state. So this fortunate woman
Mrs. Mary Oltne.
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Mrs. Mary ;iin. aga 09. nd hr children to the fifth generation. all
ataie. The names of the later descendants are: Mrs. Jennie Belle Morln. Mr.
cwrs. Tsabelle Cook was born on.
in numsiae t-oint. or. Mrs. Edith
-Nf r- Mary Ciine Is llvlns: at the
sousw. With her husband and Ave
v ing mans in-
Mrs. Mary Clin Is still in fairly
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is paid' $1000 for being charged with kill
ing her husband, and in addition Is
treated as a heroine by all who know
her. The chances are that she will make
an excellent second marriage, all because
she had the luck to have a millionaire
lawyer.
The foreman, speaking for the jurors,
said to Mr. Untermyer before leaving
the court;
"We want to thank you for the services
rendered to this poor woman. If it were
more often the case that lawyers of your
standing and knowledge were assigned to
defend -poor and helpless defendants,
there would be fewer Innocent people sent
to prison."
News of SuTfragcttes.
The "famous 'Hurst' trio" Pank. Park
and Bill have been supplying the news
In the suffrage camp of late. Mt.
Pankhuret has sailed back to England
after stirring up the animals all over
the East. Dr. Parkhurst has grossly in
sulted the "votes for women" contingent,
by declaring that it would be the silliest
thing in the world' to give the ballot into
feminine hands. . And Bill Hearst, is
planning to build up his party by heartily
indorsing the cause of' women. In fact
he is billed to make a speech for them
soon after the holidays.
One of Hearst's advisors makes the
admission that the friend of the "com
mon people" is convinced that the day
of triumph for . the fair sex cannot long
be delayed, and that he wants to have
riVE GENERATIONS
Mr. Isabella Cook.
Sauvies Island in -18415. ind has lived ever
smith was horn In California 22 years no.
Palton Home. She csme to Portland betore
smsll children ahe crossed the plains in
inonn csnoes. a nomesteaa was tsiten us
good health, and takes great pleasure In
RAIGATIOH
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one of the front seats on their political
band wagon.
Xcw Subway Disease.
We have a new disease these days,
"subway dimness." It is wearing out
the eyes of the people who ride in the
underground tube,, and is due to the
economy of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, that leases the city's
50.000,000 railroad.
Instead of using the standard IG-candle-power
incandescent lights, the Inter
borough has1 equipped its cars with 10
candlepower lamps. But even the 10
candlepower is not maintained in the
bulbs in the Subway care. Only at rare
intervals is this quantity of light given.
Ordinarily the illumination supplied by
each lamp varies" from 5 to 8-candlepower.
With full 10-candlepower. the light would
not be sufficient for a passenger to read
comfortably. With only 5. the dimnees
makes reading impossible, except that
type can be pttinfully deciphered by ex
ceptionally strong es"es, at the expense
of severe strain.
The incandescent -lamps ordinarily used
In offices and homes are of 16-candle-power.
In public place, reading-rooms
and stores. 32-candlepower lamps are or
dinarily the smallest used. There is only
one standard bulb smaller than the 16s
this is the small 8-candlepower lamp,
used exclusively in clusters, or for dec
orative purposes. The 10-candlepower in
candescent bulbs used in the subway cars,
are an odd size, made especially for the
Interborough to save current.
Signal System Fails.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has a corps
of experts at work, trying to discover if
there is something radically wrong with
its much-vaunted block signal system. If
the experts say the word, the railroad
will throw out its present "safeguards"
and install something new.
There was an accident recently just
outside of the Jersey City depot which
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Mr. Jennie Be Lie Morla.
livinir In Oregon. Mrs. Clin. 1 a pioneer of 1843.
Edith Smith -nd Miss Lilian Smith.
since in Oregon and California.
She lives in
and lives in Scanpoose, Or.
a stick of timber mi nr. h
ISIS, striving at The Dalles in October of that
on sauvie island In the Summer of 1845, and
relating her pioneer experiences.
spud. Stevens, as It happened, had
turned his head and did not see the
'deadly" missle, but he felt it. for it
struck him just above the ear, knocked
off his hat and carried it overboard.
The old man became furious, and, tak
ing a step toward the gunwale, his foot
struck a cavil and he plunged head
foremost overboard. A full head of
steam was on and the little boat
chugged away up the river, bearing
gradually to starboard as the current
caught her, while Stevens, as soon as
he
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he came to the surface, instead of
tmmingr for shore, struck out after
boat. Arthur Maine and some one
else, seeing the old man's danger.
speedily shoved oft a small boat and
picked the old man up, or he surely
would have drowned.
In the meanwhile the runaway kept
bearing- more and more to the right, and
finally stuck her nose in the sand bank
near the old Swltzler landing on the
Oregon side, afterwards for years the
ferry landing. Haine put -the old man
aboard of the runaway, which was by
this time so nearly out or steam that
her propeller would not turn only as the
waves lifted her stern and left it partly
out of the water, when it would give
a discouraged little turn or two, as
though ashamed of itself.
The other steamboat to run away was
on the Willamette, between Portland and
Oregon City, it being the Government
snagboat and the time along in the '70s.
There was. however, in this case one man
on board, the steward, but he was busy In
the pantry and knew nothing about it.
The Willamette was pretty low, but was
still falling an inch or so. every 34 hours.
The snagboat had struck a nest of old
sawyers which It was taking down stream
a short distance and leaving near the
beach on the east side of the river, in an
eddy. In drifting down she would run
under a slow bell or shut off steam en
tirely. The deckhands had discovered
that as the boat neared the boneyard she
passed over a sunken snag, -which was
apparently near enough to the surface to
make the boat strike. On the morning
in question, some of the boys had made
a bet that if they drifted over the sunken
snug that day. the boat would strike it.
The captain and engineer, as well as
the cook and crew, all got interested in
the matter and the captain swung the
old boat across the current andi let her
drift over the snag purposely. He, as
well as the engineer and everybody on
hoard except the steward, went out on
the bow and lined up along the edge of
the boiler deck, watching for the snag.
As the boat drifted) over it all leaned,
over, watching it disappear under the
hull.
Now it so happened that there was a
knot on the snag, which was a good long
fellow, pointing well down stream, and
before the interested gang had time to
straighten up. the .keelson struck the
knot, there wa a quick jar. the boat
check its speed an Instant, and the whole
gang, captain, cook, engineer and crew,
as though moved by a common impulse,
dived headforemost into the blue depths
of the Willamette, much as a lot of tur
tles would leave a log when suddenly
disturbed down - on a Mississippi bayou.
They swam out of the way of the boat,
which only stuttered, and then drifted on;
but they could not get back on her, nor
could th-iir lusty yells penetrate the pan
try and attract the steward's notice. For
tunately it was not far to shore, and they
all swam out. Running down the bank
for half a mile, they borrowed a small
boat from a farmer and captured, the
runaway. The steward had missed all
the fun. but the man that bet the boat
would strike a enag sure won his money.
has nuzEled the officials immensely. Two
trains were running along side by side on
parallel tracks, with all signals set
properly. Suddenly one train shifted over
on to the other tracks, and there was a
collision in which several men were
killed.
"We are .absolutely at sea in our in
vestigation." said Division Superintendent
Abercrombie. "An examination of the
tracks shows nothing wrong there. The
accident may have been caused by a
broken truck, but the chances are
against it.
"One line of investigation that we are
following is that the block system may
have failed to work, and a commission of
experts are making a searching examina
tion of the system all over the lines. If
it should be found that the system is
at fault, it would mean the change of the
electric pneumatic block operation all
over our lines. It Is one of the rare oc
casions in railroading in which one can
not assign a cause for the wreck."
The understanding is that the Slate
Railroad Commission will discuss the
matter at a meeting in Trenton.
Huge liarges CJo Well.
The first fleet of great barges built
especially for the new 1000-ton barge canal
is tied up at Pier 4. East River, after a
record voyage through the Erie Canal
and down the Hudson. These boats are
a third larger than the present craft in
cubic contents of the hold, and are sup
posed to be much more economical. They
had not the sllghtert difficulty in travers
ing the canal in its present condition.
The fleet consists of five barges and a
jteaem power boat to tow them. Al
though the captain , of the power boat
made no especial effort to outstrip his
competitors, he was able to leave in the
distance no less than three steam flotillas
and 96 horse-drawn boats.
The cargo of the -fleet, which those in
terested in the grain moving businesis
consider to mark, an epoch in the market-
Mrs. Fxiith Smltb.
and her daughter. Mr. Iiabelle Cook, was
Portland at oresent. Mr. Jennie Morin tvs
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her the family lived for severs
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Try Just One Tungsten Lamp
For An Experiment
The new 40-watt G.E. Tungsten is no larger
than the 50-watt carbon lamp you may now be
using, but it is twice as brilliant and consumes
- one-fifth less current. You get 32 candle-power
instead of 16. . In other words
It Cuts Your Light Bills in Two
The tiny wire filament inside is composed of a
rare metal which radiates two and a half times as
much light as the ordinary carbon incandescent.
Economical housewives are rapidly exchanging
some of their carbon lamps for General Electric
Tungstens. They save money in the end.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
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ing of crops, consisted of S3.000 bushels
of fine WTestern oats, partly destined for
export.
The barges were planned for the Xew
York, Buffalo and Great Lakes Trans
portation Company, and were built last
Summer in the shipyards of W. H. Fol
lette. which are located at Tonawanda,
X. Y.
When the new barge canal is completed,
it is expected that this new type of craft
will entirely replace the small, boats
now in .use, and that the running time
between Buffalo and the Hudson River
will be reduced three and four days. The
time consumed at present is about twice
this, or over seven days.
For months the papers have been full
of the sorrows of the women school
teachers, and very - little has been said
concerning the men. Now the woes of
the men have been expressd to a waiting
world by one Jacob Shapiro, who has
been waiting fo many , weary months
for a chance to teach the youths of our
fair city..
According to Mr. Shapiro, there are
160 licensed men teachers who have been
on the eligible list from six months to
two years. Most of these men are gradu
ates of various training schools, main
tained at the cost of the city, and before
their course of study commences, pupils
sign papers, promising to teach for at
least one year. This leads them to be
lieve that they will be given employment
when they graduate, and much to their
surprise, they find that there is nothing
doing after they receive diplomas. Dur
ing the past IS months, there have been
appointed 1500 women and only 40 men, al
though there are a large number of
vacancies to be filled.
"This, of course, does not reflect upon
the fairness of the Board of Education."
says Mr. Shapiro in conclusion. Still, as
he hopes for a job some day. he may
foe regarded as biased, or rather diplo
matic. But people who are not in the
power of the Board of Education, are
inclined to think that It is a mighty
rough deal, especially as men teachers
are usually the most helpless of male
mortals.
Evils or Street Lighting.
Review of Reviews.
Less than a hundred years ago street
Mis Lillian Smith,
first xrhlte girl child born in the
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born in Portland in 1SS7. and lives
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man there, who was married to .a
he moved to Oregon City, the trip
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lighting was opposed by the very beyt
men of that day on theological ground
as being a presumptuous thwarting of the
intentions of Providence, which had ap
pointed darkness for the hours of night.
It was opposed on medical grounds, as
gas and oil were declared unwholesome,
and they argued that it was a bad thing
to encourage people to stay outdoors
nights and catch colds, pneumonia and
fevers. On moral, philosophic grounds
it was held that the people's moral
standard would be lowered by street
lighting, as the drunkard would feel there
was no hurry to get home, and late sweet
hearting would be encouraged, whereas
black night sent people home early, thus
preserving them from a. multitude . of
sins. They also argued that lights would,
make thieves alert and that national il
luminations would lose their effect if
there were street lighting every night.
New Jersey gets SS.OOO.OOO a year from its
oyster beds, but could -et MO.OOO.Ofto from
the seme source if the available tide land
-vas properly needed and cultivated.
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GAVE OP HOPE
After Suffering a Year with Raw,
Watery Humor on Hands and Face
Prescriptions Did Not Do a
Bit of Good Scratched Till Blood
Came and Had to Quit Work.
COMPLETELY CURED
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES
"I suffered with eczema for one year
and bad two of the best doctors in
town, but their medi
cine did not help me.
First of all there were
small white pimples
on my left hand and
I had to scratch until
the blood came. Then
they would puff up
and water would run
out. Wherever this
water would run there
' would be more pim-
fjles until my whole
eft hand was a maps
of sores. Then mv
other hand became affected and they
were like a piece of raw meat. Then it
came on my face, neck and under my
right arm so that I was unable to raise
my arm for two weeks. It became so
bad that I was obliged to give up work.
"About four months ago I started to
doctor and the doctor told jne it was
eczema. So he told me to get
ointment and soap. I used them for a
month and they didn't do me one bit
of good so I tried another doctor. He
gave me three different kinds of medi
cines, but I was very much ptit out
when these remedies did not help me.
I. was unable to sleep at night and I
gave up all hope until I decided to try
the Cutictira Remedies. I used two
cakes of Cuticura Soap, two boxes of
Cuticura Ointment and three bottles
of Cuticura Resolvent and I am glad
to say I am cured. Miss Nora Shultz,
243 North Third St., Reading, Pa., Jan. 4
and 7, 1909."
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with Cuticura Soap and
Ctff Vh ''Knt dressingsof Cur.i
VI 1 U W LI I oura. This treatment al
lays itching and irritation, destroys hair
parasites, cleanses, purifies and beauti
fies and tends to make the hair grow
.tpoii a clean, healthy scalp.
Cuticura Pemedles are sold tbmishoit the wtrM.'
Pmr Phi A Cnrm. Corn.. Sole Prop?., iwtn.
Mass. mr Mailed tree. 32-pase Oittijrs Boos,
(ivutc description and cure ot diseases ot the asia.
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