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TITANIC
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LIFE-SAVING
GREW
POSITION
RESCUES HUE. MEN
Fishing Schooner Vida
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AMONG
. THOSE REPORTED DEAD.
PRISONERS CHOSEN AS SUB
JECTS AT EXAMINATION.
Is Wrecked.
BAY CITY IS SCENE OF LOSS
Boat Strikes North Spit at
Entrance of Inlet.
DARING WORK IS LAUDED
When Craft strikes and 1 Prac
tically Totally IeMroed on
Rocky Shore. Hardy Mm
Ilufth to Shlpv reeked.
BAT CLTT. lr.. April IT. Special.)
Driven from her roure la entering
the harbor here tonight, the tlshlng
schooner Villi, of Seattle, struck the
North Spit at the entrance to the bay
and was wrecked. llr crew of five
men were rescueil with difficulty by
the Itfe-savlnr crew from Garibaldi.
The Vlda will be a total loss.
In command of George Nelson, the
Vida. which la a gasollne-drlven craft,
had been outside the harbor's entrance
exploring the halibut banks. As she
was returning this evening at ebb tide
the boat was forced from-the channel
by the swift current and. despite ef
forts of all aboard, pounded onto the
spit. The schooner struck at t:10.
The boat's plight was seen at Gari
baldi and the life-saving crew hurried
to the scene and removed the Are men
on board from the craft, which now
lies partially submerged, with the
waves breaking over her. The Vlda
was loaded with Huh caught during the
day.
Besides Captain Nelson, whose home
Is at Seattle, other men saved are Jo
seph Johnson, engineer, Seattle: Ed
ward Martin, steward. Seattle; Herman
Tleson and George Thomson, both of
Bay City.
Slrurk by a heavy wave, the schoon
er's rudder was carried away. and.
' helpless, she drifted until she struck
the north spit.
The rescue of the boat was accom
plished daringly by the ltfesavlng
crew, who plunged Into the surf and
reached the vicinity o? im wrecked
craft, where they picked up the five
men who had been forced to leap from
the schooner into the breakers that
the llfesavers might pull them Into
the boat.
Engineer Paul displayed the great
eat heroism, and It was due to him that
the llfesavers arrived In time to save
the crew. With more than six feet of
water In the hold, and the craft rap
Idly being- pounded to pieces by the
giant breakers that broke over her
decks. Paul stayed by the engine and
kept the whistle blowing signals of
distress, thereby calling the atentlon
of the llfesavers to the schooner's
plight.
The craft Is now lying a short dis
tance from shore.
The Vlda was a two-masted schooner
of CJ tons burden and 9 feet long.
I'ntil recently she had been Ashing In
Alaskan waters. She arrived here
Thursday from Seattle.
DIRECT. ELECTIONS WAIT
IIoa to Act First on Pastofflcc
Appropriation Rill.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The House
will not act on the constitutional
amendment for direct election of Sena
tors until the Postofflce appropriation
bill has been disposed of.
Chairman Rucker. of the elections
committee, said today he had Intended
to ask for immediate agreement with
the Senate on the direct election reso
lution, but that at the request of mem
bers who desired to spesk on the sub
ject had decided to withhold action
u:til neat week.
t ALL TUCHEO AWAY V
HIS 0tA HMJE T- Z.
I rlly Wfll them rrNno TjC . -Vk ''it
1 Sii.K' JLJ- . V . r7I-Xl-U 1 YV. SSC'V(E' - ' - SAT If 1
Colonel IlirtPjr and T. W. Webb Tjoc
Came From Which Gallery Ite-
fpect fully Withdraws.
NKW YOKK. April 27. President
Taft laid aside his political clothes, put
on an old gray cap and a sweater and
relieved his feelings by - knocking a
golf ball around the course tod.ty at
the Baltusrol Golf Club,, near Oranae.
.The President played with Ogden Col
gate, of Newark.
The president played a foursome will
A. r. Chandler as his partner an
rnlnnrl flennre Harvey and T. W
Webb for opponents. The game lasted
IS holes and the Taft forces won.
There were many other players on
the links, but out cf respect for Mr
Taft there was no gallery to watch him
play.
TODD TO JOIN DONWORTH
DiMrlct .Attorney Resigns to JVcconi
Judge's I -aw Partner.
SKATTI.E Wash- April IT. (Spe
rial.) United States District Attorney
Klmer K. Todd has resigned to become
associated with Judge George Don
worth, who only recently retired as a
Federal Judges Mr. Todd and Judge
Ionworth have taken a suite of offlc
In the Hon building.
Mr. Todd said that he had forwarded
Ms resignation to Attorney - f.enerai
Wl.kersham a fortnight ago. and that.
while he had received no word sine
as to who his successor was -likely to
be. he had notified the Attorney
General that it was his desire that It
take effect at the close of business
April SO.
Mr. Todd said that Judge Donworth
would return to Seattle from his pres
ent trip during May.
With the severance of his official
relations with the Government next
Tuesday, Mr. Todd will have served
four vears and a half. as District At
torney, Including a recess appointment.
VOTERS ONE-FIFTH WOMEN
Total Registration In San Franclso
U 136,490.
SAX FRANCISCO. April IT. (Spe
cial.) Registrar aeraansay luuajr u
pleted the official count of the vote
registered in San Francisco, both men
and women, for the Presidential pri-nirie-
on May 14. The total is 13S.490.
Women number 26."70 and men 109,-
The total registration for the Repub
lican and Democratic parties, the only
parties that will have a place on the
Prosldentlal preference primary bal
lot. Is: Republicans. 56,653; Democrats,
20.291.
Of the total registered vote of 136.
490. there were 19,546 voters who de
clined to give their party affiliations
and who are consequently barred from
voting at the primary, bringing the
total i.uniber of voters eligible to vote
on May 11 to 10O44.
Feminine Population 377, 727.
OKEGONIAN NEWS BL'RKAU, Wash
ington. April IT. The Census Bureau
yesterday made public a preliminary
summary giving the number of women
and girls 21 years old snd over In the
State of Washington, as shown by the
last census. The total number Is !.
TIT. of which 141. 269 are native white,
of native parents: 19.132 native white,
of foreign parents; T0.K36 foreign
white: 169T nearo: V04 Indian: 119 Chi
nese, and 1171 Japanese and Coreans.
Kear-Adnilral Thomas Retired.
WASHINGTON. April IT. Rear-Admiral
Chauncey Thomas was placed on
the retired list of the Navy today on
account of age. lie was appointed to
the Naval Academy from Pennsylvania
In 1867. His active service ended when
he relinquished command of the Pa
cific fleet, about two months ago.
Thread .Mill Strike Grows.
W1LLIM ANTIC, Conn.. April 27.
strike of operatives in the manufac
turing departments of the American
Thread Company embraced today 1500.
an Inerease of 900 since yesterday. The
strikers say that a promised 10 per
cent wak-e Increase has only netted
from 2 to t per cent.
POLITICS AND THE
mi
Fight for Delegates Is
Spectacular.
CLARK IS MAKING HEADWAY
New Jersey Governor Loses
Some of Former Lead.
TAKVEN ARE CONFIDENT
Victory, Thonfc " Close Margin, Is
Predicted in a."". Slate, While
Rumored Desertions In
- South Arc Denied.
NEW YORK. April 17. (Special.)
The New York Herald tomorrow morn
ing will publish the following esti
mate of the relative strength of the
Presidential candidates, as the result
of an Impartial review of the situation:
Republican.
T.nft
Roosevelt .
!.n Ko'lette
Cummins
. .41.!l'nrertain 4
07;Neded to nom...r4u
... .1(1,1 t to choose 4uo
. .. H1
ptemoerata.
Clark nn:;urk 10
Wilson UN' Uncertain lot
Marshall :: Needed to nom...7tf
Underwood -4
Continuing, the Herald will say that
the President is virtually assured of
the nomination at Chicago at this
writing, adding:
"Speaker Clark is gaining steadily
and Governor Wilson is losing some of
the big lead he had two and three
weeks ago. Other Democratic aspirants
for the-nominatlon are far in the rear.
right rowa Spectacular.
"That Is the situation in the two
great battles for the Presidential nom
inations now being waged throughout
the Nation. In the number of dele
gates gathered In during the week, the
President easily led his rivals. He ob
tained SI, as against eight for Mr.
Roosevelt and four for Mr. Cummins.
The fight for delegates on each side
Is becoming one of the most spectacular
contests of its kind ever witnessed in
the country. Especially Is this true
on the Republican side, with President
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt both
making speeches In debatable sections.
Ip to the present time, 672 "of "the
1078 delegates who will sit In the
Republican convention have been
elected. Of these 415 are either In
structed for the President or have an
nounced that they would vote for him.
Mr. Roosevelt has 107 delegates, which
is 333 short of a majority. There are
406 delegates yet to be elected, and
the best Judgment at the present time
is that President Taft will obtain from
the 406 the 115 needed to give a ma
jority.
Taft Cfcaaee Best la Massachusetts.
The chief event of the present week
will be the primary elections In Mas
sachusetts for the selection of dele
gates to the National convention. The
Herald's information Is that at the
present time the President stands the
best chance of winning, but by a scant
margin. Massachusetts has 36 dele
gates and the contest there will be
watched with the keenest Interest
throughout the country.
From South Carolina comes the first
suggestion Of a possible break from
the Taft ranks of Southern delegates.
Two delegates-at-large who bear in
structions for the President and four
others who had pledged their word
to vote for him announce that condi
tions have greatly changed since they
were elected and that now they are
for Mr. Roosevelt. The Herald's cor
respondent says that if Theodore
Roosevelt looms up as a likely, winner,
the "black and tan" delegates from
South Carolina will climb on his band
wagon.
From Virginia
also came another
4 4'onrluded on F'age 3.
TROUBLESOME- MEXICAN SITUATION SUGGEST
Storm Mows. Swath Across Several
Counties and Crosses Stnte
Line Into Texas.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 27. Three
persons were killed and property valued
at 3100.000 was wrecked at the town
of Calumet, Okla., by. a tornado which
swept through several counties in
Western Oklahoma late . today. Half
of the little town of Rocky was blown
away and the village of Blair also was
damaged. overal persons were Injured
at Rocky.
The town of Lugert is reported blown
away. At El Dorado, Okla.. It Is said
one ' woman and three children were
killed. Several persons were hurt at
Marthe. At Altus several were hurt.
A special train with physicians and
nurses has been dispatched from Altus
to Lugert.
CHILDRESS. Tex.. April IT. Seven
persona are known to have been killed
and several others injured, at least six
seriously, by a tornado which jut a
path half a mile in width and 10 miles
in length through Childress County to
day.
CO-EDS' HOPES BLASTED
Dean of Washington Puts Foot Down
on Athletic Contests.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 27. (Spe
cial.) Declaring that participation In
Intercollegiate athletics Is highly Im
proper scd unladylike for university
women. Dean Isabella Austin, dean of
women. Washington University, has
ruled that girls cannot enter the pro
posed tennis tournament with Univer
sity of Oregon co-eds In May.
' It is understood that authorities at
the Oregon school are In favor of the
meet and until Dean Austin submitted
her statement to the faculty committee j
today it was thought that all was tran
quil at this end.
"Intercollegiate athletics has como
to be a mere show," declared the dean,
"and 1 will not consent to allow Wash
ington girls to participate in any such
event. It is against the policy of this
school and, if it were not. I would re
fuse to permit university women to
take part in such sport."
WHISKEY MARKET "FULL"
Kentucky Distillers Fear There la
70,000,000 Gallons Too Much.
LOUISVILLE, April 2T. Over-production
of Kentucky whisky, similar to
that during the four years from 1890
to 1S93 Inclusive, which was followed
by several years of depression, is feared
by local distillers, who have agreed
liiat curtailment In the output Is im
perative. The trade has produced about
90.000.u00 gallons In the last two years,
more than 70,000,000 in excess of the
demand.
Distillers say a tremendous impetus
was given the production of Kentucky
Bourbon by the pure food rulings as to
what constitutes real whisky, and many
Increased the capacity of their plants
In anticipation of a big demand.
The overthrow of Dr. Wiley's con
clusion later cut into the consumption
of aging whisky. Jobbers over the
country, they say, practically have
ceased buying anything younger than
1910's and when they buy goods of old
er Inspection the purchases are alto
gether for Immediate wants.
HENS AID $20,000 CHURCH
Eggs Ijiid on Sabbath Will Be Do
nated by Mormons.
MADRATH, Alberta, April 27. In
order to replace the 120,000 tabernacle
of the Latter Day Saints, recently de
stroyed by fire here, members of the
organization, beginning tomorrow, will
give toward the fund all the eggs laid
by their hens on successive Sabbath
days.
It Is thought that sufficient money
will be realized by harvest time to re
build the structure.
Wabash Receiver to Raise Cash.
CHICAGO. April 2T. Steps toward
the liquidation of the obligations of
the Waoash Railroad Company were
taken today when Federal Judge Car
penter entered an order directing the
receivers to raise $1,500,000. The mon
ey will be raised by means of certifi
cates of indebtedness.
Americans Are Lost In
land in Mexico.
NEED OF ARMED FORCE SEEN
Buford Officers Would Like to
Take 100 Fighting Men.
PREPARATION IS RUSHED
Occasion or Several Kescue Expe
ditlons Likely to Arise Trans
port Crook Being: Fitted for
Possible Service.
SAN KRAXCISCO. April 27. The first
specific appeal to the transport Buford
for help on her trip to be begun Mon
day for West "Coast Mexican ports was
received here today from Paul F. Car
penter, of Los Angeles.
He asks that a search party be sent
for George Carpenter, an American
civil engineer, who has been directing
Irrigation works at Topolobampo and
who was last heard from three weeks
ago at Cuasave, 20 miies lniand from
Topolobampo.
At that time George Carpenter sent
word that his camp had been attacked
and swept clean of everything portable.
Including firearms.
Armed Force Needed.
The probability that there will be
need of other inland search parties and
rescue expeditions makes officers de
sirous that the Buford should carry 100
or more armed men cs well as pro
visions and a full hospital eoulpment.
No such orders have been received.
At Sun Diego Claude E. Guyant, an
agent of the State Department, will be
taken on board. At each port of call
the Buford will receive orders where
to make her next stop. Thus her
itinerary Is tentative, but as at present
laid down it is in the order of the ports
named: San Diego, Topolobampo, Al
tata. Mazatlan, San Bias Teplc, Han
zanllla. Acapulco, Salina Crui home.
It Is understood that at Topolobampo
there are 250 Americans awaiting her.
Preparation. Being Rushed. .
Work on the Buford is belnsr rushed
at top speed. She was out of commis
sion when ordered for- duty and her
crew will be made up from thf. officers
and crews of the transports Sheridan
and Sherman, both recently arrived
from Manila. She Is taking on 1600
tons of coal, sufficient for 40 days'
steaming, and it Is estimated that her
trip will take about six weeks. Two
wireless operators wll: be carried.
The transport Crook, also being fit
ted for possible duty, was being
equipped with wireless loday.
Monday has been decided upon as the
earliest date by which it will be pos
sible to prepare the Buford for depart
ure. It has been decided to take several
women nurses, if this plan is sanctioned
by Washington, on account of the cer
tainty that a large number of the res
cued Americans will be women and
children.
FORT STEVENS IS PREPARED
Soldiers Expect Orders to Leave for
. Texas Border Soon.
FORT STEVEN'S, Or., April 2".
(Special.) Action is being displayed at
Fort Stevens In anticipation of orders
to depart immediately for the Texas
border. Hospital supplies and ambu
lances were shipped today. Transporta
tion wagons are being placed In
thorough repair. The heavy marching
equipment of every soldier In the post
has been thoroughly inspected and all
broken or damaged parts replaced. All
companies are drilled daily In battle
maneuvers, including skirmish drills.
( ( ; o n rl u ded onF a g &2.
PEN TOPICS FOR CARTOONIST REYNOLDS.
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AH "Tooth Fixers" Who Operate
Successfully on Criminals Will
Receive State License.
Convicts at the' State Prison have
been selected as subjects for experi
mental dental work at the Spring ex
amination of applicants for state dental
licenses, June 3. At a meeting yester
day of the State Dental Board, ways
and means of eliminating the usual
trouble of procuring subjects upon
which the applicants for licenses can
demonstrate, were considered, and the
convict plan hit upon as a satisfactory
solution.
All convicts who are In need of dental
work will be treated free of charge.
Upon the success of the operation will
depend the license of the applicant. The
temporary prison dental parlors will
be open for four days. There will be
about 45 applicants for licenses.
The Board meeting yesterday was the
first since Governor West reappointed
Dr. Frank Vaughan. of Astoria, and
Dr. It H. dinger, of Salem, as mem
bers. They elected Dr. Jean Cline, of
Portland, president of the Board by
unanimous vote.
Arrangements were made for a vigor
ous campaign against Illegal dentists.
A report was made showing that 30
dentists have been arrested and con
victed In the last two years for prac
ticing without a license, and other
cases are pending before the court.
The report shows the following arrests
and convictions: Dr. Edward Edwards.
Dr. Sumption, Dr. Charles Lee, Chinese;
Dr. C. VVatnabe, Dr. C. McKechnlc. Dr.
Brown. Dr. George Tate, Archie Pettys,
Dr. Charles E. Randle and Dr. Jesse
Pittenger. These cases were heard
since January 22. Cases pending are
against Dr. Kuhn, Dr. Carl Hall and
Dr. Edward Edwards. The case against
Dr. Edwards Is the 10th within the last
few years. He has been convicted once.
THREE IN FAMILY INSANE
Mother and Daughter Under Re
straint, Son-ln-Lutw Escapes.
BAKER, Or., April 2T. (Special.)
Mother and daughter adjudged insane
and a search being made for the son-in-law,
who Is believed to be likewise af
fected, is the plight of a family of four
today.
The aged father, M. Creek, Is the
only cne left to face the world alone.
Mrs. Creek and her daughter, Mrs. N.
Brinkley, are awaiting the coming of
the autnorities from Salem to take them
to the asylum, having been adjudged
Insane Dy Dr. O. M. Dodson, of this
city.
When Brinkley heard that the in
vestigation of their sanity was to take
place he leaped from the window of
his bedroom and escaped.
The family has been acting peculiarly
for some time, and neighbors have
tried to help them, but all except the
father feared that they were being
poisoned and refused to eat much. This
week Mrs. Brinkley became violent and
the examination revealed the condition
of the mother. Their mental condition
Is believed to have been inherited.
BUILDING THEFT DENIED
Accused tan Says He Took Only
Few Boards; line Imposed.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. April 2".
(Special.) Herman Sperling, who was
arrested upon complaint of special of
ficers, of the 'North Bank Railway,
charged with stealing a building from
the company's right-of-way at Fall
Bridge, pleaded guilty to petit larceny
before a Justice of the Peace here to
day and was fined J 10 and costs.
Sperling asserted that he only got a
few boards out of the building and
that the rest of the lumber was taken
by railroad employes and other per-
Jublln McCarthy's Funeral Held.
LONDOM, April 27. The body of
Justin McCarthy, the novelist and his
torian and for many years member of
Parliament, who died at Folkestone,
Wednesday, was burled in Hempstead
Cemetery today. The procession to
the grave was a long one. The Amer
ican Ambassador, Mr. Reid, sent a
floral piece.
Error of Eight Miles
Is Charged.
ICE IS HELD BAR TO RESCUE
Mount Temple's Captain Says
He Discovered Mistake.
TESTIMONY CHEERS ISMAY
White Star Official Is Pictured by
Stewards as Thoughtful for
Safety of Others Titanlc's
Seamen in Straits.
WASHINGTON, April 27. Failure to
give her exact position, a great field
of floating ice that offered a frigid
barrier to ships hurrying to the rescue
and the mistake of her captain In rush
ing at top speed through an ice-covered
sea combined to send the Titanic and
her 1600 victims to their watery grave
in the. North Atlantic, according to tes
timony today before the Senate com
mittee investigating the ocean tragedy.
Captain James H. Moore, of the
steamer Mount Temple, which hurried
to the Titanic In response to wireless
calls for help, told of the great stretch
of field ice which held him off. With
in his view from the bridge he dis
cerned, he said, another strange steam
er, probably a "tramp." and a schoon
er which was making her way out of
the ice. The lights of this schooner,
he thought, probably were those seen
by the anxious survivors of the Titanic.
Speed Denounced as limw.
Captain Moore denounced as "most
unwise" the action of the Titanlc's
commander In rushing at 21 knots
through the night, when he had. been
advised of the ice. The Mount Tem
ple's commander testified that he had
spent 27 years In the North Atlantic.
Whenever Ice 'ws'fonrW'M:'sa:id, he
doubled his watch and reduced his
speed. If he happened to get caught
in an Ice pack he stopped his engines
and drifted until he was clear.
The witness was also emphatic In nls
assertion that the position sent out by
the Titanic was wrong. He said tha
ship was ei?ht miles further eastward
than its operators reported. This, he
said,- he proved by observations the
first thing on the day following the
disaster.
Variation Would Be Vital.
With icebergs and floating ice cov
ering the northern sea, a ship of even
the size of the Titanic might be over
looked through such a variance.
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director
of the International Mercantile Marine
Company, was much cheered by the
testimony of the afternoon. He listened
eagerly to the accounts of his conduct
at the lifeboats as told by the stew
ards and seamen. His eyes fairly
beamed when Steward Crawford told
how Ismay had called for women to
go in one of the boats and said to &
woman who told him she was only a
stewardess, "You are a woman; take
your place in the boat."
Ismay listened intently, too, as Stew
ard Bright testified that Ismay had not
left the ship until after all the large
lifeboats had gone and only one or two
collapsible boats were left on deck.
Sailors Are Without Funds.
After the session was over the cor
ridor in the Senate building near the
committee room was crowded with
anxious sailors of the Titanic, who
have been at the call of the commit
tee since the rescue ship Carpathia
brought them to New York. They were
a nervous lot. Not being permitted
to leave, they faced the prospect of a
Saturday night and Sunday without
funds.
"If it is too late to get money for
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