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"o PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 34jh YEAR. NO. 22. MULE EXPEfllEHCE OF aiid -era Details of Wreck Brought by Cutter Manning LOST FOR Slk DAYS Captain States ha Had Been Oif Reckoning for Six Days Before Accident LIFE SAVERS' HEROIC WORK At Request of Capiaia Hennlngsen, IImbf o! tli Liit 8inf Crew Swim Out to Wreck and Bring Bck Bodki d Wife and Child. PORT TOWSEND,'Ja; 7& Deiili of the wreck t the schooner Soautl. off Vancouver Wind, were brought here today 4oy W cutter Manning which had on board 12 ol the survivor and dead bodiei of the wife and baby daughter ot Captain Heoninen -Th piIn i bsdly bruited and icarrcd, and every other tmrmber of the party bear marka oi their harsh encounter with the ele ment, Hennlngsen' version of the lots of hia thlp change the version of the itory heretofore printed. To the Associated Pre he says that the Soqne! reached the vicinity of Flat tery on January 17. The weather wai exceedingly bad and he kept the achooner Handing off and on until Friday. Observation ot hi poaition had been Impossible for six days, He inys he calculated that he was aouth ot Flattery. A heavy snowstorm was blowing so dense that within a few hours two feet of snow was on the decks. A 8 o'clock In the evening he changed his course so that, as he I thought, it would take him out to aea. It was evident, however, that he had passed Flattery and they had blown onto Vancouver Istand. Captain Hen nlngsen places the hour of striking at 12:30 Saturday morning. Mrs! Hen nlngsen and the baby were in bed, but she was unwilling to remain In the cabin and wrapped blanket round the baby, they came on deck, She was placed In a lifeboat, the cap tain taking a position beside her, hold ing the child. , , , , . The frightened woman seemed to have a premonition of the disastcri for she said "This is death; kiss me' STEAMER VENTURE DESTROYED BY FIRE Vessel Worth" $100,000 and 7,000 Cases of , Salmon Are Destroyed by Flames VANCOUVER, B. C.( Jan. 2l The steamer Venture, owned by the Boscowiti Steamship C. and worth more than $100,000, was destroyed by fire this morning shortly after start ing from Prince Rupert for Vancou ver. Fifty passengers and jthc boats crew were safely lunded on the wharf and the boat was cut adrift to save the cannery from the blare. She washed ashore a mile below, and is still burning tonight. Seven thousand cases of salmon, fully insured, are almost a total loss.- .'' FIRST AUTHENTIC WORD. .QUARANTINE, NEW .YORK, CAPTAI of soil Carl" And related the entrleties and commands of her husband that she return below. While the argument Was" in progress, a monster wave swept over the vessel bearing the family asunder. Captain Hennlngsen, who waa holding the baby, waa dash ed forcibly against the bulwarks where the Infant slipped from the blanket In 'which she was wrapped. When the cold water revived the mas ter, he found the body of the child churned about In the angry water wits its little head crushed In. The body of Mrs. Henningsen was later found pinioned under heavy lifeboat which had torn loose from its lashings and had eben thrown upon the deck. Mrs. Hennlngsen neck was broken, The ship's crew remained huddled together until morning. Then the second mate, Hennlngsen, a brother ot the captain, and five seamen, at tempted to reach the coast Hennlng sen was swept from the boat, but was hauled safely back onto the deck of the achooner. The other five succeeded In reaching the rocks where they were picked up eight hour later by the British steamer Leebro. Cap tain Hennlngsen and the rest of the crew remained on board until Satur day evening, At low tide they were able to reach the rocks and were rescued hy a lifeboat from the Wad dah Island station and taken to the Manning. , At the request of Captain Hennlngsen, four of the life saving crew swam to the achooner and brought off the bodies of his dead wife and child. This heroic act given the highest prize by all who witnessed. Excepting the ships log and part of her papers, nothing was saved from the wreck. When left by the Manning the schooner was rapid ly breaking up. Hennlngsen waa part owner in the- Soquel and say except for his Interest which was protected there was no insurance on the vessel Hennlngsen will take the bodies of his wife and baby to San Francisco, FIERCE WINTER STORM. TELLURIDE, Colo., Jan. 25. - Today allowed the widest period of the storm which has raged here for four day. The telephone wire are down and the atreett are almost im passable.' Falling trees" and snow slide endanger lives of those who are foolhardy enough to venture out. Trains are from 12 hours to three days late, and traffic la at a standstill. The train which left here for Dur ango on January 22 Is stalled at Ophir.'and the officials of the road are unable to state when it will be able to proceed. It will be three .days before rescue parties can be sent out , to search for tiiose lost in the snow. The towns below Tellurlde are completely cut off and no esti- Jan. 25. II. J Hoover of Spokane Wash., standing on the deck of the White Star liner Baltic gave the.As sociatcd Tress reported the interview of Saturday's disaster in which the lin er Republic was so badly disabled by the Florida that the former sank last night, The Interview was 'shouted from the deck of the Baltic to the Associated Press tug which groped its way alongside the Baltic in the darkness. . At that hour Mr. Hoover accompanied by his wife, was the only one who came on deck in re sponse to the repeated ballots from the tug. The Baltic carried 1,650 passengers taken from the Republic and Florida. ASTORIA, mate of the damage storm can be obtained. done by the HIS OWN MESSENGER. , DENVER, Jan. 2S.Bcrt Dort, an 18 year-old deserter from the" Mare fsland Navy Yard at San Francisco, yesterday walked Into the police sta tion and waa arrested. The officers have been looking for Dort for some time and inserted a "want ad" in a local paper as a bait with which to attract Dort. The lad answered the advertisement and after having been engaged for a fictitious position, was sent to the police station with a note which reads as follows: "The bear er Is Bert Port; you want him; Crab him now." CJHEIIATIATW FOR EGOS PROHIBITION LECTURER GETS WARM RECEPTION AT LONDON. LONDON, Jan. 25.-Mr. Carrie Nation, who is attempting to deliver a scries of lectures here, met with a hostile reception at Canterbury music hall tonight She wa presented with ggs, one of them striking her in the face. The audience , maintained a chore of hisses.' Mrs. Nation was obliged to quit the house under police protection. DIES Fff.i rais ATTACK OF DOBS YOUNG BOY WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY FORMER PLAYMATES TAFT, Mont., Jan. 25. Harrington Barrlnger, the 8-year-old ion of H. P, Barringer, a ranger in Lolo, died to day at the Milwaukee hospital of ter rible wounds inflicted by a pair of large dogs. The boy was attacked on either side by the two brutes within 30 rods of his bathers cabin and be fore the parent could come to his as sistance he had been mortally wound ed. The dogs, which were destroyed, were owned by neighbor, and the boy had often played with them. SAME OLD STORY. TUSCOMBIA, Ala., Jan. 25.-Sam Davenport a negro, was hanged by mob at Leighton last night. He was charged with burning J. A. Gal- braith's barn, destroying 16 horse and mule. j, ..... . MARCH WITH RED FLAG. LOS ANGELES, Jan. "25. Some apprehension of Serious trouble was feared here yesterday when 200 Rus sians paraded the streets of the business section waving red flags in commemoration of the fourth anni versary of "Red Sunday." No serious trouble was made howeverand there was no interference by the police. After the parade a massmecting was held at the plaza, under the sur veillance of the police. The demon stration was a very peaceful one. MONEY IN TATTERS. CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.Thc finding of an overcoat, currency a silver watch, an incomplete telegram and a Sunday School leaflet on the bank of Chicago river has furnished the po lice of - Chicago Avenue station a tragic mystery to solve. The money was torn into small bits and scatter ed about. It is thought it will total 40. The telegram reads' as follows: "Leave today for Prescott, Under stand everything wonderful rev elations,"' The police theory is that the articles were the property of some insane person who committed suicide by jumping into the Ttver. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY SEES SHIP SI 1IIEATI II Captain on RepublicStuck to Post Till End 6 KILLED 2 INJURED Commander and Second Officer are Rescued Clinging to Wreckage, by Gresham 2 DEAD, SUNK WITH VESSEL After the Republic Goe Down Cap tain Sealby Stated That Two People Who Were Killed by the Collision Were In Caskets Aboard Vessel.' WOODSHOLE, Mas., Jan. 25. The story of the sinking of the liner Republic and the dogged heroism of Captain Sealby in sticking to hi ve sel until it bad sunk beneath him, was told today by Lieutenant Scott, executive officer-of the revenue cut- . . . V" . . . . . ter Gresham. Scott said that when the Gresham found the Republic Sunday morning the passengers and all of the crew except Captain Sealby, the second officer and 35 volunteers had been transferred to the Baltic. Gresham and the British passenger steamer passed line to the Republic to tow the injured vessel, but she proved very unmanageable in the northwest wind. Late in the after noon the derelict cutter Seneca arriv- ed and passed a line to the Republic, but by that time she was taking wat er fast. At 7 o'clock last night the entire crew was ordered by Captain Sealby to abandon the ship. They easily overtook the Gresham. They said they could not persuade Captain Sealby to leave his ship and the sec ond officer refused to leave the side of his commander. Scott says that at 8 o'clock last night the bow of the steamer was illuminated by a search light and was seen rising fast.. Five minutes later two pistol shots and two blue rockets, the signals agreed upon by Sealby and Greshas were heard and seen, and at 8;1Q the Re public's bow shot up high in the air and she sank 15 miles southwest of Nantucket sound shoals lightship. The Gresham lowered a boat and the crew under command of Gunner Jo hansen started off. The boat return ed three quarter of an hour later with both the captain and the second officer. They had been pickd up cling ing to the wreckage, neither had life preservers on. When the Republic began to sink, Captain Sealby climb ed to the foremast . and reached the masthead light as the boat went down. The second officer jumped from the rail into the sea. He was bruised from his impact with the water.' Seal- by was unhurt. The Republic was struck on her port side a little more than two-thirds way aft. A large hole was torn in her side which was clearly visible, but as sometimes happens in such cases, she had a big list to star board. Captain Sealby stated that on the deck of the Republic when she went down were two caskets contain ing the bodies of passengers who were killed in the collision. NEW YORK, Jan. 25-Fascinating work pictures of the high seas were drawn by many of the Republic. Mrs. B. Crandall of Chicago was only one stateroom away from that occu pied by Mrs. Lynch, who was killed in the accident. "I heard agonizing screams; every light went out; from the corridor we saw three rooms smashed in the one close to ours wa3 a huge anchor. 26, 1909 Through the mass of wreckage, two stewards were already extricating the women who had been caught in the impact. It was very evident that the passenger were in the hands of men trained to care for them in the best manner possible in the fact of such emergency, and it was this knowledge that kept feeling of fear from pur hearts." ;; . - , ' Miss Potter, Mrs. Crandall' room mate, said that before the order came to transfer the passengers to the Florida, nearly all the passenger were crowded well forward on the Republic. Nearly all watched the captain on the bridge. ... "Finally Captain Sealby turned himself toward us with his hands up lifted as a signal for our attention, and said; "AH passengers will be tak en to the steamship Florida.' He told us women and children to be the first There was. no josting nor exhibition of fear. All in all, the conduct of the women was excellent It is un fortunate that right at the start there should have been an exhibition by one man that was otherwise. He was not only a man either, but be surely did seem to be the most crazy person of all He clambored into the first boatload. There was a yell of derision from the passenger. The sailor who were to row the lifeboat and officer in command plainly hbw ed contempt for the fellow. He came back to the deck of the Republic in ignominy. The passengers jeered all the while he wa making the journey. Lifeboats made trips in almost uni form precision; There was so much to admire in the proceedings that our fears were all more dispelled." ; ; AFIOTHER BLACK HAND Mstosf TESTIFIES THAT THE BAND THREATENED TO MURDER HIM AND HIS FAMILY UNION CITY, Jan. 25.-Ed Mar shall on trial for complicity of the murder of Captain Rankin testified today in his own behalf. In the cross examination the witness said he was told that unless he joined the night riders he and his wife and baby would be killed and his property burned. He said he went to rendevous with Fred Pincon, sentenced to hang,, and took oath. At Walnut Lodge, becom ing convinced that Taylor and Rankin were to be killed, the witness testified he pleaded with the leader to save their lives. Failing, he mounted a horse and rode away. ..:.. j THIEVES FRIGHTEEIED BY oi ii SAFE CRACKERS RUN AFTER BLOWING UP VAULT OF MARYSVILLE POSTOFFICE EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 25.- Thieves early today dynamited a safe in the postoffice at Marysville, using so heavy a charge that the doors were hurled into the alley back of the building,- The explosion awakened the people in the vicinity and on their arrival they found money scattered all over the floor. Apparently the thieves were too frightened by the noise of their own explosion to come back and secure the plunder. A quantity of stamps that were in the safe were destroyed. - ; : HORRIBLE ESTIMATES. MESSINA, Jan. ' 25. General Mazza, commander in chief of the Earthquake section, telegraphed to the Premier yesterday saying 4000 bodie shad already been taken from ruins of Messina and that the esti mated number of those still under the wreckage is fifty thousand. HIE WilllS DIGGING FOR DEAD. OURAY, Colo., Jan. 2S.-Work ing in constant danger of their lives, from snowslidcs, sixty men are ex cavating Mount Snefels canon where three of the victims of (he anowslide of Friday are buried. The snow in the canon is 150 feet deep in places and it may be necessary to remove the larger portion of this before the bodies are found. These who have studied the slides here declares that another will take place within a few hours. . . . . , . COSGROVES HEALTH IS PROVING FAST ARRIVES AT MEDFORD LAST NIGHT ON PRIVATE CAR "CALIFORNIA." MEDFORD, Jan. 25. Governor Elect Cosgrove on the private car California attached to the north bound train No. 16 arrived here at 8 o'clock tonight To the Associated Press, Governor Cosgrove said: "You can tell the people that I am improv ing very much in health right along. So far my doctor are only allowing me to take malted milk, but it will not be long before I can take some thing more substantial. No, I will not be able to undertake my official duties for some time. I have been completely run down and it will take sortie time for me to recuperate. I will have to take a ..rest before I can put on the harness, but I feel that my complete recovery is only a matter of time." CAREER DISHONORED. ST PETERSBURG, Jan.25. Ma jor General Alexieff, retired, who has been under investigation on account of irregularities was yesterday ac quited on the charge of extortion, but was found guilty of accepting a bribe from a British firm or gunmak ers. He was fined $5000 and dismiss ed from service. A SAINT, AT LAST. ROME, Jan, 25. Many Americans were present at the ceremony in the hall of the consistory yesterday at which Pope Pius read the decree ap proving the solemn beatification of Joan of Arc. ' LOCAL OPTION BILL GETS A SET-BACK Washington Legislature Track FMIaster's Pleasure Oi.YMPIA, Jan. 25: By a vote of 47 to 45, the house today sidetracked the McMasters or anti-saloon league local option bill by adopting the min ority report of the public morals committee . which body recommend sending the bill to the judiciary com mittee. This action was taken after two hours debate which at times be came acrimonious. The action taken today is construed as meaning that the legislature will not pass a law so stringent as the one recommended by the anti-saloon league. Action was taken subsequently today by the house judiciary committee to insure postponement of the matter until next" week as the committee decided this afternoon to hold an open meet ing next Monday when all local op tion bills will be considered and pub PRICE FIVE CENTS H 11IDWII U 1 Clatsop , Representative Introduces Unique Bill HOP GROWERS BACK IT Oregon Brewers Complain That Since State Has BeenCrowing 'Dry' they are Blacklisted EIGHT HOUR DAY PASSED All Mais and Factories to Run Eight Hour Schedule Passes House After a Long and Heated Discussion. SALEM, Jan. 25. Representative McCue has introduced into the house a measure designed to divide the pro hibition law on the question of beer and whisky. The bill provide that at the general election in- 1910, the question shall be submitted to the voters: "For the promotion of the Oregon hop industry" and "Against the promotion of the Oregon hop industry." ' ' ' The bill is said to be backed by the hop growers of Oregon who com plain that since Oregon is rapidly be coming "dry" in the state, brewers are blacklisting the Oregon brewers. This is the first time that an attempt has been made to divorce beer from whisky in a local option law. Because of the muddle in the Ore gon tax laws growing out of the de cision of the supreme court that the present system of apportionment is unconstitutional, Governor Chamber lain will tomorrow call attention to the situation following which the as sessment and taxation committee will hold a .special meeting: to devise a ' bill to meet the emergency. ' Unless immediate action is taken, deficits are feared in many counties ; this -year. After a heated debate, the house to day passed a bill appropriating $100, 000 for the relief of the Indian war veterans of Oregon for the use of their horses and their services during the early wars with the : Aborigines. Another- measure which was passed after a long discussion was a bill com pelling an eight-hour day in mills and factories. ; i , by Vote of 47 to 45 Side lic discussion invited. Tomorrow the senate will wrestle with the problem; and the signs are that similar pro ceeding to those in the house will be taken. Today the senate public mor als committee decided to report the bill without amendment, and the min ority is expected to report in favor of referring the bill to the judiciary committee. It is gnerally expected that the minority report will be ad opted. The anti-race track bill has become involved in the local option fight. Ole Hansen of King county became incensed at the local option bill being given the precedence in the consideration of the public mor als committee. Hansen's bill is be ing ahead on file of the committee. He voted with the liberal element to day and retaliation on Hansen has been threatened.