ABOLISH DISEASE. BREEDING BASEMENTS AS RECREATION CENTERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
ft
OOP EVENING. . V, '
baaJl The Weather
S ' Tonight and Sunday, ' occasional
..-'".'; :'i':' rain; southerly winds.
Bmm
NINETY-FIVE PER CENT
OF1 PORTLAND'S ADVERTISERS
. . t USE THE JOURNAL'S COLUMNS
TO THEIR OWN PROFIT.
-VOL. II. NO. 2G2.
PORTLAND OREGON", SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REPORTED LOST IN AWFUL WRECK
I SKTY-FOUR LIVES
r,
4TMIGGLE-F0R LIFE -IN
FIERCE TEMPEST
;-w::..,;,-,..--.a,.L.'.' - ' - ".:.- "f
Inroute From Seattle to Victoria, the
Vessel Begfns Acting Strangely :.
and This Morning Sinks.
DISASTER FILLED WITH ABJECT HORROR
Storm so Wild at the Time of Disaster That
. Life Saving Became Perilous Task Survivors
7 Taken: to Port Townsend Steamer's History
After Rescue a Survivor Relates the Details of - the Catastrophe
Women and Children All Lost In Raging Seas They Were
First Cared for by Being Placed in Life Boats
That Soon Swamped. i
, .(Special Dispatch to Tha Journal) '
Seattle. Jan. An awrui norror or
ha aea la again recorded.; From Port
Townsend the report, l- recetved' that
thre-score llv werolost by tha f9un-
ferlnf of the ateamar Clallam In ta
tralta near Port Townaend aarly thla
morninx. Tha vessel broke down Juat be
fore Citng Victoria yesterday after
noon and drifted before a terrlflo atorm
until ahe met her fate. She began alnk
Ing ahorUy after inldnlght News of
the most terrible catastrophe that ha
ever occurred In these watera was re
ceived In this city at 9:30 this morning
by the marine exchange In a telegram
from the piasters of the tug Sea Lion
and Richard Holyoke. The former
brought 241 survivors and the latter
eight to Port Townsend. The latest
telegram states that the Clallam foun
dered while in tow- of tha tug Richard
Holyoke between Smith island and
Dungeness spit. The tug waa alongside
when she sank, but on account of the
terrible storm then raging the crew of
the tug could save less than one-third
of those aboard the Uoomed vessel. The
bodies of 16 women and children and 10
men. - mostly - passengera, hare so far
been recovered.
Later The list of drowned will prob
ably reach 64. ;
The Clallam Is a hew boat, having
been built at Tacoma last year, and
aoon , af terwarda waa put on the ; run
between Seattle and Victoria. She la a
little less in aiae than the ateamer Tele
phone. - which was recently rebuilt In
Portland by the Arrow Navigation com
pany. The Clallam's dimensions ara as
follow: Length. 155 feet: width of
beam. S3 feet, and depth of hold, 12.1
feet Bhe is of 615 net registered tona
and 173 gross. She has a wooden hull.
LATE YESTERDAY
SHE WAS SIGHTED
fc Victoria; Jan. . A, allocking catas
trophe of the eea, waa reported hore to
day. It stated that the steamer Clallam,
running dally between Seattl and Vic
toria, had been wrecked. Sha was seen
about four mllea oft thla port yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock by H. R. lo-
' cal agent E. T. Blackwood. The ateamer
was behaving In a peculiar manner and
ha waa convinced that something waa
i wrong. He noticed that she waa drift
ing before tha heavy gale then blowing.
He attempted at once to get a tug to
go to the rescue, but all tugs were out
Tha Clallam ran before the wind and
with tha tide also-carrying her ah rn
' nlghtfallnothlng waa Been' of her.v AJH
7 o'clock last night, the tug Holyoki
left Port Townsend to pick her up.
Thla morrjinf new wa .received that
the vessel had foundered and that from
CHARGES DENIED
BY SENATOR SMOOT
' . ' (Journal Special Berrlce.)
Tashlngton. Jan. 9.- Senator Smoot'
answers to tha chargea made, against
him have been made public. Tha
chargea were: First, he la a polygamlst;
aecond, ha la bound by an oath or ob
ligation which la Inconsistent with 'the
oath required by the constitution Which
was administered to him before he took
: hi seat as senator... Smoqt denlea them
.both. He, says he was married In 1884
(to Mlf Eldrldge, who la still his wlf
and Is mother of "his children. He never
'had any other -wife or cohabited with
another woman. He denies taking any
MO to (0 Urea were. lost. About 30 pas
sengers are reported saved. ' .
NAMES OF MANY-'
WHO ARE DROWNED
' So far aa ascertained at this time the
list of tha lost la aa follows: , '
. Passengers lost- Mrs. ' Rose, ;. Miss
Harris, Mrs. Charles Cox, Mrs. Ramona,
Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Thomas flulllna and
two children,. Miss 8. E. Boulton,-Miss
Galletly, Mlsa Murray, Mra. H. A. Lap
lante. Mrs. Lenora Richards, .Captain T.
Lawrence, George Hyaen.' A. Valdemoa,
C. H. Joy, RQ. Campbell. W.a Rook
ledge,. W. Chennell, R. Turner, L. W.
Davis, C. J. Jeffs, Issao Hewitt. W., B.
Gibbons, Ed Lennln, Eugene Hicks, P..
Laplant. E. Boulton, N. . P. Shaw, Guy
Dennis, Charlea Thomaa, R. . Chase,
Charles. Green. P. D. Manley. C W.
Thompaon, H. Buckner, E. F. Ferris, A.
H. Prince, . C F. Johnson, . Homer H.
Swaney. - J .
Passengers saved Thomas Morrison,
William King, H. D. Blrney. ' Jack
Sweeney, Sullins and E. Larsen.
The officer and crew lost were:
Freight Clerk a Lockwood of Victoria;
Customs Inspector Bruno Lehmann of
Tacoma, Nightwatchman Joseph Jewett,
Walter Archie Dust and Third Cook
Tunk Long, a Chinese; First Assistant
Engineer J. Smith, Firemen Manaon and
Tudhope and StevedoreaH. Sears and
R. Curry. ... , -. - -
There Is scant hope for the safety
of more' of the passengers. There hov
ers around, however, a statement that
probably one of the boats which left tha
vessel may have succeeded in reaching
the San Juan Islands. The tugs Holyoke
and Sea Lion,1 acting on thla clue, have
just lef c for tha islanda to make a search
of the shoreline and also to pick vp any
bodiea or, wreckage that may be found.
RESCUE COMESTO
.. THE UNFORTUNATE
"Af ,10 o'clock or a little later the
tug Holyoke came In sight ah lost no
time getting to our aaslatanos and; got
a line aboard and took ua In tow." said
Mr. Case. "She made fair headway, but
me aeaa were running fearfully high
and the water began to gain on ua faat
the seas washing in through, many open
ings. . :-': !
"Previous to thi we had got rid of
the cargo to lighten the vessel. Shortly
after midnight the Sea Lion arrived. ' A
halt hour or ao later the Clallam want
on her beamond and began sinking
rapiaiy. mere was no chance to save
(Continued on Page Two.)
oath or obligation conflicting with his
duty to his country. He holds himself
bound to obey, the lawa of the . United
Statea, Including those referring 'to po
lygamy. He denlea that there la a su
preme body of men in tha Mormon
church' having aupreme authority In all
mattera pertaining to lta followers. Ha
also denlea that tha Latter Day Saints
church. Inculcates or encourages polyg
amy, or haa since . the Woodruff mani
festo In 1890, , He admlU that the first
president of the church is vested with
supreme authority In spiritual mattera
and also temporal matters as far a
pertaining to. the officers ot the church
RUSSIA'S CZAR FINALLY
lr Juat credit la given to the B'nal B'rith. Hebrew society . for it humane ' work which-had' the effect,' largely,
to defeat the contemplated ' Rutnalan ChriHtmas musaaore of tha Jewa at Klshtneft Thursday of thla week. - '
v , The hlf-tone shows Simon Wolf . of the ; society in "conversation with Assistant Secretary of State Loom Is
at Washington, D. C, where he had frone to present the petition of his society and petitions of varloua organlza
tlon of all aecta and creeds. -Mr.-Wolf slta-at tha rtpht and tha -secretary at the left.
X
JAPAN AND
. (Special Dispatch to The JoornaL)
New Vork, . Jan. - . A cable . to .the
Herald thla afternoon from 6t Peters
burg aaya; - It .1 certain that the gen
eral opinion here la that the. Russo-
Japanese crisis haa already, gone out
side of diplomacy Into the region -of the
war office, s which late -yesterday gave
hasty and extensive ordera to the Alex
androvaky worke here for shot and shell
to be delivered with, tha utmost speed.
Ninety thousand Russian troops are to
day being hurried along the Siberian
railway. Although - tha ' Bourse waa
closed, there was a very aenslble fall
ing in "prices as given' by ' brokers for
government certificates. T
i - Sam Old Seply. ;
"In spite of official as a u ranees as to
the satisfactory nature of tha Russian
reply, it is merely a repetition ot tha
statement sent out weeks ago to tha
effect that Ruaala'a first answer would
be - perfectly, satisfactory to Japan. It
waa replied to by Japan, voting an un
limited credit tor war. - Now tha as
sertion that Russia's reply la accepta
ble meeta with. a direct negative from
Toklo. . - - - - -
xxraxirri or asxr.
- Ban Francisco, Jan. . Railroad and
Steamship -officials state that another
large order of meaa beef from Kansas
City and Omaha for delivery to Japan
ese authorities at Yokohama is now on
tha way to thla city for shipment acroaa
tha Pacific. .. y : .
dOnt ahlpment Of 2,000,000 ' pounds
passed through this port a couple of
days ago for Japan. Steamship officials
here have been advised that large quan
tities of mess beef for delivery to Bus?
aians at Port Arthur have gone by tha
way of Tacoma and Seattle.
japav asirvs TJxragArtria.
London, Jan. I. Japan ha sent a
note to Russia that state that the
term of that - country are not to her
fancy. The note, while couched In dip
lomatic language, ta practically an ulti
matum. Thla changea any peaceful in
cllnationa that appeared in the situation
yeaterday, - : '. ' '
. ' Z.ii i, Tin .nil K.",'-..: :.,.' ,J '
' CMXMA WZX& HUT : JATAB.
i London, ; Jan. . A dispatch from
Hongkong today from , a wholly truat
worthy source, states that the Chinese
THOUGHT FOR
N
PATRONS' SAFETY
(Journal BpecUl Bervle.)
Chicago, Jan., The coroner today
examined attaches of the Iroquois thea
tre to establlah the case of gross neg
lect against the management.
Charles Sweeney, tha only fireman em
ployed by the theatre company, waa tha
first witness. He 1 a mere boy who
work a a teamster In the day time,
lie said he never .worked In a theatre
before two week ago and never had
been Instructed lit his duties nor where
the fire, apparatus Or standpipes were
located. Me alao swore t,hat he never
had any fire experience and when be
discovered the flames . he tried to put
' ' 1 ..' :' . i
i
f ,. I
IN THE PORT
HEEDS HUMANITY'S CRY
RUSSIA ' STAND READY
Last Note Sent by the
; Czzx Only z Repeti-:
, tioi of Former One
- ... . . - i s
grand , council , haa .taken . a . atand for
Japan right against Russia .and will
aubmit the , following propositions to
the empress dowager: T That China as
sume tha offensive if Russia falls to
withdraw , f rom . Manchuiia, also - that
aha make an offensive nd defensive al
liance with Japan against . Russia and
that government officials be Immediately
sent to Toklo to arrange such an al
liance. - .-,rW iw; " ", i
- , .i-' -" V -
7ATAOT 1TEW WAXSKXP8 BAXL.
Genoa.; Jan.! Two .Japanese war
ahtpa, the Kaaaga and Nlaaan, which
were recently purchased from Argentine,
steamed J eastward - from ' Genoa fhi
morning under such urgent orders that
they didn't stop to take on ammunition
and baggage, which had already been
loaded In tenders. It ta believed they
will steam along the Mediterranean
waiting eventa Officers and crew
were intensely excited and keen for a
fight ; - -' - ; - '
. japait ssirss &bob rosoi.
Port Arthur, Jan. 9.The newspaper
Novl.Kral asserts this afternoon that
Japan haa already sent a large armed
forced to Korea, disguised aa Immi
grants, to be ready for all developments.
.' m ,i
"WA1 XSt 49 KOTJX8.
-j, assfcBMsaaa
Japan ta a Ooaanl Explain Position of
i - TUets and Armies. '
'.Japaneae Vlce-Conaul Alba.' the repre
sentative of Japan at Portland. In an
Interview this forenoon stated In refer
ence t6 the'war Situation; ,
."It Is very probable that hostilities
will "begin inside of 48 hour. Tomor
row 1b the limit given by the Japanese
government to the Russians for some fa
vorable reply tending toward the evacu
them out . by slapping them, a there
was no apparatus available.
" 'William Wlerts, who managed one
of the main lights of the theatre, was
a witness today, tie testified that he
knew nothing of electricity and was not
a member of any .union. Ills regular
business waa stove repairer. He didn't
know whether the aparka " flying from
the hood of the light would ignite the
scenery. Tho Inquest adjourned until
Monday. Mr. L, Nelmo. another vic
tim, died at tha Oood Samaritan hos
pital this morning. Two of, the other
Injured there are believed to be dylnx.
The coroner' official list now number
SS9 bodies. i
CASXXZm GIVES UP.
(Journal Special BTvlce.I
Troy,, Kan., ' Jan. a. The cashier of
the Marcell bank of Highland. Kan.,
who Is held on tha charge of forgery,
today turned over all hi property to the
bank directora far his creditors." Th
bank examiner "place the liabilities at
$300,000. Marcell't asset were 130,000.
ation of Manchuria, a promised under
tha terras of the original treaty. I an
ticipate the first fighting will be a naval
engagement. The scene of activity will
b In the Yellow sea, or at the a traits in
the vicinity of Masampho on the south
coaat of Korea. The Russians now have
a squadron in tha neighborhood of Port
Arthur, with which they must protect
the west-coast of Korea, In order to cut
off -the establishment by tha Japaneae of
a atrong force that lead to the approach
of Manchurta' at Korea bay' Tha Japa
nese war veasels will probably hover
about the waters which lead from the
Russian stronghold and prevent the en
emy from invading the Yellow sea. It
la not likely that tha Japanese will at
this point carry the battle Into the ter
ritory of Russia, but will be on the de
fensive and try to keep the opposing fleet
bottled In the Gulf of Pe-Chl-li. ,
, "If the battleships of the Russians
cruise down the east coaat of Korea
and, attempt to round the horn, to gain
entrance to the weatern watera, they will
meet with stubborn opposition. The
Peninsula of Korea Is now experiencing
lta winter season.
'.' ' 'Winter, la Korea. .'"''
, 'The rlvera that afford entrance to the
Interior of, the country are froxen over.
The Ml Klang which emptiea near the
southeast border of Manchuria would be
navigable for light draft boats in the
aummer . aeaaou, and be an , Important
point for either side to control.. This
is alao true of the Ya La Klang which
flows from Manchuria Into the Bay of
Korea on tha west side.' Korea . is . a
high table land which has. an average
altitude of about 8.000 feet. The east
coast presents a front of" high Irregu
lar cliffs, while tha west side 1 lower
and haa mora island and inietn. -
"From the present outlook it will not
be necessary for any of tha loyal resi
dents of Japan now In America to go
back and assist their country. The mil
itary reserve is sufficient to supply all
tha soldiers that will be needed In a
four or five years' war. Tha people look
upon the issue as a matter of principle
and are all anxious to defend their
rights. At tha present the government
has more applicants than they can han
dle in a' practical 'manner were they to
put them in the field. Many of the Port
land Japaneae have volunteered to go
to war if a place can be made for them;
At present this Is unnecessary but there
ta no telling: what the future will bring
forth."
kurdisii Massacres
; may be repeated
(Journal gpeeUI fterTlr.
: Vienna, Jan. .Dlsputches a,t Con
Btantinople today, received from an Ar
menian aotirce, states that the Inhabi
tants of Sassoun, In Turkish Armenia,
are greatly excited over the possibility
of a repitltton of the Kurdish massa
cres of 1894. and a number of inhabi
tants have find, llands of Kurds who
sra the old-time enemies 6f Christian
Armenians, are ststloned at many points
on i in frontier to prevent the'' escape of
fugitives. - .-'-wr ;
BBYAH MTTXMS BOMS.
i r (Journal Special Bervlra.t
w York. Jan. 9. William Jennings
Bryan arrived off Sandy Hook this morn
ing aboard tire Celtic, which waa delayed
on account of fog.
. - ." : . .
TOWNSEND
3,080
Woolgrowers Begin Ses
sions Next Monday at
" Baker Theatre.
MANY DUE TOMORROW
Live Stock Raisers From the Whole
Cattle and Sheep Raising Terri
tory Speeding to Portland to
National Convention.
. All . Is In readiness for the opening
of the annual National Woolgrowera'
association convention . at the Baker
theatre next Monday - morning. Dele
gates are beginning to arrive and by
tomorrow- evening the hotels will be
crowded with "visiting sheep and stock
men. The local committees on arrange
ment and entertainment are prepared to
receive the guests of the city and mem
bers of tha reception committee will be
stationed - at - the r Union 1 depot - to wel
come the arriving delegation and di
n"t 1 1' ii in html rmittis find hxlrfinfr.
Secretary Muitln Una removed lu of
fice to parlor G, the 1'ortland hotel, bo
aa to 'be near the Yamhill street en
trance and within easy reach of thosa
having business with him. This morn
Inaf he received a telegram from Clif
ford Plnchot of the forestry survey,
department of agriculture, 'asking that
quarter be reserved for him In order
that be may. receive and discuss land
questions with thosa Interested. ,
Mr. Plnchot, President Springer of the
Livestock association. Senator Warren,
president of the wool grower, and a ma
jority of th principal delegatea. will
arrive on- special trains tomorrow, but
all tha visitors will not be in until
Monday evening. It la estimated that
fully 3,000 persons will come to Port
land as a result of tha conventions.
Soma Stoekmea X.re.
' Among tha prominent stock and wool
grower already In Portland ar J. t.
Wood of Salt Lake City, president of
the Wood Livestock company; M. B.
Irwin, traffic manager of tha St. Jo
aeph. Ma. stock yards,' known through
out the Middle West aa "Irwin of 8L
Joe;" M. Q. Gwlnn, eecretary of the
Idaho Wool growers' association, and R.
R. Selway of Sheridan. Wyo extenalvely
engaged In th sheep Industry.
A majority of the members Of the
Wool growers' association are members
of the National Livestock association
and wilt be entitled to sit in each con
vention. " Of tha aeveral candidates
mentioned for tha presidency of the
livestock body, that of Frank J. Hagen
barth of Utah appear to be most promi
nent. He ia a member of the Wood
Livestock company, and, J. V. - Wood,
who i at the Portland, while reticent
regarding the subject of th presidency,
admita that he la favorable to Hagen
barth, t provided tha opposition Is not
atrong. - -
The Wood Llveatock company own
extensive sheep ranges In Idaho and haa
cattle lands in old Mexico to the ex
tent of 1,500.000 acres. Mr. Wood was
for several year flrat vice-president of
the livestock - association .and waa a
willing worker in Us cause.
- Want Buelneae Attended To.
"I am In" favor of a permanent place
of meeting, ay Denver, where the dele
gatea may each year assemble. ' Instead
of social function and aeveral .thou
aand delegates, let u have a doaen rep
resentatives or Buch .from each Btate,
and devote tha convention entirely to
business. , Railroads and other corpora
tion have annual meetings of atock
holdera, but they com together strictly
for business. . -
. "There wa a tima when the associa
tion waa small and weak and It waa
necessary to move about from place to
place for th yearly meeting. But th
body haa outgrown thie and. Is, I be
lieve. In a position now to stand on It
own feet." ........
Mr. Wood I accompanied by hi wlfa
A good atory'l told of "Irwin of St
(Continued on. Pag Two.)
FARMER ARRESTED
FOR THREATENING
(Journal Sperial SerTie..)
Kearney, Neb.. . Jan. 9. Becauae h
threatened to blow Millionaire Banker
George Meisner up with dynamite, if he
failed to deposit 125,000 In a deelgnated
spot,' William St. -John, a well-known
farmer living near " Shelton. Neb., . wa
thla afternoon-arrested and placed In
Jail. When captured St. John had a de-'
coy bag in his hands. Some days ago
Meisner received a, letter Instructing
him to plsce tha $25,000 near, a larxe
tree several miles from town. The
STRAITS
ITOCKM DUE
Prune Grower Gets 2
Cents, Consumer Pays.
10 Cents a Pound.
WHO GETS DIFFERENCE?
Combination to Deal Directly with Re
tallers May Be Formed at Con
vention of Northwest Fruit 1 ;
. Growers . Monday.
. Koaday'B ProgTam.
10 a. m. Call to order by the presU
dent. ... . )
Opening prayer, Rev. Georgo C.
Cressey.
Report by, the president, treasurer,
secretary and special committees.
Appointment ot committee. ; i
1:80 p. m. -Address of welcome. Gov
ernor Gaorga E. Chamberlain.
Response, Dr. N. O. Bialock, president
Northwest Fruitgrowers' asalclation. "
"Co-operation .'Between the Morticul-.
turist and the Experiment Station." Dr.
James WUhycombe, director Oregon ex
perlmont station. ,
"The Management of Orchard Soil,
Prof.. L. B. Judaun, horticulturist Uni
versity of Idaho.
Discussion "Selection of Varieties by
the Fruit-Grower." A. Van Holderbreke,
commissioner of horticulture for Wash
ington. .: . .
Discussion "Comparison of Western
and Eastern FTuIt-Growtng." Prof. N.
O. Booth, horticulturist Washington
Agricultural college.
Dlscuasion "The Food and Growth of
the Tree," Prof. L. F. Henderson, botan
ist, University of Idaho.
On result of the annual convention
of the Northwest Fruit Growers' asao
clatton, which will assemble next Mon
day In the Selltng-Hlrsch building, may
be the organisation by Oregon and
Washington fruit growers of an asso
ciation almllar to tha California Fruit
Growers' combination, - to deal directly
with the eaetern retail merchants.
For the flrat time In the 11 years of
Its organization the association la fac
to face with a problem that requires, im
mediate and decisive action. The work
of the association has formerly been
chiefly educational, but the question of
th price of prunes, haa moved many
grower to declare that decisive actios
is essential to the life of the Industry.
The question will be put directly t
the association by the address ot Henry
El Dosch, who speaks on 'Too . Many
PruneB." The speaker ha been for
months collecting data on the pruna
market. ' -
Mr. Dosch Bald thla morning: -'
"Practically all the foreign pruna
crop waa short this year, domestic de
mand ia growing and yet with a record
crop on its hands Oregon faces a bear
market that offers scarcely any price '
to the grower.
"Oregon and portions of Washington
alone grow th Italian, or Oregon prune,
the only thoroughly digestible pruni.
The California, or the French prune, a
It is sometimes called, 'Is a different and
much Inferior fruit. ' Having then tho
field practically to ourselves, why la it
that the grower receives 3 or S cents
for what th eastern consumer pays 15
or 20 cents? The freight on a pound of
prune is about 1 cent from Portland'
to New York, the cost to the wholesaler
la about 2 cents, then having expended
S cent the wholesaler, sells at what
figure? We can only Judge by the fact
that the retail man aaya ha can't sell
Oregon prunes for less than 19 or 13
cents. Soma one makes several hundred
per cent and It I not tha grower or tha
railroad ictrmpany.
.-,' ';f-Th Moa ia Vortlaad. .i
"Another peculiar fact, you go uo
above Oregon City and purchase prunes
from tha dryer at 1 cent a pound at th
most; you coma down to Portland ami
Inquire what they want for the same
prune packed in a cheap box. They
(Continued on Paga Two.)
; '
money waa to be deposited la!;
at midnight' If the order waatior u t
plied with, Hhe letter said, ha c I s. r
killed with dynamite. Some','-
fore midnight armed gua-rda wn t
around the tree. At the pmj, - .
Melsnar drove up with a sack. c... 'aid
ing paper cut to tlie zn of (i)iiv
bills, which he burled under tli l.-n
aa directed. This ). ftein.ion ."t. ,1 i .i,
drove to nlie place. ImiU.-1 i ri-( .: ,
around, and Un'ii uneiw lln-'i i" i.
He wns ltiiin'l!.iti-!y .I'ovi r. I '- t.
cht-btt'lB t"l cait'""J-