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RAGING STORM CUTS OFF NEW YORK FROM THE WORLD
AND SCATTERS WRECK AND RUIN ALONG THE GREAT LAKES
WINDS ARE
CYCLONIC
New York Receives Sto
ries of Wreck and
and Death.
TWO SCHOONERS LOST
ON NEW ENGLAND REEFS
Life Saving Stations on Great
Lakes Held in Readiness
to Rescue Those in
Danger.
(Jonrnal Specl.1 Service.)
Cleveland.' Ohio, Nov. 14. (Bulletin.)
It Is feared that many veaaeU have
bees lost In the 60-mlle sale that swept
Over Lake Krle Saturday night and yes
terday, with a possible heavy death list
The few ships that, weathered the ter
rific wind and in were battered almost
, Into helplessness. Ufa savins crews
are holding themselves In readiness to
go to the assistance of ships in distress
all alone the lake.
(Jeer sal Ssacitl Service )
New York. Nov. 14. Winter opened In
earnest over the eastern stelae aad pro
claimed Its advent Yesterday by a furi
ous storm which extended as tar west
as the raat lakes and brought wreck
to ahtprrlns. death to isigtsiBS ssl dam
an to orooertv sshsst ever a wide area.
tor many hours yestesSey this city
was cu
it off from communication
from oommu
with
the outside world and not. until this
morning were the wires working in all
directions
The first news received here was fro
Boston, where two vessels are known to
have been lost and It Is feared that the
death list will be Increased or that the
list of "missings" with fate unknown,
will extend over many weeks. The two
vessels, which are the first to be re
ported as forerunners of disaster, are
the schooner Arcularius, which went
ashore off Nauthon Island, carrying
down with her s erew of four men, and
the schooner Nautilus, wrecked In Glou
cester harbor, but whose crew was saved.
The storm began at 11 o'clock yester
day morning with a drlxsllng rain, which
soon turned Into heavy wet snow. Ow
ing to the width of the storm's path
much delay in railway traffic Is ex
pected. After five Ineffectual attempts to res
cue 11 passengers from the ferryboat
Port Morris which went ashore near
College, point last night, the shipwrecked
were finally taken off In a launch. It
was one of the most desperate attempts
at rescue ever seen In New Tirrk har
bor.aThe crew of the ferryboat re
mained aboard and It is thought now
that the boat can be saved.
Three "trusties," who had been con
fined on the Island in Bast river, were
out m a rowboat which was swept away
and it Is believed the men drowned.
A special from Buffalo says damage
in that city by the gale that swept over
the state and Great lakes consisting In
the blowing down of telegraph and tele
phone poles, wires and trees In the city
end the delay of malls
Buffalo seems to have escaped the full
force of the storm, which prevailed east
and west with greater fury, however.
Trom many points along the Great
lake the stories are uniformly to the
effect that the wind reached cyclonic
speed In many places and that hardly a
craft could weather its' fores The
storm not infrequently brought vut a
wind which swept things before it St
a velocity of 0 miles an hour.
From every port on the eastern shores
Of the lake come reports of minor losses,
of smaller craft wrecked and of larger
ones which are hanging in port with
more or less damage done them and
awaiting a subsidence of the gals
fl,,M.f vessels are still unreported,
and indications are that they are suffer
ers So far the lake district has brought
no reports of loss of life-
ro QUASH
St Louis. Nov. 14. Elaborate prep
arations ars being made to safeguard
President Roosevelt when hs visits the
et. Louis exposition.
WILL DRAIN LAKE
IN QUEST OF SILVER
(Joaraal SaaeUl Service.)
Austin, Tex., Nov. 14. Search for a
lost treasure amounting to mors than
lion 000 In -Mexican silver. Which is said
to be lying at the bottom of Collins
lake In Leon county, this state, wUl
soon be commeaoed by a joint stock
company organised to conduct the
search In a systematic manner.
The company will drain the water
from the lake with powerful steam
pumps. The lake Is situated about II
miles south of Oakwoods and covers It
seres with water from to It feet
dAPecordinaT to legend, a caravan of
Spaniards was on Its way north In
early days with s quantity of silver
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This Picture Shows the Position of the Japanese Forces and the Tremendous Chain of Russian Fortifications,
One of the Most Difficult Problems in Modern Warfare. To the right of the Map Is s Photo of General
LABOR CONVENTION
OPENS IN 'FRISCO
American Federation Delegates
Present Represent Sixteen
Thousand Votes".
OPEN SHOP MOVEMENT
. A FOREMOST QUESTION
James Duncan of Boston Will
Contest Presidency with
President Compere.
(Joaraal Special Service.)
San Francisco. Nov. 14. Confronted
With questions With the greatest Im
portance to organised labor, the annual
convention of the American Federation
of Labor opened here today with a good
attendance, the delegates present repre
senting approximately 14,000 votes.
Nsvsr before In the history of the
organisation has a more serious Una of
labor been cut out for it aad the dele
gates most of tbem, are here with a de
termination to devise ways and means
and outline policies calculated to
squarely meet the various situations at
every angle.
Foremost among the questions to be
considered is the open shop movement,
fostered and vigorously pushed by the
different employers' organisations
throughout the country, notably the
Cltisens' alliance. How this situation is
to be met will. It Is expected, occupy in
relative proportion mora time than any
of- the other problems that are to be
solved. The delegates themselves are
free In the assertion that the federation
is too strong to suffer by the activity of
the employers and point to-the fact that
(Contmued on Page Two.)
which filled the bed of a wagon and
which was drawn by six mulea When
near the lake an attack was mads oh the
travelers by a band of hostile Indiana.
To save the silver the wagon was
driven Into the lake and the precious
contents dumped out Only one mem
ber of the party escaped from the sav
ages and It Cook him many years to
make his way back to the City of Mex
ico, where he told, his story, but was
not believed and could get no assistance
In recovering the treasure.
The survivor Is said to have left a
description and crude drawing of the
spot where the silver was hidden, which
came down to his grandson and It Is hs
who Is maMng the search. Pomps re
now being installed
CHARLES SWEENY WILL
ERECT BUSINESS BLOCK
Negotiations that haws been pending
for weeks were closed today whereby
Charles Sweeny, the Spokane million
aire, becomes the owner of 100 square
feet of ground at the southwest cor
ner of Seventh and Morrison streets and
adjoining lot, 40x100 feet, running
through the block to Park street
The property was sold by the Port
land Trust oompany of Oregon for the
sum of J9l.l2S.20. It is located in the
heart of the business district and la re
garded as one of the most valuable
places of business property in the city.
A modern mercantile and office building
Will ba erected on the site.
The property is situated just across
Seventh street from the Portland hotel.
The buildings that are now located there
are one sbary wood shacks. Around It
has been erected modern buildings on
FALLS TO BOTTOM OF
; WELL AND IS KILLED
Ed Tucholkes, Near Courtney,
Thought to Have Been Walk
ing In His Sleep.
("pedal Dispatch to The Joaraal.)
Oregon City, Or.. Nov. 14. Ed Tuc
holkes was killed this morning by fall
ing in a wall near Courtney. He left
his bed at o'clock and was dressed in
trousers and slippers His brother
missed him half aad hour latsr, and
going outside of the house heard groans
coming from the well and found his
brother at the bottom, II feet below the
surface.
The man had probably walked In his
sleep or had a nightmare. The well was
lined with jagged etones and his head
struck one of them in the fall fractur
ing his skull. He was unconscious when
taken out and died an hour afterward.
Tucholkes was 10 years of age and un
married. The well waa dry.
AUTHOR LEW WALLACE
IS APPROACHING DEATH
(Jwrrnal Special Service.)
Brookvllle. Ihd., Nov. 14 General
Lsw Wallace., author of "Ben Rur," "The
Pair Hod" and "The Prince of India Is
dying at his boms In this tows His Ill
ness is due to a surgical operation per
formed some time ago for an allfeent of
the stomach end It la stated thnt ths dis
tinguished patient can live but a short
time.
The general Is vsry weak and realises
fully his condition, but has occupied his
time since his illness began In writing
his memoirs, which ars now searing
1 completion. .
nearly all aides The ground purchased
by Mr. Sweeny fronts on both Morri
son and Seventh streets. The 10x100
foot lot through the center of the
block extends to Psrk street and forms
a strip la the shape of a T, similar to
the property of Olds, Wortman & King,
that extends to Sixth street
At the Portland hotel Mr. Sweeny was
asked to what use he would puWfhe
property. He answered that he didn't
really know he bad not yet seen it.
but was planning to go over and take a
look at it Later ha admitted that It
would be occupied by a new business
block and rented to a mercantile Arm.
"When I was last here I began ne
gotiations for the property and the Port
land Trust company acquired It for
me." he said.
"I have hsd no definite plans regard
ing the hotel project," oonUnued Mr.
Sweeney, "and-am now , In a position to
GERMANY ALARMED OVER
THE KAISER'S HEALTH
(Journal Spatial Barries.)
Berlin. Nov. 14. Alarming news which
has leaked from the Imperial palace con
cerning the health of the kaiser has
caused a sensation hers
It is stated that the old suffering of
the throat has grown more serious, and
that operation, 'perhaps within a few
days will be necessary. These rumors
have taken such definite shape that a
general slump occurred today on the
stock exchange. For days the kaiser
has net been .seen outside of the pal
ace, and today It waa stated that he
had cancelled his engagement at Kiel
a week from today to be present at the
launching of a new German battleship,
and that his hunt set for November 2.1
to tl had been called off.
The official paper of the government
has not tried to deny. the truth In Its
evening edition, a fact which is being
generally commented upon, because It
la well known in official circles that
the anxiety of the kaiser hss never been
aa great as now, since the days when
he wss operated upon a year ago.
NATIVES AMBUSH
KILL TEN SOLDIERS
1 Journal Special Service t
Manila. Nov. 14. News has been re
ceived here that nine scouts of the
Thirty-eighth Infantry company and one
American" attached to the hospital corps
have been killed In an ambush on the
east coast of Ssmsr.
JACSSOS
1 Journal Special Service.)
Chariest own. W. VS., Nov. 14. Ed
ward and Oeorgs Jackson. Involved in
the killing of Sheriff Daniels; and John
Roth, after lying In an abandoned coal
mine for several days without food or
water, surrendered and have been landed
in jail here,
14 Miles in Extent, Which Makes
Nogi, s Japanese General. Who Had
take up the matter. When I bought
the Dekum property it happened that
I had some money idle, and as I thought
Portland real estate a good thing I sim
ply made an Investment In it I shall do
nothing further at present. Since I
made an offer to buy the Portland hotel
I have tnvestgd close to half a million
dollars in real estate, and I now have
no more money to spare for hotel build
ing anywhere."
Hs added that there ars Portland peo
ple who are very desirous that a hotel
shall be Sullt upon the property, and
that a Portland architect Is working
upon plans for such a hotel. But he
says be has no intention of building one
at this time.
"Even should a hotel be commenced at
once It would not do any good for the
Lewis and Clark fair," he says, "as the
right kind of s hotel could not be built
In less time than two years."
TRUSTS WILL TRY TO
EXTERMINATE UNIONS
lJ
Aim Is to Reduce Wage, Increase
Hours and Rearrange
' Conditions.
("pedal Dispatch byleaaad Tire to The Journal)
New York. Nov. 14. Six of the big
gest trusts and corporations In the Uni
ted Statea have joined in a war of ex
termination on labor unions, accord
tag to a statement just Issued by sev
eral of the most Influential bodies affil
iated with the Federation of Labor.
The aggregate capitalisation of the
trnsts Is $2,000.000.000.. and their aim
is to reduce wagee. Increase hours snd
re-arrange conditions so dividends can
be paid.
The corporations named are tbe United
Btates Steel corporation, the Interna
tional Harvertlng Machine company, the
United States Rubber company, the Glu
cose Sugar company, the Pullman com
pany and the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific railroad. Incidents of lowered
wages. Increased hours snd closed plsnts
during the past yssr are cited as evi
dence of the wsr's beginning. Another
feature of the trust plan is said to be
s determination to employ no men mors
than It years of age.
CASTRO PUTS BAN ON
AN AMERICAN EDITOR
1 Journal Special Service.)
Washington. Nov. 14. A. F. Jsures.
the editor of the Venesuelsn Herald, has
been ordered expelled by President Cnf
tro. It is understood that Jsures took
the side of the asphelt enmpsny In the
recent trouble and has always defended
American Interests. It is believed that
he Is au American,
the Cspture of the Great Stronghold
This Hard Military Nut to Crack.
GREAT BATTLE IS
HOURLY EXPECTED
Japanese Activity to the East of
Mukden Is Believed
Significant.
KUROPATKIN IS WORKING
TO AVOID A SURPRISE
Small Skirmishes and Artillery
Duels ths Only Fighting
Now On.
(Joaraal Sheets! Service.)
Mukden, Nov. 14. The crisis of ths
engagement st tbe now famous Mukden
Held continues to draw near, with the
two armies, fencing for .position, as do
Japanese wrestlers stretching forth
hands to seise and throw each other. It
Is hourly expected.
The greet activity, that has been ob
served In many days Is going forward to
the- eastward where the Japanese are
moving men and guns with haste.
Kuropstkln, believing this to be the pre
liminary formation for an extenslv
flanking attempt, has taken measures to
offset this snd has gradually swung his
left wing out and forward, at the same
time strengthening the forces there by
sll the troops that can be spared from
the central positions'
Profiting by the last battle, he has
also cut out a portion of the reinforce
ments received here within the past fsw
days for work on the westward flank,
to prevent s surprise at that point The
central army, however, still retains ths
greater number of veterans, as ;it will
be pivotal, and In case of a sudden ad-
( Continued on Page Two.)
HOMELIEST
SHASTA
(Special Dispatch t The Joaraal,)
Redding, Cel.. Nov. 14. Frank Cook,
aged tT. and reputed to be the homelleet
man in Shasta county, Snd Aggie Baker,
aged It. pretty and 1 he only daughter
of Mathew Baker, living at Kash creek,
eloped Sunday, and when last seen were
plying the lash to the horses they rode
and were flying down the north slope
of Chalk mountain, headed for Oregon.
Cook Is cowboy and sheep herder by
turns. He Is red-headed, freckled-faced
and has a chin that la so Teeedlngthat
some declare that nature never provided
htm with a chin at all. Mis nose la
abnormally long, and his whole appear
anc one of Intense ugliness.
One of the odd portions of this singu
lar romance la that Cook until recently
paid no attention whatever to the girl
SENATOR
SWEENY?
Yes, if the Plans of the
Capitalist's Friends
Succeed.
SPOKANE MILLIONAIRE
SAYS HE IS A CANDIDATE
An Important Conference Was
Held in This City Yesterday
to Further His Political
Interests.
One Important purpose of Charles
Sweeny's present' visit to Portland was
revealed when it became known that m
the parlors of the Portlsnd hotel yes
terday afternoon there was a conference
of It legislators snd politicians from
Sesttle snd other psrts of the western
half of Washington who sre working In
the Interest of the Spokane millionaire's
candidacy for the United Btates senate.
It was a short conference. That is
why It was held in Portland. Mr.
Sweeny's chief lieutenant George Stev
enson, called It and presided over the
deliberations, but so cautiously was ths
sffair handled that not one of the par
ticipants, except the candidate himself,
stayed at the Portland, and all of them
got out of town this morning aa quietly
as they came, without allowing anybody
to learn what had happened.
This afternoon Mr. Sweeny sdmltted
such a conference had taken Dlaoa.
and 4hat there were 15 people present
Further then that he would not discuss
the subject
"It would not be politics, nor would
It be generalship," said he, "to let the
enemy know what we are doing. We
cannot go around telljng all we know. I
admjt however, that a number of men
who are working In my Interest were
here to confer with me and that they
have all 'gone home. They were from
the western part of Washington. Ths
eastern members have already met and
conferred on the subject. The Spokane
county delegation Is for me to a man
snd also declared on paper at a recent
meeting. This gathering, therefore,
concerned western delegates That IS
all I care to say."
Esrller In the dsy, when ssked as to
politics. Mr. Sweeny expressed himself
very hopefully.
"Many things sre likely to happen be
tween now and the hour of the first bal
lot," said he. "but we consider that we
have more than an even break. There
sre five candidates In the field already.
Including Foster, Firth. Piles, Wilsoa
snd myself, and there may be more."
SCHOONER WRECKED
ON ATLANTIC COAST
(Joaraal Special Service.)
Woods Hols Mass.. Nov. 14. Just be
fore dark and while a terrific gale was
blowing, the two-masted achooner Arcu
larlus of Rockland, Me., yesterday even
ing went sshore on the Island of Nau
shon. Although the vessel struck ths
rocks, not more than 100 yards from ths
light house, the keepers were unable te
render any assistance, and the nearest
life-saving station Is nearly to miles
from the scene of the wreck. The crew
numbered four men.
WILL SAIL THE ARROW
OVER AND UNDER BRIDGE
(Joaraal Special Service.)
Toledo, O.. Nov. 14. Roy Knahenshue,
of the airship Arrow fame, will sail ths
Arrow over and under Brooklyn bridge.
He will sttempt the feat early In the
spring. Inventor Baldwin will Join Kna
henshue here In a few days when a con
ference will be held and plans for ths
future decided on.
Baldwin and Knahenshue will probably
spend the winter In California experi
menting and building more airships after
the general pattern of the Arrow.
MAN IN
AN ELOPER
and was considered as the Isst man os)
earth who would be accepted ss S
wooer, or who would pose, as a 'Lsehln
var come out fit the weat."
Only within the past few weeks did
It become apparent to the girl's parenle
that Cook might change his sttltuds
from one of bashful blushlngnese Is
that of s forwsrd and determined suitor.
Finally when he appealed o the gtri'S
parents for permission to marry her,
they believed him In anything sSJS S
serious mood snd dscllnes) hlSI BwrsSaSa
slon to come to the house In that freSM
of mind The elopement, however, ass
I, ,, ihnuaht of and attempts
fore-mil mi effort oa the part of
girl to Join the man whom she flsllr I
nounced she would marry,
defiance of her paresis.
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