The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 22, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTiS JOURNAL IS Hi A; FIETTY';C'3ri! CGICULATION-Thct K:! C GOOD MORMJIG Journal Circulation : the ; weather. .- Cloudy with showers; , south to west winds. V' .'-.j 7 ' i . Jfesterday :1 Was' 0 - --vol. IIT. ' NO.. 6. C c iies Recovered Flaiiies JS-f-H fW- ; M 5 Ws - v-' ". j'r'-vi - " ' ' f a " " Courageous--Spirit In -Whlch Thls--AmoUnt-PractIcaIlyOo- Southern Pacific Will Bring, Into inrtlr ' ' tOntrOl PCSllICltCC "J?tricken eopl4of SRai tnaiterinTMonty 'andoocTby7 "Portland This Morning More V!'" V V"1!" Y ?j J J ".V 7 cisco GreetTheif Great ' ' Portland for the Immediate " ' Than Two Hundred Ab-- !; is ' iAVkhil:' f'L' :V:l:-Cs.i- W-ZZt- v Misfortune. - ' Benefit of San Francisco. ' m .V vnit . nmiin ' iiiit - mm wm wm m mm i . .... .. - r I-----. . iiiu' m-mm -i - - -. . . - ; -. i i I - M M M . M r M S V ' " B S B M M I - 1 - . .. - . - I " . . . . . .... J i iiiinTTTiiri . - , , . : : , San Francisco is more hopeful. The; tf ire h controlled, the military . are bringing order out of chaos, but an'outbreak'of u smallpox in the concentration c 7 t'ortiana nas;"aireaay raisea one nunarea Tinyrnine xnou : sand three hundred and sevent-twd. dollars in rrwney andjBip plies for the San Francisco "sufferers ahd " will - contribute - two f hundred and fifty thousand dollars In all.' " -4- Three tralnloads of refugees, penniless and destitute, will F reach Portland this morning. ""T Hr4 - LlSZjLZ . T ' ' By Arthur A. Greene ' ' f (Praai Tb Joarul'a Owa Oor?Mgga4st. , Oakland, Cat, . April .21-1 have juat returned from autdmoDile trip over to Saa Francisco. Dante neVer pictured such a, hell. Fires are still -. burning and the North Beach district. t he . I talian. quarter snd, the Southern Pacific oil tanks and a portion of the ' , dock are still burning. The destruc tion is so complete that but little re mains down ' town to burn. Smoke t is so dense - that it is impossible to ! get through some streets without , bandages over - the nose to prevent suffocation. : '" ' ' "J 1 ' - An epidemic of ' diphtheria and ' smallpox has - broken out. Drinking ' water is very scarce and growing polluted Estimates are that the emergency -hospitals in the, school " buildings and private homes and at the Presidio are caring tor su.uuu peo--. pie and unable to accurately estimate the dead, but those assisting in re lief work say that they number at least 3,000. ' I saw a number of express wagons and drays hauling charred bodies to a pit at Long Beach where they are being cremated. They were burned - beyond recognition, burned tatters of clothing hanging on the cooked flesh. The bodies looked ' like those of mummies. " Officer Killed by Thieves. -Troops are everywhere and with the police and volunteers are doing heroic work. Much looting is occur- ing in the down town -district and at least 100 thieves caught at their work have been shot by the military. : First -. Lieutenant AfcCormick, . in . command -of the Sixty-eighth coast ' battery, was killed by thieves last night - while - leading .. a detachment t against .them.. - J Refugees are 'fleeing from the city by thousands. Ferries are crowded to the gtiards, free to refugees, and the Southern Pacific this -morning C furnished free trains to Portland, Los Anseles. Offden and way points. In every park in the city are en campments of the homeless, mostly without shelter of. ' any , kind. . The greater number ire in the panhandle of the Golden Gate park in the vicin iry of the McKinley monument." 7;" ' Nine tenths of property values of ' the city and two . thirds of its area ' are destroyed and at least half the ' population homeless. Every hotel, every, bank and til the big stores hsvc ' been destroyed.- The only buildings in the down town section in a state of tolerable preservation '. are the miht and the postoffice.'and one corner of the latter has been v shsken down. "... - "". t - - The Call . and new Flood buildings and the Fairmount hotel are stand ing, but completely gutted by. fire and racked by , the quake. Ruins '' everywhere tre still burning and the stench from bodies . buried t in the debris is sickening. - ' i-The greatest loss of life was from the earthauake. but the larger oroo- erty destruction was due to fire. Irl -OREGON PEOPLE ESCAPE FROM " EARTHQUAKE; AND HOLOCAUST . By McDonald Potts. ' - (rmai Th Jonraal Owa OerroafmaeVet.) t The following Portland end" Oregon . people escaped the earthquake and fire ' following, though In Ssn Francisoo at tha time et the dlaeatsn . n 'u.PQRTLAND;;' amps js threatened; v :,.-" r Chimtown, however, hundreds were burned before Ibey could escape. .. Men, women and children nil the streets weeping and vainly inquiring for lost relatives and friends. It is utterly impossible to make an ac curate . list : et ' tne killed.' l he sur yivbrs.are suffering for food, a the rations art being distributed by the military and police at 50 points in the city where thousands are lined up and waiting.-..' '- ':;. ...... . ;, . - i Bread and groceries have been con fiscated from the shops.i The spirit of the' uninjured survivors is splen did. -Men and women volunteers are working night tnd day to relieve the distress. --7 -: - - - . Lighting, water and sewerage sys tems -are -useless-and -the-danger-of plague is imminent Dr. Mackenzie and' his corps of Portland .doctors and nurses are. at the Oakland city hall in charge of emergency work. Oak land is crowded with people fleeing from San Francisco. Portlanders here, looking for lost ones have had little success in locating them. . Fear of Epidemic : "7; ' -There - is growing fear -of - a: wide spread epidemic from the bad sani tation and breaking of sewer mains in San Francisco. Many cases of diphtheria and measles have been re ported tnd indications of cholera and smallpox are found.' The fire that raged around Telegraph hill yester day and last night is estimated to have' destroyed 150 more lives. The flames, having sained . a foothold here,' quickly encircled the hill and hemmed in numbers of people, many of whom .were burned to death - or killed by falling walls in their efforts to escape. Fifty badly charred bodies have been . removed from the rums today. . Late this afternoon a journey along the northern waterfront of the city showed fires blazing in but two places and these were hardly capable of rpreading unless a severe gale springs up tonight. It is believed that unless the smoldering embers are again fanned into a blaze 'and the embers scattered by the wind the waterfront for the time being is safe.: , . ': . : ' Walla Collapse. " ' : . , The walls of several of the ruined buildings in the down town district of the city collapsed -today,!, but so far ss can be learned no one was in jured by the falling stone, brick and steel. The tower on the hall of jus tice on , Kearney street still retains its npright position despite the fact that but one small corner of the structure- bears the immense weight of steel and granite. . ; : Several walls are in such imminent danger of toppling over that it is be lieved they will be either blasted or torn down. On Golden Gate avenue today one of the 1 side walls of the Mercantile library building fell across the avenue during one of the busiest periods of the day, but the grinding noise . before the wall fell into the street warned pedestrians of the ap proaching collapse. , rj. C. Bos well. J." P. Kell. August Ma rin. William M ore n, wife and daughter, H.- I Pittock.- V. J. Robinson W. O. Wot and wife, A. E- Dunlap, John F. T , 4CeaUnae4 an rage Two.) t RUINEDzMEN.PLANNIN(i-l . TO BEGIN LIFE ANEW Sanitary Condition of Camp Poor Badge of the Red - Crosa - Every ' where Officers Seixe ' Vehicles City no Place for Sightseer Work of Clearing Debris Begins. Br C JL Van Loom. Frt a Journal "Staff CorrMpoadnt.) ' 8an Francisco, April tL Saturday morning broke raw and entity over th eutaaUoCSan Franoiace. but bops came m with, ' the dawn. Th terry buUdlna loomtna throuah the tor aasured . th rsfuarea . that escape was atlll poaalbla and the city open to help from the out side world. At midnight the fire, doubilnc back through the North Bach dlitrlot, was licking" up the bik warehouses in the shadow of Telegraph. hlM and threat nlng to maka . a clean, sweep; ofh waterfront from Broadway to Mission street. ' . ' ' Tba remnant of the 'Are department was massed along the wharves, -x after 7s hours without sleep. . The brave fel lows rallied onos more. They were fight ing to keep the city open and save the ferry allpa from destruction. Tank ears containing oil were tumbled Into the bay. buildings were thrown down and very man .did two. .men's worav but It -was not until the wind shifted that the fight was won. The flames turned back just in time to save the wharves. By daybreak the danger by Ore was over and the fire men dropped ; beside their blackened engines. V- 1 " Sawa lm Saotuapmant. ' The vast encampment In Golden Gate park was astir early this morning. All the open apace had been utilised as far as the eye can reach. The' lawns are covered with rude shelter tents. " Wom en wrapped In costly opera cloaks shiv ered - over small ares, while the men went out to forage for firewood rr Joined along bread lines on Eddy street The most amazing thing, the thing that strikes every newcomer. Is the spirit of these homeless people.- They make a jest of misfortune, they turn calamity Into . a laugh. One man managed to save a small upright piano. - How be ever got it Into the . panhandle la a mystery. Seated on a charred cracker (Continued on Page Eleven.) r m 77 7'- ' i 4 0 ff4e AS MUCH, MORE-IF NEED SHOULD ARISE City, Denies Itself That ' Homeless ; May BeiFed Local Supplies Are Exhausted but in s Day or Two l&ojTnsJpnditioiM sumed Relief Work to Go' On. 7 Portland, through the - general' relief committee, has pledged Itself to raise at least $130,000 for,. the ,an Francisco sufferers. Telegrams -te this, effect were sent out - last ' night r. to : taatre unities throughout the cuctrjf.1 iThls' wlU 'ot Include ' only cash - subocrlyt tons, v-but donations of provisions and supplies. This sum may be grpatly exoeeded. Whoq the finantmcommlttas ceased work laat hlghtiensfS "amounting to S12L7.25: pro vis Kins, 13S.S10 and Lewis and Clark stock, I1.6SS had been received, making a total 01 SUS.X73 tttrneeVover to the com mittee. Many committees which have been taking subscriptions have not been heard from : and will . not ; report until Monday or later. It is thought that the sums now In the hands of the different committees will bring the total, sum raised to over $200,000. The work of col lecting funds will proceed Monday and as long thereafter as thought advisable. As-at-afund-re-Blaced-atthe disposal of the finance committee they are allotted among the other commit tees with which provisions and supplies are purchased and forwarded to San Franolsco by ralL according to In structions of General Funston, who has charge of the distribution of all relief supplies. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has selected Portland as the place to purchase sup plies for the relief of -Ban Francisco. Testerday the Pittsburg -San Francisco relief committee wired 126.000 to the United States National bank of this city, subject to the order of the local relief committee, and asked the latter to dispose of It as they thought best to. relieve the suffering of the famine stricken people In San Francisoo. R. R. Hoge, chairman of the local committee. Immediately replied that the Portland committee would take charge of the funds and forward provisions, and sup. plies to San Francisco. . . (Continued on Page Eleven.) . ( 1 c t . 0 T ' ' 1 f 4 'l,jJ7Lr-7:7j . Wi. : AlveM.M4.H, fV - anu Clara Collect .Which? Was Somewhat tftnaiti ' v7-7'.ivl- jb olutely Penniless. RELIEF COMMITTEES-- lTO PROVIDE FOR THEM Efforts to Provide Work for the New " Arrivals "Thrown Out of Occupa - tion by the Catastrophe "at San Jfrancisco Many WillSurely-Be Here to Live. Hundreds of refugees from, .trie etrloken city of California are en roule rorutna and preparations era being nqtiae here not only to provide fop as many as possible but to secure positions fdr jthem. Free transportation for those who are without funds. Saa freea ottered by the Southern Pacific from San Fran Cisco to Portlands -Officials of various commercial bodies are working in conjunction with the re. lief committee to care for the unfortun ates and for that purpose communica tions are being sent to various parts of im .state. - A telegram was received last night by A. L. Craig, general passenger agent of the Harrlman lines In Oregon, from the conductor of train No. IS, due In this city between 10 and II o'clock this morning from San Francisco. . There are III destitute refugees on this train. They are penniless and without clothing otner tnan wnat theyare wearing, William " McMurray, aasistant to Mr. Craig, notified R. R. Hoge, president of the relief ' committee, as soon as th4 message was received. Mr. Hoge will meet the refugees at the depot and .has arranged to provide for them tomorrow and Monday. - Other plans will be made later. The train Is In three sections. The first section passed Ashland last evening about T o'clock, running two hours behind schedule time.' The other two sections were reported seven hours behind 'time. General" Manager-J. P. O'Brien of the Harrlman lines In Oregon Is aboard the last section. r 1 As an order had been Issued before the departure of these trains by Passenger Trafflo Manager Fee at San Francisco granting free transportation as far north as Portland for all refugees who were unable to pay fare, it Is expected that the last two sections of the north bound trains arriving hare today will bring-a considerable number of men, women and children who are without (Continued on Psge Twelve.) i) t i vv- X : ti . -i . ,' , 1 by the. Earth';-" "it,, '- , ''' GeeiGarried-Mulfn Own County to His Opponent for the ; i Republican Nomination; - ;;: INCOiMPLETE"RETURNS:SHOW BOURNE APPARENTLY DEFEATED Gantenbein Defeats,GeorgeJorJ)icuit Judge- ship StevehsNominated for Sheriff, -Beating -Bird . t : "t : ' ' ' ' .-; ' ' - - '! Iff ' rX'i ."., " - - .. .. . 'jv-.'M.M.-f; " ' ' ' : " .'Jaima -Wtthyoombe Is the Republican aomtnte rfer governor, despite th vie kory scored by T. T. Gear la Multnomab county. . ' Outside counties railed, up a substantial vote for Wlthyoombe, and even In Marlon, Oeer'S home county, the CorvalUs candidate had a plurality of over toe. C A. Johns, who was looked upon three weeks ago as one of the leaders In the race, dropped to third place.. .-- ..... The senatorial struggle has proved remarkably 1 close, and though H. M. Cake appears to have distanced his com petitor!, the victory was not easy, and Jonathan Bourne la a close secono. Cake's plurality In Multnomah eounty was 1,71s, but In many outside counties Bourns had sonsldarable pluralities and Cake's lead was greatly reduced. Late last - svenlng Bourne was dlsposedr to concede his -own- defeat,-though- bs was still awaiting news from the outside counties, which might change .the result. Of the other three candidates for United States senator, none proved e strong factor In the fight, though each ran wen in ue particular locality in which he is best known. Umatilla eounty gave Lowell a handsome vote, Wssco paid similar trlbuts to S3. 1 Smith and Watson was strong In south ern Oregon, his former home. But the fight was between Bourne and Cake. Benaea or Oassht It Is still doubtful whsther Benson or Gatoh la the nominee for secretary of state. In Multnomah county they made a remarkably close race. Oatch carried the county, but by the narrow margin or 171 votes. He had an overwhelming plurality In his own county, Marlon, carrying It by I.06S. Linn. Lane and Polk gave Oatch good majorities, but southern Oregon turned the tables. Ben son carried Douglas by over 100 snd proved very strong In Jsckson and Jose phine, a4 well aa In eastern Oregon. Partial returns from all parts of the state with several- counties to hear from show Oatch a little over 400 In the lead. Ralph Hoyt appears to be the nominee for state treasurer, though he is but lit tle ahead of Oeorge A. Steel, his near est competitor. In Multnomah county Hoyt was strong but his plurality was materially reduced In Clackamas, Wash ington, Marlon and adjoining counties. -.i ponas Walkovers. . - I Willie Dunlway has won the nomina tion for stats printer by a sweeping majority. Attorney-Oeneral Crawford waa renominated and Robert Eakln was without a competitor for the nomination for judge of the supreme court. J. H. Ackermanr- superintendent of public In struction, and O. P. Hoff. labor commis sioner, were equally fortunate. Hawley Is the nominee for congress man In the first district and Ellis Is the victor in the second district. Haw ley's chief . competitor was Toose. Huston dropping to third place. Toose acknowledged last night that Hawley had won. -In the second district some surprise was occasioned by the large vote rolled up by Lachner. but it was not large enough to make him the nomi nee. I'matllla county gave Ellis a de risive plurality.' Shepherd ran well In Multnomah, but could not keep tip the pace In the eastern psrt of the district Oaateabsta Defeats George. One of the clone contests In Mult nomah county was for the nominations for circuit Judge. UHntenbein defeated Judge Oeorge by X.072, while Morrow was worsted by Sears, whose plurality wss l.SSS. R. L Stevens la" the nominee ' for sheriff. Nate Bird was second, but wss 1,000 votes behind Stevens. County Judge U 'R. Webster was re nominated, -receiving nearly as. many votes as -his two competitors combined. Frank Barnes was easily renominated for county commissioner and Fred Olson Is the nomtnee for Justice on the east side. The only contest In the riemncratle primaries, was for the - nomination . for sl-er". t. T i Word was . renominated j bv - r jir1y, t "".atlng M. J. - 1 t I. 1 ' 1 12 rre- j PRICE FIVE CENTS. by 1 ,000;. Votes. In precinct If. comprising Sauvie'e Island, no primaries were held, owing to the failure of the election officials to carry out their Instructions. Late ye-., terday afternoon .one of the judges re ported to County Clerk Fields thst the polls had not been opened for the rea- . son that there are no Democrats In the precinct snd there wss therefor no contest. The same Intelligent excuse wss made by the same election Judge two years ago, when preclnot S3 failed to vote. f . . . , Kcltaomaa County Tote. . 7 tlth the exception of this precinct the returns for Multnomsh eounty sre compute. The vote for all offices where there waa . any serious "contest was ss follows: - ' , . . ' For-- United - States Senator Bourne MJi Cake ,, Lowell l,ei. Smith, 1.0rVatson 1,468. " : . - For Congressman Ellis 2,63, Laeh ner 1,110, Rand 1,141. Shepherd 4,24. ' For Governor Brown 1,178, Oeer 4,615, Johns 1.S41. Sehlbrede 177, Withy oombe 1,767. For Secretary of State Benson 4.131. Oatch 4,661. Pearce 161, Wrlghtmaa 1.026. " For SUte Treasurer-Aitkin 8S.- Car ter 1.230. Hoyt 4.125, Jennings lit, Ryan 1.111V Steel 1.611 .- , . - For State Printer Clarke 1,142, Dunl way M74. Whitney 1.1S1. - For- Circuit Judge Department J, Morrow 1.661, Sears (,644. For . Circuit Judge Department 4. Gantenbein 6.271, George 1,072. or county Judge outner 1,627. Lewie 2,121. Webeter (.626. For Sheriff Bird 2.121. Kelly 1.107, Rogers 5S, Stevens 1,130, Storey L4s. For Joint Senator Bailey 4,111. Con nell 1,142, Orton Ml. - - -- For Joint Rt-presentatlve-Campbell , 6,681. Cross 1.121. For SUte Senator Beach 1.121. Col. well l,2, GUI 1.611. MacMahon 1.113. -ror Kepresentatlvee Adams 4.S0G. Bsyer 6,094, Beutgen 4.411. Beverldge 4,660, Burns t.217. Bush 4,442, Chap!. i 6,216. Claussenlus 4.121. Cleveland 4.1SS. Coffee 4.161, Davis 1,067, Drlsooll 1.110. Simmons 1.S12. Farrell 4.110. .Ferrer 1.607, Freeman 4.111. Keady 1.112. . Owing to the large number of eandl. datea and the unusual amount of work la counting the returns It was found lm. poealble- laat ntgJlt to complete the foot ings on the vote for the legislative tlokst and the foregoing table shows the vote for only IS of the H candidates for representative. v - BaDey, Campbell and Beach. A. A. Bailey Is the nominee for joint senator; Jameb U. Campbell for Joint repreaentatlve; 8. C Beach for senator. 'A majority of the delegation are pledged to vote for the people s choice for United States senator. Reports of the vote on the state ticket from . outside counties contain many surprises. , One of these is. the vote of Baker county for Harvey K. Brown and C A. Johns, rival candidates for the Republican nomination for gov. ' emor. Bothrare residents of Rakr county. Brown carried the eounty by five votes. Ths Democratic primaries In Baker county also furnished a surprise In the defeat of Sam White for re nomination as circuit judge. Judge Smith wss nominated by a plurality of 10 votes. , . . The grestest surprise, however, waa -the strength displayed by ex-Governor Oeer, whose large plurality In Mult no. mah county took his competitors com pletely by surprise. But the loss -of Marlon apunty was a hsrd blow to Geer and was a large factor In his defeat. Baker county had four randldates fop pliu-es on. the stats ticket Rand nl Lachner for congressman., Johns f governor and Aitkin for treasurer I not one of them was nornl" . :V