THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND.' WEDNESDAY EVENING 'JULY 24, 1907V
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Mrs. William CDodson De
livered From the Ill-Fated
Columbia Without Even
: Getting Wet Got Into a
Boat in Charge of Purser.
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JtMT told
Mr. William C Dodeon consldere that
the most remarkable thin about bar
experience la the fortunate way In
which ahe waa delivered, aafe and
aound without even getting wet. "I
was awakened by the ahock of the collt
elon and felt the rebound of the ahlp."
aald Mra. Dodaon, "and I got up at once
and began to dreea. put thla long
coat over my nightgown and put on
ahoee and atocklnga; then I groped
along the wall with the ahlp lurching,
and found the door. There waa a young
in my stateroom and she did
think there waa any danger, but
her I was sure mere waa
hurry! hurry!' I called to her."
"Waa she saved T
"I don't know. I think not. I never
saw her again.
Yea, Mra. Dodeon continued, I pui
on a llfe-preaerver. When I got out
on deck the boat had listed so far over
that It waa not far to Jump to the
water, and I Jumped and landed aafe
end dry In the lifeboat In charge of
Purser Byrnes. Other people Jumped In
and on me. My arma are bruised from
the crowding. There must have been
20 of us In the boat. We were rowed
ovtr and nut on board the San Pedro.
"No," said Mrs. Dodson, "that Is not
true that the San Pedro stood off.
Everybody was so good to us: they made
conee and had warm blankets ready.
The captain and his wife did all that
thev nosslblv could do for our com
fort."
Asked If she saw any drown, Mra.
Dodson said yes, shudderlngly. She saw
a woman jump and go down; ahe missed
the boat.
"I am positive that t was the first
woman to leave the ship. I scented
danger with the first shock and made all
possible haste to get off. So far as I
know, I am the only woman to leave the
ship with any money. I grabbed my
purse as I started out of my stateroom.
"I wns exceedingly fortunate In every
way. even the mast that fell on the San
Pedro missed me by a hair's breadth,
but knocked four men Into the sea who
were Bitting near me.
"I want to correct sny reports of
cowardice on the part of members of
tha crew or passengers on the Colum
bia or San Pedro. Every effort was
mode to save those who either Jumped
or were thrown Into the sea. When we
were transferred from the sinking San
Pedro to the Elder the next morning
every woman was sent off In advance
of the men. I never saw such unself
ishness as was manifested by both the
officers and the crews of the Columbia
and Ran Pedro."
COLUMBIA .BULKHEADED, .
INSPECTORS
SAY LOCAL
According to Captains Edwards and Fuller No Vessel Is
Unsinkable No Passenger Steamer Plying Pacific
Ocean on This Coast N ot Properly Bulkheaded.
Law on Bulkhead.
Every sea-going steamer, and
very ateamer navigating the
great northern or northweatern
lakea, carrying passengers, the
building of which ahall be com
pleted after the 28th day of
Auguat, 1871, ahall have not leaa
than three watertight cross-bulkheads,
such bulkheads to reach
to the main deck in alngla-decked
vesaela, otherwise to the deck
next below the main deck, to be
made of iron platea, sustained
upon suitable framework; and to
be properly secured to the hull
of the veasel. The position of
such bulkheads and tha atretigth
of material of which the aame
ahall be conatructed, ahall be de
termined by the general rulea of
the board, of eupervlelng Inspec
torsSec. 4490, lawa governing
steamboat inspection service, re
vised statutes Of the United
States.
The charge that the steamship Co
lumbia waa not properly bulkheaded la
denied by Captalna Edwards and Fuller,
United States Inspector of hulls and
boilers at this port, and according to
their views no vessel Is unslnkable.
They had not personally lnspectud the
vessel of late because that work was
turned over to the San Francisco in
spectors when the head of the steam
ship company located there but the law
provides that every steamer carrying
passengers for hire must have at least
three watertight bulkheads and she
would not have passed inspection If
not properly bulkheaded.
"There Is no passenger steamer ply
ing the ocean along the Pacific coast
within the Jurisdiction of the United
States Inspectors without being prop
erly bulkheaded," said Inspector Ed
wards this morning. "It Is absurd to
say the Columbia was not bulkheaded.
Every aea-golng vessel has to have at
leaat three watertight compartments.
Take Ordinary Precaution.
"There Is. however, no guarantee that
a bulkheaded vessel will remain afloat
after a collision." Captain Edwards went
on. "It would be Impossible to con
struct an unslnkable vessel unless it be
of wood, and there la a fortune for any
man who thinks he can solves thla
problem. The number of bulkheada pre
scrlbed by the lawa of the United Statea
are all that can be used, aince no steam
boat company la In the business for
pleasure. It la a bualneaa proposition
and ordinary precaution la taken with
three bulkheada. , . '
"In a disaster like that which befell
the Columbia' no amount of bulkheada
would have availed much, because evi
dently the San Pedro tore open thy en
tire aide of the larger craft Had the
Columbia been hit forward of the col
lision bulkhead the etory would prob-
Lably have, been different. v...
ll would oe impossible iu omuni
a vessel ao aa to make her entirely un
slnkable, because there would, then be
no room whatever for cargo, without
which no boat could aucceasfullybe
operated In the coasting trade. The
Columbia was one of the beat vessels
on the Pacific coast and captain uoran
waa a man who waa alwaya particular
about having her In the best or anape.
He alwaya communicated hla requests
for repairs or alterations In writing to
the company ao mere snouia oe no ruuiu
for misunderstanding.
Damaged Teasels oat
Manv cases of badlr damasred vessels
having been kept afloat by means of
their watertight compartments have
been brought to light In recent years,
but one of more than ordinary Interest
at this time is that of the steamer Al
liance, which about five years ago nit
an uncharted rock orr tne vregon
coast and stove a 10-foot hole in the
bottom. The damage was done forward,
so that the forward hold filled almost
Immediately. The vessel remained
afloat and steamed 71 miles agalnat
atrona headwind until a convenient
place to beach her waa found at Casper
creek. The watertight bulkheada saved
her because it prevented the water from
reaching the engine-room and putting
out the fires. It was generally agreed.
however, that the steamer would have
gone down had she not Deen an on
burner and constructed of wood, as the
additional weight of the coal would
have been sufficient to sink her.
Th. AlHanA o l-r-l vH h.r. IflMt flight
from Coos bay In command of Captain
Olson, and the Incident was recalled this
morning In the office of Inspectors Ed
wards and Fuller, altnougn tne vessel
waa in command of Captain Hardwlck at
the time she hit the rock.
For the benefit of those not acquaint
ed with tne construction of sea-going
craft. It mlirht be slated that the bulk
heads prescribed by law are the col
lision bulkhead, about 10 or 13 feet from
the steam, the bulkhead separating the
forward hold from the engine-room and
the after bulkhead, which protects the
engine and the boiler-room from the
rear. The space In the farward and
after compartments is not utilized.
"a "
Survivor of Columbia Wreck
Glanced at Ilis Watch
When Aroused by Crash of
Collision and the Water
Stopped Timepiece.
THROWN INTO THE SEA S
BY FINAL EXPLOSION
Kentuckian Lands Alongside of Lifeboat and Is Rescued
Passengers Declare Wreck of Columbia Caught
Fire Just as It Was Going Down.
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OUGHS
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SENT 10 ROCKS
Hoodlums Who Caused Trou
ble at Sell wood on Street
car Pay Penalty.
Martin Touhey and Luther Lamb, the
young hoodlums who assaulted a con
ductor on the Estacada line of the O.
W. P. at Sellwood station last Sun
day, bombarded the train with rocks,
struck an elderly woman with one of
the etones, knocked down Patrolman S.
8. Young and were only subduod after
a fierce struggle by a posse commltatus
headed by Judge Cameron, were In the
police court this morning for trial.
In view of the fact that Judge Cam
eron was present at all times during
the disturbances and was himself
kicked on the shin by the defendants
the sentences pronounced on the pair
of rowdies were not unexpected. Upon a
flea of guilty, Touhey was sentenced
o 60 days on the rockplle and fined $50
on two charges of assault and battery
and one of resisting an officer. Lamb
also entered a plea of guilty and es
caped with 30 days at Kelly's Butte and
a J50 fine.
ARMSTRONG PUT
OUTjinillLDER
Local Man Plays the Most
Brilliant Tennis So Far
in the Tourney.
Armstrong, the Tacoma racket wlelder
who put but Dan Bellinger in a one-sid
ed match in the state tourney yesterday.
was defeated this morning by Richard
Wilder, who In the past has been rated
a notch below Bellinger in Portland.
While Armstrong played a great game
at the not, Wllders brilliant driving
ttaa too much for him.
Wilder is now practically aure of
reaching the seml-flnals and If he keeps
SPLENDID TALKS
Br DR. HAARON
Program at Catholic Teach
ers' Institute Was Inter
esting One Today.
The program at the Catholic teachers'
Institute this morning Included two in
teresting talks by Dr. J. Haaron. He
spok first on "The First Modern
Schoolmaster," Vlttore de Feltre of the
fourteenth century, who anticipated all
the best elements in modern Instruc
tion. He first Introduced the, Idea of
recreation and athletics Into Instruction
and was distinctly a humanist. He
Bert Mppman of San, Francisco, a
brother-in-law of Constable Lou Wagner
of this city, one of the survivors of the
lU-fated steamer Columbia, who ar
rived with his wife In Portland on the
12:10 p. m. train from Astoria, has the
distinction of being one of the few, If
not the sole survivor who saved his
watch.
No more forcible Illustration of the
rapidity with which the steamer filled
and sunk after being rammed by the
San Pedro and the scant time afforded
those on the Columbia to fasten life
belts and launch the boats can be fur
nished than by the gold watch which
Mr. Lippman now treasures us a me
mento or the most strenuous experience
In his life.
When the succession of whistles woke
Lippman from slumber and the grind
ing crunching sound Indicated that
something was amiss, for some Inexpli
cable reason ho rushed to his clothes
and, taking the watch from his vest
pocket, noted that it was exactly 16
minutes after midnight.
When next Lippman looked at his
watch on the steamer Elder the minute
hand Inccated 2t minutes past 12, fixing
definitely that from the lime the San
Pedro tore a gaping hole into the vlials
or me ioiumt)lu until the grand old
ship stuck her nose Into the waves and
with a gasp almost human dived to
Davy Jones locker, but 10 short, fleet
ing minutes elapsed.
Brief Tale of Tragedy.
The awiui cratteav of ttit ! crowded
into that brief eixtn of an hour Is ex
ploited elsewhere, but LlDDman's dra
matic tale of the events crowded Into
those iew minutes Is a composite story
of the experiences undergunu by the
survivors. When seen at the home of
his brother-ln-ian. .m Nortn Twentieth
rtreet at 1 p. m. today, Mr. Lippman
and his wife had sufficiently recovered
to be able to tell of the wreck and
succeeding events.
My wiie and myself occupied room
44 on the Columbia. We played cards
auring me evening and retired at a p.
in.
Bruised In body and broken In health
from his terrible experience In being
blown high In the air by the explosion
of the boilers of the Columbia aa ahe
took her-flnal plunge beneath the waves
J. W. Waddy of Franklin, Kentucky.
reached the city at noon today accom
panled by hla niece. Miss Eva May
Booker, who also went through the hor
rors of the wreck.
When the Columbia went down Mr.
Waddy waa atandlng on the port side
just over the boiler room and as the
vessel plunged her nose into the sea he
was hurled by the force of her ex
ploding boilers high in the air, but by
a mlrcle came down cloee beside a life
boat and was hauled aboard and after
wards taken upon the San Pedro.
Miss Booker was placed In one of the
Columbia's boats by members of the
crew and was picked up by the San
Pedro and afterwards transferred to
the Elder.
Bruised and offering.
Begging to be excused from discuss
ing the terrible ordeal through which he
had Just passed and suffering from the
bruises and exposure, Mr. Waddy. at the
hotel this aftt-rnoun. delayed going to
hla room while he listened to .his
niece's account of hla experience Jknd
corroborated It. Miss Booker, a beauti
ful and typical young Kentucky wogao,
told of the wreck and related her ex
perlencea. "1 waa aroused by the grinding crash
along the side of the Columbia when tha
oan reoro rammea into ner, said miss
Booker, "and then was terrified by the
screams and turmoil on the deck Im
mediately afterwards. I sprang from
my berth, threw on a klmona, wrapped
a blanket around myself and rushed on
deck. There everyone was excited, but
all seemed much more collected than
one would expect.
"The water was poarlng In through
the great Rah In the side of the Co
lumbia and we could feel the deck swell.
out under our teet as the holds filled
with water. The crew and many of
the passengers worked with feverish
! haste to get the boats nnd rafts over
board but so quickly did the boat fill
with water that the task was uncom
pleted when the vessel went down.
Jammed Into Bottom of Boat.
"I was put In one of the boats and
being one of the first In the boat was
lammed down In the bottom io light
ly that I could not Hee the Columbia as
she went down. We were picked up
some time afterwards by the San Pedro,
upon which we floated, clinging to t lie
1 was awakened by hearing onejumber cargo and expecting to sink
up his game It Is doubtful If he can be stood for character, its discipline, liberal
vn V.nfUnt..tv1i,lnrJr,Iii'wi "tudlea and manner of study, bodily ex-
Wllder had Planned to leave for Alaska erclse an(J tralnlnfr ln thart of war
before the end of the week. He entered an(1 recreation
the tournament j expecting to be put out MlB A h,a u Dlrnlck followed with
"Li".1. h. ? JnJiJ tZ d an Intelligent talk on "The True Aim
fbIw wL- kI? K.e.t Vm.ironi?; of th0 Teacher." emphasising the dignity
fault before being beaten. Armstrong a of th(! teacher.g profession and the lm-
volleying in his match with Wilder has portance of forming character rather
seldom been equaled In Portland. The than mTIv t..rhirif i,nnB nr h.
Lur " , . - ton concluded the morning's work with the boat. We were picked up
"'L.i. i . ...Y...T t.-.A h . a taiK on principles of method. steamer Klder about 6 o cJock.
blast or the whistle which was almost
immediately followed by two short
blasts. Then I heard a grinding sound
as If the engines had stopped, but
there was no appreciable Jar. Then 1
heard the whistle blow three times.
Whether all of these tools on tne
whistle were on the Columbia I could
not state definitely.
Turned On Light.
"I Jumped uu and turned on tha elec
tric hgnt and looked out of the window.
1 saw the San 1 euro alongside aim
then for some reason I lootcrd at my
watch. It was Just 1 minutes alter
12 o'clock. When l boarded the feeder
ray watch was not running and had
stopped at ZH minutes poal iZ, snowing
that but lu minuies passed from tnu
time we were struck until I waa lurown
Into the water.
"X heard the cabin boys yelling for
everyone to get on deck. 1 hurriedly
slipped on my trouaers ajid vest and
my wife quickly put on a klmona. 1
aajusted a lire-preserver about her and
then put one on myself.
"We started to go up to the hurricane
deck, but there was such a crowd on
the steps that we could not reach there.
1 took my wlte to the other side of
the boat and lifted her up so she could
climb on the upper deck. Just aa I
aid this the steamer started to sink.
Fulled Sowa by Suction.
"The suction pulled me down, I don't
know how lar, but I do not think it
was to tne bottom, and when 1 came
to the surface 1 waa all tangled up ln
wire. 1 unfastened the wire trom my
body and grabbed hold of a piece of
wreckage. 1 could not see my, wife
anywhere and cried out for her. Soon
she yelled back out of the darknesa,
"I'm aboard a raft."
"I hung to the wreckage for four
hours ana was finally picked up by a
boat from the San Pedro. The second
mate was ln command and I guess 1
was not very badly chilled from the
cold as 1 was able to assist ln rowing
by the
every minute until the Klder came
alongside some hours after and trans
ferred us to safety.
"It has been denied thst there was any
explosion," eontlntied Miss Booker, "but
my uncle, Mr. Waddy, was In the middle
of It and bears convincing marks of Ita
force. He waa on the deck at the time
the veasel plunged under the sea.
Hurled Kigh in Air.
Instead of being sucked down with
the swirl that always goes with a
sinking ship, he was hurled high above
the water on the crest of a sudden
burst of explosive force and landed
away from the side of the vessel close
beside a life-boat Into which he was
hauled by the passengers. He was
badly bruised and shaken by the experi
ence and has been ill ever since being
taken upon t he Elder."
Mr. Waddy's appearance c orroborated
the tale of his awful ordeal, for lie
was bruised and disfigured about the
face and sore and stiff ln every Joint.
"There Is one other thing that I ;
have not seen related about the wreck." i
said Miss Booker, continuing her nar-
rstlve. "Those, ln the life-boat with me ,
all declared that as the Columbia went i
down flames were shooting up from the
Interior of the ship, showing that the
force of the collision had evidently
started a fire in some manner.
Could Hot Bee Flames. j
"I myself waa wedged Into the bottom ,
of the boat In such a manner that I 1
could not see over the gunwale, but '
all those who were ln position to see
the wreck exclaimed at the fire as it
spouted out of the side of the ship. The
flames seemed to nave negun to gain
headway Just as the veseel took Its last
plunge.
Alter tne first shock of belna driver.
into the boats and after we were but
aboard the San Pedro we went through
another narrowing experience until the
Elder came and took u off," continued
Miss Booker. "I was piled high on the
very pinnacle of the decklosd of lumber
and was Just grased by the mast as It
went over the side. The boat began
to wallow In the trough and everyone
thought that It would sink with each
succeeding surxe of the sea. We clung
on In this manner for nearly four hours
until the Klder came up, when we were
transferred to her decks and the danger
was ended."
Purse Had Thirteen Pennies.
An amusing feature of Miss Booker's
ordeal was told by her ln relating her
experiences.
"As I rushed out of my stateroom."
ahe said, "I grabbed up my purse and
unconsciously clung to It all through the
experience. When the excitement was
over and I realized that I had the purse
wun me ana mat it was tne only single
poasesslon I had saved from the sea. I
looked In It and found that It contained
IlillS
Forty of Them in German)
Await Three Butte Young
Women, Who Have th?
Intention of Getting Theli
Wrorth.
(Special Dnrpstca to The Joonul.)
Helena, Mont. July . After thre4
years ln tna uerman courts, inrei
Helena young women nave suddenly
been apprised of the fact that they ar
Immensely wealthy. Mlases Bertha and
Aredrlka Volker, better known aa "The
Peanut Sisters, Snlta and Frits,' and
Mrs. Kenton Kcpner are the fortunate
heiresses, and they aay when they get
their Inheritance they will not linger In
Helena, but will go where they can get
their money's worth. The money wai
left them, they say, by their Grand
father Volker, who died several yeara
ago, but there has been a lot of troubU
over the estate and it la only recently
that the money left by the wealthy old
German has been turned ln the dlreotloa
of his American grandchildren, fhl ,
estate amounts to 140,000,000.
TAFT Will TAKE
mm TRAIL
Fears ITlm for the Friend' "
lie Possibly JIade in
the Far West, j
just lii cents; notning more ana nothing
less. So 1 don't think the number is s
unlucky after all."
Mr. Waddy is a traveling representa
tive for the Hoberts. Johnson Rand Shoe
house of St. Louis. He and his niece, i
Miss Booker are at the Oregon for the i
present.
PEOPLE'S RIGHT
TO KM COST
Senator Fulton Takes Issue
With Xewell on Force
Account Matter.
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IltiAKT DISEASE ENDS
AGED NEGRO'S LIFE
Harry Harris, colored, 62 years of
age, dropped dead from heart failure
terday afternoon ln the Morrison
East Morrison and Sixth streets.
HarTra was conversing with Patrolmen
Robert, and Stuart relative to the re
ported closing of the saloons ln Alblna
and had just nnisnea declaring that aa
that section of the city had gone dry
there was nothing to live for when
stricken ny heart disease.
Dr. W. w. Bruce was summoned, but
upon arrival pronounced the man dead
Coroner Flnley was notified and took
charge of the remains. Deceased had
been employed at varilus places In the
city and was a well known character
on the streets. Nothing is known of
his ramuy.
STATION ROBBERY
SUSPECTED AS FAKE
(Rperl.l Dlapatch to The Journal.)
Moscow, Ida., July 24. J. S. Hindman,
a special detective of the Northern Pa
etflc, arrived here today for the purpose
of "sweating" a young woman named
Nelson, who is claimed to have knowl
edge or tne aneged noid-up of the sta
tion agent at Kamlah, which occurred
Sunday night. The Nelson woman first
denied any knowledge of MacGarrah, the
agent, but later admitted she had been
to Kamlah. To another person she said
she had planned to go east shortly to
get married. Macuarran has admitted
that the woman whom he took to Ka
mlah as his wife Is not his wife, and
that she came from the Kendrlck coun
try. Mlsa Nelson's parents live on Bear
Ridge, north of Kendrlck.
NEWS OF DISASTER
HURRIES RETURNS
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(Waahlngtoh Bureau of The 4
Journal.)
Washington, .jJuly 24. Dr. 4
Cornellua, learning of the drown- 4
g of hla niece, Mrs. William 4
Soule, , and her husband on he 4
'Columbia, left for Portland last 4
night." Dr. McKay, a delegate
to the Elks' convention at Phlla- 4
delphla who-la here, leavea in a 4
few daya. 4
I'ntll I reached the Klder I did not
nw whether my wife was dead or
us do as the physicians and work out a ) not and then saw her for the first time
treatment for Individual cases. Some since I was washed off the Columbia,
of the best teachers are those who have
showed that he Is still
came. He defeated J. F. Ewlng. 4-,
6-3, C-i. Bethel's next match will be
With nonr. nnv.r hrrt r.1 nwli.niHi.i.l
R. R. Benham defeated H. v. Andrews . ,. ",T!K,:. "I -f. . 2 "The boat I was In had to stav alone-
. . e a XT' . a 1 1 nuM Jiws icd,i,iu i. i tic v rx 1 1 wui n iiul mill . . - .
in siraigni sris. 0-1. e,. . Unrmi.i.i. th.ir t,. " side the Ban r-edro as 11 was feared
Alongside tbe San Fedxo.
Schweln'ics gave Carl Lewis a nard rub,
the score being 1-6, 7-5, 6-J.
In the ladies singles Mrs. Cook beat
Miss Robertson; 9-7, 6-0.
PORTLAND ENTERTAINS
TAFT IN SEPTEMBER
Plans for a reception to Secretary
W. H. Taft are ln charge of the Port
land Commercial club. The big secre-
formulate their own Ideas. There are
some general principles of education,
but we must be careful not to treat
them as Infallible maxims and be sure
first that they will work."
ur. Haaron advocates a iudlclous mix
ture of teaching the pupils to learn by
memory and by perception.
There Is no use." he said. "In insist
ing on too rigid Inspection. Some
things the student must be made to un
derstand but others are beyond him. vet
It is good that he should know them.
Of course a child must understand his
lessons, reading, writing, arithmetic
tarv will arrive here from Salt Ike But there are beautiful pieces of poetry
' . c . I that he cannot fully understand, vet ha
on the evening or inursaay. f P " will derive good from committing them
8. and spend the entire day of September and ,ater understand them. His
reugious instruction is or thla kind. He
In Portland
Secretary Taft's visit to the north
went is said to be nftn-polltlcal. He
will visit the Vancouver barracks, in
spect the forts and the Jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia, and take a
een eral survey of coast defenses. The
Commercial club will bsnquet him.
There will be a largo reception given
at tha Armory on Friday ariernoon,
when Secretary Taft will give a talk.
STOLE FROM MAN WHO
ciwiiiui grasp me meaning or manv
things. For Instance, the. aimni..t
thought of religion, the trinity and
umiy ui uuu is lncomprenensiole.
In the afternoon Dr. Hanron nnk.
again and Dr. Ryan, author of "The
Living Wage," spoke on some sociolog
ical problems. Father Hnirh P.niurh.r
of Columbia university was the other
speaker. Frederick W. Goodrich had a
short musical program arranged as
usual for the opening of the session.
GAVE HIM SHELTER IMPORTANT DEALS
IN REALTY MARKET
WHhln 1ft minutes after the com-
ni.ini made nt notice headauarters this
morning by George Gordon that he had
been relievea or a waicn iai nuni. . -
trolman Jim Anderson had tne aiiegea
A portion of the Batlln holdtnga on
the Baae Line road and East Fortieth
thief behind the bars ln the person of street was purchaaed yesterday by J.
ptr Darlon. Darlon was taken into
r.,,t,uivr nt Rlszier's saloon. Third and
Burnslde streets, and the missing lime
piece was found In his possession.
n.rinn tn hi., room last ntaht on the
1... w. 1 ,v.n ha Vi 11 H nn nlnCA to I (1 V
laiiero l"- " "".A." i,.'.' Mnnke onH ITniirth .trt.
his .head and no money wun wnicii 10 it-""." 7 a-nr -
hire a room. While out or tne apiri- ,V'T' . .. A
ment for a few minutes to secure a
midnight lunch. Gordon declares that
lAo.Inn F.nArHll1 his ltOS D 1 1 S 1 1 1 V by
stealing his watch. The' case will be
heard by Judge Cameron tomorrow
Reed for (10,000. The property la un
Improved and lays on the south side of
the Base Line road. Buchtel St Kern
made the sale.
Gastano Tartarlna has purchaaed from
Albert F. Wright a lot 70 by 80 feet on
South Port-
K0PF IS ELECTED
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Stockholders of the Title Guarantee ft
Trust company at their annual meet
ing yesterday created theVositlon of aa
aistant treasurer, and elected Charlea
H. Kopf to that office. Other officers
were re-eledted aa follows: President,
Thorburn Ross; vloe-president, Geo.
H. Hill; treasurer,. T. T. Qurkhart; aec-
retary, jonn is. Aitcnison. ine com-
The quarter block at the northeast
corner of East Madison and East Thirty
fluh streets has been sold to E. H. Collls
by H. u. Luke for IZ.300.
Bam Mackin has purchased a Quarter
diock at tne nortneast corner or Taggart
and Bast Seventeenth streets for $1,600.
Hie property belonged to M. C. Snell and
la unimproved.
DEATH OVERTAKES
GRACE CHURCH MEMBER
M. J. Lock, about 46 yeara old. en
gaged in bualneaa here, who came to
Portland to reside just prior to the Ban
Francisco earthquake, died at hla home,
664 Marshall street, last night at 11
pany ia now fully established and equip- o'clock. Funeral services will be held
pany ia now ruuy estatNiaoea ana at iw o clock tomorrow morning from
equipped ln Its large and modern home Flnlev'a undertaking parlors. Interment
In the Commercial building and la mak- will be in Rlvervlew cemetery. De-
ing rapid growth. It ia in the twenty- ceased waa a member of Grace M. .
second year of Ita corporate exlatence. church.
side
that the San Pedro would sink. They
had to cut away a part of - the deck
load on the San Pedro to keep her
from turning over. When the mast on
the steamer broke four men were swept
into the sea and we picked up three.
The other poor lellow sank beneath the
waves.
"1 cannot say too much for the people
of Eureka. They certainly covered
themselves with glory. Carriages were
waiting to take the women to hotels and
' private residences and everything we
i wanted was furnished without stint."
Mis. Lippman, who bears a lacer
ated wound on the lip from being
struck by a piece of wreckage
wnue in tne water, is still
somewhat nervous fro mthe shock, but
otherwise Is apparently ln the best 'oS
health and spirits. Arter detailing tho
events from the time of the collision
until the slnklng-of the Columbia. Mrs.
Lippman's story Is as follows:
Hurled Up With Wreckage.
"When my husband helped me up to
the upper deck the water was already
beginning to cover him, and I had no
sooner clambered up than the steamer
sank bow first. They say the boilers
did not explode, but yet I waa hurled
upward with a mass of wreckage and
then went down Into the water. When
I came up there was a raft near me and
soma one put out a long board which
"I grabbed and pas pulled aboard
and then we picked up some other
people. a rowboat from the San
Pedro took us aboard that vessel
and we were given hot coffee
and blankets. - Ellis who I
think was tne first assistant engineer
did everything ln his power while on
the raft, to save as many as possible
and I cannot say too much in his ie
half. The sailors acted like heroes and
dideverythlng to quiet the women:
"I saw Captain Doran on the brlda-e
before the Columbia sunk but beyond
hearing hia voice, could not tell what
he aald."
(Special Dlapatch to Tb Journal )
Klamath Falls, Or., July 24. Senator
C. W. Fulton, on his visit here, made a
public address at the request of prom
inent citizens. Senator Fulton came
here for the purpose of becoming more
familiar with local reclamation con
ditions and conferring with Secretary
Garfield and Director Newell. He has
alwaya manifested a great Interest In
the Klamath project and aesirea io am
the people ln presenting their cause to
the secretary.
In the course of his speech, which re
ceived frequent applause, he stated that
the visit of the secretary to this sec
tion would do much for the project and
would have a tendency to hasten the
work.
He took up the question of force ac
count. It had been stated by Director
Newell the evening previous that work
could be done cheaper by force account
than at tho figures submitted by con
tractors. Senator Fulton stated very
emphatically that as the people must
ra v for the nrolect thev have a right
to 'know what it is costing, and he also
sain ihnt it had boen oromised that the
waternaer. should be Informed of the
cost of the force account work, state
ments being made quarterly of the ex
pense of the work of construction, and,
notwithstanding the conditions, dlffculty
with labor and material and the trans
portation facilities here, he still In
sisted that the proper way to carry on
the work Is to let It out ln contracts to
the lowest bidder.
The senator has gone to Iikevlew
with Circuit Judge Benson to meet the
people of Lake county, and will stop
here on his return.
Charge Made hy Naval Chap
lain Jones in a Letter
to Metcalf.
ZIMMER
BACK
SENT
TO JAIL
Telephone Official Is Given
Another Term for Refus
ing to Testify.
BUFFALO TEAM WINS
GLIDDEN AUTO TOUR
(Journal Special Service.)
New Tork, July 24. The Buf
falo team wins the frlst prize
ln the Glidden tour. The com
plete score will be announced- to
night. The automoblliats have
gathered at the rooms of the
Automobile association of Amer
ica where the Judges are com
puting the scores.
. The Weston brickyard Is burn In a its
K fifth kiln of the aeason. containing
00,000 brlcka. i
San Francisco, July 14. Vice-Presi
dent Zlmmer of the Pacific Telephone A
Telegraph company, was again sentenced
to five days' Imprisonment and $600
fine this morning for refusing to testify
in the trial of Louis Glass, charged with
bribing supervisors to vote against the
franchise of the Home Telephone com
pany. Zlmmer was called upon for his
testimony and steadfastly refused to
say' o word. He accepted his sentence
stoically and was returned to his cell
ln Jail.
Former Mayor Boxton, whom Glass Is
accused of bribing, - was called to tho
witness stand and testified that he gave
the 5,000 given him by the telephone
company, to hla wire. His wire was
called and corroborated this statement.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Norfolk. Va., July 24. That every
chaplain In the United States navy ex
cepting three contributed to a fund to
buy legislation through a lobby for the
chaplains' bill Is the charge made by
Chaplain Harry W. Jonea ln an ex
tended statement given out in which he
further defends himself against the ac
cusation that he does not pay his bills
and that he corresponded with a woman
who put an advertisement in the papers.
ne recnes circumstances or a num
ber of alleged approaches made to him
to exact tribute from him for the chap
lain bill fund and declares that threats
were made that any chaplain who failed
to contribute would be punished for hla
refusal.
He acknowledges that he gave a note
finally as contribution to this ran
and declares It has not yet been paid
and lntlmatea that It will not be paid.
This defense is made In a .letter to
the secretary of the navy. V
(Jour oal ftpedal 8.rrie.)
Washington, July 24. Secretary Ol
War Taft. who at present Is rusticating,
ln Canada, la planning to make a politi
cal Invasion of the far western countri
... . i .... . . - v . v.imjii l X' ail LMUUfcS tl.
been disporting himself recently. Evi
dently those ln charge of the Taft cam.
palgn for the presidential nomination
ar) determined not to let the vice
president run away with the delegate
to the national convention from the Pa
cific coast states through mere lack ol
effort on their aide. It has been de
cided that the secretary of war shall
do some handshaking and speechmaklng
In the territory the Indiana man hal
Just covered.
It Is understood that Important
speeches probably will be made by Sec
retary Taft at Portland and Seattle on
his way to the orient ln the early fall
It Is possible that between Oklahoma,
where the secretary will address th
Republicans of the prospective ma
state on August 24, and the coast aY
eral speeches will be made and the un
derstanding Is that politics will receive
attention to a more marked extent than
was the case ln connection with Secre
tary Taft's trip through the mtddU
west ln June.
It Is realised that "conservative" Ha
publican politicians are after the fai
west good and hard, that Fairbanks he
gained a certain popularity out weal
by personal effort; and that something,
ought to be done to counteract what
has been done among the rank and file.
LOUflfAT
'S
Railway Magnate and Party
at Astoria and Visit the
Jetty Today.
MOUTH
Eli
STRIKERS
BREAK WINDOWS
Mob of Two Thousand
Striking Girls.
(Special Dlapatch te The Journal.)
Astoria, Or., July 24. Louis Hill, Mm
of James J. Hill of the Northern P.
clflc, arrived here shortly before noon
today on his special car. The ? ear
crossed from Washington Into Oregon
at Goble Mr. Hill waa accompanied -by
a number of distinguished railroad
officials and his trip into thla section
is reearded as significant.
After remaining ln thla city for only
a brief time the party went out to tha
Jetty, where they will spend tha day
examining the government Jetty works,
inn innmniiii
NU AUUIIIUIIAL
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
Scranton, Pa-, July 24. Two thousand
striking girls and women, who had
walked out of the silk mills here, gath
ered this afternoon, and scenes of riot
ing followed that rival those caused by
a mob of men strikers. It was neces
sary to call the police to disperse the
mob of girls, who broke the windows
before they were driven away.
The appearance of the police did not
have the effect of scaring the glris
away, as It was believed would occur,
and the officers were compelled to draw
their clubs and threaten the girls with
them before thev would disperse. While
the police were endeavoring to get the
strikers to go to their homes, the girls
were engaged in throwing bricks and
stones at tho factories, anil nearly every
pane of glass wns shattered before the
girls were finally scattered.
It was not necessary, for the police
to strike any of the women with their
clubs, and none of the officers were
hit by any of tho missiles that the
women threw. The girls struck for an
Increase In wages and shorter hours.
FARMERS MUST PAY
MORE FOR STORAGE
BOATS FOUND
Eureka Communication Is
Badly Interrupted by Poor
Wire Service.
WRECK INQUIRY TO
COMMENCE TOMORROW
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, July 24. In
quiry Into the cause of the wreck
will probably begin tomorrow.
It ia understood tho officials of
the San Francisco ft Portland
Steamship company will be called
to i testify, regarding . tha. con-
. dltlons, of tha Columbia
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Walla Walla, Wash., July 24. Notice
of an advance from 50 to 75 cents a
ton for storing wheat was served on the
farmers this morning by the agents of
the big warehouses and elevators. The
companies advancing ratea . are the
Puget Warehouse company Balfour
Guthrie, Kerr, Gifford Co tha Inte
rior company and soma smaller , con
cerns. The advance means a loss ' ot
.au.uuv uvno ig u. nnntra nr. . h
county and the farmers are expressing
much indignation over.' tha raiae. i
meeting of the farmers has been called
for Saturday to taks soma action.
Owlhfc- to the lack of Interest and poor
attendance nothing came of the meet
ing held In Montreal recently to form
a purely, Canadian, typographical union
- (Journal Special SerTle.,)
San Francisco, July 24. Com muni cs
tion with Eureka la again badly inter-'
rupted, one wire Into that city being
sadly overburdened with, messages to
and from survivors of the "Columbia
disaster. No word was received hers ud
to noon of the picking; up of additional
rafts or lifeboats with survivors.
Nothing definite ln regard ta the In
vestigation of the sinking of the Colum
bia has been determined ly tha govern
ment. Three surviving officers' of the Colum
bia have filed a sworn statement It Is
likely depositions of the San Pedro onV -cers
telling; tha other side of the story
will arrive today by mall.
NEBRASKA EXPRESS ,
v RATES TO BE LOWER
;.,:;- . .
(Journal special Servtea.)
Lincoln. Neb.. July 24. All sxprees -companies
operating In Nebraska today
notified the atate railway commission .
of their willingness to reduca their rats
It per csnt - :-h
GEORGIA WOMEN" :
. , FOR rRpIflBITIO.T
. '' ,: (Journal Spede! ' , . r,
- Atlanta. Ga., July U -
women from all part t - , , f
here today to muKe a i - '.',;'
legislature t -r the r1"
absolute I'tw ' u.oui ' '
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