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Quartermaster Jerry Ellis
Says There Was Dense Fog
at Time of Collision and
No One Saw San Fedro Ap
proaching Columbia.
First Officer to Give Details
Discredits Assertions Made
by Passengers That Lum
ber Vessel Was Sighted
Five Minutes Before Crash
Contrary to the statements of many
passengers Jerry Ellis, one of the
quartermasters on the Columbia on J
watch at ..ie time of the collision, tn-
slats that tile fog; waa dense on the
night or the trageov. 10 also contra-
dicta the stat- nents of several aur-
vlvors that the .umber aroe-ner wai
seen wniie sun ai a uniancc. turning
waa seen of the approaching schooner,
he says, until she was within a few
lengths and so near that it would have
oeen impossible to cnange ner course.
tills came up on tne tiaer lasi nigiu
as a member of her crew. Even the
terrible disaster of Saturday night was
not enough to cool the ordor of his love
for the sea. He was on the bridge of
the Columbia with Captain Doran and
oecona ijiiicer Aeiujiy wncn mu onu
raro piowea ner dow mrougn ine siei
plates of the Columbia, and he was one
of the first to assist In the rescue of a
numoer or women, passengers iioaung
,nJe,. wraCka. " " ,
Tvnn reference 10 in, coiiiBiun, inert
was a confusion of whistles, Kills saya,
and he could not clearly dlatingulsh one
from another.
Whistle were Confused.
had Just taken the watch with my
partner, Pau. Hlnner, who stood at the
wheel. It was foggy and dark and when
we neara me wnisue 01 ine nan rearo
and saw her loom up within a few
lengths Captalr. Doran told Officer
Agerupp to blow two whistles. I heard
the first blast and then the sounds be-
came confusing, the San Pedro, too, be-
ginning to signal.
"Captain Doran asked me to get the
soundings from the engineer and I Sterling. You would have heard some
rushed Into the engine-room below, thing Interesting. Sterling had been
First Assistant Engineer Burpee an-
swered that he would take the sound-
lngs and then I returned to deck.
"The steamer was rapidly sinking,
tons of water rushing In through the
awful gash in the starboard bow about
ia ..t oh. ft tha itam Rhm want rinvn
by the head and I rushed aft.
Vrtaln Doran. Second Officer Am-
rupp arid several passengers were on I
the bridge at tnat time, but Uhler Officer
Whitney was forward on deck among
the passengers directing the launching
of the lifeboats and rafts.
Carried Sown With Ship.
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our hands full trying to save as many
of the passengers as possible. I rushed
to the after portion of the hurricane
oeca anu nau a uuu view ui mo wra
, as the forward part of the steamer be-
came engulfed.
ivapiaiy me waves rujiuu mgnor upun
in siantinc aecK unin nnaiiv me iiern i
TSAiSfcShot down. I waa carried with It
Anvfemainea unaer waier ror uuuui a i
mintfl or so, It seemed, and came up
near a lire rait tnat naa torn loose irom
the port side. I was without a life pre
server, but managed to swim to the
raft and then began picking up surviv
ors struggling In the dark.
(Continued en Page Nine.)
STEAMSHIP GEORGE W. ELDER
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SHE ARRIVED AT "fiER :
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AT STATE
Answers Questions of Prose
cution Regarding Absence
of Steve Adams and Petti
bone and Explains . Why
They Were Not Called.
Attorney Then Turns Tables
and Asks Reasons for the
State Not Calling Neville
Sterling and McParland
Makes Good Argument.
By John Nevins.
Boise, Ida., July 25. "If we dldn"t
call 8tsve Adams and George Pettibone
we can easily explain It Both are un-
dfr ,ndlctment for murder and their
evidenoe might have been used against
them ,,x montbn from now an,i as iw.
yer, w, hall0 proiMt them.
True, we called Moyer, but you must
remember In this case It is not Haywood
alone who la on trial. It Is the 40,000
member, of the western Federation of
Mlner xjMt Mort tn bar and
Moyer waa president we had to put him
on the stand.
-j rously questioned the wisdom of
this, but Moyer Insisted that he be
called Inasmuch as he waa the head of
the organization. And he made a good
witness. Not one or you iz men out
w believe Moyer against Orchard,
"Tha hnneaL clear-headed clear
handed leader of tollers told you the
truth and stamped as absotvt He
the atatements of this crawling serpent
wno wa, furnished Witn a. many
etringed harp and a new halo by Deteo-
tlve MoParland that he might place a
halter around Haywood's neck and at
the same time sing praises to his Qod.
Puts It Up to State.
"BUl we didn't call Adams or Petti
bone. They are under Indictment. But
tell me, gentlemen or this Jury, tell me
for God's sake why did the state not
put Detective Sterling on the stand?
Sterling, employer of Orchard, agent of
the Mlneowners' association, who waa
brought here by the state, but never
called as a witness.
"I would like to have cross-examined
absolutely denied Dy witnesses and con
nected with the Independence depot ex
plosion but the state did not dare call
him. And he waa not under indictment
cither. . . ...
"And then there was Charlie Neville,
He Was the boy who accompanied Or
chard and father John Neville on their
trip from Independence to Cheyenne and
UP into- Wyoming.
" Jtncw jldoui sxpioaion.
"H0 knew who blew up the Independ
ence depof. He knew whether Pat
Moran went to Denver to get money
from Pcltlbone for Orchard or not. He
knew whether or not his father asked
Moyer for 1250 to reimburse him for
expenses caused by nls arrest or tried
to blackmail him out. of 11,260 qn
threat of telling all he knew.
"They had the boy here and never was
, jewel more carerully guarded than
was this witness.. Plnkerton detectives
accompanied him at all times, brought
nim m ana out or tne courtroom, sur
frii nn nn to taiir to him Rut h
was not called. And don't forget h
also was not unaer inaiciment.
'And then there is Detective McPar
land. He with Orchard is the case,
Was he called? Oh, no. He stayed in
his hotel all through the trial of this
caso, coaching his witnesses and never
dared enter the court until the evidence
(Continued on Page Nine.)
DOCS VLAST NIQHTw
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PASSENGERS RESCUED FROM
MORE FREEDOM
FOR KOREANS
New Convention Prepared by
Japan Allows Greater
Liberties.
(Joarnal BoecUl Berrtee.)
Takia, July 2F. A new Japanese-
Korean convention was signed at
'clock today after small opposition on
the part of the Koreans. The conven
tlon will be published tonight ' after it
Is submitted to the privy council of
japan ror approval.
The provisions or tne new convention
are that the Korean administration
shall secure guidance In practically all
things from the Japanese resident
general. In the enactment of all laws
and ordinances governing Korea the
Japanese resident general will have ab
solute power to veto ana also in all im
portant state affairs he shall be the
dictator.
The appointment of the governing
official will also come under the dicta
tion of Japan, but the lndeDendent ap
pointment and dismissal of offloers with
the consent or the resident general is
aiiowea.
Generally it Is felt that the adminis
tration provided for in the new conven
tion will be a decided improvement over
the old rule. Some of the troops are
dissatisfied, however, and two Korea
regiments rebelled. A division was dis
patched to quell the disorder and little
trouble is anticipated.
Japanese only will hold office in
Korea henceforth, under the provisions
of the convention. Foreigners are de
clared ineligible to office unless their
appointment is declared valid by the
resident general.
DISCLOSES BLACKMAIL
PLOT IN NEW YORK
(Joarnal Special Berrlct.)
New York. July 25. Bedros Ham
partoomlan. Millionaire Tuveshank
lan's assassin, is 'said to have made a
confession today revealing the name of
the members of the blackmailing so
ciety for which he committed the
crime. He furnished a list of the vic
tims and those now marked for death.
Wholesale arrests are promised. An
Armenian spy, placed In the sell with
Hampartvoomlan, IsMaid to have se
cured the confession. .
COLUMBIA SURVIVORS
TAKEN TO BAY CITY
Ban Francisco. July" 25. The steamer
City of Topeka arrived here this morn
ing from Eureka with aeven Columbia
survivors.
Fifty Women Injured in Assault Upon the Kosher Meat
Dealers Caused by Raise in Prices Oil Poured
on Stock in Markets Attacked.
(Joarmal Special Serrke.)
Philadelphia, July 25. More than 50
persons, a large part of whom were
women, were Injured this morning dur
ing a riot In the Jewish quarters of the
olty In which it is estimated more than
2,000 women took part.
The riot was precipitated this morn
ing when ' the kosher meat dealers an
nounced a raise In the prices of beef
and other meats. Far some time nre-
vloua there has been strained relations
between the Jewish residents of this
portion of the city and the meat mer
chants and this 111-feellnr resulted in an
open rupture with the Increase made to
day. As soon as word was circulated that
the meat dealers had made another ad
dition to Its price list a mob of Jewish
women,' numbering over 1,000, congre
gated In the streets. With several lead-
, BEACHING HOME AFTER THE DISASTER
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THE COLUMBIA LANDING AT PORTLAND FROM THE STEAMER
GEORGE W. ELDER.
none ey ledge
TO SAVE LIFE
Ada Diaz Forced to Ianr
Out of Window by Her
Drunken Husband.
Hangtag from a window ledge by her
Angers to escape a drunken husband,
who had threatened to kill her and was
at the time hunting about In the house
for her, is the thrilling experience that
Mrs. Ada Dlas says she went through.
The charge is made in the complaint for
a divorce suit filed in the circuit court
yesterday afternoon, naming Frederick
Dlas. the husband, as defendant.
Mrs. Diaz says that on the night or
December 27, 1906, her husband came
home Intoxicated and threatened to kill
her, and in order to save herself she,
dressed onLy In her night clothes, was
compelled to climb through a window,
where she hung by her nnger tips to
the window ledge, while Dlas, In a vio
lent fit of anger, searched the house for
her, swearing and making threats of
what he would do ir he round ner.
Mrs. Dias was finally released from
her perilous position by neighbors, she
says. It Is alleged that this occurrence
and others have convinced Mrs. Diaz
that It is not safe for her to attempt
to live with her husband, and she asks
for a divorce.
The litigants were married at Lewis-
vllle. Illinois, in August, 198, and have
three children Haael, aged 7: Margaret,
aged 6, and Harry, aged 2 years. Mrs.
Dlas alleges that her husband is not a
At person to care for the children and
asks that she be awarded their custody.
L. It. Paulson sought the divorce court
this morning for relief from Minnie P.
Paulson and filed a suit in which he
charges that his wife slapped his face
In the presence of his father and other
relatives. Later at . Etna, Washington,
while at dinner, it is alleged, Mrs. Paul
son assaulted her husband s brother.
ohn Paulson, struck him in the face I
with her fist, upset the dinner table and
precipitated the dinner on the floor
They were married at Grass Valley in
November, 1904.
Walter Taylor this morning filed suit
for a divorce from Mabel K. Taylor,
charging deertion beginning in Janu
ary, 1906. They were married at Aber
deen, Washington, In October, 1906.
MADAME FROMKINA IS
HANGED AT WARSAW
(Joarnal Special Settle.)
Moscow, July 26. Madame Fromklna,
accused of several attempted assassin
ations waa hanged here today. Last
May she attempted to kill General
Rhnlnbot, former prefect of police and
Inspector of prisons, where she was con
fined. She refused to ask for clemency.
thoroughfare, wrecking every market
which nad announced a raise In prioea
Windows were smashed, the contents of
the various shops soaked with oil and
thrown into the street, show cases
broken into kindling wood and every
thing of value about the markets de
stroyed. many people on - the street who were
seen going into markets to buy meats
were mobbed and many were Injured.
At the kosher markets where the mob
centered its fury,- the entire . Inside of
the stores were torn, to pieces and not
a single pound of meat remained Inside
after the mob's visitation. The bulk of
it lay in the gutters where it had been
walked over and soaked with kerosene.
A riot call Co police headquarters
brought half a dosen wagons full of
police, and In the attempt to disperse
the gathering, a Urge number of women
were knocked down in the street and
trampled upon. Many of the ring lead
ers were arrested, and taken to the stay I
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LIFE BOAT WAS
Wisconsin Woman and Oth
ers Carried Under Water
When Steamer Sank.
Seeking safety In a lifeboat when the
steamer Columbia was sinking very
nearly cost Miss Hattle Qoedjen, of
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, her life. Miss
Ooedjen arrived In Portland last night
with the survivors of the wreck on the
George W. Elder. Both her hands are
bandaged and carried in a sling and
cratches and scars mark her face.
Miss Goedjen said she had time after
the collision to don a life perserver and
get into a lifeboat with several other
passengers, but before the craft could
be cleared, the Columbia plunged to
the bottom, dragging the lifeboat under
the water.
While struggling beneath the water
Miss Goedlen's hands were injured. She
was clinging to the side of the boat
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and the ropes by which it was fastened
to the davits scraped across her hands
lacerating them frightfully.
The life perserver enabled her to
rise to the surface again and she waa
picked up by the San Pedro.
"We thought for a lone time the San
Pedro was going down too," said Miss
Goedjen. "It seemed hours before the
Elder came and picked us up.
Miss Goedjen was met on the boat by
relatives, and though she had been able
to describe calmly the scenes of the
wreck of the Columbia, the tears came
readily when she met her relatives, and
she realised that finally she was safe
on .shore. ' '
LEGISLATOR CHARGED
WITH GIRL'S DEATH
'Joarnal Special Berries.)
Detroit. July 25. A warrant charg
ing State Representative Charles K.
Ward, with manslaughter in connection
with the death of MIhb Edith Presley,
a proofreader for the Michigan senate,
was the outoome today of an Inquest.
The woman's death was due to an oper
ation. The legislator Is willing to face
the charge.
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SAYS MOTHER
IS A SUICIDE
Margaret Breaks Silence to
Declare Her Father Is In
nocent of the Charge He
Has Been Arrested for by
. Prosecutor Miller.
Daughter Claims First Wife
of Banker Told Friends
She Intended to Take Her
Life and That Letters Are
Genuine.
(Joarnal special Barries.)
Clinton, 111., July 25. Declaring that
her mother committed suicide and that
her father and his bride are Innocent
of the crime laid at their door, Mar
garet Magill broke the silence this
morning which she has maintained since
the arrest of the couple at San Diego,
California, two weeks ago.
"I know that mother bought chloro
form and strychnine," said Margaret.
"She told friends she was going to
commit suicide and she told me she
waa tired of living. The letters held
by United States Prosecutor Miller are
not forgeries. They were written by
my mother."
Xaa Been Hiding-.
Margaret has been In hiding In an
adjoining county since the arrest of her
atner. sne has rarusoa to answer
questions relating to her mother here
tofore, and it appeared that nothing
could break her silence. It Is believed
the danger which she believed her father
was In led her to make the statement
today, clearing him of all suspicion of
the murder or her mother.
Magill has maintained throurhout
that he would have no trouble In
proving himself Innocent of the
cnarges wnicn naa been placed against
him and haa not insisted that his
daughter speak. The prosecution re
fuses to make any statement as to
whether or not it will drop the case
against Magill and his bride.
Charged With BCarder.
Suspicion was directed against the
couple when MagtU wed Miss Faye Gra
ham within a few weeks of the time
of his first wife's death. They went
secretly to Denver, were married, and
went to California on their honeymoon.
While at San Diego Prosecutor Miller
had a warrant sworn out. charring
them with the murder of Mrs. Magill,
and they were arreated.
Letters left by the first Mrs. MarilL
referred to by Margaret in her state
ment, say tnat her death waa a plain
case of suicide and asking that no sus-
& Irion be directed against Miss Graham,
er husband's infatuation with this girl
is believed to be tne cause of the sui
cide and led to the belief that she had
been murdered. The statement of Mar
garet that the letters are genuine bears
great weight here.
POLICEMEN THREATEN
TO JOIN STRIKERS
Joarnal Special Herrlce.)
' Belfast, July 26. Four thousand em
ployes quit work in the spinning mills
here today. Two hundred policemen
threaten to jofh the strikers because
they are not allowed extra pay for their
long work. The strikers are burning
drays and committing other acts of
violence.
SURVIVOR BEING INTERVIEWED
HANDS 'WERE INJURED WHEN SHE WENT rsOTl'N IN' A LU
mm
Steamship Officials Think
3Iissing People Cannot Be
Found Alive and Thatf
Their Bodies Are Caught
in Wrecked Vessel.
Scene of Dissater Has Been
Patrolled Without Any
Result Inquiry Will Be
Held This Afternoon at
San Francisco.
(Joarnal Bpeetal Barries.) '
San Francisco, July 25. All hope of
adding more names to the list of sur
vivors of the Columbia disaster has
been abandoned by the officials of th
San Francisco ft Portland Steamship
company. It is believed that those now
missing will never be found ally, tha
contention being that they must have)
gone down with the Ill-fated vessel.
Officials of the steamship company
are convinced that only those picked
up by the steamer George W. Elder
and those who came ashore on the life
raft at Shelter Cove at midnight Mon
day escaped death in the sea.
Patrolled Scene.
Although the scene of the disaster
has been thoroughly patrolled ever sine
the Columbia went down, no mora
bodies have been picked up, and tha
natural inference la that the missing
bodies are washing about in the state
rooms and other closed compartment
of the sunken steamer.
An inquiry Into tne cause of tha dis
aster will be commenced this afternoon
by the government officials here. State
ments of the San Pedro's officers have
been received by the investigating board '
and wUl he offered In evidence at tha
Inquiry.
The most sensational story told by
any of the Columbia wreck survivors
mat related oy W. a. Williams, s
colored man of Oakland. Wllllama
one of the steerage passengers and wa
rescued by Quartermaster Hlnner la
boat No. 2 and reached this city yea- .
terday with the other members of Hin
ner's party. According to Williams
story, one of the passengers, when ho
found that the boats had all left tha
ship and it was sinking, committed sui
cide by shooting himself through th -head
with his revolver.
afaa Commits guloide.
"I was one of the last to get up on
deck, I guess, for I am such a sound)
sleeper that It takes some time eran
for a collision to awaken me" mmut
Williams. "When I did wake tin and "
found out what the trouble u . , T
slipped a life-preserver on and climbed
up to the top deck. The boats had ail "
left the ship as far as I could see, and
it was going down fast. There waav,
nothing to it but Jump, and I moat'
confess that when I looked over that
rail at the cold water leaping up 'for '
me I hesitated some. Then 1 saw an
other man hesitating. He was s big.
fine-looking man with a black mous
tache, and he was about half dressed..
He had a life-preserver on, but it ap
peared that he did not trust to It much,
for after looking over the rail a mtnuta -he
staggered back on deck, drew a re-t
volver out of his pocket, and shot htm '
self through the head.. I jumped just
as ne xu uu cue snosv
Williams says that ha has no Idea '
who the suicide waa . -
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