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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6. 1907. -EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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WHEN FOG CLOSES DOWN
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FOR LIS
Thirty-Eight Men Success
fully Reach Deck of Gat
zert Passengers Badly
Frightened and Officers
Quell Threatened Panic.'
Steaming alone' at tlie rate of 10 miles
n hour through a dense fog, the Regu
lator lino Btn.imcr Bailey Oatxert
rammed and sank the Iort of Portland
dredge Portland off Postofflce bar. In
the lower Willamette, at 8 o'clock thin
mlirnlng. The dredge went down In five
minute:!. Hit crew of 38 men eaved
themselves by leaping; upon the deck of
the Gatzert.
Tlio liner carried about 250 passen
gers, most of thein laborers for the
north lank roud. A panic was narrow
ly prevented by tho officers and crew
who assure! them that there wul no
Vniirjor, mine the boat could easily be
(,e.,ciied If leaking. Examination proved,
however, that the Gatzert s damages
hud been sustained above the water line
ao that she could easily return to Port
land in perfect Karety. The run at the
forenuuk of the hurricane deck had been
torn to pieces und several plonks were
smashed in on the starboard bow Just
above the water linn. The Gatxert re
turned to Alder street dock at 9:30
o'clock.
Tlie collision occurred Rbout five min
utes efter the Gatzert passed Linnton,
and. according to the officers and pas
sengers, a dense fog hung over the river
at thut particular time, although It had
neen comparatively clear a few mo
ments before. Captain F. D. Sherman
wns at the wheel. 11a says he blew the
Gntzert's whistle at least three times a
minute because of the fog, but did not
hear tho bell from the dredge If it was
sounded.
Captain rplalns.
"We left Alder street dock at 7
o'clock this morning." said Captain
Sherman, "and had some difficulty get
ting through the -bridge draws because
of the dense fog. At that time we
could hardly see half a boat's length
ahead and we had to grope our way
with the greatest of caution. In ma
neuvering to pet through the steel
bridge draw we hit a smid bargo lying
there but Inflicted no damage. Passing
down the river we heard the bells of a
4 vessel nt anchor In the channel and we
alBo heard the bell of the dredge Co
lumbia whlnh Is working In the lower
harbor. Between St. Johns and Liunton
the fog lifted and we could see both
shores fof awhile. I told Pilot George
Shaver, who had been on the lookout
with the- night watchman, to go down
for breakfast and he had hardly left
before we encountered another bank of
fog and the dredge. .:
. Watchman Mershon who stood In the
peak of the vessel sang out "dredge
ahead' when he saw It. but then It was
too lata und bells to stop and for full
speed astern failed of much good. The
Gatzert seemed to cut off one of tho
dredge's corners, tearing a hole so large
ihat it took less than five minutes to
sink the large craft. "
"I heard no bell ringing on the dredge
and did not see the boat until we were
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THE BAILEY GATZERT AFTER SHE CAME OFF THE WAYS
DEFEAT OP
GRAFTERS
MORNING
FATAL EARLY
ACCIDENT AT TH
'RIDGE
Southern Pacific Machine
(Jets Setback Schinitz
and His Followers Are
Gloomy Over Victory of
Good Government.
Langdon Overwhelmingly
Elected Taylor Has Lead
of Over Ten Thousand and
All His Ticket Is Expected
to Pull Through.
Pi
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INCREASE
Action of Clearing House in Fortifying
Financial Flurry Results Favorably
. Jloney Flows Into Ranks.
City Against
More
Action of the Portland Clearing House
association in fortifying the city
ealnst the financial flurry has made
a. remarkable impression on tho public,
Nearly every bank lit the cityloday ro-
oorts that for the last 48 nours more
money has been received on deposit
than has been withdrawn. The new
bank certificates were placed in clr-
aulatlon today to a limited extent, and
kre being reeelved by all the depart
ment stores for any amount of mer
chandise, and also by the railroad corn-
puny for purcnuse oi iickbih.
At tho First .National, the Merchants'
jJaUottul and Ladd & Tilton's banks It
t sain ueposus oy meir cusiumni
yesterday exceeded the amounts with
drawn from each bnnk. This means that
these hanks are today in better condi
tion th:n yesterday, and that the pub
lic contWenca in the present situation is
clearly unmistaKauie.
Uoposltors Confident.
At other banks the outlook was enua!
ly opUmistlc. Vice-President Keating of
the UanKers & LiUmoermen s uanK, suiu;
An a matter of fact our daily aeuos-
lts received have all the time exceeded
the withdrawals. Yesterday and today
this; was more largely the case than before."
The iilhernian oanK reporiea very
heavy deposits. The cashier said:
Our deposits receivea yesieroay were
more thnn douoie tne amount or wun-
rlrtwxls "
Btislners ran ahout even at tne be
curitv Savings & Trust company, al
though the officials said an actual
count would probably have shown more
Ex-Senator Joiies and T. S. Potter Contend That Land
Swindling Is Legal as Long as Xo Conspiracy Can
Re Sliown by the Government Prosecutors.
(United Pre I.eaea Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 6. The case of
Wlllard N. Jones, formerly a stato sen-
' frtor from Oregon, and Thaddeus 3.
Potter, ji prominent attorney of Oregon,
convicted of land frauds In Oregon,
came, up on appeal yesterday before the
"trntteir States circuit -court of uppeals,
and was argued. B. B. Huston, counsel
for Jones and Potter, based hi case on
tho sttitute of limitation and on the
gi-ound that there wps no existing stat-.
ii to In1 which to defraud the govern
ment was a crime.
"The flrFt class of indictment." he
said, "is easily defined, since It only In
cludes those cases which .tome statute
of the United. States declares unlawful. I
Now, there Is no statute making It an
offense to defraud the. United States
out of its public lands. Tho conspiracy
to do so is a crime, but the act of doing
so Is not a crime. That is to May that
it is a crime to enter into a conspiracy
to defraud the United States out of Its
lands, but the ronfiummate'd act is not
Itself punishable as a substantive of
tried In the
Fran cii
eney. as assistant to tne i nnea
States attorney-general, prosecuted the
case, - and the defendants were round
eulltv as charged in the Indictment.
Jones was sentenced to one year In the'
prison on McNeill's Island and to ray a
fine of $2,000. and Ttetter was given six
months' In the Multnomah county jail
and fined J600.
money received than was paid out. The
batik has a very large business and its
deposits rank with t lie heaviest sav
ings banks on the coast.
At the United States National It was
said thut business was running about
even, and that activity was consider
ably less yesterday und tod;i"y than
for a week previously. The Portland
Trust Company of Oregon had a few
busy days, because of the payment of
a great many payroll checks, but tho
deposits came in continually, showing
that the usual confidence of tho bank's
clientele was undisturbed. Ii. lee Paget
said today:
"Our cash on hand at the close of
business yesterday evening showed the
amount to be In excess of the cash on
hand the Previous duy."
Owing to the care and deliberation
necessary In issuing.-currency for gen
eral circulation, the hew bank certifi
cates were not largely placed In posses
sion of tho banks today, as only a lim
ited amount was ready. A few of the
banks got some of the money in time to
filace It on the counters, but the major
ty were not supplied until this afir-
noon. too late for the dav's business.
The asset currency will be welcomed uy
everyone, as It will relieve practically
all of the Inconvenience that has bven
caused by the stringency of ready cash.
Tomorrow it is expected that the certifi
cates will be in ecneral circulation. All
of the department stores have an
nounced their readiness to acceDt It as
regular currency. The railroad ticket
offices are accepting it for transporta
tion. The first man to buy a ticket
with the new cjjrrcnrv was recorded to
day in one of the railroad offices on
Third street. The new money is being
generally accepted.
The local financial situation is rap
idly clearing up, and it is believed that
within a very few days business will
resume its normal swing. Real estate
business has at no time collapsed, and
is loaay nearly as good as usual. Sam
uel P. Mackey, of Knapp & Mackey,
said:
"The flurry has not had the expected
eueci on real estate business. Our oust
ness for the last month has been fully
up to previous months."
The improved condition of the money
market everywhere is shown by the re
ports that come from nil brokerage
concerns throughout the country
nearly every broker reports that his
buying orders outnumber the sollihi;
orders three to one, and that 90 per
ceni oi tne Duymg orders are for cash.
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United States court of Orrffn.
J. Heney, as assistant to the
CHICAGO OPERATORS
EXPECTED TO GIVE '
' UP FIGHT TONIGHT
(United Press teased Wlr.)
Chicago. Nov. 6. The tolographers'
strike will 'hi ended late this afternoon
or late tonight, unless- all signs fail.
The Chicago local, at a meeting - this
afternoon. Is expected to formally ad
vocate calling It off. In tn.at event the
executive committee will act immedi
ately. ' At last night's meeting 313 voted
for calling the strike off and 109 against
It It la expected that a two thirds vote
will be mustered at today's meeting.
th killed er
RUH1WAY TRfllH
Engineer and Bookkeeper
Lose.Lives When Logging
Cars Dasi Down Grade.
(Cnlted Piess Seated Wire.
Nanalmo.B. C, Nov. 6. Two men were
killed near Chemainus yesterday when a
logging train ran':away down a steep
mountain arade. The engineer I..
White, dashed his head against a stump
while in the act of Jumping from the
runaway train. He was Instantly
killed. -Walter Asbery. the camp book
keerJeh Jumped but lost his Dalance
when lie struck the ground and his
body was thrown on the rails. Several
cars passed over Tiim. He died a few
foments later.
Thft - remnlntndr mmWi of th. train
crew were uninjured, though all of theai
jumped.
Tne locomotive and ears continued to
the bottom of the crade. lumned the
track and piled Itself in a mass of de
bris at the bottom of a gulch.
(Sneriil Dlapatrb to Th JnnroiLt
San Francisco. Nov. 6. There is con
sternation In the camp of Kugn
Sclimltz and all tho allied grafters over
the election of Taylor, and in all prob
ability the majority of tho good govern
ment ticket. The blow fell with force,
and already TMnan, Sheriff O'Neil and
all of Schmltz admirers are showing
signs of fright. Taylor will pull
through with a lead of S,000 or 10,000
votes, and Langdon has snowed Frank
McGowan under so far that he is killed
politically.
Kyan's poor showing has caused a
smile. The trick of tho lierrin ring to
boost the young man into B job failed
utterly, and even George A. Knight, the
boiler Iron throated orator oi Jium
boldt. admits that It was "a surprise."
The railroad forces are gloomy and the
power of ihe Southern Pacific is abso
lutely wiped out.
Heney. ljingdon, Spreckels and all the
graft-fighters are rejoicing. The labor
element feels that it lent an honest hand
to eiu.'onibass the undoing of the men
who made use of the labor party, and
one of the surprising things of the duy
was tho gathering ot groups or wornmen
about the bulletin boards, shouting mad
ly for Taylor and Langdon.
How Tote Stands.
At 11:30 this morning the Indications
wero thut the count would not be com
pleted until late tonlftbt or early tomor
row morning, only 23.452 votes out of
an estimated total of 66,000 having been
counted up to that hour.
The vote wtood as follows:
Ilyan, 3.681; Taylor, 10.SS5; McCarthy.
7,SSij; Ingilon, 14.027; McGowan, 0,001.
ISasc on rno same percentage unci ine
estimated total vote of 5,000. these
figures would Indicate the following
results: Ryan, t,o00; McCarthy, 19,000;
Taylor, 2S."00; I.angdon, 34,000; Mc
Uowan, 22.000.
The fit;ht Is close between Mulcreavy,
union labor, and McCahe. good govern
ment, (or the city clerkship, with the
chances favorln: Mulcreavy. Koster,
good goverr.mi-nt, for auditor, has a
slight lead over llorton, union labor.
in the seventeenth precinct of the
tliTrtv-fourth district one vote wns cast
for .Francis J. Heney for district at
torney In all districts where the good govern
ment icket seems to be defeated it
has been decide, to ask for a recount,
agents of the league clalminc to have
evidence that there were no watchers
at the rolling places.
Assessor Dodge, good government, is
reelected by a comfortable plurality.
The count ef the votes cast for super
visors has not proceeded far enough to
make an accurate entlmnte. There is
little doubt, however, that tho good
government people are In 'the majority.
The Call and Chronicle, which sup
ported Taylor, are Jubilant over the re
sult of tho election. The Examiner,
which sneered at Taylor's candidacy,
claiming that the mayor of San Fran
Cisco should bo something more than
"a nice, clean old gentleman," refrains
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III
CROSS SHOWS WHERE CLASS WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN, THE EX-'
GIXES. WRECKED LOCOMOTIVES AND DIAGRAM OF SCEXI3
OF ACCIDENT. '' -
Frank W. Glass Caup Between Engines
and Life Crushed Out Heavy. Fog
Believed to Have Caused Smashup.
Much Damage is Done
SiPfc
DEPOT
UI1I0N OFFICIAL
KILLED M
W. G. Rurton, National Or
ganizer of Carmen, Loses
Life at San Francisco.
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San Francisco, Nov. i Two addi
tional deaths due to injuries Inflicted
by United Railroads cars were reported
to the coroner this mornim:. W. G. Bur
ton, national organl::er for the Carmen's
union, was knoek 'd ih.wn by a car on
Sacramento street shortly after mid
night and horribly mangled, iio died an
hour later.
William Cue. a In'mrcr, was run down
by a car at F.lght'-enth and Valencia,
suffering a frnctun I Kkull and internal
injuries. He died at t;:o hospital.
-
Officials of the pperaflng department of the Southern Pacific and
O. R. & N. have not yet received detailed reports of the wreck and un
til they do will not attempt to fix the blame for the collision. , They
ara at a loss, however, to account for the seriousness of the accident
and some of them are inclined to place the burden upon the shoulders ,
of the Pendleton local's trainmen. It will be some time, however, bo-
fore all the facts regarding the accident will be gathered and , a de
cision reached. ' " '
BIG FAIR LOSES
THREE ILLIOIS
Jamestown Exposition Has
Proved Gigantic Financial
Failure Since Opening.
(United Presii Leased W1r.l
Washington. Nov. . Whcn the
Jamestown exposition closes on Novem
be 30 it will have a. deficit of J3.000,
000, according to figures supposed to be
reliable. Not a day during the exposi
tion has there been a surplus.
RUDOLPH SPRECKELS, WHO HAS
FOUGHT FOR GOOD GOVERN
MENT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
FIRST ORAXGES ARE
SHIPPED RY GROWERS
(United PrM Leaatd Wire.)
Riverside, CaX, Nov." The ... first
car of the new crop of oranres was
shipped from her today. The fruit
is well colored for a early In the sea
son. Last season's ' output was 5.356
cars of oranges and 844 cars of lem
ons. This, season's orop Is expected to
eclipse thi a record -by 15 per cent.
Frank W. Glass, a switchman In tho
employ of tho Northern Pacific Termi
nal company, was Instantly killed and
horribly mangled In a head end collision
between tho Pendleton local and the
Portland-fund San Francisco or Oregon
express at 7:25 o'clock tills morning
at a point just east of the end of tho
Steel bridge Glass at the time of his
death was riding on the runway between
tho cab and the leader of tho engine
hauling tho local train and was caught
between tho steel bulkhead of the ten
der and the woodwork of tha - cab and
crushed to death.
The englnemen of tho two engines
give the dense fos hanging over the city
at tne time as the cause or the acci
dent, though an open draw and a block
ading freight train delayed the outgoing
train until it met the Southern Pacific
express on the common track Just east
of the brldue.
Tho Pendleton train Is scheduled to
leave the Union depot at 7:13 u. ni., and
according to the engineer (ind fireman,
George A. Ferguson and G IS. Curl, and
tlie officials of the company did leave
the station on time. It was delayed by
an open draw for a short time, how
ever, and nt the end of the bridge by
a freight passing on the snitching
track. It was between 7:20 nTid 2:2.5
when the accident occurred.
According to the story told by Engi
neer Ferguson of the outgoing train, he
was taking Ids train out of the yards
at about three miles an hour, running
slowly on account of tho fog, and the
incoming train ahead of hlrn. Glass,
the man who was killed, had started
ov r on Ferguson 8 engine, to serve on
flpgnmn for a switch engine which wa4
following the local out of the1' Terminal
yari's. .,;.''
Brakes oo Xorte. ; ; :l
Ferguson says just an Instant before
the collision he saw W. D.-Browii, head
brakentan of the Southern Pacific train,
running down the. track towards : bis
train. Because of the foe Brown was
almost on the engine berora Ferguson
saw him. jl'he engineer threw on the
emersency brakes and did everything;
In his power to stop his train but before
he could come to a standstill smaohodi
Into the engine of the express. Th
engine crew of the Pendleton train did
not see Glass at the time of tho col-
lislon and it Is not known whether lift
attempted to Jump- and was caught in
the runwny or whether ha stepped them .
to look ahead and was caught before
he could step back.
The force of the collision tore th
head out of the iron extension of the
boiler casting on the Pendleton boumi
engine, tore the pilot away and smnshe l
its ruins and the front trucks back
against the drivewheels, - lifting tin'
front end of tho engine dff the track;
and about eight inches to1 the right. , ,
Tho woodwork on the rear right lmml
side of the cab was smashed ba'k into
the steel bulkhead of the tender, bend,
ing the cjuarter Inch sheet of metal atiil 1
cutting a gash In H as though with a
knife. It was In this tcrrlblt vlselikn
grin .that Glass was caught and held .
until released by trainmen who bitched
the switch engine to th rar ot tu
local train and. pulled : the., tender and
ears free from the wrecked engine: Th
enir. of. the Oregon express, being of
a heavy passenger-type, was not dam-
aged to any great extent, about . t.h .
only injury received being a smashed
pilot and sear red and, dented iiead. .
Stea Instantly.
Glass was killed as he stood' ind w.n
dead before any effort could be mada
to release? him. Uta left lea was hor-,
whilH right .knea was also masliei
out of all shape.- Besides these tnjuries
nis .Douy was maahce.--.and. ground be
tween the Mb unit tender Until when '
Coroner Flnley lifted It front the cai
where It had fallen, into tlie casket. It
seemed as-though. It had no brines In ii
which had hot been broken and ci ushe-d,
. . utnaa naa worked for the Terminiit i
oomnany for the pant four 'year and
waa considered one of the most crf til
men femployed In tt yards. VMe was if
years of. ago mid javes a. widow - ait.l
two. children.-' on of. them a married -
daughter, and. a father 85 yeafra of av
(Continued on Jae Eleven.)
heart failure is
blamepjorMuMet-
ROLE lM DEAD BODY
(United Pw Ld Wire.) .
Vancouver." B. : C. s Nov. H.--A ' coro
ner's Jury up In Kereraeds, Okanogan
district... must have been colIptively
bypnotlted by tha frontier stories of
Stewnrt Edward "White, -
At the Inquest on the body of Nelson
Chance, a. gambler who was shot to
death a week aeo by Charles JTInes. the
Jurymen deliberated over the tacts for
!' I
' the best 'wart of nlf a day, tfiwh ,1-
story of the shooUn Wft known
tail to every man on rh jurv I
fora the witm-sse were . .H i.
th Jury returned a ve -. i ii-i t.: .i
was due to heart f !!'" "-"
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