The Oregon daily journal., February 16, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

This Issue of ,
i Thd Sunday , Journal
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; The Weather rRaln; Increasing
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A TRAIN-WRECKER
Thousand People Already
. Homeless and Water Ex
pected to Beach 30-Foot
Mark This Morning, Driv
ing Many More Out,
Baltimore & Ohio Depot Sub
merged and Tracks All
Over That Section of Coun
try Washed Out by Eapid-
ly Rising Rivers.
(Hnnt Km by Longest Ltd Wire.)
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 15. With
the riven above flood stage, 26 feet
at the Uirket street gauge at 9
o'clock this evening and steadily ris
ing, vWeather Forecaster Henry Pen'
nywitt said:
I expect 30 feet tomorrow morn
lng."
.The 22-foot mark, at which dam
age Is done to unprotected property
was reached shortly after noon, and
by B o'clock the water was about Zi
feet high.' . It is estimated that about
1,000 people already are homeless
here . and ; conditions , are rapidly
growing, wrse. The damage to
property already reaches Into the
thousands. The. crest of the flood
Is expected tomorrow.
Shortly before 2 o'clock the water
found Its way Into Exposition park
and soon It was flooded. About the
same time It was reported the cel
lars of buildings on Water street had
become flooded. ' -
Shortly after 2 .o'clock the band
stand on the 'Monongahela wharf
was taken down to prevent It from
being carried away, by the ruBhing
waters. The ' predicted stage will
put DuQuesne way, Seventh street.
Ninth street and other low-lying
streets under water as far as .Penn
sylvania avenue. Parts of Water
street and a small portion of Wood
street will also be submerged.
Twenty-one feet puts the Balt
imore & Ohio railroad tracks on the
I north side under water and makes
Ut out of the question tp run trains
finto the station on that side of the
river. The Baltimore & Ohio aban
doned Its depot this morning, run
ning the trains of the Pittsburg ft
Western branch In and out of the
Water street station.
At Pittsburg the Allegheny was
choked with ice from shore to
shore today, almost concealing the
water. It came from the breaking
of a gorge at Saltsburg.
Crest of Flood at Noon.
' "The crest of the flood will be
here about noon," said Weather
Forecaster Pennywltt tonight. "The
water will reach a height of at
least 30 feet. The rivers will re
main stationary for some time and
the fall will be slower than the rise.
After midnight the water was .ris
ing about six Inches an hour. - All
danger from Ice has passed away.
Gorges on the Monongahela, Alle
gheny and their smaller tributaries
have broken and the Ice is running
out freely. The flow of water la too
fast to permit new gorges to form
and although the mercury has
dropped below the freezing point
the temperature will hate no effect
on the flood. '
As the waters poured Into the cel
lars In the low-iying aistricts ;ana
then slowly mounted Into the first
floors, furniture was Hurried to an
upper story, where women and -chil
dren fled for safety, only td be res
cued by police. Thousands of do!
Sdars worth of damage ;has already
been done to dwellings and at mid
night the water had reached the 27-
If oot mark and was slowly rising.
Windows Boarder tPp.- . ,
Wearing high boots, men waded
through the surging torrents and
worked like beavers to remove goods
b places of safety. It Is estimated
jthat 1,000 families have been driven
ISSUE ILL
BE CONTROL
Soul-Stirring Narrative of Personal Ex
perience With Man Whom T, Cader
; Powell, United States Marshal and Un-i
: convicted Felon, Permitted to Escapes
Bryan Says Question Facing
People of United States Is
Whether the Corporations
Will Run Country or Na
tion Be Dictator.
Implies That Republicans
HaTe Failed to Carry Out
Brave Program Suggested
by President Roosevelt in
His Recent Speech.
"There Was I, Waiting at the Switch "
HARRJMM'S FOLIC YSHMY
, Continued on Page Two.)
SEATTLEJTE SAYS
IIATIH JOKE
Congressman Humphrey De
clares It Is Absurd to Call
Country a Power.
. " . (United Fim LciMd Wii.)
Detroit,, Feb. 15. -Shameful neglect.'
which allow foreign shlpa to carry the
commerce of the .United States, lnclud
Unlted States army supplies and coel
for .the navy,! formed the theme of the
addreee of Congtesamen William Ss.
Humphrey of Seattle at the board of com
merce banquet here tonight. Other prom
inent speaker at the dinner were Con
gressman J. Bloat Feseett of New Tork,
former Congreeeman Charles B.'Schlrm
of Baltimore and J. T. McClury, second
assistant postmaster-general.
Concluding lila" speech on the weak
ness of the merchant marine, Humphrey
said: .
"It -Is egotistical and absurd for this
nation today to talk about being a
world-power, much less talk about play
ing a great part, In world politics. As a
sea-power, we are almost as helpless
as Russia was at the beginnlne- of her
war with Japan.. It might be profitable.!
jiivwDui io renaDuiiaie our mer
chant marine, however. A direct sun
ly 1 the only remedy seriously con
sidered by congress, today."
Eager Efforts to Shield Rail
road Company but Travel
ers Are Wise.
Oh, I fear
bum
to ride en the bumpety-
DS
The railroad Una with ties In humps),
ere me cold steel rau is a vagrant
2
Of
part
th
the real "cold
heart
steal" in Its Iron
But the world la small so small. In
deed, That a ride on a rail at a minimum
speed
Means a risk and a run, with a ge sp
ins breath
A risk that may come tn a ride with
death.
side
bumpety-
Alas for the west
'bumps.
Where the "interests" take us all for
chumps! ,
From the unpublished Ballads of an
investigating committee.
I The railroad commission has
tempted to discover a fracture in
at-
the
ESPEE FACES A
DOUBLE
CHARGE
rail that caused the wreck of the For
est Drove train with a' microscope. The
commission, was transported to the
scene of the accident in a "special
train" provided by the railroad. The
question still remains unanswered. "Is
the west aide road of the Harrlm'an sys
tem, with Its little 56 pound rails and
its unballasted tracks, safe?"
Manv persons can be found who will
not ride over the track until it has
been put Into a semblance of repair.
With no ballast save that furnished by
Oregon mud, with a few loose stone
thrown on top here and there, with ties
tnat nave roitea until tne spikes in
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
DIE 1
Interurban Toledo Car and Michigan Central Flyer
Crash Together at Crossing Many Passengers V
Seriously Injured Signals Misunderstood.
. , (United. Press Leased Wire.)
Toledo, v O., Feb. . IB. At least seven
persons are dead and U injured, several
fatally, as the result of a collision between-
a crowded electric Interurban
Inbound ear. on th Toiin A- watm
and Michigan Central" "fiver? tout-
bound.- at the crosslnr of th Mlehlnn
Central in West Toledo. . -i -
In addition there are. two small boys,
two men and one woman dead. - Burt
Blankley, of Sylvanla; George Bragdon,
of Toledo,, and - Mayor Jones and his
wife, of Sylvanla,' are among the more
seriously Injured. .. .-. - - ,
The first two are believed to be fa
tally hurt.
8o far as can be learned at this time
the wreck was due to a misunderstand
ing of signals. The conductor of the
electrio car ran to the crossing as
usual, and he claims to have signaled
the motorman to- wait. The passenger
train struck the car squarely in the
middle and carried it 300-feet down the
track before it could stop.'; With the
car went the crushed and mangled dead
and Injured and before- the ..train was
st6pped their bodies were strewn in
the ditch- on ' one side and along : the
fence 6V the other. V, - ... ,
Forecasted Criminal Actions
Will Shortly Be Begun in
Oregon and California.
(United Press LeiMd Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 15. The federal
government this afternoon. In the legal
warfare which is being waged against
the Hirrlman railroad interests, an
nounced that criminal actions will
shortly be begun in Oregon, California
and other states against the Southern
Pacific for alleged granting of rebates
which may reach 1600,000 in amount
This action had already been outlined
In United Press newspapers.
Coincident with this move comes the
Information that the . federal govern
ment's recent investigation has stirred
the California state commission into
activity, and acting under the direction
of the attorney-general of California it
has begun an Inquiry to punish the
Southern Pacific for additional rebi
offenses the Interstate commerce com
mission discovered but cannot reach be
cause they were granted wholly within
the state or California ana aia not ap
Dly to interstate traffic. It is un
officially estimated the amount in
volved in these alleged offenses m
exceed another 1500.000.
The interstate commerce commission,
in the report of its investigations made
public tqnignt oy (jommissioner Lne,
who directed the inquiry, in summini
up the 11 startling conclusions o
Illegal offenses, says:
, rSallxoad Excesses.
"The explanations offered by- these
official for the illegal practices re
vealed waa that in general they were
-necessary- to secure' trainc, wmcn
shippers would . move ' otherwise were
such rebates not granted. In view of
the foregoing it is directed that a copy
or. tne transcript 01 tne testimony in
this matter be forwarded to the district
attorneys -for the United States for the
several judicial aistricts in which or
fenses against the law to regulate com
merce were committed, as shown by
this record, and that such officials be
requested to at once institute such
prosecutions under the law as may be
warramea.
JURY FAILS TO REACH
"AFFINITY VERDICT
, ; (United Press Lssaed Win. I
Chicago.. Feb. 15. The jury in the
Marian Gray "affinity" bureau case
'ailed to agree, up to midnight, and waa
ocked in-a room in the federal -building
for the night, judge Landis remained
In the federal' building unUl 11:20 and
then departed. - . i
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 15. William J. Bryan,
in an interview tonight defining the
issues of the campaign, used the exact
language President Roosevelt used in
the message next to the last one sent
by the chief executive to congress.
Bryan said:
"The ealef anesttoa is, wbethm the
great corporations shall control the
government or the government control
the corporations.''
While he did not specifically eharare
the Republicans with repudiating the
resldent a policy, - Bryan declared the
Democrats stand - for the - Rooseveltian
rlnciples and, by implication, aoeused
he Republicans of re lectin the nlat-
xorm ox tneir own leaaer. .
"This question eaten Into the oos-
slderatlon of all o there and domlnatea
them," he added.
"The big eorporatlona ia trade la all
matter psrtalaing to labor, Interstate
eonunerce abuses by railroads. Inter
feres la the tariff problem, and la every
ehaanel of the government's affairs.
"The 3emoorat purpose the elimina
tion of that baleful Influence and the'
restoration of the government to
healthy state. Th latest return from
all part of th country Indicate suc
cess.- Th Republicans as spilt with
dissensions and personal factions, wall
th Democrats practically are a unit,
Th alight friction la th east will pass
away without any perceptible effort be
fore th time for voting arrives."
Mr. Brvan lectured tonight before the
Catholic Women's society on the topic,
me prince or reace. tie saia tnat
politicians should accept Jesus Christ
as their model and exemplar, and try
to raise their minds to the lofty Diane
of the reformer "who desired "peace fin
eartn, gooa win to men. "
Later Bryan left for Indianapolis.
SPANISH WOMEN ASK
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Madrid, Feb. 15. Spain la to have
lta share of woman's suffrage agitation,
which has spread from England and the
United States and women who desire to
wield the ballot have inaugurated a
propaganda to secure their rights,.
The Spanish agitators have, found a
champion in Deputy Arusaga. a Re
publican representative.
A resolution was Introduced today in
the chamber of deputies by Arusaga de
manding woman suffrage. The meas
ure provides that all married women
and all women over 21 years may vote.
Hunting Moonshine.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Newark, N. J., Feb. 15. Internal
revenue department officers are today
searching the Orange mountains for
moonshine whiskey stills. The factrthat
more whiskey Is being sold in Newark
and vicinity than Is. properly registered
has given rise to the rumor that the
product is cqmlng from local stills.
In the issue of January 26 The Journal published an
exclusive story by John Underwood, a Nome mineowner, told
before the investigating corhmittee of the bureau of commerce
and labor in Washington, of the inhuman and fiendish cruelty
of Captain J. A. Cook, master of the whaling vessel Bowhead.
In substantiation of that tale of ' inconceivable brutality and
murder is the following statement furnished The Journal by
Will Walker, of 1626 Twenty-first street,' Sell wood,, who
shipped out of San Francisco on the Bowhead March 16, 1903,
supposedly for a six months' cruise, but who was held a pris
oner, together with the rest of the crew, under Captain Cook ,
Jor nearly four years,' returning to Portland from Alaska a
few . days ago. Walker reached Seattle with barely enough
clothes to cover him. The ship paid him no wages, as is cus-
tomary with the legalized graftera who operate whaling
yessels.
WalKer s story of Look s barbarous practices, torture of
his sailors and hellish brutality, if it were not verified beyond
all doubt .would be too horrible to believe. Words fail to
1 adequately describe the devilish punishment the master of
T :the bark inflicted upon his men. The horror and grotesque-
, ness, of Jack London's. "Sea Wolf" pale into insignificance
before the recital of Captain Cooks outrageous treatment of
the -men under him whom he ruled without mercy or even
the consideation that wild animals give a fallen prey. .
Whe remaining in Alaskan waters Cook was"protected ' ;
lir cii-l-i m oa 1 I 5rt,r Kmcll I lnirpi-1 St!it maMHal
Nome; formerly Multnomah's county clerk and an embezzler
I of public f bridst' of the j'cpu.nty. . ; ' "
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(UnltMl PreM Leaaed Wire.)
Seattle, Feb. 15.-What Is regarded as
the ahortest aentence ever Imposed in
this country on a person charged with
crime was fixed this morning by Judge
Frater in the criminal department of
the superior court when he sentenced
Garfield Long to serve one minute on a
charge of petty larceny. Sentence was
suspended during good behavior.
Long was arrested several days ago
on information accusing him of having
stolen 16 from the purse of Miss Mlna
Fletcher, his landlady. When arraigned
this morning Long entered a plea of
Hruiltv. Manv persons appeared and
entered pleas for clemency on' the
this afternoon unanimously ground of the young man's previous
adopted a resolution pledging support I good conduct and his evident intention
to Secretary Taft for the presidency. 1 of leading a better life.
Virginians for Taft.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Richmond. Va.. Feb. 15. The third
Republican congressional district com
mittee
Will Walker Oregon Man Who Was
a Victim of and Who Witnessed
the Fiendish Cruelty of Captain
Cook.
SENT TO PRISON
FOR ONE MINUTE
Seattle Man Released Be
fore Sentence Expires on
Good Behavior.
WILL H BO
Madame Gould Decides to Make Second Alliance With
Frenchman So She and Sons' Will Be Eeceived in
High Social Circles Once More.
(Hearst News by Lodgest Leased Wire.)
Paris,' Feb. 15. The Countess Stanis
las de Castellan c. who was the Cuban
heiress, Miss Terry, made an interest
ing confidential statement todays to the
correspondent of the Journal News
Servtee-The countess said: . -
It Is virtually arranged that Anna
Gould will remfcrexCount Boni de Cas
tellane. Anna has round that since her
divorce she is not received anywhere iv
the- best French society and -she has had
to- put up wltlj
tne American
second-rate persons in
ilony. Her unfortunate
Intimacy with the Prince de Began haa
rumea her everywhere in Europe so-,
cially. Her re-marriage with Count
Boni will reinstate, her in ari utooratio
society; moreover, her sons' future la
a matter which neither she nor Count
Boni can neglects These little boys will
-yCounteaa Stanislas. 1 who1 :?ist Bonl's
sister-in-law. states that the marring,
will be purely-formal and that the Cas!
tellahes will live together in name only
Jb.?Cre8pondent telephoned Madame
uvuiu uui uicrovoa put sne waa shy.
Captain J. A. Cook, trhose brutal
and unwarrantable treatment ot ala
gallon during a four, yearaV.gjruia
In Alaskan waters; la to ' result la
furtneP investigation by thar bureau
of commerce and labor, was . com-'
mander of the whaling bark Bow- '
head from March, 1888, until 1J07.
The fiendish erneltlea practiced
br Cook, only a small portion ot
which are related In the following In
terview with Will Walker of Sell
wood, took place for the moat Dart
while the bark was cruising; In the
Arctic sea, norttfeast of Point Bar
row. ' - -,- - , ' ;
The Bowhead returned to San
Francisco In November, 1906, after
being out since Murch, 1903. The
crew had tried at Nome and at Seat
tle to Interest the United States dis
trict attorneys in their stories of in
human torture and punishment, but
failed in their effort until in Feb-
ruary of last year when a grand Jury
sitting In San Francisco returned
an Indictment against Cook for
brutality on the hi eh raah. - Tha
Bowhed had also been libeled for
over $100,000, butTefor,e the slow
machinery of the law turned. Cook
had fled to Brookllnet Massachusetts.
When he received word that he bad
been Indicted, he sent word to the
district attorney In San Francisco
daring the- latter to bring witnesses
to the New England state and try -him.
' .
Practically all ot the men who
sailed under Cook worked as do mof t
men who fall under the whaling 1
graft system, four years only to be- ,
met with a blow "la the face when
they asked for pay from - the In
human monster who commanded the
ship. Will Walker, whose partial
story Is appended, gave the Inter
view In substantiation .of the ar
ticle published in this paper January
26. He verifies word for word the
almost unbelieveable story told by
Underwood to the- government.
Walker said: '
Story of Oregon Man. .' '
"I Joined the Bowhead In San
Francisco, March 18, 1903, and waa
told , the , cruise would last a.'x
months. We were held on board
nearly four years and received noth
ing but brutality for our services.
"My f,lrst Impression of Captain
Cook Was that he waa a good and
kind man but I soon learned he waa
a wolf la', sheep's clothing. We bad s
no sooner hauled In the anchor than
be commenced with ? his boot and
fist, Iron bars and clubs to let U3
know be was lord and master, as
he said.
"A month out and the shaft brok
and we put back to Frisco. All ct
us determined to escape - when i
reached port as the captain's brutal
ity waa beyond reason. Yet it wdt
not until we reached th harbor
again, . ready to take 'drfrs"!
chances toyget away, that hla r-." -brutal
work was done,
f- ''A i sailor named , Rudolph Fit" r
applied at this time for treaf'nf
(ContloueJ on r live.)
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