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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAtt PORTLAND. MONDAY EVE NINO, SEPTEMBER K 1003. ' I'ilS III DUST Of HEAVY ENROLLMENT MARKS FIRST DEATH PENALTY SESSION OF NEW SCHOOL YEAR TERRIFIC nPHOOl - FACES JOHNSON. 1 . , Oriental Oner Numantia - -- M - v : Man Who Shot Holock Is r Jlode Out Storm in ltoy , nt llonffkon. Charged with Murder by , Coroner's Jury. .'Mf x-' II .".5 - THOUSANDS OF LIVES ' IASTl)IJMN(iXlGHT Officer SX Sumi"" l)' Scores drift ed by Jurlng Height of Storm, the OrrupiuttN rirndlng for Help That CtouM Not lie Given. f The Oermsn steamer Niimnntla, Cap J" fain Feldmann. whh arrived here yea tarda? morning from the orient, waa In , ' tha typhoon that wiped out thousands of ' Jlyea and destroyed an Immense amount ,' i of property In Hongkong, Canton am J- tha adjoining districts.. The officers of tha steamer say they pJ a night thay trill never forget. It waa the se verest Btorm recorded In the orient ror H! I 1H p'i.f VAF '.iuu. 1 - - 3 o"wrmany people lost their llv.es will i never be known, no errort neing mauu i aM.rtain au-h details In Clilnn, tliu officers say, and estimates vary from 10,000 to DO.000, some n-wparera In the ? orient asserting that all of 60,000 Uvea ' ' were sacrificed, during me two noun the storm raged tn Its fury. The typhoon occurred on the night of ' JU1V 17, S, ICW 0y Ulirr nm hiiit.! at Hongkong of tha Numantia. She waa Ivlng at anchor In the bay when tha .), storm broke lose and noarly broke her chains although the engines were going full Bpead n head with trie neaa againsi i Rnth unrhori were down and ' , they held but as ft precaution again;? :. their snapping tha neavy cnains nau w - be played out every now ana jura. Jftecitea Trying1 Experlenba. t . ' 'it ' was iin awful experience," said one of the officers In relating few ! Incidents of the storm. "Hut for the fact that there was time for warning, v the Ion of life would probably have ex ceeded snyihlng heard of for many years. Warned by tho' weather bureau service and general Indicating condl- r; ti on s,. people hnd ample time to . take fecautlonarv measures against the re en tless DOw'er of the elements. Thou sands of sampans had been hurried to -shore or their occupants would have been among those who went down. "The first indication of an approach ing typhoon waa noted shortly before noon July 27, when the glass began to fall. Later in the afternoon, about 8 o'clock, the ward was passed along that . tvnhnnn was about 300 miles dis tant and that it would hit the vicinity V of . Hongkong a few hours later. At that time the -weather was calm and de "We prepared to ride out the storm and got tna ancnor wen piaueu. jii i School days! school days!" ' That is the popular song today and everywhere pupils and teachers are atnglng It. Some do not. know the tune of the comto opera succaaa but they are singing It In their hearts Just the same. For today the schools open and everyone feels like singing. Later In the season tho tendency to sing about It may be gone and the song may have vanished from tha heart, but today everyone thinks onlv of the pleaaura or the actlvl tls of the first day, the greeting of oh friends and the resumption of ones studies. i J he sehoolroome have a oleasantlv burv appearance. Although the schools of I'orilund. have provided a carefully worked out svstem with all the details of work orranged beforehand for teach er and pupil, yet there is a certain amount of enthusiasm, of unaccustomed spontaneity In the air today which will not be seen a few weeks hence. Today only the pleasant side presents Itself and the hard work Is forgotten In the pleasure of seeing the old faces again. Summer Trips R ensured. The pupils mar think they have the most fun greeting their school com panions gain. Bui a warm affiliation springs up between leachers in the same cnool who nave a common Interest, and II o'clock the typhoon came tearing dowi 1 the bay, carrying disck ciouas .oerore n, " vivlri flushes of ltsrhtnlng darting out -from the dense background now and t- then only to intensify the horror of the - nls-ht. The velocity of the wind was positively the highest attainable and itj simply snrieitea mrousu "? i " l ,tne steamer. . , . 5 "W could hear partly wrecked sam nana rirlftlnir bv. their occimants shout Hng for help. . -But we were unable to assist. Our hands were full saving the .steamer from going asnore. in iti , , near difttnnce six sailing vessel drifted ashore. Their signal shots for BBslst- 'i anca told of tneir aangerous position but It was Imposslbre for help to reach . them. .Until nearly 2 o'clock did the wind continue to blow at this terrible ' rate, it was accompanied uy ram in torrent. Then until the break of dawn '? 'came-terrific squalls. . Collides With Suverlc, f Th licrht revealed a horrible scene. The eky was overcast and the Bomber i ocean was coverea witn oeons or an j kinds. Here and there was seen bodies . of sampan dwellers among the ruins of 1 tneir rrarv up tne oay xiio upbcu was V literally , covered with wreckage and .bodies. During the height of the Btorm the , Numantia narrowly escaped being run . .down by " the British steamer Sheila, which came dragging down the bay. A collision at that time would have meant -1 'the loss of both steamers." i-.: Coming across from Hongkong by way -".of Japan, the Numantia was slightly ' - damaged". In collision with the Brtitsh ' ateameT Suverlo which, by the way, Is " now loading lumber at the St. Johns lumfier mills. -A plate on the port bow " was knocked out. Repairs were made at Yokohama. This occurred August 8. 1 From Yokohama to 8an Francisco and Portland the Numantia had fair sailing. , She brought a light freight of gunnies j and rice, but will go out filled to the . hatches with flour and general cargo. cnier urncer vogi returnen on me they, too, greet their companions of last ?aar warmly. Th9 new teachers are reated with some patronage, maybe, but thev are nevertheless received with interest and Introduced to one another by their friends. Jast years teachers taiK to one anotner or tneir vacation trips ana wonder about this year s changes in tha schoo and ask about the aDsent ones wno nave aeciaeu to give up the work this year. Over at the East Side High school there nrs many pleasant reunions and reminiscences of college days. There is even talk of organizing the East Side High School University of Oregon Alumni club. And that name for the new organisation will give a separate word in the title 'for each member. But It is a matter of orlda to them that eight of them have positions in that ono school. There are two others who have attended the university and they might be admitted as nnHnrlat mam. bers, and the two mora at the west side school might form a-branch organlxa- nuii. me one otner graduate who is today substituting: for I' ttarhm nrhn i. Ill might be made an RSRorln te-n,(. ate. The graduates are: Miss Cora Pattee. Miss Eatella Armlfnr Kdna Pearl Luekey, Miss Corn I. n. Wold. Miss Cora Shaver. Mine r.nn Slauson, Frances V. Galloway and Vlr- gu can on tne east side; Miss Ella Do blo and Arthur Patch McKinlnv on ih west side and Miss Lei (irAAa rH substitute. 8. H. Dodson has returnA n v.a tt , SldO iigh SChOOl from a summer or. the upper St. Lawrence and though i.iugueu oy a dusty triD over the D ft N. he is readv for the wintor'o Miss Hannah Schloth spent part of her summer In Berkelev. whom sha at the University of California summer school. Thence she went to the coast for a rest. Miss Oerfrnrle Tm, v.-. been granted a semester's leave of ab sence. Just before dennrtlno- tnr n- gon after spending the summer at the family ranch In southern Orearon h.i-i v j ..- i v .T3MMHBBMCIZIal r ill I Ml .IT? - f t - t LaalMBaBSBaiB W Matt Johnson,, a Finnish laborer, has been charged with tha murder of Frits 1 Holork as tha result of tha Inquest held tills morning. . Holock, formerly a deputy-sheriff of Washington county, and mora recently employed aa bartender In I a Nortn I'ortlami aaloon. wna snot ana killed Frlday night at Twenty-fourlh I North Portland saloon, wna shot and and Kluolni streets. - Chris Kalake. Thomas Holts and Joseph Cole, all living nearby, testified I mat inry a'ere piaying ten ana a jisii In tlie Nioulal Kxclisnge saloon when Johnson, who waa Intoxicated. Inter runted their" game. The bartender ra- If lined to sell him any mora liquor, and lloiock twice told mm to so noma. Three other Finns were with Johnson a part or tha time, and in I Johnson, left the saloon (soon afterwards Holock met tna Finns and Johnson outside. "You wouldn't shoot ma, would, you?" asked Holock of Johnson. Five revolver bul- I lets in his body was the Finn s repiy. The witnesses testified tnat jonnson uarrelsome disposition and FALL STYL sposlt tha tl was or a at ugly when drinking. By the time Ser geant Wendorf aMd1 Jailer Endlcott ar rived Johnson waa, more sober. The next day when questioned in tha jail concerning the shooting ha aeemed to believe ba had done entirely tha right thing in shooting at lloiock. Johnson, who will have a preliminary I neanng in tne .municipal court w ednes day, la In the city Jail, together with his 20-veafold, son John, who is be ing held asQa' witness. Rosa City, from Portland. Hull. sept. 7. Arrived. British shin Celttcburn, from Portland. Astoria, Sept. 13. Arrived down at 8 and sailed at 4 a. m., steamer Bee, for San Francisco. Arrived at 6:26 and left ud at 7 a m.. steamer Breakwater, from Coos bay.. Hailed at 7:40 a. m., schoon er Oliver J. Ulaen, for Graya Harbor. Sailed at a. m., steamer alliance, for Coos bay. Arrived at 8:40 a. m. and left up at 12:15 p. m.. British ateamar Peeohley, from Tacoma. Sailed at 8:46 m., steamer Eureka, for Eureka and way ports. Arrived at 9:05 a. m Ger man bark Henrietta, from Guayaquil. Arrived at 10 a. m., French bark Is'euiUy from , Hobart. Arrived at 11 a, m., French bark La RocheJaaueleln. from Newcastle, Australia. Arrived at 4:55 p. in., steamer KImoro, from Tillamook. Han Francisco. Sept. 12. Arrived at 9 a. m., steamer Cascade, from -Colum bia river. Sailed last night at 7, steam er Tiverton; at 10. steamer Northland: at midnight, steamer Homer, for Portland. Astoria. Sept. 14. Condition at the mouth of tha river at 8 a. m., moderate; wind northwest, eight miles; weather. light fog. Tides at Astoria Tuesday: High wa ter, 4:28 a. m., 7.2 feet; 4:22 p. M.. 8:5 fee. Low water, 10:21 a. m., 2.8 feet; 11:14 p. m., 0.5 feet. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. IS THE BEST $3.00 HAT Complete Sfock Now Ready BEN SELLING ome youngsters who posed for "First day of School" pictures. aged mothet sprained her ankle and the daughter found it necessary to stay and care for her. Her sister, Miss Winifred Yager, is Just beginning her work here. Miss Hayes Is taking host of Miss Ya ger's work. Miss Bessie Hill spent her summer in British Columbia with friend. Miss Ethel Wakeman went to her New England hone for the summer. Mr. Green returned to his alma mater. Harvard, for summer work. M. Wants put In a delightful and profitable sum mer sketching in the mountains and is ready for his art work. Principal H. H. Herdman has returned from southern California, where he spent three montlfa. At tne west siae scnooi tnere nas Deen a good deal of shifting of schedules be cause of the resignation of Arthur E. Breece of the mathematics department. He has decided to remain in Ohio, where ho spent the summer with his wife's family, and will teach there. Miss Dewart, also of the mathematics de partment, has been granted a semester's le and Miss Ella Dobie, who was elected to a position In tha grade schools, was transferred to take her work in the high school. Adolph BIttner, a Portland high school graduate, who later took his work at the University of California, has been called from a scnooi in Iowa to take tha position held by Mr. Henderson for merly. Miss Mary Bertha Moore of the Eng lish department spent her summer in Europe, and was slightly delayed In her return. Dut is expected in a day or two. Frau Mundt of the German department also went abroad for the summer and returned last week. The registration at the west side high school reached 710 today. Enrollment Heavy. Although the reports of registrations in the city schools are as yet Incom plete, it looks as If the total enroll ment will be considerably greater than last year. While most of the sehools that have reported do not show any great increast over the numbers re ported last year, this is accounted for by the fact that there, are several new schools which to some extent relieve the formerly congested condition. up to noon only about half of the schools had reported to Superintendent ttigier as to tno numner or pupils en rouen. une scnooi win not open for a ciay or two yet on account of the build ing not being ready for occupancy. The following are the total enrollments of mose scnools which have sent in their reports: Woodlawn 881, Peninsula 121, Ockley Green 350, Thompson 673 Shaver 382, Williams Avenue 531, Holladav 632, Irv lngton 861, North Central 602, Kerns Sofi, Hawthorne 656, Brooklyn 327, Clin ton Kelly 441, Llewellyn 97. Montavilla 823, Center Addition 54, Glencoe 188 South Mount Tabor 100, Woodstock 158.' The steamer Breakwater arrived hero yesterday afternoon from Coos Bay. Tha schooner Americana. which reached Astoria Saturday night, will be In the harbor this . evening, to begin loading lumber. The steamer R. D. Inman Is due to leave San Francisco today for Portland. The steamer Johan Poulsen Is expected to sail from Knappton today for the Bay City. .. ine .Norwegian Dane uagnua snirteti to Irving dock late Saturday night to FLORA PARK Portland's new close-in addition,' just 18 minutes from the cen ter of the city. Lots are now selling for $250 to $450, but will advance 10 per cent October 1. The best investment in Portland t6day for the man or woman N0Ve2mfO0r; the bark l-AnTaV?he W WOrkS r 8 Saldr7 r haS 8" Surplus. steamer Queen Km ell e. which are loadln? 1 wheat there. Numantia this trip after an absence of two years. During that time Mr. Vogt imu command or a wamDurg-American China coast liner. The Numantia is discharging at Alas ka dock today. ORGANIZATIONS GET CHARTERS. Extra Trouser Suits The average boy will wear out two pairs of trousers to ., one coat. He's always wan t- ing more trousers. If you have that kind of a ' boy, youll certainly be glad to buy this kind of suit. ' Double-Breasted and Nor folk Suits from heavy, dur able fabrics, with two pairs of trousers, $5.00. If you've aever tried the two pairs of trousers propo sition,, we suggest that you test it. Navy League and Army and Navy Inion .Locals Get Recognition John McNulty, nautical expert of the local branch hydrographic office. Is in receipt of the charters for local branch of the Navy league and the local gar rlson of the .Armv and Navv union both of which were recently organized Here. Mr. McNulty Is commander of th local garrison of the Army and Navy union ana noias tne position of secre iary xor tne iavy league, which or ganizstlon he organized about two montns ago with a select membershi The purpose of the Navv leaeue to work up Interest toward an lmorovert navy and the betterment of conditions among u.ose wno man the ships. N In short the league's object is to work for a better navy at all times, filmllsr organizations are said to be very strong mm innuentiai in several lead in Euro pean countries. . The Army and Navy union Is an or ganization intended to promote the wel- "i military men. xna organlza : non nas the recognition of eonsress. 1 The local branch is known as Oeneral : M'irKf garrison No. ISO. It is named In I honor of General Burke,-retired, of this ;ry. apiain Klchard Pearson Hobson ' Is sn honnrry member. I 'Die Navy league charter bears the I signature or uenerai Horace Porter, formerly ambassador to France. Clan. 'rnl Porter is president of the league. I STEAMER HEECIILEY ON DOCK. lisp I .rk;- r orc? oi Men v in jvrrtf Busy for a Month. Without the least hitch tha British .earner Bechley waa lifted on the nryaocK inis morning. Tna craft reai hf-d the dock shorUr after Ar- br-ak and by noon the vessel was rest ing fine on blocks, high and dry. The neeehley ts here from Puget sound for extensive repairs. Including the replacing of H new plates. She was Mow getting Into the liver because '? f dense fog along tha coast, but finally made It all right yesterday af I'moon. The steamer rama here float- irr on her tanks, a number of tha ont side rl- having; been punctured In itiary p;a.e The IVechley will remain on the oock Ki-jt a month and will furnish employment for a large fort-a of men. A number of mechanics are here from 8a:tlr -r work on lha Job. They In tend m&kir.g PetUaad their future pome. in the harbor there will be half a dozen large ocean going freighting steamers In port with a, combined carrying ca pacity of about 60,000 tons. The other large steamers are the Queen Emelie, Falls of Nith. Cambrian King. Suverlc, Boveric and Numantia. the latter In the regular Portland & Asiatic line. Of these all excepting the Boveric and Suverlc are hera for wheat, the two named load In ir lumber. Three sailing shtpa arrived In the river yesterday. They are the French bark La Rochajequeltn, from New castle, Australia, with a cargo of coal; the French bark Neuilly, from Hobart, In ballast, and the German ship Hen rietta, from the west coast in ballast. They will load wheat for Europe. The Neuilly left up this morning and will probably reach the harbor this evening. MARINE NOTES. K0LB AND .DILL IX SCEEAM OF LAUGHTER Astoria, Sept 14. Arrived at 7:46 ana iert up at 11:10 a. m steamer State of California, from San Francisco. Arrived at 9 a. m. and left up at 10 a m., Dutch steamer Nederland, from Ta coma. Arrived down at 10:29 il m steamer Roma. Left up at 10:45 a m French bark Neuilly and schooner Americana. San Francisco, Sept. 14. Arrived ,t 7 a. m.'. steamer. Roanoke, from Port land. Arrived at 11:30 a. m.. stesmor Fresh from their eastern conquests and after making critical Broadway bow at their feet for over 100 nights in a paroxysm of laughter, Kolb and Dill, the two funniest comedians on tha American stage, will appear in this city next Sunday evening at the Heillg theatre in their most successful musical play en titled "Lonesome Town." The book is by the late Judson D. Rrusle while the tuneful music was pened, bv J. A. Raynes. These German dialect come dians made an Instantaneous hit with this musical comedy -In San Francisco where it ran uninterruptedly for several months to crowded houses. Its Pacific coast success was later repeated In New York, Chicago and all of the other prominent cities of the east, and the critics throughout the country are unan imous in declaring "Lonesome Town" to be the liveliest bit of nonsense that has ever been attempted by these Inimi table "slim" and "fat" representatives oi uerman comedy. WHAT YOU INVEST IN FLORAL PARK NOW WILL DOUBLE BY SPRING. BE FOREHANDED AND VPUT IN YOUR MONEY WHILE YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST. JUST FIFTY-THREE LOTS LEFT. DONT DELAY. CUT OUT AND MAIL THE COU PON ON RIGHT TODAY. 'TWILL BE THE MOST PROFITABLE THING YOU EVER DID. . COUPON Hetlman Si lathrop Gentleman I am ln- tereated In a good In vestment and would ba pleasod to know about Floral Park. Addrase In next week'a state election In Ver mont a legislature will be chosen which will have the election of a United States senator as successor to the late Redfield Proctor. There appears to be a strong ouunt Beniuiieni mat me nonor snould oe conierrea on ex-uovernor Fage. i or. I n 7? a ni n a mt HULmM & LA I llmir . I I Food for thought Food for work Food for brain Uneeda Biscuit The most nourishing of all wheat foods. I ' If BOTH PHONES 3128. ROOMS 3 AND 4 WALDO BUILDING WHEAT CARRIERS ARRIVE. H 5-173 Third Street. Stramrr Srdetiand mn4 Three Sail ing; Ship Make Port. Tse larva fHitrli ttMmer Nederland r' Aatarta. IW morning from ''re kdi under eharter to n4 wet for r.urnt Fhm , be tha first Iut-h craft., to arrive aera ia cnaar year a Kith t&a arrival af tKa v.4.i.n 0 In dust tight. jj h) all moisture proof pothagn. IllJ 'iV Neeer sold in bulk. M Welcome Home Oregon Athletes We Congratulate Yoti Oregon is indeed proud of her boys who have added so much to the luster of her name abroad. Once again has the suprem acy of the meat-eating races been proven. For strength and endurance there is no other food equal to pure and wholesome meat. Look for the stamp "U. S. Govern ment Inspected and Passed 138." Union Meat Company Portland, Oregon Wholesale Dealers in Columbia Hams, Bacon and Lard, also Government Inspected Meats THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL A NEWSPAPER FOR ALLTHR PEOPLE