THE 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.
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Oriental Oner Numantia
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Man Who Shot Holock Is
r Jlode Out Storm in ltoy
, nt llonffkon.
Charged with Murder by
, Coroner's Jury.
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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 - -
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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
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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
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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
.
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Food for thought
Food for work
Food for brain
Uneeda Biscuit
The most nourishing of all wheat foods.
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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
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