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i Sunday Journal 5 centt; or 15 cents
a week, for Daily and Sunday Jour
nal, bycarrler', delivered.
The Aventher Fair tonight and ,
Sunday; probably warmer Sunday.
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VOL.'IX. NO. 30.
PORTLAND,; OREGON, v SATURDAY EVENING, vAPRIL 16 "lSiawTWO SECTIONSTWENTY PAGESv ;V
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GOOD NEWS FOR
, :ALL0NSUMERS,
N PRICES FALLING
CUilllll L1IIH0EG :
Says He Was "Never in 'the
- Neighborhood of Gig Harbor
and Knows Nothing of Mur-
, der of Mrs." Schulz.
TAC0MA;0FFICERS ON ,
WAY WITH REQUISITION
Chance Arrest Forestalls Plot i
of Detectives Working With
, 5 Freeman Woman.
There Is hop' for the' flat
tened pocketbook of you, Mr.
and Mrs. Consumer, for the price
of foodstuff s ' Is really going;
down. .'' ; .-"'.
First of alt, there will be de-.
ollne Monday morning of 1 to
cents pound in the price
Of lard, the greatest out being
In : the better grades. v As yet
there wjll be no change In hams,
but the market Is weaker.;
Your eteaks and other' beef,
will cost you hi to M of a cent .
a pound less - than formerly, for
that is the drop that will , occur .
in the wholesale market Monday.
w morning. This drop Is small, '
' but It Is the first move In - that
direction' that has been made for
some time. At least It .gives
hope of further declines tb come.
flour ; Is , considerably weaker
and bread is, , not - costing so
'muoH. for many millers have re-
cently . shaded their prices in 'or-
der to stimulate consumption.
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a'nlttd Frew Leaned Wire.)
v. .. Ban Francisco, AprU 16. The man
aid to be. Charles J.-,Wesler, who ts
..wanted at'Tacoma. 'Wajsh.f on a charge
of having murdered Mrs. Henry Schuls,
the mother o( Wezler'e divorced wife.
admitted today . that his name was
Charles Wezler. . but said he was '-not
the n:n for whom " the police were
searching. -
"I am Charlie Waaler, all right," be
told tlte police, "but J have nothing to
do with the murder of Mrs. Schulz at
Gig Harbor. I was never in that nart
."wrsin'Texr- Missv a'StOHfTi Cen
. The local police received information
vfronn '(I'acoma today that ; extradition
papers, were being prepared-' and .that
officer from TanomaT would soon arrive
to return the man to Tacoma. '
When arrestel,at Ocean lieach yester
day 'for ; carrying concealed 'weapo'iis,
Weiler gave the name -of Wagner. ,v He
was. later-Identified aS Wezler by de
tectives who saw him In; the prisoners
SOUnJERil STATES
DO MUCH DArIAG
E
ter, Isolated by Reason of
? Prostrated; Wires; 5 States
Stricken by Wind and Flood
Un(te4 Prest LoswmI Wtr.
New Orleans, April 18. Several
deatns are reported as a result of
second -heavy storm, which, swept Mfs-
nessee ' early -.-today. ''.-The mt(iia iol
1 . . .1. .. nA . V. r. , n.utii.iia4 1.. ... ........... J.. m
ffXL "EV.?'?? i Und dldTonrabi;
freeman, with, whom Weiler is said to
have been Infatuated and whom b fol-
jowea to ban Francisco from washing-
, ion.
dock In 'the police court.
.-.',;. weziera arrest i only' hastened a
j.-'fe' hours -by ft! chance' Identifk-atloin
as detectives had already arranged for
P
NTS ESCAPE
AS! FIRE DESTROYS
ONE STORY HOUSE
H.' M;' Rust and Family, Lose
"-' Home and Household Ef
t fects in Blaze. Caused by an
Overheated Stove. :
. Fir this morning destroyed the little
Home r J.- H. Rust, '.' 1912 Berkeley
street, , on . the St. Johns carllne, near
Vnlrerslty Park.' The family, husband,
wife- nd two children,, barely . made
their escape from the burning building,
the children being in bed when the
flames were discovered.
' The fir started at t :30,.o'clock from
an overheated stove, and the ' husband
nd wife tried frantically .to subdue the
flames before starting to carry out what
little they could of the furniture, after
arousing the children. - - '
- There is no fire station la that vicin
ity, and nothing could be dona to 'save
, the . bUlldlng after the - flames , got a
good start, although some of the neigh
bors hastened to assist. . ' '
. The building was a small on story
structure valued at about 1600, but the
loss will be keenly felt as no insurance
was carried. . . t-. .
-EVENING STATESMAN o-.-;
STOPS PUBLICATION
aoHiil Tipt-r to Tha mtrn.l.lv
v 'Walla Walla. Wanh- April It. With
tonight's Imm the Evening Statesman,
l)emooratlc, the oldest newspaper In
the state of Washington, founded . in
1S1, f suspends publication, merging
. with the Morning Union, Republican.
GOOD PROSPECT .
.FOR i'ATERlte
age by the second storm brings the loss
up .to .an appalling- total, . according . to
repoits slowly coming' in. ' .
-Jackson, the capital of Mississippi,
is outefb from communication- and It
ia ...feared ,1 the., city',: suffered, heavily.
At 10 o'clock laat night-a brief bul
letin was sent out saying a tornado had
struck the city.- Since then no word has
come : from It " ..,-
More than 190 miles of . wire 'are
down In ithe vicinity of Jackson and It
is feared the storm which struck there
has played havoc not only In the city
ltaelf, but 1 in T the - surrounding , com; .
munuy. ( v
Che' first storm, whicB swept the
state . affected. late last night, 'did
heavy damage. Railroads were washed
out, telegraph and telephone wires were
thrown down. Isolated plantations were
wrecked and many of the smaller towns
and cities were heavily damaged. .-.
Corao, Marigold and Jonestown. Miss..
wer struck : by tne xuu force or . the
storm. .House were unroofed and some
were -lifted from, their foundations.-??
The storm, which -was at first a Vio
lent gaie, developed uater into a driv
ing rain which added to the heavy dam
age wrought, by -the .wind. In some
region , five Inches of r water : fell,
btreama are out of .their banks. ' Live
stock has been killed and the planter
are heavy sufferers. - t . i-, ?
- The first storm did greatest damagfc
in Mississippi, Tennessee, eastern -Ark
ansas and Kentucky. The second storm
covered A wider area, sweeping through
Louisiana as well. .The ' second, storm
was preceded by a brisk wind which
rose to a gale and further damage to
house and telegraph and telephone wire
roi lowed.
' Before; the" second -storm broke, re
ports of alarming conditions In the
storm swept regions caused grave ap
prehension. ' it Is feared that a num
ber of person have been Injured in fall
Ing buildings. Effort are being made
to . restore communication with - Jack'
son.. It 1 feared the city may be cut
off from the ontside world for come
hoars yet No effort will be made at
organised relief until mora definite new
of the damage ha been received.
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Thomas 4. Allen, and gate, showing effect of dynamite set off In fron yard of his farm home near lleaver-
: ton, Or., late Thursday nlfiht. "
EXPlOSlOil WAS
FELTTIHGI1T
v . EHTI R E DISTRICT
Beaverton Farmer- Escaped
Death ,'by Mere "Accident
UYhen Bomb Blew. Up His
Gate: , ' v ' ' r ;
POEERPASSES
AWAY. AGED 77
Jacob. Fleisch'ner Had Lived in
; Oregon 53 Years;" Died :
at Homer' '
fnknown nulfrcreants ho attempte4
to dynamite Tom I Allen of Ifeavertoh
ThurfOay rilfrh. by.'Jwpln''Ing,0J)e'tvyJ
ijiitj.-s ui . u nuuiite t i i o.'i t h'iie.
will be nought ..by, private) "detective.
The' discharge' 'Itif this dynamite was
felt thrquprhout the .4 ttpttre Beaverton
district'- at 9 o'clock Thursday-night.
Luckily f or him,' Allen ' had returned
to Wa home after 'Jits usual .trip to
Beaverton. for the dally-paper and mall,
earlier, than .usual, -and had .retired for
the night when the dynamite mine: was
exploded. " The gatevwas vwreoked, 'the
ground torn up, flower growing nearby
were' blasted i and, fragment, . of tha
fence shattered the front wlndowsvof the
house SO vard away. Zt: ;-' , K . -
Allen, has made himsef objectionable
to many of the residents of the Beaver
ton. district because of bis stand taken
for the enforcement of the. statute re
quiring all cattle , to be kept . off the
publio .hlghwaya.. . Allen has. Insisted
that the law be enforced, and hi neigh
bor have taken exception to-this, at ti
tude. One of; them threatened , "to get
him," last .week, -and, 1 consequently un
der suspicion oC having set the- mine.
Allen ; contend - that he - will cause a
thorough investigation to be -made, and
that he will nlre detectives If necessary
tof hpprehend . thegullty party. : ,
SAfffl PATCHES
SIAMESE rams
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Pair Joined as Were Chang and
Eng, and Similar Career :
VI - -to Be Theirs.. '
Senator Barton in His Bitter
. Speech Has Not Criticised .
the Oregon Items.
)VnM,r i rri rf TW Jm,I.i
'Mrttn, rrtl It. Tkitf 1
arely att. !ng the rler and Imthnr tli
two dirs' vpee-rh, Fntcr P.irfpn
of C' ' ha net idnrwlr rr't
nr Cf the trr.n Items. It l imH
tin Is nMMrs T-lr.j!eg fo rrt r-r--irii
to them. p.;run crrfre f.-rr-r-
I rr r-rttnr. in fnral. - tt-i
:! fBiwtl f t. fr.r.1"..f -tr.
a f- -,. 7 - -c-. !.. (i 1 1
rr 1- ?,?r ' g -1 r r,.'-
er i . f ' ? .- n f 1 -, ; ;,
San Franclaco. April 1. Two fa
mar twins, Joined together by the mere
et ligament, and who . promise to be
rlrals for the fame ga'ned by tha
aiames twins, are , In San Francisco
to-lay.
The two children. b"tn tKiys. arrived
tere yesterday from the Philippine, in
rharse cf ft L. Ixuia. who will eihlbtt
tkni thrushut the United States.
The Infant. em to gt alfrg r.r
fuilr, a;thogh m-ca.ioriaUy they be
a' .r at.
The i:r7nTt v,Vh .ft Bolted them
f"r 1 Tk is about elit inch 1"'-, and
ai:-- a l -m suffkient fr-rt -m ct mce-fne-tit
10 tarii their barks en each other
they d1r It
"th are orei--r1 perfectly ncr;t
t..f'il. rrerel IN t''- In He
t' rf j-i-ir J r -t t , . . , a . v-s
T -,i ,r tv.e i-f-' a c -
SUFFRAGETTES
T
Propaganda of Armed Aggres
sivenessiWdrks in Streets ?
y; of Washington,- D. C.
(Onitea Pnaa Laaaed Wlra.) s
' Washington, April 1$. Misses Ray
Costello of England and Alice Paul of
Philadelphia are making street speeches
here urging the suffragists - to. adopt
"militant method."" They are also ex
plaining the attitude of the suffragist
toward President Taft.
- A copy of Mr. Carrie Chapman-Catt'
spech, which by inference took excep
tion to the view- expressed in ian, ad
dress before the delegates, to the Na
tional Woman Suffrage association con
vention, -was today sent to, the White
mouse.- .- , . . j - i
The convention ha .voted , to send - a
copy of the speech to. e, very politician
in the country. . "from . tfia president
down. . ... . , , ,
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III
TO LEAVE SEiiATE
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. BaaMaaMamaneawaBHM '
Failing Health Said to Be Cause
cf Conclusion To Retire -From
Committees." ,
fT'r.fM Pr . W1.J
Waahioaton. April la. It 1 imported
'er.oe gnol snthorlfy that natrr
Ne'aon W. Aldrirh of RSxle Island will
rtir at the end of Ms prer t term.
Mrrh 4. Ka'l-.rg hei is fcivM to
lae (!) repon. tie far a yh)cln's
f r tf.at tf e P.K-v1e - I!an4 iwnator
. ' ' n a lv r It ta ea..l fsj,r-
f er i t Ali'trh wt!l rtTe Imme
r i- fr.-T i virirM! In .rir
' t - r- i t' U ! m I.
fT!--e.-.".y r--.. e. talrt f,c
.a t ;.- h i.
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HEARST. TO BOSS
OR WON'T PLAY IS
1 i r.
NEW WORLD CRUISE,
i 2t BATTLESHIPSjvTO &j
' BEAT ROOSEyELrS,
' (United Prasa eaed Wlre.t '
4 , !' Washington, . April !. Twen-'
. ty-one battleships and four ar'
a mored cruisers are to sail around ,
. the world, beginning the trip In .
' 1811, if plans now' considered by .
. President - Taf t and Secretary of r
4. the: Navy Meyer are carried out.'-
The cruiso is to surpass1 that-;
which ' marked the end of; the
trip of the 16 battleship which .
sailed into Hampton Roads ' just '::
as. the Roosevelt administration
'.vwa drawing to a lpae. i; t ';
f. ; The program will go into f
feet July , 1, and If congress al-
lows the . executive- a free' hand
- the ship will make their, new
world' crulse.i ' The program; in- .
eludes- plan for - the protection '
of the Pacific coast and tho far
, ... eastern .possessions.-" 7 .,: ', '' ., -..'"
1 ' "I " 1 ' -. , ' 1 .
SseofSec;;
OF SAITTA
Passenger Tells-What He Saw
:and Felt as the 111 Fated Vcs-
sel Was Engulfed on Hum-
ttboldt;Ba'Sii'.-;-::f 1 1 .: :
VESSEL BORNE DOWN
AND HER HULL PIERCED
HERCULES PULLS'
DAMAGED VESSEL
f ROME ROCKS
" f" : L ' .
HIS ULTIMATUM
Makes Statement to: Effect
, That Democrats'. Must Ac
' cept Hi Dictation ; if He Is
" to Fuse V.'ilh Them.
J aeon fieiachner. -' '
Having attained the ripe age. of 7?
years, E8 of which were spent In Ore-'
gon, .- Jacob 'Flelschrier, pioneer ' of
1863k died last night, at the family real
donee, , Seventh.:, and ' Main , streets. ..' '.'
J lrv,jPleischner . was a native . of Bo-
hemia,' i Austria, , ' where ,he'. . was. "born,
July v25, 1833. At the, age- of :l(,'h
came with., his brother Louis , to : this
country and for.' a short time lived in
Philadelphia.. Starting west, be stopped
for a few months in Drakesville, Iowa,
but pushing on across the plains- he
reached Albany, "Qr.",,in 185 J,5: where, bo
became a prosperous merchant, and . re
mained ther until, "18(2, when be., moved
to. Portland and. continued in the mer
cantile business up . to 20 year ago,
when hei retired from 'active business
life.' " ". " r. ' . -
? In'1857..Mr.. Flelschner made the. trip
by way. of .the Isthmus "to Newart. N
JV-where lie" waa married, to, Miss-.'Fan
nie , Nadler. ue., 1 survived Jy . five
children, . I... N.- and, Marcus Flclsclmer,
and" Mrs. Hattle Blumauer of- Pottland:-
Mrs. O.' H. . Davis" and Mrs. .Rudolph
uuiuaimiu . du f mwciBuu,.. jura.
Flelschner died ln'.l 907..'-' , ' 'v' -iU
Mr, Flelschner - was a Mason and' an
Odd Fellows ha'waa a., members of ' the
Concordia T club and the B'nan; B"rlth!
but. was proudest of bis membership .in
tn Oregon- Pioneer association, and
when able -wasa regular attending at
me-annual meeiingsoi .in pioneer. ;.
Mr.. Flelschner was of a-retiring dis
position, rarely- taking part' In. political
or public -affair. . Un -to- the 'time
of hi .retirement 'he devoted 'hi time
solely to his business affairs. n
The family - has not , completed ar
rangement, for - the "funeral- owlnartO
the absence of two married daugieter
In San Francisco.', It is probable, -however,
that the interment will take place
Monday afternoon, with' private fun
eral at the bouse. ', , - " 1 ;
. Walla WaUa Strike Broken.
tlDectl tMaoatra ta Tbe oarnaLl
Walla Walla, Wash., April Forty
strikebreaker under heavy guard are
today wbrklng on the streets for the
Pacific Paving ' company,, with angry
striker, mostly foreigners, muttering
threats from tb curbs. Ther 1 ne
offer of violence and the company con-
alder the strike broken. Men from
the coast el tie will arrire tomorrow
to fill the vacancies caused by the walk
out of T9 men. .V e-
COMETS POSITION " '
IN EASTERN SKY
-1 -. ;
April It HalVVs comet rose
st I S a. m. toriay; $ si a. m.
trTwrrow. Rising an bear and a
ra'.f before the sun, and stead-
l!y earlier, and ditrf-es north
of the suns trark, tha o-met
w.M soon b an ot.rt -
I mi lsteret H the moreitf
k ; then -H - m ,. rr.fr to
. t,il. Epd to'aj', about
11A.I9 rrl!a rr,r'jr.
'(Vnlti?a Pre Leaacd Wtm. '
New York," April 1 (.That- tne ' Jia-t'onaL-Pernor
raov, ran aTnalRmrHttocwtth
tne luuepfjiiiltjnce league only bv accept
ing Mto dictation of Wllllitm Randolph
H.'tirst,:, la the opinion of local Dumo
cratlc leaders today, express-d after
reading a published letter, from Hearst
telling i bov far 'John ' Temple braves
was authorised to go In , hla f offer,. of
return made at the Jefferson day ban
quet' at .Washington, !.. C.-. . ;.'
The '.'Harmon. Hearst ' and harmony"
banner,; waived at the ' banquet, looks a
little' ragged today to the New York
politicians ;who have, been, considering
the, situation. 'Hearst claims .that he
has dest royed Tammany in New York,
The Democratic leader believe that be
i planning to try to capturethe Tam
many macnine at tne coming primaries.
That ' sort fot amalgamation, thev ?ar
means Hearst dictation, in Democratic
affairs," in New -York city' at 1 least.
:A Zasn tttinnt . ' ,
Further obstacles to fusion are seen
in. one of Hearst' statements. . ; 1
"l wtlt .own allegiance,'! he said "to
no party that does not express my po
litical conviction,: and rather than be
an Insurgent .inside my own party
would, b independent and - outside of
every party." , , , ,
If, Hearst becomes a ' Democrat, re
turns; to the fold and bring hi Inde
pendence league with - him, - the politi
cians here declare, in the light of that
statement It would evidently mean that
the ' Democratic party must adopt Mr.
Hearst'f views. -
OPeSe CARUfJES
Courts Decides t Geary Street
Case in Fdvor of Municipal
-Ownership. -
- t , - . . ' i .
t- -vl iwiw. ra miw wire.
Red, Bluff. caL, April 1 Judge Elli
son has filed hi decision 'ta th Oekry
street railway ca.. from San ' d
clsco, tn which be sustain the demurrer
ot',th.e city; and -orders Judgment en
tered for 6s Francisco. -The, decision
sustains the right of tb city to own
and opera'ta a munlclptst street railway.
The ault waa brought , by President
Piatt of the Geary street 'railway to
restrain . tbe city from acquiring and
bpra,ttnr the road. ' Piatt contended
that .the city bad no right 'ander th
charter to operate a municipal road and
that It could not do unlea th atat
conatttutlon , waa amended. ' v
This contention waa denied by Judge
E31ton. - . .
. The cltr an tared a demurrer to Plait".
petition and h coui suatalned the da
rn urrer. .
UDGE WAYMIRE DEAD '
AT ALAMEDA, CAL
-V ... - - I
' falte Freaa 4 Wtr
Ban Francisco.-AprU 1 James A.
Waymlre formerly superior judge, dlad
t bis koma, J .Capital avenue. Ala
meda, tnday. He bad been ill for varaj
days. Relative tw'.iev dtb aa due
to ptomaine poisoning. Ju3 Waymlra
wa bom In Misourl In 142. 11 went
to Or k "n, -wbere be studixl law and
waa admitted to tha Oregon bar In 1170.
In 1174 be came to California.'
Santa Clara; Badly Damaged,
May Reach San Francisco if
, j, Weather Continues Good for
' i Sufficient Length of Time. ,;
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' Eureka. April 18. After a most dif
ficult, feat ' of s towboatlng the' tug Her
cules succeeded lp getting the steamer
Kanta. Clara off the rocks " near Table
Bluff thl morning. ' The Hercules -will
proceed to San ' Francisco with the
wrcke4 steames If tlie.Santa -Clara can
be kept afloat. She la leaking badly. ,
The Santa Clara ls badly damaged
about the upper , works' and her rails
have been swept 'away. - Her masts ap
pear . to , be solid in .their . steps,, ;
If the sea. .remajnsvoalm-it-l possible
for the Hercule 'to reach. theBay; City
with her charge. .-.' - -v.
SPORTS LOSING
FAITH HUMS
JEFF AMD LACK
Overweights and ' Pork iChop
Training;, Not Jo Liking f of
Easterners Who Follow Fis
ticuffs. .V ' V '
" ; ' ' IOnlte4 Preas laa4 Wlra.t " :
New York, April 1. New Iter to
day In sporting circle. 1 that in all
probability tho Jeffries-Johnson fight
will be a battle of the "Mutts" and
"Has Been'' rather than a contest that
will v be eientiflc ' and worth seeing.
Th report from Jeffrie' and John-
eon's, renpectlye : training- camps - show
that neither man. is in condition and
that Jeffries plainly shows hi age.
One special writer comments: "Why,
Just think If It! - Here ts poor, old Jeff
who was all cut to piece in his 'suc
cessful fight with Fltzslmmona "About
eight year ago, trying to work off his
surplus fat at the age of 8S, and Johnson,
who was always considered a shifty
fighter, but rather nndependabl aa to
nng generalship, training oh pork chdpaJ
and eream gravy! What sort of a fight
Is thl going to be. with ticket from
2t to 150? " Th . Langford-Ketchel
match will, by comparison, ' be worth
twice the money." r ' ;-y
Gravity of' Condition Not Real
Sized Until Water Creeps Up
;. to Engine Fires. -
' .'T .i ' (United Preea Lied,W!re.
, 6aa Francisco, April 1(. Edward Mi
ner,, a traveling salesman and thefiTsl
passenger on the iibmerged North Pa
cific " steamship Santa Clara , to preach
this city from the wreck, today told the
story Of th accident and declared that
the vessel' os.,wa due to a gigantic
wave which broke over the ship as she
wa - passing -over, the Humboldt bar
Wednesday-. u' ';.if -i' v '-
"From my stateroom window," salrt
Minen "l saw the great wave approach
the ship.. With, a, terrible roar it broke
over the vessel and I thought, we must,
tnk.'' There-was a tremendous wrench
ing, aa If .the ship would be torn apart.
But no one "was injured and It was sev
eral hours before we learned' that tho
Fanta . Clara had been damaged, but at
the time the wave struck us I was sure
wa -would go under. ..",
v. "About 2 jo.'xlock in tbev. afternoon I
wa -UMtaing; by . the window tn-Tfn '
stateroom on the port side when I paw
that,the..fia-..waa becoraUig .hca vler a ivl
the waves more savage., I noticed tlm
greater wave han the others' galmnp
momentum off shore. It was coming to
ward the ship on a diagonal.
Ship Ovarhelmed. .
a "Suddenly, the." tremendous mass of
water reared Itself over the ship.. It
broke and I could hear nothing but the
roar of the torrential flood vthat sub-,
merged and deluged the ship A torrent
of water poured over my windows and
darkened the stateroom. I felt that wa
would be- toppled -oven .'. -, ,
"The ship staggered and hesitated un
der the-, blow, v "I -felt for an. instant
that we were In the grip of a tidal
wave that would bury u.- J .
"There was n recoil nor return wave
and th sea quieted to' some 1 extent,
though it continued heavy
--"When the deck became steady again
and the flood water bad drained off X
made my way from the stateroom to
ward the saloon." The deck,. I found,
had been washed clean of everything
movable. Kvery window but two on the
port side had been emashed in by the
force of the aea. '-i-" '?.' -..' -r
"I found that the Water had poured
down into the hold and the. engine room
and drenched the men below.
At first it was -thought that tho
Santa Clara- had weathered the shock.
Th captain and other were positive
that the vessel had not touched bottom, -We
thought we could proceed.
"But about an hour and a half after
the ship waa hit. the engineer reported
that the water, was coming up to the
engines." It wa decided to turn back and
to aignal by wireless, for aid. - we got
an answer that the tug" Ranger was
coming out for Us, By 4 o'clock the
water . was, up to the fires and thjrt
stopped the engine ' and the dynamo.
a wcould not us the wireless after
that. :'.:-1 r '--
., . "At :30 the Ranger came up. Cap
tain Noren wanted it to tow us In, but
the Ranger waa not equal to the task,
with the bar running as rough as It was.
"Immediately upon the'arrtval of the
Ranger, the work of transferring the
passenger wa begun." The women were
taken off In the first boat. There was
a heavy sea running.
' "We spent' the night on the Ranger,
without much to eat and no place to
sleep. Too much cannot be said for th
splendid work of Captain Noren and hi
crew. They calmed the passengers and
quieted our fears and In every way mae
the situation easier for us."
Mark Twain Reported Iropruring.
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s'st be baa rad sine Wui( ir-
imi.il. His prUale aretarT tc'ny e-
clarl tie hl)-f that Taia
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