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I' ' ' i ... t lUIn erenow tonight or to morrow; 6ouUi "to west winda. ! I " .".. , , . " fct. lanl .a,., uj.,;-. I " Portland himild'ty, 5 a, m VOL. XI. NO. 252." PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, , JANUARY. 8, . ,1913 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS JAKJ'V.'i V ) Helmsman of Steamer Rqsecrans Mistook' North Head Light for Lights hii Passage of Grants -Releases $14,000,000 .:. Dairymen Enter Into Large Combine DISASTER , IS EXPLAINED I SURViyQRTELli HORRORS LtALE OF QUARTERMASTER GKPiiys: : GOES OHOAi " DRIFTS 5 1-2 HRS Says Onfy 8 Were Up When "Rosecrans Struck; Lifeboats Were Washed Off; Men on . Board Were Cairns r , (Special to The Journal) Astoria, , Or, Jan, 8, Eight bo dial have been washed ashore at long- Beach. sTone hat been identified. The coroner at South Band naa been notified tal will errang to hold a laouest. r 'Ilwaco, Wash, Jan.; 8. Fred Peters, quartermaster of the wrecked Rose- - crana, who drifted eight miles on a '6lahR jreaterday, acapinr;tbe - death 5 that overtook 3 of hi companlona, thla morning gave the flrat direct atory of the great Peacock aplt disaster. Peters Is lyftig at the home of M. V. Marks at Tioga, Wash., eight miles up the beach from II waco, near where he was cast ashore after five and. one half hours In the water. He was washed off . the Rosecrans at t a. m. and reached land at 2:30, after an experience that comes to few men, even pn the seven ' seaa. tie is not much hurt. Mr. Marks was got on the telephone by the 11 Waco operator and in turn se ' cured his information from Quartermas- .lef" reterrthritwaco-operator then forvj warding the details to poruand. . Mr. Prtera story is as follows: : : The Xelmsmaa's ratal Mistake. -- "There wer eight men up and 28 in . bed when- the -Rosecrans was coming Into the entrance to the Columbia river, Th wind was terrific , hut the ? Rose ' crans was a gnod boat and ' there was probably nO good reason why she should not have tried to enter naa not a areaa- ful mistake been made. . . ; .;iA' - "In the distance at the right light was visible. To the man at the wheel of the Rosecrans - It looked - like - the lightship, s In reality, however, it was the North Head light - ? Unknowingly, he bad passed the lightship and had not seen Us signal. This was before if. t, ..;. , HA STORY IN WS1M 'CI DO AND LIVE Into the Hell Beyond Colum bia's Bar the Crews Go in Small Boats; All Day Any -Moment May Be Last. (Continued on Page Two.) - i Fort Canby Lifesaver Relates k Amazing Story of Two Trips Into Second Breaker Wall, Then Into the, Surf.. (Special to Tha Innrn.l.v Astoria, Or., Jan. 8. Peter Kruls, who r was a member of the crew of the Fort . Canby lifeboat that turned turtle at the very onm- or the Rosecrans wreck, is a sturdy sailor from the north of Hoi lard. . A young man of deep chest and strong of limb, he is the typical life .:, saver. , i;f; .. y . : "Having a bit of hard luck,' old fel- low?" he was asked in the hospital . here."' ""J V.:n'- . T - "We sure did." he replied, propping himself on his pillows in preparation to - spin nis.. yarn.:; i -i vp pulled . many -an oar through many a mess of combers, ' but that little, trip yesterday' beat the " rest all hollow. - I'll spin the whole .. day's yarn to you from beginning to i enu. "Though -1 know the Rosecrans struck about 6:80 and: that the FOlnt I Adams station anew about It any way by t o'clock, for some reason or other . vhey did not phone us and It was not Tsintll oarsman NO. 8, Theodore' Rober iage, went to the top of the hill about J o'clock that we discovered the fetrand- ed vessel. She was elnklntr font than . and it was too hasy. to see any aboard ' of her. ;---. Dropping Aaehorg Costs Xlves. "It seems that, she had started . in over the bar- on the wrong course and ' when the captain saw his mistake lie drobpod both anohers. That's what held him so, far; from shore.. If it hadn't ' been for those anchs the vessel would have come in far enough so we could have got our breeches rigging aboard of her and probably saved most of the crew.- ' '- - TTtV.V' "Well, the minute the vessel was re potted we began preparing to rlaunch our boat, though the combers were run nlng mountain high and we could hear the angry swirl of the undertow as it sucked back In among the rocks. With in - a few - minutes after sighting' her Captain Rlner gave the command and we drove for the line of, breakers that was throwing a spray so .thick we could scarcely Bee from one nd'of our boat to the ether.- --.--- (Spadal to The Journal.) , Astoria, Or Jan. 8 Captain Bodge of the steams JTorthland, which crossed la at i!5 this) monUsg, says the mala mast of the Xoseoraaa la still standing with, a Christmas tree oa the top. . He reports big seas ruanlag oa the bar, as wall as outside. " - ' Be says the lifeboat la at the light ship, and the tag Oneonta is a abort distance away. Zt is thought that the Oneonta may attempt to eome la at I o'oieek oa. high tide. ( She wUl bring la two of the three snrvlvors. Their names are aot kaowa yet. The third, Qtuurtemaster rred Paters, la at Tioga, i ? (SpaclU to The JoaVnal.) Astoria, (jr., Jan. 8. Never among the Columbia river lifesaving stations has a more gallant fight been made for human life than yesterday when the Point Adams and Fort Canby lifesaving crewa fought with' the wind and waves to save the Uvea of the three tneh cling ing to the rigging of the one mast on the tank steamer Rosecrans, after shs bad sunk on the sands at Peacock spit A f.0 mile gala. waa raging at the mouth of, the. river when the ateamer issued her warnings of distress,, and in spite of i the terrific storm the llfesav In g crews' attempted to lv assistance to -the seamen on board the disabled vessel, ' Early in the forehoon the Fort Canby lifesaving crew made an attempt to reach the wreck, but no headway could be made against the gale and mountainous waves.. The lifesaving crew implored the' tug Tatoosh to tow them to tho wreck, but Captain Reed refused, as the seas were running too 'high and he considered it. certain destruction to venture in the breakers. Zdfsboat Upsets and1 Upsets. About I o'clock the wind . abated slightly and the bar waa not quite so rough. Both crews decided to try to reach the steamer. In a tremendous surf both crews started from the Port Canby Ufa saving station. Through breakers mountain high the boats fought their way Inch by inch toward the - steamer. - The -Fort Canby :i boat fared badly. The giant seas turned her over time and again. Five member of her crew were washed overboard, nar rowly escaping being drowned. After (Continued on Page -Six.) UFESAVERS' VOMEN PRAY AS THEY WATCH IN IN CAULDRON From; the Headland They, See Boat Go . Up . and Down, Up and Down, Up and Down, "After we had pushed through ' the (Continued on Page Two.) (Special to The Journal.) Fort Stevens, Or., Jan. 8. As the men of the Hammond life saving crew were tossed in their life boat by great waves in the boiling smother off Peacock spit yesterday afternoon, while they sought to fight their way to the open sea with the three men they had -saved from the Rosecrans, women watching from North Head sank on their knees and prayed to God to save them from the furv of tne storm. Again and again the small boat and us occupants were ma from the" sight of those on the headland; Its destruc tion seemed certain. Tho women, some of .them wives and realtlves of the heroes in the life saving crew, wept in. neir';aespair.r'':.r.r'f,!r;.v w-v-s ,,-' One of the lookouts saw a wave. blah. er than any preceding billow, rise be fore the boat The life' boat headed directly into the comber. It rose, seemed to surmount It, and then hope died on shore when the craft disappeared from sight Tho wave rolled on,, but strain their eyes as they might, the smalt boat could no longer be seen. All were cer tain that It and lta brava man war lost The news was hastened to Ham tnond. and It brought frantic grief to tho clUsens. . There were many - sad scenes as the sad news was broken to (fuv oi me pen. ,,It was late at1 night . before a wlre less message brought the word -that the boat and' Its crew had made the Columbia river lightship and were safe. The crew consisted of Captain Wick. iuiiu, me -iBrnpns. rather and now .'.,.-. ... . ' . , . - .'. ,!...! . A DISTRESSING, ACCIDENT! . I ,i " . bT amt ' ' fi .IIVItlllVtlPE i M ' M 'iaV I 1 I 111 "llIU.B,Ullla II II ' I Kw' m -ftamri 'wjmi wwv . i . J ill III LzMm;7 vJ ?vfn Mfe U jf m WMWM mm i - vr.3 ' . ii ' ii wrv r r i ' j : r i i i - ir.ttw ' rujrvv i s e sa&mi w v.x s a JU1 - in MfidBJiM ' ' I LVlWlsi',VAi II U'IC. IT , I I ".. T Win I IfrwmUM ! 133 KT K JFS . . I - I . I , .'. . I n 1 1 , I DEBRIS C0RS UNION : IrPFAWIFRY flNn HAIRY MFRHFR R r. 7 T I ' llllaalll 1 1111 rMI 111 1 1 .. IIIUIllll-ll'IU , ' ' 1 m u ronri'T rnnRiirn ill nnnn inn mi nniinrnu uulinll MO rOULOl N K V r N H K AN Kf N kN , A I UllllllaLT 111 I Ullla-llllU VI UUI1ULIII1 I i QTnDM (IDVCADOIMIIC v llfllinil .lift niniTii nr mihn nnn "aju'jgl union m wnn. x wuuu CITY GOUNCIL PASSES 3 GREAT AY FRANCHISES: SI4.0Q0 000 mm m a ElIIH FOLLOWS III ICE Jefferson and Fourth Street Ordinances for Southern Pacific : Go Through by Vote of 12 to 1, While Hill East Sid3 Terminal Measure, Including Common User Provisions, and Opening Shipping District to Competition, Passes. ELECTRIFICATION OF HARRIMAN LINE TO BE RUSHED s Fourth street franchise of the Southern Pacific, providing for the electrification of that line, passed by a vote of 12 to 1. Jefferson street franchise was passed also by a vote of 12 to 1. Franchise of the Hill lines, int eluding common user provis ions, and opening the great east side shipping district, to compe tition - between transcontinental roads, passed by vote of 10 to 8. Passage of the three franchise ordinances means ultimate ex penditure of $l,000n0irm railway development Southern Paclfio officials announce that $1,000,' 000 of this will be spent immedi ately - In- electrifying Fourth street route. , This means , ' the employment of more than 600 men within, the city limits. Su perintendent D. . W. . Campbell,' Jubilant over the result of the year long battle for the fran chise rights, jocularly declares that the rails for the Fourth street- line will . be ordered by parcels post? - ,- s f.t; Trains Are Running Almost a Full Day! Late Because. of Snow-Drifts, (Special to The Joarnat) La Grande, Or.,; Jan., 8. Queer ; storm freaks ara noted here since the Grand Rondo valley's worst storm in a decade suddenly ceased last night ' Total ab sence of wind, but light snow and high lempermiure is me rule today. -Yesterdays blow, which did able damage to buildings, throughput the wuuuijr, incoming; . neavy .aamage to the wcai ir grounas, iert. union, county a heap of debris this morning. ' 5 All passenger trains are 'lata m on enow aiong- ine1 right of way. Last night's Io. '5 is nine hour lata out of here; No. 17 Is today eight hours and No. five hours late. ..i vi . . t A protracted snow storm minus wind or heavy frost Is indicated for the bal ance of the day and week. 0.-W. Trains Only Beach 1 Seattle) Seattle. .Wash.. Jan. Eican n. the - Oregon-Washington traina, f ram Portland, no trains Reached Seattle this morning. All Northern Panifin Chicago & Milwaukee traina were stalled In the Cascades Tuesday night by heavy ohimook winds, driving a heavy snow- xaib x ne ureal or tnern line remains as completely aemoraiixed as J has oeen since me snowstiae at Tye laat Friday, and no trains are expected over mm rwu ivr me rest or me weefci The Milwaukee - trains last Tuesday afternoon ware detoured over the North ern Paclfio road, as the Great Northern trains have been taken care of in the past few days. But the snowfall", about six feet in depth Tuesday night, also blockaded the Northern Pacific line, and all traina were stalled at Easton. i This 1 morning ; heroic ? efforts were made to get through the mountain nasa. and with the resumption of -wire serv ice, It was reported that' trains will reach Seattle during the afternoon, all of them from 6 to ,18 hours Ute.c;,a;i, Range Stock Is Suffering. Special to, The Journal.) v Baker. Or., Jan. ft A. cold wave fol lowed . the - moderation t yesterday. .A heavy snowfall and htgh'wlnd .prevailed after, early morning. Drifting sheep and rang cattle suffer Very micli. ?-The Five of Leading Companies in City Form Company W. J. - Patterson Head of ; Combination Promoters Say That Service Will Be Improved and That Consumers Will Get Better. Quality of Milk Than They Have Been Having cil would take favorable today this money would have to be diverted to other sections tapped by the railroad company. Up till the last, few days it appeared that the minority in the coun cil would be able to block the passage of the ordinance.' But fearing this out come, a delegation of more than CO of the most representative business men of the city packed the galleries of the coun cil chamber - this morning and made such a -demonstration that those coun cilmen who might overwise have been disposed to delay, the passage of the franchise thought better of their Inten tions. At a conservative estimate, the business men who" appeared on behalf of not only, the Fourth street fran chise, but the other two as well, repre sented property Interests of $103,000,000. There was no mistaking, the attitude of mo ueiegauon, wnicn'was ine mosi re markable one that ever attended a coun cil meeting in this city. V , . P. Will Aooept "We will accept the Fourth and Jef ferson street franchises without delay," said Superintendent p. W. Campbell of the Southern Pacific "and I will tele graph', the directors of the company immediately to send rails, frogs, and other material to. Portland. There will hot,, be. a, 'moment's . unnecessary delay in carrying out the enormous electrifi cation 'project' , ' , , . ' Pesdent .Joseph ; HI., Toung "of : the North: -Bank railroad was-eauallv em phatic'- In-expressing lils determination to proceed' with the work of establish ing terminal facilities on the-east side. "V "V. iVZiitna7'faslHt Innw4 that the telegraph wires that has been he U M rredlpess forl wou,d today in motion the expendl- neariy a.year ic-.iinance .uw,iwwui- rure.or j,oqo,oooo;ln railroad davelop tlon.of tbe'Jtrth land Jefferson street Iment -work -In the shipping district iihas of 'the 'Southern' Pacific" and the Secretary M. Lepper of the East establishment f terminal acuities m x.ubiho mshi .wud oeciarea tnat the heart- of the least sido for the HIU the action "Of the council today in pass lines : ,v ; - -."r : '"'"'" fT in the franchises - was most signlfl-nJi- i a :1K members of the eant'and that the franchises as Dassed council ware present at' today's taeetlcg are enUrely agreeable Ja the club, and only one of these,' Councilman Ma- ' " Zast Side Satisfied. t , guire, cast his vote sgainst the South- " "All we ' wanted Said Mr. Lepperf aim varttie franchises. , Councilme. "w4s to. give ' the Hill lines a chance Daly and Jennings voted with Magulre to compete with the Southern Pacific against the Hill franchises, but they and the O.-W. B, & N. 'We never op stated that their reason for doing so posed the elefctriflcation of the west sid?' was that they-believed the aluation of lines of the Harriman system, but only 8500 a year fixed by the council was too insisted that common user provisions low As only 10 votes were required to should , be "inserted 'in sthe- franchises,; sitlon of the minority pmed unavail- ; ' ' Ison street franchl Ooiinriimonnr0 P.rhan. the most Important of the f?1 would be un- three franchises passed waa that grant- 'lij----ing the Southern Pacific the right to Jttuyj treet 1,VM tV ourS SSS lP!SlLa -gainst the 111.000,000 In constructing nearly 100 Zf" tne Kround miles of road to tap the Willamette val- T5?uation ot year was ley and other rich sections of country Vf mada, ? effort t0 mend tributary to Portland. .0 oa vlu- The money to acmeve mu pian 7 -"- - rang-ing irora Easily -the most important single .ses sion of. the city council ever; held -was that of 'toda whW. three greattrailroad franchises Werelpaasftd,', thus- releasing strlngg on 1ltOO,D00 of 'eastern oapltal ing. 7VJT l . , . . ... ... . . ' xnearMrrrageffian.-Mr."Na;;rV Peterson. AH but Mr. pierson , son h o.-W. B. eV N. trains each way are were married. - , many hours late. - - Five of the leading creameries and dairies of Portland will be consolidated under one head. A company known as the Portland Milk company and capital ised at $400,000, has been formed to take over the plants and the work of organisation will be completed within a day or so. ' 0 While . at , present the ' promoters are unwilling to make known, the names of the plants to be .absorbed, ' they are stated, to be' the, biggest: in the Paclfio northwest, and have always been pros perous 'Institutions. i f f - W. J. Patterson, a dairyman with ex tensive. Interests .on Sauvle's Island, is at "oreteent the head of 'the concern. which promises to revolutionise the milk and butter business of this section. It la planned to consolidate the vari ous creaneries Into perhaps one or two plants : and thus reduce operating ex penses to tbs minimum. In this way. the promoters say that , they will not only be able to serve the public better than at present, but will help build up the dairy business of this section. , Instead of having a half dosen'w&g ons to distribute milk, cream and butter within a certain territory, the company proposes to have regular routes, thus reducing expenses again. "We intend to give the public much better milk, as well as service, than it nas ever naa," says Mr. Patterson, "and we expect to be able to educate the aairymen so that they will produce bet ter stuff and thus get more money." The officials of the organisation have not 'yet been selected, but the entire deal la expected to be closed up within a day or so. The company will have its headquarters In the Teon building, ana bji Business or u silled corpora tions will hereafter be transacted there The company has Just issued $60,060 8, per cent. cumulative preferred stock In order to complete the deal, all the rest, or the money being subscribed. A bonus of 80 per cent of the subscrip tion or prererrea stocx is being given In common shares. . t BAD Fl OODS AVAlTED AL ONG THE OHIO RIVER IN WOULD ME TOWS tUoltei Press Xeaaed Wire.) - Pittsburg,' Jan.: 8.--AS the result of last night's heavy rains, one of the most damaging floods ever surfered in this section Is predicted for tomorrow. All points aiong the . Ohio river have been warned to prepare for high water. It la expected that the river at Wheel ing, W- Va.,f will preach a stage of 40 . , .1 jii-i l 'I i i. . Elect Lane Chairman I.; O. : O. : . (United Pen liaae4 Wa,) - WaShlnrtoii. Jan.' 8. Franklin K. Lane of ' Calif ornia was elected- today chairman of" the interstate 'commerce coimiiit.--Lua. "lle will' assume' his new! duties January 13 and continue In office one year, 'I CHARTER AS PENALTY - (Uoited Pas Taaed Wire.) s .'. ( Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 8. Failure on the part of Coateville to punish any of the persons Implicated in the death of Zach Walker, burned , to death' by a mob in August,7 1811, resulted , today in a recommendation, before4 the Pennsyl vania legislature from ' Governor Tener that the town's charter be revoked.- ;:;Fasi-'Train Jumps .TrackS'fr La Fayette, Ind., Jan. 1 When the baggage car oi Big Four, passenger train No.; 15, Jumped the tract at Kex,il2mlles from -here, the other coaches plunged over-en ertbankment-gmng- Ht-the-rara of 10 miles an hour, , One man Is dead while many "Others, are Injured. ' " borrowed by the company nearly a year ago and Superintendent campoeu an nounced yesterday that unless the coun- ALDRICH BILL GIVES SAYS LESLIE M. SHAW $2600 a year for the first fiva var- to 27500. a year for the last 10 years. Thla: amendment waa defeated by a vote Of 11 to 2, Councilman Dalv votln with Magulre. Councilman Daly, how ever,, cast his vote with the majority on the final, passage of .the franchise. "v "I i believe," said Councilman Daly, "that the valuation should be higher than 12000 a year; but I am not going to vote to hold up the electrification of such an Important railroad line and thereby checking the development of the Willamette valley, simply because I cannot gain my point" - Former Secretary of Treasury Tells Committee Pian Sup ported by "Money Trust," (United Preta Leased Wire.) Washington. - Jan. 8. Strong testi mony against the Aldrlch currency plan was given, today by Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa, former secretary or tne treas ury, before the subcommittee of' the house currency committee, of which Representative Carter Glass of Virginia Is chairman;,;"'" V-- r--' ;'- 'V-'" ' "As I understand it," said Shaw, "the obiect of congress la to relieve Wall street from the control which it now exercises over the finances of the coun try.' The relief must consist of some form of supplementary currency, which should spring Into existence when need- ad. remain in use as long as needed and then be retired. This .will relieve the country from dependence ..Upon , Wall street and also wm reueve cities of 100.000 population or less from depend ence upon dues oi-a million or more "It would merely mean anticipation of the financial needs of all parts of the country and for that reason. the big banks of the country wm oppose such a measure. "If the Aldrlch plan of currency re. form is adopted. Wall street - will be Disced In absolute control of the fin ances of the country for. a period of 60 years.H. Za. i u.r'-i:'H.,:.. ; ;'; 'It is' a surprising-iact tnat all the banks owned and controlled by the United States-, tottel corporation and all groups wnich dominate . trie -financial ariaira wumrjr re unueu in sup port of the Aldrlch measure, while at theMTnWJ-Hwe-eK-8enatoi-Aldrir' -iitm. self claims that his plan will eliminate that control." . .; ,.. ,v ,. FRESH OREGON EC DELIVERED TO TAFT BY THE PARCELS POST Portland ' Man Gets Acknowl edgment by Wire of Receipt of -Present. If the White 'House 'cook knows Ms business, and a White House cook ought to with such a big book to go by, presi dent Taft will have about the flaost egg breakfast he ever ate tomorrow morning. "vW '' : i The reason of it is that one don of the biggest finest and freshest rgji tha an Oregon hen could lay artiveil at the White House by parcel post to iay for the president's breakfast. They were sent by J, O. Stubbs of 285 Four teenth; street, Portland, who maiic! them a few minutes after 10 o'clix k 8. m. New, Year's day, and their r-.-, r was acknowledged- by telegraph tu i morning. Not one of them wus Ik t during the long trip. . The eggs laid bj Mr. Etuiih' tS.-r- oughbred white 'Jeghom hens un t.--t ranch near. Portland, of wi.i.ii mailed, Mr.,-Taft are a batch, ara.j.p , famous for their eating. tibIim,-. :-. Btubbs does hot know wlni);. r t : . i . I ident likes his eggs tuitfl, r fried e,.scrambld,,but. t.-i . .. .. difference. They are f,t f , , Ufntla.l-fe.nt one t-1, n n',v.