THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; not bo warm Friday. Humidity. 36. f fir 1 v -PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. XV. NO. 83. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1916. TWENTY PAGES.. ON TRA.'NS AND HKW1 8TAKDR FITS CIHTB LINER BEAR GOES ASHORE NEAR EUREKA, AT LEAST FIVE PERSONS DEAD, MANY SEEN STRUGGLING IN WATER AS BOATS UPSET Steamship Company Announ ces 11 Are Missing, With 110 Passengers and 64 of Crew Safe at BODIES OF THREE MEN AND 2 WOMEN FOUND Portland & San Francisco Steamship company officials announced late this afternoon that the report of a sixth person being missing from the Bear was erroneous, and that all but the five persons known dead, have been ac counted for and are safe. . At 1 o'clock this afternoon the San Francisco & Portland Steamship company issued the following statement: "One hundred and ten passengers and 64 of the crew ere at Eureka. Twenty-nine of the crew and passengers are at Bear River. Captain Nopander, Chief Officer Tibbetts and Boatswain Olson are aboard the Bear. Based on a normal crew, 11 people, five of whom are known to be dead, are missing:" The known dead are: Two women, unidentified. Herman Rose, ship's butcher. Francisco Rossi, second cook. Unidentified man. Two of the survivors at Cape Town are fatally injured. San Francisco, June 15. (P. N. S.) The following mes sage was received here by the government wireless station on Yerba Buena island at 8:30 o'clock from the wireless station at Eureka : "Oregon reports all passengers from Bear, except two boats, are on Blunt Reef lightship. Oregon and Grace Dollar standing by. One boat is believed to have been lost Another was seen trying to make a landing on the coast. This accounts for all boats from the Bear." FIVE BODIES PICKED UP ON BEACH NEAR WRECK San Francisco, June 15. (P. N. covered from the steamer Bear, gripped in the rocks off Sugar Loaf, 15 miles south of Eureka, 25 survivors, two fatally in jured, have been landed in two lifeboats at Cape Town, another boat is trying to land un the rocky coast, and the balance of tha 182 souls board the steamer are reported safe. Conflicting stories of the survivors and contradictory reports frbm the settlements along the northern coast leave the number of wreck victims uncertain. On woman survivor at Cape Town said she believed that 18 had been lost. She said she saw six lifeboats lowered and a moment later saw only two of the boats in the water. : Among the survivors now at Cape Town, after harrowing ex periences in the, lifeboats and a night of terror on the bleak, cold beach, are : Miss Vera Adams, Seattle; Hazel Hansel, R. Parker, Arthur Hunt, Joseph Dooney, Charles Baker, J. C. Druicks, Louise Delcer, Airs. Leisenliass and daughter, Mr. Arnent and wife, Agnes Lostus, Professor Leonard, wife and son, P. Parson, John Hansen, Harry Cooley. Some of the surviv ors are reported aboard the tug Relief, which was rushed to the scene of the wreck soon after the Bear sent "S. ( ). 5.' calls after running aground. Sixty-two of the rescued passengers are headed for Eureka on the -steamer Grace Dollar, according to a radiogram received at the Verba Buena naval training station. The Grace Dollar, which left San Francisco yesterday tor the north, hurried to the Bear's relief soon after the wreck. ' TWO BOATLOADS OF SURVIVORS LAND AT CAPE TOWN; 2 MAY DIE Eureka. Cal., June 15. (P. .!. o.) Tofft t 1 (AO i a r 1 ant- rrrm r t h a " I, , ' ,h ,w "i'cated he believed he had a good chance steamer Bear lap-l-a at the mouth ofi, .,.. ho cv, v.- Bear river, nef Cape Mendocino, dur Ing the nigl ef They covered them belves in the sand to keep warm. This morning they made their way to Cape Town, five miles distant, where they are being cared for by Cape Town res idents. Two ot.the survivors reaching Cape Town are' reported fatally injured. The passengers left the boat at mid night, a dense fog prevailed and for this reason it is feared that the boats drifting about the dark night might have encountered some of the sharp rocks which Jut above the surface near Olympia Woman Safe Prom Wreck Mrs. George B. Mess Bands Word to He Bister, Mrs. M. P. Crr, of Tills City. . All night in a lifeboat but safe at Eureka," was the reassuring message 'received by Mrs. M. F. Carr of The Journal from her sister, Mrs. George B. Messegee, of Olympia. Mrs. Meseegee, with her dauehter, Casandra; were bound for Berkeley, where Miss Messegee was to take post graduate work In the art department of the University of California. Miss Messegee la an Instructor In the "Walla "Walla schools. Eureka S.) Five bodies have been re Blunt's reef. As soon as the Bear's plight became l known, the U. S. S. Oregon, the steamer Grace Dollar, the tug Relief and the Eureka ufesavlng crew rushed to her assistance. , Captain Louis Nopander, the Bear's commander, is reported to have waited an hour after the vessel struck before sending out a call for help. This ln- midnight he decided to send for help and ordered the passengers to take to the boats. Several Knights Templar en route to (Concluded on Page Sixteen. Column Flv, Mercury Is Climbing Steadily; Today the Hottest of Summer Today Is hotter than yester day. With a steadily rising: ther mometer there is every indica tion that It will be the warm est day of the year thus far. Yesterday at noon It was 79; today it was 82. The season for cooling bev erages and Palm Beach suits Is here. Hourly temperatures follow: 6 m. . m.. m. . m. . m. . m.. m. . .69 .62 .66 .69 ..72 ..75 ..80 ..82 ..85 ..88 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ' 1 2 noon . p. m.i p. m.. I I m ) I N fe? Wlir3 TrL 1 s il h 7 ' II l H fti ' i I I I Above "Big Three" liner Bear leaving her dock in Portland harbor I - I ' 7 (Ct7ECREKA M CAPE I VVmendocima j l ! : I THREE TROOPERS ARE KILLED By MEXICANS, r SIX OTHERS WOUNDED ;; Bandits Defeated This Morn ing, , Losing Six; Carran - zistas Killed Four More. Iaredo, Texas, June 15. (I. N. S.) Three American soldiers have been killed and! six were wounded in a clash with Mexican bandits. Details are lacking at this time. The battle was fought this morning at San Ignacio, a point 40 miles down th Rio Grande river. Whether the bandits were Carran- tlsfas or Villistas was not indicated in the dispatches received here. General Funston believes trie Mexi cans were part of a band headed by Louis Le La Rosa. Two other American troopers are expected to die from their injuries. Carranzistas claimed that they pur sued the raiders south of the river, overtaking and killing four more of the bandits. Th American dead: Troopers Charles Flowers, Troop M; Edward G, Katonah, Troop M; James Mlnadan, Troop M, died of wounds. The wounded are: Corporal William Oberlles. Troop M, seriously; Troopers Elmer W. Mlnnette. Troop M; Tony Halin, Troop M; Henry Matsoff, Troop M, Thomas H. Ewlng, Troop I; James E. Rouen, Troop I. Fight Lasts Half Hour. San Antonio, Texas,. June 15. (U. P.) General Mann, commanding at (ConcladedfOa Pace Sixteen, Column ;Twa) Abov( Below Officers of the Bear, left to right, back row Second Of ficer Fitzmaurice, Steward K, T. Martin, Purser Fred Heywood. Front row Chief Engineer Jackson and Captain R. X. Xopander. A map of the California coast near full line being regular course of coastwise vessels and dotted line showing how Bear was carried inshore, presumably by strong currents. SURVIVOR TELLS OF TERRIBLE TRIP FROM THE BEAR IN LIFEBOAT THAT WAS TWICE UPSET IN WAVES, ITS OCCUPANTS THROWN INTO SEA Eureka, Cal.. June 15. (P. N. S.) The Pacific News Service today se cured the first full story of the wreck of the steamer Bear, off Sugar Loaf rock, as told by a survivor. Miss Vera Adams of 1606 First avenue, Seattle, gave the following account over the l'fig' distance telephone from the Cape cwn hotel, at a settlement close to the tip of Cape Mendocino, where sh. anded in the first lifeboat to reach shore. She declared that her small boat, the third to put off from the wreck, was, as far as she knew, the only one to land without losing some passengers ;8ama68ha 'I don't want to talk of it It was Modern Maker of 'Harness Rigs Old Dobbin in Metal! tft In, days of old when knights were bold they wore harness made of steel, and very good $ steel It seems to have been, $ too. Judging by the terrific $ if blews It averted whenever it tf ift was the hero's harness or H $ whenever the author is not 41 $ quite ready to have the villain jt killed off Just yet awhile. And so did the knight's good ijt steed have harness of steel, though it was not the sort of 4t harness one means when one is 1f talking about old Dobbin's. m 4 But now comes a Portland 4 He man who hangs steel harness 4 jjt upon the common or barnyard variety of horse harness that is used In the business- of t )jt drawing loads instead of In if. that of ventilating the human torso. The works of this Port- 4 land worker, who Is . both In- $ 4t ventor and manufacturer, are set forth today on the editorial jjt pa'ge of The Journal under the -js title "Nothing the Matter With Portland." It is a story of un- common interest. - Cape Mendocino is also shown, too terrible. But if I can help to re lieve the anxiety of the relatives of those aboard, if I can throw any light on the disaster, I will. "I saw women and children swept about like bits of wreckage. I saw lifeboats overturned. Our boat cap sized twice. I do not think another boat got'to land without loss on the way. The first boat to put off was swept by a big wave. We could do nothing to help. I believe all In that lifeboat perished. "I was amidships on the side toward the rocks when the Bear hit. It was dark, but the full moon gave a ghostly light through the fog-, which seemed (Conclnded on Pate Fourteen. Column Three) 200 Miners Caught In Alabama Colliery Kescuer Work Frantically in Attempt to BMCb Ifsn Bafor They Are Killed Several Known to Be Bead. Birmingham, Ala., June 15. (I. N. S.)-5searly 200 miners were trapped far underground at 1 o'clock this after noon at the Helena-Cahaba Coal com pany's mine, a few miles south of here. Rescuers were working frantically be fore a fire, which followed an explo sion, and which threatens to cut off the trapped men completely. Several of the miners are belieed to have ben killed outright. ctveral others, severely burned, have been re moved. Glass Is Mentioned For Secretaryship St. Louis, Mo., June 15. (U. P.) Representative Carter Glass of Vir ginia, according to reliable information here this afternoon, is to he secretary of the Democratic national committee. His selection, it was said, would close ly follow formal announcement of the choice of Vance McCormiclc as chair man of the committee. " FIVE BODIES OF F BEAR WASH IN Lifeboat Containing 23 Peo ple Capsized in Surf and Fate of Those in Boat Is Unknown. 130 SURVIVORS REACH EUREKA ON TWO SHIPS Twenty-Nine, From Boats Beached, Supposedly, Have Reached Cape Town. Eureka. Cal., June 15 (V. P.) A lifeboat containing 23 people, it is estimated, capsized In the surf near Cape Mendocino, after leaving the wreck of the coast liner Hear early this morning, according to reports of survivors brought here today. The fate of those thrown into the surf is unknown. Most of them are said to have been women and children. Five L bodies have already washed ashore near Cape Mendocino. Twenty-nine sur Ivors, suppisediy from .the boats which we.re beached at the river mouth, have reached Cape Town, where they are being cared lor by c.tizens. It was stated that there were 1S2 passengers ami crew on the Bear. One hundred and thirty Mirvivors are either at Kureka or en route here, and 2.J have arrived at Caj c Town. A total of I.IH were saved. if the (statement of 12 passengers and crew is correct this leaves 2;t unaccounted for. First Assistant ilngint-er Hansen is reported missing. As far as can be. gathered from the hysterical stories told by thf saved, Hansen was in the boat that capsized. Captain and Three Still Aboard. Captain Louis Xopander and three Bailors are still aboard the wreck, which is being heavily pounded by the great seas crashing over ttie reef. When the. passengers and crew were taking to the boats at midnight, Cap tain Nopander refused to leave his bridge. Three men decided to remain with him. plans for their rescue are being made. The Bear Is believed a total loss. It JtkXmi-ttLUUcnt.(l any signs of breaking up, but seamen do not believe it can withstand the hammering of the breakers for many more hours. If lifted from the reef by the waves the steamer will probably sink in deep water, as It has several rugged holes in the hull near the bo Fourteen Lifeboats Used. Fourteen lifeboats leNt the Bear when it crashed upon Blunt's reef last night. Nine reached the lightship at Blunt's reef, landing 60 persons, who were later transferred to the tug Be lief and the steamer Grace Dollar. The Relief reached Kureka with its (Concluded ou i'age bixti n. Column Fnur Chamber Declares For An Open Shop Executive Committee Announces Stand In the Waterfront Strike Situation; Same Principle on All Labor. A resolution decJaring in favor of the "open shop" and directed specific ally against the longshoremen's strike was adopted by the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce this aft ernoon after a protracted executive session. The meeting wt- called to consider the position that should be taken on the waterfront strike, and the action was based largely on the resentment felt because of remarks quoted as hav ing been made by the business man ager of a local union, that if the strike should be settled elsewhere at a lower rate than the uniformly high rate paid in Portland, the rate here would be maintained. The resolution declares, therefore, first, for the "open nhop on the water front, and, second, for the same prin ciple as applied to all labor. ;- Gerard to Be Given Complimentary Vote Hew Tork Delegation to Cast Its 90 Votes for Ambassador on First Bal lot; Sulli n Withdraws His Same. St. Louis, Mo, June 15.The New York delegation this afternoon de cided to cast its 90 votes for James FT. Gerard, American ambassador to Berlin, for vice president when the ballot is taken. "The New Tork delegation," ex plained Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, "is merely desirous of complimenting a . ative son Gerard." Roger Sullivan this morning form ally withdrew his name as candidate for vice president. Nomination of Marshall on the first ballot is thus assured. Yellow Substance Near Girl's Body Waukegan, 111., June 15. (L N. S.) Fred Wenban, undertaker, who re moved the body of Marian Lambert from Helms Woods, on the stand to day, in the trial of Will H. t)rpet. charged with the girl's murder, testi fied that in following a man's tracks leading from the spot where the body was found, he had found and scraped from the snow a yellowish substance. If the prosecution Is able to Drove that this yellowish substance was cy anide of potassium. Wenban's testi mony Is likely to prove a telling blow ajrainat th defense. DEAD ROM THE All Demands of R.R. Trainmen W ere Declined Question of Strike Xow Depends on Verdict of Railroad Employes. New York, June 15. (U. P.) All demands of the railroad rainmen upon the railroads have been declined. Whether or not a strike wrtt iollow depends upon the verdict of the train men. At a conference between the com mittees representing the trainmen and the railroads this afternoon Chairman Elisha Lee of the railroad managers made a report declining all demands of the men. lie made a counter pro posal to arbitrate differences. The arbitration proposal was 't fused by President Oarretson of the Rroi tier hood of Railway Trainmen, wh said that the declination of the raliroads would be reported back to the men, and upon their verdict would rest lutuie negotiations. E PAID TO PRESIDENT BY SENATOR JAMES Wonderful Man Who Keeps United States Out of Blood iest War Greatest American St. Louis, Mo., June 15. (TT. P. His voice burning with emottor Sen ator Ollie M. James today -eloquently told the story of three years of Demo cratic leadership, and lauded Wood- row Wilson as the greatest American of present da;- history. It was the secondary keynote speech of the Democratic convention, deliv ered by one of Democracy's finest or ators, and it . evoked . a tremendous demonstration for the Democratic standard-bearer. It was an appeal riot to "swap horses while crossing a bloody stream," and a plea for recog nition of the president "as a master diplomat" and "unconquerable leader," worthy of a brilliant record in the book of history for his achievements for peace. On Flan With' Washington. "The Democratic party is proud of the achievements of W'oodrow Wilson." he said. "He has' brought prosperity and plenty to 100,000.000 Americans. He has given "work to' every willing hand in the republic Every toiler has the full dinner-pail full to overflow ing. He elevates himself," the Ken- (Concluded on Page Six. Column One.) All Contests Except Porto RicQ Settled latter Falling" to Agree Was Split; Ore gon Delegate Kept Committee From Placing Delegations Without Hearing. By Carl Smith. St. Louis, Mo., June 15. Shirley D. Parker of Oregon caused a breeze in the credentials committee yesterday by making a fight on the effort to place all delegations on the temporary roll without hearing the contests. No representatives of contestants appear ing, Parker insisted that they be noti fied and given a chance to appear. To adopt the convention roll at that time savored of snap Judgment, he contend ed. It was too much like the methods used by the Republican steam roller at Chicago. As a result contests were ! carried over to the night session when all were settled by agreement except Porto Rico, where the delegation was Split. Bomb Intended for Governor Explodes Mall Messenger Injured When Bomb Carried In Sack of Mall En xSrrto Montana Executive Explodes. Butte. Mont., June 15. The mail Back consigned from Chicago to Salt Lake City, purportedly bearing official mail to Governor Spry, carried a bomb which exploded this morning when the sack was tossed from the Northern Pacific train aboard an Oregon Short Line train. A pile of mall sacks between Mes senger Ross Wiuterowd and the load ed pouch saved his life, although he was badly cut by flying fragments of sacks and metal fixtures from pouches. The interior of the car was completely wrecked. Police Chief Murphy eays the bomb apparently was Intended for Governor Spry. It is believed the bomb was sent to Governor Spry in revenge for the re cent execution of Joseph Hillstrom, an L W. W. agitator. Rent Beach Cottage Want Team for $85 When Hoover got the auto fever he sold his driving horse quickly through Journal Want Ads. The reason why people use these effi cient ads is because they get busi ness. Try them. Summer Besorts M SEASIDE cottage, about,200 feet from board walk. S rokms fur nished; $125 for saaon.r Phone. Hones, Vehicles, Etc 18 BARGAIN Must sell. 185 takes 2400 lb. team of work horsea and harness. Money to loan 27 BUILDING loans on city and sub urban property; money ad vanced as work progresses. The dally circulation of Turn Journal in Portland ' and tradln; radius exceeds the morning paoer, bv several thousands and is prac tically &0 per- cent greater than Its nearest, afternoon contempo rary. ' ' REMARKABLE TRIBUT niTis 10 BE MADE ISEHItG Democratic National Conven tion May Smash All Prece dent by Naming Its Stand ard Bearers Before Plat form Is Adopted. SENATOR JAMES' SPEECH BIG SENSATION OF DAY Great Kentuckian Gets Ova tion When He Praises the President's Efforts to Keep International Peace; Bryan Will Make Address Later. Hy Perry Arnold. Coliseum. (St. Louis, June 15. (U. P.) DemocrHry's nominees for the presi dency and vice-presidency will be named tonight. The nftlonnl conven tion this afternoon agreed to this plan ' and may smash precedents Tiy nominat ing before adopting the platformJ Sen ator James declared this plan had not been definitely determined upon, a great deal depending on whether the resolutions committee in ready to re port. If the committee Is ready, th platform piobubly will be quickly adopted ahead of nominations. The renornlnallon of President Wil son will begin rit 9 o'clock, wlh the speech by Judge Wescott of New Jer sey. Seconding speeches will bits liro- He, I to five minutes. Senator James Given Ovation. Following V?ilM4n's nomination John W. Kern will pi-i-Hcut to the convention the name of Thomas H. Marshall for vii f president. k Today's session waH a picturesque one. Heriator James. Kentucky's hug senator, spoke another Democratic" ktynote. it was praise of President Wilson's successful maintenance of peace and a profession of entire optim li-m that the people would perjietuat the wfiontwrrp8itMe. ' James got as enthusiastic a reception us did the main keynoter of the con- Conc)iil) on 1'atie Fit. Column. Unt.l SHEVLIN-HIXON DEAL AT Mueller Company of Daven port, Iowa, Sells 26,000 Acres of Standing Pine. . Hetvl, Or., June 15. Purchase by the Shcvlln-f Uxon company, of Bend, from the Mueller Lumber company, iof Dav enport. Iowa, of 26,000 acres of stand lng California white pine timber lying within it few miles of Bend. In- the 1 -n' hut - river valley, haa Just been made public by the pli rchaaers through .Superinlendent T. A. McCann. Th transfer becomes Immediately effec tive It Is understood that the deal In volve $1,250,000. With the acquisition of the timber purchased, the Shevlln-Hlxon-company conies Into possession of one of the most valuable Mrlps of standing tim ber in retinal Oregon, lying a It does at the threshold of its big Bead plant. The timber is of the highest quality In the ceiural Oregon timber belt. The stand is utiusuHlly heavy and admits oi economic al logb'ng, being free from obstacles such us heavy undergrowth. This tract of timber forms a connec tion between the large holdings of the fcihe vlin-Hlxon company to the north and south of that previously owned. ' Holdings Are Larger. The Bhevltn-Hlxuh company now owns 240.000 acres of white pine tim ber immediately tributary to ilend, all of which is In one compact body and can be tapped from Bend. It extends to the south as far as Crescent, In Lake county. The lay of the belt which the company owns permits the operatiun of 100 miles of logging rail road without going beyond the confines of its own holdings. It is estimated that the company now owns approxi mately 5,000,000,000 feet of standing timber. It Is now possible to carry on year-around logging. In the sum mer the timber farther south will be cut, and during the winter, months when the snowfall Is heavy In the southern area, operations can be trans ferred to the north, where the fall Is much lighter. Negotiations for the purchase of this timber was one of the Last mat ters which received the attention of Thomas L. Hhevlln before his death last December. The Hhevlln-HlxoB company has for some time held op tions on the property. i Will Enlarge riant !V. Extensive plans for the handling ol the local timber are being made by the Sheviin-Hlxon company. The second unit of the-plant, which comprises a two band mill, will be erected this summer, and will be a complement of the mill which has been in operation since March. The output of the plant, with the completion of the sedond mill, will be 600,000 feet daily, or double the present capacity. The last of the departments of the plant, the box factory, with an annual capacity of 40,000,000 feet, will be put TIMBER BEND NVOLVES 250,000 i Into operation about June 20J , y in - V - y