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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:
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I N fe? Wlir3 TrL 1 s il h 7 ' II
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I I I Above "Big Three" liner Bear leaving her dock in Portland harbor
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7 (Ct7ECREKA
M CAPE
I VVmendocima j
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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
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