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MONDAY. AUGUST 8, 1S21. ... i REEF KNOWN AS JAKWAY FAN1ILY ON. ALASKA RESCUE STEAMER ANYOX TAIN CRAVE THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND.' OREGON CBWASGREEII, ' is charge Made MAI1Y0UB AMONG SURVIVORS STEWARDESS AND SEA GRAVEYARD HP , (By Cnitod Krvsf i - , r Eureka, CaK, Aug. I. Angry passen- ' gers rescued from the Ill-fated steamer Alaska Sunday were quick to charge that )os of life would not have been so targe if pare- of the deck crew bad apt been Inexperienced, ; ; ' J Partially recovered from their barrow- ing experience, many of both: passengers -and crew were free. m their charge that creen hands were responsible for, need ' less of life. W':,'-" ::-' '''yV.1: Nor berg Van' Wetter, " storekeeper, , -criticised the altered lack of discipline Jin the handling- of the lifeboats, after ?the Alaska had. piled on Elunt'a reef ' last night In the fog. carrying over J00 - 'souls. Van Wetter declared several pas sengers were crushed and otherwise In jured between the sides. of the ship and lifeboats. Fred Hetmer, boatswain's mate, ''claimed there were but six "certificate" life saving men aboard the Alaska, First Officer Medlntock of Alameda, CaL, .denied Helmer's statement and Insisted 'the Alaska carried 10 certified lifeboat , men, as part of its crew. Officials of the company made no com - meat on the report that inexperience ef ' J members of the deck crew contributed to I the sufferings of the passengers of the t' Alaska. The San Francisco office, they I asserted, had authority in the matter of i personnel, . ! REEF AND SINKS (Contiwjd From Page Owe) faint, funeral . whistle that momentarily SHIP STBIKI8 BOCK . , . Dupray hurried to the bridge and lm I formed the captain of bis inability to io r cate the whistle. They again altered 'J we position or the Alaska to take her farther out to sea. Then came the crash. J ing and ripping as the bottom Of the vessel, forward, was torn out. ' Water poured into the hold in a gush Ing flood. The vessel- lurched and be gan to settle. . ; Startled passengers rushed from their i staterooms onto the darkened decks. J Amid the cries of the terror-stricken and - the noise of sharp-called orders, ; the J passengers donned life belts, and took The ship began to list and the choppy J waves about the reef licked higher and i higher on the vessel's slde Fearful men. women, and children clung to the : i . i 1 1 , in itw - . . . pouring seas flooded the engine room. COME OF THE CKEW GflEEK Scattered members of the crew, ae cording to Robert , Van Wetter, store I keeper on the Alaska, finally appeared i at most of the lifeboats. Many of them, I ha an lit. u Mrt th'K mirk of nm- paring the boats and handling the davits. I Canvas covers of the boats were rapped Off as nervous fingers failed to unlasb ' .nem ; . Women and children, according to .the i code of the seas, were riven Preference In the boats. But there was room for i ail. . ' r - i J As the lifeboats swung out over the i side Of the careening ship, scenes of in' : competence and disorder were reported. I -The first two boats pulled away sue : ! eessf ully, but stood by, hoping to give a finger hold to any who might become ; frightened and Jump. J PITCHED l!lTO SEA J - John R. Clarke of Escalon said two of the lifeboats on the port side of the vessel plunged end-long into the water, 5 the passengers being dumped into the ocean. 'Another boat was reported left i hanging by one end at a perilous angle. ; when a heavy wave crushed it against me siae o me vessel. Moat of those who perished were in i these two boats. ' In to minutes the Alaska,: Us stern held filled with water, slid backward off ! the reef and plunged from sight. t Captain Hovey was last seen on the ! bridge of his vessel i The aood Dee Die ef Eureka, to whom . ' foundered vessels and sea disasters, are already an- old. old story, turned their attention to caring for the survivors. r In the modest homes of this seafaring town, the sufferers were fed, warmed. li bathed and put to bed. ; l! TOWJSTO BESCTE. ,!' . The scene at the wharf 'when the n Anyox arrived with the survivors was .! a typical one of this wrack-wise town. Doctors and nurses were at the Bier. Ij ambulances were on hand and scores of automobiles were waiting. -As the ship n eared the dock cheer aTter t, cheer from the waiting hundreds on the 't shore brought smiles to the faces of the , exhausted, half -clad wreck victims who 4 t it Survivors net requiring hospital care ji-wero sent to hotels, where preparations ' ij had been made to receive them. At i though H was Sunday, the doors of the .stores were thrown open and a d axons' jf relief committee supervised the woric of , By night every man, woman and child ! who lived through the Alaska wreck was dressed and cared for. "BXSCrXS OBEGOX MAS. t, "I don't know their names," a hot! I' clerk said when someone asked him .to 4 point out some of the survivors, "but you 'can tell them easily. They all hava on new shoes." , - . Virtually nothing was saved from the ; wreck. Probably , more . than half of . i those oh board were In helr berths whe-a the amp atrucx, and they had little time , to drees. Some managed to save their money and valuables, but the majority - ;p Today preparations were being ma to tak the wurvivors to Ran IViiuIim - One of the heroes-f the disaster was ; H. M. Jensen of Vancouver. B. C He m la credited with having saved, the life Z'ot W. IL Dyer of La Grande, Or., one of the most seriously Injured of the ;;urvtyors. . ' - SEES BESCTC 8HIF I . I floated for hours It seemed yeare .; cllrtring to a bit of wreckage that would hardly hold my, weight." said 'Jensen, J; , "Finally I saw a man on a larger , ' bit of wreckage, and X made for hint. He proved to bo Dyer.'-He was seriously h Injured. X aided him; In clinging to ! my piece ot wreckage i until we . were r, rescued. Is; -I never saw anythlne that looked t so good In my life as did the hull of the Anyox wnen n came m sight," said it.meant safety and that was what we ii were thinking of.-, . ! : n '- UtUe Betty Sanders, (4 years old. of ' Carfleld, Wash., floated on the U t, . covered surface of the ' sea throunAout !' the night, Chd only In nfe preserver If SIM) eft PUUIftCl, W pKel VP - ' 4mwm Sunday. &umt aikUm&t d4 from SIEAMER HIS A ' -s - jA , ft i , ' k . J i - x t i t '- ' 1 : i I " vT I . ...ii-. s- mi .a- -"- -"-4 s , ": t r J It exposure, by the coast guard crew and brought aboard the Anyox. LJttle Betty ran the risk of being petted to death before she was finally landed safely m a hospital here,- where she Is reported doing nicely, , Betty- -does ' not know, however, that her grandmother, with whom she was traveling, is among the missing. Her grandmother was Mrs. Averlll of Garfield. Wash. Betty's parents live In los Angeies. "Most of those in the hospitals are suffering - from shack., ttnacim. nhill. oil and satw water," said Dr. John N. Chain. Red Cross physician. ? -; . . . ir' ''''''''' TWO PASSEJtOEES BOABBEB - ALASKA AT ASTOBIA PORT Astoria, Aug. ' (.Two passengers boarded the steamer Alaska at Astoria- Lew white, actor, who has Just . com pleted an engagement as a Jewish come dian at tha Astoria theatre, and O. J, Hofbier, steerage passenger, who Is re ported - to- have been employed at a logging camp. State Senator A. ' W. Norblad, who waa aboard tha steamship northern pacinc when She was disabled. near Blunt s reef s.grees with the theory . held by the master ef the vessel in so- counting for the numerous marine dis asters which have taken place in that locality, v .. This theory is that there is a large hole in the coast north of the, reef from which Issues "a vast volume of water. This submarine river, he contends, cre ates a current driving southwest and creating eddies and tangled water which draws southbound vessels upon the reefs and rocks near Cape Mendocino. Nor bled holds It significant In View of this theory that northbound vessels have never encountered difficulty there, being forced to sea, by the current. while southbound ships, especially when running under slow bell In a fog, are drawn- in toward the rocks by the eddipa set up oy uie uaaereea now. -An cnor mously deep hole which soundings locate to the north of Blunt' s reef is credited with being the source of the submarine flood. No-survey of the currents in that part of the Pacific coast has ever been made by the government. It la said. WAHKEEKA FAILS TO FI3TD 8UBTIV0BS OF SEA BI8ASTEB Hope that rthi ' steamer Wahkeena, which responded to the 6. ,0. S. call of the Ill-fated Alaska, had picked up some of the passengers and crew . reported missing., was. blasted late. this morning W4HU niuwM WVWIMIVl .vuvio. senger agent of .the O-W. R. Jfc N., re oeived . a - wireless message. from the Wahkeena ' saying: that no survivors were picked up by .that vessel. The master of the Wahkeena said that although he stood by at the isceoe of the wreck for 10 hours Sunday, -tha fog along ' the' Coast was so dense that he was unable to render any assistance to the other vessels which came to the call for succor. The wireless waa a reply to a radio message ent out by'McMur- ray Sunday night. , k- , , ' : IjrVESTIOATlOK OFiWBECK TO BE STARTED AT OKCX San Frahciseo. ; Aug. -4U. P.) Im mediate Investigation to determine the cause of the wreck of the Ill-fated steam er Alaska with, the loss of many Uvee, will be made by local Inspectors ef hulls and boilers. Thomas J. Polan and F. J. Turner. The Investigation will be under Immediate supervision of Captain J. K. Bulger,, supervising Inspector for this district v - -"- Captain Bulger' said today ail charges by : passengers of Incompetence on the part of officers and crew, will be thor oughly probed. , . - . KISS HART HAS SISTEK BESIBUra IX PEHBtETOJt Pendleton. .Aug. . Miss Ruth Hart Pendleton girl reported aa among- the passengers of the til-fated Alaska yet unaccounted for. is the sister of Mrs. O. W. Phelps, wife of Judge Phelps ef the circuit court Another slstor Is Mrs. Metchan t La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are now at Seaside, Miss Hart had Just left Pendleton for Los Angeles, where she expected to spend her sum mer vacation. She Is a telegraph opera tor at tha O-W. railroad office here. GIRL HOMEWARD BOTTTD FBOX THE DALLES SATED The Dalles. Aug. t, Cirs. Bockwlth. one of the - passengers o the 111 fated Steamer-AAlaska. Uvea in Tuolunne. jCaL. and not here, as reported. She has been visiting her sister. Mrs. John L Borne. sn mi The DaHea, leaving here Friday for Portland. Miss Beckwlth has wired her sister from Etareka, announeinw her res- -v Ttl California girl . ms oariy in juty. iJ XBAVES-FOB WRECK Captain ttO. Moroe, master of the Rose City, left for Eureka, to lnu f the rescue workas soon aa his ship had Amonj well known Portland people , on the Alaska v?ere' BIrs, B. O. Jakway, tier daughter Isabel and her . son Jobn. Mrs. Jakway and ber daughter were saved, the boy waa lost. Mrs. Jakway, wbo la now uvutff in uajoana, cm, is tlaaebter In law ot Mr. Jobn Butterworth of Portland. Ber buaband, ' Bernard C. Jakway, now la Europe, waa formerly an Interior ; decorator here and la lecturer on interior decoration at the University of California. They were on their way home after vis iting tha Butterwortba here. moored at Alnaworth dock Sunday. - The Bos-. Cits was north-bound on the same run aa the Alaska,, which was bound for San Francisco. SALEM' STUDENT OIC WAT TO CALIFOBXIA IS SATED Salem, Aug:- I. Frank M. Erlckson Jr., reported mlsalng In the wreck of the steamship Alaska, was picked up by a relief snip and saved, according to In formation received here this morning Erlckson is the son of Frank M. Brick- son, professor of education aCWlllam ette university here. ' The news of" Ericksoq's rescue was contained in a telegram received by the lather thla morning, which stated that tha shipwrecked man bad been taken to Eureka. CaL, where, the rescued were being cared for. From Eureka Erlck. sou expects to continue -on to Berkeley, wnere he is to accept a teaching fellow ship in physios in th University of California,- He graduated from the Uni versity of Idaho this spring and visited with hia father here- before leaving for California,. .k v - ft MISS JOHX FITZGERALD, 3TB N OF MISSIS O, TAUGHT SCHOOL Marshfleld, Aug. 8. Miss Joan FlUger- akVwJio la among the unaccounted for Alaska passengers,1 is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. . John Fltxgerald of Marshfleld, and U'quite well known. She fa 22 years old and for several years has been, a teacher at several of the schools In this-county. She had been in Port land visiting friends and wrote her par ents that she was leaving on the Alaska far San Frandsoo to visit a friend there before . returning home. A sister, Mrs. George Go thro, wife of a timberman, re sides la North Bend, There" Is a large family of younger brothers aad sisters. The father conducts one of - the rural mail routes out of Marshfleld.', Since the first news of the wreck the parents have been wiring to Eureka trying to locate Miss Fitsgerald or learn , something, of nor. out - without result until the news came today that she was among the un accounted. Mrs. Fitsgerald. the mother. will leave this evening for Eureka in the hope of getting news of her daughter. Funeral Services For Boy Drowned" . SaturdayAr'e Held j i - -- - - ' . Oregon' City, Aug. Funeral services for. Errol B, Sharp, ls-yoar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sharp of Gladstone. who was drowned in the Clackamsa river late Saturday afternoon, were held this afternoon from the Holman & Pace chapeL - Although the body Vf the lad was brought f rom . the water shortly after the accident an efforts at resusci tation faUMt -. ,-.-.:.! The boy, - who was unable to swim, was wading in the river near the large eddy of the railroad bridge. Suddenly na was seen to sink and help was sum. moned by lads .nearby." 'Frank Murphy, working on Billy Goat Island, hastened to the scaiie t and recovered the body in-15 minutes -Vfter Errol had -gone down. ' Dr. E. H. Mclean ef this eitv LJ worked over the body for two hour The Sharp family recently moved here from Nebracka and has been livin In Gladstone park. Three sisters and two brothers, all younger, survive, in ad dition to the parents. CITIC LEAGUES TO 3IEET ' Vancouver, Wash, Aug. . The Civic Improvement league of East Vancouver will hold a Joint meeting- with the Im provement league of West Mill . Plain Tuesday vemg at j o'clocav. Kureka, CaL. Aug. I. Those who are being eared for at-local hospitals today suffering from the results of their ex poooro .at: ; ".' - ' Mrs. B. C Jakway and daughters Oak land. CaL : yt '"'' x ; George Putnam. 41 Call buHdlng,Ean Francisco. ; ' O. W. Owen. Oregon City, Or."- - v Mrs. Jennie Stone, Oakland, CaL A. ,F. Fleury. San Francisco. J A. Livingston. Portland. Fronts ErkeL5 CormHna Or.1 Mr." and Mrs. Chaplin Wight. tipper Mt ;: CUIr, N. J. . :-, " ' . , . A. 3, Huss jr 247 Dixie street. Port- land. ' - .: -. - Forrest J. Richards. 217 Dixie street Portland. - Michael Stuse. Portland. - Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ostless, Taeoma. K. Osclitf and wife. Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Albert. Knuth. Rama no hoter, Portland,- Mrs., Thomas Johnson, Eataoada. Or. Mrs. Owen Tevlln, Indianapolis, ' Ind. Mrs. Albtn. Portland. - -Stephen Gtlllgan, San Francisco. -John Joseph Yteri. San Francisco. Michael Maher, Portland. Benny Parker Seattla. - Ernest Knight. San Francieoo. -Mr. and Mya. J. Wyansky. Multnomah hoteL Portland. Nathan Bass, 1001 Golden Gate ave nue, San Francisco.' E. Knight : - Jermano Goldenford. A. J. Franklin, Seattle. D.Martin. .."'.', "-J 8. A. Carlson. . ? -. XL Evlln.- . W. H. Dyer and child. Mr. Lang and Infant, IS (Cesttsoed feai Twe On.) Saturday's Los Angeles newspapers. He admitted to Nolan that he bad mailed MS In currency by special delivery mes senger to Mra Obenchain at the county Jan. one reported admission by Burch which pussled tho authorities was that he had carried a bundle of old newsoa pars from bis hotel room to a vacant lot In the fashionable WUshirs district Friday night for disposal,- PACKAGE LOOKED LIKB GV-T. The deputy sheriffs had been told that the long package looked like a which might have eonceUed a gun. - It la understood' that Burch tele graphed a Los Angeles attorney to rep resent nun on ms arrival nara. Working rapidly to trace the shotgun used by Kennedy' slayer, deputy sher iffs, under the direction of Under- sheriff Eugene Blscailns. today canvassed pawnshops and stores where weapons are sold throughout tha city. - Supplied with Buroh's statement that Mrs. Obenchain was the woman, known as his "cousin" and that fie came te Lea Angeles-in response to telegrams from her, the offioers planned, to question the woman again today. ' v ' jp woMJbr is svftFBiss- Vv : v Mrs. Obenchain gave aa Interview to a . repreeentatlva of the JnternaUonal Newa Servksa at the county Jail early this morning. She appeared to be greatly surprised at one of tita statements cred ited to Burch. In thlg statement Burch was auoted aa stating that she was the woman who posed as hia cousin and who visited him at his Los Angeles hotel. -I don't believe Burch said that." Mrs. upeacnain asserted. v An. Instant later she said t "I expect to employ an attorney today and would prefer that ha do the talking." "May I say that ' deny ever visit ing Mr. Burcfc'a room?" asked her later' viewer..' "No. X would rather you would not say tnat." she replied. "Let my at torney ao tno talking.- There have bean so many things that Mr. Burch was de clared to have said that I thought It b to hire an attorney. I do not understand why Mr, Burch should have said such things, I do not know his object." BUBCH II Will r 15 AX CEO Burch. had mora than S100 In cash and a Urge number of blank, checks en a Chicago bank when arrested. Mrs, Obenchain told a graphic story oi ner love lor Kennedy - I loved Bolton aa only a woman can lova a man," she said, "and I loved him to the last. He was the one and only love in my lite. And yet for one mo ment of our Uvea X lost my faith In aim. - cBeltonNand I loved each other through so many attempted complaints by hia family who had seen me but once that X thought we could fight it out. But my rrianda constantly were coming to me with stories that Bolton was going with this girl and that girt and the other firL and that he had told hia mother ao." DOUBTS HX B LAKES HE B. v "It has been suggested to me that he waa trying to show that I was tho one who did it X do not believe that, but if It is true. It does not matter. My life is nothing to me now. But those who know me know that such a thing is lm- poeaiDie." - Here Mps. Obenchain- broke down and wept quietly for a moment. Then re covering her cotfipoeure aha hastened to explain:' .- -. "It la not that I am here In this place that makep me feel thla way. Grief 1 the only emotion I experience. I feel there is nothing left In Ufa for ma nOW : -.,. r . J, ..-..r. ; ... "Have you selected aa attorney f she waa waxed. . - ""My sister la to sea an attorney tod a v. Xdo not know whether X win employ tha, one, aha consults or net, X may de cide to let my friends In Chicago en gage a lawer to represent my Interests." "Did you see Burch -while ha was barer . : ADMITS XH0WI30 BVBCH ' Yes, I knew Mr. Burch I saw htm. He called on mo at the Hotel Alex andria - At thla point Mrs. Obenchain cheeked herself and reiterated that aha would prefer to have her attorney speak, for her. , , - MraObenchain's hand trembled and ner voice broke while aba waa tatkina-. She was particular to explain that her emotion was not caused by any fear for herself, but only through gTief for the oeau oi A.eaneay, wo "only love.- la her According to Matron- Wallace, she went Immediately to bed after the inter view. -. t BX7BCX IS G 009 F KIEXD " Mra.'. Obenchain declared that Burch and aha were nevermore than good mnu. .- . - - "We went to Northwestern university together.1 she said, "and our f am Hies were -ciosa mends. To these who sav that Burch might have, shot BcUoa ho- MINISTER'S SOU HELD IN MURDER CASE Eureka, CaL, Aug. S, The vicinity of Blunt 'a reef, where .the - steamer was ked - Saturday ' night. Is noted among mariners as a ."graveyard of hips.- Within a radius ot SO miles probably score of ships have been wrecked In as many years. . - Notable amoag the vessels lost there hav beta the steamer Bear, owned by thsxeamo company as operates the Alas ka, which went ashore north of Cape Menoocmo la lsif with the loss of five lives. The 'steamer St, Paul, the Norwegian freighter Triootor, the Riverside, - the Humboldt nd -many -others hawo con down m the .same region. , ' To tha northward lies Humboldt bayi pear the entrance te which the wreck of the United States cruiser Milwaukee still my bo seen.. .-.. - The Alaska was rated as a passenger steamer, - STOt tons gross and 2200 net tonnage. She was 12? feet long, feet beam, 18.1 depth and carried a crew of 10. Her Indicated horsepower was 4000. e was built la lttt at Chester. Pa.; ort Townaend was her home port. Her officers were; Captain Harry Hobey. Portland: First Officer William MeCllatock : purser Edward Morgan : chief steward, Charles H. Deheno; chief engineer. J. M. CaUfaa. seattla. . - The vessel aarried a oomr'ement of 10 Officers and a total cfsw of M. Four staanuhlpa of fne San Francieeo and Portland Steamship company have gone astray In the waters adjacent to Cape Mendocino. The first to pile up was the crack new steamship. St PauL In command of Captain CUra RandalL She hit directly north of Gorda Rock ana aoout ii mues south of cape Men docino. The night .was dear and the passengers and crew landed In safety. but the ship was a total loss. The second and most appallfna disaster was the loss of the steamship Colum bia, in July. nor. She struck, la col lision with the steamship. San Pedro, Just norm oi ctuni s reer- iirnunin. wtui a toss oi 172 passengers and 21 of the crew. The third of the liners to come to grief was the steamship- Bear, in eenitnand of Captain Louis Nopander, which came to grief Between tha lightship and the capo In a dense fog. The vessel was a total wreck and tha loss of -life to- Uled five. (Ceetiaatd frew race On) J. SCHAVE. MR. AND MRS. HAROLD. AND CHILD. Wallace, Idaho. MNTIIKR UISR M 6KOGLUND. MR. AND MRS. 3. W aeatue, wash. : SCANSBRIK. H. or CAR8BRICK. SOMMERCAMP, MRS, SHIPPLET. BVELTN, Portland. SELLERS. MISS BELLE. 8KELL, H. SMITH. ADA. ' TERUNr MR. AND MRS.. Indian- spojia. - WSICH. ICR. AND AIRS. EUA- In, penal hotel. WHITE E. WRIGHT. MR. AND MRS. C.lOiean- WT2ANSKT. MR. AND MRS. J siuiaioman not ex, Portland. . WINN. FLORA. - i , WHITE. Lh.W. WAGGONEL. MB. AND MRS. L N. WHITEFORD. MRS, R. 8., Portland. "TLANDER, EMMA. - TLANDER, IDA, TANNET, T. Portland,' . i WHITE. MRS. CHARLOTTE. Tort. una. FERDER, MISS M. SANDERS. BETTY. -QUORTANT. MRS. A. C. RUTH, MISS ANITA. YOLTANDER, MRS. F." ' VILIN. C. U , WEILT, B. ' CARLSON, IDA, Taooma, Waah. SMITH, ADA. OWEN, GEORGE. HIGH WAT. GAP COMPLETED Harrlsburg. Aug. t. -The ran between Junction City and Monroe was com Diet ed Wednesday at noon and soon wtu b4 open io lounsta. uradlng from Halsey to Harriaburg along the Paciflo highway ww oe compieiea cy Deptemoer so. nR l.irrxii tiirn Oregon City. Aug. (.Delia V. Lovell of Estacada and Lloyd H. Ewalt of Ger vals were issued a license to wed by the couuvx ciera Miurqay. , causa of an unrequited lova for me. csn omy answer mat no never once whispered a word of love lata my ears and that ha never once even tatlrnated mat no . mvea me. I certainly sever loveo pun ana ae knew that,' ... MBS. OBEKCHAIH VISITED AT ETAXSTOjr, ASatBT FBXEFDS Chicago. Auc. t- (L N. 8-) Mrs. Madalynne Connor Obenchain, held In Los Angeles as a material wltaasa in the slaying of J. B. Kennedy, visited her former- home n Evanston last month, according to friends la Evanstoa today. She is said to have visited .with her former husband. Ralph R. Obenchain, Obenchain denied today that he had seen hia former wife last July, but -de- cimea 10 oiscuss ue matter. Plans for the defense of Arthur Courtney Burch ar being formulated here. Attorney Charles 8. McNeU. neighbor of the Buret family In Evan ston, has been called into consultation and may go to Los Angeles to defend young Burch. . McNett said today that Burch had lost considerable money recently la land deal In Montana and his latest ven ture tha organisation of the Patho- scope Motion Picture company. He said he waa sure Burch had never had aa af fair with Mrs. Obeochaln, - Burch was divorced la UK from bis wife, wbo was Mlas Allle Oayi Quayle. daurhier ef Bishop William A. Quayle OX U IjQW. - . FOBKER HrSBAKD WTLLIHO TO ASSIST MK8. OBEKCHAIH Chicago. Aug. I (U. P.) Tm awalu ing Madalyna'a calL If she wants me. or it appears at any time there ia any thing I can do to help her. X wiij take ue next train ror Lios Angeles." - Thus Attorney Ralph B. Obenchala said today he waa "standing by ready at a moment's notice to speed to the aide af his former wife, Madaiynn Obenchain, held at Los Angeles 'ae a "material wit pees' in the murder of John B. Kennedy, uoencnatn said he would alrcadv be on hia way to Loe Angeles were he not afraid of "causing complications that mign. prove embarrassing" to tha North western college beauty who divorced htm o uai saa ,nugnt pa tree te m Kennedy. ..." "I sua love her I always Will,- YJbeR- cnam oeciarea. . - The Rev. William A. Burch, retired minister or Evanstoa and former faculty memoer at jsoruwestern university, whose son. Arthur, la charged directly with Kennedy's murder. - likewise - wee prepared today to speed U Los Angeles co mi pon s acicnse. mm mm- sw'wa.i 'iesa'JBswawi'iiai sl.jssi i ii1- .... Above, recent picture of tbe atetuner Anyox, which rescued a majority of the survivors of tba Alaska. Below, E. P. Morgan, pnrser of tbe Alaska, who was badly injured, but was 'among the saved. Morgan Urea at 5311 Forty-sixth avenue aoutboaat, Seattle. 'Wlaen in Doubt Steer West,' Bead tJolumbia'3 Orders Conspicuous on the bridge of tbfe steamship Columbia, lost In eolMsiea off Cape Mendocino m July, HOT, waa the following i TO WATCH OFFICERS J ; When mist shows oa the running lights, CALL- ME , When In doubt, . Steer - West, and . CALL MB P. DORAN. Commender. To a very personal friend, whose wife waa lost on the Colambla, Doran said oa the eve ef tha ill-fated sail ing: - T will never put a ship oa shore. If I am lost it will be in collision." INTO ICY WATERS (CsaUae fteta rue Oee) , aa they drifted eungiag te- wreckage nearly two hours ' after the . collision. Miss Bckatroca is o her way -home Minneapolis. ' -PAJTOBB tCBkTED S. X). Durpee, second Mate, who was oa the brldf of the v easel when the struck, was In charge of the party of survivors reaching here. He saldt . "At 41 wa were pooeedinf cautious ly on account of tha fog. whsn Captain Hobey came on deck and ordered the course changed seaward a point and a half aa a precaution. Later ha came up and aent ma up on te riggloa v sea if I could bottea; appertain our posi tion. X was up t hero-when we hit. The current had evidently tarried us aft our course. I cap give ao other ex planation. I really believe ovary possible precaution had been taken for the safety of the ship and that It waa aa un avoidable wreck." -'A note af dtasent and criticism for tha ship and her crew was sounded, however, by soma passengers reaching here. Qeorge Glen af Omaha waa one of these. ; V SATS CBXW XJrEyriCIEjrT "The ship was going full speed ahead In a dense fog." he declared. "Uhe was between the llghUhJpand tha share. It waa a caae af carsmsaniss. In my opinion. Tha Inefficiency of the crew was orlmlnaL There were only six able seamen on poera. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bkeglund af Omaha, Neb., declared that the lifeboats were leaky, doe to the fact that their plugs had been taken out. In their boat, they said, one bey .baled water continuously for uv hours. Mrs. Oscar . Seller- of Oakland said aha left her stateroom wearing anly a thlVklmona. Tha boat she want off tha ahlpVn turned aver and aha waa in tha water nearly an hour , before being picked up- t A sailor on our boat kept up our cour age by telling us of tha fine breakfast be -waa going to hava, "I remember wo all laughed when he said ha wanted hia eggs ver,' " XA90 TO BO? X , "We had worked hard setting tha women off la tha boats wheq tha waves began to dash over the low sides at tha ship."- said Craig Cunningham of Ma dera. CaL "Pour men and myself slid off tha port side hanging to a rope, we debated as to whether We should cUag to the rope or m -. x noticed tha ship Quiver and ehouted-Let go.' We slid into tha water together and struck out. When, we were ut feat away I looked back and Just then tha boilers exploded and wreckaga rained, aboac as aad wa were drenched with ell . which spread out to a depth of two Inches aa the watay. ...... ..-. -. "X never saw but ,twp af our bunch after that. Three of a managed to cling to table top which came floating by. One man waa too weak and Slid off before we could help him. Wa hoard hia -fdeath gurgle as he went down. Later wa got oa a Ufa raft, and .then the Anyox," - . CHILBBES SATED ' Speaking ef the tragedy, Mra, Grace Campbell of San Francisco, said : The officers aad crew of the Ill-fated ship SURVIVORS HURLED did all within their power te help the passengers. At no time waa there any panic or crushing. . Every- one did what he or aha could to assist the ethers. -"Whea Baby Eileen Dyer of LaMoata, Or., waa brought aboard she waa given In ray care and never waa X so" grate ful tor anything as for the spark of lite that returned la tho body et that little almost drowned child. It waa almost worth going through that horrible exper ience tobevc eaved that oaeJUtUe Ufa, . . . . .. . . .. ,V 3 V Testarday 4-year-old Batty Jane San ders played happily about tha deck ot the Alaska, under the watchful eye of her grandmother, Mrs. Alma Averlll of Garfield. Waah, who waa taking the little motherless child on a visit to rela tives la Loo Angelas. - - Today Betty, la being cared for. by Mra. M. U Root. Sab. Joee, whUa her grandmother is listed among those miss. Ing after the wreck of the Alaska,-: CBA3nXOTBEB G05E -' Asleep In her berth when the Alaska struck, Betty waa rushed to the deck by Mrs. Averlll. who Seesed the Child to a waiting lifeboat which, aa account of her 7t years, she could not gain. This waa the last the little tot ever saw of her grandmother, for a fsw moments later tha Alaska took bar last plunge. Later thrown la the water when the lifeboat overturned, tittle Betty clung for five hours to a mass of - drifting timber until rescued by Second Officer Andrew Sinclair of tha Anyex. Patient-voiced lt-year-old Prona Erk er, lying with her chest crushed aad ber body bruised, told bow she waa precipi tated -Into tha water, between the Ufe boat and the sinking, ship, and drifting about from tha tint ef tho wreck at I M e'elaek until 1:10. - . Ia lowering tha boat she waa in. ana pf the ropes gave way aad the entire oargo of humanity was ca polled. With her sister, Mrs. P. Tallander, and her niece, da. II. who escaped uninjured except for being drenched and covered with olL were with her on their way to visit relatives In San Francisco. They came from Cornelia. PAUCntO AT TIME. Tern from. tha arms of her husband, with whom the was dancing oa the hur- rieano dock one moment, the next thrust into a Ufe boat on the command af a shipV officer, aad the third thrown Into the sea by the eapelxlngof tha little craft 'waa tha experience of Mrs, Chap lin Wight of Upper MC Clair. N. J. "Ws were enjoying a waits on the upper deck when suddenly wa were thrown to the floor by the crash on the reef, she said. "Gaining our feet, we rushed to the rati and were watching the crew swinging out the Ufe beau when waa separated frbra my husband and thrust into one ot the departing craft, ' 'As It waa lowered a wave shoved It violently against tha aide of the Alaska ana wa oapsised. ' X went under for loos period and whea.X cams up X aaw people swimming In all directions. X truck out tor a deserted boat nearby and gained it as Mlas Frances Ekstrom pulled herself aboard from the apposite side. We then drifted about la tbe tog and darkness until the crew at the VUlard risked their Uvea to haul ua to safety. "When the Alaska sank X rave up my husband for dead, aa he was suffer ing from blood poisoning In his arm and could sot swim. , I was heartbroken un til on my way to shore after being taken from-the Villar. by Captain Patterson af tha Ranger, X saw Chaplin standing by the rail on the Anyox. What we lost Is ef no account aa long as we have each other." , - IXJCKXB IB AUTOMOBILE WRECK Dallas, Aug. 1. John BayUes of Kings valley Is tPthe Dallas hospital as the result of serious Injuries buffered when hia automobile was struck by a Valley Sileta work train near his farm. Bay less small child, who was la the car with him, waa snrhtty Injured. BIO PICBIC P LA 99 ED Bugune. Aug. S. Five thousand Invi tations to the Eugene grocers and butch ers plenie for AogusfTi at Robinson rreve have been Issued, Hi COAL PRICES Are at the Bottom for This Season . ' L ' We now, have reduced prices in effect ' ' -.- and guarantee that if we further reduce- ' - pur prices before March' t, we will prtv ; . .. tect all purchasers. We offer, delivered , in your bin: ' " ; " - King Utah Strcened Lump v .$15, DeKverecJ in Bin Kinf UUli ! Screened Nut. . . .$14, Deliyercd In Bin Rock Springs Screened Lump $15, Delivered in Bin Rock Spring. Screened Nut. .$14, Deliyered in Bin Usual extra cartage ehargc for cblivariee to Heixkt amo! nWrbe . We are unable to make quotation oa Diamond briquets at this time because our -plant Is closed because of. labor conditions, but as soon as they are available we shall immediately announce the price. . -. ......... Pacific or afl inn vuu , Nearly 30"Tear in Portland Bunkers Front and Raleigh V Broadway 237, Broadway 4045 Eureka. Cat, Aug. t. The names of Mrav Grace 'Campbell, stewardess, and captain Harry Hobey of the lO-fated steamer Alaska, are blaxoned today la the honor roll of tha sea. ... -..-'v rMra. Campbell, herself facing lostant ' death, forgot her 'danger and plunged -late the task of rescue. Tiny children, distracted women and men handicapped y ae ewe te thla woman their lives. Mra. Campbell was haukd from the. ocean to safety. . Not so with Captain Hobey. By the act ot his own will, li accordance wit the grim Immemorial tradition of the sea. ho directed from tha bridge the operation ot launching the boats; calmed the panic with mas terly power, and at the end went dowa with his ship to a watery grave. CALMS MOTBEBS When 'the vessel struck." the cabins already were filled with mothers and . their bablee. who retired early. The terrible shock burled children from their bertha and flung their parents, bruised. to the floor. - Mrs. Campbell instantly reanandMl. Rushing along the deck and opening door after door, sh ordered the women Instantly to don life preservers and as semble at the rail. - . - ! . "The sea Is smooth, she told them. "If you keep cool there is little den ser." - r - In the few- mtnutear it her disposal she personally attended to tha wants ot cores ot passengera That . there was -be fatal peaks was due in Urge degree te thla one woman's work. Captain Hobey. when the vessel struck, . was below. CITES BIS LIPB Immediately after the crash he mounted the bridge and seised a megaphone. "I want everybody te obey orders and keep their heads. he thoutea. "I sm - gains down with thla ship, but if you do what I tell you nobody will go down but myself." -He proceeded - te allot the passengers . among tha life beats, direct the details ef tho launching, and about encourag ing words to th crew. - When the last beat left the doomed ship. Captain Hebe waa stilt at his post with the ocean swell surging at hia feet. - . Manual Training, : Grade Instructors, i Elected 'by Board ; ' " " " . Oregon Cltyi Aug. t. Homer F. Aker ef YamhllL was elected te teach manual . training In the high and grade schools of the city at a meeting of tha school board. Other teachera named were - Margaret Cooke ot 8 11 vert on ; Minnie Lee Freeman and Katie Hefner, both ot Portland, grade teachera. The resignations of Miss AUeen Tewnsead, high school, and Miss Bather Traffa, .grades, were- accepted. They have bees elected te positions la the Portland schools. The portable building used for several years oa tho high school grounds for a manual training building, haa been moved . te the Festbam building; where It ia be ing fitted up aa a grade room, Due to the annexation of the Mount pleasant district an appreciable increase In attend ance is expected at the Eastham school thla fslL For tha high achool gymna sium, under construction, eentracta ware let te the Main Klectrie company of Portland for the wiring et the building, and te C W. Fried rich A Son of thla ity for the finishing hardware. .The wiring bid waa fSlt.it, while the hard ware win cost t2.tl. Highwaympn Renew Tffeir Operations' On the Macadam Eoad Another holdup oa the Macadam read near Oswego was reported to the police -Sunday nlfht, leading them to believe that the same two men who had . been operating ia that district for the Uat week are still at work. Sunday night L W. Church. SIT Helly street, Portland, waa parked along tho highway about two miles north of Os wego. He heard two men approaching On foot, buteaid ao attention te them until he was blinded by a flashlight thrust late his face aad the command to hold up his hands. The bandits took X from him. 4 Tha only description that Church could give was that one of tho man was tall and -the other short. Beth had aa&d- kerehiefs tied eves their faces. any 7 Coal Comp - '4
