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f til1 i r , - K , , --. TIED OREGON i STJTiDAY- JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNtNG, HAY 21, 1922. 4 GREAT REPUBLIC , SEA: WRECK OF , 1879 RECALLED Government's Intention to Blow Up Old Hull Resting on Sand Island Revives Memory of Loss iniinnm n nmnfj j uuiti iru. u.i.u i luii N-4.''.'-:-sJKhv..'4s.sy( fc 3 Flashing of 'Rsturns- by Dual a. - . w Radio Especially Appreciated; Crowds Before. Bulletin Board. j famous; wreck! recalled i SHtVICE IS1 GIVEN HIGH COMPLIMENT KF nlSljl.iLl. i .at Patrons of Tbe Journal were riven triple mla Friday night in' returns of the primary election. - ' That this service waa Appreciated la attested by the hundreds of favorable . reports received Saturday. - The Journal was first on the street Friday evening' with an extra telling- of the early returns from i Portland, Molts nomah county and many of the Oregon counties. By means of the dual radio broadcasting in conjunction with the stations of the Northwest Radio Maau. factoring company and Hallock V Wat- - son it was first In such a feat in the Northwest In addition to this slides were thrown on. a screen, at The Journal corner by. a stereopticon- machine for the benefit of thetcrowdo that fathered early ia the evening to;:Ieara how thai BIO FOKCE AT WOBI Through special arrangements an aug mented staff was at work tabulating the returns, as they were telephoned in from the city by couriers and wired In from up-state by The Journal correspondents early Friday evening. Forty-five per sons were employed In the editorial rooms tabulating and 25 were at the court house from the time the returns for Multnomah county started to come In until they were all In. As fast as the count was received at the court house it was telephoned to The Journal offices to be properly tabu lated and checked. This work com menced early in the evening and con tinued Saturday until the complete re turns had been made. Then sr compre hensive check was made to detect any errors that might have been made. BETIJRXS FLASHED When the ' vote of the various pre cincts, both iin Multnomah county and the state, had been checked the totals were taken to the operator of the stere opticon machine and flashed on' the screen. Early in' the evening a crowd had gathered at The Journal corner to get the results as they came in. By 9 30 o'clock the crowd was of such size that it was virtually Impossible for traf fic on Broadway to '. keep moving on 'schedule. Special officers kept the crowd clear of the street car , tracks to allow -passage of the Mississippi and Broad way cars. , ' With a thoroughly competent crew in the composing and press rooms waiting for copy aa extra was .- put out by The i Journal that was the first on the streets j with the returns. . ! As fast as copy was : sent from the editorial rooms it was put iri type and rushed to the stereotyper and then to the press. When the ; word was passed the big Journal press began turning over and the extra was on the streets in less time , than it requires , to . tell of the various processes. All . day Saturday reports were re ceived by The Journal as to the success of the dual control in the radio broad cast of the returns. This was the first time in the history of the- Northwest that such a feat has been performed and its success was attested by the enthusi astic fans. The stations of the Northwest Radio Manufacturing company- and Hallock' & Watson were controlled by a central station ' in the editorial --rooms of The Journal. Joe. Hallock. radio engineer, read the. election returns, prepared by The Journal staff, into the telephone transmitter. This was sent -direct to the sending apparatus of the two sta tions by a dual . control connection and put into the air simultaneously. FEAT SUCCESSFUL . ' One of the reports. Indicated the un precedented success of the feat. Tills was a report from H.-N. Hackett of Astoria. ' Heretofore Astoria has been in a radio "pocket" and the receiving of broadcasts in that locality, has been ex tremely difficult. Hackett. in his spe cial wire to The Journal, said the re ports, due to the dual control system were received very clearly. Breaking through the "pocket." Hal loPk said, was a feat in itself. It was entirely within keeping with the arrange ments made to increase 'the power and clarity of the broadcast, he said, t Shortly after the two stations, oper ated by Charles Austin and C. H.. Wat eon, began working on the broadcast the Journal telenhonea hnn enthusiastic reports. of the system from-j ui pans oi me city.. ' CLCB HEARS REPORT - V The Journal fs equipped with 21 trunk telephone lines, -"but so numerous! were the reports that it was Impossible to get them all. save that the broadcast was coming in excellently. . The work of col lecting returns from the city precincts was slowed down by the use of the lines to carry radio reports. At Multnomah club a crowd of 200 .gathered, to hear the-"retums broad cast. The clarity with which they were received was the cause of great ap plause, Claude Bristol, .who was Un charge of the evening's program, said. wia wh 4n tiesi in .elections riven by Marshall TV n nal staff, during the intermissions of urwcuanr returns was .likewise greet ed with applause, Bristol eaid. KADIO PLEASES "I have never heard anything like it," Bristol said. "It is ahuost unbelievable that such a system could be worked out. To a layman- it seems impossible, but the excellency with which the returns were received showed what wonderful things' can be done by radio, when a feroupof men are willing to put their best Into it. 5 Kvery club member there , last night win long remember the event." I The broadcast to Multnomah club was' livened up by an exchange of personali ties between Hallock and some of the club members. too c Dnca, iir. K. P. Moras said when he called In by radio to make his report, "it was clearer and. better than anything that has ever been dona in Portland before.' FHOXB AFFRtECIATIOK forgot all else when The Journal broad cast was received ty the Meier & Frank station.- By means of a megaphone mounted on the marquee the broadcast was aauu co me people passing- on both Bmdnv and UlnnHiMi - ' Pat Allen, on Portland , Heights, was also an enthusiastic recipient . of the broadcast. He called into The. Journal . co amy max it cum in "as clear as a bell." Leo Frieda. Westover ..Terraces nd. I XT. Carpenter, -No, 181 East 28th ' street, likewise telephoned in apprecia tion of the services rendered by The Journal . -. - .-- - s. : The Journal returns were heard In Iralay. Nev a town 141 miles east of Reno, and at Los Angeles. Kc Among others reporting success of the broadoast are Hlrsch Hv Bromberg. N. A. Leach of Portland and Ellsworth Pries of Gaatla Book. PrW. hn h th first radio set to be installed at CasUeJ I. FLASHES OF THE JOURNAL'S ELECTION SERVICE 1 ; !1 1 1 )- -.. ... f . i 1- .i . . .. u Vr M 1 ' I ''" '' 11 ' -' -I " - .. :J . ! !H. I IIIIMIH! I I I III! . II , ". ., ... ' :..':" ' t J ' w::"'--.Vs 1 ' - 7 " X : ;- - ' .V t Y r'T-- M empower- ;s. I ? IVCV f t :AV J J I v- , ' 1 t- . I f : x ! s i.-a m; f im& .. ... ?-v" t ,0. i:mm:? Ji . .s-S- m-Ji - 'k x,a - f jf, 7;.;- :ail?:i : Sbowtns para of the elaborate control tlon returns. Above MarwlMdl X. Pans and AwHaHoGlc a tbe! central control pbqpe In tbe editorial rooms; C EL Watson at tbe Hallock Sk Watson atatian; . Jbarnal staff preparing electkm returns; Charles Austin, operating the Northwest Radio Mann factoring company station. ; ' Bock, said ' the returns were received with great clarity. MiOE A&UHGEXEITS Arrangements for t the i dual control scheme were mad by Charies Austin, C H. Watson, Joe Hallock and O. C Merrick of The Journal staff. ' When the returns began to pour in from all parts of the state they were tabulated by the staff and sent . broadcast by the two radio stations. This is the first time In the history of. Northwest radio operation that a system r remote control hasv been worked with - two stations simdltaneously. The HaDock & Watson station, (KGG) ia located on Park street between Yamhill and Taylor street, while the Northwest Radio Manu facturing station CKGN). is at No. East Taylor street. . This makes the dia taaea between the two station that op erated as ana approximately three miles, : - ' " " ' l ' I POB COP- system used by Tbe Joansml Friday Art Students' Work Admired ' t j ' t - ' at t S aj; .1 . t Display Is Made at Museum The walls of the exhibition: ganexaca or the Portland Art Museum are hong with an tin usually Interesting display of tbe work of the students of the art schooL Wednesday was - the occasion of ) the opening of the exhibit and a tea'gJtvea by the School Art Xeagwe. o At the; tea table, during the afternoon were Mm, W. B. Ayar and Mm VL C. Wertmaa. and assisting abowt ' the rooms were Mrs. David & paraJlo, Mrs.' Hngn Henryi .1 sdebt to Mrs. Joha TX qoleman, Mrs. Frank, C Smith I and Mrs. I Brnest W. ' Crichton. Mrs. Thoinas , H. 3 WlIBams had charge of arrangements , for the tea and Mrs. XjOCT Dold Ramberg gave an Interesting talk during the afternoon. Kasct Friday- afternoom at t edeek the laagna win bold a reeeptkm for nieiiibfii stndsnts and - patrons at tne Art tain. elation, Mrs. Lee Hoffman., Mrs. 7 A.- K. Doyle and Mrs. Henry Ladd Corbett will preside at the tea table. Students of the school will, assist during tbe afternoon. The present exhibition has- brought forth much? favorable comment' from those who have visited the galleries dur ing the weeTc The work shown Includes the actual problems of. the students of the school.. Among the sketches is the work of some of the members of the first year class, under Miss Clara J. Stephens. Still life compositions in water color and oil. quick sketch work in black and white, many of them in water color from life models, problems, in expression of the emotions as portrayed, by a model and sketched in a given period of time, drawings from casts, portrait stud-ies--aH of which are exercises to bring out the Student's capacity; lor expression and his originality in composition. Miss Stephens a.lso has the children's class Saturday mornings and the speci mens displayed from their drawings are deiightfuL f j' Out-of-door, scenes 'a which have' ap-' pealed to the! childish mind, clay models, silhouettes done in black and white from a life model chosen from member of the class and drawings of animals are! very interesting and amusing and there are also oharooal studies in high lights taken of old masters; ; i . in design under MrC Harry Wants faaelndes stndenta ec first and and their work is varied and expressive. ; . Several : of the black-and-white designs of these stu dents have been employed as advertise ments for commercial pamphlets. ' Ex ercises in rhythm, repeats, monotypes, designs fori; wood . blocks, -i designs for needlework, poster materials .and prob lems in design worked out from a given subject aocordlng to the Idea oi the stu dent, are included. Then are also compositions In ioO and Water color, pen and ink Illustrations winch tell a story. Flowers used as a motif for the development of a - pattern and skerrhaa after the manner of the mosaics in water ootor to show the origi nality of the student. 1 ; -. i.-j u-i'- The work of the life class, which meets Monday and Tuesday evenings with Mr. W. L. Barnes as Instructor, ia very in teresting and in the exhibition are sev eral notable portraits nv oil. f Experiments Jn Belgium's 'African colonies with the use of pafan oQ as fuel in road tractors driven by eemi-Dieael engines auoaied that It developed r as exueh power as kerosene t t One of the most talked of wrecks on the Pacific coast was that of the Great Republic In' 1879, on Sand Island jjust inside the forts at-the mouth or tne rvirtmhia rivfr The wreck lacked ; the horror of many, another marine casualty of the north coast. The loss of life iwas not great ? in comparison ;, to ; tne worst disasters. ; but the wrecx was ngnt in the path of the steamers that lnl the '90a umi the outside"? passage (now uix4 hTuniii in roinr from Astoria to T1V3. .ml :mn u 19O0. the tWO Of three seagull-inhabited ribs that stuck up out of the sand were poimea out io Hia,hnr rammer resorters as the wreck of the Great. RepubUc in whirai RMTiT a xnousaaa bwiim their lives, w . The fact that there were actually but 11 who met death, and these not for a couple of days after the Great Republic struck, out of the 98 ' souls on board, never was allowed to spoil a, good story that thA B-overnmettt ts blowing I up the old hull to clears the channel. n doubt created a feeling of repugnance; among the many Portlana ers Who had never read the true story the wreck in the Lewis . Dryden liartne history, printed some Tears later, mun 1.1RT TBIP I - The Great Republic was wrecked on r, t.!. o tu mnnth of the Coaum- bis, I according 'to the marine historian. The! immense .business handled by! -the steamer the preceding year, instead of , ; nmmisA of increasing. and in charge of Captain James CrroU and Chief Engineer J. iiuiion n f-v m l c..i nv.nn1n on her last trip. April 15, 1879. with 650 cabin and 146 steerage passengers. ; . , She arrived off the 'Columbia bar. at i -3 t . tViA vMther . seemed SO favorable i that it was decided to nter at once instead of waiting ior This decision was fatal to the old China liner, and within an hour she bad made her last port, grounding on Sand island, to be leisurely knocked to pieces! two days later. The steamer struck so lightly that . ,V,n.A ahnin knV of the ncd- dent at the time, and all were confident of soon being again afloat. Unfortu nately the steamer grounded at nearly high tide, and the next tide waa so small she (could 2 not noat 011. lirk IS STBAI5ED ' Her weight had also severely strained the ihull and disarranged the machinery. KraJclntr whert the sea j fell, and the feed and bilge pumps also refusing to worn, pernuiume iu ... . r.i. rsniHW when the 1 tide again flooded, and giving- the rising . full sween at the house! and - - L Wlr- upper ww i When the steamer failed to get away on the first tide. Captain Carroll decided tn atnl his oassentTers ashore. The crew . cMii tmntd fate re liiu a .w r r . 1 9nH vre afterward rowed to the island, no accident happen- incr until the last boauoaa movea wjr from the wreck at 10:30 a. m. oh the A very heavy sea was running, 1 ana. in endeavoring to keep the boat profperly headed. First O nicer uennon ono mo steering oar by putting too much Strain upon it, and before-he could regain! con . 1 -r atom r-ane-Yit hv a breaker and capsizing, instantly throwing all the men into tne water. HV.kr.lt ISLAND , hn were fortunate enough i, ha island in safety, but I First u T .nnnn William Johnson. J Thnmu McAvoy. Samuel! Mc- I T-t. .ar.ntt. Albert Hilton juurrf, ...... -- v.i. unrait KranJc Mallory. Charles xikr-n ami James McDermitt iwere drowned. . I t ,r. inosaticBtinn which fOllQweu, Aim . the following statement was made by Captain Carroll 01 tne snip, borne out by that of Pilot Thomas prig : mra.--- nnt a rinole on the water. and we came over the bar under aielow bell all the way, crossing m sareiy nu reaching the inside buoy. The first and o- nn tno lookout! with III 11 u - " 1 me. I had a pair of glasses and was the wm n diamver Sand island and found t..4nni ail i-iarht. I renorted it to ... wV,A trt Viul not seen lti We ran along probably two minutes, and I then told the puot ma x uiouguv were getting too close to the island and that he had oetter nam ner u- . "He replied, 'I do not think we re In far enough. A minute later I said. "Port your helm and put it hard over, as 1 ,thi"k ... amt-Hnar ton near the island. .He made no reply, but ran along for kbout IrVe minutes and then put the helm! hard , th. vaswi unrnnr nr. heading toward Astoria, but the ebb tide caught iiar n thk , starboard bow and. being so near the island, sent her on the spiti She mn on aaffllcrhtlv that Onlv a feW knew of the accident ; but, as the tide was fall ingj we had no chance to get the vessel ;Off that night. . h JTKJCT TEDE SKILL ' , -rVi iMTt tun was a small one J and mwm, winiii An nnthlntr - and. as the barom eter was falling, indicating a storm, ij sent sir. fees, we purser, w mi ijmibj ror assistance. 1 rived, followed soon afterward by the Strarbrick and the Columbia. With, the aid of small boats, the passengers Iwere transferred to these steamers and taken to Astoriay the Brenham making! two trips.. The. entire, crew remained on board, and I made arrangements with Captain Flavel. to have three tugs there at high tide. In the meantime the crew was at work discharging coal in an Effort to lighten the vessel. At S p. m. a south west gale started in. making a heavy sea, chopping to southeast about mid night. Up to this time the shipl was tying easy and making no water, bat the heavy aea im evented the tntrs front! ren dering assistance and . also drove her higher on the spit, and shortly alter mid night she began to work breaking: the steam pipes and disabling the engines, i -"The few remaining- passengers I were, put ashore on Sand island at C a. m. Sunday -and were followed by the crew, the sW commencing totbreak up, so that ltwas dangerotas to remain 1 on board. The last boat left the ship at 10 :30 . m. and in getting away the steering, oar broke and! the boat eapslsed. drowning n uw it men n anvauwo- 8ZA BECOMES HSATT boarded the ship and carried away the stateroom on tbe starboard aide, gutted the dining room, broke up the floor of the social hall and carried away the piano. Several aeas afterward boarded her. forward and carried away the! star board .guard, officers, room and steerage deck also 1 a number of horses, il re mained on board until a p. nt. when tbe pilot and myself lowered a lifeboat and "Yb, A mtttmlm .1. pubiisbad. a card ia the papers thank us uvuu vwreu ana ais ' m.fxxn. !iai aijiii& Steamer Great RepabUo whicb ran onto sand island just inside the mouth : of the Columbia river, April 19, 1879. i She carried 896 passengers " and crew. . .j '.ill i . '. iLi-LT-" ! : - l;i -t Captain Korti and Engineer Cookson of : the Shubrick and the "officera and crews i of the ' tugs Brenham. Columbia and General ! Canby for their heroic work. The Canby.; Captain W. P. Whitcomb, ' was the first steamer to arrive at the scene of the disaster and: rendered ex ceptionally good service. :! SHIP WAS IH8T7KED , ii The Uttle California. Captain Thorn, with Hughes brothers, purser and freight- clerk. . took, the passengers to Portland, and these officials gave all the '. assistance In ' their power, j., The Great Republic was insured for, $50,000 and the cargo for $25,000. She carried 10S9 tons of freight, valued at 76.00a The wreck and cargo were sold by Captain George Flavel for the under writers to Jackson & Meyers for $1280 and $2500 respectively. - The purchasers organised ' a . company known as the Great Republic Wrecking company, tak ing in as partners W. S. Sibson. W. a Kinney and J. H. D. Gray, who secured considerable plunder from; the stranded vessel, whicb soon broke up. On April 22 the mainmast and foremast 'went by the 'board, and the 'following day 100 feet' of the bow broke off andi swung on the beach. Seven of the i 27 j horses on board reached the island.; May 2 the entire hull aft pf the - walking ; ; beam broke away and disappeared. The huge walking beam and wheels remained in view for many years, i affording a tar get for the gunners stationed at Fort Canby ; and at extreme low tide por tions of the wreck are still visible on what is now called Republic Bpit. The result of the Inspectors inquiry was the suspension of Captain Carroll's license for six months and of Doigs for one year. Carroll promptly appealed to the supervising inspector and; had no dif-. ficulty in securing a reversal of the de cision and in . having bis license re stored. The press and public also ex onerated him from all responsibility for the deplorable accident. ; -.-j German Apprentice Labor Likened Unto Old Slavery Victims i I - - J , .'; . (Special CabW ta The Journal and tha Chicaco - . Daily Nw) I' , Coprrilt, 122) i Berlin, May 20. Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the sla-ery issue were resurrected in the Reichstag yesterday in connection with the miserable conditions under which apprentices tnj German trades are .working at present, -f , . "The slavery of apprentices In Ger many today Is no "better than the fate of the negroes described in Uncle Tqm's Cabin, 70 years ago, said one Socialist member of the German parliament when the house refused to pass: a bill grant ing youths of 14 to 16 years a six -hour day so that they could go to evening schools. j Moose to Frolic inj Vancouver Today; 1 Goat Rarin' to Go Hundreds of members of the Portland lodge No. .291, Loyal Order of Moose, will descend on Vancouver, Wash., today, for a monster Columbia; Legion frolic The Mooeie band, in charge of leader Fred Seiberling and Manager E. M. Fryerrauth, will be there with their ag gregation of musical stars.! J. Fred Ken nedy. Secretary George ; Fowler and staff will assist in making the frolic a success..., ;.- ' .! r - Great North Moose Matt Murphy, who is generalissimo of the day; has promised Frank : Crosby, owner of the famous Moose goat, some good browsing on the green hills of the barracks town. . Moose members' and their friends win assemble at Moose temple. Fourth and Taylor streets, at 1 o'clock p. m.. Sun day, preparatory to making the start for . Vancouver.-- . . HENRIETTA MAKES IT FOUR n.i7ilfnui::?;gr ri?:?;"i?,rjrnTr"r jjiii'!--;'-v-"""' .it ! . urni" - " - " 1 .' f - r j ' 1 t '5:?-'v : ... -W..' '.'.:( 'i-' ' ! ;-- When Heorfertta Slocum arrived Jnst everywhere Into the hCTe" hc boosted tho number of generations of i'i the Bottler family to four. This vras good tor a trip to 'the pnotosrmpber (- with the result as shown above, indlrtg are Benjamin Bottler, !- grandfather of Henrietta, and Mrs. iHL, ; G. Sloenm. t mother. Seated, - Mrs. Michael Bottler, ' gresit-grandmotber, and Henrietta, herself, i , ,mi "; ! ! -"i' ' . Mayor Hylan'Opens Marble Contest by - Missing Six Inches New York, May 29. As a marble shooter Mayor Hylan is A-htgh. ij .i . The mayor got down on his knees in front of the city hall Friday and shot the jtlrst mig in a contest to find tbs city s champion marble player. rt ( He missed by six Inches whils ths crowd of S000 gleeful spectators cheered. The mayor blushed a deep red .and retired . from the contest. ; j i it wasn't his game., anyway.!-: He " merely opened it for a group of contest ants representing all the boroughs in the city. . ! y--- .. Then the game began in earnest. ; . The mayor had provided 'the players with- a box of sand 20 .feet square on -which to. shoot. . i . . . It; was a game of games land as excit ing as any contest ever staged j on a . small .town schoolyard or in front: of a village blacksmith shop. I . .i The only difference was in the size of the crowd. It was .so large that a detail -of police; had to keep it back. Mickle Markoff was declared the win ner.; He hails from Manhattan. George ' Tines of i Brooklyn was second. The two went to Philadelphia today, where they will meet the i best players of that city. 'Obtain Nickle of Smiths Is Slogan In Monument Drive ; . . ' ; ' -.(:!. ' ' i " . " : i ! ' (Oopirncht. 122. by Tk Journals Norfolk. Vs.. May 20. The latest In jitney "movements" is to be launched n the United States; . "Get a nickel from the Smiths' will be the war cry raised tn every city, town and hamlet. It will be sponsored by the Captain John Smith Memorial association, whose headquar ters are In this city. Each contribution will swell a fund for the erection of a gigantic monument to the momory of Captain : Smith ; on the spot at Cape Henry; where, in 1607, he and his; band of colonists first set foot on American soil. ' ; i t ; With miUions 1 '.of Smiths, Smythes. Smithers and all of similar cognomen contributing, it is hoped that the total will; be. sufficient'- to erect the tallest monument in America. Standing at-the entrance of Hampton Roads, it will be visible far out to sea, while a permanent concrete road will connect it with " the, Virginia Beach-Cape Henry highway. The ambitions of tbe association go beyond the erection of the monument They hope to initiate a movement to brinsr the bones of Captain Smith, from the old Skinner street cemetery in Lon don I to Virginia, where hey can be enshrined. Virginia ! feels that the old dominion has given the founder of 'the first) English colony "In America greater recognition than has England -and that for this reason his ashes,! tying almost forgotten: in the old English churchyard, ought to be brought to these shores for final burial. . ;!-!-'. " ! I Bank Teller Accused Of Taking $200,000 - ! ' ' i -' 1 j i - It .' " Coatesville, Pa, May 20. L N.i a) Raymond C Newlln; receiving teller of the National bank of Coatesville. was ar rested today i- in j connection with the embezzlement of $200,000 jof the funds of that institution. The shortage was discovered by N. T. Townall, the cashier, and; Bank Examiner R. Chapman j after a week's investigation. j . - j Fellows that: wear the hard-boil e.d straw hat know what the fellow that sticks to-his soft old ' felt doesnt know he Is missing. i t.' seven monUw from "ont of .the