EIGHT PAGES-
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
OIL TANK STEAMER ROSECRANS, WRECKED AT MOUTH OK COLUMMA JAN. 7, 1913
THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
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The all absorbing question at
This time of the year is
.
Whatam I going to give
Mv friends for Christmas?
Wo liavo provided an unusually larp assortment 0
The formation of a glue trust is be
lieved to be under way.
Manufacturers and importers are
bepging congress to let the present
tariff alone.
President Taft greatly lauds the
genius, persistence and tenacity of the
Jewish people.
Ex-President Castro has taken per
sonal charge of his legal fight to re
main in America.
Turks refuse flatly to cede Adrian
ople to Bulgaria and peace negotia
tions are broken off.
The Supreme court refuses to per
mit Union Pacific stockholders to buy
Southern Pacific stock.
The Supreme court has ruled that
cotton brokers must stand trial for at
tempting to corner cotton.
The newly-elected woman mayor of
Warrenton, Or., walked through the
snow to attend her first council meet
ing. A decision of the Supreme court
greatly curtails the power of the
states over railways and express com
panies. Women of the allied Balkan states
show utmost fortitude over their
griefs and sufferings resulting from
the war with Turkey.
Sixteen persona whose ages aggre
gated 1070 years were gathered at a
holiday dinner at Marshfield, Or.
Their ages averaged nealy 70 years.
William Rockefeller, whom the
house money trust investigating com
mittee was unable to serve with a
summons, is now in the Bahama isl
ands. The woman city recorder of Park
City, Utah, is accused of padding the
payrolls of that city. Shortages are
also alleged in other departments un
der her supervision.
A move has been started to pay the
fines of the" Boise, Idaho, newspaper
men who were sentenced to jail for
criticising the Idaho Supreme court
for its decision barring Progressive
candidates for presidential elector
from the ballot, and Colonel Roosevelt
has sent the first $10.
Senator Jeff Davis, senior member
of the upper house from Arkansas, is
dead.
Trans-Atlantic steamships have
adopted a new route in order to avoid
icebergs.
Operations in the hop market are
completey blocked by refusal of the
growers to sell.
The Russian crown prince has com
pletely recovered from the recent at
tempt upon his life.
A one-legged boy playing on the
street in Portland was hit by an auto
mobile and his other leg broken.
Over five hundred persons were
killed in automobile accidents on the
streets of New York City during 1912.
The Bates & Chesebrough steamship
company, rivals of the Pacific Mail,
have failed with liabilities of $300,
000. Vexed by a sharp letter from At
torney General Wickersham, the Uni
ted States attorney for South Dakota
has resigned.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, 80
80c; bluestem, 85(3 86c; forty-fold,
81c; red Russian, 78c; valley, 81c.
Barley Feed, $22. 50(323. 00 per
ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50
26.50.
Corn Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton.
Hay Timothy, choice, $17(318 per
ton; mixed Eastern Oregon timothy,
$12(3jl5; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa,
$11.50; clover, $10; straw, $6(3,7.
Millstuffs Bran, $22 ton; shorts,
.. $24; middlings, $30.
Oats No. 1 white, $25(325.50 ton.
Fresh fruits Apples, 50c(3$1.50 pr
box; grapes, Emperors, $5 per bar
rel ; Malagas, $8; cranberries, $12.50.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur
banks, 5060c per hundred; sweets,
2(33c per pound.
Onions Oregon, $1 per sack.
Vegetables Artichokes, $1.251.50
per dozen ; cabbage, lc per pound ;
cauliflower, $2.50 per crate; celery,
$3.504; head lettuce, $1.50(3:2;
sprouts, 8c per pound; garlic, 5fe6c;
turnips, 75c per sack; carrots, 75c;
beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c.
Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 32
35c per dozen.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes,
37c per pound; prints, 3839c.
Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 15c;
turkeys, live, 2223c; dressed,
choice, 2627c; ducks, nominal;
geese, 13c.
Pork Fancy, 1010ic per pound.
Veal Fancy, 1414Jc per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice,
18(ffi20c per pound.
Cattle Choice steers, $77.75;
good $6.506.75; medium, 6(ffi6.35;
choice cows, $66.50; good, $5.50
5.75; medium, $4.505.25; choice
calves, $7.509; good heavy calves,
$6(3j7; bulls, $35.50; stags, $56.
. Hogs Light, $7.508.10; heavy,
$6.507.25.
Sheep Yearling wethers, fi.zbfa
5.75;
1 6.75.
ewes, $44.85; lambs, $5
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30 MEET DEATH
OFF COLUMBIA
Oil Steamer Rosecrans
On Peacock Spit.
Sinks
Lifesaving Crews Battle All Day
With Gale Ocean Tugs Res
cue Lifeboat and Crew.
Uwaco, Wash. Twenty-nine men
perished in the sea, one died after be
ing rescued and three are believed to
be safe from the wreck of the oil tank
steamer Rosecrans, which went on the
rocks at Peacock Spit at 5:20 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Fred Peters, third quartermaster,
who clung to a plank, swam until un
conscious and was washed ashore at
Tioga Point, seven miles from the
scene of the wreck, at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. Three of the remaining
33 of the ill-fated crew were rescued
by the Point Adams life-saving crew.
One man, an oiler, died in the stern of
the life-saving boat.
The heroic rescue by the life-saving
crew was effected at 3 :30 o'clock after
the three men had clung to the' rigging
of the vessel for almost five hours af
ter the Rosecrans sank, at 10:30 a. m.
The Rosecrans went aground in a
gale estimated at about 70 miles. It
was five hours later when the vessel
was sighted for the first time after
repeated efforts to locate the wreck and
heroic battling against the storm by
the life crews and three tugs, the One
onta, the Fearless and the Tatoosh.
At 3 o'clock the Point Adams life
saving crew effected a rescue of the
three men who clung to the rigging.
The Cape Disappointment life crew
had been capsized and several of the
members badly injured in the repeated
attempts to reach the Rosecrans.
From 3 o'clock in the afternoon un
til about midnight the Point Adams
life-saving crew and its three rescued
men were storm-tossed on the outside
of the bar in a disabled craft unable
to get to shore. At midnight the tug
Oneonta located the survivors on the
lightship and sent a wireless that one
of the Rosecrans' crew, an oiler, had
perished from the long strain.
The Rosecrans is a total wreck. Her
captain, L. F. Johnson, and three
other dead bodies, have been picked
up by the life-saving crew. Besides
wreckage from the oil-tanker and two
of her lifeboats, which were washed
ashore, nothing more from the wrecked
steamer reached land.
It was daylight before an effectual
attempt to make to sea was under
taken. It was 8 :30 a. m. before the
scene of the wreck was sighted, as the
wireless "S. O. S." "Striking the bar
and breaking to pieces," from the ill
fated steamer had been lost long be-
Consul-General Is Dead.
London Paul Nash, United States
consul general at Budapest, died sud
denly at a hotel here. Although it
was apparent that death was due to
natural causes, an inquest will be nec
essary. Consul General Nash arrived
here only the day before. At the hotel
he asked for a quiet room, as he was
suffering from insomnia. He was
found dead there next morning. Nash
was 36 years old and had been in the
diplomatic service at Bangkok, Ven
ice, Vladivostok, Rheims and Budapest.
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fore, as the water flooded her hull and
the apparatus was rendered useless.
The tugs fearless, Tatoosh and One
onta, with the Cape Disappointment
lifesaving crew, were forced to turn
back to Fort Canby.
At 9 :10 the naval radio station lo
cated the wreck and by radio gave the
tugs the location.
The rescue work was the most peril
ous undertaken at Coumbia bar in its
history. It was only when a lull in
the storm occurred about noon that the
lifesaving crews were able to make to
the scene of the wreck, and then the
gale was so furious that it was im
possible to get within 400 yards of the
wreckage. In the wild breakers three
of the crew of the lifesavet were
washed overboard, but were rescued.
The men who had clung to the mast of
the Rosecrans jumped into the water
and were saved.
As the Rosecrans disappeared, only
40 feet of the mainmast remained
above water. The men in the rigging
kept warm by climbing up and down
the ratlines. At 11 a. m. the life
saving crews started for the wreck.
When they hove in sight hundreds of
people ashore at North Head cheered
them. The lifeboats were passing
through solid walls of water and some
times they would seem to be swamped
by every breaker going overthe boats.
COLD GRIPS ENTIRE COUNTRY
Coldest Reported Is 24 Below; Win
ter wheat Menaced.
Chicago Winter, as the term is un
derstood in the Great Lakes region,
already more than three months over
due, made another and more successful
attempt Sunday and Monday to fasten
itself upon the Middle West. The
deadly cold, originating in Western
Canada, where 16 degrees below zero
prevails at many points, is spreading
rapidly over the country. It reached
Chicago in the form of a snow storm,
which later turned to rain and still
later to heavy sleet, with continued
falling of the temperature.
The intense cold has not yet arrived
in Chicago, but government forecast
ers say it will be here soon and re
main a long time.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and all
Northwestern states report below zero
weather and growing colder.
Apple Men Take Heart.
Hood River, Or. "It is an ill wind
that blows no one good," and the apple
men expect the disastrous freeze that
swept the Southern California orange
district to cause an advance in apple
prices. J. S. Crutchfield, a Pittsburg
commission man, said that the happen
ing of two things would greatly aid
the marketing of the year's fruit.
"One, " he said "is a destructive cy
clone in the banana belt and the other
a hard freeze in the orange belt."
Fire Put Out With Milk,
Santa Cruz, Cal. With the water
supply cut off by frozen pipes, the
family of A. D. Houghton, in Cliff
Drive, near Capitola, resorted to pans
of milk in fighting a fire that threat
ened to burn the home Monday morn
ing. The flames were extinguished
with small loss.
Dog Is Sent By Parcel Post.
Yonkers, N. Y. A brindle bulldog
was the first parcel post package
mailed in Yonkers. It was in a box
addressed to William Trievor, of 30
Woodworth avenue. Although live
animals are not accepted for transpor
tation through the mails, 'Postmaster
Warren made an exception, as it was
the first parcel, and had a carrier de
liver it. The postmaster went in his
private carriage to deliver personally
a six-pound roast from New York ad
dressed to a Yonkers housewife, so
it might be in time for dinner.
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COLD MENACES
CITRUS CROPS
California Orange Trees Hung
With Icicles.
Lowest Temperatures in 20 Years
Smudge Pots Avail Little
Water Kept Running.
Los Angeles Freezing weather,
such as Southern California has not
experienced in 20 years, swept down
from Tehachapi's top on the great
orange belt of San Bernardino, Ven
tura, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange
and San Diego counties Sunday.
Damage estimated at many millions
of dollars is being wrought to citrus
fruits, in spite of desperate efforts of
the growers to check the menace by
smudging. At Covina the mercury
dropped to 22 degrees.
At Santa Ana icicles hung from the
orange trees.
Snow is reported from north of Ox
nard. Sugar beets, bean and grain
crops are suffering also, but the chief
damage is to oranges and lemons.
High winds are blowing at Santa Bar
bara, Redlands and Coltcn, which it is
hoped will prevent heavy frosting.
Reports from the Lompoc valley say
the loss to fruits there will be enor
mous. At Santa Barbara the temperature
was below the freezing point all day,
and at 10 p. m. it was 22. At Red
lands the mercury was 30, and the sky
was black with smudges. At Whit
tier several hundred thousand young
orange trees are exposed to tho ele
ments, and the owners fear a total
loss.
For the most part the sudden drop,
despite the United States weather bu
reau's warning, was totally unexpect
ed by the people, and not mure than a
tenth of the growers, it is reported,
were prepared.
The temperature stood at 18 degrees
at Riverside at 10 o'clock. Prayers
were offered in the churches for the
saving of the citrus groves.
The local weather forecasts say the
temperature is lower than it has been
in 20 years. From all the orange pro
ducing points the most depressing re
ports are received. At Riverside,
which has laid claim to being in the
frostless belt, nothing short of a mir
acle can save the crop.
In San Gabriel, another highly-favored
section, the thermometer regis
tered 24 degrees at midnight, and
growers were turning the irrigation
water pipes open in the hope of reduc
ing the fast lowering temperature.
Not over ten per cent of the ranchers
are prepared with smudging pots, and
even if all were, little good could be
done, as a difference of only six to
eight degrees can be made by that
method.
Sacramento recorded the lowest
temperature of 15 years.
Suffragists' Rout Chief.
Washington, D. C. Major . Sylves
ter, superintendent of the Capitol po
lice, who announced that the Washing
ton suffragists would not be allowed to
hold a pageant on March 3, the day
before the inauguration, was routed
by the suffragists almost as soon as he
made the rash announcement. James
F. Oyster, president of the chamber of
commerce, quickly took up the suffra
gists' cause, as did other prominent
men, and Sylvester receded from his
position. The women will hold their
demonstration as planned.
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