DOINGS OF THE WEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. SHIP FLEES FROM V A LC A N O . D isturbance M ost Violent Ever Re­ corded in Alaska. Seward, A laska—Volcanic ash be­ gan falling here Monday in g rea t q u an tities. T h reatening rum blings th a t made the ground trem ble could be heard throughout Cook Inlet, Turn- again Arm and Kenai P eninsult, and occasionally frig h tfu l explosions ren t th e air. ________ BELCHFIREANDLAVA Extinct Alaskan Volcanoes Borst Into Foil Action General Resume o f Im portant Eventa Seward, A laska — L ike a phantom S ea is Pelted With Hail of Red Hot ship, in her w hite covering of ashes, P resented In C ondensed Form S to n e s—Air Stifling With Sul­ the mail ship Dora steam ed slowly phurous G ases. fo r O ur Busy R eaders. into the harbor here from the w est­ ward, b ringing d etails o f the g reat eruption of Mount K atm ai. S itka, A laska — Ashes from the The appearance of the D ora testifies The cruiser M aryland will tak e the Oregon naval reserve for a practice to the hail of ashes which she en­ A leutian range volcanoes began to fall countered and passengers and crew re­ here Sunday, and the sun shone like a cruise. count th rillingly th eir narrow escape ball of fire through the cinders. Two additional bomb explosions from death by asphyxiation as the have occurred in San Francisco, both steam er fled through the [blinding rain S itk a is 200 m iles in a direct line o f ashes to safety. from the volcanoes. directed a t owners o f poolrooms. Those on board the D ora believe F ire destroyed th e upper three th a t several small fishing villges on the Seward, A laska— Four volcanoes in stories of the Crown Mills a t P o rt­ shores of ShelikofT s tr a it were des­ the A leutian m ountain range have land, causing a loss of about $100,000. troyed by the eruption. The revenue b u rst into activ ity and are throw ing service a t U nalaska has been asked to The house of a Portland policeman o send assistance. A w ireless message a t g re a t q u an tities of smoke and hot was robbed of $103.60 w hile he was The awakened peaks are from the revenue cu tter M anning re ­ ashes. out in the back yard for a few m in­ ported all “ residents of K adiak sa fe .” Iliam na, St. A ugustine, Redoubt in utes. The Dora was in sig h t of K atm ai the Cook In let country, and K atm ai, George H. B roadhurst, who w rote when the eruption began and those on which overlooks ShelikofF stra it. N u­ “ The Man o f the H o u r,” estim ates th e vessel w itnessed a b rillia n t spec m erous shocks were experienced here th a t his royalties on th is play alone tacle. D anger was added to th e ir po­ and the sun was alm ost obscured by sition when poisonous gases poured vapor coming from the w est. about $250,000. Land and sea for miles in every di­ forth by the volcano filled th e air. Louis W. Hill announces th a t the any persons aboard w ere_alm ost over­ rection from the m ountains in erup­ G reat N orthern will fight the Cana­ come. tion are covered w ith ashes. Lava dian Pacific and H arrim an lines to a The first evidence th a t th e volcano and rock are pouring forth and devas­ finish for N orthw est business. was preparing to aw aken a f te r years ta tin g all in th e ir path. T h at all life on K adiak island and A handsome black deer in atte m p t­ of in activ ity came early Saturday the m ainland has perished in th e fiery when the A laskan peninsula was ing to swim the Snoqualmie river, The rain belched forth is the b elief of was carried over the 230-foot falls and rocked by a violent earthquake. n ig h t before the Dora was a t Cold those aboard the mail steam ship Dora, died from his injuries a fte r reaching bay, only 15 m iles Bouthwest of the plying to points along the A laskan the shore. volcano, and across ShelikofF s tra it peninsula and K adiak island. The D ora’s m aster says th a t 1500 F orest fires are doing imm ense dam ­ to K adiak, w hen^the eruption began. F requent earthquakes disturbed the persons engaged in the salmon can­ age in the U pper F razer riv er coun­ ning business may be dead, as it is the try , B. C. F our railroad camps, four w ate r of the s tr a it when suddenly engineer camps and two small towns terrific explosion occurred in th e dis­ height of the cannery season and large ta n t m ountain and a g re a t mass of crews are employed. The Dora has have been w iped out. arrived a t Seldovia. rocks was throw n into the air. “ B orden,” the famous baby ele­ Mount K atm ai’s outbreak was de­ phant belonging to the Sells-Floto cir­ scribed by the crew of the Dora as D O C T O R FLIES T O P A T IE N T . cus, and who was born a t Salinas, terrib le in its violence. D eafening Cal., April 12, died suddenly of pneu­ subterranen explosions, they said, are Aviator C arries S urgeon O ver Lake occurring at short intervals and the monia a t Pendleton, Or. on Hurry Call. hail of hot ashes and m onster boulders Spraks from the locomotive set fire has covered the earth four feet deep. H am m ondsport, N. Y. — Campers to a car of horses on the Sells-Floto The sea in th e neighborhood of circus train near Blalocks, on the O.- and residents on Lake K euka were Mount K atm ai, they reported, was surprised to see an aeroplane ’o u t Sun­ W. R. & N., and before the train lashed into foam by the plunging of could be rushed to the n ea rest w ater day afternoon. For some tim e past red-hot missiles hurled from K atm ai’s flying a t the C urtiss aviation school tan k 22 of the best work horses were th ro a t into the sea. The vessel was has been discontinued Sundays. dead. The occasion of the flight by A via­ struck by a num ber of small boulders A rth u r Kaalson was drowned in to r Robinson, who is in charge o f the and its deck was banked a foot and a L ake Acoquin, near B utte, Mont., in school, was a hurry call received by h alf deep w ith ashes. ShelikofT stra it, from w here the a vain attem p t to win a $40 w ager P. L. Alden, of Hamm ondsport, from th a t be could swim from the middle of U rbana. N. Y., w here the 11-year-old Dora fled, resembled a m onster steam ­ the sheet of w ater to the shore with son of Edwin P etrie, chief engineer of ing cau dron. Smoke from the blaz­ ten-pound dumbells tied to his ankles. the U rbana W ine company, had fallen ing m ountain obscured the sky for H e perished w hile three boatloads of from a third-story balcony of a wine hundreds of m iles and the day was as night. So dense was the smoke the people looked on. cellar and was seriously injured. The physician called up A viator D ora’s captain was obliged to steer a The senate has agreed to a pension Robinson, who prom ptly agreed to fly course 50 m iles from her usual route o f $160 a month for the widow of Ad­ across th e lake w ith the doctor. Ju st in order to pass K adiak island. The wave indications in ShelikofF m iral Schley. ten m inutes a fte r his call an aeroplane Reports of crop dam age in K ansas glided down to the w ate r and ran up s tra it w ere such th a t the D ora's m as­ and N ebraska have sent w heat prices the beach in fro n t of the P etrie resi­ te r did not atte m p t any landings, dence, and from it stepped the doctor fearin g th a t there had been a general soaring in Chicago. Vice P resident Sherm an sig n e i the w ith his case of surgical instrum ents. sh iftin g of the ocean bottom near The boy’s injury was a compound shore. For this reason, as well as three-year homestead bill, and i t is fra ctu re of the thigh, w ith the bones because of the smoke and ashes, the now up to P resident T aft. Dora did not dare to approach K adiak. Bond companies of Spokane will p rotruding through the flesh. I f med­ K atm ai has always been regarded as ical assistance had been delayed, fatal cancel the bonds of any employe ex tin ct. The natives have no tra ­ resu lts from hem orrhage m ight have caught a t the race tracks. dition o f any form er activ ity of the occurred. The German battleships Moltke and m ountain. S te ttin are visiting the U nited S tates Grain With E xtra H eads. and are anchored in Ham pton Roads. DO W IE’S F O R T U N E IN BANK Chico, Cal. — Barley and oat-grow - ing experim ents by G. W. Overton, a P O R TLA N D M A R K ETS. rancher on Rock Creek, ju st north of Widow in Want, Ignorant o f G reat S ecre t H oard. W heat — Track prices: Bluestem , Chico, have developed grains th a t may 98c; club, 92ftj)94c; red Russian, 92$i) be adopted throughout the U nited Chicago— W hile Mrs. John A lexan­ 94c; valley, 92(q)94c; forty-fold, 92$£ S tates. der Dowie, widow of the late “ Proph­ The experim ents *are considered so e t ” E lijah II, has been living in pov­ 94c. M illatuflfs— Bran, $25.50 per ton; rem arkable th a t th e governm ent has erty, often in actual w ant, in her cot­ ordered an [inspection of his process tage in Zion City, w atching the grave aborts, $28; m iddlings, $32. Corn— Whole, $39; cracked, $40 ton. w ith a view of establishing his m eth­ of her husband, for fear his successor, H ay — Timothy, 8IS.50$£17.60; al­ ods throughout the country. The fea­ W ilbur Glenn Voliva, will have the falfa, $12; clover, $8«i9; oats and tu re of the new barley is th a t from body removed, a fortune in the name two to five heads grow on each stock, of A lexander Dowie has been lying vetch, $10.60; grain hay, $9. O ats— No. 1 w hite, $38t£38c; olds, a his case before the B ritish consul. editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, Brown said the rebels set Are to his was denied here by the sta te board of nominal; 1912 contracta, 24«t;25c. Wool—Eastern Oregon, 12r<£l8e pel hacienda n ear Tepic in his absence prison directors. The board based its The decision, not on the fac t th a t Ruef pound; valley, 20c; mohair, choice, and his e n tire fam ily perished. failed to win th e signed support of rebels then drove ofF his livestock. 82c per pound. Judge Law ler, who sentenced him. but Cattle—Choice steers. $6.86