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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1910)
STEAMER ASHORE ON ALASKA (OAST Liner With 106 Persons Aboard Pounding to Pieces. Wireless Call* for Help, Than It Silent -Storm it R.S.n( Along Coati. All Cordova Alaska, Dee. IS. The Alaska Steamship company's steamer Olympia, with 106 persons aboard, is ashore on Bligh island, Prince William sound. A furious storm is racing. No word has been received from the wireless operator on the Olympia since this morning, and grave fears are en tertained for the safety of those on the wrecked vessel. There are 52 passengers aboard the Olympia. Most of them boarded the vessel here last nighL Among those who tailed from here for Vaides and Seward are United States District Judge Cushman. Mrs. Cushman and members of the Third District court, who are on their way to ,Valdes, where court convenes tomorrow. The crew of the Olympia consists of ‘54 officers and men. Captain J. Daniela being in command. The Olympia sailed from Cordova at 6 o’clock last night, having arrived from Seattle earlier in the day. Al though the night was clear and a full moon abed a bright light, navigation was made dangerous by a 50 mile gale which was blowing from the north. Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning the operator on duty at the navy wire less station picked up the distress sig nal of the Olympia. He answered at once. Operator Hayes, on tho Olym pia, then sent an urgent appeal for help, saying that the Olympia had struck on Bligh island anti waa in an exposed position. Heavy seas were breaking over her, making the position of those on loard all the more perilous. The message from the Olympia waa re. cive-l with difficulty. The men in charge of the naval wireless station express the opinion that the grounding of the vessel ha 1 jn some way caused a short circuit which interfered with the sending of the wireless messages from the steamer. For several hours this morning the naval operator wax unable to get any response to his calls to the Olympia and it waa feared that the vessel had gOM down with all on i»»ard. The operator continued his efforts and at 10 o'clock was rewarded by again re ceiving a faint call from Operator Hayes on the helpless vessel. Haya said that the storm was continuing with unabated fury. The Olympia waa being tossed about by the pounding waves, grinding her sides against the rocks that held her prisoner. Thia constant pounding of the steamer made it almost impossible to operate the wireless The operator said the passengers and crew are still hopeful that help will come before the ship goes to pieces. Huge wsves continue to break over her and the situation of the passengers is extremely serious. ENGINEERS VOTE TO STRIKE. If Demands Are Refused, Clash M*» Be Greatest In History. Chicago— Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Ixxromo THRESHERMLN TO PORTLAND. tive^Engineers, and four of his ase i at ante »pent Saturday canvassing the re Good Roads One of Important Top ics of Convention. cent strike vote taken by the men on La Grande The selection of Port the Western railroads. Mr. Stone estimated that 96 per cent land as the next meeting place, hear of the enginemen favored a strike. ing a mrsaage from Judge Webster The next move, according to Mr. . pertaining to a g«>ud roads provision to lie brought before the legislature, Stone, la with the railroads. The railrvxU affected in the present and framing a law which will be placed controversy are those extending west before the legislature regulating the from Chicago, and if the engineers transportation of traction engin«*», eon strike the Eastern roads will not be ¡ stitut«*d the principal features of the drawn Into the cuntrovreey. There is State Threshermen*s convention. A always a chance, however, of a sym bill ia being drafted for introduction to pathetic strike, and In that event the the next legislature by the central Eastern engineers would Join the slrik- J board State Good roads association, containing four salient features, was era. Switching service in the Chicago read and explains«! by Judge Webster. yards would be brought to a standstill. The threahermen gave unqualifie«) sup Sixty-one railroads will be affected port to it later. It embodies the ap- : if the engineers vote to strike and pointment of three men to name a i highway commissioner for the alate, ; their terma are not accepetd by the who shall direct expenditure of moneys managers. The number of enginemen appropriated by counties and state to employed on these roads is 33,700. Th«- the amount of^$20, DOO from each^CMn- lines represent 136,000 miles of road, ty ami $5,000 from the state fur each It includes a bill providing or 53 |>er cent of the total mileage of county. for bonding state and counties to that the country. effect; it provides for maintenance, Thia vote is the first that has ever stale prison lalxir on roads ami for the been ordered by the Hrotherhowi of working of prisoners in incorporated Engineers on a general scale and it Is cities and county roads. the first of any kind to be taken since The plan waa explam«*d in detail, and the strike on the Burlington in 1888. adopted. The Iowa traction engine "Our brvtherhmid ia known through j law, said to be a mtxiel of its kind, out the country for Its conservatism,” will be copied in the bill to be pre said Grand Chief Stone, "and when sented by the Oregon thresherrnen. it we take a strike vote it means some provides for the blowing of whilst«*» at thing. The managers tried to take ad stated times, stopping the engine vantagel of us because we have not when passing teams, and above all, been inclined to strike in the past repeals all present laws ami substitutes W-* have done our tx-,t to maintain ■ th a one. Th«* l ief point ■ • the ;-.-w harmony, and have even male conrea- ' bill is that after December I, 191!, siona that our men would not be wil- I bridg«*s shall be built sb securely that ling to accept. If it cornea to a no bridges will have to be planked i strike, which now seems likely, we while engines are crossing. This gives will tie up every road west of Chi .'h- -oi.nty .-.-urtx io.-r « y.-sr to ¡x*r- cago." feet their bridges. Until that date, After months of negotiations the bridges must be planked as now. ' demands of the engineers now are The Portland m«*etlng wiil tie hcl<! on some 7 per cent higher than the rail- Friday ami Saturday preceding the mad managers are willing to grant. Rose Festival. If the demand» are not acceded to s Strike that Will tlM tt-rottl-- of LARGE PURCHASE OF HOPS. every railroad locomotive west, south and north of Chicago may tie called Grants Pass Cleaned Up Klaber within five hours, it was intimated. Takes Over 1,800 Balos. Conditions on Coast. O. R. * N. Co.. $4.40 to $5 20 for a run of 100 miles or less, to be com- i pleted in 10 hours or less. Southern Pacific, $3.75 to $5.17 for a run of 100 mil«*» or less, to lie com pleted in 8 hours or l«-sa. Overtime, pro rata. General increase requested 15 per cent. Numtier of engineers affected 425. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. If Britain Still Leads Naval Powers. World's Washington — The United States closes another year in second place among the world’s naval powers. The great navy building race between Ger many and Great Britain has not brought the former country up to the United States in the number of battle ships afloat, but in ships projected and in the total numtier of war vessels of all kinds, Germany will crowd the United States to third place. These facta are shown in the new navy year book perpared by Puttman Pulsifer, clerk to the senate committee on naval affairs, and soon to be issued by the government printing office. Stolen Gold Is Captured. San Francisco- Six men and a wo man are in the city prison here on or ders of the United States secret ser vice bureau and the local police that they are responsible for the theft of $59,000 in bullion from the shipment ef gold aboard the steamer Humboldt on September 11. Gold bars valued at approximately $7,000 have been re covered by the authorities. Papers found among the effects of two of the prison re show that $3,100 worth of gold has been sold. Those under arrest include E. < and his wife. Sledding Bad for Peary. Washington — Representative Ma con. of Arkansas, threatens trouble for Captain R. E. Peary. Arctic explorer, when the question of making him rear admiral comes up in the house. Macon is a memtier of the naval affairs mittee. He contends there is no more proof thst Peary discovered the pole than Dr. Cook had to prove his asaer tiona. He threatens to fight the bill to the last ditch. Liberals Win in England. Dream la Realized. Irish Portland Al) th«* hops in the Grants Pass section of Oregon were pur chased by the buyers. All the lots were taken by one firiu with the ex ception of a lot of 224 bales that went to another party. The big blocks were taken by Kia- tier, Woif & Nettcr and the single lot by McNeff Bro». Th«* purchases by the Klaber firm consisted of the Flani gan 4 Cornell lot of 376 bales, C. E. Weston, 91 bales. Horace .Mo»cs, 90 bales and several small lota that ag gregated 28 bales. Residue th«*se pur chases Klsber, Wolf 4 Nettcr pur chased HI bales from Antone Cone at Aurora and 64 bales from Crisell Bro», at the same place. McNeff Bros, purchas«*«! the DcAr mo nd lot of 22 lull«» at Grants Pass. Klaber took 126 bales from William Weston at Forest Grove and 550 bales in the Yakima district b«-si«tea perhaps 500 bale« from other local dealers. The purchases made by Klaber are therefore the greatest for one day in the local hop market by a single firm. The deals indicate that brewer» arc getting rather short of supplies ami are preparing for the next year's brew. All told. It is now emstimated that there are 5,200 bates of hops remain ing in the hands of Oregon growers of the 191'» crop. 727 of tM ISM • > . 426 of the 1906, 1,192 of 19072 and 1.* »44 of 1906, a grand total of all growth in growers' hands here of 16,- 369 bales. The price paid by Klaber, aa well as McNeff, waa not made public, but it is understood to be better .than 13 cents — perhaps 13 ty cents. Liverpool, Eng. Premier Asquith has pronounced home rule for Ireland the leading iaaue in the present cam paign. Thia momentous pronounce ment waa made in a small achoolhous« of a remote village in Scotland but al ready it has stirred the whole British Islands and eclipsed all other issues in the fight. The pronouncement was made tn answer to a "heckler" as the typical disturber of British political meetings is called. “Is it the truth." asked thia heckler, "that, if the Liberal government is re- turned to power in this cteetion, it will give Ireland a measure of horn«* rule?” i " My reply,” said Asquith, "is, 'it is.' " | Though Redmond was well aware that it waa Asquith’s intention! to give Irish home rule an in>m«*diate chance, ' the carpers and factioniala in Ireland j have been insisting thst Asquith was a trickster and that Redmond was his Claim Brings *20,000. dupe. But even the Dublin Indcpend- | Grants Pass Considerable interest ent, chief supporter of the Healy fac- ; Is being manifested in the mining dis lion, confesses that Asquith's confes tricts of this rounty. A big deal was sion leaves no more to be said, anti is closed this week In which a Ixw An entirely satisfactory. geles capitalist purchased a placer claim for $20,000 from R. A. Dean Hanes Gave Bed to Grant. ami IL A. Corliss. Considerable ma Seattle, Wash. - Celebrating hia chinery will be installed thia winter ninetieth birthday anniversary, Byron for operation [»urposes. In the Waldo district. New York S. Hance, assistant attorney general capitalists have ¡entered the field and of the United^States during th«* admin have succeeded in taking over th« istration of General U. S. Grant, and Deep Gravel and the Simmons-Camer personal friend of Sheridan, Sherman . on mines. The new concern is incor and other great generals, received con porated under the name of the Waldo gratulations from a host of friends. Consolidated company, with a capital Despite hie years, Mr. Hance is in stock of $2,000,000, half of which was good health, but hie hands are crippled spent in purchasing mining interests by rh«*umastism, which he contracted and improvements. O. A. Turner, of when he gave up hie bed to Genera) Broadway N. Y-, is atAthe head of the Grant and slept on the ground. organisation. UNCLE SAM SECOND. Great INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE John D. to Bn Santa Claus. I Tarrytown, N. Y. John D. Rocke feller ia to be Santa Claus this year for Tarrytown children Cardo were distributed all over the village an nouncing that all children who are members of the Sunday school of Mr. Rockefeller's church, the First Bap tist, will receive a Christmas stocking full of goodies. Grants Pass School to Bs Modern Granta Pass—The board of school directors of this city have decided to equip the new high school building with the ix-st of furniture. The con tract has been let to an Eastern firm f ir 200 pupils* and ten teachers’ desks. The assembly room will be provided with 100 solid oak extension-arm lec ture chairs. STATE TO USE ONE SCHOOL. Three of th» Four Normals Will Re main Closed. There will probably be no state nor mal school next year except at Mon mouth, th«* institution provided by an Initiative measure at the recent elec tion. This is the 0| of W, B. Ayer, a member of the board of regents for the state normal schools. The schools at Drain, Ashland ami Weston will remain idle unl«ma the legislature makes provision for their* mainte- ' nance, which is regarded aa unlikely by those close to the situation. The board of regents ia comp»*«*»! of the governor, secretary of alate, super intendent of public instruction; E. E. Biagg, of Union county; C, E. Spenes, head of the State Grange; Stephen Newell, of Granta Paas; Henry J. ; Maier, of The Dalles; E. Hofer, of Salem, and C. L. Starr, of Salem. ! The governor ia chairman of the board. A meeting will probably not be called until the latter part of January, when incoming officers who will have charge uf the schools may tie pr«*»«-nt. "Undoubtedly the normal school at . M nmouth will t>e the only on«* main tained next year," said Mr. Ayer, "ax the legislature made mi appropriation for other achoola. The board of re- i gents has no power to di epos«* of nor- I mal tiebool property, and I MppOM th* schools at Drain, Ashland ami Weaton will ¡remain idle. The meeting of the , board is subject to cell of the chsir- | man. I do not think it would be ad- [ visable to call a meeting until *»me time in January, when all the mem- I tier», who will have direct supervision of the normal schools. will lie present. ! "A meeting in January would also be to advantage, as the legislature will then lx* in seeaion, and the boar«! would go before that texly with matter per taining to the various institutions." Four Postmasters Named. 01 MILLIONS COUNTED. Census Bureau Announces Grand To tal for United States. Washington Total ¡wpulation of the United Slat«-», exclusive of posses sions, approximately 91,549,500. To tale fur these state» wer» announced : Wyoming, 14,5965, an increase of 53,434 since 1900. Alaska, 64.356, an increase of 764. Hawaii, 191,909, an Increase of 37,980. The states so far given have an ag- k-rrgate population of 85,362,725. This is an increase of 20.4 per cent over the aggregate population contain«*d by the same states in 1900. The five state» ton reported hail an »Kgr' gste population of 5.139,336 in 1900. If they maintain the growth of other »tat«*» their aggregate will be brought up to 6,186,774, giving a grand total in the United Statea of 91,549,503, Even if there »houki lx* no gain at all the total would be 90,- 502.061. Washington Is cx|x*ct«xl to show an inervaee of almost 100 |>er cent, and Georgia la counted on to sustain the average, but, white Wisconsin prob ably will score a gain, it is not be lieved it will roach 20 ¡ter cent. There la no doubt the total will be over 91,000,000. The computation is confl/wd to the Unite«) State» proper. The population of Georgia, Wi»«-on- sin, Washington and Montana, the only state» for which figures have not yet b«*«-n announced, will be made public s«M>n, together with the exact total population of the United Star». Population of the Islands of Hawaii is as follows: Hawaii, 55,382; Kauai, and Niyhua, 23,962; l.anai. Maui, Kah<x>lawe and Molokai, 29.762; Oahu, Including Hon olulu district, 82,028, Kalawao, 786. Population of cities: Superior, Wia., 40,308, an increase of 9,293; Augusta, Ga., 41,040, tn increase of 1,599. Washington Postmaster» wore a|>- ; MANUEL IS IK POVERTY. [»inted a» follows: Barlow, Clacks-j nmt county, Jam«-« M Erickson; Cove, Union county, Helen M Ramsdell; Deposed King of Portugal Given Ref New Pine Creek. Lake county, Henry ug» by Duke ot Orleans. Net.tit, Jr.. Willamina, Yamhill coun ty, Ora Godsey. Rom** The Trlbuna printa an inter view with a Portugese personage PORTLAND MARKETS. whu»e name ia not mentioned, but who ia »aid to be a leading Royalist, con- Wheat Track prices: Blucatem. ceming Manuel II, exiled king of Port hie. club, *2*-. r«-«l Russian, hoc ; val fl I ley, H2c; forty-fold, 63c. Manuel, h«- any», ia poverty-stricken Barley F«*cd, $22 per ton; brewing, ai»l unable to chooee a place of roai- $2.1. dencu. Owing to lack of money the Millstuff« Bran, $24<>i25 (x-r ton; dethron«*d king han Ir-en comp*ll<-<| to middlings, $29><iSI; shorts, $25.5041.26; accept the hospitality of the Duke of rolled barley, $24.50«! 25.60. Orleana at W<xxi Norton, Eversham, Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil England. For thr«*«' months, he has iam lie valley. $2O«t22 per ton; Ea»l not had means with which to pay his arn Oregon, $23»i24; alfalfa. $14'ul5, servante. grain hay. $14.5o<<i 15.50; clover, $13«i ’ Manuel, according to the interview, 14. ho[x-« that be will lx- r«*storcd to pow- Corn Whole, $29; cracked, $30 ton. 1 er, instating that a republic in Portu Oats - No. 1 white, $27.50«t 26,50. ! gal cannot exist. His friend predicts Poultry Hens, 16e pound; spring», that a congress of thr |x>w«-r» will set lt^c; ducks, white, 16«il7c; g«-«*se, ; tle the Portugu«*»«* affair, but he saya 12c; turkeys, live, 20c; drsaetd, 22<-i that <>th«-rwi»e the Royalists are ready 23c; squat«, $2 per dosen. to fight for the restoration of the mon Egg» Oregon ranch, candled, 45c archy. per down; Eastern, Aprils, 32c; East ern fresh, 36c. AVIATOR UP 10,499 FEET. Butter City creamery, solid ¡»ack, 37e per pound; butter fat, 35<ii.37c; World's Record for Haight Broken Eastern, 31«t34e. by Frenchman in Monoplane. Pork Fancy, loot 11c per p«»und. Veal Fancy, 65 to 125 pounds, 121-» Pau, France Ascending from the «(13 4c per pound. aviation field here, M. Legagncux Apples King, 40(<i.75e per box; 1 broke the world's altitude record, ris W-»lf river, 75c«i $|; Waxen, 75c«; $1; ing to a height of 10,499 feet. The Baldwin, 75c(<i$l,25; Northern Spy, Frenchman land«xl half frozen after a 75c<ii$1.25; Snow, $1,26«i 1.50; Spits- remarkable plane downward. Ho used enbergs, $!.254$2; Winter Banana, a Blériot monoplane. $I.75«/.3.5O, The previous official height record | Green Fruits Pears, $l.26<<i2 per waa made by Ralph Johnatone, who in box; gra|M*s, $l«ll,35; cranberries. th«* rc«*ent meet at Belmont Park, $10.60«/ 11 per barrel. •oared 9.714 feet. V«-g<-tabl«-s Beana, io«il)c per At Philadelphia, November 23, J. pound; cabbage, $1451.26 per hundr«*d; 1 Armstrong I»rrxrl made a r«*markably cauliflower, $2«!2.25 per crate; celery, ■ high flight and claimed the world's California, $3«i3.25 per crate; pump record. When this waa disputed, kins, l«/.l Sc [ter pound; sprouts, 7 Drexel r«-qucsted th«* officials of the «/He; squash, hol'vc; tomatoes, $1.26 Weather bureau to examine hia baro [>er box; carrot», 2lor 1.25 per hundred; i graph. They did ao and errdited him parsnips, $l«lL25; turnips, $1; beets, with an altitude of 9,897 fast. These $1.25«i 1.50, figures, however, have nut lxx*n offi Potatoes Oregon. $1.25 hundred. cially accepted by the Aero club of Onions Oregon, jobbing price, $1.40 i America. «11.60 per hundr«*d. Cattle Prime steers, $5.76016; good 20 Rescued from Wreck. to choice, $5.25«i 5.75; fair to good, Oswego, N. Y.— The steamship John $4.75<(1 5.25; common, $4»l4.50; choice Sharpie», of Chicago, grounded on the to prime cows, $4.75rd.6; good to shore of Galloup island, while going choice, beef cows, $4.25fii 4.76; fair to from Chieagn to Ogd«*nsb<irg. A snow good. $3.754%4.26; common to fair, $2 storm was raging and waves rolled 4(8.60; col to choice heifers, $4.7641 over her, thxxling the boiler room and 5; fair to gm»!, $4.5O«/4.76; common I l>utting out the fires. Not until next to fair, $4<W,4.25; choice to gtxxi fat j day was the stranded vessel »ighted by bulls, $4«i4.25; fair to good, $3.50414.1 the »teamahip Hinckley and by that common, $2.504/3.50; good choice light time, driven from thr vessel by intense calves, $74/7.50; fair to gtxxi. $6.50<d cold, Mrs. George Russell, wife of the 7; good to choice heavy calves, $5.25«i first mate, ami half of the crew, had 6; fair to good, $1.75416.25; common, reached one of the islands. The Hinck $3.754/4.75; good to choice stags, ley took all hand» aboard. $4.604/6; fair to good, $4«/4.50. Hog» — Choice, $7.764/8; good to Propose Auto Battalion. choice, $7.50<«i,7.76. Berlin — In the reirhatag General Sheep-- Yearling wethers, grain fed, $4.76-<i6; old. grain fed, $4.25«/ 4.60; Von Hoeringen, Prussian minister of choice ewes, grain fed, 3.76«i4; g«x«1 war, describing the government's plana to choice, grain fed, $3.25«t3.76; feed of enlarging the army, declared: "The ers. $2.25«13; choice lambs, grain fed, organisation of an automobile battalion The progress of aerial $5.764/6; good to choice, grain fed, ia required. navigation demands the organisation $5.754t6; [»or lambs, $4.954(6. Hay fed sheep and lambs 60c lower of three aeronautical battalions of two companies each." than grain fed.
