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.