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MI3DF0RD, ORKC10N, Tl'KSIMY, JANTAUY 7, i)V.i.
NO. 21(1.
FORTY LIVES LOST OFF COLUMBIA BAR
WHEN STEAMER ROSECRANS SINKS IN SEA
Mail
$'
THREE CLING
TO TOP MASTS
SNKNH
All Attempts to Get Life Lino to Ves
sel Fall All Aboard pcrUh Except
Those Seen Hniiulnn to RImqIiim
Vrswl Is Total Wreck.
Rnscrrniis Was Former Army Trans
port and Was Made Over Into Oil
Vessel Called Jinx Ship.
AJrrOltl . Ore, Jnn. 7 Tin- low
Nliirni chimin, blowing nway. and tint
hi-ii KillwlilhiK MHllewliat lit 13(1
uilnrk I hU udoruoun It could tin
Mt'ii I hat (hero urn mI III throo men
oul of hr crow of furt- i'IIiikIiiu to
I In- rlKKlDK 'f I'"' loili maul remain
lug on lien miiihhu ,ucU(td Oil
omnium)' aloamor ItunooruiiN.
Tbo llfonnvnrs up (till ntti'tuptlng
to nhool n linn ovitr tin mail mi Unit
t hi linwhiHt buoy hiIkIii ho brought
lulu ii , ii ml thu iiir Oiicntitn In Mill
itiiIMiik In ih" vicinity.
All lint rniiiiiliiliiK nioiiilinrn of the
clew have dlttippmiiod with thi Htecl
hull o( tht In nk it. which In wallow
I hi; tin shallow water of IVnronk
Unit, nl llio mouth u( the Columbia
rlwr.
ltllvitnl I Uniting
A Iflluttnl In mihIiik Mini u aUt
iiilln mi hour wjnd ir:ilt.
MiiiiiilaliiuiiK wave am breaking
over tliii viwrnl nml Iwr foroinam nml
iimul of Iut deck fixing Imvi' already
limiti wiihIii'iI nwny nml lint vciiiol In
hronkliiK up,
Tim Itonoornnii. which wait former
I) n federal trnmiKirl went itnlinn
imrly thU morning while fryliiK to
nognthiti" thu Coliiiuhlii llnr In tin'
ii'i-th ol n howling Kl''. .Shi U
whihI into tho nml of thu milt,
whuro nIic lie r-xpoMMl to tin lull
lirunl ot tln storm, llnr 118,000
onrKo. rounlntliiK ol IS, 000 barrel
of crudu oil wiu uwnHh early.
Tim rlKKliiK to which incmbora of
the crow iiiIkIiI Imvo clung lor iiulo-t-
y practically nil down unit thero
In not n member of tho crow In
night. Tho (million of tlu Hlilp Ik
fifteen mile norlhwoHt of Antorlii
mill uililltloiiiil llfomivom urn Iu'Iuk
rualiuit from tlinn- to nlil tho Cnpo
Dlinppolnlinont rrow,
Second Trip f Ship
Thin unit tho second trip of Urn
ItOMornnn to thU vicinity. Kim wiih
known as tho "Jinx" uhlp of tho As
sociated Oil fleet on iiceount of hor
IiiivIiik mut a norloH of inliihapn hIiicu
IwIiik taken ovr by dm iMHiiiniiy. A
few yours iiro idio burned off tho
California const nml only tier iileol
hull remained. On thu occasion of
hor first trip to AiitorU Him wiih hut-
(Continued on pngo 2.)
SINGLER FILES
15
August Singler ol'l'icinllv bi'i'iimo
Midriff Tuesday morning lun ho
iipponrod with bonds lo tlm iimunut
ol' .f l.'i.llllll. Kmmli'li, I . Wnriii-r,
U. Wnriior, Viiwlci', MoDuiinlil nml
Uliioli iiu1 IiIk Iminl oiii'ii, Ah Vi't In1
Iiiik iippoinlod no ilopiitics, The ml
ililiiiiml .f 1(1,0110 IiuimIh ii'ipiiii'il Tur
Slnnli'i' uh lux ('olloi'lor mo I'linn lioil
lliroimh u liniiilinj,' nuoiioy.
Slioiil'l' KiiijliM' iiiiliricii tlm cimiily
omul Hull lio iIi'hiiti! to Imvo im
li'iuililn lict wri'ii it nml lilniM'lf nml
wiih lulil llml if Im wIhIioiI liis ilc.-iio
realized Im would no iippulnl Colo
iiiini iih olilof (U'puly.
Tlm (mill Hpoul iniiht of iU liino
Imliiy icilivlilliiK lliu mini dlnti'lulu
nml wiih nldi'd liy miKKi'hlloim from
former JikIku Dunn of Ahliluuil, nml
uivuibui'ti of lliu old court;
15,000
BOND
NDW
SHERIFF
75 PERCENT OF
E
T
Worst Olow to Citrus Industry In
History of California Many Dis
tricts Report Entire Destruction
and All Lose at Least 50 Per Cent
Damaue Estimated at From Ten to
Twenty Millions of Dollars
Sintulfje Pots Used.
I.OK ANOKLKH, Jan. 7 Houlhorn
('allforiilu rllriiH iiroworH loiluy faro
a MtiKKorini; Imui an tlm nwiill of
tlm lrotn of tho hint threo iluyn
which rulmlmiti'il thin mernlni: In
Dm lirnni kllllur, lnllatlon of tho
whllo ilouth In roront hlKtory of tlm
I'.irlllc Co.i.t citrus hull.
Arcoritlui; to cltnu rxperta, fully
ono-hnlf ol tho crop nf tho ontlro
Houlhorn xccllon of tlm ntnto lini lici'ii
i'IioiikIi rutiird or ilauiaRi'il. Tin
lon alroaily, It U mnlotl, will hi In
twoou $10,000,000 nml 1:0.000.000.
IrftMrM 1111 ItiTonl
Tlm low out to in porn tun In tlm hi
lory of mnny noclloim of Koutlmrn
Cnllfornla wiih rolmoroil during l)n
iiIkIu. Miiny'of tho cltrua rontora
urn fnrliiK oxtromrly largo ruin of
cropa.
A HHy fliT rt'iit lon iii(riluy wan
followed by a Hlmtlar Iouk nmonK
whnt loiiialnod lat nlcht ot tlm
oraiiKo crop, and today It la rati
mated that 75 per cent of a H.000,
000 crop h ruined In thin vicinity.
Tlm r.reat Itlveraldn dlntrlct proh
nhly will auffor n 10 per cent Iota.
lllKh wlnda niter midnight tempered
the effeot of thu frost and aaved n
portion o( tlm rrop.
Con hut Total Lois
Corvlnn, one of the moat proaper
oiih oraiiKO Hoctlou, rerorda nlmoat a
total Ion.
The San Dler.n lemon dlatrlcta nt
Chuln Vlatn and IJI Cnjon suffered
heavily. The loas hua not heen ea
tlmated. Other cropa thnn cltrua aiitlorcd
aoverely. Iteporta from Ventura
pointed to n Iohm In truck Harden ace
tlona. Tlm Kurdmi loaa around Koa
Anxcloa will prolmhly npproxlmute
1,000,000.
i:in Highland Hit
Hinill.ANI). Cnl.. Jan. ' 7 For
the flrat lime In tho history of High
land, u fifty icr cent loaa facea
nranite itrowera today. The damnKu
here la In nxcoaa of fl.riOO.OOO. High
laud lion In 11 atippoaedly froHtleaa
holt.
SANTA IIAUHAUA, Cnl Jan. 7.
The luteiiKo cold wna unhroken here
today and lemon cropa In the Santa
llarhaia dlutrlct urn practically
ruined. Tlm loan, It was ontliuatod,
will ho nhoiit $300,000. Tlm tempe
rature lit 7 11. m. today wna 23, Flow-
(Continued 011 pago 3.)
10 PEACEFUL
Thoro Ih turmoil In tho unlet pro
cluctH of JackBouvlllo and low miir
murlugH of protoat nnd rebellion and
all liecaiiHo AugiiHt Slnglor, now
Hlmrlff, liiiK lalien IiIh iibodo In tho
chihsle Hhndo ol tho Jaekaonvlllo
oukH. No ono haa It In lor AugtiHt
mid (irdlunrlly all Jnckaouvlllo would
woleoiuo him to Hh midst, hut In tho
parly Im Ih worklm? for AiikuhI now
hua eight hloomluK llitn nud three
nlghl hooinlng blood honnilH and
thmoby ham; threo talla,
Nelghhora Hay that tho Slnglor
lildH imilio iiuibIi) during tho day and
Iho Slimier blnodhouiitln tako tunm
mirenaillng thu moon nud Htara nt
nlKht and whon tho nlghta ro
cloudy thoy prnctlro up on what
tlicy nro b'o'uu to ulug tho uo.t clear
N
0
nu OS
Oil
PUT ON GRILL
Conijrcsslonal tnvestlijatlon Brings
Out Details of Aliened Trust
South American Shipping Abso
lutely Controlled by Forelmi Lines.
Trust Dominates Press and Cable
Service Against United States and
Throttles American Commerce.
WASIIINdTO.V. Jnn. 7.-Tlic mcr
eluiul murine entumlltiT of Hie Imuse
lienn IihIh.v liolirilip to proljo Hie
iilN'i'il oxUloiioo of 11 itliippiui; Iripil
A luiv'e iiumlier of Hlilponeri nml
UKeulH here nro irt'Hiri'il In tehlifx
nt the iuvoMiwtitioii wlileli prolmhly
will couliniio for nlmul 11 motUli.
A M,elii effort will ho nmdo hy
the invcsliuatorx lo licnvcr In u hut
extent tniiiN-i'outiucutiil milrouiN
ciml nd nver-xeii freight nml imhM"!!
Ker 1'iirrierw, nml In what onion) Tor
cik'ii coveriimeiilH own or huhidire
(Nl'N.
The workinirx of the llrnilinn nliip
pint; mio which controls all ewirtM
from ixirt of (hut eounlry, were
InhiMi up firat. Siduev Slurry of
New Orlcaiia, jirvhideiit of llu IJnn-uinn-Ainorii'iin
Nlenm-ihiii eoiupniiy.
testified Hint the llnuilinu tun em
inent had rneournui'il Hie fonmition
of hia company. Me said the ship
ping xo liud lierii lioycollcd 11ml
forvcil out of huini'fi.
Storey aHnerted that tho ahlpplnp
facllltlea of South America were ah-
aolutoly controlled hy five foreign
ateamahtp lluea, to tho exclusion of
American commerce or tlm eatahllih
ment ol Independent llnoa. The
lluea emhraced lu thla romhlnatlon,
Im nald, worn tlm Houlhorn Ameri
can, the North Hcrmnn Lloyd, the
Itoyal Mall I'acket. tho Hamburg
American nnd tlm I'rliue Steamship
company.
Storey charged that tho combina
tion not only controls the ahlpplnic
Intereita of South America, but also
dominates tlm press and thu cable
servlco ngnliut the United State, de
lays the mnlla, throttles American
commerce with South America by
oonflnlng exports from that country
to tho United Stntca to Now York,
and by charging prohibitive freight
ratea. Ho further atnted that the
Argentine Republic and llratll both
desire tho establishment of an
American-owned fast mall, paason
ger nnd freight steamship lino, but
that It will bo Impossible to compete
with tho foreign combination until
tlm United Stilton government agreei
to protect shipping.
Vlce-Pretddcul-clect ThomiiH It.
Marshall will ceaso to ho governor
of Indiana on January 13, on which
dnto he will bo succeeded by Samuel
N llulHton.
IHE 1
REALMS OF JACKSONVILLE
night nud that Iho Rlngler klda Join
lu tho choriiH, SomotlmcH for uako
ot variety thoy mix In duota and trios
that bring teuiH of envy from all tho
doga for nillea around nnd stimulate
various hlllaldo cauluua to vocal ef
fort. Old Sleuth always had blood
hounds, ho of course blood liounda
am iih necoaHiiry for Sheriff August
iih tlm Htnr ami tho hIx whoolor. They
nro not provided by Htatuto, but Hint
Ih hecnuso tlm ahorlft Ih tho law him
aolf. Ah n Bherlff ahould llvo near
thu Jail no ono known JiiHt what
ought to ho doiio.
However thoro nro murnuirluRR
mill vnguo tnllc of mullliira and ox
tlniJuUhorB, so tho now sheriff or tho
hloodhounda nhoiild "look n llttlo
out,"
y mm
HISS HELEN COULD
HINLLh JJSHm'AKD AND HIS FIANCEE, MISS HELEN
. rfU$tJOULU,. LUUNG ulUKCH.
TbU 11n11an.1i photograph ir Stu riin Mltvr n.uild and her flanrP, Mr.
Vlmey .1 Sliopaid. wtis uUon n ilie . oiiiiio wen- ten in,; . Iittrcli Sunday morn
Ink oil thrlr w.iv 10 Mm ;.iiul" t'iflli ni'iuio homo In New York. ThU la
thu ll i I picture taken 'if Ml (iumd nml Mr Suepnul together
DRANK
COCKTAILS
AND PLAYED CARDS
XKW YOKK, Jan. 7 -A ahake-up
among tho kcepcra In charge ot pris
oners in tho Tombs was forecasted
today aa a reault of an unexpected
VIkII to thu Jail last night by two
assistants of District Attorney Charles
S, Whitman, who found unmistak
able signs ot n "poker party" In the
cell ot John McN'amara, alias "Aus
tralian Mack" formerly a San Fran
cisco saloonkeeper, who Is hold hero
in connection with tho $271,000 rob
bery in September, It'll, of tho
!lranch Hank of Montreal at Now
Westminster, II. C.
In McNamnra's cell wero Percy
Davis, a republican alderman who Is
serving a sentence: Jack Sullivan,
former member of lllg Jack Zellg's
gunmen, known as "King of tho
Nowaboys," and two wiretappers, re
cently nrrested. It vvua evident that
tho five, prisoners had been drinking
cocktails. 'Iho keepers, it is nllcged
warned tho "part)" In tlmo to hldo
tho cards nud other gainbllug nccoa
sorles. It was learned today that tho Jail
ors hitvo boon In tho habit of per
mitting tho group to gather after the
warden and tho head keeper had loft
tho Tombs. All prisoners nro sup
posed to be locked in their cells nt
I o'clock every afternoon.
AMERICANS APPEAL
10
Ml I'ASO, Texas, Jan. 1. Sixteen
American residents of tho mining
town of Clnlgulllaa, atato or Durango
whero threo American companies nro
located today domandod protection
from President Alndero ot Mexico
from robot depredations, according to
a dispatch received horo today. Tho
state dopartmont at Washington was
also asked to Investigate conditions
thovo.
TOMBS
1
AND HER FIANCE.
EyHBHiiiiiiB'W
STORM
SIGNALS
AT ALL SEAPORTS;
IS
SKATTI.K. Jan. 7. Southwest
Monn ciKiiiila wero onlercd dip!nyed
In- tho United States weiither liureau
nt 7 n. m. today nt nil M-a ports in
Wnhington nnd Oregon. Tlte Morm
iHHiter ii nppronchinp; Ynucoitver
island nud will euuo Miiithorly gnlcs.
later aliiftinj; to .outhwest today nnd
tonight.
SKATTI.K. Jan. 7.Ka!n mid war
mer weather are melting tho snow,
the heavie.it in five years, which fell
fix inohe deep here during the past
eiltliteoji hours, nml great t'enr is cn
lorliiiucd that the river nllcys will
he flooded.
While the Rtroolenr nml train tnif
fie wiu not imiK'iUil hy the snow, it
worked grent liuriNhip on truck
horses nud huuilicds of tenms wero
stalled in tho Iiiimikns di-triet.
Tho (Ireat Northern is using every
available ninn in tdcaving tho aval
lutelie whielt hloeked its lines Satur
day nnd so far tho other lines over
the OnhWide-n have been utile to keep,
ohui nllhough five feet of snow fell
nt Lnooniu ye-terdny.
SINGLER HAS TILI IH
Sheriff August Siugler, Jnokson
county's Sherlock Holmes,' inndo a
startling discovery nnd suffered n
rude shook Monday when liQ in
formed tho county court that it had
no jurisdiction oxer tho sheriffs of
fice, nud that only the coroner had
authority over him.
Singler had offered n 1 0,0110 bond
signed by Ynwtcr, MoDonnld, nnd
Win. Ulrieh, us sheriff. Tho court
informed him that $10,000 would ho
reunited of him, ns sheriff nnd $-10,-000
us tux-collector.
Singler stinted to nrguo tho ques
tion. slaliiiL- that tho court mid no
jurisdiction ovor Iho slieriff's.offiee,
"Tho county court knows itw busi
L ODD
rave
lllllTm nfllinm
iKminuuuio
BY HOGSHEAD
IN OILSTOCKS
Frenzied Finance Practised In 0r
nanlzatlon of California Petroleum
Company Banks Promoted Sale
for Bonus of Syndicate Stock.
Four Brokers Manufacture Market
on Stock Exchange Refuse to Di
vulge Bankers' Names.
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 7. Mnnipu
Intion of the stock of tho California
Petroleum ciimiwny today oooupicd
the nttontion of the liou-e inve-itint-11
g Hie "money trut." t'. (. Ili'iiry
11 Now York hmker, testified (hut
$l7,fHO.0O0 of the company' -took
wn floated, the phyxionl icxcts of
the company representing 11 cnh ex
pendituro of only .8.000,000.
Honry ilc-crilntl the iutero-t mnni
fi'steii ly many hnnks in promoting
Hie tick of the Califoniiu I'elroleum
company. He said that twenty-four
bank offieorM Mih-crihcd fur ?."i,000
worth of promotion .yudionti' stock,
receiving "present" of .f.'iU.OOO in
profit without ticluijlly receiving 11
single shuro of stock.
Henry admitted (hut four brokers
had "manufactured" n market for
the slock on the New York stock ex
change, hut denied this constituted
manipulation. He flatly refused,
however, to divulge the names of the
officers of iiatioiml hanks subscrib
ing to oil istock. Chairman l'ujo
threatened to punish him for con
tempt hut Henry still refused to give
names.
TO
SAN FIIANCISCO. Jan. 7. He-
ports received here today at the
weather bureau indicate that the
backbone of the cold simp in Cnli
foniiu i in sight. Although another
severe froxt is predicted for tomor
row morning iu tho citrus belt, tem
peratures in the central mid northern
pnrts of the Mute already are on the
tu grade and within twenty-four
hours it is expected normnl condi
tions will bo restored. The high wind
which has prevailed about San Fran
cisco bay for several days has virt
ually subsided.
Two deaths are believed to have
been due directly to the cold wcathoi
iu San Francisco. James Clark, 'JO,
u stahlenmn out of employment wa
found dead iu n alleyway this mor
ning. Tho coroner's office attribut
ed his denth to cold nnd exiMsiire.
A. O. I.oFevre, uu nged cignr deni
er, died after remaining throughoul
tho evening iu his stand, exposed to
tho biting north wind.
COUNTY COURT
ness nnd is not nsking ndviee from
the sheriff" said Judgo Ton Yellc.
"MY. Singler, you will plcaso follow
the court's instructions, hustle your
bond nml qualify,"
Whereupon Mr. Singler stated that
ho was familiar witli the law nud only
tho coroner hud authority over the
sheriff.
"You will find out that this court
has jurisdiction over the sheriff's of
fice, nud is going to Imvo a grent deal
to say about how ii Is conducted, mid
our orders will ho obeyed without
calling tho coroner" snapped Judgo
Ton Velio.
Tho law specifies that only tho
coroner enn arrest Iho shoriff, but is
given no jurisdiction ovor tho office,
WO
DUE
LD
NA
BALKANS GIVE
UK
1
OF
If Sultan's Envoys Do Not Request
Reopentnrj of Conference, Allies
Will Reconvene and Formally End
All Peace Nenotlatlons.
Powers Expected to Step In and
Quietly Show Turkey That Adrian
ople Must Be Abandoned.
LONDON, Jan. 7-Thc Ihilknn en
voys will give the Turkish represen
tatives until Sntimlny to reipicst n
reopening of jicnce ncgoiintfrtus, nc
cording to scini-official nnnouncc
moiil here today. If the Turk plcni
imtentinries !o not make this request
the Ilalkan dclcgntcs will reconvetio
Iho conference to formally end tho
negotiations.
Although the situation hero admit
tedly is ilelicntc, diplomats here do
not expect n renewal of hostilities.
Many expect the jsiwers to step- in
before Saturday nnd qn'lly how
Iho Turkish envoys that Adrianoplc
must he nhandoned to the ullics. The
Tnrkih representatives wore' up nil
night oxehnnging code tclcgruins with
Constantinople.
Tiie Ilalkan representatives have
plntly rejected Turkey's terms hut
they do uot desire to incur respon
sibility for resumption of w.nr, fear
ing it would displease the. powers.
A dispatch received here from
Yicniui today anys the Turkish com
mander nt Adrianoplo is considering
surrendering to the. allies, hut, 110
other confirmation of this report is
obtainable.
TO
L
SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. 7. Sum
moned to nttend 11 conference of of
ficials of tho Harriinan line to de
cide iiMin a new plan for dissolution
of the L'nion Pacific, Southern Pa
cific merger, William F. Hcn-in, unlet"
counsel for the letter corporation,
is on bin way to New York today. Ue
fore leaving he said ho did not know
what the next move would bo, in view
of the supreme court ruling against
alloting Southern Pacific stock own
ed by the 1'iiion Pncific to stockhol
ders of the last mimed, corisiration.
ROCKEFELLER ILL
GOUT IN
VOCAL CHORDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Affidn-vit-s
that William Hockcfcllor, Stan
dard Oil magnate, is suffering from
"gouty inflnnuitioii of the larynx and
windpipes mid 11 swelling of the vocal
cords," veio presented to tlm houso
committee- investigating tho "money
trust" today by Doctors Wutlcr,
Chappello ami Snmuel Lnmont, tho
millionuiro's) physiolnus. Houso Ser
geant nt Aims ltidik'l for several
weeks has vainly nltemptod to servo
lloekefeller with ft subpoena direct
iiu him to nppear heforo tho probers.
Dr. Chappello stated that Itoekc
feller bus uudergono six operations,
is scarcely nblo to whisper, nnd thrtt
unother sovero nttnek might provo
Intnl. Tho millionuiro trembles vio
leutly nt nil times, ho said, mid cat
sign hit) nmuo only with difficulty.
Chairman l'ujo is skoptieal over
tho phyaicians' roport. Ho. iinnoiiii(,',i't
ho would Imvo ono of tho govcruini.iit
uxperts oxmniuo ltoekofellcr nud do
oido wliethor tho niilliouaiiQ i.j, ns ill
ns represented.
ND
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