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fJ0DFOIU) OREflON, JMIDAY, JANUAKY 30, 10M.
NO. 200
FORTY-NINE PERISH, STEAMER MONROE
SINKS LIKE LEAD WHEN RAMMED AT SEA
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83 SURVIVORS
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WRECKED S P
Old Dominion Liner Monroe Rammed
liy Steamship Nantucket Off the
DelawnrcMaryland-Vlrulnla Pen
insula Ccnst In Dense Fog.
Vessels Wedged Tightly for a Minute
When Separated, Injured Ship
Goes Down Patsenners Rescued.
NOItFOI.K, Vn.. Jnn. 30.- Tint h3
survivor mt of tliu 134 pntseiiKur
nmt iniiimrii who put to mm from
hum lnt night on ttio OKI Dominion
liner Monroe landed In Norfolk again
thin Afternoon.
Tim othur VJ nil pcrUhml beyond
n ilon lit when I lid Monroe wont down
llku'lcnd nt 1:10 n. m. nftur tin
stcnmshlp Nantucket, of tliu Mo
elntulM ninl Miner Line, timl rnmmi.'il
mill cut hur nenrly In two off tin
l)ulnwnro-Marylaud-Vlrgluln pcnlu
nttlit count.
Tho rescued Included 2S pnnsunguM
nml rr member of tliu crow. Of tho
passenger not one was rind. Tim
wuuiuii woro In night dresses, tliu
men mostly In pnjnniiis. Jnmc
O'Connor of tJm frdurul Industrial
ronuiilmilon urn picked up In his un
der clothes. Ho rushed to n tolo
pltonu In n borrowed overcoat nu toon
tin ho could got down tho gangplank
in In IiIk wlfo In Washington kno
liu was nfo.
Tho iniijorlty of tho nrvhor worn
III mid It wns fenred sonio of them
oiilil dlu from tliu Hhock mid uxpo
nuro tho)' h 'I niulerKono.
CrnMi In Hciim 1'og
Tim Monroe and Nnutuckot
rrnNlii'd In n dense foe. Tim Nnn
tlakot wn steaming nt half Mpoi'd, It
Hlnin sounding dismally nt hnlf mlii
uto Interval. Tim shriek of tho
Monroe' siren, loo, could bo heard
plainly hut In tliu smothering mint
Captain Horry of tliu Nantucket inlv
took tho othur ship's position.
Moth lm mid Cnptnlu .IoIiiimou of
tho Monroe worn on thulr respective
ships' bridges nt tho inoiiiunt of tho
collision.
Hiiddunly llioxo on tliu Nnntiiekel'a
duck iinw ttm Monroe loom out of Urn
fug barely n ship's lunr.lh nwny. Cap
lulu Hurry rnvrrhoil IiIh engines nud
Mtrovo to get h MHturu of tho othor
vessel. It wax ton Into. Tim Nan
tucket urnshud Into Iho Monroe niuld
ililps, crunched hur way deeply Into
tliu dooiuud llnur'H iddo mid Dion
stopped, lior own Ikiwh hndly
cruinplod, for n moment wudged fimt.
An liiHtnut lntur tho powerful
srrow drnKKvd hur Imrkwnrd nud shu
drow off from tho Monroe, which
(Contlnuod on pneo 3.)
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OF BLACK HAND AGENT
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Ni:V YOIUC, Jun, no
Found KUllty limt ulKht or
plucliiK a homh In tho on-
trauco of A Houston Htrout
tuntuiuut, AukuIo Sylvuulro,
inoinlior of tho Now York
llluck llnuil nans, wiih nun-
toucod today to uorvo from
I thruo mid a hnlf to bovou
yoarH In HIhk Bin. Aa huh-
tuncu war holnir iinpomid tliu
Htoro of JoHiiph Htullti nud a
four Htory toiiomunt In lOiiHt
! KlKhtuuuth utruut, woro badly
wrookod by homlm, It wuh
! bullovod that tho Kann to
which HylvoHtro holoiiBod pur-
putrutud tho outniKUH, 4
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GOVERNOR MANN, OF VIRGINIA, ASKS "
J. P. MORGAN FOR WASHINGTON WILL
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Pri. i'V 4tr H
niumnwm.
J I' Moreno rurrntl)- nn naked li.v lultrr I lultirn to Tn rfiis uuiinty, Vn
tli will of Mitrtlm WiiHlilneton, Inkun fnuii the court Ihiiv uIivii fcdernl
' trtxim occupied the town. The Vlrclulu Senate panntl a lull lallluu on tiuv
crnor Mnnn lo miiku tliu rcilcnt nud nuthorlrliiB It-pil nctluu If Mr. Morgan
" rrfimrsl.
SUPREME COURT
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SAI.K.M, Dr., .Inn. ;ll). AikiiiiiciiU
were liennl U the Mipreuiu court to
ilav in tliu liaheiiM curium proci'i'ilins
liroiiL'lit h Mnvor II, It. Alhee of
I'orllnuil, nliu uiih nrrexteil bv State
l.nlior ('iiiuiiiiMiiruer llol'f on elm me-
pf workiiiK city firemen nml police
men more limit eiulit hours u day.
Tliu hiipreiuu court's ilccixiou will in
terpret tliu Mate law in its applica
tion to firemen nml policemen
lliriiiiKlioiit tho xlatc. '
t'Hv Attorney La Itocliu of Port
land luihcil his aivumeuls in Mu.vor
Alhei'V hcliulf, on tliu III ice politic
that tliu Inlmr xtuiiito upplicn (o la
lior employed liv tliu htate, nud not
til llffieiala. lllllell III' KM 111 u MX lln
eliihhificatioii of pullecineii nml fire
men; tluil neither the policemen nor
firemen netnnlle Inline iniirn tlinti
eiulit liourrt n ilav. ninl that iiiMifnr
as tho htnlulu npplies In muuieipali-
lien, ii ih iiiieiiiixiiiillioillll.
Asuihlaiil Atloruuv (leueriil Cniw
ford insisted tlmt tho term labor in
tliu hlatutu was used in iU widunl
Hcnsu nml upplieil to menial us well
iih tiliVHicnl lulior eimilovcil liv the
statu or municipal NiiliiHisiuUH, He
ilcclared fireineii ninl patrolmen were
not otftci'is ami ovpii if thev were
the law would apply to them just Iho
MIII.C,
OF
N'KW Oil KHANS, l.n., Jan, ?I0. -
Masked robbers looted u bank nt
Logaiisporl, ha., uarlv todny mid es
caped with .t'JU.IKH), accindiiig to ad
vices received hero Ill's afternoon.
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
SHOOTS SELF WITH RIFLE
IIOSKHIMKI, Or., Jan. III). Ill
health was given toduv as the came
for thu suluidu of Min Kdith Por
ter, Jfi-yeur-old daughter of J. II.
Porter of Ten-Mile, near here, who
lulu yusturdny shot hurscll' through
(liu head with u rifle.
0STERMAN SEEKS
CONGRESSMAN'S JOB
HAliKM, Or,, Jan. !10. John 0
tennun of Tal'l todny filed his in
leution to become a uandidalu for
conj;i'CJ.6miiii In thu I'inH district.
HEARS ARGUMENTS
8-HOUR
M
AS
UNWRinEN LAW
PLEAD, BEHALF OF
LEAH ALEXANDER
SAN I'ltANCISCO, Cal , Jan. 30.
Counuol'M cIohIhr argument woru In
proRrcsu todny nt tho trial of I. call
Alexander, who killed J. 1. Van ltnnl
on hero lnit October because, nftur
Inducing her to live with hlni as his
wlfo on his jiromlno to njnrry her
Inter, she found ho wns already mar
ried. Van Hnnlcn'H widow wni on tho
stand yestcrdny after Mlaa Alexander
had left It. Sho was baudbomely
droRBcd, palo mid imd-looklni;, but
calm. Her testimony wns not of
great Importance, rotating merely to
a few attempts MIkk Alexander nindo
to hco Van Ilanlun In lits npartmonti
when his wlfo was present mid to on,o
occasion when, uhu raid, niiKerud by
thu girl's visit, sho slnppcd tho Jai
ler's face.
A number of ardent lovo letters
written by Van llanluu to Miss Alex
ander wore also Introduced In evi
dence In support of tho ilofouso'o
contention tlmt nu engagement
existed between them mid soveral
witnesses woro examined to show tho
girl's dazed mid Irrational appearance
Immediately following thu tragedy,
with a view to bolstering up th
claim that sho wns out of lior mind.
War clouds that huvu been hover
ing over thu It. W, Kinder household
on (Iril'l'in creek for tliu last year,
according lo their own story, broko
this morning when Mr. Kinder tried
to whip his 18-year-old son, Owen,
nud was jiihhcd in thu neck with u
pitchfork by Mrs. Kinder, Thu en
tire family, mini, wifu and four chil
dren, then raced lo Prosecutor
Kelly's offieo lo air their grievances,
in which the following incrimination,
recriminations, churucs mid couutei
charges were inu'tle:
That thu father and son had
threatened to "shoot each other's
hearts out with a Winchester."
That thu mother forced the son,
Owen, to kneel in bedtime prayer
with thu threat "to bruin him with
u stick of stovmvooil."
Owcu accused his father of using
language casting reflection on hl
hlilli, nud thu father charged thu sou
with uuimlural nets,
That Owen hroku Ids fathur's arm
duritie; n 1'iu.ht lnsj full,
WA BREAKS OVER KINDER
PORTLAND PLEA
ASK NG FEDERAL
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A. L. Mills States Rose City Case,
Majority cf Cities and Banks In
Northwest Favorlnn Portland and
Demanding Recognition.
Livestock and Grain Center of North
west Most of Portland's Bank
Business Is With New Ycrk.
I'OHTLAXP, Or., Jan. .'10 Willi
the narrow nuartcrs of the United
(States district court in the postofficc
ImildiUK imeked to the utmost ca
pacity, Portland's licarin before tin
federal resorvo bunk orgnnimtioi
committee began shortly after ll
o'clock Ihirt morniiiu'.
' A. Ii. Mills, president of the First
Nutional bank, spoke for the Port
land clenriiiL' house and Portland
bankers. "Nature." he said, "fiu-
set apart tliu northwest to bu n dis
trict by itself. If it is not )iuilificd
to receive n bank of its own now
there is" no doubt hut that it will b
soon in tho future. Wc s'und alone
cut off on the soCtli by luountairi
ruugcK from California, mid on tin
east by thu ltocl;ifinountnina."
rortlniulV ArKiiinentN
Letters, lie explained, had been
scut Ut H00 bnnkx in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho nud western Montana,
asking them with which cities most
of their banking business wns done.
Of the number, littf replies had been
received. Of this lnht number, '1)7
replied that mo! of their banking
transactions was with Portland, 122
with Seattle mid HU with Spokane.
Thu committee further asked the
banks- of the northwest as to their
preference for the location of n fed
eral reVervo bank. For Portland.
30 1 bunks cast their lot. 100 for Sc
uttle nml l." for Spokane. Asked
whether thev intended to subscribe to
the proposed federal reserve bank,
280 banks repomIeir in the affirma
tive, 101 in the negative mid 170
were undecided.
Mills stilled that most of Port
land's banking business was carried
on in New Yotk, with San Francisco
in second place.
I.hcsiock Center
l C. Colt, president of the I'niun
Meat company, speaking of the live
stock mid packing industry, said:
"Portland is the only local com
petitive livestock market west of
Denver. Wo did a $l.i,000,000 bus
iness here last year. Other cities
have packing plants, but thu stock is
nut bought at local stockyntds in
competition."
W. J. Hums of llnlfour-Outltrie
company, grain expotlers, spoko on
thu volume and extent of the wheat
business ' carried on from Portland.
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Tho husband accused the wife ot
infidelity nud challenged Attorney
Canaday to u street fight, upon thu
allegation that he had threatened to
whip him.
Attornuy Canaday warned Kinder
to bo careful in his language,
Pi-nsccntne Kellv threatened to
throw tho "whole caboodlu" out of
his office unless i evolutionary talk
ceased.
Tho husband accused tho wife of
sending piu nud watermelons to At
tornuy Canaday, while papers in u
divorco suit woro being drawn up,
and was corroborated by his son,
Marion,
Tho wife accused her nuito of tak
ing the "nuts off a spring wagon to
prevent her coming lo town this
morning," and earlier in the week
prevented Hie sale ot u cow to Hay
Toft.
That thu cntiru alphabet of pro
fanity mid blasphemy was directed nt
thu family aipl that Kinder taught
hla fivo-yeiwuld dtwuulcr lo wcurv
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DANK
PRETTY FRENCH GIRL WHO LOST SUIT
FOR $100,000 AGAINST OPERA SINGER
F. -f mm
v4ll UiiiiiiiiiiBiBiOiiiBiiiiB
' ' F Irt MftRCEiLE HONTABOT lij
That Klorenclo Oonjtnntlno. tenor
woo little Marccllo Houtabot with hi golden notes and promise to marry bcr
was tho decision of a Jury before Justice 1'latiet lu Supreme Court in New
yon;.
SAVES MANY LIVES
CHICAOO. Jnn. :i0. llarefooted
mid in her nightdress, .Mrs. William
Mnssover early todny rail from bot
tom to top of a south side five-story
nnartment house, pressing electric
button after electric button and
wnrniiiir her ueiL-hbors that' (he build-
injj was burning, l'lrcmen believed
Hint nil e.scniK'd safely mid gave
Mrs. Massover solo credll for avert
ing u shocking tragedy. Two women
nul one child were unaccounted for,
but it was thought they got out nud
took re f u co with friend-'. No bod
ies, nt any rate, were found in tho
ruins. Three firemen woro . hurt
fighting the flames.
The house wns known ns "Hubios'
How." heemisu children nlwavs
swarmed at the entrances. The fire
wns attributed to spontaneous com
bustion of n rubbish heap in the
basement. Tho financial loss was
.?:ioo,ooo.
That Owen, the son, was the cnih-o
of it all, nnd refused to work, being
used by his mother us a menus of
securing a divorce.
That Prosecutor Kellv told Mi's,
Kinder that "if her hiisbmul had liven
twenty years with her ho was en
titled to the sympathy of thu com
munity."
The husband declared that he
"still thought lots of his wife." but
could neither live with or without
her."
From llieso charges, Attorney
Hordeu for Kinder. Attoruuv Cana
day for Mrs. Kinder, and Prosecutor
Kelly decided that steps should bo
taken to seuuro u divorce and uso
precautionary measures to prevent a
tragedy during thu progress of fam
ily rows,
Thu Kinder match was not mndn
in heaven; they testify they have
been warring for mouths, nud broke
when their son Owen returned from
(Continued ou rage 0)
BAREFOOT
WOMAN
BY FIRE WARNINGS
MY A IF IN REEK
of the Huston Uuurn Cuiupauy. did not
CHARLTON MILS
DEAD WIFE'S NAME
10 SAVE HIS NECK
COMO, Italy, Jnn. 30.-The trial
of Porter Charlton, mi American, for
wife murder was ordered postponed
hero today until June. The delay re
suited when the judges of the trib
unal ordered n minute investigation
into the mental, moral and physical
condition of Mr. Charlton ut the
time of her death.
Charlton i the son of former
1'iiited States Judge Paul Charlton,
i classmate and intimate friend of
former President Taft. Mrs. Churl
ton was burn in San Franeiseo, where
she formerly was prominent in soci
ety. It wns understood tlint the jwst
poiiemeut was due to the court's be
lief in Chailtou's declaration that his
wife was sexually abnormal mid pos
sessed a dual nature. Sensational
revelations were expected from the
investigation ordered by the judges.
Public sentiment favors the defend
nut. ! PLACE OF HIS WIFE
SAX FHAXC1SCO. Cal., Jan. !I0.
Charging that her husband put a
maid in charge, of their homo to
usiiip her household functions. Mi's,
Inn a l.aiigcuour brought suit for di
voice hero today uguiiist her hus
band, William 11. Laugeiiour, presi
dent of the Yolo Hardwood cuiu
pauy. Judgo Graham l tiled Unit
l.mu'enous must nv his wife $100
counsel fees and .-f 100 a month ali
mony while the outcome of the suit
is being awaited.
G0RGAS' NOMINATION
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
WAS1UNOTON, Jan. !I0. The
senate confirmed this uftoruoou the
nomination of Colonel (lorgiis to ho
sitigeoii general of tho 1'uited Stales
army,
WEN AK
RACE
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Portland Contractor Succeeds Kea
scl & McDowell, Assuming Contract
at Same Figures Form Contrac
tors Financially Embarrassed.
Samuel Hill Here Reports Victory in
Strenuous Campaign to Bend Co
lumbia County for Highway.
J. W. Sweeney, the Portland con-
, tractor, whose bid ranked next to
1 that of the successful bidder when
' the contract wns let for the Siskiyou
I grade on the Pacific h'ghwny lust
j November, has taken over the .f 10,-
000 grading con tract from KeascI &
McDowell nt the same price the con
tract wns let to them, and will nr-
rive Suturdny to sign a new contract
with the county court and btnrt con
struction work. Tho transfer of
contract was made nt the instance
of bondsmen for IxcikcI & McDowell,
who are in financial difficulty, duo
to thu failure of one of their allied
conccniH.
Tly; only work done on the grade
bo far is clearing nud brushing by
i small .force under Chris Nat wick,
but n Inrgo force will-ljeteaipToycd nt
once, mul work rushed fo comply
with the contract, which must lie
completed this bummer.
Samuel Hill, the good roads advo
cate, mid Statu Highway Knginpcr
II. L. Ilowlby visited in Ashland mul
Medford Friday. Mr. Hill is on his
way to San Francisco, where he is
o launch ti good roads campaign for
Modou county. He has just finished
ii strenuous campaign for highway
bonds in Columbia county. Ho siyK:
"I am convinced the bonds Svill
carry, but the cause was pronounced
hopeless u few weeks ago. We nindo
u series of speeches. With mo woro
three fanners, pioneers of tho coun
ty, who realized what good rondrf
mean, and their homely, convincing
talk has won the funucrs of Colum
bia county over.
'I stopped over hero because I llko
the Itogue Itiver valley and can't go
through without visiting nud then,
I urn interested in nil roads nud want
to note the progress you aro milking.
Jackson county lends Oregon lit
highways nud even if thu northern
counties do not join tho procession
of mail improvement, your road will
bring Jackson tho world's fair tour
ists. I am on my wny to California
to sco how they are getthi" nloii;;
toward connecting up nud to stir up
action,"
Mr. Hill left on the afternoon
train. Mr. llowlbv remained over o
sign up tho new road contract
NEW YOItK. Jan. 30. Part of
yesterday's losses were mndo up nt
the opening, of tho stock market to
day. Thu leaders were in good de
mand and many issues weru (piotcd
nearly a point higher. Pressed Steel
Car jumped 'JVa C'niiiultmi Pacific
13i, Texas Company 1 mpl Heading
a good fraction. Ruinley common
dropped to 0 and tho preferred to
2(1', j. Honds woro firm.
Tho market closed strong.
200 LIVES LOST IN
SOUTH AMERICAN STORM
1110 JANEIltd, Jnn. :i0.Mor
thun 200 nelsons were renorUd iUit
V NT
SISKIYOU RAD
K
MARKET
TREND
UPWARD
ing this afternoon Id terriblu.strpks .
which woro iuk'uik in thu state t
llunia. Thousand of (mhmim (m v- ,
crut towns wore rtport4 'wbMamHl.J
a