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STEAM SCHOONER DRIFTS
HELPLESS Oil OREGON COAST
LITTLE HOPE OF SHVIII6 AUY
The .Wrecked Steam .Schooner Washington Pounding to
Pieces Near Mouth of Columbia Lifesaving Crews From
Point Adams, and Cape Disappointment, Assisted by Tug,
Are Endeavoring to Get Line Aboard, But Up to Noon Were
Unsuccessful She Is Slowly Drifting Onto the Beach
and It Is Possible Some May Be Saved.
North Head, Wash., Nov. 13. Be
fore sundown today the lives of a
large number, perhaps all, of the 4S
persons aboard the wrecked steam
schooner Washington, probably will
be lost.
Two members of the crew already
have been drowned. They wese
clinging to timbers on the deckload
of lumber and the timbers were
swept overboard, the sailors with It.
This morning the Point Adams and
Cape Disappointment life savings
crews are standing by; so are three
bar tugs, hut at 10 o'clock no line
has been put aboard, and the doom
ed schooner, whose fires live been
put out, may be . driven upon the
beach at any moment.
The schooner when she goes on
the beach will strike at a point op
posite the North Head weather sta
tion. It seems probable this will
happen very soon as the storm is a
wild one and the schooner's position
hopeless.
Some of the passengers and crew
may get ashore without drowning,
but the vessel will be a total loss.
The wind at North Head last,
night was 48 miles an hour and at
8 o'clock this morning it was 30
miles an hour.
These Apparently Drowned.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. Twenty
men comprise the crew of the ill
fated steam schooner Washington,
which Is pounding to pieces In the
DEPRECATE
DEDICATION OF
MONUMENT
COUNSEL FOR BOTH SIDES IX
M'XAMARA TRIAL DEPRECATE
OTIS' ACTION BEING TAKEN AT
THIS TIME.
' Los Angeles, Nov.- 13. Counsel
on both sides this morning were ex
ercised over the announced Inten
tion of the Times management to
dedicate a mounment to tw-enty of
the twenty-one persons who
lost
their lives in the Times explostoi
next Wednesday. It is admitted
that this win not alone revive the
hard feelings engendered by the
original charges and counter charges
but that it will also make It muchj)jne aboard the craft.
more difficult to secure a j.ry. At best the chances of rescuing
Even the closest friends of Gen-1 (he Washington's passengers are
eral Otis are criticising mm for badjpoor.
taste in bringing this matter to ttie Against the slender hope of the
front at this time. It is announced: nfe savers either reaching the ves
thnt Robert J. Burdett, the preach-1 se by boat or line, or the minute
er whrse funeral oration caused a possibility of the ship beaching safe
dlstinct sensation because of the! iv ore the nrnbablllties that she
language he used in denouncing
organized labor and Its officers,
will make the chief address, and
his speech Is expected to eclipse, in
point of vituperation, his former
address.
One victims body is not burled In
the general's plot. . It is that of A.
Churchill Harvey Elder, night editor
of the Times, whose relatives are
suing General Otis for damages be
cause of his death, which they de
clare was cansed by the failure of
the Times management to equip the
hulldlng with fire escapes,
THIS THE DOOMED
E DROWNING IN THE WILD SURF
surf near the Columbia river bar,
off the Oregon coast. They are:
George Wlnkel, captain.
A. Stelnfort, first officer.
H. Hansen, second officer.
W. L. Aine, winch driver.
A. Stalt.
C. Johnson.
0. Lamistzen.
G. Paulsen.
Victor Olsen.
J. Annus.
A. Michelson, seaman.
E. McEwin, chief engineer.
L. P. Harvey, assistant engineer.
Harry Germain, fireman.
N. Nicholas, fireman.
Wm. Wilson, fireman.
J. J. Peed, cook,
W. S. Darling, waiter.
W. Brooks, galley man.
W. E. Pfister, watchman.
R. Brady, assistant watchman.
She carried 25 passengers.
The Washington is owned by the
Olson and Mahoney line of lumber
coasters,
register.
and is of 367 tons net
Whether others have met a like
fate Is not known. The vessel can
not be spoken to by any method
either by the shoremen or the two
tugs standing outside, a mile away
from the wreck and unable to ap
proach. , .
Through marine glasses an oc
casional glimpse has been caught of
some of the victims who have sought
shelter "in the partly demolished
cabin and the lower deck.
A Desolate Scene.
The setting for the tragic scene
is one of desolation. The beach be
tween Cape Disappointment and
North Head Is rocky, barren and
precipitous. Stretching away from
the shore is a great gray expanse of
water, smeared with surging lines
of white where the waves hurl and
break themselves against the shal
lows of Peacock Spit.. Midway be
tween Cape Disappointment and
North Head Is the Washington, a
tiny speck, drifting slowly toward
the rocks, disappearing and reap
pearing in the turbulent waters as
she plunges at the whim of the
merciless elements directs.
Just n Fnint Cliuiice.
Just south of North Head is a
snnrlv cove. There is a bare possi
bility that the shin may find a
haven in it, if she holds together.
This would mean life to those
aboard, as the life savers would
have no difficulty in shooting a
will sink, or go to pieces cither on, brother of the occurrance. He Im
the shoals or against the rocks, j me(iateiy notified the county nu
And In the condition she was in tlortwri an( demanded arrests,
early this afternoon it was admitted niVen young men were then ar-
even by Captain Stuart that the
chances favored death in the grim:
battle.
Vessel a Hoodoo. .
San Francisco, Nov. li. me,
plight of the Washington Is the last
of a series of events which long ago
caused the vessel to become regard
ed In shipping circles as a "hoo
doo" boat. Built by the Moran
GREW CO M
Company in Seattle In 1906 for the
Washington Marine Company, the
Washington was put into the lumber
trade but was never a success, al
though a modern, seaworthy boat.
The year after luanchlng while the
schooner was at Portland the watch
man was murdered by some un
known person or persons.
That was the beginning of the
train of misfortunes. For two years
after the murder the vessel lay Idle
in the Columbia river, tied up In
litigation. In 1909 the Washington
was purchased by the Olson and
Mahoney company of San Francisco.
New machinery was installed but
the Ill-fated schooner had hardly
left port when fire broke out and
threatened for a time to destroy the
vessel.
Thence minor mishaps to the
Washington and her crew have been
so numerous that many sailors ac
quired a superstitious aversion to
(Continued on Page 5.)
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TARRED AIIO
FEATHERED
YODIIG GIRL
Lincoln, Nan., Nov. 3. With
every room in the two hotels of
which Lincoln boasted engaged for
weeks In advance and boarding
places filled, Lincoln today prepared
to go through one of hte most
strenuous periods of Its career the
trial of 15 prominent citizens for
the tarring and the feathering of
a young and beautiful girl, MIhs
Mary Chamberlain. Anticipation
that the testimony which will be
given will be of a decidedly risque
strangers to attend the trial, while
nature has caused a number of
the prominence of the men charged
with the tarring has aroused the
countryside to a high pitch of ex
citement. In spite of an effort to obtain a
change of venue the trial will be
called at 10 a. m. tomorrow In the
district court here, unless some un
expected Incident occurs to post
pone the hearing. County Attorney
McCandless for the prosecution,
does not anticipate any difficulty in
obtaining a Jury, and declares he
will demand the full penalty one
year In jail and a fine of 1 1,000 for
each of the guilty parties. Owing
to the fact that the laws of Kansas
does not recognize tarring and
feathering as a distinct offense the
charge against the 15 men is "as
sault and battery "
On the night of August 7 last
Miss Chamberlain, with her escort,
a barber, started in a buggy for a
dance at the Bchool house where Bhe
taught, some thre miles away. Short
ly after passing the outskirts of the
town, three masked men appeared
In front of the vehicle, and roughly
ordered the girl to get out. She
appealed to her escort for aid but
he jumped and hid In the bushes.
The men then seized the girl and
carried her to a bonfire nearby,
, where several other masked men
, helped to strip her and apply a coat
1 of tar and feathers. The application
finished, they vanished.
The barber came from his hiding
place, as did Miss Chamberlain to
collect her clothing and then drove
her back home, where she told her
' rfcStM Tll(.y were 0f
Shady ISend,
the tfiwn where the school house
I was located. Record, the barber,
j himself entered a plea of guilty and
sentenced to serve twelve
... . i.rn,.vt hack
j to tpsUfjr agalngt the ,nen wnom he
Is alleged to have implicated in nis
confession to the authorities.
(Continued on page five.)
S
OF SERVICE
IN THE JAIL
MR. CLARK S.VY9 HE WAS AR
RESTED SIMPLlj . BECAUSE HE
WAS OUT AFTER 10:30 SATUR
DAY SIGHT AD JUGGED.
MELL BAD AS NEW YORK'S
Hoboes Dry Their Socks on the Ra
diator, nnd the Result Is the Same
ns Patchouli Isn't Invites Report
er In, But Distance Lends Enchant,
ment to the SItuutlon Clnrk Is
Sore OTer Ills Arrest.
Two young men who are being held
at the city jail for keeping late hours
are making quite a "hpller" over the
treatment that is being afforded them
there. When they were Seen by a
reporter from the Journal, one of
the men, a Mr, Clark, who Is a well
dressed and of good appearance,
made the following statement:
"I came Into the city with my
partner here on the 10 o'clock train
Saturday evening and was only here
long enough to engage lodgings and
arrange tor meals when I was ar
rested and searched on the streets by
one of the officers. He found noth
ing suspicious on us. Of course we
did not have much money; but as
we Intended to go to work on the
electric road on Monday, we did not
need much, and we had already
squared ourselves for food and lodg
ing. The officer, however, told us
that he had a nice, pleasant place
down at the jail where we could
spend the night, and as there was
nothing else to do, we went along.
Now I want to tell you honestly and
fairly what we found there. Why,
here are the conditions; look for
yourself."
'Here we are thrown with drunks,
vagabonds and criminals, all togeth
er in this one room. When the
drunks come In, the smell of the jail
makes them sick, but there Is no
ventilation and the fumes from their
vomit and filth, fill the whole room
and we have to live In It. Look!
There Is not a quilt In the place,
nothing but Just Iron springs to He
upon. These, as you see, are only
three feet wide and last night there
were 15 men In this one room. We
cither had to sleep with some one of
those lousy drunks and hoboes, or
sleep on the concrete floor. The only
heat comes from that one radiator
and every bum who comes In here,
takes off nis socks, perhaps for the
first time In weeks, and dries them
out on It. Do you care tq come in
and see for yours'"!"
"We are not hoboes or drunks or
bums, the officers could place no oth
er charge against us than being out
after 10:30; and how many people
were out after that hour on Saturday
night? We are Just plain men,
though I have a college degree and
an honorable discharge from the
battleship Oregon. We were brought
into court. That Is what they called
'it.
After describing bis examination,
which he objects, to strongly, (.'lark
adds:
"We were thrown into that hole to
stay for 10 days, and you Just notice
there is nj soap b'-r'-, there are no
towels, there isno bath of any kind
and wo are here to May for 10 days.
We came in here cl"an bodily and
morally, but if we i vr go from here
we will go with a vrudge against a
government which would permit such
actions, in our breasts, and God only
knows what we will carry with us In
our clothes. When I was In college,
I learned that the protection of so
ciety was the aim of all human pun
ishment, Is ask you what protection
society needed againnt us? Will we
be better men when we ar turned
loose? What Is the object of all this
tyranny?"
Chief of Police Hamilton was then
questioned concerning existing con
ditions and he admitted them to be
CITY REEIIS
IREDS
Just ns described in regards to the
sanitation of the jail. He said In
part:
This jail has been here for 15 years
with never a cent spent In repair.
I have time and time again appealed
to Mr. Moflitt, the chairman of the
committee In charge to put in a
shower bath and to make other nec
essary improvements. These have
been either turned down or neglect
ed." Councilman Huckesteln, Chief of
Police Hamilton and a journal re
porter went over the ground this
morning and found that things were
actually worse than Clark would
have one believe. There Is no bath
of any kind and no means of cleaning
up other than spraying for bugs.
Chief Hamilton has an excellent
plan of remodeling the Jail that will
make It up to date, In every respect
and the matter of securing necessary
funds will come up before the coun
cil this evening.
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TERRIBLE
VEUflCE
Washington, Nov. 13. From every
direction reinforcements of Chinese
rebels are marching today against
the Manchu defenders of Nanking,
aad may recapture the city within 24
hours, according to state department
advices from Admiral Murdock, In
charge of the Asiatic fleet and pro
tecting Americans In China. The
Manchus are supposed to be contin
uing the massacre of Chinese resi
dents there, and the city Is barred to
prevent the! rescape. All American
are safe, however, he states.
Foreign consuls have withdrawn
and protection Is no longer guaran
teed anyone within the city walls.
It Is considered probnblo that the
revolutionists will try to trap the
Munchus within tho city and wrenk
vengeance upon them In reflation for
the SlauRh'0"- Saturdny.
No eslmate of the number massa
cred In Saturday's horror has been
received by the state department,
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MINISTER
EXPIRES
AT MEETING
Portland, Nov. 13. While sing
ing the first hymn at the Gypsy
Smith revival, Ttev. Henry Nave,
aged fiO, pastor of the Montavllle
Presbyterian church, was seized
with an attack of heart failure. He
was carried to the rear of tho big
auditorium and died a few minutes
afterward.
He is survived by two sons, who
are practicing law In New York city,
and one who Is connected with the
Y M. ('. A. In Portland.
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The Woniiui Im I lend.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. Death to
day made a double tragedy of the
bloody nightmare experience of John
Edwin Cooper, who last W'dn- day
hacked his wife with a hatchet wH'1
In a somnambulistic fit, and then cut
tils own throat w'th a razor when be
awoke and discovered his terrible
deed. Cooper died almost Instantly,
and today Mrs. Annie Cooper, his
wife, succumbed to her wounds.
Three young dangers are made
orphans. It Is expected that the
coroner's Jury will find that the mur
der and suicide were committed by
the husband while temporarily Insane.
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WITH PUTRID
OF TONS ROT
ONLY TEN WAGONS AT WORK
MAYOR IS OBDURATE BUT BAD
SMELLS HELP THE STRIKERS
Mayor Gaynor Says Strikers Must Return to Work on His
Terms, or Nci at All, and the Strikers Say It Will Be Not at
All The All-Pervading Big Bad Concatention of Smells Is
Working Night and Day on the Strikers' Side, and the Pub
lic That Can No Longer Bear the Stench May Force the
Mayor to Yield.
New York, Nov. 13. New York
Is today reeking with putrid gavbage
and the situation Is menacing the
lives of millions. Streets are plied
high in filth and In all the city but
ten, almost useless, garbage wagons
nre operating, and these accom
panied by fifty foot, ten mounted
and two patrol wagons loaded with
policemen. .
Conditions are worse than they
have ever been In the city's history,
but the striking city garbage col
lectors are In control of the situation
nnd are as obdurant ns Mayor Gay
nor, who declares they will either
return to work under the conditions
he offers or remain out. They say
they will not go back to work until
they win their point and that they
will not be compelled to remain out
long. Public opinion, topped by In
dignation and general fear of an
epidemic of some sort ' resulting
from the filth, Is running high and
the sympathies of thn public are
with the strikers.
All efforts of strikebreakers have
utterly fallod so far and the attacks
upon them have resulted in whole
sale desertions until today there are
not enough- men In their ranks to
keep a. little village clean. And un
der tky conditions they are work
ing, threatened by strikers and
Jeered by the 'sympathisers, their
work Ib almost useless.
The east side, particularly among
the slums and along the Third avee-
no district, is suffering Intolerable
filth. Green grocers added to the
crawling debris by dumping decay
ing vegetables Into the streets Sat
urday night and tons of filth heaps
litter the lavonues, some of them
burning under the matches of hood
lums battling against patrolling fire
men. Hundreds of firemen were
placed on patrol duty yesterday, but
as fast ns they extinguished the
flumes flro sprang up elsewhere.
Scores of policemen Hue the roofs
of streets through which tho strike
WE EXPECT THE LION'S SHARE
Of the Trade of the Dressy Young
Men of the Town
If we don't, get it the fault will be our ad
vertising, for we certainly have the
clothes.
It is our pleasure to show the snappiest
suits and overcoats ever shown in Salem.
Not the freak styles or the grotesque sort
that you'll tire of; but every suit and
o'coat is absolutely good taste, with style
that grows on a man and makes a fine
impression as long as he wears the
clothes.
Bishop's Ready Tailored Clothe3 are
strictly hand tailored and all wool.
Guaranteed.
Salem Woolen Mill Store
Juit Wright
Shoes
GARDA6E
ON STREET
breakers and their wagons pass, to
prevent the strikers and others from
throwing bricks.
The strikers expect an answer to
their letter addressed to Mayor Gay
nor today, and they are willing to
arbitrate. But the mayor will prob
ably refuse.
Strikers' representatives declare
today that they do not wish to
Jeopardize Innocent life and health,
and that they will furnish men to.
clean up the clfy If Mayor Gaynor
places city health officer Lederle la
charge of the work.
Good authorities here say that
40,000 tons of garbage remain un
collected and that only the cold
weather prevents and ' epidemic
Three thousand pounds of carbollo
powder has been scattered through
the district suffering most, and mors
is "being distributed today.
It Is reported that New York state)
militia regiments have been ordered
to hold themselves in readiness for
strike duty, and they will be called
out Bhould the situation warrant in
terference upon the part of Gor
ernor Dlx. ' '
A mass meeting of 3,500 strikers
will be held, In Cooper Union to
night under the auspices of the
Socialists.
ANDREW LAW
TO SUCCEED
MR BALFOUR
London, Nov. 13. The British con
servatives caucused here at noon to
day and approved the selection of
Andrew Ilonur Law as successor to
Ilalfour In leadership of the opposi
tion. This means a victory for the
protectionist element led by Joseph
Chuinberlttln. Iw Is popular, a
good speaker, a ready debater and an
uncompromising protectionist.
Ueunlng and
Pressing;