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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. salem, orejon, Thursday, January 8, low. PRICE TWO CENTS. anIivbSStII
Mil TALE
Risk Drowning to Escape Worse Fate Captain of Battle Ab
' bey, His Wife and Two Children and 16 Men Arrive in As
toria and Captain Tells Story Picked Up by German Bark
After Drifting for Fifty Hours in Open Boat Explosion
Feared as Temperature on
Gale Encountered.
UNITED PRESS LEASED Wlttl.)
Astoria, Ore., Jan. 8. Drifting for
fifty hours in an open boat on the
ocean .100 milce off Los Angolos before
feeing picked up by the Gorman bark
Eilbek on January 2, was the experi
ence of Captain T. 11. Marstors, wife
and two children and crew of 10 men
after they had abandoned the British
.bark Battle Abbey, which was burning
fiercely. Captain Thodo, in charge of
the Eilbek, and the master of the ill
fated Battle Abbey came ashore today
aud told their story.
Captain Mnrsters, the members of
Lis family and crew appeared none the
worso for their experiences.
The Battle Abbey sailed from Now
Castle, Australia, on October 18 with
2,2(50 tons of coal in its hold for Van
couver, B. C, and it was on December
SI that the crew was compelled to
leave the vessel.
Coal Catches Fire.
In telling of his experience, Captain
Jlarsters said:
"We sailed from New Castle Octo-
ler 18 and had fair weather for the
first two weeks. We had been' out
about three weeks when the coal in
the hold caught fire.
"We at once noticed the difforence
in the temperature and although we
did everything to prevent it, the fire
spread and the temperature increased.
On December 31 the temperature hall
risen to 1HS degrees and for fear of
an explosion we decided to abandon the
Bfittle Abbey.
"The weather was bad aud a heavy
sea running. We attempted to lower
two boats but smusnod one in getting
it launched.
"We had not sighted shore for sev
eral days but I would judge we woro
300 miles out nt sea.
Eucountor Heavy Gale.
"After getting into the boat we avoj, the slightest possibility of a mis
headed for shore. We had plenty of understanding wo desiro to say that all
water ami provisions to last us several
days. We put up a sail but that after-
noon we encountered the heaviest galo
we had struck on tho trip. The waves
broke over the boat and wo were all
soon drenched to the skin. However,
all seemed to stand tho strain, probably
owing to the excitement.
"It was about ten o'clock on Wed-
nesday when we left the vessel and it
Young Knox Quits
Wife He Eloped
With 3 Years Ago
IrxiTKD rimss leassd wins. that he dcclnred for a time that he
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Mrs. Philander would not forgive his son, whereupon
Knox, Jr., had disappeared today from the latter went to work as an automo-
't,rf,nents she has occupied since bile salesman, and was doing rcnsonnhly
her husband's recent departure for New
York whence he and his mother sailed
v..,flv for Bermuda.
a;,. "if -. regain the voung wo-
man was not with Knox and his moth- because he was softened toward his son
er her abandonment of her apart- by this time, or objected to having his
nients here was generally considered position capitalized by an automobile
to give added weight to the reports of concern, the secretary of state made
trouble between the ex-seerctary of overtures toward the young couple at
state's son and his wife. Henry Scott, this point, and in s short time the fam
Mrs. Knox's lawyer, said, however, that ily reconciled,
talk of an estrangement was premature. About six weeks ago the young
Young Knox and his wife, then Miss Knoks gave up their home at Wayne,
May Boler, salesgirl in a Providence, R. Knox going, it w said, to join his
I., store, eloped and were married in father and mother, and his wife taking
March, 1810. Knox, Sr., was so angry , apartments here.
Burning Vessel Rises Heavy
was just before noon on Friday that
we sighted the Eilbek. We managed
to put the boat around and get in the
ship's course and they had no trouble
in sighting us, '
"We were -mighty glad to be taken
aboard the Eilbek and after we had
been supplied with dry clothing and hot
coffee, we folt just as good as ever."
Captain Marstors stated that the
doomed vessel was smoking badly when
they left and that owing to the gas
coal with which it was loaded, it bad
probably blown up before this.
FORCES OF EVIL ARE
BLAMED FOB SHORT LIVES
CNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 8. Dr. Eu
gene Smith, aged 91 years, addressed
the National conference for race better
ment here today, lie said the average
person should live to be 100 years old.
"The only reason the average per
son docs not reach the century mark,"
said Dr. Smith, "is because the forces
of evil prevail over the forces of the
good. Only three out of every thous
and persons livo to be centeuarians."
M'ADOO AND HOUSTON
NOT TALKING ABOUT ACT
UNITED PRESS LEAHED WIRE.
New York, Jun. 8. Secretary of the
Treasurer)' McAdoo and Secretary of
Agriculture Houston left for Boston
this afternoon. They will hold cur
rency hearings thero tomorrow.
"Neither I nor Secretary Houston,"
said Secretary McAdoo before leaving
New York, "expressed either directly
or indirectly, any opinion or formed
any conclusions on bankings questions
we nve now investigating under the
federal reserve act. Nor shall we do
'so until nil facts are submitted. To
jnft.rcnce or statements to the contrary
,)1UV j,e ae.C,te.l as unauthorized."
, . ... .-
1 WASTE PAPEE BURNS,
San Francisco, Jan. 8. The waste
paper warehouso of tho Charles Hurley
company was dostroyed by fire today,
Flying embers threatened adjoining
houses, but tho firemen mnnnged to
confine the flames to the one building.
well, when his firm hit on the id. of
sending him to Washington, thinking
1I probably depose of many car
to his father 's friends. Whether it was
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Directed by Judge Cleeton to
Make Investigation at In
stitution. RESULT OF CASE HERE
Trial of Effle CiesweU for Poisoning
Has Something to Do With Orders
of Court
Judge Cleeton this afternoon called
the January grand jury in session be
fore him and directed him to visit the
Oregon Industrial Training School for
Girls, with instructions to investigate
the manner in which the institution is
being conducted; as to its general equip
ment on band for caring for the inmates
as intended by the law creating the
branch, and to report to him at their
earliest convenience.
This investigation has arisen out of
the case which was tried before Judge
Cleeton today, in which Mrs. Effi
Creswell was charged with, attempting
to poison both inmates and officers of
the school. Judge Cleeton has also
some information at hand which leads
him to believe that the institution
should receive a rigid investigation,
and the entire place, recently estab
lished, was thrown open for the benefit
of the grand jury this afternoon.
It is said that the industrial school
has not been conductod as intended by
the law, owing to thore being not suf
ficient funds with which to carry on
the work, and that both the building
and the methods of management are
inadequate.
m WINS MI III
Judgo Galloway this morning over
ruled the plaintiffs' demurrer to the
defendants' answer in tho case, of R. A.
r'cil et al against the City of Salem and
tho Oregon Electric company and the
plaintiffs rorved notieo that they' will
file an amended complaint tomorrow.
The plaintiffs in this caso are sock
ing to restrain tho Oregon Electric Rail
way company and tho City of Salom
from going ahead with stroot Improve
ments on North Front street. Tho
defendants replied and the plaintiffs
demurred and acked that the reply be
dismissed on tho grounds it did not set
fortli facts sufficient to constitute a
defense. "'
E
f UNITED MESS LEASED' WIRS.1
Chicago, .Inn. 8. Secretary of State
here to.lnv, replied tartly to
Congressman Bnrtholdt's assertion that
grnpe juice contained twice as much al
cohol as beer.
"It is false on its fnce," ho said.
"Anybody who knows Congressman
Bartholdt knows ho would prefer grnpe
juice to beer if grnpe juice contained
tho most alcohol,
"I dun 't know whether ho uses liquor
or not personally," an led tho secre
tary, "but next to his interest in
international pence semns his interest in
compulsory drinking."
The Weather
The Dickey Bird
says: Oregeon,
generally fair to
night and Friday;
cooler east portion
tonight; south
westerly winds.
1HflrFuRfMCl
Seattle Leads as
Healthy Place
Lowest Death Rate in Country and
Manufacturing Towns Show High
est Infant's Death Bate.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Washington, Jan. 8. Seattle has the
lowost death rate in the country 8.8
per 1000 according to census statistics
for 1911, made public today. New Or
loans and Albany, N. Y., are tied for
the highest rate 30.4
Of the states Washington has the
lowest 8.9 and New Hampshire the
highest 17.1. . .
For the death among children less
than a year old, Fall River and Lowell
were tied for highest place, the figure
being more than 200 per 1000.
Suicide is more popular in San Fran
cisco than anywhere else in the coun
try. There are more' assorted violent
deaths in Memphis than elsewhere.
Late News
Bulletins
tUNITBD PRESS LEASED WIRE.
Beno, Nov., Jan. 8. An unidentdfed
man today waylaid Margaret Lamson,
aged 13 years, daughter of William E.
Lamson, dragged her over a itone fence
and inflicted 50 small wounds on her
face and arms with a penknife. The
girl was on her way to school when at
tacked. A sheriff's posse is searching
for the man.
Montesano, Wash., Jan. 8. That a
greater part of the new Oregon-Washington
railroad grade is in dangor and
may be washed out today seemed cer
tain, as the waters of the Wynoocho
river recedes. Already 100 feet of the
fill has been carried away. A large
force of men Is trying to save the grade
which was built at a cost of $80,000,
New York, Jan. 8. Director of the
Union Pacific company here today ap
proved tho plan of the executive com
mittee to distribute more than $80,000,
000 worth of Baltimore and Ohio stock,
hold by the Union Pacific, to common
stock holders. Tho directors also ap
proved tho recommendation to reduce
the dividend rate on common stock from
10 to 8 per cent.
Washington, Jan. 8. The First Na-
tioival Bank of Ponsncoln, Florida was
closed todav by orders of tho comptrol
Tango Causes War;
Timid Youth Flees
From Angry Girls
Thnt wise innn who said that life was
"just one blamed thing after anoth
er" was eminently correct. No sooner
does tho dove of pence flutter her some
what bcdiubbled wings over the state
house domo and come clear from Cop
perfield with the olive brunch in her
mouth seeking a place to rest her feet
after her tiresome flight over a sea of
troubled waters, Hum she is inconti
nently shooed off her perch and the
bnldheaded eagle, so to speak, is given
the vneant roost. It happened this wa.v
Not long ago. and when the much
talked-f tnngo was being
discussed
and condemned, so thoroughly that every ones irom mo . up... .... ... -girl
in tho state became possessed of a round or two. Would they tango f Why
mad desiro to learn its sinuosities and of course. With the confidence of per
tangoes, whatever the latter are, a f''t knowledge of the art they walked
young man, fair to look upon, as grace- out on the floor. The music, began, and
fnl as tho lllv that bends n'nd swnys " '''" The music kept on Its
so daintily before the zephyrs from the -'t )', but they did not. There was
sundown Islands that follow the odor- hiatus, for the steps would not go to
laden stream that sweep, across the tho music, and they were advancing
ocean from the Orient, besides having, the hayfo.it when the strawf.mt should
so ho claimed, a thorough knowledge of
Hie intricacies of the tango, arrived
here in Salem, and sought to Lcnch the
dainty Snlem girls the real simon-pure
tnnw at so much per tang.
The young Indies In the state house
fell for the game. Why shouldn't theyt
Tlu'V put up their hard earned moiiov,
turned It over to the tangoist, who, in
turn, ss a unid pro quo, taught them
the glides, dips, spurs, Slid angles and
variations of the mysti. dance. Ho
taught them so thoroughly that the
girls could scarcely wait until they
could get to Portland, and there show
the supercilious damei of that fashion
7 uk HUERTA ABOUT TO TAKE
FIELD AGIST REBELS
Head of Federation of Miners
Nearly Overcome by His .
Wound and Travel.
PROTECTION GIVEN HIM
Deputies Escort Him to Hotel wad He
Moots Berger and Others and Later
Is to See the Govmor.
tmrrED press taissn wiaa.
Hancock, Mich., Jan. 8. President
Moyer of the Western Federation of
Miners was on the verge of collapse
when he arrived here at noon today.
His wounded shoulder had troubled him
more than he expected and the strain
of his journey told severely upon him.
Thorough preparations had been
made to protect him, however. Fifteen
deputies were waiting at the South
Shore station when his train pulled in,
and, helping him. into a cruiser automo-
bile, the entire party escorted him to
the Scott hotel.
At the hotel, after a short rest, he
went into conference with Victor Ber
gor of Milwaukee and othor socialist
leaders. He had an engagement to soe
Governor Ferris later.
The governor had a secret conference
with tho mine owners this forenoon at
which it was understood the owners'
lawyer read a long statement defending
their position.
Moyer was received with a decided
ovation. Hundreds of strikers had
gathered at tho station to meet him
and thousands lined the Bidowalks as
he autoed past, cheering him.
TANKS ARB DESTROYED.
(UNITED PKES8 LEASED WIRE.
Taft, Cnl., Jan. 8. Fire was sweep,
ing through the tank farm in the Mid
way oil fiolds today. Ton tanks had
been consumed at noon, and the entire
flarm woo in danger of destruction. The
loss will be heavy.
ler of tho currency. Bank Examiner
Goodhart was placed in charge of tho
institution. The bank is capitnhzod at
$500,000 and parried deposits of (1,350.
OdO. Poor lumber business was blamed
for the failure.
center that they were not tho whole
cheese, ami that the Snlem tango, when
it got ripe, was as good a tango us any
on tho market. Night after night they
tripped and slipped, slid and "glid,"
curved, bowed nud swerved, kowtowed
and bent a graceful and suppliant knee
at the shrine of old Madam Tango her
self. Then, when the, steps ami movements
wero nil gotten down pat, somo of the
girls went to Portland, un. I somehow
found themselves somewhere where tho
tango was ripe. Some young gentlemen
with clawhammer coats and Prince Al
1,l'rt intellects gladly Invited tho fair
... il . Ia.-I !... i.. I.. ...... n
nve ,. mere, or woro io nun
In short, they could not .Innce the tan
CO, but they discovered that as Turkey
Trotters they were in the two minute-
flat chu-s. They had paid nut their
good money for tango, lind had been
gold bricked with turkey trot. When
they ciime home there was wnr, Thero
ivbs also a sudden vanishing of a young
eentleman, graceful and willowy, of
svli.h-like form and airy trend, who had
for s while been teaching the art of
tangoing In Salem.
They can yet learn tho tango, but
they want to know it is the tango be
fore It gets their money.
MSELF
Asserted That He Told Friends
Had Decided on StepForeign Diplomats Inclined to Credit
Rumor United States is to Adopt an Entirely New Mexi
can PolicyConference of O'Shaughhessy and Lind Being
Held in Vera Crux Carden to Stay in Mexico City for
Awhile.
(By United P,tiis Staff Correspond-
-it.) .
Mexico City, Jan. 6. The report that
GunorulHucita was about to resign the
Mexican presidency to take the field
peisona'ly against the rebels was cur
rent again today.
It was unconfirmed but persistent.
Iluurta himself was said to have to'. A
friends In tho Catholic party that he
had derided on the step.
Foreign diplomats hore inclined to
credit rumors that ' the United States
government was considering adoption
of rn untii-ely nj,v Mexican policy. As
to what it was, however, none could
guess.
Nothing Definitely Decided.
London, Jan. 8. English newspapers
roforred today for the first time to
tho possibility of Sir Lionel Cardons
transferring British legation in Mexico
City to some othor diplomatic post.
That his transfor had been considered
was generally agreed but the consensus
of journalistic opinion was that nothing
had been decided definitely,
DENIES MOST OP TIDWELL'S
FIGURES ARE INCORRECT
UNITED PnESS LEASED WISE.
San Francisco, Jan. 8. David O.
Powors, tho government's Btar witnoss,
was called to tho stand this afternoon
at tho trial of tho eight officials of
tho Wostorn Fuel company, charged
with conspiring to defraud lnclo Sain
of customs duties. The noon roccss was
ordored before Powers started his tes-
tiinony.
Heforo Towers was called, Special
Government Prosecutor Theodore lioche
flatly denied allegations by defenso nt
torneys thnt nearly all of Special
Treasury Agent Tidwell's figures re
garding alleged frauds woro wrong. Ho
said most of Tidwell's figures had
been verified. Michael J., Costello, nn
inspector of customs, and Harry Coop
er, for 40 years omployod in the coal
minos of British Columbia, were exam
ined during tho morning session. Thuir
testimony was not considered of much
importance.
STOCKS HIGHER.
lUNITRD rilEHS LEASED WISR.l
New York, Jan. 8. Prices in a ma
jority of cases wero higher at tho open
ing nf the stock market today. There
was also a good demand for the favor
ito stocks,
Bogus Adolphus
Busch is Jailed
by Denver Police
UNITED rSBSS ISASKD WIRE.)
Denver, Colo., Jun, H. (living his
name as John Hay Dew, a young nwin
who had previously posed as Adolphus
Hiis.-li Ml. wus under nrrest here to
day charged with obtaining money by
false pretenses. , .
Taken to police headquarters last
night, the prisoner admitted ho was nn
imuoHter, His father, he sni.l wus ,1,
(', Dew, of Belleville, 111. He confessed
he was himself engaged to marry :
a I .oh Angeles girl, lie had been visit-
ing with family friend in Portland, he i
exiiluined. and wns on his way back to
Belleville when his money gave out.
"I'm not bad," he declared, "anil
I never was in trouble like this before.
I suppose it's all over with tho girl
I'm engaged to. cllr father and moth
er are awfully nice people and they'U n,aa
never stand for this, I promised her The
I'd go home and get work, Now it's win."
IT IS SAID
of Catholic Party That He
"Not ft stop in the Carden matter
will be taken," said the London Post,
"so long as the present indefinite con
ditions exist in Mexico."
Reuters, the news agency, was
"authoritatively informed that what
ever transfer may be made, there is no
intention to have Carden leave Mexico
City in the immediate future, meaning
within the next few months. Also thera
has been no question of his recall."
Leaves Son In Mexico City.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan. 8. Charge
d ' Affaires O 'Shaughnossy of the Uni-.
tod States embassy in Mexico City ar
rived hore today to confer with John
Lind, Prosident Wilson's perSonel rep
resentative. 0 'Shaughnessy brought
his wife with him but they left their
little son at the capital. It was be
lieved this was to put an extinguisher
on reports that thoy had closed the
embassy aud loft Mexico City for
good.
Presidont Uucrta offered the O'
Shaughnossys a special train for the
trip but the charge d' affaires declined
with thanks.
'WniELESS EYE" JAILS TO
SEE AND PROMOTER FRAUD
UNITED MSB LEASED WISE.
Oakland, C'sl., Jan. 8. Complaints
charging Snmuol Spitz, alleged Inventor
of tho "wiroloss eye," said by wire
less experts to be a fraud, with obtain
ing money undor false protonscs by sell-
ing $5000 worth of stock iu the Wire-
loss Spitzsoope Company, Inc., on the
strength of his sehomo, will bo sworn
to this afternoon, according to a Btate-
ment issued today by Captain of Po-
lico Agnow,
For throo hours Inst night detectives
and electrical experts waited patiently
In Spitz's offices for his "wireless
oyo" to gather up radio pictures from
out of tho darkness by means of "styg
inn rays" and project them in perfect
Imago nn a glass disc set In a binnacle
caso. Tho "eye" failed to work and
tho experts pronounced tho company a
fraud.
ACCIDENTAL BHOOTINO.
Danville, III., Jan. 8. Orvillo Can
eon, tho ex-speaker's nephew, accident
ally shot himself yesterday. The wound
was slight. On ex-Speaker Cannon, who
was recovering from an attack of tho
grip, the incident seemed to have no
!nd effect,
too lute. I hope they don't imprison
me. ' '
In Dew's ickct a letter wns found
signed with the name of the girl he
mentioned ns his fiancee.
"John," rend nuo xissngo, "for God
sake, If not for your father's, your
mother's and mine, be a man. Dear, I
shall give you one lust fond chance. If
you decide to brace up, get a job, step
borrowing money nud begin paying your
.Ichts, write to mo, and if you try, try,
try, again, 1 11 stick to you mrougii
thick and thin.
"Hut if you can't be s man, we'll
stop now, It will be better for mo
to die an old maid with my sacred love
for you. 1 will stick through fire and
water If necessary, only you must be a
letter was signed: "Yours to