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A Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 29, 1814. PRIPF TWO rFNT5 0N TKAIN3 AND ITEWn PRICE TWO CENTS STAND d, ITVB CENTS HWHEN CRASH IN DENSE FOi 000 PER STEMS OIL DISCOVERY III ALBERTA CREATES WILD EXCITEMENT Early Days of California Ri valled in the New Fields Opened in Canada COUNTRY IS FLOODED BY WILDCAT COMPANIES Vancouver Slock Exchange to Re-open Monday; Dollars Pouring from Hiding Vancouver, B.'CT, May 2!). Kivallini? the excitement of the early duvs of i tho oil discoveries in California, the ' whole province of Alberta, with Cal gary as tho center, is oil mad. Drilling for oil has been going on intermittently for more than a year ami only a few days ago, discovery of oil was made at Diugnian. Oil gushes there to the height of !)0 feet. Following the excitement of tho dis covery hundreds of oil leases were taken up and the country flooded with wildcat companies. No" less than 100 . drilling plants were ordered bv telo- 7 -graph. Vancouver, which is far from the seeno of the discovery hail taken on the old time air, when tho greatest real estate boom in history was on here. Brokers offices are opening on every hand. The stock exchange will reopen next Monday. In the meantime the present excitement has opened the coffers of hidden money and in sp'te of the hard times cry, thousands of dollars are pouring forth into stock sellers hands. Two issues of $200,000 each, wero xold out in oue day following the. an nouncement of the Btock being placed .in the market. BANDITS STEAL MONEY. T.os Angeles, Cal., May 29. Bandits stole $500 from the refrigerator of a general store at Casa Verdugo, near here, early today, and escaped after setting fire to the building, which was partially destroyed. Thnrn wnu ni anfn in fKa afnra Qtid the receipts of a week had been hidden in the refrigerator. Three horses, lock- in a barn, were burned Are Working On Plan. Niagara Falls, Ont., May 29. It was anthoriatively stated this afternoon that the "A. B. C." mediators were working on a plan for Mexico's govern ment, pending a general election, and that when such a plan has been agreed on between mediators and envoys, the conference will finish its work in short order. Villa might make a rather good pres ident, or dictator for Mexico, knows! Who Caught Like Rats in a Trap Men and Women Go To Death in Their Sleep Montreal, May 29. Of the.1,307 per sons on board the Empress of Ireland when it was rammed, only 337, lnnded by the government boats, Lady Evelyn nnd Eureka at Rimouski, were definite ly accounted for as saved. Small hone was entertained that ma- ny of the 1,030 still missing survived, mark, the report gained currency that Of the saved, a large proportion , there were snrvivors also on the Stors were said to be members of the crew j tadt. So far as could be learned this nnd steerage passengers. The first and ! afternoon, however, no reference was second cabins lost heavily. According to the best available information, only 12 women were rescued. For the disproportionate number of sailors and steerage passengers who survived, the hour nd nature of the 1 o disaster were thoupht the cause. Passengers Are Crusnea. The Storstadt rammed the Empress about 2:30 a. m., when the passengers ; i,;. i,,,i- Tho nlliur arm wiid to have strucV the liner amid-' those who succumbed, a part died from was not surncieni 10 ename me oiri hips and torn its way aft through the : exposure; part from the injuries suf- .cers to arouse the passengers or get staterooms. Thus, manv passengers ; fered in the crash between the two them into the boats, of which there were crushed to death as Jhey slept, boats. I were enough to have accommodated a Others, trapped like rats, could not es- The Lady Evelyn was back at the j much larger number of persons than cape on deck, and must have gone scene of the disaster this afternoon, those on board, including passengers down imprisoned in their sleeping quar- and it was stated it would remain all and crew. t0r8 ' night in the hope of picking up bodies I "That such an accident should have - The members of the crew were to a 1 which might otherwise float out to sea. j occurred in the River St. Lawrenct great extent up and about the ship. ! Details Are Delayed. j to a vessel of the Empress' class, with The steerage quarters were so situated "The catastrophe," said Sir Thomas j every possible precaution taken to ea that they were not raked bv the Stors- O 'Shaughnessy, president of the Cana- , sure the safety of the passengers ind iadt's bow as it crunched its way ; dian Paeifie, in a statement issued this 1 vessel, is deplorable." BURGLARS DYNAMITE SAFE OLD SATE GETS LAST CHARGE. Robbers Enter Through Window and Get Stamps and Savings Receipts , Deputy W. I. Needhara Visits Scene. Stamps amounting to between $500 aud $1000, some money order blanks ami postal ravings receipts were stolen from the Aurora past olfice, which was dynamited this morning about 2 o'clock. The exact amount of the loss is not known. Mrs. Diana Snyder, the postmistress had not checked up the amounts before the return of Deputy Sheriff V. I. Needhani, who went to tiie sceno of the nbbcry early this morning. The post office was entered through a window which the robbers pried open with a jimmy. The safe stood near the' door and wheeling a wheelbarrow along I tlio sidewalk in front of the post office, loaded the safo on it and trundled it down the track about 150 yurds, where they applied the nitroglycerine. The safe had been blown up a number of times before but tiie charge nsod by the robbers last night put it out of commission permanently. The ease and dispatch with which the robbers work ed indicates that they aro experts and apparently wero tlio same men who robbed the Canby post office also last nicht. They left the scene of the rob- berv either in an auto or on a rail road siieeilnr. anil there is no clue to the robbers. The United States nostal insnectors and detectives came down from Portland this morning and are working on the case. They express! Oregon. Ihe program committee, enn the belief that this job is the work of sisting of Frederick S. Lamport, ehnir a gang that has operated in a number (man, Benjamin S. Via and William H. of the smaller valley towns recently. I Waterbury, has prepared the follow There were a number of men sleeping over the post office but none of them heard nnv htrnmre noises last uieht. aud though a few of the residences of tho i town heard tho explosion they said it j sounded like a pistol shot and none I of them thought to investigate. There is no night watch in Aurora aud the j robbers worked without fear of detcc- tion from this quarter. The safo was ' left on the railroad track whero it j was blown up in the outskirts of the village.- FLAGS WILL MAKE CHERRY FAIR VERY ATTRACTIVE A regular "flag day' with hundreds of flags strung overhead on wires to make the municipal streets of the city wide avenue of streaming color, will be one of the features of tho Cherry fnir. Every merchant in town will be visited within the next few days by the committee on decorations, Fred 8. Bynon and Carl Hinges, and urged to add to the sum total of beauty by dec orating the fronts and interiors of their several places of business from turret to foundation stone. The present outlook is that more peo ple than ever will be in attendance at the Cherry fair. The last day of the fair in 1913 saw some 20,000 visitors in Salem, and it is expected that this I total for Jhe corresponding per- lull Will CAiTcil limb ui lasv vj a t icnav 10,000. In order to make an -overwhelming impression on these guests, the committee will urge upon the entire city tho necessity of making as great a display of decoration as possible. A uniquo scheme of decoration for the cluster light posts which line the cihfef thoroughfares is being worked out, to give the highest possible effect oi vaiuornia, win ue me spender i mo by dav and night. Thousands of extra Oregon Agricultural College commence colored lights will be stmng about the ! mcnt June 9, it was nanounced here streets that the city at night may adiV, today. to its aayume cnarm. a new mature i of lighting that is being figured on is the placing of giant search lights in advantageous positions about town, through the liner's tide. The collier, . now- making its way slowly, on account of its injuries, up the river, put in at Father Point for a pilot. Captain Anderson stated at the time that he had on board the corpses of some of those who lost their i lives in the collision. From this re : made to any but the dead. Sufferings PitifuL The Lady Evelyn and the Eureka, according to earlier accounts, picked up 399 survivors. The actual number, II . . . . ..'i.. i. i ni a as shown by dispatches from Kimouski, was 30. Dul or inesc zu aiea oeiore ttne snips reacnea iana. The temperature of the water after the wreck was only 30 degrees and the ' iirvi vnrs ' Kufferinps were Ditiful. Of CI FULTON MESSES 0 f( Twenty Young Men Will Receive Di plomas at First M. E. Church En titling Them L. L. B. Degree. CHIEF JUSTICE M 'BRIDE WILL GIVE THE CHARGE Special Program Arranged for Gradua tion Exercises of Embryonic Black stone and Future Legal Lights. Tho annual commencement exercises of the department of law of Willam ette University will be held tonight in the First M. E. church. Thi mem bers of tho classs of twenty have each taken the bar examinations held this week by tho state board and whether or not they will begin to hang out shingles or not this year depends upon that board and the results will not be known for a month vet. Hon. C. W. Fulton, ex-U. S. senator, will deliver the address to the class and Chief Justice Mellrido will charge tho coming attorneys regarding their future conduct beforo the bar and give them some good advico gleaned fror.i his years of "experience in the slate of ing program: March Mr. Roberts Invocation liov. R. N. Avison Solo Mrs. Hinges Address ... Hon. ('. W. Fulton Conferring degree of L. L. B President Fletcher ilomn.i Pipe Organ Solo Mr. Roberts Solo .. .... Mrs. Hinges Charge to Class, Chief Justice McBride Benediction. Ro-'lh w- Fp"is is president of the class: Russell H. Stephens, vice-presi dent: Eugene W. Rvlov, secretary and treasurer, and Raymond H. Roland, president of tho Moot Court. The complete class roll is given bo low: V. Ernest Baker, George Earl Eyre, Ralph W. Ferris, Karl J. Knutson, Frederick Stevens Lamport, Raymond . Rowland, Russell H. Stepheus, John R. S. Hart, R, D. Moores, Linn W. Nesmith, Benjamin 8. Via, William II. Waterbury, Murray 0. Wheat, Mabel G. Boyington, Floyd A. Boyington, Rex A. Turner, Edward Tallman, Jr., Geo. E. Richards, Eugene Whitcomb Ryley, Edw. G. Patterson. May Decorate Graves. Vera Cruz, May 29. Advices re ceived here today from Mexico City said that President Hureta had ordered the chief of police of tho capital to permit Major Yeager and General Agramonte, American war veterans, to decorate the graves tomorrow of 40 Americans killed in the war of 1847. PROFESSOR TO SPEAK. Corvallis, May 2. Dr. Ira Woods Hbwerth, professor of education and director of extension at the university ! that they may play broad streams or multi-colored light on the weaving I throngs gathered to make merry. afternoon, "because of the great loss of life, was the most serious in the his tory of the St. Lawrence route. "Owing to the distance from the nearest telegraph or telephone station, there has been unavoidable delay in securing details of the wreck, but we expect Captain Kendall to report late this afternoon. "From the information we have, it is apparent that about 2 o'clock, this morning the Empress of Ireland, when off Rimouski and stopped because of the dense fog, was rammed on the port side by the Norwegian collier Htors tadt in such a manner as to tear the ship open from the center to the screw, tnus maaing ine waier-ugni uumneaas , ueieB. Ship Sank Too Quickly. "The accident occurred at a time when the passengers were in bed and the interval before tho ship went down W AW A TmnCHT I I V 1 1 1 till 1 nm I H M.U. mil ULTIUU IUMIUHI I ii II I ll l ImI l-UHMMI- lit- ItHI 1 1 111 I I IV II llflllfl K I I Only Twelve Women Goes Down Many Are Killed in 337 Are Rescued Out of the Total of 1400 BECKER SENTENCED TO DIB IN ELECTRIC CHAIR New York, May 29. Former Police Lieutenant Charles F. Becker, twice convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was sentenced today by Justice Seabury to die in tho electric chair at Sing Sing during the week beginning July 6. MANY SURVIVORS DIE FROM EXPOSURE AND INJURY Rimouski Canada, May 29. The 3,17 Empress of Ireland survivors landed hero by the government ships Lady Evelyn and Eureka left this afternoon on tho Inter Colonial special and wore due to reach Point -Levis, opposite Quebec, at 6 p. m. Many wero so badly injured in tho collision of tho boats anil suffered so much from exposuro that they will have to go to hospitals. Of those who succumbed, some died as soon as they were picked up, but a dozen expired after reaching here. The survivors removal from Rimous ki was decided on owing to the lack of accommodations for them here, though many residents opened their own homes. So great was the shock of their ex perience that few of the party could tell connected stories, jj. J. Black and his wife, of Ottawa, were awak ened when the crash occurred, and being unable to reach a lifeboat, jumped into the St. Lawronce ' and clung to pieces of wreckage until they were picked up. The survivors agreed that many pas sengers perished in their births. Among thoso who started for Que bec were Miss Eva Bearle of Seattle, and Alex Bonthune, of Santa Barbara. DANGER OF RECOURSE TO ARMS IS PAST By John Edwin Nevin. Washington, May 29. Secretary of State Bryan stated positively to tho cabinet today that mediation cannot now fail to settle the entire Mexican trouble. For the first time he went on record to the effect that toe danger of a re course to arras was past. The secretary outlined the exact sta tus of the negotiations at Niagara Falls. No conflict has developed there, he said, on a single point that cannot be "overcome. He asserted that the constitutional ists would accept the mediators' ver dict, reported the result of conversa tions he has hail with Judge Dougtse, General Carranza's lawyer, and said he had found Carranza very reasonable. No concessions, Bryan added, would be made to President lluerta, and no Mexican identified with the faction re sponsible for tho late President Ma dero's death would be considered as his successor. Tentative draft of a protocol, Sec re try Bryan concluded, would be ready in a week. Eight Die In a Mine. Pottsville, Pa., May 29. Eight per sons met death in the Mary mine this afternoon in an accident to the mine The Weather 1 vi:.' : ; ,4 ;"3C. J Fair tonight, Saturday fair and warmer; northeasterly winds. iT ST. LAWRENCE Are Reported 0. S." Call Brings Vessels tue Side Below Waterline Causes Ship to Sink in 19 Minutes Ship Gone Were Two Tragic Words Last Flashed from Steamer's Wireless Before the Waters Engulfed It Small Boats and Life Rafts of Both Vessels Were Heavily Laden Capt. Kendall Brave ly Sticks to His Post Until Waters Washed the Bridge-Canadian Government Boats Rush Full Speed to the Rescue, But Arrive Too Late. Quebec, May 29. The big Canadian Pacific trans-Atlantic liner Empress of Ire land was sunk early today in collision with the collier Storstadt, a much smaller ves sel, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Perhaps as many as 1,000 persons perished. The ship had more than 1,400 souls on board, and there was much uncertainty con cerning the exact number of rescues. According to some were saved. Other versions placed the number as low as survivors had not been abandoned, however. The disaster occurred in a ed, Captain Kendall, hearing hove the impress to. The liner was bound from Montreal for Liverpool. Soon att erward, the Storstadt, deeply laden and so low in the water as to serve as a frightful-, ly effective ram, crashed into WENT DOWN BEFORE AID AltRIVES. The Empress heeled over heavily, and according to a message from Captain Ander son of the Storstadt, went down in 19 minutes. Captain Kendall flashed a "S. O. S." call by wireless and was giving a few hurried details of the accident when his message was suddenly interrupted with the two tragic words, "ship gone," and the wireless was silent. The Storstadt, badly damaged, got its boats overside promptly. The Empress, too, had succeeded in launching a few of its small craft and life rafts. All these were heavily loaded. Captain Kendall was rescued from his own bridge as his ship was going down under him. In the meantime the Canadian government boats Lady Evelyn and Eureka were speeding to the scene of the wreck from Father Point under full steam. The gulf is 40 miles wide at the point where the disaster occurred, however, and by the time the government vessels arrived the Empress was at the bottom. Quebec, May 29. According to the wireloss appeal for holp, the tug Strath best obtainable estimate, 1,000 persons cona was despatched this afternoon to perished early today when the Cana- assist tho collier Storstadt on its way dian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland sank off Father Point, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, after being rammed in a dense fog by the collier Storstadt. "Ship gone," was the laconic final message flashed by Captain Kendall from the Empress of Ireland's wireless jnst as the big liner was going down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence early to day. Following his "H. O. 8." call, Cap tain Kendall briefly explained the situ ation by wireloss. The spoed with which the vessol went down, however, waa indicated by the abruptness of his closing sentence. - Montreal, May 29. Only 12 women were saved among those on board the Empress of Ireland, according to a dis patch received here this afternoon. It was added that most of the survivors were members of the crew. There was a report that many of the passengers were killed in their berths when the Storstadt's bow crashed through the Empress' side. Another report waa that 20 of the survivors had died from exposure. The number of rescued at latest ad vices was 337. Homes Grief Stricken. Vancouver, B. C, May 29. Many homes in Vancouver today were grief stricken in Vancouver today were grief the steamship Empress of Ireland was received here. No less than twenty Vancouver people lost their lives, in cluding a big contingent of local Sal vation Army officers on their way to England. Most prominent among the Vancou ver passengers was Mrs. O. T. Hailey, mother of Captain A. J. Hailey, com mander of the steamship Empress of India, a sister of the stricken Empress of Ireland. Tug Sent to Help. Quebec, May 29. Responding to a N GULF OF By COLLIER Saved From Icy Their Berths Latest Advices Say Rushing to Stricken Liner's Assistance, But Great Gash in dense fog off Father Point. the Storstadt's siren, but the liner head on. up river from the scene of its collision with the Empress of Ireland. Tho Storstadt was reported down by the head. Montreal, May 29. latest available information from official sources here indicated at 10 a. m. today that 870 persons perisheu on board the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland, sunk about 2:30 a. nr. in collision with the collier Storstaadt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The same estimate placed the num ber of saved at 350. Collision at Dawn. The collision occurred at 2:30 a. m. and 19 minutes later the Empress went down in 19 fathoms of water. Tho liner listed heavily immediately aftor being struck, and it was possible to launch bnt a few of its boats. Those which took the water were heavily loaded, and it was known that 350 persons were saved. Boats Race to Scene. These 350 were landed at Rimouski by tho Canadian government boats Lady Evelyn and Eureka, which raced to the' rescue from Father Point. It was believod there were at least, 70 other rescuos of persons pulled from the water or picked up from life rafts. Sailed for Liverpool. The Empress sailed from here yes terday for Liverpool and was on its way to sea when the collision occurred. Directly after the eraali its wireless fashed a distress call and the Lady Evelyn and the tfurcka steamed at full speed for the scene. . The liner, however, had gone down before they arrived. In the meantime the Storstadt had launched lifeboats and it was by those boats that it was thought the 70 first rescues were made. Tho two government crafts gathered up the survivors in the Empress' life boats and on its life rafts and hurried them to Rimousai. Storstadt Take Corpse. The Storstadt, with its bow badly S KNOT Waters as Vessel accounts, as many as 400 337. The search for more As nearly as could be learn unable to locate the collier, ! smashed, passed Father Point at dawn, bound up river. It was taking sur vivom aud corpses to port, its wireless stated. "We are compelled to proceed bIow ly," it was added, "on account of the damage wo sustained in the collision. The Empress was so badly rammed that it sank in about 19 minutes. "A big hole was cut under its water lino." Captain Is Saved. The saved included Captain Kendall, the Empress' commander, who waa picked up by a lifoboat just as his ves sel was going down beneath his feet. Kendall is a lieutenant in the royal naval reserve and attained consider able celebrity a few years ago, Tvhen Captain of tho liner Montrose by dis covering Dr. Crippen among his pas sengers, notifying the authorities by wireless and turning the fugitive over to the police at Father Point, whence, aftor the necessary formalities, he was returned to London and hanged for murdering his wife. Pacific Coast People Aboard. The Empress sailed at 4:20 yesterday afternoon with i7 first and 206 second cabin passengers and 504 in the steer age. The number included in the crew was not positively known. Among the passengers were a num ber of high Salvation Army officers on their way to a conference to be held in Knglaml. In the first cabin, among others, were J. R. Auercrombie, C B. Lyon, K. B. Bulpitt, and Mrs. D. T. Hailey of Vancouver; C. Malloch of Lrdo, B. C ; Miss C. P. Gay of Golden, R C.:,Mr. E. Chignell of Victoria, R Uj Mrs. A. Cole of Princeton, B. C.; James Grij ami wife of Chilliawack, B. (!.; Cosf Buhler and A. 8. Dcata of Regin Sack.; Mrs. J. Elinslie of Moostfiuiu, Sank.; Miss B. Farr of Mootw Jaw, and Alex Bunthorne of Santa Barbara, CaL Empress Was Modern. Most of the saloon pawenger were Canadian or English. Many of theia were from eastern Canada. (Continued on page 2.