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this went on, and few men were able
to sleep. Finally things got so had that
Captain O'Neil sent a written request
to Captain Raieich to change the course
of the vessel to any direction that
would give the least motion to the
ship.
Those who have never been to sea
may not know the danger of putting
vessel about in q sea which is piling
up angrily from every direction. The
order was sent through the ship that
she was to go about, and everyone clung
to a support during the manoeuvre.
Gradually the vessel answered her helm;
the roaring wind beat against her hull,
heeling her far over, until the landsmen
chung desperately to anything handy to
prevent them sliding into the boiling
sea. At length the manoeuvre was
safely executed, and all hands breathed
sigh of relief. The vessel scudded
before the wind, riding more easily,
though she was going far out of her
course
When the sun broke through the
clouds a tropical-looking island doomed
up on the horizon, which proved to be
the island of Saipan, of the Ladrones
group just to the north of Guam
Whether it was inhabited those aboard
did not know, for there was not on the
ship chart or book bearing upon the
island. a mysterious column of smoke
shot up from a grove of trees as the
vessel passed by, followed by a second
and third A council of war; was
held. Were the mysterious smoke
signals sent up by shipwrecked sailors
or by natives with questionable inten-
tionsa Captain Raicich cut the Gordian
knot with the statement that the Siam
was under contract to the United States
Government at six hundred dollars
day, and as considerable time had al
ready been lost he could not for a mo-
ment think of OBTAINING the vessel
while an investigating committee went
ashore.
After that storm the ship was a hos
pital, for two hundred and thirty-three
horses and mules were more or less in
jured, and every man devoted his whole
time to caring for them. Strange to
say, many of the cowboys and mules
had been associated for years in gov
eminent work, and they were there
fore old friends, and the men were SYM
pathetic veterinary nurses. Six animals
died of their injuries.
That storm was a heartrending set
back to the ambitions of Captain o.
Neil. However. he made the best of
the experience by preparing for similar
episodes. One day the engines gave
out, and the vessel lay to for several
hours while the engineers and fremen
worked like Troians TO rapair the dam
age. At first ii was decided that the
vessel, being then near the Philippines.
could make port with the one unin-
lured engine, but il was finally decided
that it would be best to repair the dam
age at seq It was well that this deci-
sion was arrived at, otherwise the Siam
would never have reached port.
On September Goth the steamer was
I close to Cape Engano. on the northern
coast of the island of Luzon. On the
morning of September 30th the sky be-
came overcast, the wind freshened. and
the barometer fell In the afternoon
there was peculiar glow in the clouds.
which behaved most curiously; they
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his two mates directed the course of
the stricken ship. Their faces were set
with grim determination, their eyes
staring fercely now at the compass and
then at the boiling seas. which pitched
and rolled us about like a paper box.
The wheel few round from side to side.
One end of the bridge rose and lowered
above me until l leaned over almost up
right against the ascending deck, and
as suddenly it fell until il seemed to
plough the water. The wind. blowing
a. eighty miles an hour. tore canvas and
rigging to shreds.
Suddenly the bow lifted high upon a
monster wave. Higher, higher, higher
il rose, while the stern sank down into
yawning ehasm. simultaneously a
huge wave struck us abeam. Down
came the bow. and over heeled the
steamer upon her side. From below
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the rending of timbers in the stable
sections. I hear the men shouting
warnings and hear their feet tramping
across the decks. The stalls have given
way entirely. Horses are plunging
through the hatehways into the lower
stable divisions. A thud. groan. and
they are dead The rest are piled up
in sickening. agonizing masses. rolling.
snorting, kicking, and endeavoring TO
get upon their fee. No man dare move
from his holding place One has 70
stand almost upon the cabin wall 10
keep erect.
There they lie, all our pets. the
captain s thoroughbred. General Wheel
er's own charger. There are twenty
horses dead in one heap. \ mule has
plunged right down into the engine
room, breaking its legs. It lay there
for two hours before Captain O'Neil
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few gusts, the sky changed while
terrific storm burst over the steamer.
The vessel rolled, and the horses, I'M
used to such a motion, had difficulty in
retaining their feet. Clouds of spray
dashed over the bridge and tons of
water broke upon the decks. The stalls
were flooded and became slippery, and
the animals frequently fell. Sometimes
a lurch threw at least fifty from their
feet. Instantly there was a struggling,
on the decks. The cowboys, although
experiencing the first real nausea dur
ing the voyage, bravely went among
the helpless brutes and assisted them
to their feet. For two days and nights
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legions of horrible, never-to4be-forgot-
ten night terrors, appeared to leap up
on the ship from the darkness.
A sickening dread crept into my
heart. In fifteen minutes the whole
fury of the typhoon was upon us. 1t
was almost midnight of September 30th
when we realized, by a glance at the
captain s face as he rushed into the
chart-room, that a battle for our lives
was upon us. 1t was human science
matched against the ungovernable
fury of the elements. Which would
win2
I made my way to the bridge, cling
ing now to rope, and now down upon
my knees with my arms around a
stanchion. By main force 1 held on to
the wheel house, where the captain and
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understand. There was an ominous
silence throughout the vessel, and a
peculiar stagnant feeling impregnated
the air. The growing sense of menace
affected every living thing aboard; the
plainsmen had long since stopped chat
fng and the animals stamped uneasily.
Meanwhile the crew were very busy.
Canvas shields were taken in, rigging
was examined, and the captain went
below to the engine-room and consulted
with the engineers.
Evening came on, the sea began to
stir, and the crests of little waves broke
sharply. The Siam was now in sight of
the northernmost portion of Luzon, and
as Cape Engano was approached she
was slowed down, but the captain and
officers looked in vain for the light
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oIshed from the Wide World Magazne) BY P. TAYLOR.

seemed caught in currents of wind and
were stretched out across the heavens
in orderly lines, parallel with the hori-
zon. To the landsmen none of the
signs were ominous, but the ship s
officers sent orders. quietly among the
crew.
A passenger, going into the chart
room, from which an officer had made
a hurried exit, saw book on naviga-
tion lying there. 1t was open at a
chapter on typhoons, and there were
understandings where "China Sea, -
etc, occurred in the text. The passen-
ger looked at the barometer again,
saw that it had fallen, and began to
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bridge in Austrian. The cowboys gath
cred on the main deck and waited
anxiously-for what, they did not know.
Then the passenger transmitted the
knowledge of the open book in the
chartroom TO the landsmen. i typhoon
was on, perhaps, he suggested. ''Ty-
phoon" in the China Sea, hurricane
in the Atlantic "pampero" off the
South American coast, ''cyelone" on
land-all mean much the same thing.
The most terrifying storm a vessel could
encounter held the Siam in its mighty
grip.
Then, almost without warning, de-
moniacal sea and fearful wind. vii;
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
A QUESTION IN DIXIE.

The mob in the south is losing its
seriousness and becoming a joke, sc
far as such a serious thing can be
made one When a mob in New Or
leans hanged four members of the Ma
fla. after the trial of a test case had
resulted in acquittal in the face of
proof it was said that the dignity of
law and the sovereignty Of a state had
been struck at. Lawabiding men,
however, were able to see clearly that
mob acting after a trial which has
resulted in a plain miscarriage of JUS
tice, is more to be defended than one
acting before a trial of the accused.
Since then, a Tennessee mob has
stormed a Jail, taken out a negro who
had been condemned but reprieved
under a stay of execution, and defied
the supreme court of the United States
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-14
TO MAKE MIDSHIPMEN
ENSiGNS AT GRADUATION.
Board of Visitors Also Recommends
More Sports and Field Athletics.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE
board of visitors, which has recently
gone fully into affairs at the naval
academy, has advised the navy depart
ment that it would be good policy to
give midshipmen the grade of ensign
the moment they graduate This
would, of course, give the midshipmen
the pay of officers as soon as they
leave the academy instead of waiting
for the end of the two years cruise.
1t is just possible that if this re-
commendati0n be adopted the anti
marriage relation for midshipman will
be revoked.
The board of visitors recommends
a large development of the field of ath-
letics, the erection of a stadium and
better facilities for golf and tennis.
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because there were Is men in the VI
cinity of Tallahassee who wanted the
fun and the pleasure of hanging him
and Kidding his body with bullets
It was no joke for NIaik Morris, but
really, in view of the certainty or ms
early end, it was a. much less serious
matter for him than it is for the
sovereign state of Florida and for
other sovereign states of the south
the majesty and sovereignty of which
have been and will 1gain be insuited
and outraged by this element, now be-
coming dominant in nearly all of them.
The south saved her honor and ch1v-
airy from the shock of disastrous war
with gallant foes. Is she now to lose
both to an enemy who, a generation
ago. her best heart and brain despised.
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which the class of 1909 leaves behind
in passing from the halls of its Alma
Mater.
The career of each graduate as he
meets the problems of life VIII be
watched with interest by friends OF
the college and the people of this city.
Walla Walla has Loyalty undertaken to
stand behind the college in the cam
paign for a Greater Whitman and the
success of the movement will bring
many material benefits to the city.
Every citizen is in sympathy with the
undertaking but not everyone is in
position to lend financial aid, but all
can contribute to its success by Of
fering encouragement to the represent
atives who each year receive Whitman
diplomas.
The increasing popularity of Whit
man college as an institution of high
er education that ranks with the best
schools of this coast is evidenced by
the announcement of II of the 26 grad
yates of the Walla Walla high school
that they will enter Whitman next
fall. Local students are rapidly begin
ming to appreciate the standing Of
Whitman and that Just as good OPP
portunities are offered here as are to
be found in more distant institutions.
In the past Whitman has drawn too
little patronage from the local high
school. But with the addition of now
courses to it's curriculum and the bril-
liant prospects ahead, Whitman prom
Uses hereafter to draw its full quota
Of students from home and abroad.
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open to settlers at nominal figures. In

open to settlers at nominal figures. In
those days Uncle Sam was, in the
words of the old song, erich enough to
give us all a farm" But at length the
great bulk of the arabic land was ex-
hausted. Then came the national irri-
cation law, signed by Roosevelt in
1902, under which new empire is
being opened for home builders. This
work is to be supplemented by the
protection of the forests, the deepening
and widening of the navigable streams,
and the saving of the mineral re-
sources on the public lands for the
benefit of the people of future ages. IT
is a large and important task. Con-
gress will undoubtedly enact the le-
gislatfon under which this great work
for the benefit of the country can be
pc rformed This is one of the greatest
MEASURES of public policy which is
likely to come UP during the Taft ad
ministration.
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in hanging him and Kidding the body
with bullets. In Texas. mobs have
taken out negroes awaiting legal exc
cution and hanged them. apparently
only for the purpose of making a low
white holiday.
The capital city of the sovereign
state of Florida comes now with what
ia the climax Of mob madness to date.
Maik Morris was a negro sentenced 10
death for,l we presume, the unspeak-
able crime. although southern mop
would as soon hang "nfgger' on
any other charge as that one. me
date set for the execution was less,
than two weeks distant when, on Sun
day right fifteen masked men ap-
peared at the Jail door, got the cell
KEYS from the sheriff with all the ia
cility with which such things can be
done in Dixie, took out the condemned
negro. hanged him and, of course, rid
ding, which always accompanies the
killing of negro by mob in the
south. and is itself always accompanied
by demoniac yelling, is, to all men OF
understanding who have seen end
heard these things, the hall mark of
the quality of the mobs themselves
They are recruited from the
very lowest order of society, in the,
soHki1 They represent the dominance
of the lowest order of politicians
working upon the lowest order Of
white intelligence and morals, now
organized and consolidated against the
high soul and mind of the south which
once, though g minority, governed all
its action and pitched the tone of it's
voice
So far as any excuse is offered for
the Florida mob it is only that Mafk
Morris had been acting queerly," and
it was feared that he was preparing
to escape the death sentence on a
plea of insanity. No plea in abate-
ment had been entered by any attor
ney for the condemned prisoner. No
motion had been made in court for
any communication of his sentence. No
legal step of any kind, or public step
of any kind, had been taken to JUS
tify a suspicion that Maik Morris
was contemplating any effort at saving
queer actions must have been only
those of a superstitious negro in the
face of an early death lie was hope
less of escaping. There is no doubt
that he was hanged Sunday night only J
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SENATOR PENROSE SORRY
THAT HE SPOKE AT ALL
He Doesn't Say Anything Very Often
and LaFoIIette Got Him on the
Hip This Time.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June IL
Senator Penrose is sorry he spoke
He doesn't speak very often in the
senate-and doubtless he will choose
his words more carefully next time he
takes the floor.
The other evening, nettled because
Senator LaFollette, who often lectures
his fellow senators upon their duties
to their constituents, had failed to put
in an appearance at the night session,
Penrose remarked that he was tired
of hearing the excuse that the senator
from Wisconsin was detained from at
tendance because of Illness He said
that the excuse was absurd, and that
if pressed upon the point would show
it to be a subterfuge to cover up La
F'ollette's consorting with the cor
respondents of yellow journals and the
editors of uplift magazines
Next day, LaFollette, after explain
ing that his absence was due solely to
exhaustion consequent upon three
hour speech on one of the hottest af-
ternoOns of the season, and that he had
not claimed that he was i'll, remarked
that he would not think of telling
where the senator from Pennsylvania
spends his time when away from the
senate, for fear of transgressing the
rules of that body.
Penrose had nothing to say And
now his colleagues are wondering what
LaFollette meant
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ESCAPED CONVICT IN
ROLE OF MILLIONAIRE
RUNS SOCIAL GAMUT.
Starts Bank, Weds a Belle of Georgia
and Lives Like a Prince Five
Months Before. Being De-
tected.

CAMBRIDGE, Ga June 14.-It took
Charles Harding alias A. d. Oliver
just five months and three days to run
the social gamus from escaped convict
through the roles of promoter, billion
aire, envied bridegroom of South Geor-
gia, and back to the penitentiary
again. The climax came today when
Sheriff Jones of Monroe county, Miss.
arrived here and identified A. D. Oil
yer as the Charles Harding who es-
capped from his custody on December
81 last.
Early in January, OLIVER appears d
at Climax, Ga, near here, and the re-
port was spread that he was worth
5000, 900. He posed as a capitalist,
bought lumber mills and timber lands
and established a banl. at Climax. AT
the height of his success "Oliver" mar
ried Miss Rose English
A few days ago OLIVER was ar
rested. charged with swindling the
people of Climax out of many thous-
ands of dollars, his bride filed suit for
divorce and one of his employees in the
Climax bank was threatened with
lynching after "Oliver' had been placed
in Jail here.
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TO CONSERVE OUR RESOURCES

Declaring that the administration
will give attention to the protection
Of the country's natural resources,
President Taft says: 1.-THE necessity
for a comprehensive and systematic
improvement of our waterways, the
preservation of our soil and of our for
ests, the securing from monopolistic
private appropriation the power in
navigable streams, the retention Of the
undisposed coal lands of the govern
these matters are vitality important to
the people Of the United States"
This means that the work started
by President Roosevelt will be pushed
by his successor. The people are glad
of this. Although the governments in
come for 1909 will be about s100,00O,6 900
short of its outgo, with prospect that
the deficit will continue for year or
two longer under the most favorable
conditions, the expenditure of a few
millions of dollars year for the pro-
lection and extension Of the country's
natural elements Of wealth would be a
wise outlay. In the long run it would
bring in many times it's cost. No
other country in the world~was ever
SO munificently endowed with great
forests. with vast deposits of coal,
iron, copper. and other minerals, and
with great navigable rivers. No other
country, however, has ever wasted its
patrimony on anything like the scale
which has been seen here. But, as in
the case of private spendthrifts, the
nation has at least been confronted
with a day of reckoning.
The homestead act, which Lincoln
signed in 1862, threw the public lands
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CONF ENCEMENT

The month of June will bring to
close more than five hundred colleges
and universities in tbs United States
and vast army of college men and
women, equipped with bachelor de-
grees will go out from the halls OF
learning to fight the varying battss of
life There will be many successes and
some failures Some who have been
firm and indomitable in meeting the
problems of college life may weaken
in the turning ways OF an uncertain
world; some who turned Indifferent
hands to college tasks and accepted
things as they came may receive new
impulses and new energy from outside
influences and rsach the heights of
early fame; and all, whether success
or failure are theirs, will be closely
lege world will be judged by the char
acter of its representatives.
Whitman college at it's twenty-seV-
enth annual commencement exercises
next Wednesday will place its official
stamp on twenty-four young men and
women who have finished the required
courses of study in the institution.
Whether or ont anyone of them
proves unworthy of distinction will
rest entirely with the graduate. The
college has done it's work and now
each of the "a must stand or fall by
his own endeavors. That the college
has succeeded well in intoxicating upon
the minds of it's students those prin-
ciples for which it stands is shown
by the praise voiced by members of
the graduating class. A college OF
Christian standards, great aims and
high ideals is the Characterization
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Charged With Murder.

LOCKPORT, N. Y, June 14-Joseph
Macco, who is alleged TO have murder
Falls boarding house keeper, because
she refused to accept him as a board
err was placed on trial here today. The
accused is said to have confessed the
crime, saying that he was Infatuated
with the woman and that she spurned
his love. An insanity plea will rpO3-
ably be urged for the defendant.
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der fanciful names, many of which
are close limitations of we'll Known
makes, were severely condemned by
prominent members of the National
Association Of Piano Dealers. which
began it's eighth annual convention
here today.
For the protection of the public, the
ass ociation viii probably begin q
warfare against the makers and deal
ers who perpetrdrc such frauds in
selling cheap, worthless Instruments
often at exorbitanl.v high prices
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promised her hand, Miss Cora n. Fri
day, of Bunceton, Mo, came to Kansas
City this afternoon, and on a steam
boat in the middle Of the Missouri riv-
er was married to Clifford Kruhmeyer
Of Hermann, Mo.
Il want this over as quickly as pos
sible." she said, when getting a license
There's fellow down at Bunceton
that / promised to marry, but have
changed my mind and l don't want
him to interfere with my marriage to
this man." and she pointed to Kruh-
meyer.
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The president has increased his diet
from two to three square meals a day
No doubt of the wave of returning
prosperity in this country now re-
mains.
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The first women to appear in pan
falcons at Coney Island had to be pro-
tected by the police from a mob. When
woman gets into trousers she will get
into trouble of which she little dreams
in dresses.
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OF course Prof ri Hicks saw the
lunar rainbow Friday night. The pro-
fessor is the best rainbow chaser in
the country, and he now has the pot
of money to show that he has caught
one by the tail.
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James J. Hill voices a widespread
belief when he declares that law en-
forcement is not keeping pace with
law enactment in these United States
another case of supply exceeding de-
mand.
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DETROIT, Mich, June 14.-Manu-
facturers making inferior pianos un-
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MARRIES ON BOAT m
MIDDLE OF RIVER TO
EVADE TILTED SUITOR.
Bunceton Girl Says She Is Fleeing
From Man She Promised to Wed
and She Didn't Want Him to
Interfere
Interfere

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 14.-F1ee-
rom sutton to whom she had
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nand.