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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05

Rimouski, Quebec - Sinking in 80
feet of water within Is minutes after
being rammed amidships in the upper
reaches of the St. Lawrence river
early Friday, the Canadian Pacific
liner Empress of Ireland carried down
with her more than 900 of her passen-
gers and crew. Of the 1887 persons
on board only 433 are known to have
been saved, making the probable death
list 954.
Looming up through the river mists
as the Empress of Ireland was lying
to, waiting for the fog to lift or day
to break, the Danish collier Storstad
crashed bow on into the side of the big
Canadian liner, striking her about
midway of her length and ripping her
side open clear to the stern.
The crash occurred not far from the
shore off Father Point, $50 miles from
Quebec, which the Empress of Ireland
left the night before, bound for Liver
pool, and 10 miles from this point on
the St. Lawrence. In reality, there
fore, although the liner was heading
for the sea and the collier coming in
from it, the disaster was not one of
the ocean, but Of the river. Unlike
the Titanic's victims, the Empress of
Ireland's lost their lives within sight
of shore in land-locked waters.
Immediately the ships crew re-
covered from the shock Of the collision
and it was seen the liner had received
a vital blow, wireless IS. 0. s.
call was sounded.
The hurried prayer of the sea was
picked up by the government mail ten
der Lady Evelyn here and the govern
ment pilot boat Eureka at Father
Point. Both sped to the rescue, arriv-
ing 20 minutes after the collision.
So deep was the wound of the EN-
press, however, and so fast the thrush
of water, that long before either of
the rescue boats could reach the scene
the liner had gone down.
Only floating wreckage and a few
lifeboats and RATS from the steamer,
buoying up less than a third of those
who had set sail on her, were to be
found. The rest had sunk with the
liner, had been crushed to death in the
Storstad's impact with her, or had
been forced from exhaustion and ex-
posture in the ice-chilled Northern wa
tiers to loose their hold on bits of
wreckage that had supported them and
had drowned.
Only few persons were picked up
by the Storstad, which was badly
crippled herself by the collision, and
these were brought here by the collier,
together with those saved by the Eu-
reka and the Lady Evelyn.
Twenty-Five of the rescued died
from injury or exposure. The others,
most of whom had jumped into the
boats or plunged into the water scant-
lily clad, were supplied freely with
such clothing as the town had, and
later those who were able to travel
were placed on board train and start
ed for Quebec.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Action of Collier Costs
Lives of Mann Passengers

Quebec-The story of a tremendous
explosion on board the Empress of Ire
land after she was hit by the Storstad
was told by Philip Lawler, a steerage
passenger from Brantford, Ont. Law
Ter was on his way to England with
his wife and son.
people were simply shot out of the
ship into the sea by the explosion, :"
Mr.. Lawlor said. Il was pushed over
board with my wife and boy. The boy
could swim, so l tried to take care of
my wife, but she slipped from my
grasp and sank''
DR.. Johnston, chief medical officer
on the Empress, said that had not the
Storstad backed out so soon from the
Empress, large number of the pas
sengers would have been saved. He
said that when the collier pulled her.
self free the sea surged into the hole
she had torn in the side of the En-
press and the liner quickly sank
VIRTUALLY every leading officer of
the Salvation Army in Canada is
gone" said K. A. Mcintyre, of Tor
onto, who was saved. "Out of our
Salvation party of $50 on board, prob
ably less than 20 were rescued.
81 was on the upper deck and there
fore had better chance to get 10
safety than those in the lower berths.
The water came in through the port
holes of the lower decks before the
passengers there realized their dan
ger.
81 was aroused from sleep by the
impact and awakened the others in my
cabin.
81 grabbed a life preserver" and
went out to the deck. On deck there
were no life belts and quite number
of people were standing about appar-
emily unable to determine what to do.
l gave my belt to a woman of our
party.> / tied the belt on her myself. "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Fraud Charge Withdrawn.

Spokane - United States District
Judge Rankin, acting on orders from
Washington, dismissed the Indictment
charging misuse of the mails, which
was returned here against Donnell
Davenport, of Spokane; Paul S. A.
Bickel, of Jerome, Idaho; D. w. Stan
rod, of Pocatello, Idaho; and A. B.
Moss, of Payette, Idaho. The indict-
ment charged that the four men in
tended to defraud when they promoted
the Idaho Hardwood company and adj
vertised that they intended to-. plant
Eucalyptus trees in Kern county, Cal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Elk Herd Is Nuisance.

Seattle, Wash.-State Game Warden
L. H. Darwin has asked the United
States government to take back the
herd of Montana elk liberated near
Startup, Snohomish county, the ami
mails having become a nuisance be-
cause of their depredations on farms.
The Federal authorities will ship the
Startup herd to Oregon if the beasts
can be corralled. 1t was supposed that
the animals would browse in the noun
tains, but instead they have come
down to the river bottoms, seeming to
know that they were protected by
law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Bible Study in Schools
Asked bu PresbuteriUns

Chicago-A resolution favoring the
study of the Bible in the public schools
and urging churches to PETITION state
legislatures for the passage Of the nee
essary laws to bring about the desired
reform was adopted by the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church of
the United States of America.
Another resolution, urging the es-
tablishment of a permanent tribunal
of arbitration at The Hague, with a
view of abloishing future wars be-
tween nations, was adopted.
The assemblage exchanged fraternal
greetings with the Protestant Episco-
pal church Of the diocese in Chicago,
in session here.
The use of grape juice, or mon
alcoholic wine, in the sacrament of the
Lords Supper was recommended in a
supplemental report from the commit
tee on temperance and the report was
adopted by the assembly.
The reorganization Of the board of
home missions was accomplished when
the report of the standing committee
was adopted. 1t provides for an in
crease from "a to 80 members, that
the headquarters should remain in New
York and that the work of the board
shall be divided into four or more de-
partments, tentatively listed as the
executive or administrative depart
ment, the department of church extern
sion, with headquarters in the West;
the department of immigration and
social service and department of
finance.
Synods and presbyteries are to have
supervision of home missions in their
own territory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Citu Refuses Bear Cubs.

Pomeroy = The gift of two brown
bear cubs to the City of Pomeroy for
the city park has been unoficially de-
clined by Mayor Fred Matthies, who
hints that there is enough hugging
going on in that beauty spot now,
without adding the bears. The little
fellows were captured by John Lynch,
hunter, near Peola, 20 miles south of
here, after he had driven off the
mother.
Pomeroy will have one days sane
Fourth this year. This is the first
time the town has desired to celebrate
in number of years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Blue Sky LaU Knocked.

Olympia-Secretary of State l. M.
Howell is threatened with the penal
ties of Ohio's blue sky law, in letter
from Joseph H. Harper, that states
Commissioner. of Securities, because of
a series of advertisements he has
placed in Eastern papers, calling at
tention to the possibilities for farmers
in this state. Commissioner Harper,
in his letter, advises the Washington
official that he must take out a deal
ers' license if he is to continue adver-
Using in Ohio. Mr.. Howell, replying,
claims he is offering nothing for sale.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
SEATTLE MARKETS.

Wheat-B luestem, 89c per bushel;
forty-fold, SIC; club, 86c; Fife, 00c;
red Russian, 85c.
Bags o,o
Corn-Eastern Washington, s27@%
per ton; Puget sound, s27@2S; rolled
$28.
Feed-Bran-$25@26; rolled barley
$25@26; alfalfa meal, s22; alfalfa
molasses, $24; shorts. $27. =.
Eastern Washington tlmosny'
$18@19 per ton; Puget sound tlmo1ny'
$14; alfalfa, $14@15; No. l mlxe0'
$17@18; straw, SO.
Eggs-Select ranch, 2O@2lc dozen.
Poultry Live hens, 14@lOc pr
pound; old ROSTERS, &c; 1914 broilen,
Csc; ducks, 12c; squads, 81 per oc ea%1
geese, 12c per pound; guinea lO"'
SO per dozen. ,nd
Dressed Pork-9@1Osc per pound.
Dressed Veal-Small, 12@lzsc p'l
pound; large 8@1Oc per pound
Ranch butter-12@14c per pouna.
Apples Winesaps, s2@2. 50 per p0a
White Winter Pearmalns, D. Nar
Arkansas Blacks 81; Yello" NC"
towns 81. c,o nor
Catalogues so per box slO PEI
crate. - round
Cherries s1.25@1.75 per 1O-p0on'
box. .d
Gooseberries-4@5c per pound 40,
Strawberries - Dollars, Sl, o,.1Ias,
crate; Kennewicks, $2.75; o lsaSs
1925; Prosser, So. 1903; "l lnnsrtsl
SO; Believes, $2.75; VashonS qu''
81.
Honey-$3. so per case. steers,
Dressed beef = Prime beef S' so;f.
s@10c per pound; cows, $685.
ers, 12c. -. Mound
Dressed hogs-Whole, packing
8@10c per pound.
Artichokes-$1 per dozen. ,ox
Asparagus 81. 25@l.7o per -. a 1se
Beans String and wax, lzs y
per pound. ..k
Beets-New, SITS per sack. . dozen.
cani;flower-Local, $3.50 per oo'a
Celery = California green VIZ
per dozen. AocMsl per
Cucumbers- Hothouse, 4O'V
dozen. nound.
Horseradish- per x crate.
Lettuce othouse, $lWi.:as
Onions-Green, 25@Soc - nound.
Peas-Local, green, &c PEI
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
'.Eugenics" More Opposed.

Baltimore American Medico-
Psychological association, at it's annual
convention, refused to go on record as
favoring hygienic marriage laws. The
resolution adpoted by the conucil of
the association recommending the en-
actment of laws requiring clean bill
of health and evidence of normal
mind before issuance of marriage IL
cense was tabled by large majority.
Resolutions recommending the segre-
cation of the feeble-minedd, imbeciles
and the establishment Of separate in
stitutions for their care, were adopted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
NEWS NOTES Of
CURRENT WEEK
Resume n Of v Worlds lnp,rt,,,
Events Told in Brief f''''

A Baltimore doctor saws -,
old. are grovi..
New rulers for Mexico o..
considered IS by the mediators 81 a., re: being
Falls. is at Niags,,
A Tacoma woman Judge o;,,
who just drift" into tow, gives those
on the rock pile. '"l' III days
Carranza has little faith IN So
OF the "A. B. c." mediators in in success s
at Niagara Falls, Ont. Ill session
Huerta seems in high spirits On, -.
loudly cheered when he drives tb sna is
streets of Mexico City. through
President Wilson declares br.;.
depression is psychological. and business ISM
that his trust policy goes on. '''S's's
washington authorities say the ,.,,
ing OF arms at Puerto Mexieo ,@ ~
Huerta was great surprise. ''' '''
Wholesale execution of Fedora, ~
GERS and women captured in tho h. e,ll'
OF Paredon, Coahuila, is reported ''''s
A pistol shot fired in melee at A,
napolis military college has nron n,,
fatal to William R. Bowles, st raS,%
Central Labor council in sess;o, ..
Seattle, voted in favor of the admit; -
sion of japanese in all unions af6IatsS
with the American Federation. '''
Fire Friday destroyed the homo 4,
J. w. Mccormack, wealthy ran.b !
er near Pendleton, Ore. Mrs NJ.
Cormmach rescued her 7-year-old dane.
ter, who was i'll in bed.
Mrs. Joseph R. Knowland, wife ~
Representative Knowland, of Alarmed,
CAL, who is a candidate for the Limited
States senate, announces that she will
stump the state with her husband
1t is unethical for a lawyer to mako
statement for publication in news.
paper concerning case in which he is
engaged or to give out his plan of uro.
cedure, according to the view Of dele.
gates to the annual meeting of the
Illinois State Bar association Wbo
adopted a resolution prohibiting such
publication.
The theory of DR.. Samuel Pierre.
pont Langley, who proclaimed to the
world that he had solved the problem
of the air several years before heavier
than-air machines had been success
fully navigated, was vindicated at
Hammondsport, N. Y, Saturday, when
Glenn Curtiss, the aviator, went aloft
in 'Langley's folly"
Buckingham Palace, London, was
invaded by militant suffragettes and
many windows were broken.
Two games of baseball were played
by the inmates of the Kansas state
penitentiary with outside teams for
the first time.
Castings were started for 10O-inch
rejecting telescope, the largest in the
world, to be installed at the Mount
Wilson observatory at Pasadena, Cal.
The mirror of speculum metal was sue.
cessfully cast in France after four
others had been discarded because Of
blemishes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Fire Blight in LO1uer Yakin,n.

Olympia Appeals for help in COM
batting fire blight in the lower Yakima
valley, where the disease has suddenly
assumed alarming proportions, have
called I. O. Morrison, head of the hor-
ticultural division Of the State depart
ment OF agriculture, to North Yakima.
The lower valley previously had been
comparatively free from the blight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Full Inquiry Demanded.

London - The London morning pa
pers, in commenting editorially on the
disaster, call for thorough investiga-
ton as to whether the bulk-heads were
closed, and if so, how it was that the
most modern system of water-tight
compartments failed to keep the ship
from sinking.
The claim for the Empress of Ire
land will be the heaviest sustained bv
the Lloyds underwriters since the sink
ing of the Titanic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Weed Nets Farmer S745.

Odessa - The value of the Russian
thistle has been demonstrated by Her.
man heinrich, farmer, the weeds
bringing him 1854. This money was
received through the sale of 610O
pounds of wool at IA cents per pound.
Mr.. Mennrich fed the sheep on the
thistle. There were 1908 sheep. The
services of four clippers to do the
shearing cost 500, leaving net profit
from the thistle of 1854.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
L0ng Land Litigation Ends.

Ellensburg - The case of John
Powles and Dodge Alley, who have
been fighting over piece of land for
five years, has been settled, the secre-
tary of the interior holding for Powles,
reversing the general land office COM
missioner, who had reversed the local
courts.
The land comprises seven acres,
with house and barn on it. Powles,
miner, claimed it on the ground that
he first filed on it as mineral claim,
and Alley because he homesteaded it.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Huerta Would ReIinquish POper,

Huerta Would RelinQuish PoWer.
Vera Cruz-Reports reached here
Thursday through private sources that
President Huerta has committed him.
self to turn over the government to a
commission composed of members of
the various factions in the republic.
He is also said to- have agreed to relin-
quish power to any successor which
such commission might select.
The report further says that Huer-
ta's determination has already been
communicated to the Mexican delega-
tes and probably direct to the Wash
ington government.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
To Haze Biz Feed Mill.

Winona-The Winona Milling com
pany plans to establish a $40, feed
and chop mill at Colfax. The stock
will be increased and the name
changed to the Superior Milling COM
pany. The members Of the old COM
pany, represented here by ]. T. Billups
and H. A. Lehrbass, will hold stock
in the new company. Six Colfax men
will also hold stock. The company
will be capitalized for $35, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Only 1lUo Children Snped.

quebec - Only two children are
known to have been saved from the
wreck OF the Empress of Ireland. A
thrilling rescue was one of these-little
o.year-old Oracle flanagan, daughter
OF the leader of the Salvation Armv
Dand. Her father and mother were
drowned. Oracle was not told Of he,
loss. Asked how she was saved CO 10
repled: oh, ] saved myself" She
was en.lreiy unconcerned, apparently
NOT reahzing what she had hear
through: She had chung to a piece e y
drift until picked up. p'e'e q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Depot at Detroit Burns.

Detroit Forty-seven persons were
overcome by smoke from a fire which
threatened to destroy the Fort-street
Union station. The condition Of some
Of them was said to be serious. A doz-
en- foreigners, locked in basement
room, had narrow escape from suffo-
cation. The loss saw $500, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
RIG STEAMER GOES DOWN in IA MINUTES
Storstad Tears Great Hole in Side of Canadian
Vessel---Explosion Adds to Horror In
Foggy Stream---Rescuers on Scene
In 20 Minutes, But Too Late.

liner Alsatian, which was lying at the
wharf. The frst-class and injured
passengers were transferred in auto
mobiles and other vehicles to the
Chateau Frontenac. A staff of doc
tors and nurses took charge of the in
i11ro6
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-06-05
Youths Kill Monster LINK.

Spokane Bridge One of the largest
lynx ever killed in this section, measur-
ing four feet from tip to tip, was shot
by l2-year-old Elbridge Chandler, liv-
ing on a homestead in the hills, four
miles south Of here, and Willie Smith.
OF about the same age. I,
Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO 23

AN ORDINANCE FOR LICENS- ING THE CARRYING ON OF GER TAIN PROFESSIONS. TRADES CALLINGS, BUSINESSES AND OC- CoPATlONS CARRIED ON WITH IN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-04
CHAPTER XVII.
sundered Ronds.


Dinner, on the rare occasions when
the FRUITS dined together and alone,
was marked by careful formality
that was but a thin disguise for their
mutual dislike. At no other time,
save by hastily cured accident, were
they apt to confront each other. The
quarrel of the night of their first In
vitation to Henley's house had never
been healed. Each had gone sep
arate way, ignoring as far as possible
the others existence.
With Unity the dislike had been gen.
uine. She believed that when her
easy husband had so suddenly and
definitely put an end to her suprem-
acy, she had been robbed of right
that she, a woman and therefore
superior finer being, should enjoy.
Fear, OF him and of what the man she
now perceived him to be might do IL
unduly provoked. kept dislike alive
and hot.
With him 1t had been rather con-
tempt for her airs and vanities, for
the uselessness to which, even In a
woman, he could not become recon
ciled. But on this night it was both
contempt and rising bitter resent
ment that heightened the emotional
tumult
She chose this hour to lay aside the
cold, somewhat theatric hauteur 1t
was her won't to assume before him.
In its stead she donned an air of tri-
umph, of smiling aggressiveness that
he was quick to connect with their
meeting in the park. She criticized
the knot of his necktie. Several times
she contradicted him wantonly.
Finally he rose abruptly and left the
room.
Unity, too, rose and. following, over
took him in the firelit drawing room.
You are rude. wish to speak
with you"
I'm going up to my study"
You're supposed to have given I'd
work. believe"
Il wish to be alone"
Now, perhaps You weren't alone
this afternoon in the park"
Il didn't want TO be then. What Is
that to your
"a wife has some right to consider
alton. think"
"a wife-yes. You'll hardly claim
the title"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-04

passenger descenu~u 90 the pavement
At that moment a woman, whom ne
recognized as one Of Unity's familiars,
approached. He lifted his hat and
bowed. She looked squarely at him
and passed on without greeting. Red
surged into his cheeks.
"Cut!" he muttered. Il suppose
Unity's given her version of our
smash-up. Unity would"
He paid his fare and entered the
portals from which no rich man had
ever been excluded. At the desk a
well dressed and usually very polite
young clerk so far forgot himself as
to look his amazement.
"Mr. Truitt! l supposed you were
out Of town. thought" He stopped
in confusion. remembering that it was
no part OF his business to think.
Mark looked hard at him. You
thought?"
Il thought you were out CT town."
stammered the clerk.
Il was. And now I'm back" Mark
answered dryly. $50 ] think I'll ar
range for rooms here indefinitely"
Nor was this all of the city's greet
ing to the returned wanderer. The
rooms arranged for, he turned away
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-12-04
Anfhor OF
THE MAN HIGHER UP" his Rise
TO POWER" Zee.
Copyright. 1913. BY The BObbsMerrilI Company

came awkward, self-conscious. Neither
seemed able to break it.
Rounding curve in the tortuous
driveway, they met landau, a beau
tifully enameled affair drawn by high
stepping horses in elaborate silver
mounted harness. In it sat two
women. They bowed to him, the
younger with a pointed smile.
Kazia heard him mutter: Il had for.
gotten!"
Who was she?"
"The older? That was Mrs. Thomas
Henley, of whom you may have heard"
Yes? But meant the other"
That" he answered in a dry con-
strained voice, was Mrs. Mark Truitt."
After while: "Ahl" she breathed.
She is lovely"
THAT makes it unanimous" he said
shortly.
1t had ceased to be the pleasantest
time he haG had in years. A heavy
cold cloud had settled upon their init
macy. Why dream of the possibility
of mighty primitive passion! 1t was
not possible. -. But it was a char
acteristic of the man to want most
the things farthest away, the things
forbidden.
We've gone far enough" she said.
True words, however she meant them!
And it is getting too cold for you.
Let us turn back"
He made no protest.
He swung the team around and
drove toward the hospital; at a reck-
less pace. that he might not have to
talk. He had no wish for common
place speech with her. From other
speech the habit of self-repression
saved him.
But not wholly. For as they were
nearing the hospital, he drew the
horses down to soberer gait.
When" he asked. will you drive
with me AGAIN."
Not again"
He had known, even before she
spoke, what her answer would be.
And he knew-so had she given it.
that 1t was irrevocable.
Il wonder why you came today"
I'd been thinking of you. And l
was-curious. To see what sort OF
man you had become
They swung into the hospital
grounds and up to the entrance. Over
her protest he descended to help her
to the ground. He took queer pleas
ure In the pain the needless little
service gave him
He sought her eyes. WAS it only
curiosity, Kazia?"
Her answer was not in words.
Slowly she mounted the stairs to the
doorway, and turning, looked steadily
down upon him. Her face was white,
but her eyes were lustrous-and un-
speakably sad.
"Kazia-'
"Good-by"
He had had the answer he wanted.
But he received 1t with a heart as
heavy as lead. He wanted her as he
had desired nothing since life began.
And he could only stand and, help
less, see her leave him.