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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
<sS. o. S." Saves 1O8
From Death in Icy Sea

Yarmouth, N. S.-Snatched from
what seemed almost certain death,
passengers and crew of the Royal Mail
packet Cobequid are snug in Yarmouth
harbor.
Wireless appeals for assistance,
which the steamer first made 36 hours
before, were answered as the doomed
vessel was being dashed to pieces on
Trinity Rock, six miles off Port Matt
land. The rescue will go down in
shipping annals as one of the most no
table ever accomplished on the Allan
tic coast. Ninety-six persons were
taken safely to shore, IL remaining by
the wreck.
The Cobequid had begun to break
up under the battering of the terrific
seas that beat mercilessly from the
time the vessel struck. Quantities OF
cargo covered the waters as the life
boats ranged alongside.
The costal steamers Westport and
John L. Cam were first to get boats
into the water, and they were followed
soon by the boats of the government
steamer Lansdowne and the Kappa
hammock. As the work Of rescue pro-
crossed the sea subsidized considerably
and no mishap marred the triumph
over the waves.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Socialism Is Opposed by
Mill and Timber Workers

Aberdeen, Wash. "A resolution dis
continuing Endorsement Of the Socialist
party was adopted by small majority
at the convention of the International
Union of Single Weavers, Saw1nill
Workers and Woodsmen, in session in
this city. The union has Endorsed So
cialistic principles for the past two
years.
The adoption of wage scale for all
loggers is in the hands of the commit
tee. It is believed that the new scale
will demand the same wages paid for
a ten-hour day for an eight-hour one.
The measures demanding mini
mum wage of 1925 for all timber
workers and an eight-hour day have
met with no opposition from local
lumbermen as yet: The unionists are
confident that it will be accepted by
the employers, and that no strike will
result.
Resolutions protesting to the arrest
Of mother" Jones were unanimously
adopted and forwarded to Governor
Ammons, of Colorado.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Dry Sheet of Paper
Extinguishes Fire

Portland - A newspaper served as
fire extinguisher Sunday when sun
light concentrated by a magnifying
glass hanging in the window of jew
elry store at 191 MORRISON street be-
came focused on background Of soft
woodwork.
Noticing group surrounding the
store window about noon when on his
way to restaurant, a fireman investi-
gated and found the woodwork smoul-
dering. The fireman notified Captain
Dalton at fire headquarters and when
that dignitary arrived and saw the
source of the smoke he refused to
allow the show window to be broken.
Calling for q newspaper, which was
furnished by one Of the onlookers,
Captain Dalton placed sheet over
the window, thereby shutting out the
sunlight. The smoke ceased and no
alarm was necessary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
SAMPLE THE OCEANS DEPTH
Bottle for Securing Specimens Of Wa
ter for Analysis From Selected
Depths ls Of Metal.

The water bottle for getting water
for analysis from selected depths in
the ocean is a cylinder Of brass. Ger
man silver, or other metal which re-
siste the corrosion of sea water, gen.
orally about two inches In diameter
and IL or IA inches long, with upward
opening valves at the top and bottom,
connected together on central stem.
Lugs are cast on the side Of the cylin.
der for conveniently securing 1t at any
point along the length of the line by
which it is to be lowered into the sea.
During the lowering Of the line the
valves of the bottle are kept unseated
by the passage of the water through
the cylinder during the descent; but.
when the motion is reversed, the
valves seat themselves and are locked
by the descent OF small propeller In
the framework above the upper valve,
which rides idly on a sleeve during the
lowering Of the bottle, but descends
along a screw thread to press the
valves upon their seats when the line
commences to be hauled up. A speci-
men of the water at the depth Is thus
brought to the surface confined with
in the bottle, and series of specimens
from different depths may be obtained
at one haul by securing series Of
water bottles at the required intervals
along the sounding line.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Must Keep Philippines;
Mexican Job for u. S.

San Francisco-W Whatever may be
the plans Of President Wilson the
United States will never be able to
leave the Philippine islands. This is
the lesson taught by England to
Egypt, according to Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, president Of the University
of California, who has just returned
from seven months of European travel.
"The greatest thing l saw" Presi-
dent Wheeler said, lis the way Eng
land has improved Egypt. England
has made these people contented by
doing big work without corruption.
"Lord Kitchener was among the
many persons who asked me about the
Mexican situation Europe feels that
America must handle the Mexican sit
uation. They know intervening would
be . pesky job and are willing to let
us assume the penalty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Garris0ns Planned for
PHILIPPINES and Panama

Washington, d. C.-The army gen.
eral staff has completed plans for the
maximum garrisons proposed for the
Hawaiian Islands and the Panama
canal zone.
It is planned to maintain in the
Hawaiian Islands six infantry, one
cavalry and one field artillery regi-
ments, 13 companies of coast artil-
lery, one battalion of engineers, two
signal and two medical corps COM
panies and one aeronautical platoon.
In the canal zone the garrison is to
consist of three infantry regiments,
one squadron of cavalry, one battlion
of mountain artillery, IL companies
coast artillery, one company engi-
neers, two signal and one hospital
corps companies.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
$500 Pounds of Timothy
Seed by Parcel Post

Asotin, Wash. THE mail route be-
tween Lewiston, Idaho, and Baradise,
Or, is handling $500 pounds Of tim
othy seed by parcel post. Not having
sufficient stamps nor sacks enough in
the Paradise Office, requisition had to
be made for them. The seed is being
sent via Asotin. The roads are in
such bad condition the shipper found
it cheaper to ship by parcel post than
to make the trip himself. The rate
will be $1.O4 per hundredweight,
therefore costing him $34.32.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
THREE ESSENTIALS FOR COW
Pure Water and Air and Reasonable
Amount Of Exercise Are Needed
for Proper Development.
(By L. M. BENNINGToN.)

By L. M. BENNINGTON.)
Some of the leading dairy authori-
ties may argue as they may, but many
good dairymen believe that the time
is past when a man with an ordinary
degree of intelligence should advocate
the practice Of putting the cows in
the stable in the fall and compel them
to remain there until spring.
This practice may not prove detri-
mental to the individuals during the
one generation that is SO managed, but
how about the succeeding generation
and their progeny? Will they not be
weakened?
The very first law of animal health
is pure water and pure air and a rea'
sonable amount Of exercise, and nc
animal can be properly developed In
all Of its organs and functions unless
it is provided with these three es'
sentials.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Men Ask Lower Salary.

New York ~ Three city employees
gave Mayor Mitchell surprise by ap-
plying for reductions in salary. They
were John R. Freeman, William Il.
Burr and Alfred III. Noble, each a con-
sulting engineer to the board OF water
supply. The engineers suggested that
their salaries be fixed at $4,000 9 year
instead of $4,000, as at present. They
explained that with the completion q
the Catskill acqueduct the board need
ed their service not more than half the
time they had previously devoted to
city work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
|0JINAGA TAKEN
BY REBEL ARMY
Federal Garrison, With 9 Gen
erals, Crosses Border.


Presldl0, TeX.-The Mexican feder-
al army with its nine generals, evac-
uated Ojinaga, Mex, at 10 o. clock Sat-
urday night. The triumphant rebel
forces under General Francisco Villa
Immediately occupied the village.
The defeat of the federal army fol-
lowed only few hours fighting in
which the rebels, beginning at sum
down, started to close in on the be-
sieged garrison with terrific fire Of
cannon, shrapnel and rifles.
General Castro and General Mer-
cado, Of the federal regulars, saw that
the assault was to be nothing less than
massacre. The federals had left
only so rounds of ammunition for each
man. General Castro and Mercado
therefore gave the order to evacuate.
All the federal soldiers and their Off
GERS who could scramble to the Ameri-
can side did SO. The others ran in all
directions.
General Pascual Orozco, commander
of federal volunteers, threatened with
summary execution by Villa, was the
first to cross. 1t was believed he es-
capped into the mountains of Texas.
Twenty-eight hundred Mexican fed
eral soldiers, six generals, 200, 200
rounds of ammunition, two cannon,
four large field pieces and 1900 civil
ian refugees were in the custody of
the United States army border patrol
as the result of the rout of the federal
army and it's flight into American ter
ritory and the occupation of the village
by General Francisco Villas rebels.
The distress of the refugees is ap-
palling. Men, women, children, dogs,
and chickens and cattle are packed to-
gether in space covering several
acres About them are scattered all
the wrack and turmoil they brought in
fleeing from the Ojinaga battle.
Urgent requests for immediate re-
moval of the soldiers and refugees to
some other place were sent by Major
McNamee to the War department
through Brigadier General Bliss.
Generals Mercado, Castro, Orphinal,
Romero, Aduno and Landa are in GUS
tody of the United States troops
awaiting their disposition by the War
department.
General Pascual Orozco and General
Ynez Salazar, federal volunteer COM
manders, escaped along the border to
point remote from Preside. Sala-
Ear was wounded. They were accom-
panied by General Caraveo, General
Rojas and 800 cavalrymen. Salazar
and Orozco are being watched for in
the United States on indictments
charging them with violating the neu-
trality laws.
General Landa said he was certain
all the federal generals escaped.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Cow New Credit Basis.

Topeka, Kan. E. T. Ransom, q
banker of Wichita, Kan, told the
Kansas Improved Stock Breeders asso-
citation that all bankers should change
their system of credit from the steer
to the cow. He was discussing the
conservation Of the COW, and asserted
that when a bank extended credit 20
farmers on steers it meant the removal
Of the steers to butcher shop. put
when the banker gives 9 farmer credlt
with which to buy COWS, he does some
thing that means additional animals On
the farm each year." Ransom SAID.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
SWINE ON RAPE PAsTURAoE


The grower Of rape should insist on
getting the Dwarf Essex, az this Ii the
only variety that Is suitable for hog
pasture. There IL q summer or bird
seed rape found on the market which
makes worthless pasture and should
not be used. It Is possible that this
has been the cause OF this mans
troubles, writes Turner Wright In the
Farmers Mail and Breeze.
have used rape for several years
as pasture for both breeding and tat
|tening hogs and never experienced
any difficulty In getting them to eat It.
# hogs that are not accustomed to
rape are given no other green feed
for q few days they will soon learn to
eat and relish it even though they are
fed liberal amount Of grain. It often
happens that hogs, after learning to
eat rape, prefer it to clover or alfalfa
that is coarse and woody. have often
changed hogs from alfalfa to rape and
from rape to alfalfa and could see no
difference In the way they seemed to
relish these different feeds. If the
hogs are turned on the rape when 1t
| ls from 10 to IL inches high they will
eat it moro readily than II 1t Is more
}mature.
Rape is one of the best emergency
forage crops we have. A good rape
pasture will give practically as good
results as alfalfa. It can be sown In
feed yards and lots that are used
through the winter and thus not only
furnish pasture to take the place OF
q shortage Of alfalfa or clover pas
ture but also provide means Of
utilizing ground that would otherwise
grow a crop Of unsightly and worth
Less weeds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23

communication is impeded by the
heaps Of ashes and the tracks have
been torn up by the earthquakes.
The violence of the eruption of
Sakura Jima is so great that showers
OF dust are falling here, although the
distance between Nagasaki and the
island Of Sakura is about 80 miles.
A refugee who arrived here from
Kagoshima gave the following account
of the disaster:
"The eruption started Sunday night
with columns of thick black smoke
and flames from the crater of Sakura
Jima. Hundreds of the inhabitants
of the small island in the Gulf of Ka-
goshima, where Sakura Jima is situa-
ted, rushed to the beach and leaped on
board junks and steamers, which car
ried them across three miles of water
to Kagoshima, ashes, stones and par
ticles of white lava all the while fall
ing on the decks.
Eat Kagoshima the heat was in
tense. The constantly increasing hail
of glowing cinders made it impossible
for the citizens to remain.
The horror was increased by the
shaking caused by incessant earth
quakes, which rocked the houses all
day. More than $50 shocks were re-
corded before nightfall.
THE people fled in disordered
droves along the highways, leading
west and north of the city. They had
abandoned everything in their flight,
and soon they were suffering also from
lack of food and drink.
"When / left Kagoshima the vol
cano resembled an enormous set piece
of fireworks, glowing from the foot
to the summit. During the night the
glowing lava Illuminated the entire
district. The volcano constantly
emitted thunderous explosions. The
burning rock and ashes set fire to sew.
eral villages. At Moi, on the Kiushir
railway, 100 persons were killed. Sew.
eral villages along the foot of the vol.
cano were buried in streams Of lava.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
AeropIane Starter.

above the ground. Extending horizon.
tally from the top is an arm from
which large steel ring depends on
cables that yield to certain extent
when the machine alights to prevent a
jolt. To use this apparatus the air.
ship must be equipped with catching
device on the top to engage the ring.
In this way it can be lifted from the
ground and swung clear till the en-.
gines get started. Then. released from
the ring, it will sail off into space with
nothing to obstruct 1t. In making a
landing the aviator sails his aeroplane
close to the ring and hooks on" to 1t.
II he misses it the first time he can
easily try again as there will be no
harm done.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Tidal Wave and Earthquakes
Lend Additional Horror to
General Destruction.
Communication Cut Off Fleeing Hun.
dreds Caught by Lava Streams
Many Driven Into Sea.

Toxic, Japan - A tidal wave added
its terror to the earthquakes and vol
canic eruptions which struck Kago-
shima. in Southern Japan, Sunday
evening, according to official advices
received here. Thousands Of lives
have been lost.
1t is believed here that the disaster
will prove to be one Of the most serious
in the history of Japan. The extent
of loss of life and property increase
with each new report.
The full extent of the disaster can
not be learned as all communication is
cut off from the stricken district
south of Kumamoto, 80 or 80 miles
north of Kagoshima. The navy de-
partment was unable to obtain q wire
less report from the warships sent to
the scene, although many messages
were dispatched to them.
Ashes to the depth of six inches
have fallen in the seaport of Miyazaki,
on the east coast of Kiushiu.
A postal employee who fled from Ka-
goshima states that the big postofice
building there collapsed during the
earthquakes and tidal wave and that a
great number of residences were
ruined, while many people and animals
were killed or injured.
The navy and army departments are
giving succor and supplies to Kago-
shima.
The population of the city of Kago-
shima, which is buried almost compile
tely in volcanic ashes and stones, was
so, 900 at the last census. The popu-
lation of the adjoining islaqd of Sa-
kura, the center of the disturbance, is
given as Is, 900. On this island hun
dreds are reported to have persisted
beneath the streams of lava from the
volcano of Sakura Jima. Many more
undoubtedly were drowned while at
tempting to escape.
Doctors and hospital attendants have
been sent to the scene, but it is diff
cult to reach the spot, as railroad
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Astor Gives Views On
SOciaIisfic DocfrinAs


New York Vincent Astor has nc
present intention Of becoming So
cialist. Astor, in long letter in re-
ply to Upton Sinclair's letter urging
him to join the Socialists, not only ex-
presses his determination not to be q
Socialist, but goes into some Of his
reasons for believing that the Social
list solution Of present-day evils il
fallacious and impracticable.
Sinclair's argument was that there
were 100000 destitute people in
the country today, and that Astor'a
best chance to relieve the suffering OF
humanity was by becoming q Social
ist. Astor's reply, in part, follows:
Replying, / write to say that / am,
fortunately, associated with various or
CARNATIONS which are interested in q
study Of sociological questions. In
one OF these are many Of the leading
officers of the American Federation of
Labor, and chiefs of railway brother
hoods, whose lives and energies are
devoted to the study and solution of
social and industrial problems to
which your letter refers.
AS result Of my association with
the representative labor men referred
to. am fully convinced that these
serious evils which have attended our
industrial development can be and will
be in time eradicated without over
turning the fundamental basis upon
which our government and our social
fabric is founded"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Chinese Eggs Reach Port.

San Francisco Six hundred cases
of Chinese eggs, the product OF Shang-
hal hens, were included IN the careo
Of the liner Siberia, which arrlVeu
from the Orient. These eggs Were
admitted duty free under the new =
tariff act. Under the 6-cent tarln
handicap 1000 cases OF the 1nsnsss
product were admitted into San rran,
cisco during the last year: Loca'
merchants say that the total lmporsa-
ton will reach 20, 900 cases IN the en-
suing year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Storm Sweeps Russia.

st. Petersburg a terrible snow
storm has swept over Northwestern
Russia. blocking the roads and rail
wava and interfering with telegraphie
communication. In the suburbs OF st.
Petersbure the snow is nine feet deep,
and a. 900 soldiers and iaborers are
ENGAGED ID cleaning away the drifts.
Train service has been reduced 20 9
minimum. No farm produce is reach
inr the city. It Is impossible to make
interments ii the cemeteries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Hillside Crops.

Records of crops will show that the
trees grown on the hillsides or at the
top of elevations have q greater per
centage Of crop years than those IN
the hollow. This condition is primarily
due to the air drainage or to di1er-
ence Of temperature between the low
ground and that few feet higher up.
Experiments have shown that on still,
frosty nights there has been diner
ence Of Is degrees in as many feet
between the bottom Of q ravine' OF
hollow and the top nearby.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
STARTER FOR AN AERoPLANE
Overhead Carrier Also Assists AvIs
tors In Landing Tower Of steel
RIses High Above Ground.

Aviation Is far advanced indeed
when people begin to invent towers
to start the airships from. A New
York man has designed such an appa
ratus. and it Is described here. Avia,
tors agree that there is not much trou,
Bile In keeping an aeroplane going once
1t Is started. The difficulty lies In get.
ting good start and making safe
landing. That IL what the tower IL for.
It Is OF steel. OF course. and rises high
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Flood Food Condemned.

sf.hicaco Four carloads Of canned
foodstuffs. which were submerged n
the Ohio floods last spring, were or
dered destroyed By Federal Judge
Lands. $
Judge Landis also condscated 46
eases st decayed eggs shipped WITH
AZ understanding that they were g
'be used ii tanning. The government
charged that the eggs we're onered e
lrsssu md eroeeTs - ssseconds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
The Compost Heap.

a few old fence rails, built together
Ia square in the gadren will hold
all the rubbish that Is ft for decom-
posing. Add to 1t the weeds from the
garden and manure and all ashes from
the house. Pour the wash water over
It and allow it to pack thoroughly. It
will be Of value for next spring, while
It concentrates now all the waste ref
use and prevents the hens from broad
casting It again.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
soFTENs TONE OF MACHINE
Ordinary cIothespln cIamped on Head
Of SetscreW Makes Effective
Mute-ElimInates Scratching.

An effective mute, for use on any
disk talking machine, can be made by
clamping an ordinary wood clothespin
on the head Of the setscrew that holds
the needle. Thus the tone will be soft
ened great deal more than by the
use Of a wood needle, writes G. n.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
I Gold Watch Fatal to Hog.

Rickreall, Or. That 9 gold watch
makes poor food for hogs was demon
strated q few days ago, when Frank
Kerslake, q well known Polk county
stock breeder, found one of his valu-
able registered hogs dead in pen
after having eaten its owners fine
gold watch. Mr.. Kerslake had drop
ned his watch the evening before
while feeding the hogs, but did not
discover his loss until he made an
autopsy on the hog. It was then
that he found the watch in the hogs
stomach.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
Mute for Talking Machine.

Reeves of Los Angeles. Cal. in the
Popular Mechanics. The record Of
etringed instrument, such as = violin,
will be almost exactly reproduced. II
win also eliminate almost all the
scratching sound caused by = steel
needle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
KEEP HEAVY DOORS IN PLACE
Iron Rod Used as Brace Will Prevent
Sagging on aes-lIlustratIon
IL Self-Expianatory.

To prevent heavy doors from sag
ging on their hinges an iron rod is
used as brace. Take piece of strap
iron bent at right angles, with holes
punched through for bolts and brace
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23

rod. Then three-eights or one-half
inch iron rod which hooks in eye on
one side Of building. The screw eye
must be secured in post or rafter
tightly in direct line with hinges,
then hook in rod. tighten top and the
door cannot sag.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-23
llaa a. ultra-YloIet Rays.

According to experts Of the United
states department Of agriculture, the
use OF ultraviolet rays for sterilixfng
milk. as advocated in Europe. does
not destroy all bacteria and adds
dfsa sreeable flavor to the milk