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Fair Colder tonight and tomorrow nr a ime I LAST nInON s ton i NUMBER 4236 WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 24 1006 PRICE ONE CENT I I IllFated Vessel Ashore on Vancouver Island Is Fast Going to Pieces With All on Board WRECKING STEAMER THERE UNABLE TO GIVE HER ANY AID PanicStricken Passengers Huddled in Main Saloon While Ship WasP in Dark ness Waiting For IjficL ONE HUNDRED SOULS NOW FACING DEATH ON THE VALENCIA the WRECKED ON rail hopes are entertained for saving the live of 100 persons yat aboard the wrecked aUftmar Valencia Boats and life rafts launched from illfntod vessel wore smashed by big seas and the iMwtangars Wrecking staaman in lifht of disaster are unable to lend aid be- cause of hlgk sens Up to date only fifteen of 150 na ang rs have been accounted for Men and children perished together while trying to reach 1 1TcA8COUVEC CLIFFS shore drawn d wcl ten ¬ VICTOBJA B Jan ft Bart y this merning it raoosaye was raoetoed from Bsale near which point the ill fated steamer Valencia U f on the rocks Vancouver Island a HOB ideas wreck that the southerly ale ha increased In force and there Is little tint any of the 100 persons supposed to be till the vessel CUt be saved The going to pieae under the pounding of the gre gens TIle steamer Queen awl wrecking steamer Salvor Strialvor are both at the making every effort to save the people board Only Fifteen Escaped ITP to 3 oclock this morning only of MB persons on board when the strainer struck are known to have es caprd The Valeneia encountered foul weather about twentyfour hours after leaving San Frcnciaoo So thick was the fg that navigation w s made only by means of reckoning i heavy gale was blowing froth the southwest At times the wind was over fifty miles an hour The officers believed they wero in the neighborhood of the lightship Umatiila when the vessel struck shortly before the disaster disclosed fathoms f water There was consternation aboard when the officers and passengers heard the heavy grinding of the vessels law as it plunged upon the reefs Ift ng under slow steam the ship did riot go at once henee was able fee baok oft although not without difficulty It was then the worst fears of the extent of the accident were realized Men went be- low came back and retorted the ves- sel filling fast So rapidly did the Val lercia take the water the engineers firemen were driven from their pests The only chance for life was to run the ship ashore There was no time to ALLEGED PHI BOYCOTT Solons Anxious to Inquire Into the Action of Pacific Steam- ship Company The allegations made that the Pa- cific Steamship Company has in a way boycotting the Panama railroad in the matter of congested freight condi- tions at La Boca in the Carpal Zone may be inquired into by the Committee on Interoooanic Canals It is not intended however that the Senate committee means to take any part in bringing about an arrangement- to remedy the conditions but it is cur ious to know just how the Panama rail road which is practically officered by isthmian canal officers is succeeding- In the matter of handling freight across the Isthmus General Manager Schworin of the steamship company is on his way to Washington for a conference with of- ficials on that particular subject It has been freely charged that the con- gested condition of the freight condi- tions at LA fool which is the Pacific terminus of the Panama railroad has been due to the steamships failure to have enough steamers to carry the goods brought across the isthmus by the railroad Its refusal to do this is intended to mean that it was boycot- ting the railroad and that it was de sirous of preserving its monopoly with the North Pacific Company Recently however it has been re ported that the Pacific Steamship Com- pany recognized its predicament and gave some relief When Mr Shonts before the Canal Committee it Is understood l will be Interrogated- on this particular phase of the que- stion t C pt lit f scene thirty and SENATORS MAY INVESTIGATE I t I J J J J J appears j I Cain 1 boos on- board steamer blot tern Io rt aft fi- fteen Sound- ing I far- t a Re- ported been a t v I > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ choose a piaee of landing so the captors drove his shin headon against the rocks and forced the prow within thirty yards of the high cliffs against which waves were pounding with the roar of artillery The vessel struck with great force and then settled until the main deck was awash The panietricken eng rs huddled on the hurricane deck Just be lore daylight vessel began to break and it was deelded to tower the beats Two boats titled with women and chil dren which were fist lowered were smashed alongside and ocoupants drowned With the women and children also perished men who volunteered to pull the boats to shore During this time the ships lights were out and the surviving1 passengers and crew were huddled en the saloon deck In all seven boats and two life rafts were lowered and two only have been heard from One reached Cape Beale light and the other landed farther up on the beach Tell Tales of Terror The survivors of the Valencia relate a tale of painful incidents which oo eumxl before the boats started from the Valencia to the shore One woman whjla attempting to hand her baby to her husband who w3 alongside In a boat failed to allow for the swell and dropped the child into the sea where it was swept away to death A little boy half erased with fear was rushing frantically about deck in an effort to find his mother She had been a few minutes earlier in one of the smashed boats Two men managed to reach the face of the cliff near which the Valencia struck but after climbing just out of reach of the found unable to re turn In the opinion of the seamen both wore drowned by the rising tide Secretary Shaw Will Give His Ideas to the Association Along These Lines Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw will address the members of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association at National Rifles Armory tonight on the necessity of seeking Con eresslonal aid in securing legislation to authorize the retirement of superannu and disabled employes of the class ifled service In Government employ Tho meeting will be under the auspices nt whleh i August has taken a decidedly ac part in promoting the scheme of of the civil service of the Gov Secretary Shaw will be presented to meeting by James A Sample presl of the Treasury branch Mr will give a short outline of the his organization has dona toward a measure that will be pre to Congress at an early date A legislative committee which Mr appointed shortly after the or 1 of the branch hoe about com this compilation of statistics Just on what per cent 4ai r the scheme can In this respect the commute the ndvlce of similar r the parent and other brunch and It is understood i a practical ground footing hat bWn i and that now the r ttei ff a bill is all that NmaJr i j their efforts to actual Itealiza a j tIr I I talks the of the ariwjv cn f pen at 730 oclock f f Ute all i t I CONGRESSIONAL AID FOR RETIREMENT PLAN i 1 f t J the Treasury branch of the parent t o anlzatlon since formation I I- provldlns a retirement fund for the vet t l- Jthe r c- worlc fmmln Sam DIe leted howln issessments ut hut ad rom I reach rormulaUn v 1 short musical program I1R moun- tainous clrott ned 1E its ive eated el 41a et teL t z t A t t ¬ ¬ = CASTROS PIPES ACHATES AND AIDES WIFE m i H AORW1 UP FOR DISBARMENT Charged With Mishandling Estates PROCEEDINGS MOST SjOLEMN Accused Appears in Supreme Court Justice Clabaugh and Asso dates Without Counsel Attorney H Adeiaans was eslWI UH lr ef tht Sjjf nia lif Matifiet twflay an v r clams of misconduct and te show oases he should not be dlabarred frost before the court Jt is the flrst time such proceedings taken place in the Supreme Court the District It was a solemn and im occasion The proceeding were in Equity Court No 1 Chief Justice presiding with Justices Anderson Gould Wrigfet and as the trial court Counsel Fails Accused The courtroom was crowded but the appeared to be friendless When time c me to make answer to tbe against him Mr Adriaans in Chief Justice Clabaugh that the who was to represent him was in court After hearing the three specific against Mr Adrianns and an to the first the accused asked the to announce its decision as to of the complaint He asked ho said on the ground that the of the bench had important in every branch of the court their consideration Chief Justice Clabaugh informed Mr that was no business demanded the attention of all the of the court more than that then consideration He then stated the would be heard in reference all the charges and the sponsor of the court would an a decision Charges by Committee The charges against Mr Adriaans were by the grievance committee by Chief Justice Clabaugh last to Investigate alleged miseon on the part of certain members of Washington bar The committee to of Attorneys William F Mat chairman AA Hoehling jr sec rotary Alexander H Bell J J Darling and Henry P Blair The specific charges against Mr Adri are that ho procured a deW for real estate from one Wsiey In 1S94 by fraud he attrmpt to gain possession of land from Ann and other illiterate colored the medium of fraudulent am and also for attempting to get Ac stn rf li who died a rely years ago in The report of the grievance committee that the decrees of adverse to Mr Adriaans In those matters In answer Mr denied generally and specifi each all the charges He contended that in no decree in any of the litigations referred was there any at misconduct on purt This is shown he said by absence of any action of the trial referring the matters to the bar association for investigation the Leech will case Attorney J J was opposing counsel him Mr Adriaans attributed all his When Mr Adriaans had concluded his to tht charges against him Justice Clabaugh announced that court woulu adjourn until Tuesday at 1030 a m when arguments will be hoard THE WEATHER REPORT It will be somewhat colder In the lower tonight as a result of the advance of a area of pressure central this morning over Superior TEMPERATURE a m 38 noon 40 p m 41 THE SUN sets today 5ai rises tomorrow 712 TIDE TABLE tide today 100 tide today 745 tide tomorrow 250 a m 300 p m tide 835 a m 851 m fJT to w Y lave Ieeule elc lh ttorny the rtterred ompo ed on Jjo that Ml 10fU property tall Dy och oeeI oJrts III 81 urthpr lassed o lis h n and- o oublelS lO8Wrr hlef ho le t ot- ounsel un lun 0 ow Ihth n JOHN Be- fore Joint t tafford charges usiness hich ail lace wore snot L t ra ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Root Tells Jusserand France May Go Ahead Ambassador Has TwoHour Conference and Wires Home America Will Not Interfere With a Reprisal Upon Castrq f j i j j j 1 Falto j the p biteatio of the o- rt autboriuuive sources that lra e ilea Aoefdoi upon a blockade of VentomeJan onset Ambajuador Ju awnad bad tw pours consultation Secretary e State Root At its conchnfen M Juaseraitd re- fused to discuss the French Venezuela policy His manner was stmUar io t1- f the Frsach ambassador M Ciun many tines daily t tioa6 of the peace protocol end explained each time that he came only to pay his to the Secretary of State Government Puzzled The delay by France in officially an- nouncing her policy attributed flat to the actual diaieulty she encountered immediately following M Tajgays ex pulslon from La Gualra in determtn ins upon a course of action Tiere is no function but that the tripte interest of Great Britain Ger- many and Italy in Venezuelan customs was an obstacle deserving earnest con- sideration While France according o trustworthy statements here has de- cided to ignore this phase of the circum- stances she has made sure of her justi to the best author ties precedents An on international i law expressed the opinion that i question attach to Frances right to suspend the collection of eus toms at Venezuelan ports with temporal injury to the Hens of Germany Great Britain and Italy this injury would hardly justify those countries in insisting that France desist be maintained for a protracted period without hope of coercing Castro means alone then Great Britain Ger many and Italy could remonstrate the continuation of an under- taking not hoelese of success but damaging to their interests Set on Coercion Frances second reason for delay In the Announcement is believed to have been her to sew up Castros foreign in without formal warning to him The authorities have been filling and backing with Castro for months and have now determined to re- sort to coercive measures without even the makebelieve of another effort to reason with him It is now known that the French representative here has received t such a as to the attitude of the United States in case of French i measures against Castro M has ben able to wire his government that she will enjoy a free hand so long a the spirit of Monroe I doctrine is observed This simply means j that France may go as as likes short of permanent occupation of Ven ozuolan territory France Decided To Act But Will Take Her Time PARIS Jan Si Tho foreign office has made a formal statement explain ing that the government has decided to act In the Venezuelan matter It In tonds to hold President Castro respon sible not only for acts which he has already committed but for those which he may commit before action is taken against him However France pro poses to choose Its own time and meth- od of dealing with the situation and The daily average net paid circulation of The Washington Times ex ceeds that of any other Washington paper by thousands of copies Yesterdays net circula tion was 1 uriQ t flat iIM 11 mi t I t I on dlr tJI deelre I Paris I that 39442 fun the with afled ax 5fa lei re- spects and conse- quential from the the blockade re- taliatory bo ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > will allow Venezuela to force her hand No Explanation On Status Makes Diplomats Uneasy CAJtAOAS Venezuela Jan niynsantntives of foreign t HUs city uneasy about ai te the eyes oJt BresfBent on account of the expulsion of Chasse dASEalre Tatter Nothing has coma from request of the corps for information on their position from Min- ister of Foreign Affairs Ybarra tout si lence The Belgian charge acted as spokes- man for them he telling Sanor that M at the time of his ex- pulsion was still a diplomatic repre- sentative in the country and his treat- ment led them to fear they be similarly ejected Senor Ybarra had nothing to say and Is stilt silent Germans Deny Meddling In Fuss For Venezuela BERLIN Jan 24The Koelnlscbe Zeitung in an official editorial today denies the statement printed in the New York Commercial and Financial Record that Germany had gives encouragement to Castro of Venezuela in the latter s attitude toward France In denouncing as false the statement- as to Germanys position in the affair the Koelnische says Germany is not at all affected by the conflict bo tween Castro and France on principle averse to getting mixed up in the affairs of other nations Weather Man Says Jack Frosts Main Army Was Only Delayed Few Hours Those who doubted the word of the weather man when he predicted colder weather have had the first doubts re moved and by tonight they will be chill ed to the pone by a biting wind that wilt put the mercury down about ten or fifteen degrees Monday the Weather Bureau predict- ed that the cold wave raging through the West would strike here last night n all its fury While It struck here its fury was about gone or only the guard of the coldness to coma This latter theory is the one accepted by the weather man Last night the ther mometer registered X degrees While the cold has moderated slightly during the day the chill has not been entirely dispelled It is estimated that the thermometer will tonight reach as low as 20 and stay there until nearly noon tomorrow it will jump back about fve or six points That weather will continue for a week Clear skies are prom ised by the weather man FIVE COUNTS OF LARCENY AGAINST HOSPITAL EMPLOYE Five counts of petit larceny were charged against Mary Hansburg alias Ford who was arraigned in the Police Court today She Is the woman who the of the George Wash Hospital as a chambermaid and in that capacity is alleged to have many of the nurses and attend She acknowledged the theft of the and to the In consideration of the court fined her two months in throe the charges and one month in thn two instead of the customary pen of eleven months twentynine in each charge Times Want Ads Bring Results The trIM aM Castro the Ta JR The consider President Zeitun rid MERGURY WILL DROP TO TWENTY TONIGHT I the It 1her llus not bars this ominous ad- vance ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Supporters Score First Blood Victory for Friends of Measure Forecasted Final Vote Will Be Taken Tomorrow TEST VOTE ON RULE SHOWS INSURGENTS ARE IN MINORITY First Gun Was Fired by Representative Ealzell Who Was Quickly Followed by One of the Insurgent Leaders Vote on the adoption of the organization 195 nays 165 This is a the House management and fore casts the vote on the bill which will be taken tomorrow at 3 oclock AH was excitement early in the House today The galleries were crowded with animated spectators looking for- ward with excitement to the scheduled fight between the Statehood and antiStatehood forces Prominent among the visitors were Mrs Roose- velt and Miss Alice the fiancee of Representative Longworth of Ohio Four policemen preceded them as they made their way to the executive gallery Although the forces were lined up for the fray last night the canvass of members on both sides continued until well after the opening of the session at noon The Republican whip Watson of Indiana and the Democratic whip of Missouri were in evidence up to tbe Ht moment Both regarded the situation gravely Both said it was victory The stalwarts were mgre positive than glee The figures as given out vre against them but theypointec to one hopeful factor At the very last moment they argued realizing the gravity of the situation some of the insurgents will of them to give the House organization the victory and to assure the passage of the bill which gives Statehood to Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one Arizona and New Mexico as another State FIGHT OPENS ON TIME ORGANIZATION WINS OUT IN TEST ON j 4 ruleyeas victoryfor claimed ts a weakenenough VOTEr t Lloyd cit 13t ins ii ¬ ¬ < All was excitement early in the House today The galleries wore crowded with ani- mated spectators looking forward with exctw iit to tha scheduled fight bo twc the Statehood and amiStatehood forges Prominent among the visitors were Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Alice th fiancee of Representative Long worth oC Ohio Four policemen them as they their way to the executive gallery Although the forces wore lined up for the fray last night the canvass of members on both sides continued until well after the opening of the session at noon Whips in Evidence The Republican whip Watson of In diana and the Democratic whip Lloyd of Missouri wore in evidence up to the last moment Both regarded the situa- tion gravely Both said it was obese Both claimed victory The stalwarts were more positive than the insurgents The figures as given out were against them but they pointed to one factor At the very list moment they argued realizing the gravity of the situation some of the insurgents will weaken enough of them to give the lioitse organization the victory and te assure the passage of the bill which gives Statehood to Oklahoma and Territory as one Arizona and New Mexico as another was hum of as Dalzell of Pennsylvania arose to submit the following priv- ileged report The Privileged Report The privileged report consisted of the rule previously agreed upon by the House Committee on Rules accompany- ing the Statehood bill It provided that debate on the bill shall continua until Thursday at 3 p m At that time U was to be reported to me House whereupon immediately without intervening motion or appoaf a vote shall be taken with no division or amendment of the question to bo al lowed Mr Williams minority leader of the House followed and said that H the meeting of the Commrttie on Rules the majority prevented amendment of means the bill must be passed or rejected in toto Yet he said no one on side would ob to the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State Wants Votes Recorded Mr Williams then yielded ten minutes Mr Mondell of Wyoming who made brief speech saying he hoped the would vote so as to enable every to record his honest and Indi opinion on the rule He denied claim that the Statehood bill Is a The Southerns Palm Limited Florida also Aiken and Augusta Washington ex jpt Sunday p m Electric lighted throughout trains to and other resorts for wlntet Brown G A Southern Railway 705 st nw Adv J wade In- dian The fight Immediately the ot the journal at wore some absentees on but the attendance was large a de- bate n l Idual ll L 2 pre- ceded hope- ful was at- tar There both There Rep- resentative say ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ part measure saying that It could not b a measure because s many Republicans were to it We cant cur responsibility to our constituents he Grosvenor Urged Rule Mr of Ohio favoring adop thou of the rule urged that it te a party measure and said that he would show that no State cause into Unlorj except as an outgrowth of party investi- gation and a a part ef party policy The President r eonm iidg this WU and we are told that he is trying to force his view upon the House yet in the Fiftliyeighth Congress without any recommendation front the President this bill was initiated and passed without practically any opposition In recom mending it now the President is only Indorsing what the House then did It is a party question Every will vote against this rule and this hell You might as well try to get me to disregard the redllsht danger signal en the railroad as to vote with the solid Democratic strength of this House Mr Mondell of Wyoming one of tha insurgent leavers Interrupted Did not the gentleman last week vote with the practically solid Demo cratfe strength on a very important measure referring to the Philippine tariff bill No sir replied General Groqyenor But the Democrats did vote with me A roar of laughter from the Republi- can side had no more than subsided when Mr Mondell retorted mans illustrious example wo have tae assurance that the solid Democratic strength will today vote with us Yes we the people of England the tailors of at street Grosvonor in disgust This Statement Denied I am told that that statement Is not so replied Grosvenor Inapoetlon of the rollcall will con vince the gentleman that the statement- is true and that the bill would have been beaten by two votes but for the Democratic support it received General Groevenor concluded with an other appeal Republicans to stand by tho party on the measure Mr Williams Protests Mr Wiljians protested against the ef- fort to make a partisan issue of this question He said the Houso leaders were afraid the House would control itself Mr Adams of Wisconsin said he was one of those who voted for the Statehood bill last winter but that he had changed his mind because he visited Arizona last summer and found that the people did not want joint Statehood He accused the House leaders of trying to pound the rule through the House under the party lash Mr Payne of Now York said that the Statehood bill is a party measure and had been made so by two conferences of the Republican party Rule Is Unreasonable Mr Bode of Minnesota said I oppose the rule because it is un reasonable It is unreasonable to JoHw the two propositions together The gen- tleman has mentioned the two Gr eves the < Very well the gent I A New- t evenar Demo- crat es to ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬
