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. -A. THE MORNING OREGOXIAX,' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909. DOZEN SLAIN AND SCORES Passenger Trains Come To gether Head On Near Farmer City, 111. TRAIN ORDERS MISREAD Conductor Is Kendercd Unconscious, but Recover and Stampers, to Telejjraph Office, Wlicre He Gives News of Disaster. FARMER CITY, III.. Oct. 6. In a head on collision, three miles south of here, at 1 o'clock tontKlit. between the State Fair Special from Springfield and another Illi nois Central passenger train. 12 to 15 per sons were killed and nearly 50 Injured, several perhaps fatally. The wreck occurred on a curve while the trains were runnJjK at a high rate of speed. The northbound train was heavily loaded with visitors returning home from the State Fair at Springfield. It was some time after the crash that word was sent by telephone to Clinton. A special train was made up and with all the physicians available left for the scene. Conductor Misreads Orders. The wreck was due to Conductor Dun can and Engineer McCune. of the special, mi-reading orders received at Kankakee. Conductor Duncan was rendered uncon I (clous and It was over an hour before he rws able to walk to Farmer City and ' tell the story of the wreck. Four pas I enger cars were completely wrecked. Miss Clara Watson, who Is known to i have been killed, was the daughter of t John Wateon. one of the wealthiest land- owners In Dewltt Count-. 9lie was In company with her brother-in-law, ( Thomas Bateman and his son. Miss at jnon was 56 years old. Among the In ijured are: Some of Those Injured. Frank filcKlnley. Farmer City; B. K. iHarne!-. Farmer City: Darius Walters, 'Farmer City; two Misses McCord. De-i.witt- Thomas Batcman. wife and eon. Fanner City; Jacob Ross, Gibson City; I rnjnMnr rbnrm A. Carpenter. Spring field, seriously Injured: William Jones, farmer, of Farmer City, seriously In jured; Conductor Clark, Clinton, both Jegs mangled, probably will die; En- : tfineer .McCune, Dotn legs oroKcn. The engine and two coaches of the northbound special were telescoped. One of the coaches was reduced almost to i kindlingwood." The uninjured passengers ' were busily engaged attending to the ' wants of the. Injured. The surgeons dressed the wounds of the injured and ' they were removed to Farmer City. ON FAITH AND HERESY Christian Scientist Says Xo Member of Church Obliged to Stay In It. PORTLAND. Or.. Oct 6. (To the Editor.) Your editorial comment in to day's Issue of the recent reported action of the Christian Science Church in drop ping a member whom it is alleged was teaching doctrines contrary to those promulgated in the Christian Science text-book, is Interesting, but is an un fair estimate of the situation. . I do not know more of this particu lar action than was stated in the news Item, but generally speaking. It may be said that without regard to the prominence of an Individual, such ac tion devolves upon those officers au thorized to maintain the integrity of the movement. In the denomination you are discuss ing, this authority is vested in the Christian Science Board of Directors of the mother church in Boston. The right of a person to think and teach anything he may desire is not disputed, but it should be expected that In departing from teaching consistent with that declared Jn the recognized text-book.' connection with , the move ment founded upon such teaching should be severed, and the use of the former name be discontinued. Failure to recognize the necessity of so doing must receive the attention of some authority; otherwise a chaotic condi tion would ensue I fall to see any trace of ambiguity in Mr. Farlow's expressing the hope that the church of which the Individual is a member would treat the maiter in a Christian manner. They may be relied upon to do so. and could hardly be ex pected to do otherwise. The question of a successor to Mrs Eddy has afforded some speculation to those outside the movement, but no in dividual could succeed to the position he holds as the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, and the naturally regarded leader of the movement. Referring to the Sunday services, your designation of, the effect of the lesson-sermon as a '"stale repetition hammered on the ear" can hardly be the result of attendance at these serv ices. Unbiased visitors frequently re mark, as one (did In this city recently, upon the close interest of the congre gation In the reading of these ser mons. No one Is compelled to attend these services, and those who do should be able to determine the effect. Yours truly. HOWARD C. VAN METER. Committee on Publication for Oregon. SETTLE DOYLE-BURNS SUIT Million Dollar Minlnjj Case Is Coin promised in Iowa. COCNCIL, BUTKSla.. Oct. 5. The $1,000,000 Doyle-Burna mining suit, which has been In the courts of this state for several years, has been settled. In the district court at Glenwood. Mills County, where the case wa.s .to have come up again next week, a stipulation was filod today, signed by attorneys from Council Bluffs and Denver, representing the liti gants. Each side Is to pay Its share tf the costs in the cas. which amount to many thousands of dollars. The terms of the settlement are not divulged In the stipulation. WED PERSONALMENTION. J. W. Maloney. of Pendleton, is regis tered at the Perkins. Mrs. W. F. Miller, of Marshfeld, Is a guest at the Cornelius. D. M. Stuart, a real estate dealer of Astoria, Is at the Oregon. Oscar Vanderbllt. the Hood River apple man. Is at the Seward. K. Dent, of Feattle. an Insurance man. Is a guest at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Berg, of Heppner, are In the city and stopping at the Cor nelius. C. H. Iohn. a merchant of St. Helens, is registered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kellcy. of Kansas City, are guests at the Nortonla. W. P. Ely. a newspaper publisher of Kelso, Is registered at the Imperial. W. E. Anderson, a capitalist of Van couver, B. C is a guest at the Lenox. E. H. Rorlck. a physician r Fayette, Ohio. Is stopping at the Perkins, ac companied by Mrs. Rorlck. B C. Cameron, a business man of Far mlngton. Wash.. Is at the Nortonla, ac companied by Mrs. Kelle.v. H. C. McAllister. Master Fish Warden. Is at the Imperial, after an inspection of the salmon hatcheries on the Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander .McLaren, re cent arrivals from Wisconsin, are at the Seward, and expect to make their home in Portland. Miss Josephine Kearney, who is at - .,, v-.- Vnrii wishes to announce she will be" at home to her friends Octo ber 10. Dr. J. F. Reddy, formerly connected with the Pacific & Eastern Railroad. Is in Portland from Medford. He is stay ing at the Oregon. FIGHT CORPORATION TAX WAKCKY SOrXDED BY HEAD OF STREET RAILWAY MEX. Will Test Xew Impost in Courts and r refer Income Tax as Hit ting Big Fortunes. DENVER. Oct. 5. Active opposition to the corporation tax was launched' today at the opening business session of the American Street & Interurban Railway Association. President James F. Shaw, of Boston. In his annual address today declared that the constitutionality of the tax would be tested. He held that the tax imposes an additional burden upon the holders of corporation stock, while It does not affect the income of bondholder's. Mr. Shaw advocated the proposed amendment to the Constitution giving Congress the power to levy a tax on In comes, holding it as more Just and more likely to reach possessors of large In comes, while not materially affecting others. The present sentiment Indicates the adoption of resolutions against the corporation tax. Mr. Shaw's address emphasized the maanitude of the street railway industry. There are 2.V) companies in the United States. 35.000 miles of single track and 75.000 passenger cars. Ten billion pas sengers are carried each year. The gross annual Income from the companies is J444.O0O.oriO and the par value of stocks and bonds J4,OO.O0O,. Politics of the session is beginning to attract the attention of delegates. It is asserted by many that President Shaw may have another term as head of the I organization if he desires it. Unless he 4 should express a wish favorable to such a move, Arthur W. Brady, of Indianapolis. Ind.. first vice-president, will likely be honored with advancement to- the presi dency. The million-dollar exhibit of heavy ma chinery, streetcars and appliances Is the center of attraction, and daily thousands view the display, which Is housed in a temporary structure occupying the streets for two blocks adjoining the Auditorium. comer has soft snap JAIL LIFE IS MADE EASY FOR HORACE M'KIXLEY. Land-Fraud Artist Does Xo Work, but Enjoys More Privileges Than Trusties. United States Marshal Reed has issued an order giving to Horace Greeley Mc Klnley. the notorious conspirator In the 11-7" land frauds, the privilege of taking a steam bath at a bathhouse across the stet from the County Jail every day. McKinley Is allowed an hour and , a quarter dally for this purpose. McKinley vaa examined by Dr. A. C. Panton. at Marshal Reed's order sev eral weeks ago. The physician reported the prisoner anaemlcally inclined, which resulted In the order that the prisoner be allowed to take treatment. Dr. Panton explained last night that what he meant by 'anaemlcally was that he found the prisoner quite pale on account of his Jail confinement. Further than this the phy sician refused to discuss hie report, saying he made It to the Government, was paid for It, and could not make It public. In spite of the grand jury's Investiga tion of the matter. Marshal Reed'sNjrder. giving McKinley the freedom of the County Jail, and the grounds surround ing the Courthouse. Is still In force. But although his privileges extend farther than those of the ordinary trusty, he is not obliged to do the work required of the others. Neither is he compelled to take his rations like an ordinary prisoner, as he eats at the same table as the Jailer and Sheriff Stevens' deputies. His wife has access to his quarters at all times. McKinley 's term expires November 6. DIVORCE WITNESS FLEES SEPARATION SUIT DELAYED BY SCMMOXS TO SICKBED. Chicago Woman Hastens to Bedside of Mysterious Sister Supposed to Be 111 in Portland. CHICAGO, Oct. 6. (Special.) The re ceipt of a telegram calling Mrs. Neva McCuIloch, 4345 Grand boulevard, to a sister, ill In Portland, about the time a suhpena was Issued for her appearance as a witness in the divorce suit of Louis E. Randall, against Mrs. Hannah Randall, caused complications at the hearing" of the divorce case before Judge Dupuy In the Superior Court today. ' Mrs. McCuIloch. who Is the wife of Charles A. McCuIloch. general manager of the Frank Parmalee Transfer Com pany, Is said still to be In Portland, and Mr. McCuIloch appeared in court on a summons to explain why his wife had left Chicago, September 23, the day the summons was Issued. Mrs. McCuIloch. It Is said, accompanied Mrs. Randall to a Summer resort at An tloch. III.. In 1904. where they are said to have remained during July and August. There, it Is charged. Mrs. Randall was much in the company of. George W. Trumbull, of Chicago, who Is named In Mr. Randall's bill. Mr. McCuIloch told Judge Dupuy he 'had received the telegram calling his wife to the bedside of her sister the evening of September 22 at his office, and that she had started for -Portland the following meaning, the day when a Deputy Sheriff called to serve the summons. Mrs. McCulloch's lawyer and her hus band refused to give the name of her sis ter In Portland. L DEA IS GROWING Congress Must Solve Clearing House Certificate Prob lem Next Session. PRESIDENT FAVORS PLAN TaTt Goes on Record as Advocate or Proposition Commercial Pa- , per to Be Accepted as Basis for Money, WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. The coming Congress must meet a situation borne of the panic or 1S07. when the issue of clearing-house certificates was necessary to supply sufficient currency to meet the demands of business Interests of the country. The temporary legislation en acted during that critical period must either be supplanted or re-enacted into permanent law, it was stated today, and foremost among the various projects stands the proposed National central bank. It Is the common belief that It will form the basis of the curative leg islation to be recommended by the monetary commission snd President Taft in his recent Boston speech signified his favorable disposition towards the project. A bank of the people and for the peo ple." is the definition of this institution made bv George M. Reynolds, president of the American Bankers' Association in his Chicago speech. He pointed out that the people were to be stockholders, for anvone. would be privileged to buy the bank stock Just as he. might" a Govern ment bond. A small interest on such an investment would be guaranteed by. the Government. Political control of the great bank, would' be made difficult by the life appointment of the officers. It Is not intended that the central bank support the credit of the Nation. If the- -National Government needs funds, if it spends mora, money than It collects bv taxation, it must continue to borrow money by the sale of bonds. The single purpose of the projected bank would be to safeguard the business in terests of tlie people in their private, re lations. If there were need for more money for business purposes the bank would supply It by notes, and If there were a plethora. In dull times, the notes would be withdrawn rapidly. Governmental assistance to the Insti tution would be limited to the deposit with the central bank of all Govern ment funds now In the National banks The existing banks, it Is hoped, would find their compensation for the loss of the funds In relief from their present burden of carrying the whole weight of responsibility for Increases In the cir culating medium and In the fact that the central institution wouldnot receive de posits from Individuals. The question as to how the business man is to benefit by a central bank is sought to be answered by the. state ment that the project Includes a pro vision for the acceptance of good com mercial paper as a basis for the issue of money. Such paper would - represent actual transactions between solvent con cerns and would be redeemed whenever the transaction was concluded. That this plan will meet with prolonged opposition when laid before Congress cannot be doubted, although the Admin istration desires to have the matter re garded as non-polltlcal. DRY PETITION DEFECTIVE - Prohis Must Do Work All Over Again at Goldendale. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Oct. 6. (Spe cial.) A petition which has been cir culated around town for several days by the temperance people, asking the City Council to submit to the voters of the town of Goldendale at the coming city election, the question of whether or not the sale of Intoxicating liquors shall be permitted within the limits of the town of Goldendale. by special ballot, as pro vided for In section three, of the local option law passed by the last session of the Legislature, was filed by the Town Clerk late yesterday afternoon. This morning it was discovered that the peti tion was two names short of the 30 per cent of the signatures of the votes who voted at the last general election, as is required by the law. The petition filed contains 88 names, snd the records at the Auditor's office show that 297 persons voted at the gen eral election held last Fall. The parties who circulated the peti tion attempted to withdraw it this morn ing and get more names, but the Clerk would not allow them to do so. They started out this afternon to get a new petition signed up. The law requires that the petition be filed in the office at the Town Clerk 60 days prior to the coming town election to be held December 7. and they will have until Thursday, October 7, In which to work. The temperance people state the peti tion filed was signed, freely by citizens on both the wet and dry side, and they expect to have no difficulty in getting a new one filed in time. The cause assigned for fallOre to get enough names on the first petition is that they took the- vote at the last city election as a basis to work on. Instead of the vote at the general election. C0URTH0USECJ3NTRACT LET Montesano Structure "Will Cost $134,000 .When Completed. A MONTESANO, Wash.. Oct. 5. (Special.) The Board, of Commissioners of Chehalls County, at their regular meet ing today, let the contract for the new Courthouse and Jail to be erected In this city. The new structure will be built by Sylliaasen- & Sando. of Seattle, and will cost J134.000 and Is to be completed within a year. . ; The new Courthouse 'will be erected In the center of Flrpt street, that street having been vacated by the city for that purpose, and will face on Broad street. It will be one of the finest structures of Its kind in this part of the state and will be built of the famous Tenino stone. Work will commence within a week by the successful bidders. There was a wide range of bids on the Job, the , difference between the highest and the lowest bid ders being 190.000. Wholesale Firm Loses. Damages of J360 and costs have been awarded J. F. singer by Judge Gatens in Singer's suit against the Pearson Page Company over a horse. Accord ing to the testimony the wholesale firm bought the animal from William Cle ment 'in 1908. singer alleged he also bought the same horse from Clement In. 1908. for 190. The company re fused to submit its books for the court's Inspection, and Judgment for Singer resulted. CENflM BIKING . . ii MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. WEAR SILVERFIELD FURS. MERIT MADE . THEM FAMOUS. ALL FURS MADE IN OUR . 'A OFF Beautiful, Exclusive Apparel for Horse Show-Specially Priced For Wednesday and the balance of the week we offer exceptional values on ladies' high-grade wearing apparel and millinery. Note these values: Beautiful Evening Dresses , Radically Reduced A fortunate purchase from a well-known manufacturer enables us to offer most tempting reductions on a limited number of high-grade beautiful New Evening Dresses in the latest styles and' colorings. ALL OF THIS SEA SON'S STYLES. ,TO APPRECIATE THE VALUES OFFERED, YOU MUST SEE THEM YOURSELF, AND WE INVITE COMPARISON IN REGARD TO QUALITY AND PRICE. EXTRA SPECIALS prevail throughout our NECK-. WEAR, GLOVE, LEATHER GOODS and JEWELRY DEPARTMENTS all at radical reductions. TO RESGUE Defends Wehrung Against All Acusations Made. ANOTHER RUMOR STARTS Head of Oregon Commission Said to Hare Offered Bribe to Portland Man and Official Investigation Is Being Strongly Hinted. Petty politics and grievances on the part of disgruntled employes are ascribed by Edgar W. Rowe, a member of the Oregon Commission at the A-T-P Exposition and owner of the postal card concession in the Oregon building, as beipg the direct cause of the rumors relative to graft and mis management on the part of W . H. Wehrung, president of the Commission. Mr. Rowe denies that any loose methods have been used by the Com mission in the conduct of its business. He further avers in an emphatic man ner that the Oregon Commission is not in sore financial straits owing to the misapplication of funds, but. on the contrary, it is in. better circumstances than several, if not all. similar bodies at the exposition. That Wehrung has managed the Oregon building conservatively and judiciously was the supplementary statement made by Mr. Rowe to his corroboration of the statements made through the press by Mr. Wehrung. "Bugaboo," Cries Rowe. "The whole thing is a bugaboo," de clared Mr. Rowe. "Political enemies, combined with disgruntled employes, caused the rumors which reflected on Mr. Wehrung's character and manage ment. It is merely a case of a porter and a Janitor trying to talk about the business end of an office with which they are unfamiliar. We have suffi cient funds on hand, and every cent ex pended and disbursed can be accounted for without the slightest fear. As-for Mr. Wehrung and his various methods of management, I know he will have no hesitancy in producing his books for public perusal." Mr. Rowe was effusive in his denial that any attempt had been made to pad the pavroll and that any employes about the Oregon building were receiv ing any salaries beyond their actual worth. That no underhand methods had ja hv Wuhrime or any of his colleagues in the distribution of "cer tain priies ' am pnvueBc ui been offered in the Oregon building since the opening of the Exposition is also the belief of Mr. Rowe. "We can show a clean sheet when the time comes," he said. ' I might say. too, that at the present time the Oregon buiding, from a financial standpoint, along with the Commission, is in far better circumstances than several sim ilar build.ngs and bodies on the grounds." he added. Proffered Bribe Hinted. . nr ,Via ripnfjilii strenuously made by Commissioner Rowe and Man ager Wehrung or any uncanny meiiiuuo comes another rumor to offset their contentions. One citizen of Portland who is salfl tr have Knoweiage 01 mt Internal workings of the Oregon Com mission' and the management of the Oregon building Is said to have commit ted himself t such an extent that Mon ROWE LEADING OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN FINE FUff SPECIALLY PRICED AT ONE-FOURTH OFF DAME FASHION has approved that the finishing touch to a costume or a suit must be a FUR. For Horse Show week, commencing today, and the balance of the week, we have made a radical reduction of ONE-FOURTH OFF ON ALL OUR HIGH-GRADE TURS, such as RUSSIAN AND HUDSON BAY SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE GENUINE ALASKA MINK LYNX, FOX AND GENUINE ALASKA SEALSKIN. And other leading FURS, in COATS, STOLES, THROWS, NECK PIECES' and MUFFS, Take advantage of this remarkable offer. SAVE ONE-FOURTH of the cost of your FUR and buy now. OWN FACTORY. aster Wehrung inevitably must become the subject of an official investigation. The substance of the rumor is to the effect that Wehrung indirectly proffered a bribe to a prominent business man of Portland to "keep things under his hat." Itfhas also oeen asserted the man approached would not accept the com pensation offered and stands ready to tell of this before an Investigating com mittee. - HOFER INFORMS PRESIDENT Taft's German Speech at Salem Has Possible Explanation. President Taft's mistake In thinking the residents of Salem Germans and his sub sequent talk there on the great good be ing done by the industrious Germans In this country was probably due to the fact that In the Taft party from Portland to Salem was Colonel B. Hofer, president of the German society-of Salem. Colonel Hofer probably said so many things about the society to Mr. Taft that the execu tive gained an impression there were no other residents m Salem thaVi Germans. On Saturday, in the parade, a special ' automobile was set aside for the repre sentatives of the Consolidation of the 28 German-speaking societies of Oregon. This arrangement was made at the request of Otto Kleemann, who is president of the organization and who received the de sired permission from General Beebe. In the car - were Mr. Kleeman, Gustav Schmoerr, vice-president of the consoli dation and president of the German So ciety of Oregon City: Florlan Fuchs, sec retary of the consolidation, and Colonel Hofer, a trustee of the consolidation. After the ceremonies in Portland Colonel Hofer accompanied the presidential train as far south as Salem. ITALIAN SHOOTS NEGRO Jealous of Alleged Attentions Paid Wife by Dusky Cavalier. Charging John BInns, a negro, with making disrespectful advances to his wife, Tony Fltzsimmons, an Italian laborer, shot at Binns with a 32-callber revolver in a corridor of the Woolford tenement-house. Union avenue. and Bast Washington street, shortly before 12 o'clock last night, the bullet taking effect in Binns' right leg. Fltzsimmons then fled and la being sought by the police. Sergeants Kienlen and Smith and Pa trolman Wendorf hurried to the scene in the police automobile a few moments after the shooting occurred. The bullet did not strike the bone of Binns' leg but made only a flesh wound which, while painful, is not -considered serious. The wound was dressed in Binns' own apart ment as it was not thought necessary to send him to a hospital. Fltzsimmons lives In the house with his wife.' They have been there but a short time. It is believed his name Is ficticious, for he appears of Latin, ex traction, which is belled by his name. t . Ambulance launches comprised one of th Innovations of the Hudson-Fulton celebra tion. , THE PERRY HOTEL Madison St. CU Boren Ave. SEATTLE ESS Absolutely 8 !' 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CROSSETT "SHOE MAKES LIFE'S -I Hi safe la D-S-GoV-lnspcfrtcd Est; 838 O Demand This Brand Sweet, juicy ham; crisp, delicious bacon are Autumn breakfast favorites they de serve their popularity. Whether you work with your brawn or your brain; your mus cles or your mind, you need good, whole some, nourishing meat foot. To get the best, Demand This Brand Portland, Oregon HOSIERY FOR CHILDREN1 NEW FUR STYLE BOOK MAILED FREE UPON REQUEST Our New Fur Stylebook Free. ' -0m- MILLINERY SALE "Well that feels better". Ever say that when you take off your shoes at night? It's a bad sign means there's Something wrong with your shoes. "Next time you feel like say ing that, just ask yourself "what is that shoe they say ' Makes Life's Walk Easy?" Next morning look for the Crossett dealer. He will sell WALK' EASY" -you shoes you can wear all day and be sorry to part com pany with at night. $4 to $6 everywhere. LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Iao., Maker North Abington Mass.