VOL. XLVIII. XO. 14,729.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 10O8.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THREE DEAD,
23 INJURED
II! JlttCK
Sheridan Local at
Forest Grove Is
Derailed.
Bi(EN RAIL THE CAUSE
Thirty-Foot Section at End of
Trestle Splinters in
Four Pieces.
INJURED NOT BADLY HURT
One Woman Sustains Severe
Internal Injuries, x
SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES
On Woman Thrown Through Win
dow Into Water Is Vnhurt Re
lief Trmin With Surgeons Goes
to the Scene at Once.
KILI-ED AST) TN.lr KKD IX THE
WRJSOK.
THE DEAD.
JOHM A. STDONAID, McMlnn
ville. MRS. J. K. BATES, Forest Grove.
Flv-month-old daug-hter of Mri.
Bates.
THD iNJlTRED.
A. 'Morrison, Portland, hands and
left arm Injured.
B. H. Grant, 481 East Thirteenth
tret. Portland; shoulder and head
hurt. Travels for 81c 8ichel.
Thomas C. Flnneffan, Portland; hip
broken.
I j. K. Harbur, Portland; baek
sprained and shoulders hurt.
Alexander Petal, Portland; knee
Injured.
C. C. Poerine, North Yamhill;
bruised on head and back.
Mat Karlfrun, hurt on leg; and face.
J. A. Cunningham, foreman of mill
at Carlton; cut by glass and bruised.
Miss Grace Harding, Gaston;
slightly hurt.
G. B. Tucker, Butler; bank hurt.
P. S. Rldgway. Portland; back
sprained, arm hurt.
Frank Brown, Carlton; back In
jured. J. w. Howard, Cleveland: aids and
legs Injured.
J. B. Brown, Sheridan; injured
about neck and shoulders.
J. H. Brown, Sheridan; head cut
and bruised.
Mrs. David Stout, McMtnnvllle;
chest injured and face cut.
R. G. Dexter. Sheridan; back and
side injured and cut about head.
M. W. Gordon. McMlnnville: arms
and legs bruised.
G. M. Badders, Carlton; knee bad
ly hurt.
Mrs. J. Brown, Sheridan; side in
Jored. Frank Knight. Dllley; legs and
hand seriously injured.
L. M. Nayberger. McMlnnville;
cut
about face.
W. L. Hembree, McMlnnville-
scalp
wound and let- hurt.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Feb. U.-(Spe-ciai.)
Three were killed and 23 were In
jured, one very seriously, by the derail
ment of the Sheridan local on a short
trestle bridge about three-fourths of a
mile west of this city at 6 o'clock tonight
The dead are:
MRS. EDWARD BATES and 6-mjnths-old
daughter, of Forest Grove.
J. A. M'DONALD, of McMlnnville.
Mrs. J. II. Brown, aged 60, of Sheridan;
was badly crushed, and may not recover.
The accident resulted from a broken
rail, one 30-foot section at the west end
of the trestle bridge being splintered-Into
four pieces by the weight of the heaVily
loaded coaches. The defective rail ap
parently did not give way until after the
engine,, mail and baggage cars had
crossed in safety.
Cars Pitch 100 ffcet.
The smoker was the first to leave the
track, carrying with it two day coaches.
The smoker and the first day coach ran
over the tics for a distance of 20 yards
and pitched from the trestle to the
ground, ten feet below, striking oi their
sides. The second day coach also left
the track, and turned-only partly over.
Miss Grace Harding, of Gaston, a pas
senger in the rear coach, was thrown
through a window Into less than two feet
of water beneath the trestle, but escaped
uninjured.
The news of the wreck, which could be
seen from the depot, spread rapidly, and
resident of this city hastened to assist
the injured, who were removed from the
overturned cars through the windows on
the upper side of the coaches. The dead
were found in the forward end of the first
day coach, immediately behind the
smoker. Their bodies were removed to a
local undertaking establishment.
That a score were not killed outright
and that any of the occupants of the two
overturned day coaches were not seriously
injured is considered miraculous. That
the list of "fatalities was not larger was
due to the fact that the train had not
attained much headway. As it was the
coaches were not badly damaged.
Few Need Physicians.
None of the injured sustained any
broken limbs, and with the exception
of Mrs. Brown, who received serious in.
ternal injuries, few required the serv
ices of a physician, their injuries cod
sisthig principally of bruises and slight
cuts from broken glass.
wien the passengers had been as
sisted from their uncomfortable posi
tion, such of the injured ae resided at
points further wost were placed in the
baggage and mail cars and shortly af
ter 9 o'clock that part of the train
which remained intact proceeded to
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t Confrresaman James A. Tsnsej, t
I Who Questioned Roosevelt's f
A Authority In Appointing; Wa- I
terways Commission. I
Carlton and MeMinnville, where several
of the Injured live.
Walter Hembree, of McMlnnville, was
fastened beneath the roof of the smok
er, which rested on his leg. It was
necessary to chop away a portion of
the car-roof before Hembree could be
extricated. He was not badly hurt.
Mrs. Bates and child, of this city,
who were killed, were on their way
to Gaston, to which place they were
arranging to rhove. They were accom
panied to the depot thl afternoon by
Mr. Bates, who remained here to at
tend to details incident to the removal
of his family.
A special train, consisting .of two
coaches, arrived at the scene of the
wreck at 9:40 o'clock, bringing General
Manager J. P. O'Brien, Assistant Super
intendent G. C. Morris, Major D. .E.
Hall, claim agent; Dr. George F. Wil
son, Dr. J. O. Wiley and Dr. Ross, of
the Good Samaritan Hospital.
Relief Train Starts at Once.
Coaches were abundantly equipped
with stretchers and medicine supplies
for the comfort of the injured. En
route here a score of beds were made
up in one of the tourist cars for re
ception of the injured, whose condi
tion, as reported at first, suggested
need for their Immediate removal to
a Portland hospital. At Hlllsboro the
relief party was Joined by Dr. J. P.
Famesis and Dr. D. W. Woods, but
when the train -reached Forest Grove
it was found that the most severely
injured had continued as passengers
on their abbreviated train for McMlnn
ville and Sheridan.
After learning that the injured had
all been cared for,. Mr. O'Brien and his
associates returned to Portland at
11:30 o'clock.
Coroner D.. G. Brown, of Hillsboro,
will conduct an Inquest over the bodies
of the three victims of the wreck In
this city at 2 o'clock tomorrow, after
noon. The track was cleared at 11 o'clock
tonight and the wrecked cars will be
cleared away by a wrecker which will
leave Portland at 6 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
FRANCO REACHES GENOA
Tired and Worn Out, He Refuses to
See Visitors at His Hotel.
MARSEILLES, Feb. 11. Senor Fran
co, ex-Premier of Portugal, and his
family arrived here last night and left by
train for Genoa at 7:22 o'clock this
morning. Two detectives accompanied
the party.
. GENOA, Feb. 11. Senor Franco ar
rived here this evening. He appeared
very much worn out and retired tohls
hotel, refusing' td see anyone.
PORTUGAL GROWING QUIET
London Correspondent Says All Dan
ger Is Not Over, However.
LONDON, Feb. 12. the Times this
morning publishes a long Lisbon dispatch
relative to recent events in Portugal. It
says that the situation Is improving daily
and that the government adheres to its
policy of conciliating publio opinion, but
that it would be a mistake to consider all
dangor over.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
James D. Laing.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. -James D. Lalng,
vice-president of the Cleveland, Cincin
nati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, died
at 1:30 o'clock this morning at hi3 home
in this city, aged 75 years.
. Ex-Port Supervisor. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Joseph S.
Spear, Jr., ex-Surveyor of the Port of
San Francisco, died here last night. Ho
was 61 years of age.
PRIMARIES
SOLIDLY FOR TAFT
Every State Delegate
' Favorable to Him.
FORAKER OPPOSITION FUTILE
Overwhelmed Wherever Fight
Is Made for Senator.
ONE TICKET IN THE FIELD
Resnlt Unanimous in 5 2 Counties
Out of 88 Every One of 46 Votes
In National Convention Will
Be Cast for War Secretary.
TAIT NOT TAUKING. '
CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Secretary of
War Taft refused tonight to com
ment on the result of the Repub
lican primary elections in Ohio to
day.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 11. The net re
sult of the Republican primaries held
throughout Ohio today was in favor
of W. IT. Taft. Four delegates-at-large,
22 district delegates to the National
convention In Chicago, and a list of
delegates to the state convention to be
held March 3, which will be unanimous
ly in his favor, were selected.
No opposition worth mentioning de
veloped during the day. The Supreme
Court destroyed all chances of success
by the Foraker element in Cuyahoga
County, by .declaring the Taft County
Committee was the only valid organ
ization of its kind in that county, and
the selection of delegates went by de
fault, no ticket being placed in the
field against the Taft candidates.
Opposition Very AVeak.
- In Knox. County, the opposition to
Taft had brought an independent tick
et into the field, the "Independents,"
however, being all Foraker men. The
Taft candidates won easily, the vote
being four to one in their favor. Actual
voting for delegates to the state con
vention was carried on in but 35 out
of the total of 88 counties, the Taft
delegates in 52 counties having no op
position. a Congressional primaries were
held in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, the
greater part of the Eighth, Ninth,
Twelfth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Eigh
teenth and Twenty-first Districts, and
in small portions of the Seventh and
Nineteenth.
Result Is Overwhelming.
In all but- the two last, wherein the
voting today was in too limited a ter
ritory to be decisive, the Taft people
won without opposition. In the Ninth,
Sixth and Sixteenth Districts, candi
dates for Congress were nominated di
rectly at the primaries. It was the
original intention to select delegates
to the National convention In the same
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PORTLAND'S ITT 1' RE ASSURED
Cheering news has marked the
opening of the new year in Portland.
When the Controller of the Currency
telegraphed authority yesterday to
reopen the Merchants National Bank,
attention was called to the fact that
. not one depositor In the three banks
that recently suspended in Portland
will lose a dollar. The Merchants
National will reopen next Monday
and the German-American Bank has
absorbed the Oregon Trust St Savings
Bank and will be reopened today. The
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
will also pay Its depositors in full.
On top of this good news to deposi
tors comes the announcement that
Swift & Co. will spend $3,500,000 for
- packing plants in Portland.
Portland was one of only eight
large cities in the tnited States
which showed an Increase In building
expenditures during January of the
present year, as compared with Jan
uary. 1007. Last month $623,545 was
spent for buildings as compared with
$004,475 during the corresponding
month' of last year.
This Is only one of numerous
6traws in the s commercial wind
which Indicate that no city In the
country Is in better condition today
than Portland. The Portland banks
were the first of any large city In
the United States to resume business
on a strictly cash basis after the re
cent panic and conditions here are
now normal. Postal receipts during
last January amdunted to $5S,952.2T,
an increase of 13.9 per cent over
January. 1907. when the receipts
were $51,700.62.
These increases and the present
healthy conditions are the more re
markable in view of the fact that
last year was the banner one in the
history of the city. Postal receipts
last year amounted to $.'H,147.23. as
compared, with $540,305.47 during
lOOfl. BuildlDg penults showed a total
expenditure of $9,410,137 during 10O7
and $3,943,471 during 1906. Bank
clearings were $352.351,629.S0 in 1907
and $281.170.79.2 In 1906. The as-
t sessed property valuation of Port
land last year was $23r.,141,or.8 and
the year before was $180,005,388.
The present favorable conditions in
Portland and throughout the entire
state are due In part to the rapid
Increase in population and in part to
the great revenue derived from the
state's Industries during the past
year. Oregon's prospects were never
better for continued prosperity than
at present. From the chief commodi
ties Oregon received during 10O7 a
revenue of nearly $76,000,000, di
vided as follows.
Lumber, $30,000,000: wheat, $15,
3.15,000; dairy products, $1&.000.000;
wool, $3,600,000; fruit. $4,275,183;
salmon, $2,961,700: hops, $1,934,000;
gold. $2,855,700.
manner, but later it was decided, in
order to avoid all chance of future
complications, to name the delegates
at a regular district convention. In
the Eighth District, Cojigresslonal pri
maries were not held in o:ie county
Hardin but the result there cannot
possibly overrule the vote in the re
mainder, of the state, and the two del
egates to the Chicago convention are
certain to be for Taft.
Every Delegate for Taft.
The following statement was issued
tonight by Arthur I. Vorys, manager
of the Taft Presidential campaign:
Ohio is for Taft. The result of. the pri
maries today completes the demonstration.
Every county except one, with seven dele
gates, has selected Its delegates to the
state convention. Every' county has selected
Taft delegates. The state convention will
be unanimously for Taft, for every one of
the 815 delegates Is for. and is Instructed
for Taft. Tiis unanimity also demonstrates
that every one of the 46 delegates to the
National Convention will be for Taft.
COURT DECISION FOR TAFT
Rodway Committee Declared a Valid
Organization.
COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 11. The Supreme
(Concluded on Page 4.)
IT
ON FOURTH BALLOT
Washington Post Fig
ures Out Nomination.
COUNTS ON ANTI-TAFT FORCES
Break to New Yorker Will
Come After Second Ballot.
FIELD AGAINST THE OHIOAN
Seating of Contesting Delegation
From Southern States Expected
to Have Considerable Bearing
on War Secretary Strength.
WASHINGTON TOST SAYS HUGHES 1
WILL WIN. I
First Second Third Fourth T
SaJlnt Tinllnt T3allt Hall.. T
i art
Hughes ..
Cannon . . .
Fairbanks .
Foraker .
Knox
Cortelyou
LaFollette
Cummins
MAKES
HUGHES
833 3.1! 304 3B4
ail 273 416 606
124 14 .14 0
7 6 t2
7fi 76 SS 14
80 72 4 O
12 li 46
56 46 46 88
12 12 12 U
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (Special.) The
Washington Post,- by no means an anti
Taft newspaper, says emphatically that
the Taft boom Is on the wane. It de
clares the field will be against Taft, and
that on the fourth ballot the field will
combine and nominate Governor Charles
P. Hughes, of New York, for President.
This prediction is based on the finding
of an inquiry of weeks, exhaustive, care
ful and frequently revised. The figures
have been submitted to the Republican
leaders, in each state for verification.
On the net result of the inquiry the
paper bases these predictions:
1. On the first ballot Taft -will lack
about 150 of the nomination; his total may
increase In subsequent ballots, but -not
sufficiently to nominate him.
Will Swing to Hughes.
2 Hughes will Be IS or more behind
Taft on first ballot, but will increase on
every ballot until nominated.-
3 On no ballot will a .majority of any
candidate's vote be transferred to Taft.
4 The candidate who, although his
vote may be large to begin with, will lose
votes the quickest is Cannon.
6 When a majority f Cannon's vote
goes to Hughes, following a breakaway
of some Cannon votes to Taft, the Penn
sylvania vote will follow the bulk of the
Cannon vote to Hughes on, the same bal
lot 6 When that movement is seen the
Foraker vote will go to Hughes.
7 The Fairbanks and La Follette votes
will endure the longest, bt if the bal
loting is prolonged enough votes to nom
inate Hughes will go from them.
South Will Delay Result.
But for the uncertainty of the Southern
States, it is explained, a definite result
would come before the fourth ballot. The
publican National Committee, con
trolled by Taft influences, is expected,
through Its committee on credentials, to
seat all contesting delegations from those
states which are favorable to Taft. There
will be several contests.
The contesting delegations would vote
for Foraker if seated, and such a vote
would put Taft out of it at the start, the
paper says. Such delegations are ex
pected from Alabama, Florida, MJssisslppl
and Louisiana.
Hughes Easily Winner.
With Taft failing of nomination on the
first ballot, there will be but one real
candidate against him, Hughes of New
York, who will inherit in the succeeding
ballots strength from each of his com
petitors save Taft. The first ballot shows
333 for Taft and 211 for Hughes.
The second ballot shows the effect of
the breakaways, Taft still leading with
339, Hughes gaining with 275, the votes
coming from Knox, Cortelyou, La Fol
lette, Fairbanks and Cannon. On the
li
Helnrlch Conrlrd, Who Retired I
from Management of Metro- I
politan Opera Company.
third ballot Hughes is shown to be lead
ing with 416, Taft 3fi4, the also-rans trail
ing: Cannon 34, Fairbanks 60, Foraker 3S,
Knox 4, Cortelyou 6, La' Follette 46, Cum
mings 12.
After this ballot comes the deluge.
LEAVES SERVICE TO WED
VICTOR METOALF TO MARRY
MISS MARIE BUTTERS.
Unable to Secure Exception From
Regulation, Secretary's Son Re
signs as Midshipman In Xavy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Victor Nicholson Metcalf, son of Secre
tary Metcalf and midshipman in the
United States Navy, has resigned from
the service. Although his letter of with
drawal gives ill health as the reason, his
friends assert that he has taken the step
in order to wed Miss Marie Butters,
daughter of the mining and railroad mil
lionaire of Oakland.
In accordance with a new naval regula
tion, no officer below the grade of Lieu
tenant may wed. Young Metcalf and
Miss 'Butters have been engaged for some
time and were eager to marry. Both ap
plied to the Secretary to waive the rule in
this case, but ne refused. Instead he
shipped his son to Magdalena Bay, where
he now is.
When the young man found that he
could hope for no assistance from his
father he decided to resign from the
service. He has recently been. - operated
on for appendicitis and stated that he be
lieved It has unfitted him for the service.
A wire from Washington brought the
news tonight that Metcalf. senior, had ac
cepted his son's resignation.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S MJaxfmum .temperature
46 decrees; minimum 40 degrees.
TODAY Rain, possibly part mol; west
erly winder
politic.
Ohio primaries unanimously . for . ' Taft.
Page 1.
"Washington Post figures Hughes will be
nominated on fourth ballot. Page 1.
Senator Knox defends Congress" policy
toward railroads. Page 3. -
La Follette's boom will be launched at
Seattle. Page 6.
National.
Tawney questions President's authority In
appointing waterway commission. Page 1.
Domestic.
New York printers given jail sentence for
disobeying- injunction order. Page- 3.
Chicago jury finds Mrs. Dora McDonald not
guilty of murder. Page 2.
Mexican ladrones attempt to kill all Ameri
cans at Sonora mine. Page 4.
Conrad leaves Metropolitan Opera Company;
successor chosen. Page 3.
, Pacific Coast.
Three dead and 23 hurt in wreck at Forest
Grove. Page 1.
British Columbia will bar Japanese by edu
cational teat. Page 3.
Sports. a
Robert TV. Forbes, Yale's great end, chosen
for Oregon football coach. Page 6
Commercial and Marine.
Unsatisfactory condition of Eastern prune
market. Page 1&.
Sharp slump in Chicago wheat market.
Page 15.
Stocks weak and sluggish. Page 15.
Reinsurance is quoted at 20 per cent on the
American ehlp Emily Reed, from New
castle for Portland with coal. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Merchants National Bank will reopen next
Monday, page 10.
Athletic ticket is defeated at Multnomah
Club annual election. Page 7.
Town send likely to be appointed Assistant
. United States District Attorney of Ore
gon. Page 7-
Blake, McFall Company paper warehouse.
lDurns. '-rage n.
Terminal trouble near settlement. Page 16.
Louis F. Swift outlines plans for Peninsula
Packing House. Page 9.
German-American-Oregon Trust Savings
Bank opens today under merger. Page 14
Catholic qhurch buys Northern Pacffic Sana
torium block, probably for cathedr'al site.
Page 14.
Plans for rcfte plan.ing day. Page 10l
RANKER M
FACES ARREST
Federal Grand Jury
Finds Indictments.
TOOK . FUNDS IT IS - CHARGED
County Grand Jury Also Makes
Trouble for Bank-Wrecker.
COMING FROM LIVERPOOL
IJcinze's Partner Will Arrive Satur.
day O. E. Pagan, Ylw Took
John It. -YaIh Into Toils,
After the New Yorker.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Tt was learned
late tonight that the Federal grand
jury which is investigating the affairs
of certain National banks this evening
voted five indictments. Three of these
indictments, it was authoritatively
stated, make charges against Charles
W. Morse and a former official of the
National Bank of North America, for
over-certification and misapplication of
funds. Two of those voted. It is said,
were against Charleo W. Morse, one on
each charge, and the other against his
associate.
Mr. Morse, who Is due to arrive here
on the steamer Etruria from Liverpool
next Saturday, was indicted today by
the New York County grand jury,
which also Ts Inquiring into the recent
financial transactions among the banks
of this city.
The Federal indictments were drawn
up by Oliver E. Pagan, the special at
torney of the Department of Justice.
Mr. Pagan drew up the indictments
against John R. Walsh.
APPEAR AGAINST ICE TRCsT
Attorney-General to Testify Before
' -. Grand Jury.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 11. At the re
quest of Attorney-General Jackson, Gov
ernor Hughos announced tonight that lie
has designated the Attorney-General to
appear personally or by deputy before the
grand jury of the Supreme Court in New
York County, now In session, to present
certain evidence In the possession of the
Attorney-General against the American
Ice Company and its officers. .The Attorney-General
contends that the Ameri
can Ice Company Is criminally guilty of
violating the states' anti-trust laws by
maintaining a monoply "in restraint of
trade.
' Attorney-General Jackson and District
Attorney Jerome, It appears, disagree "as
to the value of certain contracts and cor
respondence secured by the Attorney-General's
office and transmitted some time
ago to the. District Attorney for sub
mission to the grand jury. Hence the re
quest of the Attorney-General to present
the matter personally.
ASSETS DWINDLE TO FOUKTU
Receivership Eats Up Resources of
loan Association.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. In confirming
the report of Alex McKinney, who was
appointed epecial referee to investigate
the accounts of Otto Kelsey and lid
ward G. RIggs, receivers of the Re
publican Savings & Loan Association,
Judge Carr, In the Supreme Court, ,
Brooklyn, today, said that the result
of the receivership was most lament
able. After being in the hands of receivers
for eight years, the assets of the asso
ciation shrunk from $150,000 to $36,000.
In converting the assets into cash, only
$275,000 was realized. In distributing
this among the stockholders,. $193,000
was paid out in counsel and receivers'
fees.
BANK DIRECTORS NEGLIGENT
Had. No Knowledge of Condition ol
California Institution.
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. U. Several
members of the former board of directors
of the California Safe Deposit & Trust
Company, which failed last November ow
ing depositors nearly $9,000,000, and which
Is in the hands of a receiver, were sum
moned before the grand jury this after
noon and examined as to their knowledge
of the affairs of the institution, with es
pecial reference to the reports sent out
asking for deposits and stating that the
bank was .solvent. These reixjrts were
signed by the directors. Among those
who were subpenaed nre:
W. C. Peyton, A. D.' Sharon, B. II.
Harmon, R. D. Fry and W. H. Barton.
C. G. Treadwell, a son of James Tread
well, one of the directors, against whom
Indictments charging embezzlement were
returned by the grand Jury, also was a
witness.
It was said that nearly all the directors
testified that they had no actual knowl
edge of the real condition of the bank and
that they signed reports as a matter of
formality, trusting in the officers of the
company.
Buys Stock and Charges 1-Yaud.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11. The
charge that the officers of the West
ern Redwood Company misrepresented
Its affairs in order to sell him $8000
worth of worthless stock ie made by
A. M. Bergevln today in a suit to nulli
fy the sale on the ground of fraud and
to recover his money.