VOL. XL VIII. NO. 14,840.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SCORE HURT WHEN
LAZARUS THROWN
BENEATH HORSE
POWER STATION
SWEPT BY FIRE
AUTOiSTS GRAZE
DEATH NARROWLY
TAFT NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH
MASKED MAN ROBS
STREETCAR CREW
BIG GARS CRASH
PORTLAND MAX SERIOCSLY IX
JCRED AT NEWPORT. '
PORTLAXD CAR PLUNGES OFF
KALAMA BRIDGE. , ' .
TAKES $35 IX CASH AXD BOTH
MEX'S WATCHES.
SANITY RETURNS;
FORGIVES SLAYER
Careless Carman Lets
Trains Collide.
TURNS TO FLIRT WITH GIRL
Over 150 in Accident on Mount
Scott Line.
MEET AT -ARCHER PLACE
Motorman B. F. MtDongal Said to
HaTe Passed Block Signal and
Then Airbrakes Fall to
Respond Those Hurt.
LIST OF rNJCRED.
J. B. Bridges, 489 Columbia street,
right knee sprained and .finger al
most severed.
P. C. Kugel. 000 East Caruthers
street, left ankle badly sprained.
E. B. Shields, Arleta. wrist dislo
cated and other Injuries.
T. K. Smith. 871 Commercial
street, external Injuries.
B. F. McDougal. motorman. wrist
sprained.
Unknown woman, right ear split.
Six persons seriously Injured, a dozen
others whose names were not reported.
known to have been bruised, and two
badly demolished cars are the results of
a head-on collision between two heavily
' loaded trains on the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company at Archer Place
on the Mount Scott line, three miles from
First and Alder streets, at 4 o"clock yes
terday afternoon.
There were no fatalities, and none of
, the injuries, it Is said, will result fatal
ly, though the lives of between 160 and
200' passengers were Jeopardized.
According to eye-witnesses and to com
pany officers the collision was due to the
carelessness of Motorman B. F. McDoug
al, of the eastbound train, who failed
to heed the signals of the semaphore.
Story of Eye-Wltnesses.
According to Mrs. Frances Meyers and
Fred Fisher, who witnessed the collision,
Motorman McDougal was looking back
and waving at a girl who had just
alighted from his car at Anabel, a short
distance west of Archer Place. McDougal
himself says that his brakes refused to
respond when he realized the danger and
attempted to avert the disaster.
Both the east and westbound trains
were composed of big, heavy cars of the
speediest type, and each drew a heavy
trailer. Both trains were heavily loaded
with passengers and each was provided
with air-brake appliances.
Westbound train No. 24, Charles Rhun
dorf motorman, had reached the station
at Archer Place, the extreme east end
of a switch. In the parlance of trainmen,
he "had the block" the signals of the
semaphore and was passing slowly out
of the block when train No. 21, B. F.
McDougal, motorman, came thundering
down the track.
Running at High Speed.
From Crescent to Archer Place, and
even beyond, is a clear, open and level
stretch of track. Residents of that lo
cality say it is often used as a speed
way by trainmen and those who saw the
accident yesterday declare that McDoug
al was running his train at a high rate
of speed.
Passing Crescent, train No. 21 stopped
for a moment at Anabel where, a young
woman alighted. It was she, according
to many who witnessed the accident,
who had attracted the attention of the
motorman and as she walked away from
the tracks she continued to glance to
wards the car. McDougal, It is charged,
yielded to the impulse to continue the
flirtation and responded to her glanoea.
In doing so he is said to have failed to
heed the signals of the semaphore and
ran his train at a rapid rate into the
block, already barred to him by the
eignal.
Motorman Rhundorf, of train No. 24,
seeing the swift -coming cars, drew his
train to a full stop and began a furious
ringing of his gong. His two conductors,
also realizing the danger, sounded their
bells in a vain endeavor to check the on
coming train. Rhundorf quickly reversed
his current and began to back his train,
in the hope of at least minimizing the
compact, which he now saw was immi
nent. Jumps When Cars Crash.
Backing clear of the switch and power
less to avert the disaster, he jumped, and
with a crashing of timbers and shrieks
of frenzied men and women, the heavy
oast-bound train plunged into the other.
McDougal had tried vainly to check his
train and avoid the collision, but failed.
However, he did succeed in bringing his
car to a stop before the two were tele
scoped. The front vestibules and platforms of
both trains were smashed instantly. Men
and women were hurled violently against
the seats and through the windows. Glass
from the window panes was shattered and
scattered in a shower over the two front
cars.
A woman plunged headlong through one
of the windows. She was severely cut
about the face, but is thought to have
escaped serious Injury, She walked to
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Animal Falls on Him, Breaking Collar-Bone
and Hurting His
Shoulder Badly.
ITEWPORT, Or., June 21. (Special.)
E. M. Lazarus, of Portland, who Is
spending his vacation here, was today
thrown from a horse he was riding,
sustaining serious injuries. HJs collar
bone was broken and his shoulder
blade also Is thought to be fractured.
The horse fell upon and crushed him
severely. ' .
Mr. Lazarus, together with Mr. and
Mrs. F. O. Downing, left Portland about
10 days ago, Intending to make a
horseback trip to the coast. The horses
and Mr. Lazarus' cart were shipped
part of the way by boat, it being the
intention of the pleasure party to
make the greater part of the trip on
horseback, and when tired of this,' to
drive in the cart.
Mr. Lazarus has been extremely un
fortunate In getting hurt while riding.
Several times he has narrowly escaped
death by being' thrown or by his
mounts falling under him during the
Hunt Club chases, in which he has
been an enthusiastic participant.
YOUNG MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Broods Over Dislike of Sweetheart's
Parents for Him.
STEVENSON, Wash., June 21.-(Spe-cial.)
Brooding over the refusal of his
sweetheart's parents to permit him to
call on the young woman, William Sul
livan, 25 years old, ended his troubles
by sending a uullet crashing through
his head. His body was found in a
clump of bushes within the city limits
shortly after daylight this morning. A
coroner's Jury Investigated the facts and
reported the case one of suicide.'
Young Sullivan was present at a social
gathering last night, apparently in a
happy mood. He escorted the young
woman to her home at air early hour
this morning and on reaching the place
it is reported that her parents Insisted
firmly that he should never again ap
pear on the premises. He left and was
never seen alive again. His parents re
side on a farm near town.
TROUBLED BY MANY SNAKES
Washington. Man Finds Daring Rep
' tiles In His House.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 21. (Special.)
Howard N. Stockett, a homesteader
living near Skootenal Springs, Central
Washington, is harassed by rattlesnakes,
large, small and all sizes. They are
troubling him to such an extent that he
has applied to the land oftice for leave
of absence from his homestead for a time
In order to protect himself and family
from them. The snakes are so numer
ous that it is dangerous for the family
to venture out and they are becoming
so daring that frequently one or more
are found in the house or in other build
ings, f During harvest season Stockett
expects to be away from home helping
neighbors more or less and deems It
too unsafe to leave the family while
away.
DEATH AWAITS SEVENTEEN
Sentences in Russian Cities for Po
litical Offenders.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 21. A man
and woman have been condemned to
death at Warsaw on the charge of be
ing implicated In a recent attempt to
kill General Skallon, Governor-General
of Warsaw. Seventeen death sen
tences were announced today from
other towns and cities in Russia.
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Cazadero Plant Is a
; Complete Wreck.
WATER-WHEELS RUN WILDLY
Two Operators Have Narrow
Escape From Death.
LOSS - IS OVER $100,000
Water-Wheel "Runs Away," Demol
ishing Generator, Which Flies
to Pieces, Wrecking Sev
eral Other Machines.
An accident to the machinery at the
Cazadero power plant of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company early
yesterday morning caused the complete
wrecking of the station, entailing a loss
of $110,000. Flying pieces of hot metal and
burning insulation set Are to the building,
destroying inflammable parts of the struc
ture. Two operators who were on duty at
the time had a miraculous escape from
instant death.
The three big water wheels "ran away,"
one after the other, the generators to
which they were coupled flying In pieces
and wreckage from each machine in turn
disabled the next water wheel. Huge
parts of the monster dynamos were
hurled through the brick walls to the
station and through the iron roof.
Although the two operators on duty
were right in the midst of the flying
wreckage, they escaped without a scratch.
A piece of the machinery, weighing two
tons, tore the coat of one of the men,
afterward boring its way through the
brick wall of the building.
Accident Opens Gates.
An ingenious mechanism regulates
the supply of water that Is let in
against the power wheels. When the
load on the generators is light a gov
ernor on each, machine lowers the
frates and reduces the amount of water
allowed to pass through the wheels
and lessens the speed of the big gen
erators. When the load is heavy, the
gates are raised automatically in thu
same way, and more power applied aa
it is needed.
The governor on generator No. 1
stuck In some way and flew wide
open, allowing a full head of water to
rush through the turbine that runs that
machine. The gentle purr of the
monster dynamo rose In an instant to
a menacing roar and the two operators
on. duty, W. J. Moore and Lester.
Townsend, rushed to the emergency
lever to shut- off the water. The gate
had Jammed and the lever refused to
work. The generator was now beyond
all control and was spinning at a ter
rific rate. Soon It literally flew to
pieces, great masses of the copper and
steel beJng hurled throughout the
building and even through the walls
and roof.
The governor on turbine No. 2 was
struck by a flying chunk of metal and
was put out of commission. The gate
flew wide open and the generator
roared its defiance to all restraint, fly
ing into thousands of pieces from the
excessive Bpeed.
All Meet Same Fate.
As a row of dominoes falls when the
first is toppled over, so the third gen
erator met the same fate as the first
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PLANT AFTER FIRE, SHOWING
Frank.. Robertson, . Mr. . and Mrs.
G. E. Waite and Miss Pember
. ton Thrown Into -Water.
- KALAMA, Wash., June 3. (Special.)
An automobile containing Frank Robert
son, of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. George
B. Waite, of- Portland, and Miss Reita
Pemberton, of Tacoma plunged off a
ten-foot bridge into eight feet of water
in the Kalama River, where they barely
escaped drowning, shortly after noon to
day. Their plight was witnessed by sev
eral persons who rushed to their rescue,
and they escaped with only the discom
fort of a ducking In the cold water.
Frank Robertson, owner of the car, had
just started with the party for a drive
to Tacoma. While on the elevated road
way running north, Robertson stepped
on the running board to examine a chain.
He left the car In charge of Waite. who
lost control of the machine, and In a
few minutes the big car and all four oc
cupants were struggling with the cold
waters of the Kalama. River. Their,
cries brought a crowd of citizens who
helped In the rescue.
"We expected to take a bath at Ta
coma," remarked plucky Miss Pemberton,
her teeth chattering with the cold, after
she had been helped ashore, "but that
won't be necessary now."
Mr. and Mrs. Waite and Miss Pem
berton will take the night train for Ta
coma, but Mr. Robertson is determined
to proceed with his automobile, which
was recovered from the river uninjured.
ACCUSES HAFFEN OF GRAFT
Bronx Commissioners Investigate
Accounts of His Office.
NEW YORK, June 21. After having
investigated for four months the ac
counts and methods of the office of the
president of the Borough of the Bronx,
Commissioners of Accounts Mitchell and
Galligher submitted at report to Mayor
McClellan which stated that "the evi
dence has convinced us that the entire
Bronx department has for the past six
years been administered primarily in the
political interests of President Louis F.
Haffen and that to this are ascrlbable
most of the deficiencies, irregularities
and departures from the law discovered
by us."
Counsel for President Haffen In a state
ment tonight asked the public to suspend
judgment until he has an opportunity
to be fully, heard. " '
EVENTS OF CODING WEEK
The sub-committee having In
charge the arrangements for the
Democratle National convention will
meet In Denver this week. Its mem
bers expect to remain, on the ground
until the convention concludes Us
work.
Secretary Taft Is to go to New
Haven Monday and has planned for
three days at the Tale commence
ment exercises.
James S. Sherman, the Republican
Vice-Presidential nominee, will re
turn to his home city, Tltlca, N. Y.,
on Monday. His fellow citizens
hav promised him a warm welcome.
Other political features scheduled
for the week are Democratic state
conventions in Georgia, North Caro
lina, Iowa and Vermont.
The biennial convention of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
will begin In Boston Monday..
Other conventions of the week in
clude those of the National Associa
tion of Credit Men in Denver be
ginning Tuesday,, and the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Associa
tion at Niagara Falls on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tuesday Miss Jean Reid, daughter
of Ambassador Reid, and John Hu
bert Ward, brother of the Earl of
Dudley and equerry in waiting to
King Edward, will be married In tha
Chapel Royal of St. James In Lon
don. MACHINERY ONLY TWISTED
Piston Rod on Engine
of His Train Breaks.
JUST MISSES BEING DITCHED
Speed of 50 Miles an Hour Is
Maintained at Time.
TAFT SEEMS UNCONCERNED
Makes No Comment When Told of
Accident Prompt Action of Man
in Tower In Stopping Train
Averts Probable Disaster.
DENNISOX, O., June 21. Secretary Taft
had a narrow escape tonight from being
Involved In a serious wreck on the Penn
sylvania Flyer, which was carrying him
East.
Prompt action of the towerman In a
signal station a third of a mile east of
Coshocton, and of the engineer of the
Flyer, alone averted what might have
been a dreadful accident.
-As the train was speeding along at the
rate of B0 miles an hour, the piston rod
on the left side of the locomotive broke
short oft. Almost instantly the cylinder
of the engine was cracked by the un
manageable rod.
Tower Man Stops Train.
The train Was just approaching a tower
east of Coshocton. The operator saw that
something serious was wrong and threw
down a signal to stop the train. The
engineer applied the emergency brakes
and the train of six cars came to a stop
on a sharp curve.
The accident occurred at 6:30 o'clock,
when many of the passengers on the
train were at dinner in the dlningcar.
Few of them realized how narrow their
escape had been from an awful accident.
Taft Makes No Comment.
Secretary Taft and National Commit
teeman Kellogg entered the dining car
and sat down to dinner after the acct
dent occurred without thought of any.
thing serious in connection with the stop
ping and delay of the train. The Sec
retary made no comment on the Incident
when informed of it. The engineer of
the locomotive explained that it was
merely good luck that averted a bad ac
cident.
"If the piston rod, after it broke, had
gone under the train," said he, "we
would have gone into the ditch, as we
were running 50 miles an hour, and the
derailment would have been a serious
matter. Fortunately the broken rod
landed six or eight inches outside of the
left rail. That saved us."
Immediately the towerman sent a
message to Dennison for another locomo
tive and after a delay of about an hour
the locomotive and the flyer proceeded
on Its way East.
TAFT TALKS OF BASEBALL
Expresses Desire to See "Good
Game, a Game for Blood."
COLUMBUS, O., June 21. Through
out the day, Secretary Taft has been
receiving telegrams and letters of con
gratulation on his nomination. They
come not only from all parte of this
country, but almost from all parts of
the world. Many cordial messages
have come from Manila and remote
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MASS OF STEEL AND WIRE
Conductor and Motorman Too Much
Surprised to Offer Resistance
to Armed Bobber.
A masked robber held up the crew of
car Xo. 104 on the Fulton line at 12:45
o'clock this morning, at the end of the
line at Rlverview Cemetery, taking the
watches of the conductor and motorman
and JC3 In cash. No resistance was offered
and the hoid-up man made good his
escape. Although the police were prompt
ly notified and started a search for the
man, no arrests of suspects were made
up to an early hour this morning.
Conductor G. R. Cooper and Motorman
E. Mattinen were seated inside the car
waiting to start on their last run into the
city when a masked man entered, armed
with a pistol and demanded what money
the two men had. There were no passen
gers in the car and the two were so
taken off their guard that they had no
chance to offer resistance.
The robber took $35 from the conductor,
$5 of which was his own money, and both
men's watches. With a final caution
against making an outcry until he was
well away, the holdup man disappeared as
abruptly as he had come.
The car crew notified police headquar
ters at once and Officers Ellis and Porter
were assigned to work on the case.
BURIED IN ANCIENT STATE
Funeral of Prince Kawananakoa Is
One of Largest in Hawaii.
HONOLULU, June 21. The funeral to.
day of Prince David Kawananakoa, who
died recently In San Francisco and whose
body was brought here on the steam
ship Manchuria, was one of the mo?;
imposing royal funerals ever held in
Hawaii. The ceremony was in accord
ance with the ancient Hawaiian usage
in the case of chiefs.
The First regiment of the National
Guard of Hawaii, a detachment of the
Twentieth Infantry from Fort Shatter
and marines and sailors from the bat
tleships Maine, Alabama and St. Louis,
now in the harbor, marched in the funer
al procession.
ROBBERS LOOT DIAMONDS
Stones Valued at $12,000 Taken
From Drill Company's Shop.
SPOKANE, Wash., Juno 2L (Special.)
Eighteen black diamonds and 60 diamond
chips, the lot valued at about 112,000, were
stolen from the workshop of the Diamond
Drill Company at Rossland, B. C, early
Sunday morning. The diamonds were the
property of Stone & Knight, Spokane men.
Workmen fastened the door of the shop
Saturday night, out failed to place the
diamonds In iiie safe. On their return
to the shop Sunday morning the door was
found unlocked, the key having been
taken from its hiding place. It is believed
the robbery was perpetrated by persons
familiar with the surroundings.
PLAGUE IN PORT OF SPAIN
Four Cases Since June 15 Cam
paign Against Rats.
PORT OF SPAIN, June 21. Since June
15 there have been four new cases of
plague here, resulting in three deaths.
The fourth case is in the isolation hos
pital. Active measures are being taken
by the sanitary corps in destroying rats
and cleaning up the city. About 150 per
sons who came in contact with these
cases are now in the observation camp,
but up to the present there is no sign
of infection among tnem. The medical
authorities take a very hopeful view of
the situation and expect to be able to
eradicate the disease at an early date.
WAS BLIND, REGAINS SIGHT
Told He Xever Can See Again, Has
Hysterics and Sees.
NEW YORK, June 21. James Cantil-
lon, a professional ball player of Marl
nette. Wis., who was totally mind, re
gained his eight at Bellevue Hospital to
day during a fit of hysterics, which fol
lowed the surgeon's announcement to him
that his case was considered hopeless and
that he would probably remain blind for
the remainder of his life.
The hospital surgeons say that Can
tlllon's 1of of sight was undoubtedly due
to an affection of the nervous system,
and that the hysterical attack he under
went is responsible for the restoration.
DAMAGE UP IN MILLIONS
Saturday Night's Storm Destroyed
Crops and Buildings.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 21. The
wake of last night's storm has left mil
lions of dollars of damage. Crops In
the vicinity of Prairie du Chien are
totally destroyed, buildings wrecked,
glass fronts smashed, trees uprooted or
broken down. The loss in Prairie du
Chien will reach J100.000. In McGregor,
across the Mississippi, the loss will reach
J100.O00. About four inches of rain feli
in the 40 minutes, during 27 minutes of
which hail as large as walnuts fell.
Switchman Struck by Train.
Thomas Trewsdo, a switchman on the
O. R. & N was struck by a freight train
after 8 o'clock last night at Biggs Sta
tion. He was brought to this city and
placed in St. Vincent's Hospital. He failed
to see the train approaching and was
caught by the cowcatcher. Although sus
taining serious injuries, it Is believed at
Dying Preacher Prays
for His Murderer.
TURNS PARSONAGE TO ARSENAL
Shuts Himself Up in Midst of
Many Guns.
ATTEMPT TO DISARM HIM
Parishioners in Consultation Over
His Condition When He Appears
and Opens Fire Shot in Self
Defenses Commends Slayer.
HERMAN, Mo., June 21. (Special.)
"God forgive them, they know not what
they do," t said Rev. Valentine Strauss,
who was yesterday shot and killed by
Max-Kniesche, a farmer and member of
his congregation.
Rev. Mr. Strauss was pastor of the
Evangelical Church of Stolpe, 12 mllea
southwest of this city. For several
months he had shown signs of Insanity.
He had stocked the church and parson
age with all sorts of weapons and am-
munition. All attempts to remove the
guns were foiled by the preacher, who
became violently insane a week ago. His
wife, in terror, notified the neighbors of
his condition and meetings were held at
which it was determined to get him into
a sanitarium.
Preacher Opens Fire.
yesterday a number of farmers were
discussing ways and means to disarm
him when he came upon them suddenly.
He had secretly left the parsonage,
which was being watched, and opened
hostilities by shooting through the win
dows of the home of Henry Zastrow, his
nearest neighbor. The Zastrow family
fled and the preacher disappeared.
Then he suddenly emerged from a corn
field upon the men at Froanm's black
smith shop. Ilul carried two guns and
several revolvers were belted around his
waist. Without warning he opened fire
and Kniesche, who was also armed, dis
charged a load of blrdshot into his body
at short range.
Sanity Returns, Forgives.
Strauss ran about 200 yards into the
woods. His pursuers came upon him as
he was kneeling in prayer.. For the first
time in months his sanity had returned
and he realized what had happened.
Kniesche and the others knelt in a cir
cle around their dying pastor, who prayed
for them and himself as his life sped
away. He forgave Kniesche, who, ha
said, had done right under the circum
stances, and In the midst of his prayer,
pitched forward, dead.
Rev. Strauss was 49 years old and
leaves a wife and several small children.
It is thought bis insanity was due to
overstudy.
HUGHES TO EXPRESS VIEWS
New York Governor Will Talk of lh
Work at Chicago.
ALBANY, N. Y., June 21. Governof
Hughes will go to New York tomorrow
to speak at the ratification meeting in
the evening under the auspices of tha
Republican Club of New York. He is ex
pected to give his views on the action
taken at the convention at Chicago. It
was before this club that he first gave
expression to his (Views on National,
issues.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, G
degrees; minimum, 51! degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair and warmer;
northwest winds.
.ForeUrn.
EuffraRettes make greatest demonstration
ever witnessed in London. Page 2.
Political.
Taft will spend commencement week &
Yale. PaKe 2-
Bryan assails ahtl-lnjunctJon plank In He
publican platform. Page 2.
Domestic.
Illinois youth escapes one death only to
meet another. Page .
Benson-Hyde Jury out since Friday.
Page 14.
Dying preacher recovers sanity and prayi
ior nis stayer, fage x.
Secretary Taft has narrow escape from
death on train. Page 1.
Sport.
Portland takes two games from Oakland;
Ixs Angeles wins from San Francisco.
Page 4.
First motorboat regatta Is held on Wil
lamette. Page 4.
Pacific CoaM.
Atlantic fleet assembles at San Francisco for
homeward cruise. Page 8.
Portland auto party plunges Into river at
Kalama. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Score of people Injured In collision on Mount
chapel. Page 7-
Cazadero power plant of Portland Railway,
Light & Power company is wrecked, en
tailing loss of 11U,000. Page 1.
Deckhand on Capital City is shot at Mar
tin's biuit. i'age 14.
Rev. S. C. Lapham reviews charges against
Christian (Science. Page .
Sailing vessel chartered to carry grain to
Ban Kranctsco. .rage rz.
Redemptorlst Fathers dedicate Piedmont
chapel. Page v.
Work soon to begin on buildings for Swift
packing plant. Page 16.
Trial of Oregon land-fraud cases to b re
sumed at term of Federal court which
opens today. Page 3.
6t. "Vincent's Hospital that he will re
Lon Highwayman holds up and rob crew
cover.
of Fulton car. jpage L.