TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1909.
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ENGINE PLUNGES.
FIREMAN KILLED
imbankment Gives Way and
Locomotive and Five
Freightcars Fall.
ENGINEER IS BADLY HURT
frank Ashby Meets Heath and Clem
Clssne Just Kscapes In Accident
at Mitchells, Five Miles This
Side of Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Ort. 21. 'Special.
Crushed b-neath a 100-ton engine. Frank
Ashby. an O. R. & N. fireman, was In
stantly killed this morning at 12:20 when
tho locoraotlv rolled down an embank
ment, Clem ClLine. the engineer, had his
lejr broken, his back badly twisted and
was cut about the head. Benjamin Bon.
the. head brakeman. who was also In i
cab, escaped Injury with the exception
of soxe bad bruises and a black eye.
The accident was caused by the tracl;
clipping out from under the engine on
an extension to a siding at Mitchells, five
miles below Hood River.
Th extension is -n a new fill that the
railroad cor.ipany is putting in at Mitch
ells. Clrsr.e, who is said to bt a new
man. bavin? re?ently corne to the O. R. &
N. from tha Canedian Pacific, and is un
familiar with the mad. pulled the train
In too far. It Is said by the train men
that ths train had stopped, when, with
out -any warning, the engine toppled over,
taking with It five freight cars and turn
ing over several time as it crashed to the
bottom of tha embankment 20 feet below.
Fireman Tries to Jump.
Ashby is said to have attempted to
Jump from ti:e cab but failed to Iea;
far er.oush and was caught tinder the
engine. The latter was smashed to
pieces with the exception of the boiler.
The freight cars, including a car of lum
ber, were, badly wrecked and scattered
along the embankment. As soon as
possible, one of the trainmen walked to
Hv)d Flivrr and notified the operator,
and a wrecking crew was sent.
Cir.sne was brought to Hood River at
2:30 this morning. The work of rescu
ing the body of the fireman commenced
Immediately, but was not accomplished
until a short time before the arrival of
the east-bound local from Portland at
10 A. M.. which brought General Super
intendent Buckley. Division Superin
tendent Bollom and M. M. Langley to
the wreck. .
A special train took Ooroner A. C Buck
to the wreck from Hood Il'.v-fr and after
txm arrival the body of the dead fireman
was brought to Hood River. Cifsne was
taken to Portland this afternoon on the
westbound local. The body of Ashby was
prepared for burial and shlpp?d to his
homo at Salem tonight.
ltuft Trip for Ashby.
It is said that Ashby had told the train
men this was his lart trip, as he in
tended to quit railroading and go on a
ranch. His watch, which was found on
the body, had stopped at 12:.") o'clock.
A conference was held tiiw afternoon
between tha railroad officials and the
tralnnren. in an effort to fix the responsi
bility for the accident, but no Information
could be secured as to the result. Bon.
who miraculously escaped injury, said to
night that his experience in being hurled
about In the cab of the ponderous, crash
ing engine waa too horrible for expies
ston. Under the direction of Master Me
chanic Langley a wrecking crew will end-aver
to get the battered engine on the
track tomorrow and clear up the rest of
the wreck.
Ashby was a single man. rooming at
Russell street. Albina. His nearest
relatives live in Salem, and an uncle.
W. H. Humphreys, arrived in Portland
yesterday afternoon to take charge of the
body, which will be sent to Salem for Interment.
day's session of the Mohonk conference.
Congress M. F. Drlscoll. of Syracuse.
X. Y.. who accompanied the Taft party
to the Philippines, declared:
"The entrance of the I'nlted States
Into the affairs of the Islands is a mat
ter for regret." and that "the principles
for which the American Nution stands
are being violated by our remaining
there."
Dr. J. D. Burke, director of the Phil
adelphia Bureau of Municipal Research,
who had recently passed six months in
the Philippines, acted as spokesman for
the dissenters to Mr. Driscolls views.
He declared the Filipinos are pleased and
satisfied with American control. Ex
plaining that he went to the Archipel
ago as a Commissioner of the I nited
States to study the development of the
school svstem there, he continued:
"The Nation will not have discharged
the obligation which It deliberately took
upon itself until It hc.s established, not
merelv In form, but in fact, the Institu
tions "of democracy among this people,
who have hitherto known only the insti
tutions of monarchy and servitude."
In replv to those who quote the Dec
laration of Independence against retain
ing" the Philippines, he said:
This Nation has put Its-elf on record
as readv to Interpret the principles of
the' declaration by logic and experience
of actual conditions In the interest of
the fullest social welfare. It Is the
great obligation of the United States to
Insure life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness to 8. 00". 000 Ignorant and help
less people."
YElEHliEullRGE
DID NOT SAT NO PURE MILK IS
SOLD HERE.
WINNING
BATTLE
ON WHITE PLAGUE
Tuberculosis Slowly Yields Be
fore Constant Attacks
of Science.
PNEUMONIA ALSO LOSING
Meeting of Dairymen's Association
Is Tubnlent' in Beginning, hut
Co-operation Is Promised.
DF.PITY PEADY STEPS OUT.
After experiencing 16 .hours of
active work In the campaign to make
Portland s milk supply cleaner and
to compel dairymen to live up to the
laws in this regard.' Edward X.
Pearty. special deputy milk inspector,
yesterday tendered to Mayor Simon
his resignation. With his usual
promptness, the Mayor accepted It.
and Deputy Deady's work along pure
milk lines was at an end. He gave
as a reason that he had been over
whelmed since taking the Job for the
Tonsumers- League, which organisa
tion was to pay his salary- That he
could not give the work hia entire
time, day and night, he asserted,
made It impocslble for him to con
tinue. Whether another will be se
lected to take his p'.ace is unknown.
SOCIALISTS GAIN LARGELY
Become Strong Element in Diets of
Saxony and Baden.
BERLIN. Oct. 21. The Diet elections
!n Saxony and Baden today show large
'Socialist gains. The Saxony elections were
held for the first time under the new
election" law enlarging suffrage.
Ths Socialists gained seats In Dresden,
Lelpeic and Chemnitz and even won sev
eral of the Conservative districts.
CONSERVATIVES . MEET DEFEAT
Only Elect IS, While Socialists In
crease From One to Eleven.
DRESDEN, Oct- 21. At a late hour
tonight the result of the elections for
members of the Diet was pretty well
known, although the returns have not
all been received. The Conservatives,
who had 48 seats In the old Diet, elect
ed 13 and enter 14 reballots.
TJhe Socialists, who had only one seat,
elected 12 and reballot 45. The Nation
al Lloerals, with 31 seats, elected 4 and
reballot 27. The Radicals have not
elected a member, but have eight re-ballots.
MAYOR T0BE RECALLED
Spokane Dislikes His Actions in
Water Question.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Oct. a. (Special.)
At a- meeting attended by over 2vO men
and women of the North Hill, hold last
eight at the Kenwood school, a motion
to recall Mayor Pratt because of h!o
removal of Water Commissioner Arvld
Reuterdahl was' adopted and a recall
petition approved later. The recall is
based on the Mayor's attitude on the
water question.
In order to give the Mayor a chance to
Tepsnt." as one- speaker put it. a peti
tion waa Biro adopted calling upon hini
to reinstate Reuterdahl and permit the
water extension work to go ahead as
originally planned. The meeting was a
ir. oct animated one, as some supporters
of ths Mayor were present and .tried
ts influence the gathering In favor of the
tayor.
When the ftr.al motion to recall Mayor
Pratt ' was made, it went through . with
but two or three "Nays" coming from
among thos4 that had visited the meet
ing from the lower end of the ward.
VIGOROUS REPLY TO ANTI
Holding or Philippines Is Held Daly
of Nation.
JIOKOSK LAKE, Oct. tl, The proto
. lam prassflted by American occupation
cf lia Krtlllt)pir.ea wers discussed at t-
Dr. Robert C. Yenney. secretary of the
State Board of Health, last night attended
a'meeting of the Portland Dairymen's As
sociation, when the purity of the milk
supply of this city and the attitude of the
Health Board towards Improving the
quality of that product were discussed.
For several minutes the meeting was a
somewhat turbulent one. but the debaters
finally cooKd down, and with the ad
journment of the conference came assur
ances from both sides of co-operation In
any movement which had for Its object
insuring a better supply of milk In this
city.
Ar.rered because of published Interviews
In which Dr. Yenney was quoted as hav
ing declared that not a pint of pure milk
is delivered in Portland daily by any
dairy, the dairymen severely questioned
the secretary of the Health Board as to
the responsibility for such statements.
Dr. Yenney moderated the temper of his
questioners materially when he explained
that much that had been published In a
local paper and accredited to him regard
ing the purity of the city's milk supply
had not been authorised by him. Re
sponding to a criticism of the practice of
the bacteriologist of the Health Board in
procuring milk from housewives with
which to make tests. Dr. Yenney assured
ths milkmen that in the future tests
would be made' only of milk obtained
from dairy wagons. In this way. It was
agreed that the responsibility for impure
milk only can be traced directly to any
particular dairy.
In defining; the policy of the Health
Board on the milk question. Dr. Yen
ney said it was not the Intention of
the officers of the board to rely on
prosecutions as a means of getting bet
ter milk. On the contrary, be said,
the board would arrange properly to
Instruct dairymen as to how they must
conduct their dairies. When It Is found
these instructions are not being com
plied with by dairymen. It will be the
policy of the board Immediately to
close such dairies and to prohibit the
further sale of milk from such sources.
To this end. Dr. Yenney announced that
the board is having printed instruc
tions as to what constitutes- an ideal
dairy for the guidance of all dairy
men. The board will insist that these
general regulations be observed or
steps will be taken to suspend the sale
of milk from all dairies not measuring
up to the printed sanitary require
ments. Ed. T. Judd. representing the Hazel
wood Creamery, asked .why the State
Board of Health had not taken similar
action before towards regulating the
milk supply of this city and inquired
of Dr. Yenney whose particular, duty
that work Is. Dr. Yenney contended
that it was yp to the Dairy and Food
Commissioner, whose office had been
established for the last 12 years. Fur
ther questioning by Mr. Judd gained
the admission from Dr. Yenney that
until Inst June the Dairy and Food
Commissioner was supplied with only
one deputy, who. being a chemist,
worked In the office and did not work
with his chief in the field. Tlfis plan
of examination adduced the further
fact that it was not until six months
ago that the Dairy and Food Commis
sioner had been provided with Inspec
tors, three in number, who were au
thorized to visit the dairies In Mult
nomah County and other sections of the
state and officially determine the san
itary conditions of darles and the pur
ity of the milk supply.
While discussing the subject, Mr.
Judd made the announcement that al
though the Washington laws are more
stringent in the regulation of milk and
butter products, the condition of dairies
In that state along the Columbia River
ts less sanitary than that of the dairies
along he same stream on the Oregon
side. Mr. Judd expressed regret that
there should exist any friction be
tween the members of the Sta$e Board
of Health and Di'-lry and Food Commis
sioner Bailey and intimated that the
Importance of the problem and the in
terest of the public health demanded
that all trifling differences be burled
and that all agencies, charged with
protecting the public health. get to
work, co-operate and accomplish re
sults. Broke Law "Peeling Apple.
His love for big red apples and an ig
norance of the provisions of the new
traffic ordinance led to the arrest yester
day of H. E. King, an expressman.
King was driving down Grand avenue
and at its intersection w-ith East Morri
son street was eppied by Traffic Patrol
man leavens with his lines alack, drag
ging between the horses, while he indus
triously peeled an apple. The officer ar
rested him for not keeping the llnee taut
whlla driving.
Former Still Leads Among Causes
of Death, Taking Breadwinners
in Prime Deaths by Can
cer Are on Increase.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. The great
fight against tuberculosis is being won.
according to Chief Statistician Cresscy
I Wilbur, of the Division of Statistics.
United States Census Bureau. Inr a bul
Tetln Issued today, based upon the an
nual returns of deaths from the death
registration area of the United States,
he says that the total number of deaths
from all forms of tuberculosis in 1908 was
T2.189. exceeding those of any previous
year of registration, but the death rate
per 100.0CO for 1S0S is considerably less than
that for 1907. In all registration states
deaths from tuberculosis showed a de
cline, except In Colorado, Rhode Island
and Vermont.
Each of trie following causes was re
sponsible for at least 54.0CO deaths of male
breadwinners during the year: Typhoid
fever, tuberculosis of the lungs, cancer
and apoplexy and paralysis, heart dis
ease, pneumonia, Brlght's disease, sui
cide, accident. The total number of
deaths of occupied persons from these
causes was, for males, 138,259, and for
females. 17.434.
Of the deaths of occupied males 29.443.
or 15 per cent, were due to tuberculosis
of lungs and of occupied females 3511, or
2". pjr cent, were due to the same cause,
in the registration area during the year
19C?. 3".9 out of every 100 deaths of occu
lped males, who died between the ages
of 55 and 34 years were caused by tuber
culosis of the lungs, or nearly one death
out of every three. During the same age
period 41.9 per cent of the booUfceepers,
clerks and copyists, 40.1 per cent of bar
bers and hairdressers. 40.9 per cent of
the servants. 44.1 per cent of the boot
and shoemakers, 49.2 per cent of the com
positors, printers and pressmen, 41.2 per
cent cf the tailors and 25.6 per cent of
tho farmers who died during 1908 -were
victims of pulmonary tuberculosis.
The number of deaths from all forms
of pneumonia returned for 1908 was 61,259,
a decrease of over 64.00O The death rates
from cancer continue to increase and
slightly higher rates are recorded for
each main subdivision of the registration
group. For the year 1908, 33.465 deaths
from this disease were reported, as
against 30.454 for 1907.
Pellagra Is increasing In the South,
but figures are incomplete. Among the
rarer diseases, smallpox caused 92 deaths,
plague 5. yellow fever 2. leprosy 11 and
rabies and hydrophobia 82.
TAFT TRAVELS TO TUFT
PRESIDENT SEES TOWN NAMED
FOR HIM.
Executive Visits Village That Gave
Him Vnanlmous Vote Thinks
Texans Are Prosperous.
GREGORY. T?x., Oct. 21. President
Taft had his education as a rancher to
day by another tour of sightseeing. The
President motored over to Taft, 11 miles;
to visit the town which gave him Its
unanimous vote In the election, and In
the schoolhouse there he made a little
speech of thanks and congratulations to
his brother's farmhands. On his way to
Taft the President stopped In at the
cotton gin and watched its operation.
There he saw for the first time a steam
plow.
Next he was taken to the creamery,
where he ate a dish of Ice-cream, and
Just before going to the schoolhouse he
had a look at the abattoir, which was
not In use.
During the morning the President
plaved 18 holes of golf with Robert Con
nelly, of Austin. Tex., the reputed cham
pion of Txas. who laid out the links on
the Taft place. The President Invited
Mr. Connelly down to get a "beating,"
but the young Texan led his distin
guished opponent from the first hole. .
Tomorrow the President will break into
his four days' vacation long enough to
go over to Corpus Christl on the revenue
cutter Wlndoin. to speak before the In
land Waterways Association.
The President was given a cheer as he
arose to speak in the schoolhouse. He
said in part:
"Certainly the Lord has been good to
this part of the country'- The opportunity
for development here seems to be un
limited. "The country seems to be taking a
new development with reference to the
agricultural product necessary to feed
tha people. It is taking this on because
everything that the farmer produces Is
most expensive to buy. He gets the high
est prices today that he ever has, and
therefore everyone who Is looking for
ward to making a decent living Is consid
ering whether he has In him the ele
ments of a good farmer, for there Is
no doubt that, taken as a class, the farm
ers are the most contented of any class
In the country'."
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HEALTH CONVENTION REPVDI
, ATES CHARGES.
' ments" the Bureau of Animal Indus
try advised its agents to pass meats
If they were not too badly diseased,
Mrs. Crane showed photographic repro-
' ducttons of the orders.
j A quotation Is taken from one of the
supposed orders of "secrecy, purport
ing to show that Dr. A. D. Melvin,
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, declared that the service announce
ment was only. Intended to disseminate
information and instructions to per
sons in the service of the bureau and
cautioning them against showing
copies to outsiders.
Why Haskell Should Go Free.
& rtmork. Okla.. Oct. 21. Twenty
reasons why Governor Haskell and hlg
co-defendants in the Mufkogee town lot
casts 3hould ld discharged by the court
were set forth in a general d?murrcr to
the Indictments which were filed in the
Federal Court here today. Judge Mar
shall will hear the arguments on tha
demurrer October 2S.
!n Constantinople there are more than
SOrt rnoKfiuen 0r temples.
Photographs of Secret Orders Are
Shown, but Government Work 1
Is Approved.
RICHMOND. Va., Oct. 21. The Amer
ican Public Health Association at its
meeting tonight repudiated the sensa
tional charge made last night by Mrs.
Caroline Bartlett Crane, of Kalamazoo,
Mich., regarding the Government sys
tem of meat Inspection. The association
unanimously adopted without debate a
resolution practically declaring the
charges have not been sustained.
To substantiate the charge that in se
cret orders called "service announce-
K. D. Crow's Grocery Almost Total i
Ijoss Building Damaged. j
The R. D. Crow grocery stock. In '
Mount Scott, was alrrost totaly destroyed
by ne last night and thai part of the
one-story btusineFs biock occupied by the
place was likewise badly damaged by the
flame?, making the aggregate Iohs ap
proximately 6oM. Of this amount J2400
wus sustained by t he Crow Interests.
Both losses are fully covered by iraur- I
ante. The owner of the building is w.
V, Stryktr.
The cause of the conflagration Is un
known. The nearest tire station Is al
most two miles away and the flames 1
gained such great headway it was Im-
jOf6ible to save the store, though the
other three store rooms adjoining Buf
fered little loss. The iiremen were also
hampered by a lack of water, which was
obtainable only from private hydrants.
Shortly before 12 o'clock an alarm was
turned in from box 12, at First and Mor
rison streefs, A late lodger In the New
Occidental House had left hia cigar on
the bed and from this a fire started.
Chemicals were uwd in extinguishing the
flaif.69 aad only slight damage was dans.
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