VOL. XLIX. NO. 15,303. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V-' 20TH CENTURY IN REAR-END CRASH Six Reported Dead and Nine Others Hurt. SPEED IS 62 MILES AN HOUR Flier Hits Slower Train Which Is Making Siding. COLLISION AT SMALL TOWN JforOieaat, Pa., 16 3Illcs East ol Erie, Is Scene of Wreck Of ficials TJeny Story of 60 In- Jtrrod Iying by Track. ERIEJ, Pa Dee. 14. The second section rf the Twentieth Century I J ml ted, the New York Central fast train' from Chi cago to New York, collided -with the rear md of a passenger train. No. 10, on the lAka Shore Railroad at Northeast. Pa., 86 miles east of here, shortly after mid night. At the time of the collision the Twen tieth Century was easily making: 62 miles en hour. Six bodies have already been taken from the wreck and it Is believed there will be more fatalities. A relief train left here at midnight to take nurses and doctors to the wreck. Northeast Small Town. Northeast is, a small town and at night is cut olT from both telegraph and tele phone communication. Reports of the wreck did not reach here until late and then it was said that two freight trains came together with no Jnss of life. Official reports to Cleveland place the number of dead at four. The Twentieth Clentury Limited. No. -2S. in due a Erie, at 11:45 P. M., and passed running faster than schedule time. Could Not Make Siding. Train Is'o. 10 was also east 'bound, leav ing here at 10:05 P. M., and was sched uled to take the siding at Northeast, but It is believed the train did not reach (he elding far enough In advance of the (Iter to make a proper clearance. The "wreck occurred directly opposite the V Railway officials here refuse to make public any facts concerning the wreck. Sixty Reported Injured. Every ambulance in Erie Is lined up nt the Lake Shore station while hospitals have been notified to prepare . to take care of many injured. The Coroner has been notified at the wreck and has cleared his morgue for t the reception of the dead that may be brought here. A crew of a freight train arriving here reported that when they passed- the wreck scene at Northeast 60 Injured had been removed from the detirls of the splintered cars. The dead had not been Identified. OFFICIALS SAY 4 DEAD, 9 HURT All Fatalities Declared to Be In the First Train. CLEVELAND. Dec. 14. The second section of No. 16 (the Twentieth Century IJmJted) was made up of two cars from St Lou la, one from Cincinnati and one from Cleveland. The St. Louis cars were full and most of the dead are re ported to be In them. The two rear cars of No. 10 carried passengers from Cleveland and Chicago to the East. No. 10 was delayed an hour and 45 minutes at Northeast and sent a flag man back. It Is reported that his lan tern went. out. but this Is not con- firmed. Most of the fatalities. It Is reported, wore in the last coach of No. 10. the day coach. The fate of Engineer M. L. k Herger, of Cleveland, and Fireman Henry Salkenhagen, of Buffalo, of the 20th Cehtury. has not been ascertained. In a statement at the general offices of the Lake Shore this morning it was aid: "There is no one hurt on the 20th Century. Stories that 60 are hurt are entirely false. We' know that four per sons -were killed and nine Injured seri ously and that a few more were less badly hurt. The Injured have been taken to hospitals at Buffalo and Erie. All dead and Injured were on train No. 10." 20TH CENTURY SAFE, REPORT Chicago Learns St. Louis Limited and Boston Special Crash. CHICAGO.JDec. 14. The general of fices "of the Lake Shore & Michigan V Southern Railroad here this morning I declared the trains wrecked near I Northeast, Pennsylvania, were the east bound St. Louis limited and the Chl 'ago. New Tork and Boston special. The St Louis limited left St Louis at 8:45 A. M. Monday and is due In New Tork at 9:45 A. M. The Chicago. New Tork and Boston special left Chicago at 10:30 A. M. Monday and Is due In New Tork at 1:48 P. M. Tuesday. It was stated by the officials that the Twentieth Cen tury was not wrecked but was some distance behind the wreck. FARMERS IN CORN PIT OUTWIT BEARS WITH SHORTAGE IX SIGHT, THEY BUY HEAVILY. Professional Manipulators Would Freeze Out Rural Investors), bnt Efforts Are In Vain. , CHICAGO. Dec 13. (Special.) De spite strenuous efforts on the part of the professional bears In the Chicago trade to squeeze them out of the corn market by repeated onslaughts on that cereal In the local pit during the . last two weeks, country traders and farm ers, aware of the serious condition of the crop, have had .the nerve and suf ficient wealth at their command to cling to their purchases of futures. Traders of this class have not only held on to their previous purchases; but have been steadily adding to their lines on all soft spots, the local com mission houses being almost snowed under with orders from the country to buy corn. Today, because of the continued un favorable weather conditions which are rapidly making the country ' roads Impassable, there was such e gTeat ex hibition of buying that the bears be came panic stricken .and covered mil lions of bushels of short corn. ' The efforts on the. part of the pro fessionals to break the price of corn dates back three weeks. The prospects they believed at the time were never so rosy for record-reaklng marketings of corn. Farmers of Northern Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, however, . where heavy rains and winds, followed by freezing and snow, had blown down the unhusked corn and put it in such bad condition that It is estimated 60 per cent of the orop will not be harvest ed, started to buy the cereal on the Chicago board. BRAIN DULLED BY NICOTINE Seattle Boy Smokers to Be Guarded by School Board. SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 13. (Special.) Complaints from principals In several of the city schools regarding the de moralizing effect on boy pupils of cig arette and pipe smoking resulted In a special meeting of the School Board and the creation qX the office of special agent, whose duty it will be to hunt up evidence that will oonvicfc- dealers who supply the boys with tobacco and cigar ette papers. ' Truant Officer Truman Ketchum In 10 days caught 24 boys reg-nlarly enrolled In the publio schools In the act of smoking. The habit has become so widespread that Ofl3oer Ketchum con fesses his Inability to cope with It, and the new man will work under him on plans he has already formed for whole sale arrests of dealers who are violat ing the law. Reaction on pupils who smoke is swift and offers proof in depreciated percentages in studies, llstlessness bor dering on stupidity, and Indifference to both study and play. POLITICIAN SUES LINDSEY Denver Juvenile Court Judge Tarty Defendant in $5 0,000 Ca-se. DENVER. Dec. 13. "W. G. Smith, ex speaker of the Colorado House of Rep resentatives, today brought suit for $50, 000 damages each against Judge Ben V. Lindsey, of Denver, and Harvey H. O'Higglns, a magazine writer. Smith alleges defamation of character In a series of articles now running under the caption of "The Beast and the Jungle" In an Eastern magazine. The articles, which claim to be a his tory of inside politics In Denver for the last few years, were prepared by Mr. OHlgelns, the material being obtained from Judge Lindsey. PEORIA HAS $200,000 FIRE Two Newspaper Plants Are Devoured by Flames. PEORIA. I1L. Dec 14-The Grand Opera-House building. Including the of fice and plant of the Peoria Journal, and the Peoria Democrat was consumed by Are, which started at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The loss is more than $300,000, partly In sured. Thirty prisoners in the county Jail, across the alley from the burning buildr lng, were removed by a single turnkey. One man was seriously Injured. FIRST MAJLCAR HEAD DIES i J. R. Brown, Postal Employe In Civil War, Dead at Ashland. ASHLAND, Or., Dec 13. (Special.) John B. Brown, 68 years old, who died at Ashland yesterday, was an employe of the United States Postofflce Department during the Civil "War, and had charge of the first railway mallear with which the department experimented. Mr. Brown was head of a large music company at Los Angeles for many years, coming to Ashland a year or two ago for his health. SCIENTIFIC DATA BURNED "Monastery" at Mount Wilson. Ob servatory Is Destroyed. LOS ANGELES. Dec 13. The "Mon astery." the home of the scientists and attaches of the Mount "Wilson Observa tory, was destroyed by Are today. All the valuable records and papers of the observatory, together with the scientific library of Professor Hale, were burned. LEAGUE WAR SURE IF WARD IS Ban Johnson, American Head, Defiant. BASEBALL PEACE IS AT STAKE i National Candidate Is Called Wanton Violator of Pact. DAVIS CASE FIRST SNAG Letter to Herrmann Gives Objections to Man Backed by Murphy. Swaps In Air Pending Election. NEW TORIC Dec 13. The American League will not tolerate the election of John M. "Ward as president of the Na tional League to succeed John A. Heydler according to Ban Johnson, American League president, who arrived in New York today. If he is elected, said John son, It means war. 1 As outlining his position In the case on the eve of the National League meet ing. Johnson gave out' a letter which he sent to August Herrmann, who was Instrumental in ending the war between the National and American leagues in 1203. The letter, addressed to Herrmann at Cincinnati, is as follows: Davis Swap, Snag. "When information was brought to me from an authentic source that John M. Ward was seriously considered for the presidency of the National League, it occasioned me much surprise. Since the signing of the peace pact and the crea tion of the National agreement organized baseball has moved along in a broad, straight channel, with moderate friction. "The chief snag encountered was our effort to recoved , player George Davis after he had been awarded to the Chi cago American League club at Cincin nati peace conference. Mr. "Ward, acting as attorney for Player Davis drew up the original contract with the Chicago club.' It' wag e, three-year agreement, lronbound and riveted. At a subsequent date, Davis signed another contract with the New Tork National League club. Ward, Players Lawyer". "The New Tork club sought to retain Davis regardless of the Cincinnati award and. in fact did use him in one game despite a vigorous protest from the American League. The Chicago club was finally obliged to go Into the courts to enforce its contract and John M. "Ward represented the player in the proceedings. "Davis was checkmated, but the Chi cago club did not have his services in the entire season. The cost of litigation to the Chicago club exceeded $3000. The entire transaction was clearly a con spiracy, and a wanton violation of the peace pact entered into at Cincinnati. American League Interests must be con sidered ami weighed in the construction of the National Commission each year. . Common Sense Taboos Him. "It is far from our purpose to say, or even suggest, who the National League should elect Its president, but common NAMED i : mm dmsm i V!uriv H-si!fli:.a i tf fin fiii' w 'i www i Mir - SMS - Wli . ! k iwim'. v h .............. . u-, i i PROGRESS IN 1909. 'The New Year's Oregonian for 1910 wil , contain much to attract and interest all readers. It will have a variety of articles from well-known authorities on all the state's Industries, resources and products. These are not mere "write-ups." They are Illuminat ing articles from men who know what the state has done and is doing, and they tell precisely wnat tne putmc wants to Know about a particular subject. It will not be a humdrum af fair. It will be a PROGRESS EDITION. It will be up to date In every particular. The text will be fresh and Informative and the cuts will be new and striking. The Central Oregon pictures, for example, were taken for this Is sue by an Oregonian staff pho tographer. So were the Portland pictures. No Interest of the state will be neglected. You may rest assured that there will be a lot in the 1910 New Year's Issue to 'benefit and interest you and your friends, wherever they are. CANNON LAUGHS AT RUMOR Scoffs at Suggestion He Will Resign as Speaker. v "WASHINGTON, Dec 13. "Laugh and the world laughs with you. I'm laugh ing; I'm not weeping," smilingly re marked Speaker Cannon today In char acterizing as a bit of Imagination a pub lished report that he purposes to retire from the Speakership at the close of the present Congress, and positively not again run for a seat in the House. "A man may retire from politics; a man may resign from the House; a man may decline the Speakership; a man may retire from anything," he said. "The man who wrote that story had a vivid Imagination. I am not crossing a bridge before I come to If RUIN AS GOVERNOR SNAPS Engine Tears Itself to Pieces and Hurts Mill Employe. CAMAS. "Wash., Dec 13. The governor on one of the high-speed engines used for running a dynamo at the Crown-Columbia paper mill broke about noon today, caus ing the engine to tear Itself to pieces. One large piece of the flywheel went up through the second floor, tearing out heavy timbers and seriously injuring Sam McKever, who was working on a paper machine on the second floor. One paper machine was also badly wrecked. Several men were near the engine when the accident happened, but were not In jured. Part of the mill Is shut down for repairs. ".-"- JUDGE ASKS FAIR TRIAL Man Who Assaulted Fellow Jurist Won't Stand for Negro Jury. ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 13. If assurance is given him that he will have a fair trial and that negroes will not be drawn, upon the Jury, Judge Samuel "W. "Will iams, Attorney-General-elect of "Virginia, will return to "Welch, "W. Va., to answer a charge of felonious assault on ex-Judge Saunders, of the" Supreme Court of "West Virginia. Judge "Williams struck his fellow Juris with an Inkwell during a. Quarrel in a courtroom at Welch several months ago. For this he was indicted. CHILE TOWN HIT BY FIRE Eighteen Blocks Burned in Valdivia With $2,500,000 Loss. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 13. A disastrous fire occurred last night in the City of Valdivia. Eighteen blocks of buildings were destroyed and thousands are home- le The loss is estimated at J2.50O.O00. ' . ' ' 1 a "NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT WlHAT I WANT." : HAMILTON GUILTY, IS EARLY VERDICT Ex-Adjutant General an Embezzler. PRISONER HEARS FATE CALMLY Jury Disagrees Until After Din ner, Then Convicts. TALESMEN OUT FIVE HOURS Sentence May Be From One to Ten Years in Prison Other Charges to Be Tried in February. Argument Waived. OLTMPIA, "Wash.. Dec 13. (Special.) "Guilty as charged" was the verdict brought in at 8:30 o'clock tonight by the 12 men selected to try Ortis Hamilton, former Adjutant-General of the National Guard, on a charge of larceny by em bezzlement The Jury was out for five hous and IS minutes and (took six ballots. The first ballot showed 10 for convic tion and two for acquittal, and Just be fore going for dinner the 12 were evenly divided. After eating they stood 10 to two again, the majority for conviction. The next two ballots were 11 to one. Then came the last and deciding ballot when all agreed upon his guilt Hamilton Xot Surprised. Hamilton took the news- of his con viction calmly and showed no surprise and was as cool as he was at the time the trial opened, three weeks ago. His attorneys will give notice of an appeal tomorrow. The other three charges against Ham ilton cannot be tried until next Febru ary. The penalty is under the Indeter minate sentence plan of from one to ten years In the Penitentiary. The court, in its discretion, may order the mini mum time served In the County Jail. Hamilton Scans Jury. As the Jury filed into the courtroom Hamilton, who had been brought up from the County Jail by Sheriff Gaston, looked closely into the face of each of the 12 men. Clad In a military coat and a soft college boy hat on the back of his head, he looked as debonnaire as when he was Adjutant-General of the state. "When the clerk read the verdict Ham ilton did not show the slightest sign of annoyance or disappointment. He merely leaned over and said something to his counsel in a low tone. ' As he walked out of the courtroom with the Sheriff he only said, "Other days are coming," when asked to riiake a state ment. His silent departure after the Jury was excused was the only sign of nervousness he showed. New Trial to Be Asked. "W. IT. Maglll, Asistaht Attorney General, said that the state would pre pare to press the other charges lodged against Hamilton at the February term of court. They comprise larceny by embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses. It is GEMS ARE PAWNED' BEFORE ROBBERY DETECTIVES TARE NEW CLEW IN JEWELRY MYSTERY. Mrs. Jenkins Keeps in Seclusion in Apartments, While Sleuths Keep Up Investigation. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Detectives, after a day of Investigation, styled as ' an "Arabian Night's Mystery" the reported Jewel theft from Hotel Lorraine in this city, in which Vrs. John William Jenkins, of Chicago, at rst appeared as the loser of valuable gerns estimated at $300,000. This value was later cut In half, while subsequent inquiry brought from Inspec tor McCafterty, of the detective bureau, the announcement that "we are making a thorough and rigid investigation into the case, but not along the lines of a rob bery." Mrs. Jenkins remains in seclusion in her apartments. Her husband. It Is said, is out of the city. A description of the Jewels stolen has been sent to pawnshops throughout' the city, and it Is understood that part of the consignment has been traced to three different shops. The police are reticent about this fea ture, although it is understood that the articles were pawned several days before the robbery was reported. ARLETA WIVES LECTURED Three Alleged Gossips Acquitted in Police Court Trial. In a trial by jury yesterday which be gan In the afternoon and was continued utnll 6 o'clock last evening, Mrs. Bessie Day, Mrs. Maudle Newell and Mrs. Mary Huffman, of South First street, Arleta Park No. 3, were acquitted of the charge of disorderly conduct filed against them by several of their neighbors. It was a neighborhood row which re sulted in bringing out all of the resi dents of the vicinity as witnesses, crowd ing the Municipal Court to Its utmost In reality, the charge against the women was that after, their husbands had gone to work In the morning they would hang over their backyard fences and In loud tones, that could be heard all over - tho neighborhood, they . would grill all the women they did not like. Both sides had from 30 to 40 witnesses, most of .them women. Judge Bennett refused to listen to all of the women's testimony. He took oc casion to lecture the 'wives of Arleta. at the conclusion of the case and advised them to refrain from gossip. BLOODSTAIN GIVES CLEW Husband of Third Victim of Savan nah Tragedy Accused. SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec. 13. Develop ments tonight in the aftermath of the triple murder of last Friday gave rise to the startling theory that not a single murderer, but two or possibly three were guilty of the terrible crime. County officers tonight declare that of these, J. C. Hunter, husband of Mrs. Maggie Hunter, is certainly one, al though he steadfastly denies it. Mrs. Hunter died today. The officers say the chain of evidence is complete, asserting that some clothing badly stained and apparently spattered with blood, found today. Is the final link. This clothing, it is declared, was worn by Hunter on the day the crime was com mitted. It is declared today by a physician, that, in a moment of consciousness, Mrs. Hunter today charged the crimes, to her husband and said she was held by a negro man when the blows were struck that caused her death. $206,900 THEFT EXPOSED Duma Questions Revival of Canceled Bonds, Stolen . for Years. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 13. Mem bers of the Duma have introduced an Interpellation in regard to the recently discovered thefts of govern ment bond coupons presented for re demption committed by employes of the state bank and of the controller de partment acting In collusion. Thefts amounting to $206,900 have been established, but it Is known the total amount Is several times greater, the criminals having for several years taken large quantities of canceled cou pons from bundles about to be burned, removed the cancellation mark and placed them again In circulation. BOYS' PLAY PROVES FATAL One Lad Kills Another in Fight Over Game of Marbles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. Weslev Hauirh- telin, 11 years old, died early today a3 the result of a schoolboy encounter yesterday over a game of marble. According to statements of other hnva Hauehtelin became Involved In nn o mu merit with Truman' Flint a 15-year-old lad. Their dispute led to blows, and a rough-and-tumble fight. W. E. Haughtelin. father of the In says death was the result of an nccirifTit and that he will not prosecute young Flint i MAUD FEALY AGAIN WEDS Actress Secretly Marries James Mar tin in Washington. DENVER, Dec 13. The Post sav. this evening that Maud Fealv. the actress. who divorced L. H. Sherwin, her first husband, was married in "Washington, D c, on November 28, to James Murkln, a member of "The Barrier" eomnaji v now i playing in Minneapolis. LEOPOLD MAKING FIGHT WITH DEATH Operation Last Resort, But Is Desperate. LITTLE HOPE HE CAN SURVIVE King's Mind Is Clear, Though Body Is Helpless. PREPARES FOR LAST ENEMY He Lies in State Pavilion, Calmly Makes Will, Receives Sacrament, Says Farewell to Daughter and Ministers. BRUSSELS. Dec 14. At 5 o'clock this morning the condition of King Leopold was unchanged. BRUSSELS, Dec. 13. Leopold II. King of the Belgians, tonight is making a desperate effort for life, and the odds are strongly against the aged monarch. As a last resort the surgeon's knife will be tried tomorrow. If the operation is successful. King Leopold may live. If It falls, the end is inevitable. All will depend on the King's strength and vitality, which are ebbing fast Rheumatism has already conquered the aged and wasted frame. Dropsy has developed, and an obstruction of the In testines, which must be removed, has greatly aggravated his condition. Can't Survive Operation. The general opinion is that the King will not survive the operation. Indeed he may die at any moment. The mon arch is rather optimistic, and today exclaimed to his physician: "Operate, and the sooner the better." But he added with a wan, wistful smile: "Perhaps, doctor, the long, long Jour ney is at hand." King Leopold Is still as lucid of in tellect as ever. This masterful mind, which conceived and carried out the gi gantic Congo project and roused the whole world into bitter indictment and discussion, calmly directed what seems to be the final chapter in his spectacu lar career. Pathetic Scene In Pavilion. The picture was pathetic enough. Sep arated from his two eldest daughters by a tragic skein of events, with scandal (Concluded on Pase S. ) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. T ESTT7RT5 AT S Maximum temperature, 42 tegTe&; minimum, 37.2 degrees. TODAY'S Fair Tuesday; light north wind. Foreign. Bloody battle between Zelaya's forces anJ revolutionists at Rama is reported. Page 14.' Russia disclaims political designs in Man churia. Page 3. K.ing Leopold to undergo operation, hut case is considered desperate. Page 1. National. Los Angeles "reformed gambler" will ex pose race betting methods before Gov ernment officials. Page 8- President Taft does Christmas shopping In New Tork. Page 3. Immigration Commiasion tells of horrible conditions in steerage of ocean liners. Page 4. Senator Rayner calls Zelaya one of great est criminals of age. Page 8. President Taft takes message of hops to wrecks of Bowery. Fa 6. Iomeetic. Ex-partner of Nat Goodwin in mining ven tures returns to preaching as business. Page 2. Mrs. Brokaw's keen wit is match lor hus band's lawyers. Page 2. Gems reported stolen found pawned pre viously. Page 1. Modoc County would keep Clear Lake water from Klamath project. Page 2l Twentieth Century Umited crashes Into slow train; six reported dead. Page . Seven die in tenement fire in Cincinnati. Page S. Sport. Battling Nelson signs to fight Fred Walsh, champion lightweight of England. Page 8. Ban Johnson, president of American League, threatens baseball war if Ward Is named head of National Leaguo. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Coroner's Jury asks further probe of drown ing accident at Rainier. Page 6. County local option vote making Idaho County, Idaho, dry. upheld by Judge. Page 7. Grays Harbor working- for canal to connect with -Columbia River. Page 6. Nine men retained for Jury in Rose lair mur der tritU. Page 6. Woman counsel in Tacoma alienation of af fection case defends own sex affinity but loses 50,00 action. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Jobbers expect another advance In flour - prices. Page 1 9. Wheat prices rise sharply at Chicago. -ir-age j y. Effect of Rock Island rumors on stock mar ket. Pago 19. Steamer Pomona blows out cylinder en Willamette River. Page IS. ' Portland and Vicinity. Councilman Ellis, contending city owns en tire waterfront, to propose measure auth orizing seizure by Portland. Page 9. Statistics show draws open 11T times Sat urday, delaying 717 cars over nine hours. Page 13. Last of Umatilla conspirators pays fine. Pago 14. Case of French rodge, accused of taking man's wife and money in guise of offi cer, on trial. Page 14- Business men, builders of T. M. C. A., dine in new structure. Page 13. "Tr. Mary Lane" sued for divorce by hus band. Geurge A. Wigg. Page 18. Question of expense in "City Beautiful" plans worries Civic Improvement League. Page 12. City Attorney Kavanaugh holds Port of Portland has no legal right to Interfere with Broadway bridge. Pag 12.