Morning Oregonian., June 21, 1910, Image 1

VOL. L. NO. 15,465.
PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAMUEL ELMORE
BILLED IN AUTO
AIRSHIP JAUNTS
WILL COME HIGH
MAN'S DEAD BODY
, FOUND IN TRUNK
FLEISGHHEB-JS
FINE DUST CLOUD
IS CAUSE OF PANIC
OF WEST
BRINGS PROTEST
GERMANY- SEES FIRST PAYING
PASSENGER TRIP TOMOROW.
GHASTLY DISCOVERY. MADE BY
FNIOX PEPOT BAGGAGEMAN.
FRENCH CIRCUS PERFOR3IERS
FALL IX PRAYER,
MEXICO, ALARiVIED,
CHECKS UPRISING
M
CURBING
ONGEMQREGHQSEN
Car Hits Machine; Man
and Friend Die.
WOMAN IN DEATH CLASP
Companion Picked Up With
Arms About Millionaire.
KEEP NEWS FROM WIFE
Mrs. Elmore, Seriously III In- Pasa
dena, Is Unaware of Husband's
Fate When Santa Ana Flyer
Crashes Into Big: Motor Car.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 20. (Spe
cial.) Samuel Elmore, millionaire sal
mon packer, of -Astoria, and a woman
companion, believed to be a Mrs.
Garretson, were Instantly killed late
this afternoon at Florencita when
Elmore's big automobile was hit by a
Santa Ana flyer trolley car of the Pa
cific Electric Railroad Company and de
molished. Mrs. Elmore, who is 111, is at a Mary
land Hotel cottage in Pasadena.
The hotel authorities are keeping the
news of the accident from Mrs. Elmore,
fearing the shock of the news may result
in her death.
D. M. Linnard, manager of the hotel,
told newspaper men that he did not
know who the woman with Elmore was,
but believed she was a relative of the
Elmores.
Accident on Long Beach Line.
The accident occurred at the Merrill
avenue tracks of the Long Beach line.
William H. Hand, a resident of Flor
encita, stood near the tracks ami wit
nessed every detail of the accident. In
speaking of the accident, Hand said:
"It was evident that the woman tried
to stop the driver of the car (Elmore)
just before they reached the track. She
rose from her seat and seized the driv
er's hand and her lips moved as if she
was warning him of the danger that
threatened them.
"Then, as he tried to push his big car
across the track at highest speed, she
threw her arms around his neck and
the next instant both were dead."
Woman In Death Clasp.
When the train crew picked "up the
bodies the woman's arms were still
tightly clasped about Elmore's neck.
The flyer hit the automobile in the
rear and pitched the two occupants upon
the tracks. They landed on their heads
and were killed Instantly.
The bodies of the two victims were
taken to .Bresse Bros.' undertaking es
tablishment and all information was
withheld from reporters. When asked
directly who the woman was the man
ager of the morgue and Mr. Linnard
said bluntly that they did not know. Mr.
LInnard found a nephew of Ejrore and
took him to the undertaking rooms to
identify, if possible, the woman. It is
understood that the young man could
not identify her, although it has been
impossible to confirm this as Mr. LIn
nard refuses to let anyone see the
nephew.
Clump of Trees Rides View.
From members of the car crew it was
learned that the automobile was going
west on Merrill avenue, keeping to the
left side of the road. A clump of trees
a few hundred feet south of the street
obscures the view. The woman evidently
saw the ear through the trees and tried
to warn her companion who paid no heed
to her.
Just before the crash, the motorman of
the Santa Ana car sounded a warning
blast when he saw two teams crossing
ahead. One of the teamsters yelled a
warning to the motorist, which was either
not heard or ignored. It is supposed
that Elmore was trying to pass the teams
and in doing so kept to the left side of
the road when trying to cross the tracks.
T. F. Flaherty, a Boston traveling
salesman, was sitting on the front right
hand eeat of the flyer and saw the ac
cident from the time the danger im
pended until the occupants of the auto
mobile were thrown upon the tracks
dead. He said tonight:
"We were running on the middle
track at the time of the accident and
I was looking ahead on the right of
way. At the crossing where the acci
dent took place were two teams cross
ing the track. The motorman blew
his whistle sharply and they got out
of the way. But Just before we reached
the crossing the automobile ran out
from the east side of the road going
west upon the track. The motorman
made desperate efforts to stop his car.
and the jar, when he put on the brakes,
threw me out of my seat.
Clnmp of Trees Hide View.
"The car struck the auto Just back of
the man seat, behind which was a lit
tle rumble seat and gasoline tank, and
pushed It, rather than tossed it, down
the tracks. I Jumped from the front
step , and was the first man to reach
the wrecked machine. - It was all over
when I arrived at the side of the oc
cupants of the automobile. Both were
stone dead. They must have been
killed instantly.
"To my mind the accident was the
fault of the persons in the automobile.
Our car was on the middle track, and
l(Conaludd. oa-Faxa I2.it
Trial Flight Wil Cost $50 and Those
Making Journey Must Waive
All Claims for Injury.
BERLIN, June 20. (Special.) Ger
man aeronauts are watching with great
interest the outcome of an experiment
to be begun Wednesday, when the first
dirigible airship, carrying paying pas
sengers, is to make a trial flight from
Friederischenbafen to Duseldorf.
The company owning the ship, which
Is j)f the Zeppelin type "and is named
the Deutschland. is pushing prepara
tion for the first trip. In one of the
handsome cabins, wnich swing amid
ships, is a dlning-table with supplies
of cold food, and to serve this a waiter
weighing not more, than 120 pounds is
sought.
For the three-hour trip a ticket costs
200 marks ($50), and passengers are
required to waive all claims for in
Jury during the flight. A German so
ciety has chartered the vessel for some
of the early trips.
Should the first flights be success
ful it is believed that the demand for
accommodations will be sufficient to
place the enterprise on a paying basis
in which its aerial excursions will be
come a fixed feature of the Summer
CANNON CUTS P01NDEXTER
Speaker Punishes Representative for
Insurgency Jones to Rescue.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 20. Representative Foin
dexter, insurgent, is the only Repre
sentative from the Northwest who gets
nothing for his district in the omnibus
public building bill.
When the bill was reported Saturdav
it carried 112.000 for a. it at
hee. but when printed conies of tha
bill were delivered today this item had
disappeared. It is understood it was
removed by the direction of Speaker
Cannon as punishment to PaindeTter
for his insurgency. The item will be
reinserted by Senator Jones when the
bill goes to the Senate.
WOMAN HURT BY BLAST
Flying: Fragment Hits Mrs. Willis.
Fracturing Her Skull.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 20. Mrs. Al
bert Willis lies ; at Mercy Hospital in
this city with her skull fractured, the
result of an accident which occurred at
Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Satur
day afternoon, since which time she has
been unconscious.
Mr. Willis was blasting out stumps
and a fragment of a root was blown
150 yards by the force of the explosion.
striking Mrs. Willis on the head and
knocking her senseless-. She ' was
brought to this city Sunday night and
placed in the hospital under the care
of local physicians, who report her con
dition as very serious.
TAFT SEEKS NEW DIRECTOR
Kansas City Banker Offered Mint
Headship by President.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., June 20. It was
announced today that Thornton Cooke,
of the Fidelity Trust Company of Kan
sas City, had been offered the position
of director of the mint by President
Tart.
Mr. Cooke tacitly admitted that the
place had been offered to him, but
would not state whether he would ac
cept. The director of the mint has di
rect supervibton over the mints at
Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Fran
Cisco and Carson City, and receives a
salary of $4500.
SALUTE SCARES ASTORIA
Seven Guns In Honor of Vice-Consul
Cause Fear of Bombardment.
ASTORIA, Or., June 20. (Special.)
At 4 o'clock this evening the British
Vice-Consul, Edward A. Cherry, visited
the United States gunboat Yorktown
to pay his respects to Commander Vic
tor Blue and his officers.
On leaving the vessel as a mark of
honor the British flag was hoisted and
a salute of seven guns was fired;
As the shots reverberated forth
hundreds rushed to the docks, thinking
Astoria was being bombarded.
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ABOVE PORTRAIT OK GENRRAI. BERNARDO REYRS, WHO SEEKS TO OVERTHROW DIAZ. -AXU VIEW IV EL
HHESCK REVOLUTIONISTS ARE ALLEGED TO OPERATE. EELOW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CROSSING
TERRITORY, AND PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT DIAZ, WHOSE OVERTHROW as SOL GUT.
Martial Law Declared
in Northern Towns.
HUNDREDS TROVN INTO JAIL
Discontented Faction Defiant
and Prepared to Fight.
TROOPS. CONFISCATE GUNS
Candidate Opposing Diaz in Election
Kept in Prison and Public Meet
ings Prohibted Weapons
Are Smuggled In.
CANANEA, Mexico, June -20. The pre
mature discovery of smuggled arms and
ammunition, followed by the arrest of
leaders of the discontented faction and
the proclamation of martial law in Cana
nea and other border towns, probably
has checked and discouraged a serious
outbreak against the Mexican govern
ment, ' scheduled to take place election
day, June ' 26.
The revolutionary movement originated
among the younger element of Northern
Mexico, followers of General Bernardo
Reyes; now in Europe, and Senor Ma
dera, candidate for president, now under
arrest in Monterey on the charge of
causing crowds to form.
Free Speech Demanded.
The discontented faction demand politi
cal liberty, free speech and the right
to vote. They announce that they will
go to the polls on election day, prepared
to fight, if denied their constitutional
rights. - -
The discovery that arms were being
smuggled across the . border from the
United States caused police raids In many
villages of Sonora. Four men were ar
rested" at Villa Verde and a number of
rifles and revolvers and 4000 rounds of
ammunition captured.
At Chavestria, near Cananea, 45 rifles
with ammunition were captured, and at
Buena Vista one house yielded 112 rifles,
with ammunition. '
Houses Are Searched.
' Dealers at Bisbee, Douglas and Naco,
Ariz., have sold all the rifles and ammu
nition in stock. The police are now con
ducting a house-to-house search for arms
in all the border towns.
Cananea. the center of the movement.
Is guarded by two companies of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry and a company of
rurales under Colonel Emello Koster
litzsky. General Torres has assured the Cananea
authorities that he' will send 400 men by
special train if the necessity arises.
Hundreds of arrests for causing a dis
turbance in public meetings have been
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Unknown Victim . Shot Through
Head Trunk Checked From
Portland for Puyallup, Wash.
The dead body of a man, doubled up
and mashed down Into a 34-inch trunk,
uncovered save for an undershirt and a
pair of trousers, was found last night
about 10 o'clock by a trucker in the
baggage-room at the Union Depot. The
man had been shot through the head.
Blood dripping from the bottom of
the trunk attracted the attention of the
trucker, who was carting the trunk to
an Oregon & Washington train stand
ing, in the yards, .and about to depart
for Seattle.
He immediately . wheeled it back to
the baggage room and opened the lid
by bursting the. lock. . There .was no
tray In the trunk, and,' as the lid was
lifted up,, the back of the man's :head
and back was disclosed. The bair was
matted with clotted blood.
The trucker, whose .name is J.' B.
Davis, closed down the lid and notified
the police. ' The' case was given Into the
hands of Detectives Carpenter and Price,
who with Deputy Coroner Dunning, hur
ried to the depot. The trunk was not
touched by station employes again until
after the arrival of the officers.
From all appearances the dead man
was about 25 years old. From his cloth
ing no clew could be gained . as to his
identity nor was there anything about
the trunk, other than the check to af
ford any means of solving the mystery.
The check number is 3485, destined for
Puyallup, Wash. The 10 o'clock train, it
is said, does not stop there.
Baggage employes, while not certain,
say it is their belief the trunk was
brought to the station by an independ
ent drayman, named Shaw. The police
are now searching for him. :
Thai they -are correct in this belief and
that Shaw will be able to throw some
light on the case, is the hope 'of the of
ficers. The trunk, says Davis, was brought to
the baggage-room about 4 o'clock In the
afternoon. There was nothing unusual
about Its appearance. It was checked
by the man bringing It to the station and
nothing out of the , ordinary . occurred.
With its dead occupant the trunk re
mained in Its place In the baggage-room
until about iO o'clock, when Iavis lifted
It on the truck to take it to the baggage
car of the train. Blood had collected
In the bottom of the trunk and when it
was lifted onto the truck the front end
was lower than the other. Blood com
menced trickling out of one corner, mak
ing a little trail out of the room and
onto the platform of the Union Depot.
Davis noticed this and his suspicions
were aroused. He returned to the baggage-room,
burst open the lock anj made
the discovery of murder.
ALLEGED FUGITIVE HELD
Klamath Falls Delays Price Hearing
Till This Afternoon.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. June 20.
(Special.) The- hearing to release
George L. Price, the telephone promoter
who is held In the County Jail here on
the charge of being a fugitive from
Justice, was postponed by Justice Miller
at 6 o'clock this evening until 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, at the request of
District Attorney. Kuykendall.
Word was received from San Fran
cisco that Detective Lord would leave
that city for Klamath Kalis with the
necessary papers for the detention of
Price and also his return to California
for trial. Price is wanted in Califor
nia for obtaining some- $5000 from
various persons by means of worthless
checks. The officer will arrive here
after Price tomorrow evening. Price
Is still in Jail here, being unable to
secure the $5000 bond under' which he
has been placed.
SCENES PROMINENT IN MEXICAN
His Majority Is 1860;
His Plurality 2041.
TOTAL VOTE CAST IS 6990
Unusual Activity in School
Election Is Surprise.
DALY HINTS UNFAIRNESS
Defeated Union Labor Candidate for
' School Director,' Through Assocla
. tion Working for . Him, .. Says
Opponent's Methods Unjust.
I. N.' Fleischner was returned to the
School Board in yesterday's election
by a flattering and emphatic majority.
The total vote cast, which is the larg
est in any local school election save
one, was 6990. Mr. Flelschner's ma
jority over his two opponents was 1860,
His plurality over William H. Daly, the
labor candidate, was 2041. ' . .
The 'balloting, which began at
o'clock in the afternoon and closed at
6 o'clock, was uniformly orderly,
though brisk and withal strenuous ,rn
the part of adherents of both the lead
iny candidates.
Automobiles buzzed about the streets
all the afternoon, searching for voters
Thousands of cards and dodgers were
scattered over the city, setting forth
the plea of the three candidates. An
unusually large number of women
voted, though little support was given
by them to Mrs. Maria L. T. Hidden
a well-known Portland clubwoman, the
third candidate on the ' ballot. Mrs.
Hidden received only 181 votes.
Daly's Vote Is Surprise.
The large vote given Daly, who ran
on a labor platform, was one of the
surprises of the election. His vote was
2359, compared with Mr. Flelschner's
4400. The vote generally, it is be
lieved, was a purely labor vote for him,
excepting in the Montavilla district,
where, it is said, other issues entered
into the voting. Recently some changes
have been made in the personnel of
teachers arid principals of the schools.
and this is said to have caused the fa
vorable vote for Daly in the Monta
villa district.
In outlying suburbs, where the resi
dents are largely laboring people, Daly
also received a good vote. This, also
was true of booths located in the vicinity
of factories and industrial plants. In
only five precincts out of the 24, however.
did Daly receive a majority of the votes.
When the election was first formally
called by the School Board, only 18 poll
Ing places, the same number as lest year.
were provided. This was increased to
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BORDER TROUBLE.
PASO, AMERICAS BORDER CITY,
FRO.U liNITED STATES TO MEXICAN
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Train, Delayed Kear Snake River,
Is Enveloped and Passengers
See World's End.
RIPARIA. Wash., June 20. (Special.)
Enveloped in a cloud of dust aboard a
train here, performers and other em
ployes of a circus, held up near Snake
River by the wreck of the first sec
tion, were thrown into a panic when the
never-before-seen storm swooped down
on them late in the afternoon.
The storm came after a day of per
fect calm. As the great cloud descend
ed upon the river the setting sun shone
on it In such a way as to show the
convulsions of the air currents in the
dust and gave it a peculiar hue.
It was so unusual' a sight to the
French women performers that a number-fell
on their knees in prayer, and
one man was seen to embrace another,
shouting, "Brother, brother, the world
Is coming to an end, what shall we do?"
It was some time after the dust had
passed the delayed train that order
was restored.
The cloud was accompanied by little
wind and was apparently very fine dust
drawn from the Summer-fallowed fields
by upward currents of air. In the
height of the storm one could see with
difficulty more than 15 or 20 feet. Rain
followed later and cleared the atmos
phere. HEAT KILLS EIGHT MORE
21, Not Counting Babes, Have Now
Died In Chicago's Hot Wave.
CHICAGO. June 20. (Special.) The
death-dealing hot wave which has been
sweeping over Chicago has claimed
eight more victims. This makes a total
of 21 persons who have died either in
directly or directly as a result of the
torrid weather in the last few days.
This total does not Include scores of
babies who have perished in the super
heated air of tenements, nor those who
have been drowned while seeking relief
in Lake Michigan and park pools.
Relief is in sight in the lake regions
for today only, as there is a cooling on
shore wind blowing, and Chicago and
vicinity will not suffer much, accord
ing to the weather bureau, for the next
24 hours. After that the hot wave
probably will take up its task again.
In trying to escape from beat eight
persons who had journeyed to the Gov
ernment pier Sunday were left strand
ed through missing the boat on its
return trip.
BALLINGER TO STEP DOWN?
Los Angeles Report Says Senator
Flint Will Succeed Him.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 20. (Spe
cial.) That United States Senator
Frank P. Flint is slated for Secretary
Balllnger's position in President Taft's
Cabinet was the startling report that
reached Los Angeles today, from Wash
ington. "It is understood that Mr. Bal
linger will retire as soon as he is ex
onerated by the Congressional commit
tee investigating the Interior Depart
ment, and that will be within a month.
The news that Flint had been se
lected came through authoritative
channels today to Republican leaders,
and within an hour the candidacy of
E. A. Meserve for the Senatorshlp had
been launched.
In San Diego, the business men sent
a formal letter to A. G. Spalding, head
of the big sporting goods house in Chi
cago, and for several years a resident
of the Southern city, asking him to
permit the use of his name as a can
didate for the Senatorship.
GIRL ACCUSES EDUCATOR
California Normal President Tried
to Kiss Her, Stie Says.
CHICO, Cal., June 20. (Special.) Rev.
C. Todd Clark, pastor of a Methodist
Church of this city, went to Sacramento
this, morning and will, on invitation, ap
pear before Governor Glllett tomorrow
to file complaint on behalf of his sister,
Miss Ada Clark, against Dr. C. C. Van
Liew, president of the Chico State Nor
mal School.
These charges were made by Miss Clark
in person at a meeting of the Normal
School trustees Saturday, but no action
was taken on them. Governor Gillett
was apprised of the charges, however,
and requested that those concerned be
brought before him.
Miss Clark charges that Dr. Van Liew
tried to hug and kiss her in his office
at the Normal School, on May 12. The
accused man makes a flat denial of the
charges, and both sides have engaged
attorneys.
OHIO DEMOCRATS GATHER
Big Fight Will Be Over Plan to In
dorse Senatorial Candidate.
DAYTON, O., June 20. With pros
pects for a greater degree of peace in
connection with nominations than has
reigned for many years, but with indi
cations of a contest of National Import
ance over party policies, the Ohio State
Democratic convention will open here to
morrow. The big fight of the convention will
come when the state central committee
takes up the proposition to amend tha
convention call to require the Indorse
ment of a candidate for the Cnlted States
Senate.
Governor Judson Harmon is opposed to
the indorsement proposition and Indica
tions are that the plan will be defeated.
Governor .Harmon has no opposition for
re-nomination. .'.- .
Senator Borah of Idaho
Makes Strong Plea.
RESOURCES NOW LIE IDLE
Emancipation From Bane of
"Pinchotism" Sought.
TRUE CONSERVATION TOLD
Abuses Heaped on Homesteaders by
Land Office Special Agents. Have
Been Malicious and Retarded
Development of Country.
BY HARRY J. BROWN".
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- "
ington, June . "Any conservation
policy incorporated into law must have
as its basic and fundamental principle
that of economic use and development.
Our natural resources are not to lie
idle, imprisoned and unusable. If you
Join with us in that proposition, dedi
cating them to the . economic use of
those who will develop them, we will
gladly join you in formulating a policy
of regulation and control which will
avoid waste, extravagance and monop
oly insofar as it is possible.
"But upon a policy of non-use. of
strangulation of the great West, wo
stop at the first call for legislation.
If strangulation is to be had it will
first be tried upon some of the meas
ures in this body."
Warning Note Sounded.
This was the. word of. warning;
sounded by Senator Borah, of Idaho,
In a speech delivered in the Senate
today for the enlightment of those
theorists who have advocated conserva
tion legislation in conformity with the
ideas of Gifford Pinchot. It was notice
to them that Pinchotism cannot be
written on the statute books except
over the protest of the entire West.
The speech was in every sense, the
most forceful and impressivj yet de
livered in Congress- on the general sub
ject of conservation, and was the first
complete explanation of the attitude
of the Western people, who, according
to Senator Borah, are the most con
cerned in the conservation of natural
resources.
Phases Dealt With.
The speech dealt with various phases
of the conservation question, but laid
particular stress upon the proposal of
Pinchot and others to hold water-power
sites as the perpetual property of the
Federal Government, and to convert
them into great - revenue producers to
fill ' the National treasury. Senator
Borah made very plain his meaning,
and left no doubt in the minds of his
colleagues that any attempt to f orce
through impractical conservation billa
drawn and approved by Pinchot would
result in trouble, and lots of it.
The general approval of the speech:
by Western Senators indicated that
Senator Borah voiced the opinion of
many in the course of his remarks, and.
the attention given him signified that
many men of unbiased minds had been
brought to a realization that the West,
after all, is entitled to first considera
tion in the shaping of legislation for
the control and development of natural
resources lying wholly in the West.
In the course of his remarks. Senator
Borah said:
"We have reached, it seems, that
pitiable, indefensible position, accord
ing to those who would tie up our re
sources, where we are willing to con
fess before the world that as lawmakers)
we are inefficient, as administrators
worthless, and that our citizenship i
so brazen and corrupt that we can no
longer do business, but must out of
sheer lmpotency shut up shop. I de
nounce such a theory as a libel upon
our citizenship, a manufactured and
well-distributed libel upon the West,
and for ulterior and selfish motives. I
say to this Senate that any legislation
upon this subject must be upon tha
basis that Western citizenship is hon
est, law-abiding and intelligent; that
Western people appreciate the value of
these resources and propose to- protect
then; that they are loyal to their states
and to the Nation as a whole, or you
will make very slow progress in this
chamber.
True Conservation Policy Outlined.
"Sir, the conservation policy, which)
teaches the farmer the science of farm
ing, how to vary his crops, protect them
from Insects and his stock from disease,
how to make 35 bushels of wheat grow
where only 20 grew before, which re
forests those timber lands, which will
produce timber and nothing but tim
ber, which will adopt a policy of regu
lation and control, admitting of use
and development everywhere, is a true
conservation policy. But the policy
which withholds the agricultural land
from production and hinders industrial
life, which forces the citizen Into a
city or into a foreign cllrno for lands
Is not only short-slghtend and unwise,
but it Is a blunder, which, In legisla
tion. Is even worse than a crime. '
prophesy that such a policy will be re
jected in the end. What, we want ar
more farmers and better farms, more
homes and better homes. What we
want, and what I believe we will have
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