VOL. L. NO. 15,494. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, .1 ULY 23, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOT WAVE CAUSES 52,000,000 FIRES Grain Dust Explodes and Ignites. WORST IN WHEAT CRISIS MOW OVER OHIO REPUBLICANS READY FOR BATTLE SHIP SINKS; 200 MAY BE DROWNED RIOTERS ATTEMPT PHYSICAL TRAINING IS BEST FOR GIRLS CUBS CRASH NEAR TO WRECK T ; 18 HURT RAINS CHECK BACKWARD TEX. DEXCV, WORRY CAUSE. OF 24 6 PASSENGERS, 40 REACH COREAN COAST. IZi BOATS. IiKTlRIXG HEAD OF WEIXESLEV TELLS COLLEGE'S FUNCTION. RAIN BORING GREAT MALTING PLANT GOES Brewery in Chicago Destroyed From Same Cause. WIDE AREA THREATENED High Wind Carries Burning Embers Far, Threatening Destruction of Hundreds of Buildings. Several Persons Missing. CHICAGO. July 24. (Special.) A property loss of $2,000,000 and 50 fam ilies made homeless was theresult ef three great fires which swept over the Northwestern part of the city today. Hundreds of buildings were threat ened with destruction. The Northwestern Malt & Grain Com pany's plant, said to be the largest malting concern in the world, was dam aged to the extent of $1,500,000 and the brewery of Charles F. Ogren & Co. was virtually destroyed, with a loss of nearly $500,000. Both fires were said to be the direct result of the torrid wave which swept over the city from the Southwest, bringing the highest temperature of the year, and causing explosions of grain dust in both plants. Wind Wafts Kmbers Far. The fire in the Northwestern Malt & Grain Company's plant broke out at noon with a terrific explosion in the grain elevator and before any attempt could be made to check the flames the huge building was In flames. The burning embers were carried for blocks by the high wind, setting fire to a score- of cottages and residences in the vicinity. The entire district from Cortland street to Armitage avenue and from Forty-sixth avenue to Forty third avenue ai converted into a rag ing battleground.' In a short time the elevator, the malting plant and the engine-rooms had been destroyed and the enormous cement and steel elevator and malt house nearing completion to the east of the Chicago' & Northwestern Rail way tracks was being attacked by the flames. Owing to the Intense heat, the embers falling on the roofs' of houses and freight cars In the path of the wind Ignited Instantly and the firemen were taxed to the utmost fighting sporadic fires that developed every where. Several Persons Missing. No one is known to have been killed, but several persons are Btlll unaccount ed for. While the fire department was bend ing every efTort toward extinguishing the Are at Cragln, the Ogren brewery at Division and Oakley avenues became . the scene of the second great fire of the day from identically the same cause as the first. The bu'ldlng Is a 4hree-story brick and wood structure two blocks long, and it was completely destroyed. The heavy drain on the fire depart ment caused by the Cragin fire made it difficult to get engines and appa ratus to the Ogren brewery fire. The high wind caused the fire to spread and four houses close to the burning building were destroyed. While these fires were in progress a large bakery caught fire, presumably from one of its ovens, and the big 1 building and four adjoining residences burned. MYSTERIOUS BODY FOUND Vnknown Victim May Be One of Fa mous "Floater Fleet." ABERDEEN', Wash.. July 2. (Spe cial.) Another body, presumed to be one more of the unnumbered "floater fleet." was discovered Friday along the banks of Indian Creek by Albert Peter son, a logger.' The flesh had ail dropped from the bones, leaving the' bare skeleton. It apparently had never been burled, but merely covered with leaves and dirt. The skull was smashed as If by a blunt Instrument. The un known man's clothing was pulled from the creek later by Peterson's com panions. "Floater fleet" Is a term applied by the police to the bodies which were found in Grays Harbor near Aberdeen two years ago. In connection with the death of John Hoffman, one of the mysterious dead. William Gohl was sent to prison for life after a sensa tional trial. ' CHICAGO SWELTERS AT 102 Temperature Is Highest Experienced . Tliero in Nine Years. CHICAGO, July 14. Today was the hottest day in Chicago in nine years. The weather bureau thermometer on the street level registered 102 degrees at S o'clock In the afternoon. The thermometer at the Government weather station on the Federal build ing registered 97 degrees. With Xo Foreign Outlet and Domes tic Trade Recovering From Reck- . less Dealing, Situation Peculiar. 24. (Special.) It is I CHICAGO, July 2 believed in the wheat trade that the worst has been heard regarding the Spring wheat crop of North America. Rains last week checked the back ward tendency that was universally conceded for the Spring wheat crop in a good part of the Northwest on both sides of the International line. Har vest is now getting rapidly under. way this side of the line, and it may soon be followed by a revision of market values in that section. Meanwhile the trade here is waiting for the first big run of new Winter wheat. It is starting a little later than last year,, but promises to be consid erable for a time at least. Upon the extent and continuance of this run very largely depends the course of the market for the year. There are problems ahead of the present crop that have never before been considered. There is no forign outlet, while the domestic 'trade is only just recovering from the effects of reckless overloading. The crop, if statistics are of value, appears to be adjusted to about normal home needs with a modest margin for export. World's shipments are running down to a modest total despite, the fact that Russian forwardings continue very large and the Indian shipments are in creasing. GRAIN YIELD ESTIMATED Lewlslon Country Expected to Give 2,334,000 Bushels of Wheat. SPOKANE, Wrash., July 24. (Spe cial.) A conservative estimate of the grain yield of the Lewiston country,' made today, places It at 5,081,000 bush els, divided as follows: Wheat, 2,334, 000 bushels; barley, 2,200,000 bushels, and oats, 647,000 bushels. The Lewiston country comprises four districts Asotin County, Washington: the Tammany and Waha section, to the southeast, and the Nez Perce and Camas Prairies. These figures are based upon a 70 per cent yield, not at all out of the ques tion. In addition to the great grain yield, the country will produce approxi mately 7500 tons of hay and timothy seed, valued at about" $20,000. RAT AIMED AT, SON IS SHOT Father Fires at Artimal In Hayloft and Seriously Wonnds. Bojr. SPOKANE, Wash., July 24. (Spe cial.) The Il-year-old son of Hubert Johnson was seriously wounded by his father yesterday while the latter was shooting at a woodrat and weazel fight ing in the loft of Mr. Johnson's barn, near Lenox, Idaho, near Oroflno. The lad was standing outside the barn holding a horse, and when Mr. Johnson fired at the weasel the entire load of shot struck the side of the barn, about 25 pellets going through and striking the boy. Dr. Fairly extracted most of them, and while the injury is quite painful, it is not believed to be dangerous. One shot struck the boy squarely in the forehead, but did not penetrate the skull. 60 KILLED IN CYCLONE Hundreds Injured and Great Dam age Done by Tornado in Italy. MILAN. July 24. The list of dead in the cyclone which yesterday swept over the district northwest of Milan has In creased to 60 and the Injured number several hundred. The material losses are estimated at many millions. Assistance has been sent to the vil lages which suffered most severely from the storm, but there are many homeless to be taken care of. ill H- " K Z 11 - - f R SNAPSHOT AX".rSR72A'T JrT??RTX WTS SOTTHKR OHIO U FOR GOVF.RXOH: SENATOR CHARLES DICK. . UO LKAUS REGILAR REI-UBLICiN FORCES, AA A? JAMES R. GAKF1ELD, WHO SEEKS AOXLXATIO.V FOR GOVERNOR. Politicians Gathering for Convention. FIGHT ON PLATFORM CERTAIN Contest for Governorship Is Anybody's Race. L0NGW0RTH IS SUGGESTED James It. Garfield Starts Boom for Nomination - on ".Progressive" Platform Party Leaders Con fer Over the Situation. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 24. Provided with little more th'an an opinion as to the head of the ticket' and facing a rea sonable certainty of a fight over the platform, all but two of the party lead ers and a good half of the delegates are already gathered here for the Ohio Re publican convention, which opens Tues day afternoon. James R. Garfield, head of the "pro gressives," and Walter Broyn, leader of the TMedo delegation, are still absent. Senators Burton and Dick, however, with George B. Cox, of Cincinnati: Wade H. Ellis1, chairman of the State Executive Committee; Carml Thompson, Secretary of State, and one of the candidates for Governor, and other leaders were in con ference with their followers all day'. Governorship Anjbod y's Fight. As to the Governorship, it is said the contest is anybody's fight. Warren G. Harding, who arrived to night, gave out a statement in which he declared - that "he was the candidate of no eminent individual and of no fac tion." -- "I recognize," he added, "that several so-called leaders are for anybody else." Wade H. Ellis, chairman of the state executive committee, told tonight what he believed should be Incorporated In the platform. He says that it should contain "an unqualified indorsement" of President Taft and his Administra tion -and that "it should approve the Payne bill, not because It Is perfect, but because it removes excessive duties under the Dingley law." Three Candidates Prominent. The active candidates for Governor are Judge Brown. Warren G. Hard ing, of Marlon, ex-Lieutenant-Governor, and Carml Thompson, Secretary of State. In addition to these it is be lieved that James R. Garfield will be placed In nomination providing the programme to be adopted Wednesday la sufficiently progressive. Garfield is drafting a "progressive" platform of his own in which praise of President Taft is decidedly meagre. It embodies a demand for immediate re vision of the tariff. Garfield Boom Not Feared. On the other hand Senator Dick will introduce resolutions declaring, that the Aldrlch-Payne tariff bill bas filled all the promises of the Republican Na tional platform. Senator Theodore A. Burton has announced that Brown, Thompson or Harding as candidates are acceptable to him. Burton refuses to be worried by the Garfield boom. Longnorth May Be Compromise. It is believed the Senator has really agreed on the nomination of a Southern Ohio man in order to gain support for his own re-election to the Senate. PROMINENT FIGURES IN COMING Captain and Crew Go Down With Craft Warships Hunting for- . ' Others Thought Afloat.' TOK.IO, July 24. The Tetsurei Mam, plying between Kobe and Dairen, sank last night oft Chindo. Corea. The steamer had 24S passengers aboard, of whom 40 were saved. The others are missing. Warships have been sent to the rescue. Direct reports from Chindo state that two of the Tetsurei's lifeboats landed 40 passengers, who . tell of harrowing scenes when the befogged vessel struck. Six lifeboats were launched filled with passengers. There was no panic and everything was carried off in the most orderly manner. The captain and a majority of the crew were unable to leave the steamer. Six first class passengers were saved, including W. Cunningham, the British Vice-Consul at Osaka, as well as 13 second class passengers. One hundred and five third class pas sengers and 59 soldiers were taken oft in boats and there Is reason to believe that these boats either reached land or were picked up by the warships. The Tetsurei Maru was of 2100 tons register. She was built at Nagasaki, and was owned by the Osaka Shosen Kabushikl Kaisha. STEAMER FIRE PUT OUT Momus, Out of Danyer, Headed Full . Speed for. New Orleans. TAMPA, Fla.. July 24 The local wire less station picked up the steamer Momus, at 9 o'clock tonight, eaying that all was well and that goodi time was being made toward New Orleans. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 24. A message by United Wireless to this port from the steamship Momus today reads: "Fire ex tinguished at 12:15 o'clock this after noon. Full sipeed for New Orleans." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEW3 The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 76 -decrees: minimum. 58 degrees. TODAY'S Fair: northwesterly winds. Politics. -Roosevelt will be Important factor In Fall campaign. Page 2. Domestic. Worst in country's wheat crisis now be lieved passed. Page 1. James R. Keene accused of conspiracy to wreck brokerage house in Hocking Val ley deal. Page 3. Rioters attempt to wreck Grand Trunk train. Page 1. President Taft passes injury crisis sails along Maine Coast. Page 2. Chico people divided by hugging Inquiry. Page 3. Strike situation In -Stockton causes business men much worry. Pape 3. Heat wave causes $2,000,000 fires In Chi cago. Page 1. Pacific 'rtfawet. Attornev-General Wickersham and Secre tary Nagel go to Alaska on what is be lieved to be political mission. Page 5. Woman's charred body is found on bonfire in Seattle. Page 5. Sports. San Francisco 3, Portland 2: Sacramento 3-3, Vernon 2-4; Los Angeles 6-0, Oakland 3-2. Page 10. Fight game languishes in California. Page 11 Champion Hazel Hotchktss plays exhibition tennis match with Brandt Wickersham today. Page 10. Spokane takes firmer grin on Northwestern League leadership. Page 10. Portland Rnd Vicinity. Wreck on Estacada line Injures 18 persons. Page 1. John Manin, former soldier, killed by train. Page 9. Hibernians pleased with cordiality of Port land's reception. Page 8. Port of Portland installs wireless on .pilot boat Joseph Pulitzer. Page 11. Gigantic protest against opposition to closed bridge draws urged. Page IS. Violators of Sunday -closing ordinance ar rested. Page 14. Motorcycle policeman struck by auto. Page 14. Mrs. Fiske calls on Marjorte Mahr. Page 9. Dr. Oyott scores speech of Father Yorke. Page 8. Youthful offenders and children keep police busy for day. Page 7. Woodmen convention starlit today. Page ft. Vaudeville actress collects $100 for Mahr benefit. In 20 minutes. Page 9. OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Many Lives in Peril on Grand Trunk. MOBS ATTACK DETECTIVES Long Freight Train Cut in Sec ' tions, Delaying Travel. POLICE SUSPECT COMPANY Failure to Supply Coupling Pins Is Thought to Be Part of Plan to Bring About Calling ' Out of Military. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 24. (Special.) As a climax to a night and a day of rioting In the yards of the Grand Trunk Railway- in which a freight train of 50 cars was cut into ten sections, Pinkerton detectives were stoned, and five passenger trains were stalled for hours, an attempt was made this afternoon to wreck east bound passenger No. 8, known as the Detroit and New York express due In South Bend at 1:51 o'clock. TJie en gineer, by chance, saw the thrown switch in time to bring his train to a stop and prevent a catastrophe. When he left the engine to investigate he was stoned by the mob, in which were many foreigners, but the timely appear ance of police prevented him from being seriously hurt. Pinkerton Detective Shoots. . Shortly after the attempt to wreck the train was made, Jay Freel. a car repairer in the employ of the railroad, was shot and seriously wounded by John Peck, a Pinkerton detective, who with two com panions, Eldridge Graham and "William McReynolds, all of Battle Creek, Mich., were arrested and are now being held by the police pending the outcome of Freer wound, which Is In the back close to the spine. Freel is iff the hospital. ' In the course of the afternoon a mob which congregated at Olivers, the first station of the Grand Trunk within the limits of .South Bend, burned several cabooses, but efforts to burn freight cars were made fruitless by the arrival of detectives and the Are department. Freight Train Attacked. The. rioting began last night when a freight train of 60 cars entered the city under full speed, evidently with the in tention of rushing through South Bend without a stop. Shortly after it passed the station it was discovered that the caboose had been lost and a stop was made, to pick up the missing car. Almost immediately a gang of men ran between the cars, released the air plugs and cut the air hose, thus making it im possible to move the train. At the same time the Pinkerton detectives who showed themselves were stoned. Realizing that the situation was desperate, C A. Mc Nut, the local agent, 6ent In a hurry call for the police and telegraphed Governor Marshall for troops. The Governor, how ever, declined to order out the militia until he was assured the police were- not able to cope with the situation. Strategic Move Suspected. The standing of the freight train tied up east and west traffic until after day light, Ave passenger trains being held In the local yards until S o'clock this morn ing. Up to that hour the local police were unable to secure coupling pine from the company. Because of this fact the police expressed themselves as believing that the stalling of the freight train might have been a strategic move on the part of the Grand ( CnTv-iurtefl on Page 2. ) Miss Caroline Hazard's Idea Is to Fit Women to lie Good Wives, Mothers and Homemakrs. WELLESLET, Mass., July 24. (Spe cial.) Miss Caroline Hazard, Welles ley's retiring president, believes that the main reason for the existence of a woman's college is to fit its students to be good wives, mothers and home makers. Miss Hazard's statements indicate that she believes in the training of girls' for the practical and domestic side of life. She expresses the belief that physical training at college Is the best preparation for motherhood. She advocates athletics in women's col leges. She believes that training of the human body Is of paramount im portance to woman and she declares that it Is even more important for a woman than for a man. Says Miss Hazard: "I believe that a girl should look first of all to her health. I am strong ly in favor of having a stringent test made of a girl's strength before she enters college, just as young men at Harvard, who. In competing for a col lege team, are obliged to pass strength tests. There Is another phase of edu cation wh.oh the adjective physical in Its broadest sense may be said to desig nate. I refer to household economics. At the present there is no course given at the college on this subject, but I am one of those who are strongly in favor of introducing one. BRIDE TO UNDERGO KNIFE Lina Cavalieri, Xow Mrs. Chanler, Has Chronic Appendicitis. PARIS. July 24. (Special.) Mrs. Robert Winthrop Chanler. who remains Llna Cavalieri on the operatic stage, will undergo a surgical operation for appendicitis tomorrow. The most famous surgeons in Paris held a consultation over her condition today and decided that the operation must be performed immediately. They told Mr. Chanler that unless his wife submitted to the operation at once she might not live a month. At the same time they assured him that so far as their skill can foresee, the operation will be successful and that no compli cations will follow it. Mr. Chanler is greatly distressed, but he is comforted by the thought that his bride Is in the hands of the best sur geons in France. Mrs. Chanler has suffered from chronic appendicitis for some time. An acute attack, like the present one, caused her to abandon her operatic en gagements in Buenos Ayres and last May in St. Petersburg, and to remain in her line home on the Avenue de Messiae here. She recovered from that attack without an operation. BIG LUMBER PLANT BURNS Loss by Fire at Independence Is Es timated at $30,000. INDEPENDENCE. Or., July 24. (Special.) One of the most disastrous fires in the history of this part of the country destroyed the plant of the Spaulding Lumber Company here today, entailing- a loss of $30,000. How the fire started is a mystery. But a high wind materially aided the flames. The entire plant was destroyed, including the mill, the kiln and all the outhouses within a radius of several hundred yards. A. P. Keating, local manager of the Charles K. Spaulding Logging Com pany, said last night that he was not in possession of all the facts in regard to the Are, but was of the opinion that the plant was not totally destroyed. The loss will bo covered by Insurance. C. R." Spaulding, president of the com pany, living at Salem, left last night for Independence to make an investi gation. SETTLERS GOING SOUTH Migration From North and Canada Attracts Attention. WASHINGTON, July 24. Migration from the central and northwestern parts of the country, including Western Can ada, to the Southern and Southeastern States, is attracting the attention of the immigration authorities. The Bureau of Immigration officials expect soon to re ceive a special report from Montreal bearing on the subject of Immigration, including the returns of Americans to this country, and pending receipt of that report, decline to discuss the matter for publication. Industrial experts say the movement to the Southeastern States will begin next October. A record-breaking migration in this direction occurred last year, draw ing upon the population of the Central States. "LITTLE EVA" ARRESTED "Cncle Tom's Cabin" Show Delayed When She Is Caught Shoplifting. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. July 24. (Special.) The production of Burke's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in this city last night was temporarily delayed by the arrest for shoplifting of Mrs. Clara Maroney, the Little Eva of the show. She was caught attempting to stow away Jewelry in a shopping bag, but when she pleaded guilty the owner of the store refused to prosecute. Estacada Line Has Bad! Head-on Wreck. ALL INJURED WILL RECOVER Claim Agent Lays Blame Upoi Careless Motorman. SPECIAL RUSHED TO AIL Work-Car With Brakes Open Plunges Into Passenger Carmen on rjeJ ular Stay at Post Wreck Was Saturday Evening, A line car crashed Into a standing, eastbound Estacada car 600 yards east, of Boring at 6 o'clock Saturday evenings through what is declared tn ,.) I error of Motorman Joe Fields, of thH jine car. .eighteen persons were In-, jured, according to Dr. A. E. Hockey., surgeon to the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. That none wasi killed is considered marvelous, aa 5 persons were on the car. The injuries consisted mainly of minor bruises, al-, though the following were hurt to' a, greater degree: Baby Fordney. 4-year-old daughter of) John Fordney, 460 East Thirty-seventh; street, Portland. Nicholas Younger,, motorman on th Cazadero car, head bruised and body Injured. Mrs. Mannering. Estacada, anklA sprained. Mrs. A. Miller, Dover, Clackamas County. leg injured, back sprained. Frank Perkins, of Evening Telegram staff, cut about head. Mrs. E. A. Alspaugh, Alspaugh, Or!, cut about the face and head. Mrs. F. L. Huilman, Estacada, leg In. jured. Mrs. J. E. Bourbonia. Estacada, leg Injured and back badly bruised. Gus Milof. Estacada. slighlty bruised. Frank Kernan, Estacada, bruised. J. T. Aleer. Estacada, skin scraped. Bixter Berg, Barton, Or., bruised oa limbs. Mrs. Borrnba, Montana, leg and back: bruised. A. Gropaf s, Italian laborer, crushed) ' about the body. Gus Madis. Italian laborer, bruised. i The two last "mentioned are employes i of the Western electric plant, near Es- i tacada. The Injured were all sent to ' their homes. ! According to the statements of those , on the Estacada car, the line car was i observed ascending a slight grade at a-; distance of about 150 feet. Motorman ! Younger, on the Cazadero car, promptly ' threw on the brakes and reversed, and. ! ftlthoueh thn vaaIo , Z I cawunu ami shrieked against the rails, the car stopped with the oncoming line car still 60 or 70 feet distant. No Attempt Made to Stop Car. To the surprise of those on the sta tionary car. the line car continued on ward and It is said Motorman Fields made no attempt to shut off his power, although the Cazadero car was easily visible. In a few moments the line car crashed into the vestibule of the Caza dero car. Broken glass flew all around. The. seats telescoped and the limbs of many; of those sitting down were pinned. Seeing the danger of the collision a, number of the passengers were rush ing to the rear. Before they could, reach the rear vestibule the crash occurred and they were thrown head long. Immediately after the collision - panic was imminent. R L. Wlthrow, a newspaper man, who was uninjured. Jumped to the ground and shouted tar those In the car that assistance wast at hand, that there was no further danger. In this way he curbed con fusion that might have caused mors, people being hurt. Line Car Belonged on Siding. That the accident occurred through j Fields' acting in direct contravention, I to the rules of the company is, said I freely. Orders for work trains are that ! five minutes prior to the arrival of an express tfcey must take a siding. Al Although the Estacada car was seven minutes overdue, Fields had not taken a biding and had passed several. It is alleged he left the company's em ploy Saturday night, knowing he would j be discharged. j AH the passengers speak with praise j of the pluck of Motorman Younger, on the Cazadero car. who stuck to his levers, and xo had a marvelous escape from deaXi. Although the line, car ploughed' into his vestibule, he escaped Baoy Fordey, who was sitting on ner father's lap, was thrown up into the air. P4ylng over several seats, she came dow astradle of a seat back: and received no- -more Injuries than a dislocated knee. Her father was not feurt. .- i Lighter Car Demolished. .S'. The line car being the lighter car was smashed Into fragments. As none of the line car crew was observed be fore the moment of contact, some ot the passengers say they jumped. They assert that Motorman Fields jumped Concluded on F&ffo ,7J X