Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 15, 1910, Image 1

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    VOL. Li- NO. 15,565. wa- .
RETARDING COAST
TO
Charge Made in Speech
by Samuel Hill.
EAST IS NOT SYMPATHETIC
Washington State Politicians
Come in for Scoring.
GOLDENDALE SESSION OVER
Address by Son-ln-I.aw of Great
Northern Builder Blames Rail
roads for Keeping Back Ore
gon and Washington.
ST MARK WOODRrlT.
GOLDENDALE. Wuh, Oct. 14
(Staff correspondence.) Intermingling
a defense of State Highway Comrali
Inner Bowlby. an attack upon the poli
tician of the state and an assault upon
the railroads with his address on the
subject of "Good Roads." Samuel Hill
today aroused the Southwestern Wash
ington Development Association In ses
sion here, to a frenzy of enthusiasm.
As president of the State Good Roads
Association. Mr. Hill, a eon-ln-law of
James J. Hill, repudiated the charge
recently made against State Highway
Commissioner Bowlby, The latter Is
accused of contracting bills far In ex
cess of the appropriations for that pur
pose and to have so mismanaged high
way construction and the convict labor
camps as to force the administration
of Governor Hay to repudiate some of
the Indebtedness.
Charges Laid at Snow't Door.
Mr. Hill openly declared that the
charges should be laid at the door of
Joseph Snow, predecessor of Mr. Bowl
by. whom Hill accused of having been
bought by the Milwaukee Railroad
when the latter located JU rtght-of-way
through tho state. Mr. Hill said
Snow had expended I34.00O of the road
funds needlessly In the making of sur
veys on the right-of-way and parallel
roads. .
The speaker said that when the present
commissioner attempted to Investigate
the scandal, which he believed to exlet
Seattle and Olympla politicians who had
oeen barred from participating in any
of the roads' funds through running up
expense bills and securing appointments
on commissions, had retaliated by endea
voring to attack the record of Bowlby.
Railroads Aro Attacked.
Switching to the railroads, Mr. Hill ac
cused the Great Northern, the Northern
Pactfle and the Harriman lines of retard
ing the development of Oregon and
Washington through the centralisation
of their management In the hands of un
eympathetlo Easterners, and declared
that the two states must enlarge the
powers of their Railroad Commissioners
or take hold of the management of rail
road development themselves.
He declared that there was av general
feeling of unrest among the people, called
Insurgency, which has Its chief cause In
tho belief that they wore not receiving
a fair deal from the railroads and other
corpora t Ion
Instance Is Given.
As an Instance. Mr. Hill pointed out
the fact that Goldendale. Lyle and
White Salmon could not ship a parcel
of goods to Hood River without the
railroads hauling It to Portland, al
though a ferry existed between White
Salmon and the Oregon town. The
Great Northern was accused of an at
tempt to grab the ground over which
the proposed highway of the Columbia
has been surveyed and which la Intend
ed as the route of the wagon road
from Spokane to Vancouver.
Applause Greets HHL.
Urging that good roads were not only
humanitarian In relieving the loneliness
i and Isolation of the homes now be
I n AnttA all over Washington, but
a necessity In order that the farmer
and fruit grower might reach a mar
ket for their wares. Mr. Hill closed
amid a remarkable demonstration of
applause.
Among the reforms recommended by
Mr. Hill was the establishment of a
good roads fund which should be as
sacred as the school funds of the state
and an amendment of the law sending
paroled convicts to the good road con
struction camps where they may earn
a sum of money for use at the end of
their paroles.
Portland First Discoverer.
Major S. A. Huntington, of Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce, delivered an his
torical address on the settlement of
Southwestern Washington and was fol
lowed by C C. Chapman, of the Port
land Commercial Club, who took advant
age pf the situation humorously to re
mind Taooms and Seattle delegates that
there had been a second discovery of the
district, the first being by Portland,
which was aiding In lus settlement In
development, and the second by the
Washington cities.
Mr. Chapman pledged that Portland
would continue to recognise the com
munity Interests of Southwest Washing
ton and Oregon.
That the meeting which closed tonight
is destined to be most fruitful. Is in
dicated by the determination of the offl-
LAID
RHYS
(Concluded, us I'age
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NABOB GALLERIES
MAY BE INVADED
ANONYMOUS NOTE CACSE OF
DCVEEX HAID.
Wealthy Art Patrons May Hte to
Turn Over Treasures Secret In
formant May Get Reward.
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. An anonymous
nots sent to William Loeb. Jr, Collec
tor of the Port of New York, precip
itated the sensational raid yesterday
on the Fifth Avenue establishment of
Duveen Brothers' Art Galleries and the
arrest of two members of the firm.
Benjamin J. and Henry J. Duveen,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
Government of more than 1.000.000 by
undervaluation of imports.
Mr. Loeb made this announcement to
night. In the event of flnea being im
posed or duties recovered from the
firm or Its members, the Informant will
be In line for the reward given by the
Government for evidence resulting In
such conviction.
If the alleged frauds prove as ex
tensive as Customs officials have
stated, this reward will probably be be
tween $100,000 and 1500.000.
The United States Government has
warrants out for the remaining members
of the firm who have art galleries In the
leading capitals of Europe.
Millions of dollars" worth of paintings
and art works have been sold to million
aire art patrona In this country and
It was auEsested today that the customs
officii may Invade these art collections
and temporarily hold the masterpieces
pending an adjudication oi me "
frauds.
District Attorney Wise said he be
lieved that fraudulent valuatlona have
been carried on systematically for years.
JUROR FIRM . 40 HOURS
Yields Then and Verdict Against In
surance Companies Is Given.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14. (Special.)
After another all-night session In the
United States Circuit Court, the Jury
considering the last of the 1906 fire insur
ance eases against the. welching com
panies reached a verdict at T o'clock this)
morning. For 40 hours the Jurors argued
with A. H. Shau, of Oakland, but he
could not be convinced until today that
the defendant companies should be made
to pay their policyholders who sustained
losses through the fire of 1904.
Late yesterday a verdict of 136,447. was
reached In favor of A. Schilling 4 Co
agalnst the Commercial Assurance Company-and
the Alliance Assurance Com
pany, but the obstinate Juror, who was
charged with Incompetency by Foreman
Hoff Schneider before Judge Van Fleet,
could not be won over to the remaining
plaintiff until another night of wrangling
had passed.
This morning the final verdict was read
In court, when Henry Miller was awarded
M.J0S for the destruction of his home
at Eex and Harrison streets..
When Judge Van Fleet discharged the
tired and unkempt Jurors today be
thanked them for their efforts with their
recalcitrant associate and then followed
a rush on the barber shops In the Post-
office district.
PORTLAND MAN GETS $6000
Charles W. JLynde Remembered in
Will or Mrs. Mary Hunt Loomls.
CHICAGO. Oct. II. Charles W.
Lynda, of Portland. Or., Is named a
beneficiary In the will of Mrs. Mary
Hunt Loomls. w;.ow of Colonel John
Mason Loomls which was filed for pro
bate today. He will receive 16000. The
bequests amount to several hundred
thousand dollars and are made In con
nection with a trust fund of S 1.550,
000 set aside for the Loomls Institute
at Windsor, Connecticut.
The will allows 115.000 for Charles
A. Hunt, a brother, who has been miss
ing since 1865. If not found by 19:5
the money is to go to St. Luke's hos
pital In Chicago. Horatio Stevens of
San Francisco Is bequeathed $3000.
Mr. Lynde Is the manager r of the
Pacific Coast Rubber Company. His
home Is at 81 East Sixteenth street. He
is a cousin of the late Mrs. Hunt. When
apprised of the bequest last night. Mr.
Lynde expressed surprise.
WOULD-BE UICIDE BRIDE
'Woman Shoots Self Through Body,
Then Marries Man She Loves.
WENATCHEE. Wash-. Oct. II. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. May. Curry, of this city, has
the record of being both an attempted
suicide and a bride within 24 hours. Yes
terday she shot herself through the body
In an effort to end her life, over what
she believed to be unrequited love.
Today the young man with whom she
was enamored agreed to marry her and
a wedding ceremony was performed In
ths City General Hospital and she be
came Mrs. Aldie Hart. A few years ago.
according to the woman's story, she had
been duped by one Jack Curry, who made
her believe that she was married. Fol
lowing a fake ceremony she lived with
him for several years until he deserted
her.
COLORADO VOTES PRIMARY
Legislature Passes BUI Containing
Assembly Clause.
DENVER. Oct 14. Both Houses of the
Colorado Legislature today passed the di
rect primary bill as amended in com
mittee, and the bill now goes to the Gov
ernor for his signature.
The bill carries a modified convention
or "assembly" clause, all ' candidates in
the "assembly" receiving 10 per cent of
the vote to have their names go oa the
tickets.
ALASKA LOCATORS
Tacoma Grand Jury In
volves Seven Men. :
USE OF "DUMMIES'1 CHARGED
Government Places Value of
Coal at $100,000,000.'
INQUIRY IS NOT STAYED
Men in Western Canada Believed to
Have Been Interested in. One
Set of Claims Charges of
Fraud Two Years Old.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. After months
of secret effort and patient waiting,
officials of the General Land Office an
nounced today the Indictment of sev
eral claimants to valuable lands In
Alaska.
The entries Involved number 154 and
cover almost 17.000 acres of land, all of
which lies In the Bering River district.
In which the Cunningham claims are
situated. They are what are known as
the English, or Stracey, and the Chris
topher Simmonds groups, one contain-
Ing 80 and the other 74 claims. The de
posits covered by these claims are be
lieved to be as rich as those of the Cun
ningham mines, which cut a conspicuous
figure in the Balllnger-Plnchot contro'
ersy. .
The value of the coal lands entered by
alleged fraud la placed by the Govern
ment at 1100,000,000.
Indictments Fonnd In Tacoma.
The Indictments were handed down
In the United States District Court, sit
ting at Tacoma, Wash., and the infor
mation that they had been returned
was conveyed In two telegrams re
celved today by Commissioner Dennett
from Special Agent Chrlstensen. In
charge of "Alaska" matters, to -whose ef
forts the findings are especially due.
The first telegram contained the an
nouncement of the action against the
English group and said that Inllct
ments had been returned against C F.
Munday. A. H. Stracey, Archie W.
Shields and E. E. Slegley.
A few minutes later came the second
telegram, telling of the Indictments of
Cornelius Christopher, George Slra
roonds and Mortimer C. Sweeney of the
second group. Mr. Dennett added that
warrants would be Issued as soon as
the Indicted could be apprehended.
Canadians Are Interested.
The first group of defendants takes
Its name from the fact that several per
sons la Western Canada are supposed
a h. Int-r sfArl in thW claims taken un
by this party. Stracey Is a resident of
Vancouver, B. C, ana is cnargea witn
being instrumental in making some of
the locations. Munday Is a prominent
altArnftV of RA&ttle.
The charge against the Indicted men
Is that the entries were made In the
names of "dummies." Most of the en
trymen were residents of Washington
and their claims are said to have been
located with an agreement that they
should be assigned or deeded to third
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'WONDER JF I'M
OF LAND
INDICTED
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEST BP. DAT '8 Maximtim temrnratura,
desreea: minimum, fio decree.
TODAY-S Probably fair: northerly winds.
National.
Tacoma irul Jury Indicts saves for Alaska
land-frauds. Page 1.
Three Seattle man arrested to ecal-land
cases. Pace 6.
Roads practically complete argument ror
higher rates. Page 2.
Politics.
Roosevelt. In opening campaign tor Bttm-
son. scores alliance or xammany au
and Wall street. Pass z.
Eastern Oregon Democrats isaiint Bourne
dictation. Pace 7.
Republicans will begin short sharp cam
paign in Kew Tor. r.f.
Domestic.
Claude Grahams-White visits White-House
in aeroDlane. Page 1.
Chrtsttaa Church selects Portland for Na
tional convention city In 1911. Page 8-
Great storm raging In Gulf, off Coast of
Florida. Page 2.
Woman's' evidence may lead to capture of
Los Angeles dynamiter fags .
Brokerage firms In New York, fell; llebll-
Uiea are $2,000,000. Page -Secretary
Meyer advocates abolishment of
half of Nary-Yards on Atlantic. i'age -
Secret Informant of alleged oustoras frauds
may get 1500,000 reward. Page l
Sports. Or gon. University eleven and Alumni team
to meet on gridiron this afternoon. Pago
8
Paelno Coast League results yesterday:
Portland 0. Los Angeles 0; San Francisco
4-0. Oakland 8-3; rain at Los Angeles.
Page B.
Walter McCredls denies be said Pacific Coast
League was crooked. Page a.
Miss Farrell. of Seattle, wins two blue rib
bons at horse enow. Page 12.
Psjolfle Northwest.
State closes case against Kilngenberg at
Monteaano. Pace 6.
Smoke and ashes sent mite and half Into
air by Bogoalov volcano. Page L
Pendleton "wets" hurl eggs at Dr. Parsons;
who would talk for prohibition. Page 7.
Samuel Hill' attacks politicians and rail
roads in speech at development meeting.
Page 1.
Owyhee reclamation project given new life
Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon hop market gains In strength.
Page IV.
Bulls sell wheat let.urely at Chicago.
Page 19.
Enormous dealings in steel stock. Page 19.
Trade reports are Irregular. P.iga 19.
Northwestern Fruit Exchange makes good
sales of apples. Page Is.
Record Columbia cargo dispatched to Orient.
Page 18.
Portland and Vlctatty.
Former Portland Hotel manicurist obtains
divorce after month of married life.
' Page 9.
Milk dealers and handlers of dairy by
products forming combine, page lz.
Postmasters Association assembles In Port
land. Page 11.
Webb's confession admitted ss evidence In
Jobxison murder trial. Page 9.
City Attorney Grant would form public serv-
Ice commtseion of Mayor, Engineer and
himself. Page 14.
Three hundred New York bankers on way
home are entertained here by Clearing
house Association. Page 14.
Secretary Bnbcock, of Sanitary Company,
feuys garbage... figures - -axe ridiculous.
Page .12.
Dr. Edna D. Tlmms klllnd In auto struck"!
by streetcar. Page 1.
BANKER RUMS DOWN GIRL
Antolst on Eugene Streets Injures
Elizabeth Robinson.
EUGENE. Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.)
Miss Elisabeth Robinson, who lives on
West Eighth street, was run Into and
knocked unconscious by an automobile
driven' by W. W. Brown, of the Eugene
Loan & Savings Bank, at the crossing of
Willamette and Seventh streets at 5
o'clock this evening. At a late hour the
girl had not regained consciousness, but
physicians are hopeful for her recovery.
Miss Robinson was crossing the street
as the automobile approached. Mr.
Brown was going slowly and when a few
feet away, when the girl had almost
crossed In front of the machine, he blew
his horn. Miss Robinson seemed to stop
suddenly and before the machine could
be stopped It struck her and threw her
to the pavement.
She was taken to a nearby drugstore
and heroic efforts were necessary to
resuscitate her. She was not run over
nor were any bones broken, the injury
being to her head. '
THE DEMOCRATIC JACKASS WE
sg .v-fjLEztlX
AEROPLANE LANDS
AT WHITE HOUSE
Claude Grahame-White
Makes Call.
MACHINE ALIGHTS EASILY
English Aviator Makes Forma!
Call on General Allen.
LATER HE MEETS ACCIDENT
Machinery Falls Him at Height of
2 00 Feet, and in Rapid Descent
T."nderpla.ne ' is Crushed.
Aviator Is Unhurt.
WASHINGTON, Oct 14. Claude Gra
ham White, the English aviator, today
stonned at the White House door In his
aeroplane after a flight of about six
mllH.
He landed where the slightest deviation
from the course would have impaled him
on the spikes of an iron fence at his
right or smashed him against granite
walls at his left. Admiral Dewey was on
the spot to extend congratulations.
An hour later White ascended from the
spot where he had landed and returned
to his starting point, the Bennlngs race
track, without mishap.
Rapid Flight Made.
White started shortly after 11 A. M.
and the flight to the White House oc
cupied only ten minutes. Having paid a
formal call upon Brigadier-General Allen,
chief signal officer of the Army, who
has charge of all aeronautic work of
that service. White took luncheon with
officers of the Army and Navy.
Later in the day, while giving an exhi
bition flight at Bennlngs. White met witn
an accident. He had gone up 200 feet
when a pipe between his motor and his,
gasoline tank became detached. The
motor stopped and the aviator was com
pelled to glide to the ground. As he de
scended a breeze caught the biplane and
tilted It so that the left bottom plane
struck the ground and the framework
was badly broken. White was not In
jured. ,
Monoplane Is Swerved by Wind.
An hour later, when starting an exhi
bition flight In his Blerlot monoplane,
the breeze caught It and swerved It Into
a fence. It then dashed across the race
track and through the fence on the other
side, shooting off 200 yards Into a field.
White was badly shaken up.
Far over the city, the flying machine
was first sighted. It passed over the
buildings at a height of about S00 feet
The aviator approached the Washington
monument and then changed his course
to circle the White House and War De
partment In order to make a good land
ing in the narrow street.
After lunch with Army" and Navy offi
cers, Mr. White ascended from the nar
row' street and sailed away toward the
Washington monument and back to Ben
nlngs. The ascent was even more a
difficult feat than the one Mr. White
performed In alighting on his arrival.
Starting at the Pehnsylvanla-avenue
end of the thoroughfare, the aeroplane
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HEAR ABOUT?'
B0G0SL0V SPITS
FLAMES INTO' AIR
ALASKAN VOIiCAXO AGAIX IX
VIOLENT ERUPTION".
Revenue Cutter Driven Off by Fall
of Ashes Water of Lake on
Island Boiling.
i SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 14. The fam
ous Bogoslov, In the Aleutian Islands,
Is in more violent eruption than ever
before, according to a report brought
from the West by the revenue cutter
Tahoma, which arrived today. Smoke
and ashes are rl.-ing a mile and a half
above the crater, according to trlangu
latlons made by the Tahoma's officers.
Flames burst from the cone. Lava
Is flowing down the sides and huge
boulders are thrown high Into ths air.
A lake In the center of one of the
Bogoslov iJlands Is boiling and dense
clouds of steam rise from the caldron.
The Island was formerly a renduxvous
for uncounted thousands of sea birds,
all of which probably were killed. Not
a live bird was visible from the Taho
ma, but great numbers of dead ones
floated in the sea.
The Tahoma anchored 10 miles from
the volcano, not daring to a.-proach
nearer, the cutter's deck being covered
with hot ashes even where she lay. The
officers spent a whole day in viewing
the magnificent spectacle of the trou
bled mountain and in making photo,
graphs.
While bound to Attu Island early in
September the Tahoma's officers noted
recent remarkable changes In the topo
graphy of the Bogoslov group, a new
Island having lifted Its head where
deep water formerly had been and
other islands having diminished.
A party of volunteers under Lieut
enant R. R. Waesche asked to be per
mitted to land on the Islands and make
observations until the cutter's south
ward trip In October, but Chief Engi
neer Bryan, who knows the freaks of
Bogoslov, warned the men of the peril
of their undertaking, and the proposed
expedition was abandoned. If the ex
plorers had remained on the islands
they must have perished, for when the
Tahoma returned the chief peak was
ablaze and the other Islands In com
motion. HARVARD MAN ON WARSHIP
Epes Wlnthrop Sargent Will Rough
It in Naval Service.'
CHICAGO, Oct" 14. (Special.)
Epes Wlnthrop Sargent Harvard '01,
civil engineer and who says he Is a
brother of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, of New.
York, who, while abroad, entertained
the late King Edward VII, of England,
the Emperor of Germany and Manuel,
the deposed King of Portugal, has en
listed In the Chicago United States
Naval Recruiting Station.
Today, after an all-night ride to
Philadelphia, he began his career as
an ordinary seaman in Uncle Sam's
Navy. Young Sargent, who is 34,
breezed up before the recruiting sta.
tton at z60 South Clark street yester
day. In a chugging taxicab, paid off
the driver with a yellow $20 bill, tossed
him a liberal tip and entered the Im
perial building. He mounted to the of
fice of Captain W. Brackett, who is
authority for this story-
Sergeant Lee Reesor met him at the
captain's door. "Morning, Sergeant,
said Sargent, "I wish to enlist."
"All right sir," said Reesor, "strip."
The applicant disrobed, went through
a vigorous physical examination and
passed well above the average.
JAIL ENDS $150,000 SPREE
Isaac Cathcart Spends Fortune,
Overdraws Account, Is Arrested.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct 14. Having
squandered J 150,000 In two years and
having brought a climax to his cele
bration by signing a check for $25
when he had only 7 left In the bank,
Isaac Cathcart of Cathcart, Wash., Is
today behind the bars of the city jail.
The young man was left a fortune
two years ago by his father, who built
and was the leading citizen of the town
of Cathcart The young man spent his
money like water, buying precious
stones for women of his acquaintance.
Yesterday he ran completely out of
funds. He created excitement Sunday
night when he found another man In
company with a woman for whom he
had bought 900 worth of diamonds and
to whom he was engaged. He was
badly beaten and remained In the hos
pital several days.
FEDERAL JURIST IS DYING
Judge Whitson . Near End Stroke
Brought on by Overwork.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 14. (Special.)
Little hope is entertained for the re
covery of United States District Judge
Edward Whitson, who tonight took a
decided turn for the worse and lapsed
Into unconsciousness. The attending
physicians Informed the family tonight
that the patient was slowly sinning.
The paralysis Is caused by a blood clot
on the left side of. the brain.
Judge Whltson's entire left side has
been paraiyzed. It is believed the
stroke was brought on by extra heavy
duties in the. United States Court the
last few days, preceding his IHness.
2 FALL INTO BOILING DYE
Scuffle on Brink of Vat Is Fatal to
- . Workmen.
PROVO. 'Utah., Oct "14. Two em
ployes of the Knights Woolen Mills fell
Into a. vat of boiling dye today while
scuffling on Its brink.
H. D. Johnson died soon after being
taken out and his companion, John H.
Kebaketi cannot live. .
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TIMS
KILLED IfJ AUTO
Machine Crashes Into
Streetcar.
CABMEN ARRESTED OH SPOT
Physician Rushing at Great
Speed on Emergency Call.
DEATH IS INSTANTANEOUS
Auto Goes at 70-Mile Rate When I
Strikes Streetcar Woman Well
Known Portland Practitioner.
Carmen Released From Jail. - ,'
Dr. Edna D. Timms, a well-known prac
ticing physician of this city, was In
stantly killed and Walter Chrlstlanson.
her chauffeur, was painfully injured when
an automobile in which they were driving
at top speed in response to an emergency
call, .collided with a Depot-Morrison
streetcar at the intersection of Nineteenth
and . Flanders streets shortly before S
o'clock last night
Dr. Tlmms was hurled high In the air
and was shot more than 60 feet before her
body struck the asphalt head first frac
turing the skull and causing Immediate
death. Chrlstlanson was burled under
the wreckage of the automobile, which
ii .i . . ia nil. oc tarn fmm thft
yueu Mil ilia n i 'i.i " u. " " - " - - -
point of the collision. lie was extricated
and found to be alive, although unoon-
nlm TTa ns, nmhed to St Vincent's
Hospital, where It was said later that his
Injuries were but of a minor nature. He
will be able to leave the hospital in a
few days.
Carmen Are Arrested.
Thomas Rayburn, motorman, and Ore
Miller, conductor, of the death-dealing
streetcar, were taken Into custory by Po
lice Sergeant Cole. The carmen were
taken to police headquarters and booked
on charges of manslaughter.
Through Ihe intervention of traction
officials Rayburn and Miller were after
ward released on their own recognizance,
pending the findings of a Coroner's Jury
at an inquest which will probably be held
today.
The body of Dr. Tlmms was removed to
the morgue, where It was later claimed
by members of her family. ,
A few moments before the physician
hurlort Into eternity she was sum
moned by telephone to hasten to the
bedside of .1 patient at the Rose t-ity
Sanitarium. Twenty-third and ' Johnson
streets. Instructing her chauffeur to
prepare his car for the emergency she
left her office, at 527 Medical building,
and started on her journey.
Auto Goes at 70-Mile Speed.
At her request Chrlstlanson threw the
gearing of the auto in an excessively
high speed. The car was bowling along
the smooth pavement at a rate estimated
at 70 miles an hour when Christianson
attempted to cross in front of the ap
proaching 6treetcar.
The streetcar was northbound and was
traveling at a speed of less than ten
miles an hour, according to Rayburn,
the motorman. The auto, bound west
ward, flashed into sight just as the
streetcar reached the curb line. Before
the motorman could attempt to apply
the emergency brakes the bumper on the
front vestibule struck the tonneau direct
ly In the center, cutting the auto In
twain.
Dr. Timms was lifted bodily from her
position on the seat In the rear and
thrown with great violence through tha
air, while Christanson. In the front seat
accompanied the debris of the auto and
was buried beneath It on the sidewalk
on 'the left side of the street.
Crash Heard for Blocks.
' G. W. Thatcher, a postal clerk, stood
on the corner of Nineteenth and Gli
san streets, a block away, at the mo
ment He heard tho crash and, run
ning part way up the block toward Its
source, ha found the body of the phy
sician where It had fallen on the west
side of the street Special Policeman
CrowdeT, while making his rounds In
the vicinity heard the tumult. He
reached the spot where the body lay
soon after Thatcher.
Both men made a hasty examination
of the Injured woman. There were still
signs of life and Dr. George Wilson,
residing In the neighborhood, was sum
moned. She was dead when the phy.
sician reached her.
A search was made for the chauf
what was believed to be his
dead body was dragged from beneath
the wrecked auto. A half dozen men
in the throng of persons who had col
lected carried Chrlstlanson to the home
of d. L. Brace at 668 Flanders street
Dr. A. E- Rockey administered tem
porary treatment to him and ordered
his Immediate removal to a hospital.
At police headquarters where they were
held for more than an hour, Raybum and
Miller, the traction company employes,
displayed considerable physical distress
and refused to discuss In detail just the
exact circumstances surrounding the ac
cident All Over in Flash.
"It all happened In a flash." said Ray
burn. "The automobile was traveling
like a bullet It was running over 70
miles an hour. I did all I could to pre
vent the crash, but It was all over by
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