THE HORNING OREGONIATf, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911. E C NEER BLAMED FOR TRAIN WRECK Oregon Trunk Roadmaster De clares Speed Cause of Fatal Crash. ORDER IGNORED IS CHARGE t'oroner'a Jury Finds That Curve Was Approached at 50 Miles aa Hour Babe 1 4 Sixth Victim Claimed by Wreck. RISING LAD RIKNAPFO rROH THE DAIXKS BOOHlMi-HOriE. THE DAIAES. Or.. July 11- Special- Tne T -year-old so of Mr. snd II r Louis J. nutnt both of vboM parents w.r. kllUd In the Ow. on Trunk rk. ai kldnapad from roomlnchou. hre today. The child bu no relatives. W H. 8. of Winn Kpr'.nss. formerly Indian Agent there, arrival here this afternoon to taka rharaa of tha boy. bains' a friend of tb family. lia founJ tba younsster can.. It la allesed tbat claim asents of tha Orvgon Trunk took htm from tba roomrnc-booaa and pat htm on a 2;SO train for Portland. F.a la on his way to Portland to find tba lad. THE PALLES. Or, July 11. fSjw U1 ) That F.ng!nr Thomas Myles. of the Oivfon Trunk couth-bound train No. 102. wrecked near The Dulles yesterday, will be held responsible by It Coroner's Jury for the wreck that baa claimed the lives of six persona, vu riven out here tonljcht. A. 8. lie Curdy, roadmaster of the Oregon Trunk line, testified before the Jury at the scene of the wreck nhls afternoon that he bellered the train waa running at 3-ast 60 miles an hour when the acci dent occurred and that the engineer liad received orders to run not more than 10 miles an hour around the Shoo Fly" curve where the train left th track. The six-months-old daughter of J. W. Rasmus, the sixth victim of the wrack, died tonight, lira. I J. Rising, of Warm Springs. Or.; Mrs. J. W. Ras mus. Els-worth. Wis.; Mrs. C H. Baker, f-hertdan. Or.; and S. L. Arthur, Seat tle, died today, and Louts J. Rising, of the Warm Springs Indian School, died a few minutes after the crash last nltrht. The Coroner's jury will hold another teston here tomorrow and a verdict will be returned. Engineer Denies) Speed. At the hearing today Engineer Myles testified that he was running the train about IS miles an hour, but his state tuents are contradicted by the road master and pasaengara on the train. Orders Issued to Engineer Myles and Conductor Cass at the dispatcher's of fice yesterday afternoon are as fol lows: "Approach third crossing under con trol. Rnn slow over bridges at second and third crossings and Waplnta Preeks. Reduce to 10 miles around Shoo Fly.' two miles north of Dike." I was standing at the reare door of the car and when the car started to turn 1 got out. said A, 8. McCurdy to day. "I examined the track after the accident and found It In good condition. I was unable to find any fault with the track. There was a slow order on tbat part of the track which was Issued bv the dispatcher to all trains." The witness was asked by the Cor cn.r. C. N. Burget. what he would con sider the speed of the train should be, and the road master answered, ten miles an hour. Question About how fast do you tMnk the train was running! Answer Right close to o miles an oo. Question Do you think the track would hold the train at that speed? Aiswer It would not. Question Did yon see any evidence rt ann-klnk? Answer None whatever. Ia.enscr Corroborate Story. M-Curdy said he noticed four or Ave minutes rfor the accident that the trt'n waa speeding, and that due to f'-rie of habit ha checked the speed bv counting the rail clicks, which snowed a speed of SS miles. "What. In your Judgment, caused the derailment?" he was asked by a Jury man. "Eeejve rate of speed.'' was tha answer. lie said -all the Indications at tha wreck showed that the train was run mng at exceaalve speed. Passengers corroborate McCurdy's statements. W. 14. Wells, assistant engineer of the State Railroad Commission, visited the scene of the wreck this afternoon, lie arrived here tonight to get the tes timony of passengers. S. I- Arthur, of Seattle, who died iMs morning as a result of injuries sustained In the wreck. Is a brother of Mrs. Julia Gald. of Portland. She and the widow of the dead man arrived hare tonight. The son of Mr. Arthur la an employe of the North Bank Road. MOTTTER pr.n, BABES DYING linker Family, on Way to New Home, Broken by Death. SHERIDAN. Or, July 11. (Special, Morris Baker. It years old. and Hes ter Baker, aged . are dying In a hos yltai at The Dalles from burns received In a wreck on the Oregon Trunk Rail road near Sherar'a Bridge yesterday. Jfr. C II. PaJter. mother of the chil dren, died from Injuries received in the wreck last night. C. II. Baker, the father, will recover. The Baker family was on Its way to T.edrnond. Or- where Mr. Baker had re cently purchased a new home. Fol lowing tha auctioning of their -household goods last Saturday, friends In Shrldn attempted to persuade the rtk.pt to remain here Until Tuesday, btlt they were eager to go to their new home In Redmond and left here on the It -fated train Monday. riaude and Leo Baker, sons of C. IT. Pskor, received word of the accident today and left Immediately for The I a lies. Injured Brought to Portland. Pat CoUlns. Tom Bedding. George histee and Jack Bearman. slightly In jured In the train wreck at The Dalles Mondar afternoon, were brought to Rt. Vln-enf Hospital late yeeterday after IMH. Thev were reported In no dan-gec- their Injuries bains: slight. OUur victims of the wreck, who are not in a condition to be moved, are still at The Dalies. FARM WANTS ARE STUDIED Vancotrver Merchants Plan "Har mony Club With Farmers. VANCOUVER, Wash, July 11. (Spe cial.) A plan furthering closer rela tions between business men and farm ers throughout this county will be brought before the Commercial Club of Vancouver by W. P. Connaway, cashier of j the Vancouver National Bank of this city. Mr. Connaway proposes that the business men take automobile rides through the county and visit all parts of It. talking with the farmers and getting their views on road matters and legislation. Every week such a Junketing party could be formed when the roads are good and every point in the couaty could be reached In this manner. MEDFORD MEN PLAN TRIP Party Will Take Junket to Towns South in Near Future. MEDFORD. Or, July 11 (Special.) Sixty Medford business men will LITTLE HEED TO HEALTH PI E Gladstone Crowds Either Ex ercise Too Violently or Rest in Shade. BASEBALL GAMES ATTRACT Noted Medical Authorities at Lec tures Tell Audience How Best ' to Resist Disease but Sees Counsel Disregarded. - CHATTACQf A GROUNDS. Gladstone Park. Or.. July 11 gpecial.) The big THREE VICTIMS OF MONDAY'S WRECK ON OREGON TRUNK : IN DESCHUTES CANYON. MORRJS BAKER, AGED 13. AXD HESTER BAKER. AGED 6, WHO HAVE SMALL CHANCE OF RECOVERY. leave here soon on a four-days tour of Southern Oregon and Northern Califor nia, the object being to get acquainted with the neighboring towns. They will take a baggage-car supplied with re freshments, a colored chef, a bootblack, phonograph and an official photog rapher. The party will visit Crater I -eke in Oregon and in the Flaktyous will stop at Colestln. ribasta Springs and other scenic spots. ' BIG ACREAGE THROWN OPEN Lands In Crook, Grant, narney and Wneelcr Can Bo Settled Now. BURNS. Or, July 11. (Special.) A large area of unappropriated and un reserved public land was thrown open to settlement in the district under the Jurisdiction of the Burns United States Land Office at the close of the fiscal year. June SO. The areage by counties follows: Crook County. M.07S acres of surveyed land: Grant County. 180.210 acres sur veyed and 3040 acres unsurveyed: Harney Countv. 2.5S7.957 acres surveyed and HS5.3S3 acres unsurveyed; Wheeler County. 1S.0R0 acres surveyed. RAILWAY SEEKING ' ROUTE Balem-Falls City Llno-Having- Dif ficulty Gettln- Right of Way. v.. .a T..W 11 M3nMlll i L'AIJVU- VI , " J -r . , The Portland Cement Co, owning large tracts or land f iaaiaa, aim vi"" to develop the aame. Is trying to get rights of way for a spur to be run Into . . . . . .1. lln. nf tha ITS noiuinna Salem. Kails City Western Railway company. These holdings contain a rich cement deposit. The company Is experiencing great deal of trouble In aecurlng rights of way. the farmers holding their land at high prices. The farmers say that If the company will act as a com mon i"' - ' " " r- - --- - -- whose land It Is proposed to run the spur me rigm io ue iu same ir 1 1 1 i r v r willing to rive It the necessary rights or way. nut ine coDiyauy uu-i charter Is not able to act as a common carrier. BOND QUIETS SEWER WAR St. Johns Contractor File. S-Year Guarantee Owners to Meet. FT. JOHNS. Or, July 11. (Ppeclal.) Strife over the District No. S sewer of St. Johns was quieted tonight at a meeting of the City Council, when a bond of $5000 waa accepted from the contractors at work on the sewer, binding them to keep the sewer In good repair for two years. The proviso was made that the prop erty holders In the district, who are to meet tomorrow night and havs en gaged legal advlca to fight paying the assessments, are to drop their opposi tion. The vote on the resolution adopted tonight was 4 to . It is not thought that the property-owners will give up their tight Woman to Recover Land. MAF-SH FIELD. Or, July 11. (Spe cial.) After several years litigation Mrs. Ida Wesson, of this city, will be rewarded with an Indian land grant In the Klamath Indian reservation. In 17S Mrs. Wasson' parents left the Klamath country on acount of Indian troubles. At that time the family lost all trace of their property. After an effort to reinstate her claim Mrs. Was son has received from the Superinten dent of the Indian tWvloe at Roseburg. notice that her application for enroll ment and also that of her child, at the Klamath Indian Resaervatlon has been approved by the Secretary of Interior. v Wlrea May Go Underground. rENDLKTON. Or.. July 11. (Special.) The first round In the battle to com pel the telephone and electrto light companies to place their wires nnder ground In the business portion of the city of Pcnstleton will be fought out In the Council tomorrow evening. The question will be brought up by Coun cilman Strain who will ask that the City Attorney be- Instructed to draw up an ordinance compelling the com panies to place the wires under ground. e V.- Mrs. C. IT. Raker, of Kherldaa, Or, Who Died Next Morning aa Result of Injuries. Chautauqua crowd today received much aalutary advice on how to prevent and cure various diseases, and then a num ber of those present proceeded to pay little attention to it. However, the majority of the auditors were deeply Impressed. Dr. William B. Sadler, tha noted au thority on health and how to prevent disease, delivered a lecture on "How the Body Resists Disease." and Dr. Lena K. Sadler, In an "Address on the Cause and Cure of Colds," interested a large audience. But. ss an Illustration of the perver sity of human nature, the former had hardly finished declaring, "I do not believe In hard work only moderate work Just enough to bring the perspira tion to the face," and "a lot of. people are sick because they are lazy," when scores began lolling In their tents and on the grass, more than a dozen trained athletes resumed the gruelling mara thon, and two ball teams lined up for an exciting and nerve-racking struggle. Crowds Want to Know. It was generally conceded, however, that the sddresses were the most Inter esting and Instructive that have been delivered at the Chautauqua, and both of the authorities were besieged by large crowds after they had finished speaking for more Information. The Oregon City baseball team, by de feating Crystal Springs Park today. 19 to T. will probably capture the Chau tauqua series. The team has played three games and lost none, while Its nearest rival. Aurora, has won two and lost one. The two leading teams on Saturday will play for the big purse offered by the association. Aurora and the Dtlworth Derbies will play tomor row; Gladstone and Crystal Springs will play' Thursday and the Dilworth Der bies and Oregon City Friday. The Der bies have won one game and lost one, Gladstone haa won one and lost two evnd Crystal Springs Park has lost three and won none. Kellog Is In Lead. Kellogg still leads In t.ie marathon, having turned 17 laps. Auburn and Shaver have made 25 laps: Hamlin and Hudson S4 laps; Hutchlna 23 laps: Goetx, Chase and Wilson zl laps and Ladd 2a The race will end Saturday afternoon when tha medals for first, second and third will be awarded. The features of the evening pro gramme were singing by Mrs. Elfrleda Welnsteln. music by the Naval Reserve Band and humorous readings by Sarah Mildred Wlllmer. Miss Wlllmer oaptl tated the audience with her fine work. A picnic will be given at the Chau tauqua Friday evening by the Oregon Agricultural College Alumni Association of Clackamas County. The Lehrd Quartet will sing tomorrow at 1:15 P.M. Instead of Thursday. PATRIOTIC DAY IS OBSERVED Grand Array Veteran Entertained at Albany Chautauqua. ALB ANT. Or.. July 11. (Special.) This was Patriotic day at the Albany Chautauqua and members of the Grand Army. Ladles of the Grand Army. In dian War Veterans and Spanish-American War Veterans were tba guests of the Chautauqua association tor tha day. The attendance at the various sessions today was large and is increasing daily. Lectures regarding children were a feature of today's programme. Fletcher Homan. president of Willamette Uni versity, talked on "Boys" at the forum hour this forenoon. Miss Cornelia Marvin, of Salem, secretary of the State Library Commission, spoke this afternoon on "Choosing Books for Children's Beading" and the address of Dr. P. R. Shepherd, of St. Louis, this afternoon was also devoted to chil dren. Tonight's concert was one of the best ever given in this part of the state. The Apollo Concert Company, of Chicago, which won such great praise In its first appearances yester day, gave tho entire programme tonight, presenting bell-ringing selections, trombone, flute and banjo solos, saxa phone quartets, vocal solos and read ings. The same company gave an hour's prelude to this afternoon's pro gramme in the auditorium. Professor W. F. Fargo, of the Salem High School, who Is conducting a class in the Chautauqua Summer School on Oregon geology, took . a number of people to the gravel bed on the bank of the Willamette Blver opposite Al bany today and yesterday and gave practical lessons. In geological forma tions. This waa in addition to his reg ular lectures. Misses Minnie Price and Belle B. Edwards, of the Oregon Agricultural College, oontlnued their course in do mestic science today and Rev. H. H. McQullkln. of San Jose, Cal, gave an other Interesting talk on 'The Epistle to the Romans" In the Bible School. Boating on the Willamette and Cala poola Rivers has been a feature of this year's assembly and several launches are kept anchored In the Calapoola River adjoining the arounds, with a landing at the pontoon bridge which connects the park with the south end of First street. VISITORS CROWD GEARHART Chautauqua Session Attended by Christian Church. Delegates. GEARHART, Or, July 11. (Special.) The auditorium was crowded this afternoon to hear the address of Rich ard Yates. ex-Governor of Illinois. When the morning train from Port land reached Gearhart Park today It brought more than 100 excursionists, who spent the day on the beach, at the auditorium and about the hotel. Most of the visitors were delegates to the Christian Church convention. Tomorrow will be Pioneers' day at the Chautauqua, when many settlers who built homes at Astoria In 1843 will gather to exchange remlnlacences. The gathering at the Chautauqua will at tract some of the oldest living pio neers In the state. The speaker of the day will be T. T. Geer, ex-Governor of Oregon. Thursday there will be entertain ments by the Webber Juvenile Orches tra, and J. Frank Han ley. ex-Governor of Indiana, will come to Gearhart Friday. Saturday and Sunday will be given over to the Astoria Centennial committee and Monday will witness the appearance of Gabriel Magulre, African explorer, and William Sterling Battls, Interpreter of Dickens. The Chautauqua will close a week from to day with two concerts by the Apollo Concert Company, of Chicago. RECALL IS HIT SEATTLE GRAND JURY ACCUSED OF BROWBEATING. Suffragists Declare Foreman and Prosecuting; Attorney Attempt Blanketing of Recall. ' SEATTLE, Wash, July 1L (Spe cial.) Mrs. Catherine D. Stirtan. leader of the women's organization that haa been fighting for city Jail reform, de clares that C W. Corliss, grand Jury foreman, and John F. Murphy, prose cuting attorney, browbeat and threa tened her, using the powerful lever age of the grand Jury's secret Inquisi tion to compel her to discredit the movement for the recall of Councilmen E. L. Blaine. Max Wardall and J. Y. C Kellogg and Mayor Dill In g. Instead of permitting her to testify regarding City Jail conditions and to furnish Information she had gathered during a grand Jury recess. Mrs. Stirtan declared today that the prosecuting at torney and grand Jury foreman at tempted to wring from her an admis sion of ulterior motives In prosecuting her recall fight - "Who is paying you for making this recall fight?" Mrs. Stirtan said Prose cuting Attorney Murphy demanded of her when she appeared before tho grand Jury last week. "Isn't It a fact that the Times Is pay ing for this recall movement?" Murphy is declared to have demanded. "No, sir: ' It is not," Mrs. Stirtan answered with emphasis. In an affidavit Mra. Stirtan, Mrs. Martin and Mra. Roberts detail their experiences with Foreman Corliss and Proseeutlng Attorney Murphy. DALLAS WILLJ3E CLEANED Mayor Craven Name July 14 for Beaurjrrlng City. DALLAS. Or, July 1L (Special.) J. R. Craven, Mayor of Dallas, bas named Friday. July 14, as a "clean-up day" In Dallas. The City Council is acting la this matter In conjunction with the Dallas Commercial Club. The Commercial Club took me rirei step and President Muir, of the club, ap pointed a committee composed of 10 women, with Mrs. D. M. Metzger ss chairman, to make all arrangements. The city will pay for the hauling away of all garbage. Not only streets and park strips will be cleaned, but also private yards and alleys. This Is Dallas' first clean-up day, but It may ba made an annual event. Plana are now on foot to organize a Women's Civic Improvement Club. PHONE RATES MAY GO UP Pacific Official Bays Exchange Rate In Northwest Too Low. SPOKANE. Wash, July 1L Spe cial.) An attempt by tha Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company to raise telephone rates In Spokane as well as In all other Northwestern cities Is fore shadowed by statements made to C. M. Fassett, Commissioner of Public Utili ties. The attitude ef the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company in regard to rates and rat making In the state is shown by a quotation from a letter from C. E. Hickman, district commercial superintendent, under date of June 38. "Generally apeaklng, our exchange rates in Northwestern cities are too low, for the reason that Increases have not been made proportionate to the additional Investments necessary to cover a continued Increase in area of the cities snd the additional expense in operating the same. There Is now Don't allow your wife to be depend ent on her friends. BftcTiCee a little something Tmn gelC Buy her a Woods Electric and let her experience the de lights of independence and bo cial prestige which come with it. The "Woods Electric in itself is a standing vacation and recreation- It takes away the weary, worn look that settles on the face of tho woman who stays at home. Btry one for your wife and you will never experience the tmesey fear that you-are not giving her a fair shake. The Woods is the only per fectly built electrio car in the world. Yon 11 find them in the capital of France by the score, and there are no people in the world who know more about mechanically-correct cars than the French. In this city and other great cities of the Union, the Woods is recognized as - the Social Necessity. If you have the Woods you are above criti cism. Solid rubber tires first, .last and all the time. Cklcaa-o. Local Asian t COVEY MOTOR CAR CO 21st and Washington Eta. pending before the publlo service com mission a hearing on Seattle rates. That experience has demonstrated that telephone rates must be higher In a large city than in a small one." POLITICAL PICNICS TABOO Los Angeles Suffragists Cannot Hold Doaghnut Carnival In Parks. LOS ANGELES, July 11. Just when everything was ready and the "dough nut campaign" about to be launched In favor of votes for women, city officials have stepped In and excluded feminine political picnics from the City Parks. The suffragists were angry and ex pressed deep indignation today when they learned that the city officials had classed them with political agitators and as such barred them from the parks. Foreign Colonies Dispute. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, July 1L Settlers of German descent In Moxee Valley, five miles east of North Yak ima, yesterday had a majority suffi cient to fix the site of a proposed new high school on tha plot of their se lection, but settlers whose forebears came from Franca were in sufficient number to prevent the three-fifths vote necessary to authorize the $15,000 bond Issue required. Another election will be held soon. Swissco A r.larvelous HairJVoducer Stop Baldness, Dandruff and Scalp Disease and Restores Gray or Faded Hair To Its Natural Color. leek! Wkel Ssrtaaee 011 Swlasco produces astounding results so quickly it has amazed those who have used It. We will prove it to you if you will send 10c In silver or stamps to pay postage and we will send you a trial bottle and our wonderful testi monials. There Is no excuse for baldness. Write today to Swlssoo Hair Remedy Co.. 8637 P. O. Square, Cincinnati, Ohio. 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