PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 15, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII-XO. 16,112. PRISON TO LIMIT DEHEEN IN DOUBT DENVER FLOODED FOUR BRAVE OCEAN FAST 1IL WRECKS CONVICT STRIPES BY CLOUDBURST IN SMALL LAUNCH Oil SEIIATORSHIP KILLS LITTLE ORES EXPRESS; 13 DEAD THREE SYSTEMS OF CREDITS TO AREA OF FOUR SQUARE MILES TRANSATLANTIC TRIP . STARTS BE ADOPTED. IS UNDER WATER. IN 3 5 -FOOT MOTOR-BOAT, ZED fJTOR SOUTH AFRICA WINS CLASSIC MARATHON Cars Are Halved by Overtaking Engine. BODIES ROBBED BY GHOULS Jewels Are Missing and Cash Cannot Be Found. BRIDE IS AMONG KILLED Hoiiband of Victim Among Those Serioufly Injured Fire Starts, bat Is Pnt Oat Theories of Cause IUffcr. CHICAGO, July It. Thirteen persons ware killed, eight of them women, and between fifteen and twenty were In lured in a wreck on the Chlcagro. Bur 'llngton & Qulncjr Railroad at Western Sprfngi. a suburb of Chicago, at :30 A. M. today. Coming through a fog with suppos edly a clear track, train No. 8. a fast mall, ran full speed Into the rear of train No. 2. known as the Overland Express, from Denver, which was standing still on the track, telescoping two of the Overland's Pullman cars. Rsllroad officials refused to fix the blame until after the wreck has been " investigated thoroughly. Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, who was in charge of the tower from which the block signals were controlled, said she was certain the block was thrown against both trains. Etch Vniti Amoif Killed. The dead include eight women, and are as follows: Francis A. Barclay. SO years old, Bll lings, Mont.; George Brownson, 65 years old. Galesburg. 111.; Engineer .train No. 8; E. A. Bunch. 30 years old, Chicago; negro porter of Pullman car on train No. !; Mrs. C M. Hart, wife of a physician at Canton. O." Mrs. E. . G. Pohlmann. San Francisco; Mrs. E. Stesrn. 40 years old, Chicago; E. W. Luder. 40 years old, Lacey, Iowa; LJ1 . lian Kelley, 22 years old. Boise, Idaho; - unidentified woman. 45 years old. gray eyes, black" and ' white striped waist and blue skirt; unidentified woman, 40 years old. light hair, medium build, blue serge dress, black patent leather shoes with white tops,-"C. L. P. to L H. H. engraved on Jewelry; unidenti fied woman. 24 years old, brown hair. blue eyes, two gold-crowned teeth on , upper left side of mouth; unidentified girl. 9 years old, light hair, gold band ring, blue and white silk dress; un identified boy, 4 years old, linen dress, red stockings and black sandals. Rear Car Split la Halves. E. G. Pohlmann. San Francisco, suf fered a right arm and right leg the dead except Brownson were taken from the rear coach of the Den ver train. The locomotive of No. 8 plowed through this car, halving It and crushing out the lives of passen gers, many of whom were In their berths. On Into the second coach the locomotive sped. Half way through that car It veered to the left, throwing the aleeper from the rails. The loco motive was entirely stripped when It stopped. Fire started Immediately from the gas lights In the sleepers. Many victims, pinioned down by heavy timbers and iron, pleaded for death or deliverance from the flames. Members of the fire departments of Western Springs and LaGrange were on the scene within a few minutes and put out the fire. Bodies Robbed la Wreck. Ghouls are believed to have robbed the dead before they reached the morgue In LaGrange. More than a dosen large diamond sets were missing from Jewelry, and although most of the dead appeared to have been per sons In comfortable circumstances, a dime was the largest sura of money found on any of the bodies. An official of the Interstate Com merce Commission was on the scene early, assembling material for an in vestigation. Coroner Hoffman ordered all bodies embalmed -immediately and empanelled a Jury to Investigate the wreck. One story of how the wreck occur red differed from that of Mrs. Wilcox, the signal operator. It was that No. 2, having been blocked by a signal, had sent back a brakeman to set torpedoes to warn No. 2. No. 8 was comii.g down the grade whea the crash came. Persons res ponsible for the story of the torpedoes said that No. 8 had received a signal that the track was clear and that the crew either bad failed to hear the torpedoes or had. believed. they had a clear track. Conductor Frank Hughes of Hins dale. I1U was" one of the first injured men taken out. He .was held down by debris in one end of the second Pullman coach. "I wish I had gon with them." he told his rescuers. -But never mind me; get those other people out." One of the most pathetic features of the wreck was the death of Mrs. Pohlmann and the severe Injury of her husband. They had been married only eight months. - Mrs. Wilcox, the tower operator, said tonight: "After thinking the whole affair over. I have decided that I was not in (Concluded on Pace i.) San Quentin, Separating Men Into Grades, Will Put First Class in Civilian Garb. SAN FRANCISCO. July 14. Citlsen garb soon will be worn by some of the convicts at the state penitentiary at San Quentin, and it will be obligatory under the new regulations tnat are io go Into force within a short time. This action was determined upon at a meet ing of the board of prison directors at San Quentin today. The plan Is to segregate the prisoners Into three classes first, second ana third grades. The first-grade prison ers will be clothed In . civilian gar ments and will work, play and eat apart. The members of the second grade will be clad in cadet gray unl-j forma. The third grade will be the only ones to retain the stripes. There will be three different sys tems of merits and credits. There will also be three yards and separate wings will house the convicts of the various grades. CHILDREN TO RULE CLUB Los Angeles Youngsters Will Have Free Rein for "Day. LOS ANGELES, July 14. (Special.) Next Saturday will be children's day at the Elks" Club in Los Angele ,rr trustees have arranged to i ltA- tie ones free rein and the -of the entire establishment, and believe it will be a delightful innovation In club functions. 'We're going to turn over the entire club to the youngsters from 2 to o'clock." said Chairman Pyle, "and we're going to chase every man out of the house. There'll be no prohibitive signs on the walls and nothing to throw a wet blanket on their good time. We are even going to let them use the billiard and poolrooms. If they spoil the cues or cushions, we'll buy new ones." All Elks' children, even the little ones, are invited, and it is expected that from 800 to 1000 will be present The steward and assistants will be at their service and a committee of women will have general supervision over them. MILWAUKIE WILL PAVE Foster Road to Be Surfaced for Ut fiiocks to City Limit. MILWAUKIE, Or, July 14. (Spe cial.) The Mllwaukie Council has passed the ordinance lor paving tne Foster road, connecting with Main treet to the city limits, a distance or. about 12 blocks. This will consist of a hard-surface roadway in the center of the street and crushed rock on the balance of the space. Cement side walks are provided. It will be the first Improvement of the sort made in mis place. The cost is estimated at is. 000. Bids will be called for and work started in time to get the pavement down by this Fall. Petitions were received tor paving Front street through the city, 70 feet wide, but this improvement was de ferred for the present, as It was houzht that the fills recently made on this street have not settled sufficiently for hard-surface pavement. It will not bs undertaken this year. 0RTLAND LAD IS PUZZLE Question Whether Grandfather la Kidnaper Still Unsettled. LOS ANGELES. July 14. (Special.) .The Question of the custody of 8- vear-old Harold Matthews, which Con stable Woodbury and Deputy District Attorney Shannon have been consider ing several days, is again under ad visement today. Willard Matthews, the father hat-inn arrived from Portland. The question la wnetner J. u Matthews, the grandfather, nas tne permission of the parents to tase tne little fellow to his Denver home. There is a conflict on this point. The grand father cannot be charged with kidnap ing his grandson if he can show that h had nermission to take him. Con stable Woodbury said that no conclu aion had been reached today. APPLE SELLER GOES EAST Head of Hood River Union Wants to Open Broader Market. HOOD RIVER. Or, July 14. (Spe cial. Wllmer Sieg. -the new manager of the Hood River Apple Growers Union, will leave here soon for an ex tended trip throughout the East and Middle West, where he will visit the nrinrlnal merchants In Denair oi a broader distribution of Hood River snnles Mr. Sler says: "It must be the policy of the union to mans wide distribution or its irun as slble We want to put our fruit on all markets in every district-" He says he will make an effort to ptit Hood River apples on the market in tne Orient. The season a crop promises to oe oi fine slse and weather conditions con tinue ideal for excellent quality. HOOD RIVER CAMPING POINT Portland People Join Colony and Visit Mountain Resorts. HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 14. (Spe cial.) The midsummer camping sea son has begun here. Many Portland people have Joined the local vacation ists In seeking an outing in the foot hills at the bast of Mount Hood. Nu merous camps have been established in the Lost Lake region, where excellent fishing Is to be found, and many vis itors are passing through the valley to and from Cloud Cap Inn. Todav Mrs. J. C. Alnsworth.- Miss Katherine Alnsworth, Miss C. Flanders and MIsa Dorothy Efflnger returned from the mountain resort and left on a motor trip to Mount Adams, where they will visit the noted ice caves. Power to Fill Vacancy Is Questioned. HOPKINS WILL DEMAND SEAT Defeated Candidate Contends He Is People's Choice. L0RIMER WILL FIGHT ON Icneen Himself Will Give Xo Heed to Suggestion That He Resign and Accept Appointment by Lieutenant-Governor. - CHICAGO, July 14. (Special.) Gov ernor Deneen is uncertain whether he has the pow- to appoint a successor to. W"" n rimer. The issue that juio.i 1 , state executive Is this: -mers seat was declared vacant. It was held that his election was the re sult of corruption and because of that, the situation technically would be that he never rightfully had possession of that seat. If such a view of the situa tion may be taken, the Governor feels that his right to appoint a successor might be questioned. He will confer with the Attorney-General tomorrow in an effort to learn whether he can make the appointment or whether he must wait for the Legislature to make the selection by election. Ex-Senator Hopkins will demand the seat. He bases his claim to being the rightful possessor of the seat' on the theory that he was the choice of the people In 1909. Hopkins Says He Should Win. "Lorimer's unseating leaves the question where the people at the pri mary election placed it." he said.- "I am as much the candidate of the Re publican party for this terra in the Senate as is Mr. Sherman for the terra In the Senate as the successor of Cul- loin. We both have the indorsement of, the Republican voters of Illinois at the primary election for these respective offices. If the will of the people as expressed at the primary election con trols, I shall be appointed my own suc cessor." If Governor Deneen finds that he has power to appoint a successor, how ever, it is unlikely that Mr. Hopkins will be named. The choice would be Bernard A. Eckhart or some other' of his close friends. Another trowed can didate is ex-Senator Mason. Another suggestion afloat in political circles was that L. T. Sherman, the Republi can candidate for the Senatorshlp to succeed Senator Cullom might im mediately . be appointed by the Gov ernor. " Legislature To Name Two. In any event the Legislature will have two Senatorial vacancies to fill when It convenes. Suggestions that Governor Deneen resign, thus permit ting Lieutenant-Governor Oglesbie to advance to the Governor's ehair, he (Concluded on Fas 2.) Passengers Are Taken From Union Station on Tracks Engine Fires Are Extinguished. DENVER, July 14. More than $1.- 000,000 damage done and one life known to have been lost is the result of the worst, cloudburst in the history of Den ver. Cherry Creek, which extends along the northwest, west and ' south' boundaries of Denver, overflowed to night, and an area of approximately four square miles Is under from two to four feet of water. So great was the fall of water for nearly an hour that the principal streets in Denver were under from one to two feet of water. The Union Station is under almost three feet of water, and more than 200 persons who were in the depot when the torrent began were taken out on trucks. The water rose in the railroad yards north of the depot to a depth of ev eral feet, extinguishing the fires In several locomotives. Not a train has been sent out of Denver since the cloudburst, and no trains have pulled Into the yards. ST. LOUIS, July 14. Four persons were drowned at Alton, 111., early to day by a cloudburst which destroyed two miles of streets, wrecked six buildings and the gas plant of the Alton Gas ft Electric Company, with a total property loss of 1250,000. LINE IS DRAWN ON . W. W. Socialists, However, May Speak on Certain San Diego Streets. SAN DIEGO, Cat, July 14. For the first time in several weeks Industrial Workers and their sympathizers at tempted today to hold an outdoor meet- ng on a street Just outside the re stricted district. Police appeared and ordered the crowd to move on. One man who refused to comply was hit by policemen's clubs, but not badly hurt. In a few minutes the street was cleared. Acting Chief of Police Meyers, says the Socialists and other organisations may speak in the streets outside the restricted district, but that Industrial Workers may not because they are deemed anarchists whose speeches are likely to cause a riot. OPERA VENTURE COSTLY Haxnmerstein's London Season Loses $225,000, but He Will Continue. LONDON, July 14. The London Grand Opera-house concluded Its season last night. Oscar Hammersteln, in a speech, said his losses for seven months amounted to S225.000. He Is an enthuslastio musician, bow- .v.r h, an t H and th thnuffht of srlv- Ilng up the beautiful edifice and slink ing away was an absolute horror. He was going on again In November. ANARCHISTS NOT WANTED Seattle Applicant Denied Citizen ship for Prejudice. SEATTLE. July 14. Charles Kranz, a former member of the colony of an archists at Home, near Tacoma, was denied citizenship yesterday by United States District Judge Edward E. Cush man. Franz, on examination, said that the members of the colony did not believe in organized government and did not respect the flag. His application was denied for prejudice. ' OH. YOU BILL! Story of Dying Throes Is Written. OWN DEATH STOPS RECORD Children "Feel Sleepy" as Gas Overcomes Them. - NEIGHBOR FINDS BODIES Man Made Insane by Success Com ing After Iife of Labor Thinks ' All Are Starving and Cun ningly Plans End. CHICAGO, July 14. (Special.) Ru dolph Uhlman, a Bohemian inventor, had slaved all his life to perfect an invention. At last It was done and success. He received an offer of 16000 for it - On the eve of success he became martyr to science. Insane, he' imag ined his two little children .were starv ing. In his crazed mind he cunningly worked out a scheme of happiness. They would die together. Early this afternoon he asked his wife to visit a neighbor living near their home in Oak Park. When she left he took Rudolph, Jr S years old, and little Julia, 2 years old, into his laboratory. He gave them their Teddy bears and dolls to play with. Record of Death Is Written. While they prattled and romped, the Insane father was working out their deaths. He carefully filled all the cracks in the doors and windows with cloth. Then he turned on three gas Jets. - ' - What transpired in that death chain ber is told in an almost Illegible bundle of notes found lying on a table in front of Uhlman , an hour and a half later. In the suicide s. hand was clutcnea pencil firmly set on an unfinished line. The writing was in his native lan guage. 'At his feef lay the bodies of the two children as though asleep. -. Notes Tell Story. The notes left behind read In part: "Baby Julia is playing with her doll now. She will De witn me ana nappy In a while. Rudolph Is acting nervous. He doesn't like the smell, he Just told me. It won't be long now, though. can't let them starve; they won't starve In heaven. Julia has Just gone to sleep. She died while talking to her doll. She said she was sleepy, and asked Rudolph to let her rest on his lap. She doesn't know she is dying. Rudolph has Just gone to sleep. Julia is nestling against him. Neither will be hungry now and have tft nve in poverty. " 'I am getting sleepy. I guess I am going with Julia and Rudolph. I am dying " There the stiffened hand of the dying murderer-maniac stopped. At 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon John (Concluded on Fags 3.) Thomas Fleming Day and Compan Ions Leave New Rochelle on V'oy age to European Ports. NEW YORK. July 14. (Special.) Thomas Fleming Day, who last year navigated the 21-foot yawl Seablrd, across the Atlantic from Providence to Gibraltar with two companions on board, started from New Rochelle Har bor today on another long and ven turesome voyage. He Is to try to take the 35-foot motorboat Detroit to Queenstown and incidentally will try to make, a new record for motorboats across the ocean. The record now 1 35 days, made In 1904. Accompanying Mr. Day are Charles C. Earle, who is mate, and W. New stead and Walter Morton, both from Detroit, who are engineers. The Detroit Is 35 feet long, 9 feet Inches beam and 5 feet 6 inches draft She is equipped with a two-cyllnde 16-horsepower Scrlpps motor which will drive the yacht seven miles an hour. She carries 1200 gallons of gas ollne In seven steel tanks. The yacht carries 200 gallons of fresh water and stores for 90 days. She is fitted with a small rig for use in case of accident to the engine. After reaching Queenstown the De troit will proceed to England. She will sail up the English Channel to th North Sea, then to the Baltic and on to St Petersburg. -- POST MAY GET BRIGADE General Mans Believes Department Will Favor Vancouver. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., July 14. (Special.) News that Con gress is considering the establishment of a brigade post here or at Fort Law. ton is received with gratification by General Maus, who thinks that the preference between the two posts will be for Vancouver. From the standpoint of a brigade fort. Vancouver Barracks Is Ideally lo cated. It contains 640 acres of land within the post proper and in addition a target range located at Proebstel, 14 miles from the post which has been adjudged by army experts one of the finest In. the United States. A side track from the North Bank line has been run into the barracks, facilitating the loading and' unloading of troops and equipment. An excellent harbor in the Columbia River makes it possible to land large battleships within short distance. Soldiers living In Fort Vancouver are much healthier and in better condition than those- in any other fort in the Department of the Columbia. - Accord ing to army experts, there seems to be little doubt that Vancouver will be chosen as the location of the brigade post. HOOD RIVER CLUB FORMED West Side Ranchers Will Co-operate for Mutual Improvement. HOOD RIVER. Or., July 14, (Spe cial.) A lively interest is being taken by the residents of the West Side of the Hood River In a series of discus sions tending to create a greater diver sity of Industries in the district The organization of West Side ranchers, known as the West Side Improvement Club, has arranged for a number of talks to be given in the near future, when the cultivating season is over and the citizens have leisure. Among the topics to be discussed are such subjects as "Hog-raising in the Orchard," "Poultry," "Garden Truck' and "Cover Crops." "It is the aim of the club," said one of its members, "to have every orchardlst produce his own garden truck, his poultry and his own milk." The club is also planning for a Chau tauqua, to last about a week, in the cool region of the Upper Valley, where the ranchers and their families will repair to enjoy the fishing of the dis trlct and to discuss matters of interest among themselves. v . DETECTIVES HUNT PRINCE Vienna S'obleman Has Judgments for $50,000 Against Newly-wed.' LONDON, July 14. (Special.) A curious situation has arisen in regard to Prince Miguel, of Braganza, who married Miss Anita Stewart whose mother, Mrs. Rhlnelander Stewart married James Henry Smith after her divorce. At the beginning of the week there arrived in London legal representa tives of a Vienna nobleman who be sought the assistance of Scotland Yard in discovering the whereabouts of the Prince. They were armed with va rious formidable looking documents which they explained to the British of ficials consisted of Judgments, pro nounced by Austrian courts, condemn ing the Prince to pay a certain noble man the sum of 350,000. WEATHER WILL BE FICKLE Northern States to Be Cool ' and Showery at Outset This Week. i WASHINGTON, July 14. Unstable pressure over the northern hemisphere indicates that the weather this week will be more changeable than last week over the Northern states, where it will be cool and showery at the outset. "The week," said the Weather Bureau bulletin, "will open cool and showery over the Rocky Mountain region and the Northwest followed by moderately warm and generally fair weather by the middle of the week, and by a return to cooler. showery weather at the close.7 Same Nation Is Second in Long Race. STROBING, AMERICAN, THIRD Six of First Ten to Finish Rep resent United States. K. K. M'ARTHUR IS VICTOR Winner Is Tall Transvaal Police manWearers of Stars and Stripes . Finish in Good Condition Mo Grath Takes Hammer Throw, UNITED STATES FAB IX XJSAD AT OLYMPIAD. STOCKHOLM, July 14. The score in all Olympic events as announced tonight le: United Statea. 120: Sweden. 79; England, OS; Germany, 31; Finland, 28; France, 21; South Africa, 18; Denmark, 13; Italy. IS; Canada, 11; Norway. 10; Australia, : Hungary, 8; Belgium, 7: Greece, 4; Rum la, S; Auitrla. 3; Holland, 2. STOCKHOLM. July ,14. South Afri ca, which heretofore has played a mod est part in this Olympic drama, came to the center of the stage at the mo ment of its culmination today, winning the marathon race, the most Important number on the Olympic programme. This might have been honor enough for a small nation, but South Africa also won second place by a' secure lead. The winner of the classical mara thon was K. K. McArthur, a tall Trans vaal policeman. His compatriot C. W. Oltshaw, came second into the stadium several hundred yards behind and third to appear was the American, Graston Stroblno, of South Paterson' Athletic Club, who put up a braver fight than most of the runners, for his feet were skinned and bleeding and ha was suf fering great pain. American Finishes Gamely. He never lost his nerve, though, and made a brave attempt at feeling happy while he traversed the stadium track furlong behind the second man at the end of the performance. The times as announced were: McArthur. 2 hours IS minutes; Git- shaw, 2 hours 27 minutes 62 seconds! Stroblno, 2 hours 88 minutes 42 2-5 seconds. The Americans gave a death blow to the theory that the athletes of the United States are better at contests which require quickness and agility than in tests of endurance. While 3000 spectators in the stadium strained their eyes toward tha arch way from under which the runners emerged, they saw the American shield on the breasts of six of the first ten men who entered. Six on Roll of Honor. The names of this roll of honor are Stroblno, Andrew Sockalexls, Old Town; John J. Gallagher, Yale; Joseph Erxle ben, Missouri A. C; Richard F. Plggott North Dorchester A. A., and Joseph Forshaw, Missouri A. C. The Ameri can team numbered 12, and 10 finished. The last of these was Thomas K. LiUey, North Dorchester A. C, who fin ished ISth. Two Americana fell by the wayside- Michael J. Ryan, of the Irish-American A. C, who made a good run for 19 miles and then succumbed to the heat, and John J. Reynolds, of the same club, who fell out earlier. Sweden furnished another dosen to the race and if their strength had been equal to their ambition they would have had a different tale to tell. They tarted at a great pace, but in th first few miles put forth all their pow ers and had nothing left when th test came. 'Canada's Rope Qirita. Canada had no reason to be ashamed. for two of her representatives, J. Duffy and Fosythe. finished fifth and sixteenth, respectively. Canada's great hope, Corkerey, ran with Ryan for sev eral miles, and they gave It up to gether. , The tall Finn, IColehmainen, a favor ite, was outclassed. He took the lead at the beginning, but Gitshaw caught him at five miles and ran at his heels, with McArthur and F. Lord of Great Britain for 10 miles more and then robbed him of the leadership. Two miles and a half from the goal McArthur went to the front and held the lead to the end. He had com pleted the circuit of the arena before Gitshaw came under the archway and fell to the ground exhausted. The spectators cheered him lustily and as he lay panting. Crown Prince Gustavo Adolph came up, shook him by the hand and patted him on the back. South Africans Jubilant. A small party of South African en thusiasts had an enormous laurel wreath readj' In anticipation of vic tory, of which they were confident from the first They lifted the two athletes on their shoulders and slung the laurel over McArthur. carrying the pair across the field. Half an hour later, after champagne had been opened in the dressing room, the Afri can delegation brought out the victors (Concluded on Page 8.) -J OH 109.2