VOL. I.I 1 1. NO. 16,422.
PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 14, 1913.
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12 KILLED AND
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"Horse Play" by Boys
Causes Wreck.
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COLLISION
( INTERURBAN TRAINS CRASH
Accident Occurs at City Limits
of Los Angeles.
10 OF INJURED MAY DIE
Touths, in Jest, Pull Whistle
"Full Speed Ahead" Is Answered '
by Mot or man Newspaper
Photographers Are Mobbed.
LOS ANGELES. July 13. To "horse
play" by youths "who played with the
train whistle is attributed the loss of
about 12 lives and the Injuring? of some
200 persons near here tonight. Two Pa
cific Electric trains collided, telescop
ing two cars and wrecking; another at
Vineyard station in the city limits.
Three trains loaded with excursion
ists from the beaches at Venice had
stopped at a curve where a switch is
turned. The farthest train began mov
ing: forward while the foremost trains
remained at a standstill.
Signal la Misinterpreted.
Carrol Bartholomae, the conductor of
the last car on the center train Jumped
to the track with his light to "flag"
down the approaching: car. Some
youths on his train, say some passeng
ers who escaped ' death, pulled the
whistle In Jest. This it was explained
by railroad men was misinterpreted
by the tnotorman of the moving: train
as the signal to come ahead.
With a crash of breaking: glass, split
ting: timbers, men's groans and wom
en's screams, the motor car of the last
train plunged into the rear of the cen
ter train. The youths who had played
with the whistle were crushed In the
debris. .... ......
The two colliding: cars were nearly
telescoped. The second car of the sta
tionary train was almost demolished.
Trains Ran Close Together. '
The motorman of the moving: train,
hearing: the whistle, had given full
speed. The curves evidently had pre
vented his seeing the standing cars of
the next train. The third train was
not affected. The three trains were
said to have been running at three
minute intervals.
Most of the killed were cut into
pieces. Their identification was slow.
Special trains rushed the Injured to Los
Angeles hospitals and the dead to
morgues here.
Automobiles were also pressed Into
Bervice for the removal of the dead and
Injured.
The cries of the wounded could be
heard above the din of the crowd,
which became frantic and - which
mobbed the newspaper photographers
who tried to take. pictures of the wreck.
All the cars were filled to capacity
with Sunday pleasure seekers' return
ing from the beach.
Rescuers Are Kept Busy.
Passengers on the rear car filled the
streets and stood in the aisle when the
crash came. Those who stood were
crusnea against each other In the far
end of the car. Lights went out. Ar
thur Mill, a sailor from the torpedo-
Doai faui Jones, carried out eight
ooaies, including a woman, gripping an
Infant's body in her arms. Mother and
child were dead. Mrs. W. B. Stewart,
or ixs Angeles, dragged out the pros
trate body of her husband, who had
been stunned.
Few of the Christian Endeavor dele
gates were on the train. The headquar
ters of the Toronto delegation of 125
announced late tonight that none of
the Canadian visitors were in the
wreck. Practically all killed and in
jured were residents of Los Angeles
and suburbs.
The list of injured. Including those
receiving minor hurts, will total more
than 200. Many are fatally injured.
FIGHTING HEAVY IN CHINA
Kiu Kiang Center or Hostilities and
Civil War Is Possible.
LONDON. July 13. Heavy fighting is
reported all around Kiu Kiang, prov
ince of Klang-Sl on the Tang Tse
Ktang, says a Pekin dispatch to the
Dally Telegraph. The fighting is the
result of the occupation of the city by
northern troops.
The outcome has not yet been learned,
but should success attend the Kiang
Sl troops, who number 9000, civil war,
according to the dispatch, will be In
evitable. AVIATOR TO ATTACK SHIP
Mexican Airman Invents Machine
to Carry 12 Bombs.
NOGALES. Ariz., July 13. Didler Mas
son has Invented an apparatus to carry
12 bombs on each flight, together with
a sighting system for dropping bombs
from his aeroplane.
The French aviator declares that
within a few days he will attempt
again to sins: me Federal gunboats
lying in Guaymas harbor, f
RAILROAD SOON TO
LOSE ITS IDENTITY
WESTERN" PACIFIC UNDER RIO
GRANDE'S CONTROL.
Single Management for Gould Lines
West of Missouri River Is
Purpose of Change.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. The
Western Pacific Railroad, the Gould
outlet to the Pacific Coast, is to lose
its Identity as a managerial unit and
pass under control of the Denver &
Rio Grande, thus establishing, through
the Missouri Pacific, one management
for Gould roads west of the Mississippi
River, according to announcement
made here today.
Correspondence given out at the of
fices of the Western Pacific shows that
E. T. Jeffery. president of the road, re
tires, becoming chairman of the board
of directors, and C. H. Schlacks. vice
president, who has been in immediate
control, resigns from his position and
also from the directorate of the Den
ver & Rio Grande. B. F. Bush, presi
dent of the latter road, la to become
president of the Western Pacific, and
it is reported that he will have charge
of all the Western Gould lines.
Probably E. L. Brown. vlce-preBldent
and general manager of the Denver &
Rio Grande, will be moved from Den
vtr to San Francisco to run the West
ern Pacific.
Mr. Schlacks In his letter of resigna
tion to the Rio Grande board of di
rectors gives as his reason the change
in operative management.
HEIRESS NOW COMPOSER
Mrs. Anita Baldwin McLaughrey Is
Writing Music for Plays.
LOS ANGELES, July 13. (Special.)
Richard Tully has commissioned Mrs.
Anita Baldwin McLaughrey to write
the Incidental music for his new play
and this has brought to light the story
that Mrs. McLaughrey is seeking
solace In the study of muslo from her
marital troubles, which have Just cul
minated In an Interlocutory decree of
divorce awarded the heiress of the
Baldwin millions.
She has written a number of vocal
and Instrumental selections which have
received the laudations of Mrs. A. E.
McDowell, wife of the late composer.
Much of Mrs. McLaughrey's time next
year will be spent abroad studying
under European masters, although the
facilities for musical, composition, at
her new home form a distinctive fea
ture. "
JOINTCHURCH HELD IN OPEN
Different Sects of White Salmon and
Hood River Worship in Union.
. WHITE SALMON, Wash.; July 13.
Instead of the regular church services
today an open air meeting was held
on the A. H. Jewett lawn, the White
Salmon Congregational Church enter
taining the First Unitarian Church of
Hood River.
Rev. J. G. Tate, pastor of the White
Salmon Church, preached In the morn
ing on "The World's Christian Citi
zenship Conference," which he attend
ed. A basket lunch was served to
about 300 persons and at the after
noon session, the Rev. Mr. McDonald,
pastor of the Unitarian Church, spoke
on "The Liberal Faith."
Music was furnished by the com
bined choirs of both churches.
BRYAN'S PAY TOO SMALL
Secretary Says He Is Compelled to
Lecture to Augment Income. ,
HENDERSONVILLE N. C, July 13.
While returning here today. Secretary
Bryan declared he was compelled to
deliver Chautauqua addresses to sup
plement his" Government salary, which
he declared was not sufficient to meet
his expenses.
"As this is my first Chautauqua lec
ture since becoming a member of the
cabinet." said Secretary Bryan," "it
may not be out of place to say that
I find it necessary to lecture in order
to supplement the salary which I re
ceive from the Government. As I have
lectured for 13 years this method of
adding to my income Is the most nat
ural one to which to turn and I regard
it as extremely legitimate."
MAZAMAS AT GREEN POINT:
Hikers" Eat Lunch of Crawfish
and Ice-Cream in Open.
For their weekly recreation "stunt"
yesterday the Mazamas hiked from
Green Point, near Oregon City, to a
point on Abernathy Creek, about five
miles southeast of Oregon City. Here
some advance members had already
caught crawfish, which were cooked bv
an expert and served with the noon
luncn. ice cream also was on the bill
of fare.
After three hours in the countrv the
hikers" returned to Oregon City, '
tnence to .Portland by steamer.
There were 57 in the party, which
was led by A. S. and E. F. Peterson.
60 CHILDREN CARED FOR
Twenty-four Boys and 3 6 Girls at
Receiving Home.
On June 10 all the county Judges in
the State of Oregon were notified not
to commit children to the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society until July 10, on ac
count of an epidemic of measles at the
receiving home. The quarantine is now
raised, the children having all re
covered.
There are now 24 boys and 36 girls
at the receiving home, a total of 60.
'S PLAN FOR
PEACE CRITICISED
Fears for Monroe Doc
trine Expressed
EFFECT IS EMBARRASSING
Mexican Situation Furnishes
Illustration in Point.
NEEDED POWER IS LOST
Pact Would Prevent United States
. From Protecting Own Citizens in
Time of Danger Europe
Not Without Guile.
WASHINGTON, July 13. (Special.)
That Secretary Bryan's much herald
ed ' .ice proposals" are as "Utopian
as the Secretary's battleships of peace"
is the opinion of many members of
Congress who have begun to look Intp
the scheme. It is the belief of these
Congressmen that Bryan's plan will
weaken the Monroe Doctrine and prove
embarrassing to the United States.
With the announcement by Mr. Bryan
that he has forwarded the full text of
his peace proposals to all civilized na
tions, Including those which have and
those which have not approved the
general idea of the proposed conven
tion, Congressmen interested In State
Department affairs and particularly in
matters pertaining to the Mexican sit
uation, see the possibility of great em
barrassment to this Government should
the treaty be adopted.
Effect Is Extensive.
The embarrassment, they say, would
not be limited to the Mexican situation,
but to this country's dealings with Cen
tral and South American countries un
der the Monroe Doctrine. It Is point
ed out that, in substance, the contract
ing nations agree, that all questions in
dispute between them, of whatever
oharacter and nature, shall, when diplo
matic efforts fall, be submitted for in
vestigation and report by an impartial
international commission; and the con
tracting parties 'agree not to declare
war or to begin hostilities until such
Investigation is made and a report sub
mitted." Seeking examples of how the pro
posed treaty would work, those who
have studied It have assumed that the
United States would bind Itself to the
treaty together with Mexico or, any oth
er of the turbulent nations of Latin
America.
Cltlserns Lose Protection. 1
Under the terms of the agreement It
is suggested that the United States,
for at least one year, would be estopped
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDArS Maximum temperature, 69
degrees; minimum, 51.5 degrees.
TODArs Fair and warmer ; northwesterly
Forefgrn.
No sign of peace shown in Balkans. Page S.
National.
Bryan's peace plan thought to interfere
seriously with Mtmroe Zoctrlne. Page 1.
oenator worics would attollsn traffic In all
liquor eexcept beer. Page 2.
House angered by trick of senate In dispos
ing of MulhalL Page 6.
Domestic.
Katherlne Korea engaged to marry New
York broker. Page 8.
Weste.-n Pacific to co under control of Rio
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Many killed and injured in train collision
near Los Angeles. Page
Trainmen's strike vote ratified; action post
poned pending conference with 'Wilson.
Page S.
Faclfio Northwest.
Women demand place on police force and
Earl McAlty. Portland youth, shot by officer
near Oregon City. Psge 7.
Searchers despair of finding couple lost on
mountain. Page 1.
Mother, in strange city,, goes unaided to
scene of son's tragic death. Page 1.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2-0.
Venice 0-6; Sacramento 7-3, San Fran
cisco 4-1; Oakland 1-3, Ix Angeles O-l.
Paso batf
Northwestern League results: Taeoma 7,
Portland 0; Seattle 6-17, Victoria 2-16.
Page 8.
New Torfc Giants hold center of baseball
stao. Plje 8.
Vamoose being fitted with new engines.
presumably for Potlatch races, page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Rose City Park Methodists may get Grace
Churcii. Page 12.
Harms suspicious of anonymous gifts of 110
weekly. Page 12.
Commercial Club plans to entertain three
members of Cabinet. Page 12.
Irvlngton Club to keep open house during
tennis tournament. Page 6.
Columbia district may furnish more material
for Panama Canal. Page 0.
Firemen hold big picnic at Estacada.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 9.
Progressive Business Men's Club frolics on
beach. Pace 3.
Coast states warned to fix minimum wage
niuiig. fage.ia
John Mason t Humps in "As a Man Thinks."
Page 6.
Work to be resumed at Oregon packing
plant. Page 1.
GRANT'S LICENSE UNUSED
U. S., Jr., and Mrs. Will Answer
Queries With Smiles.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., July 13. Although
U. S. Grant, Jr., took out a license a
fortnight ago to marry Mrs. America
Workman Will, of Los Angeles, the
wedding has not yet taken place. When
questioned on the subject today Grant
and Mrs.: Will, smilingly declared that
the ceremony would be performed
"very soon." '
' Neither was willing to be more
talkative. Justice George Peterbaugh
has been chosen to officiated
KING FERDINAND, IS ILL
Bulgarian Ruler Suffers From Fail
ure to Visit Carlsbad.
VIENNA. July 13. (Special.) The
rport that-Kinat Ferdinand had been
assassinated is not true, but It is now
said that he is ill at the palace. The
Bulgarian Minister at Vienna says that
he is suffering from acute rheumatism
with feverish symptoms.
His Illness is said to have been
caused by the fact that he was unable
to go to Carlsbad this year to take the
cure, as has been his usual custom.
E
AT
PLANT
City Officials Again, To
Assume Charge.
MAYOR SAYS TROUBLE ENDED
Pickets Limited and Oratory
Permitted at Distance.
STRIKERS' PLACES FILLED
Albee to Take fp Work Where He
Left Off When Governor Took
Band Minimum Wage of $1
a Day Now Established.
Work will be resumed this morning
at the plant of the Oregon Packing
Company, where a. strike of women
employes has been in progress for the
past few weeks.
On permission of Mayor Albee a. few
of the strikers will be allowed to
picket In front of the company's prop
erty at East Eighth and Belmont
streets, but disinterested nersons will
be nrevented from cone-re Era tine- about
the cannery. Those who want to make
speeches on this or any other subject
win not oe allowed on the streets about
tne place, but may orate from a nearbv
vacant lot to their hearts' content- so
long as they use no profane or indecent
language. This is the Mayor's decision
Albee Thinks Trouble Over.
Now that Governor West has with
drawn from the scene. Portland author
ities will take up the strike situation
where they left off last Friday before
the Governor made his spectacular in
pearance. Mayor Albee discussed the
situation at length yesterday and ex
pressed confidence that there would
be no future difficulty.
The Mayor Is partleularlv iniim
that persons not . interested in Vi
strike co-operate with the authorities
in maintaining order, and urges citizens
to refrain from gathering on the
streets ana listening to speecheTs.
on account of the apparent satiafan.
tory adjustment of all the diffimim.
that grew out of the recent strike, the
number of policemen on duty, at the
cannery win be reduced this morning.
The Mayor is confident that a Mt.c.iiv
settlement will be reached and that
threatened unpleasantness will be
averted.
Mayor to Rename . Efforts.
"Governor West having withdrawn
from the city and havlns- issued a tr-
merit in which he said that the local
authorities should handle the strike
situation. I will now take nn thl ih
Ject where It stood last Friday morning
(Concluded on Pace 2.)
WORK TO RESUM
PACKING
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MOTHER DRAWN TO
SCENE OF TRAGEDY
UNSEEN POWER DIRECTS MRS
MYGATT'S STEPS.
Missouri Woman Visiting Taeoma in
Effort to Solve Mystery of
Son's Leap to Death,
TACOMA, Wash. July 13. (Soeclal.1
Directed by some mysterious power
to the spot where her son. E. B. My
gatt, on June 20, leaped from Lincoln
Bridge, Mrs. C. P. Mygatt. of Indepen
dence, Mo. accompanied bv W. H. Mv-
gatt, her other son, today went
straight from the dennt to th,
of the tragedy, and announced to the
joung man that they were on the spot
wnere his brother died.
Mrs. Mygatt had no guide and only
knew Edward Mygatt met his death
by leaping from Lincoln Bridsr. Sh
did not know the location of the bridge
and asked no questions, but found the
exact spot.
Mrs. Mygatt and her son are here
to Investigate the mvsterv that ah
ed Edward "Mygatt's death. Letters
iouna Dy the police indicated Ruth
Frances Allen once was the sweetheart
of Mygatt, but at the time of the
trageay, she said her affections be
longed to her own husband, who was
somewhere In New York.
Mygatt's letters to his mother men
tioned a child, and intimated he was
married to the Allen woman.
"Tomorrow I am going to learn all
x can rrom. authorities." said Mrs. My
gatt, "and if necessarv will remain
several weeks. Then I shall rr tn
Portland and try to find the woman
wno cans herself Mrs. Ruth Frances
Allen."
WARM WEATHER EXPECTED
General Forecast for Country In
dudes Thunder Showers.
. WASHINGTON, July 13. Warm and
generally fair weather except for lo
cal thunder showers is promised by
the Weather Bureau for the coming
week.
"A disturbance now over the north
ern Rocky Mountain region," says the
weekly bulletin, "will develop east
ward and will be attended by local
thunderstorms that will occur Monday
over tne northern plains states. Anoth
er disturbance should appear over the
extreme northwest about the end of
the week, bringing with it local show
ers In that section.
"Warm weather will continue over
the Southwest and over the southern
districts west of the Rocky Mountains.
while over the plains states and the
great central valleys higher tempera
tures may be expected during the early
part of the week, followed by some
moderation after the middle of the
week, and by another rise over the
northwest by the end of the week.
MRS. WILKES GIVES LITTLE
Few at Bar Harbor Spend Less Than
Hetty Green's Daughter.
BAR HARBOR, Me., July 13. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. H. As tor Wilkes, daughter
of Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman
in the world, with her husband is
spending the Summer at Bar Harbor
and there are few Summer sojourners
who are spending less money. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilkes occupy two rooms with
bath at the Newport, a moderate-priced
hotel, where they live quietly. They
own no string of automobiles or prl
vate yachts, but usually walk.
Mrs. Wilkes, like her mother, cares
nothing about the latest style in dress,
She wears gowns the women of mod
erate means, would not. This apart-
mei.w s not overly popular with the
bellboys and hotel attaches because
there are no fat tips. One boy who an
swers calls confessed he had received
30 cents in all. Few guests in the ho
tel have the courage to follow this
precedent.
FORESTER GRAVES CITY
Official Here to Select Homestead
Sites Within Reserves.
Henry S. Graves. Chief Forester of
the United States, is in Portland. With
this city as his headquarters, he will
investigate the extent of agricultural
lands within the forest reserves with a
view to putting the Government's new
policy in regard to these lands In oper
ation. Under this policy, the Govern
ment proposes to select fertile tracts,
either timbered or from which the tim
ber has been cut. list them separately
from the general forest reserves and
open them to homestead from time to
time.
Chief Forester Graves expects to set
tle-definitely in the next few weeks
what recommendations will be made
concerning lands in the Siuslaw dis
trict, the Deschutes region and the
Cowlitz River country of Washington.
BOTTLES. MAYSTART FIRES
Forester Believes Glass Concentrates
Sun's Rays, Igniting Leaves.
CENTRALIA. Wash., July 13. (Spe
cial.) There is no Joke about the story
that beer and whisky bottles, carelessly
thrown to the ground in timbered
areas, are apt to cause forest fires, ac
cording to the opinion of E. W. Ferris,
state fire warden, who was In Cen
tralla yesterday. Mr. Ferris said that
all fire wardens had been instructed to
bury all bottles they saw, in order that
they may not act as a concentrating
medium for the sun's rays and start
fires In dry leaves and moss.
"I have had many reports of fires
that undoubtedly started in this man
ner," said Mr. Ferris, "and I do not
doubt in the least' the opinion that
there is danger from this source. It
sounds odd, but undoubtedly It is true."
EXHAUSTED PARTY
OF RESCUERS WAIT
Hope of FindingSmiths
Alive, Abandoned
SNOW FIELD NOT EXPLORED
Searchers Unable to Reach
Spot on Mountain.
TRACKS FOUND ON SLOPE
Storm Delays Work and Stops Des
cent or Those Followlnsr Trail.
All in Search Crew Suffer Se
ver Hardships in Wilds.
NORTH FORK LOGGING CAMP,
Wash., July 13. (Staff Correspon
dence.) Giving up all hope of recov
ering, for at least four or five days,
the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith,
of Portland, who were lost in a blls
zard on Mount St. Helens last Sunday,
28 mountaineers returned here late to
day. They were completely exhaused
from hardships and exposure encoun
tered in the week they have been
searching the snow fields. Only four
men, all of Portland, remain at the
desolate base of the dark mountain.
These are well provisioned and quar
tered in a cabin, and will wait until
the storms on the mountain have abat
ed before they resume search for the
bodies.
Tracks of Couple Pound.
Settlers of tho North Fork of Lewis
River and mountaineers and trappers
of the Mount St. Helens country, who
have been scouring the snowflelds for
a week, have narrowed the search
down to one particular place on the
mountain which cannot be reached
until the weather is good and the
snow has melted. A wait of several
days may be necessary.
The tracks of the missing couple
were found near the top of the moun
tain on Friday, and were followed to
a point where they went down a steep
slope with a rock formation on one
side and a snow field on the other. It
Is believed the couple went down
over this slope and perished. Because
of the storms on the mountain it has
not been possible for the searchers to
make their way down this slope. They
had planned to use ropes and axes in
a descent this morning, but the storms 1
drove them away.
Rumor of Traces Denied.
Reports were circulated early this
morning that the Smiths had been
traced down Into the timber of the
Toutle canyon and Goat Marsh on the
west slope of Mount St. Helens. This
report is dented by the members of
the party who have returned. They
declared that footprints were found in
a place near a trail leading into Tou
tle canyon, but that they were the
prints of searchers made some trme
before.
It is the settled opinion of all the
searchers who have scanned the hUl
since last Monday morning that Mr.
and Mrs. Smith went but a short dis
tance from where they separated from
Miss Verdi Monroe and Mr. Carroll.
who accompanied them on the trip up
Mount St. Helens.
Searchers Suffer Hardships.
The most extreme of-hardships have
been suffered all week by the search
ing parties. Men from the North Fork
logging camp, including Manager Pat-
ton, have worked until they are com
pletely exhausted. For nights they
slept out in the woods in the rain
without bedding. The same expe- .
riences were- had by the Portland party
which went to the scene In automo
biles Friday. Saturday night they
slept in the woods in the rain with
no blankets and some of them with
only thin clothing. They suffered ex- .
posures of this kind frequently. There
was also a scarcity of food and many
of the party were unable to work hard
for want of food. The entire surround
ing country was combed for food and
other supplies.
The settlers in the country about the
mountain made a wonderful showing
in attempting to find some trace of the
lost pair. From the time the word of
their disappearance was spread through
the valley until this morning, when it
was apparent that they could do no
more, they were continually on the
move, despite the hardships. P. P.
Patton, of this camp, practically closed
down one of his mills and dispatched
the loggers to the mountain to search.
At one time there were fully 50 men
at work on the mountain.
Storms Hamper Searchers.
The searching was greatly handi
capped by the terrific storms which
raged on the mountain daily. There
has not been a day since the couple Sisl
appeared that the mountain has not
been enshrouded in a storm. On sev
eral occasions the heavy wind and the
snow and sleet drove the searchers
down to the timber at the foot of the
mountain.
According to the story told by Miss
Verdi Monroe and Mr. Carroll, they
went up the mountain with the Smiths
last Sunday morning. They started to
limb one mile to the right of Butte
Camp and were soon In the snow fields.
As they got nearly to the top of the
mountain the storm broke around them
and a terrific wind storm set in. When
they started out there was no prospect
of a storm. When sleet began to fall
Concluded on Pace 2. J