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VOL. L.III.-XO. 16,485. HIGHER OFFICIALS MUST SHARE BLAME New Haven Wreck Laid to "Man Failure." INCOMPETENCY IS GENERAL Commission Takes Directors to Task for Neglect. DISCIPLINE AT LOW EBB Mrllen Told to Install Safety De vices, but o One Watched Him . to v See That . Orders "Were Folly Carried Ont. NEW HAVEN. Sept. 24.-r"Man fail ure" all along the line is declared re sponsible for the Wallingford wreck on the New Haven Railroad In the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission filed today. The Commission says this "failure," which cost 21 lives and the Injury of 35 persons, began at the top. . Directors, officials, trainmen all are held to have been incompetent. Operating officials of the New Haven and the. officials and directors of the system are grilled scathingly for pro mulgation of regulations that were per mitted to become practically "dead let ters" and for not seeing to it personally that operating conditions were what they had directed them to be. competency Begins at Top. "Man failure in this case." says Com missloner McChord. who .prepared the report afttr an exhaustive personal in vestigation of the accident, "began high up in official authority, and It was not an unnatural sequence that it reached down to those in positions lower in of ficial rank, but still weighted with great responsibility." In use at the time of the disaster, the report pointed out. were "antiquated signals condemned by the locomotive englnemen as well as by the public Utility Commission of Connecticut." and wooden cars unsulted by construction for such traffic as they were expected to accommodate. Adequate Reforms Demanded. The Commission demands of the New Haven road the Immediate adoption of an adequate system of superinten dence and supervision which will give those in authority definite and positive Information aa to whether or not the safety requirements and rules of this railroad are observed." After a review of the testimony taken at the investigation Commissioner Mc Chord says: "The direct cause of this accident was the failure of Flagman Murray properly to protect his train, the fail ure of Engineman Miller properly to control the speed of his train in order that he could bring it to a stop before passing automatic signal No. 23. and the failure of Conductor Adams to make sure that his train was properly protected. An additional cause was the failure of Engineman "Wands to bring hl train to a stop, as required by the rules, before passing automatic signal No. 23, which was In the stop position. Lack, of Sapervlaloa Deplorable. "While this accident was directly due to failure of employes properly to perform their duties, the signal system in use was entirely inadequate safely to direct and govern the movement of the large volume of traffic iver this line and there was a deplorable lack of supervision on the part of operating officers." After giving a list of the executive officers and directors of the New Haven, including many of the foremost men of the financial world. Commissioner McChord continues: "On this directorate were and are men whom the confiding public recog nise as magicians in the art of finance and wizards in the construction, opera tion and consolidation of great systems of railroads. The public, therefore, rested secure that with the knowldge of the railroad art possessed by such men. Investments and travel should both be safe. Experience has shown that this reliance of the public was not justified as to either finance or safety. Directors Severely Condemned. "In view of the focusing 'of public 'attention upon the question of safety in the operation of this railroad and In . view of the frequent Governmental in quiries, both National and state, aa to the causes and remedies for the fre quent disastrous accidents. It would seem as if the directors themselves would feci called upon to turn from the consideration of the financial questions in which this road la involved and for a time at least give the benefit of their consideration and Judgment to the question of safety." The report points out that at a meet ing of the directors of the New Haven, after disasters at Bridgeport and West port, a resolution was adopted direct ing President Mellen. then at the head of the system, to leave nothing undone which "In the judgment of himself and his associates, will conduce to greater safety In the operation of the railroad, and that there shall be no limitation placed on the Installation of signals, safety appliances, or anything else which will improve the safety of pas senger travel upon this company's lines." There the directors stopped, the re port says. They did not see to it that tbelr resolution was carried into ef fect. . AVIATOR FINISHES OVER-OCEAN TRIP STEELE COVERS LAST LAP I HOCK 25 M1XCTES. Safe Trip From Waldport to Toledo Jfade, Young Coos Bay Airman Establishing Coast Record. TOLEDO. Or., Sept. 24. (Special.) Covering the last lap of his 100-mile over-the-ocean flight in his hydro aeroplane. 25 miles, from Waldport to Toledo, in one hour and 25 minutes, Edward Steele, the daring Coos Bay aviator, arrived safely here this even ing at 6:40 o'clock and will be ready tomorrow to give exhibitions at the Lincoln County Fair, as per contract. Not only has Steele completed a most remarkable trip, establishing a Pacific Coast over-the-ocean record, but he has demonstrated what can be accomplished with the hydroaeroplane under adverse as well as favorable conditions. In his trip today Steele had com paratively good weather, though he did not start from Waldport till 6:15 hi nn-ins- to a hisrh .wind, which had prevailed during the greater part of the day. lftir nopiirlnar new Darts of his ma chine at Newport, the young aeronaut returned to Waldport this mormns u, stage, and. after making repairs, made several trial trips about the bay be fore venturing toward his destination. Going was so good when Steele reached Newport that he decided not to .).... hut new over the town like a bird, with the populace watching him as far as the eye could reacn many viewing a hydroaeroplaae for the first time In their lives. c...u ,h hi. last Ian without ac cident, and as the airman safely glided to his place In the fairgrounas no was greeted with whistles from all craft In Yaquina Bay. Steele thinks he will be able ot mane even a better trip on his return Steele left Coos Bay Monday morning at 8:40 o'clock. TAFT BACK IN CAPITAL Ex-Presldent' Friends Xote Loss of 80 Pounds, by Diet and Golf. u-iSHIXfiTOM. Sent. 24. Ex-Prcsl- dent Taft came back to Washington to night for the second time since ne jen .,. -n.-hito House. March 4, to attend a meeting of the Lincoln Memorial Com mission, of which he is cnairman. nr will remain in the capital until Friday. i.i,i,.. ittnriinz a meeting of the ii rnmmiaiiliin tomorrow. Mr. Taft expects to spend tiew hours look ing over Washington rrom me view point of an ex-President and a Yale .., v,n of his old friends dropped in to see him shortly after his arrival and found him ready to dis cuss everything except politics. The ex-President is mucn imereie--in a public building for New Haven, the . t r.,w n-hirh Is to be let tomor- row. and lie has an engagement to look over the plans with secretary jncnuuu at the Treasury Department tomorrow morning. wshlr-.c-tonians who saw the visi tor tonight were not surprised at the reports that he had wonted on eu pounds by dieting and devotion to golf. BOWLBY TO START SURVEY State Highway Engineer to "Work on Columbia River Route. satRM Or.. SeDt. 24. (Special.) H. L. Bowlby. State Highway Engineer, was notified today by G. R. Castner. County Judge of Hood River County, that the County Court authorizes him to start work at once surveying a route for the Columbia River highway thrnneh that county. Judge Castner says the court, at a meeting next week. will formally authorize the expenditure of the money necessary for the survey. which will be about $4000. vrk Countv several weeks ago o.UoH ihi hirhwav engineer to make a survey for the road through that coun ts h will do similar worK lor Multnomah County. Mr. Bowlby will start three surveying parties to work at once. PLAYER REPORTS BARRED Baseball Idols Not Allowed to Enter Writers' Field. CINCINNATI, Sept. 24. Owing to frequent complaints received by the National Baseball Commission and the Baseball Writers' Association concern ing articles alleged to have been writ ten by ballplayers, the National (.om ission today handed down a ruling in which it orders that no players, eligible to compete in the world s series or any ity series, shall write or pretend to write an account of such scries for any newspaper, or shall any player allow the use of his name over an article pur porting to be written by him. Violation of those orders will result In infliction of such penalty as the com mission may determine. TAMMANY STEAL CHARGED New Element Gains Control or In dependence League. NEW YORK". Sept. 24. Charges that Tammany Hall had gained control of the Independence League par,ty in this city were made on the floor of the meeting of the league's county commit tee tonight by members who resigned after John J. Hopper, for four years county chairman, was deposed and James A. Donegan elected in his place. Hopper had declined to run again, but was nominated, nevertheless, and defeated, while his supporters shouted "This is a Tammany steal." Tammany had "packed" the committee, they charged. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913. GAYNQR WILL CUTS OFF 2 DAUGHTERS Those Who Married Re ceive $1000 Each. PATERNAL CONSENT LACKING Rufus, Good Boy but "Easy," Gets Share in Trust. TRUSTEES LEFT TO JUDGE Younger Son Xecd Xot Walt, as He Is Xow or Age Home and Stock Worth $51,000 Go to Wife. Estate Is $2,000,000. NEW YORK. Sept. 24. The will of William J. Gaynor, late Mayor of New York, filed' today, leaves to the widow his Brooklyn residence and E00 shares of Royal Baking Powder Company stock. The rest of the estate with the exception of minor bequests Is divided two-sevenths to each of two sons and one-seventh to each of three unmar ried daughters. The value of the estate Is estimated at $2,000,000. The two married daughters, Mrs. Harry Vlngut and Mrs. William Se ward Webb will each receive $1000 cash. Rnfns' Share la Trust. The share of Rufus Gaynor, a son. who was with the late Mayor when he died aboard the steamer Baltic, is placed in the hands of trustees, who are instructed to pay him the income until he is 30 years old and then to surrender the principal If they Judge him capable of handling it wisely. In a codicil. Mayor Gaynor describes Rufus as "a good boy, always, without bad habits, but he may be too easy and liable to let go what he has. not know ing how hard it is to accumulate prop erty." The will directs the trustees to end their trust - for Rufus, "provided they are satisfied - from his past life and bis business capacity and habits that he will not let it slip through his Angers, and I want him judge! fairly in this respect," Younger Son Not Restricted. Rufus is now 24 years old. He is the oldest son. Norman Gaynor is just 21. When the will was made In May. 1909. his father directed that his share of the property be held in trust until he became of age. ... The only other beneficiary mentioned in the will is the late Mayor's maiden sister, Mary Gaynor. of Utlca. Miss Gaynor receives a house her brother owned in Utlca and the income of il5 shares of Baking Powder stock to re VKY PAT&OH 0 , Concluded on Page 2.) plane. I ........ .....ItlTTI----....... r J IT'S A rOREGONE CONCLUSION. I Sctate 1 l WFa C VANCOUVER., f ' j IZSOVS o THAT &?G& INDE CF TODAY NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75 degrees; minimum. 49 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; variable winds, mostly east- ' Foreign. Mexican Catholic party nominates Camboa; Huerta out of race. Page 1. National. Supervising architect not in favor of Lane's plan for eight-story Federal building. Page 1- Tarlff bill conferees divided. Page 2. Domestic. Gallant Colonel's lyrics, apparently Indited to Mrs. Merrlam, are read at famous Drury divorce trial. Page 3. New Haven wreck attributed to general in competency, from directors to trainmen. Page 1. Banker and Ambassador say they save money to Sulrer to use as he pleased. Page 2. Gaynor's will cuts off two daughters who "married without consent. Page 1. Daniels urges press to be loyal to Admin istration In foreign policy. Page 2. Sports. , Coast League results: Portland 3. San Francisco 2 (10 innings); Sacramento 2. . Los Angeles 1; Oakland 4, Venice 0. Page 6. . Northwestern League results: Portland 1, Spokane 6; Victoria fi, Vancouver 2; Ta coma 6. Seattle 1. Pace 6. Mack and McGraw prove superb generals. Page 6. Northwest trot record for 2-year-olds broken at Eugene. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Washington tax levy highest In history. Page 4. Sixty-rlrst Oregon Conference of Methodists opens at Eugene. Page 4. Inland Empire alfalfa campaign launched. Page 5. Aviator Steclo reaches Toledo In hydro aeroplane from Coos Bay. Page L ( Commercial and Marine. Oregon hopgrowers holding firmly for ad vance. Page 17. Wheat weakened at Chicago by enormous receipts at Winnipeg. Page 17. New Balkan war scare affects financial markets. Page 17. River steamer Beaver disabled by snag at Clatskanle. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Citv Commission makes changes In pro posed Heuiner franchise. Page 11. Gorgeous scene presented at dahlia show. Page lO. Bridge campaign gains force. Page 12. Women at milk show eager to learn dangers and benefits. Page 12. Pensions granted to five more widows. Page 11. Columbia Highway enthusiasts asl:ed to go to St. Helens tomorrow. Page 16. Mrs. Bert C. Ball honors guest. New York sister. Page 10. Hops climb at 27 cents after brief lull. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT. Holtx to test minimum wage law. Cage 8. Visiting Nur-.e Association seeks new mem bers. Page 11. Police Jobs shaken by probe of commission. Page 1. FRENCH LOANS COME FIRST Government Indicates Plan to Give Own Requirement Precedence. PARIS. Sept. 24. The French gov ernment today Indicated to the leading French bankers' that It. will not con sent to any foreign loans being Issued on the Paris market or admitted to the Bourse until after the French gov ernment has effected Its own loan to meet military requirements. This decision applies also to the Bal kan states, whose agents have recently been active in arranging loans in Paris. Mexico is also Included. RVencli Aviator Is Killed. OUJEDA, Morocco. Sept. 24. Another French military aviator was killed to day when Lieutenant Auguste Soule Illan, of the Thirteenth Rifle Regi ment, fell 250 feet while endeavoring to glide to the ground with his mono plane. THE ARCHITECT FAVORS POSTOFFICE ALONE Railway Is Held Too Noisy for Courts. LANE TO PERSIST IN PLAN Senator Says No New Ideas Have Been Advanced. M'ADOO IS NONCOMMITTAL Report Submitted by Secretary of Treasury AVithout Comment Im plies Disapproval of Big Federal Building. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 24. Secretary McAdoo to day, transmitted to senator Lane, with out comment, the memorandum of the supervising architect, which admits the feasibility of erecting a six or eight story office building on the new post office site in Portland at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000. But by indirec tion the supervising architect objects to any diversion from the original plan and favors the construction of a two story postofflce building heretofore authorized by Congress. In his memorandum the supervising architect says it would be feasible to make the new building four stories, in stead of two, giving the two lower floors to the posteffice and the upper floors to the Federal Courts. This plan, he says, would permit the ultiliz ation of the old Postofflce bulldsVig by various Government offices now In rented quarters. Koise Would Disturb Courts. He says further that It would be possible to build the 40-foot addition to the old building on the Fifth-street side, thus enlarging ' its capacity ma terially, if additional space were found necessary, but he holds It is not prac ticable, to house the postoffice and courts under one roof, especially on the new Portland site, because the noise from the railroads would Interfere with the courts. . He intimates that it would be better to proceed with the construction of a two-story postoffice and when that is completed tear down the old postoffice and erect a new of fice building on the old postoffice site. Senator Lane thinks there is noth ing new in the memorandum of the supervising architect and will intro duce his bill as he proposed authoris ing the expenditure of the pending ap propriation tor the erection of a six or eight-story building on the new post office site. While the Senator agrees that it : . . . . . CATHOLIC PARTY SELECTS GAMB0A HUERTA ELIMINATED AS CAN DIDATE IX MEXICO. Provisional President Bows to Will " of United States and Sponsors Are Desirous to Please. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 21. Federtco Gam boa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was nominated today for the Presi dency by the Catholic party conven tion. General Eugenie Rascon was nominated for the Vice-Presidency. Both candidates are regarded as men of high standing. Senor Gamboa ac cepted the canUidacy. .Federlco Gamboa was a disciple of Ignacio Mariscal, at one time Minister to the United States. He has recog nized ability as a diplomat. He is a writer of some note and is about 50 years old. General Rascon was Minister of War under Provisional President de la Barra. He is now military commander of the District of Olaxaca. He has a long military record. According to a prominent member of the Catholic party, the selection of candidates was made with the approval of General Huerta and therefore means the elim ination of Huerta as a Presidential pos sibllity. The Catholic party, while support ing the present administration morally and financially, realized the futility of endeavoring to continue General Huerta In office in face of opposition by the United States and the consequent in ability of the government to borrow money. General Huerta was brought to realize that and finally sanctioned the proposed nominations. He said he would not be the candidate of any other party or faction. EDITOR. DIES AT HIS DESK C. L. Parker, Formerly of Portland, Drops Dead at Yoncalla. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 24. (Special.) C. L. Parker, for several years edi tor of the Drain Nonpareil, and who also recently acquired possession of the Yoncalla Times, died suddenly of heart failure while in Yoncalla today. Mr. Parker was stricken while at his work. Mr. Parker was 78 years old. He came to Drain from New York. He was at one time a member of tiie New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Parker is survived by his widow, in Drain, a son In - California and daughters In New York. Tho funeral will be held at Drain Friday. Mr. Parker resided a number of years in Portland. His second wife, who sur vives him, he married here. She was Miss Fannio Brettell. Six years ago he moved to Drain. PRISONERS SNARE SPREES Four Men Lassa Liquor Locked In Steel Cell as Evidence. STEVENSON, Wash., Sept. 24. (Spe cial.) Theft of liquors from a steel cell inside a jail by four prisoners, three while men and an Indian, constituting state larcency, resulted In two of the white men pleading guilty today in the Stevenson court. The other white man and the redskin pleaded not guilty. During the trial this week in which E. I. Shipherd was convicted of violat ing the state liauor laws, the state closeted the confiscated liquors in a steel cell of the Stevenson jail. The four prisoners, by means of a broom handle and a cord lassoed bottle after bottle from the cell, drank the contents and replaced the empty bottles. The prisoners became so Intoxicated that they were caught. MUZZLES TOSJAY ON DOGS Commission Says It May Be "eces sury to Enforce Ordinance 1'eur. Dog muzzles will remain on all dogs allowed to run at large at least until January 1, and possibly for nearly a year following that date. This is the decision reached by members o the City Commission, following an investi gation. Action of the commission was taken largely upon the declaration of City Health Officer Marcellus and other health officials that rabies exists In the city and cannot bo stamped out as long as dogs are not kept muzzled. It is said the disease can be stamped out in a year by strict enforcement of the muzzling ordinance. SWISS TO SETTLE COLONY Dairymen Will Make Use of 10,000 Acres in Washington. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 24. (Special.) Ten thousand acres of logged-off land at Bordeaux, in Thurston and Che. halis counties, probably will be a mag net which will draw hundreds of East ern Swiss dairy farmers to Washing ton. The purchase of this land, to be used exclusively for dairying, was an nounced here tonight by Hugh T. and Clarence W. Habert, of St. Paul, Minn. Experienced Swiss dairymen, personal representatives of Swiss colonies of sev eral Eastern states, have examined th land and expect to form a colony. PRINCE HENRY IN ETON Royal Student Will Be 'Drybob' and Immediately Buys Topper. LONDON, Sept. 24. (Special.) Prince Henry, third son of King George, entered Eton today. He is to be a "drybob, in other words, a cricketer, not a rowing man. The first thing he did at college was to buy the traditional lop hat. Prince Henry is 13 years old. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E JOBS OF OFFICERS Rushlight Promotions Are Under Fire. IRREGULARITIES ARE EXPOSED Police Say Civil Service Test Was Not Fair. OLD REGIME TO TESTIFY Captain Keller Ignores Summons to Commission Session Others Connected AVitli Late Adminis tration to Bo Called. Lopping off of the heads of several higher-ups In the police department, cancellation of all municipal civil serv ice eligible lists prepared before July 1, and the filins of criminal charges against former city officials and offi cials of the police department are likely results of a. sweeping investigation of the police department started lust nlglil by the Municipal Civil Service Com mission. As a result of information gleaned by Civil Service Commissioners Clark and Caldwell from police officials who testified under oath at u hearing In the Council Chamber at tiie City Hall last night, subpenas are to be issued to day for ex-Mayor Rushlight, former Acting Chief of Police Slover and oth ers whose names were brought- out In connection with transactions that were classed as questionable in connection with police appointment. Old ReBlme to Be Summoned. Subpenas will be issued by the Coin mission for the presence of ex-offlclals and others Monday "night at tho Coun cil Chamber. ' Names brought out at tho hearing last night, in addition to those already mentioned, include George McCord. who acted as secretary to Mayor Rushllsht; Robert Armstrong, brother of A. V. Armstrong, former member of the Civil Service Commission, and ex-Police Cap tain Bailey, who resigned during the Rushlight administration. The opening gun in tho hearing last night was fired by Serg-eant Craddock. who told of how he procured civil serv ice papers in advance of an examination for captains of police about a year ago. He and others presented evidence to show that with the exception of three examinations for policemen or police officials, all in the last two years have been framed up in advance and have been unfair. Keller Appointment Probed. t;x-Mayor Rushlight's name was brought into the tangle in connection with the appointment of Captain Kel ler to the position he now holds and statements were so strong that it was decided to ask the ex-Mayor to ex plain. The name of Captain Slover was brought in by Captain llllcy. It was declared that Captain Slover had prom ised to give the highest recommenda tion of any officer to Riley and that, In spite of this promise, one ot the low ratings was given Riley. Sergeant Craddock, in making a clean breast of his procedure In get ting ovamination napers in advance of the examination, said in part: "About three or four days before the exam ination was to be held A. P. Ann- strong, then a Commissioner, told me to see his brother. Robert Armstrong. He said he had a list of the questions which probably would be used in tho examination; I went to a saloon at Second and Burnsldo and found tho 1,1-nthor anrl lie said he had all tho papers in his vest pocket. There were wo sets of papers, one for myself and for Keller. He said lie did not want to give them to ine, but said he would drop them on the floor ot a. closet and I could pick them up. I followed Instructions and obtained the papers." . Riley Names McCord. Acting Captain Riley, next called to the witnes stand, said: "Prior to the last election I went to the office of Mayor Rushlight to pro sent certain facts and to feel out the Mayor on the question of an appoint ment -of captain. I was met by George McCord. Rushlight's private secretary. hn told me he had been coaching Scr- .ot i.vnns for the position. He said e. - - Lyons was a comrade of his (McCord s). and he intended to do everything ho could to get him the 'position. McCord nformed me that 'we are going to ook after our friends." Other Officers Testify. Sorireant Casey was called to the witness stand and declared that Cap tain Slover, who was acting as chief at that time, had framed up to push Captain Riley ahead of him (Casey), if Riley wanted a position. At that time piiau -araa fourth on the elitfible list and Casey was third. Casey declared. nd the statement was corroborated iy iiov that Slover had told Riley that "Casey could easily be gotten rid of in case Riley wanted to move up in rann. Others who testified at the hearing ere Policeman Johnson, Desk Clerk Circle and Patrolman Sherwoodi who took the captain's examination. Captain Keller was to have been at le meeting last night to tell his story, it he failed to attend, although sub orned early yesterday. Force will be used If necessary to bring Keller to the meeting Monday night. 0 ENDANGERS