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TTTE MORNING OREGONIATT. WEDNESDAY, BEPTE3IBEII 16, 1914. " 27 DIE AS TRAIN HITS WATER WALL St. Louis Passenger Sweeps Into Cloudburst and Many Drown in Berths. CARS TOPPLE INTO GULLY TToman Rescues Five From Sub merged Coaches, While Others Swim Oat of Windows to Safe tyFifteen Are Identified. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15. Twenty-seven persons were drowned early today when the St. Louis & San Francisco west bound passenger train No. 6, St. Louis to Texas, plunged into a cluodburst two miles west of Lebanon, Mo., and two passenger coaches toppled into a deep gully swollen with water. Fifteen of the dead have been identi fied. Eighteen persons were injured, 10 of them seriously. Ninety-nine persons, including the crew, were on the train. Train Hits Torrent at Carve. The accident occurred at a curve which marked the edge of a, ravine characteristic of the Ozark hill country. For several hours the train had been going carefully, as the engineer feared the heavy rains had weakened the tracks. Just as the engine hit the curve, two miles from Lebanon, En gineer O'Brien saw a cloudburst, seem ingly a wall of water ahead of him. Though the train was going only IB miles an hour, he closed the throttle, but before the train could be brought to a stop it had plunged into the wall of water. The 12-foot embankment on which the track crossed the ravine was swept away, apparently by the rush of water, and as the track - sagged, the chair car and smoker toppled into the ravine. Sleeptng-Cars Hold to Track. The engine and mail and baggage ears had crossed the deepest part of the ravine and though they were pulled from the rails and toppled over, they did not fall into the water. The fire man was killed, apparently having been ' crushed. The engineer escaped. None of the mail clerks or express messen gers were hurt. The four sleeping pars remained on the track. Many of the victims were drowned, apparently, while they slept. Others clambered through the windows of the submerged cars and swam to safety. A nurse. Miss Nona Campbell, of St. Louis, climbed to the upturned side of the chair car and rescued five impris oned passengers by pulling them through the windows. Traffic was tied up until late this afternoon and the first train from the West to pass the scene after the disas ter did not reach St. Louis until to night. Fifteen Are Identified. Twenty-eight bodies have been recov ered from the wreck and of these 15 have been identified. The following list was prepared at the Frisco general of fice: Identified dead Henry Wagoner, Harrison, Ark.; W. A. Childers, Clover, Mo.; Mrs. John Myers, Thayer, Mo.; J. H. Stock still, Springfield, Mo., fireman; Vernon Cal vin. Rumley, Ark.; George Coxey, Green Forest, Ark.; H. W. Newklrk, Hanni ebal. Mo.; C. Neal, Ketchum, Okla.; Mrs. Elizabeth Rostetter, Alliance, O.; Lena Myers, Thayer, Mo.; Daisy Perry, ad dress unknown: Elsie Calvin, Rumley. Ark.; W. W. Naylor, Springfield. Mo.; August Wettner, St. Louis, Mrs. George Brown, Bush, Ark. MOTHER LOVE IS FATAL Babe Killed as It Is Being Tossed and Parent's Mind Shattered. OAKLAND. Cal, Sept. 16. Carried way by the happy cries of -her baby, whom she was tossing into the air in her Oakland home today, Mrs. Clyde Webster overtaxed her strength and was unable to hold in her arms the (ailing child, which fell to a hard wood floor and was almost instantly lulled. The mother ran screaming from the nouse to a policeman, who called an ambulance in which mother and child were taken to a hospital. Mrs. Web ster has been hysterical since the ac cident and physicians believe her mind Is shattered. The infant, a 4 -months-old boy, was her only child. cost $2,300,000. which was but a trifle when we learn that he possesed $370. 000,000 in gold. Lentulus, an augur, had a modest bank account of $17,000, 000, and Seneca had a few millions more. Paulus, it is said, received as a bribe $292,000. Lolla Paulln's wardrobe was valued at $1,664,480, and she wore, at a supper, $1,662,000 worth of Jewels; but this opulent lady had $200,000,000 in her own right. Scaurus built a villa which cost $15,000,000. Nlcias. an artist, refused $75,000 for one of his pictures, and made a gift of it to his country. Aristides, the sculptor, for a single figure, received $125,000 and $20,000 for a smaller one. We read on apparently good authority of individual fortunes of from $50,000,000 to $500,000,000, and of incomes of $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year of dazzling gifts to favorites and of almost incredible extravagance, but of gifts to religion very few, while the columns of charity and philan thropy were wholly neglected. On the whole, therefore, we may conclude that the owners of great wealth today, however we may criticise their methods of accumalatlon, are making a beter use of their money than the ancients did. MINER BODY ASKS PEACE UNITED WORKERS URGE FEDERAL, PLAN IN COLORADO. BILL-TO -PURCHASE SHIPS CRITICISED Minority of House Committee Say Measure Goes Be yond Emergency. . PERMANENT GOOD DENIED HOP CROP NEARLY ALL IN Woodbnrn Yield, Not Yet Picked, Shows Signs of Mold. WOODBURN, Or.,. Sept. 15. CSpe claL) Hopplcklng is nearly com pleted, and with the exception of a few yards, the crop was housed before the rains. The crops still out are showing some mould, and will not be of as good quality as was expected. The yield probably will be 20 to 25 ' per cent less than last year although some yards report an increase. Early samples are in good shape and should command the top market price. Buyers are not In the field with or ders as is customary at this time of the year. The only sale reported in this section last week was that of the Joseph Nathan crop of 60 bales at Gervals at 17 cents. UNIVERSITY R0LLS LARGER Freshman Class Registration Tops 3 0-0 Mark, Gain Over Last Year. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) Today's reg istration of freshmen, according to A. R. Tiffany, registrar, is close to SOOj an increase over last year. -"A noticeable feature of the registra tion was the large number of students who have chosen the newly Installed course In commerce as their major sub ject. Speaking of the registration, Mr. Tiffany said: "There easily will he a 150 per cent Increase over the total enrollment of last year." FORTUNES 0F0LD LARGER I're&ent-Day Croesuses Are Far Be hind Ancients. It is true, we have a number of men who are fabulously wealthy, and women who spend extravagant sums on personal adornment; but, with only a few notable exceptions, our present day Croesuses of either sex are far be hind the ancients. Aristotle left fortune of 60,000,000. A single fes tival siren by Ptolemy; Philadelphus Union Official Says President's Pro posal Embodies Best and Im proved Terms, TRINIDAD, Cot, Sept. 16. The United States Government and the In ternational organization of the United Mine Workers of America united today In a plea to the striking coal miners of Colorado to accept the peace plan drawn up by a board of Federal media tors and Indorsed by President Wilson. The miners' convention adjourned until tomorrow without reaching a vote. Following an address by Frank Hayes, vice-presldentof the union, ad vocating adoption of the proposal on behalf of the international officers, William R. Falrley, one of the two mediators appointed by the Secretary of Labor, told the delegates that it would be "suicide" for them to reject the proposition. "Are you going to put the President of the United States in a position where he will be ridiculed by capitalists all over the country?" he demanded. "I don't believe you are going to commit suicide," the Federal mediator added. "I believe you're going to ac cept this proposition." Hayes in his speech told the dele gates that the union had spent $3,044, 000 on the strike. He urged the accept ance of the President's proposal as em bodying the best terms obtainable and a decided improvement over conditions before the strike. In the course of Fairley's speech "Mother" Mary, Jones created a diver sion by declaring she saw a "Colorado Fuel & Iron Company spotter" in the hall "taking notes for the C. F. & L" "Throw him out by the' neck," she shouted. The "spotter" proved to be a reporter for the Trinidad newspaper conducted by the United Mine Workers of America. MANY STUDENTS ENROLL WILLAMETTE REGISTRATION ITS LARGEST, SAYS DEAN. Fresh mmi Class Is Expected to Num ber More Than 100 Every Room Taken In Co-Eds Dormitory. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITT. Salem. Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) Dean Alden announced tonight, the end of the sec ond day of registration at Willamette University, that the enrollment this year would be the largest the univer sity ever has had. The freshman class Is expected to number more than 100 and all other classes also will be Increased. The senior class will number between 30 and 36. Every room In Lausanne Hall, the co-ed's dormitory, has been taken, and many have engaged rooms throughout the city. The girls' dormitory has been en tirely renovated and newly furnished. The new furniture- was bought with the idea of using it in a new brick dormitory to be erected in the next year. Students are registered for every course offered In the university cata logue. A new course for which the enrollment is large is to comprise a series of lectures in literature. Committees from the T. M. C. A. and T. W. C. A. have been at work meet ing new students at the trains, find ing rooms and work for them and as sisting them in registering. It is not expected that the rush of new students will end until the first of next week. 0RENCO SCHOOLS OPEN Increase Upon First Day Is 15 Per Cent Over Last Year. ORENCO, Or, Sept. 15. (Special.) The Orenco schools opened Monday with an increase in attendance of 15 per cent over the opening day last year. Two new grades, the ninth and tenth, have been added this year, with an additional teacher. The following teachers are in charge: R. L. Wann, principal: C. K. Grover, Miss Edith Pechin, Miss Ruth Jones, Miss Edith Stalley. As many pupils have not yet re ported, the actual Increase probably will be 20 per cent. Pear Tree Promises Second Crop. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept. 16.- (SpeclaX) Mistaking this beautiful weather for the return of Spring, a pear tree on the A. B. Wood property has sent out blossoms for the second time this year. It has already produced one crop and Mr. Wood says he ex pects to have a second crop about unristmas time. Wet Orator at Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) Before a fair-sized crowd Edward Adams Cantrell of Portland last night spoke on the subject, "The Twelve Fundamental Fallacies of Prohibition." The lecture was held at the court house and was well attended. Brakeman Is Injured. ROSEBURG, Or, Sept. 15. (Special) C. G. Reymers, a Southern Pacific brakeman, was brought here today from Saginaw, where he was injured as the result of falling while climbing over a car loaded with poles. He will recover. CARD OV THANKS. We wish to thank the friends and neignDors ror tne Kindness and sym pathy shown us in our recent bereave ments in the loss of a loviner husband. father, son and brother; also for the Deautiiui nowers. MRS. MINNIE C. HYDE, MARGARET G. HYDE, MRS. E. HYDE, HARVEY J. HYDE, Adv, MRS. GERTRUDE SCOTT, Neutrality Threatened, Existing Steamship Lines Menaced, Total ' Facilities KTot Increased, Opponents Argue. WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. Declaring that the establishment of Government- owned steamship lines is a direct at tack on the Invested capital and would mean the ultimate destruction of steam ship lines which the ingenuity and wisdom of a deserving class of citizens have built up and maintained in the carrying trade of the United States, seven members of the committee on the merchant marine submitted today in the House a minority report on the merchant marine bill. The report is signed by five Republi cans, Green, Massachusetts; Hinds, Maine; Curry, California; Edmonds, Pennsylvania; Parker, New York, and two Democrats, Saunders, Virginia, and Thacher, Massachusetts. Possibly the most dangerous effect of the measure, the report declares, would be the result its enactment might have on the position of neutral ity on the part of the United States In the war. Danger 'to Competition Asserted. The bill, continues the report, if It became law, would stifle all commer cial enterprise and turn over to the Government itself the power to create a merchant marine, which power could, it is asserted, be extended and enlarged so long as money remained in the treas ury and as much longer , an Congress should provide by taxation to replenish the treasury. "The purchase of foreign steamships now used in the foreign trade," says the report, "would not increase the number of vessels now available for the overseas trade, even if they were granted an American registry, and no evidence has been producd that there are not now more vessels available for use in the overseas trade than could be used advantageously in transport ing merchandise to the various markets of the world, and it is distinctly as serted that there Is now ample avail able tonnage. Therefore, there can be no emergency that calls for Government-owned lines to take care of the products of American labor and Ameri can capital." Emergency Exceeded, Says Report. Granting that the situation seemed to warrant the introduction of a bill to meet the emergency due to the war, the report says: "The bill Itself goes much further than the line of emergency and opens up the whole question of the develop ment of an American merchant marine by proposing an absolute scheme of Government ownership involving an expenditure or many millions of dol lars, which cannot fail to demand an increase of taxes which would have to be borne by the American people." J. he signers of the report charee that the bill did not receive sufficient con sideration at the hands of the com mittee, and says that more extended hearings might have revealed some definite practicable By stem of action. Venture New and Untried. Alluding to the vital need of an American merchant marine, the report adds: "The mere buying of such vessels of foreign construction as might be pur chased while the foreign wars continue would be only the first step in a new and untried venture an experiment of doubtful expediency which should not be undertaken without serious consid eration. "The establishment of steamship lines is a business proposition. It is not a political undertaking and should not be a political proposition. If the mem bers examine this bill with care they will fail to discover therein a single definite business proposition." BERNIER HOLDS TO STORY Oregon City Slan Mysteriously Hurt Insists He Fell From Tree. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Although Charles Brenier. mys teriously injured on the night of August 25, has been brought to his home and is improving rapidly, he Is unable to give a satisfactory account of the events of that night. He still maintains that he fell from an apple tree. "I fell from an apple tree and the next thing I knew I woke up in a hospital. All that happened between the fall and my awakening in a bed at St. Vincent's is as mysterious to me as to the officials," he told Dr. M. C Strickland. The physician an nounces that Mr. Bernler is out of danger although still unable to leave his bed. ' Sheriff Mass and District Attorney HAVE YOU NEURASTHENIA? Neurasthenia Is a condition of exhaustion- of the nervous system. The causes are varied. Continuous work, mental or physical, without proper vacation periods, without proper at tention to diet and exercise, also worry over the struggles for success, are the most common causes. . Excesses of almost any kind may produce it. Some diseases, like the grip, will cause neurasthenia. So also will a severe shock, intense anxiety or grief. The symptoms are over-sensitiveness, irritability, a disposition to worry over trifles, headache, possibly nausea. The treatment Is one of nutrition of the nerve cells, requiring a non-alcoholic tonic As the nerves get their nourishment from the blood the treat ment must be directed toward building up the blood. Dr. Williams" Pink Pills act directly on the blood and with proper regulation of the diet have proved of the greatest benefit In many cases of neurasthenia. A tendency to anaemia, or bloodlessness, shown by most neurasthenic patients. Is also cor rected by these tonic pills. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Two UBeful books "Diseases of the Nervous System" and "What to Eat and How to Eat" will be sent free by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, If you mention this paper. Adv. Hedges think that his statement deep ens the mystery and adds nothing to its solution. WOODLAND AWAITS FAIR NEW BUILDIA'GS AND GROUNDS NOW READY TO HOUSE DIG EVENT. Annual Exhibits That Began In Old Schoolhonse Five Years Ago to In clude Bis; Varsity Tomorrow. WOODLAND. Wash., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) The fifth annual fair of the Woodland. Cowlitz County. Fair Asso ciation will begin tomorrow and will continue until Saturday night, Septem ber 19. The fair originated here five years ago and was held In a local real estate office and was known as the Lewis River Valley Fair. During the next two years the exhibitions were held in an old schoolho'use near the depot. Last year the exhibits were large, and be cause the school building was deemed unsafe for the heavy exhibits and the immense crowds the show was held In the three store buildings adjoining the depot. This year under the auspices of the Woodland Commercial Club the Wood land, Cowlitz County, Fair Association was formed. A big banquet held by the Commercial Club secured the sup port of the whole Lewis River Valley. which includes a large section of Clarke County tributary to Woodland. This banquet and active work on the part of the subscription committee re sulted In securing sufficient funds to proceed. The association was formed, officers elected, and four acres of land outside the town limits two blocks from the business section were purchased. An exhibition building and sheds for stock and hogs were built. The property now Is ready for the opening tomorrow. A big list of premiums has been of fered for exhibits in the various de partments, which includes culinary. butter, potted plants, grasses and grains, vegetables, sheep, cattle, horses, hogs, nuts, grapes, cut flowers, indi vidual farm exhibits, fruit, dogs and poultry. Owing to the late date of organizing the association it was not possible to paint the buildings and fence, but outside of this all is in read iness for the opening. The decorating of the building will be completed tonight. The only handicap to this year s ex hibits Is the extraordinary drouth. which prevented the usual growth of farm products. Enough entries are ex pected to make an uni.rual showing II rain does not Interfere with the plans. SIX CHURCHES FIRETRAPS Sled ford Chief Orders Institutions to Ohserve Regulations. MEDFORD, Or., Sept 15. (Special.) According to Fire Chief Lawton, who has completed a fire survey of the city, six of Medford's chuches are flretraps. Chief Lawton has ordered them to make changes in conformity with the city ordinances. The exit doors open in Instead of cut, and other regula tions are not -observed. One hundred and sixty property owners have been notified to bury their gasoline tanks as prescribed by city ordinance. Holman Courts Nearly Ready. ILWACO. Wash., Sept. 14. (Special.) North Beach tennis tournaments are likely to be held hereafter at the new courts now being completed at Holman, half way between Seavlew and Ilwaco. Banker Sinclair has taken great Inter est In the new courts and procured the steam roller used In making county roads to put the finishing touch to the work. Ilwaco O. "V. R. & X. Offices Moved. ILWACO. Wash., Sept. 15. (Special.) The O.-W. R. & N. Company has re moved Its offices from the depot to the Kerlee block, corner First and Spruce streets. The depot is being remodeled to provide a women's waiting-room, with modern toilet accommodations. THIS WOMAN TRANSFORMED FROM PHYSICAL WRECK TO GOOD HEALTH Mrs. A. F. Wagner, 564 First I Street, Portland, Takes Akoz for Catarrh. From all sections of the Coast, where Akoz, the wonderful California medic inal mineral, has been introduced come letters telling of the benefits derived' from the mineral remedy from people suffering from many ailments. The let ter below, by Mrs. A F. 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Akoz will be found as effective for rheumatism, stomach, liver, kidney and bladder trnnblfl tilnr. nil.. -u-in - eases, eczema and other ailments. For b&jo m a-u aruggisu, wnere further In formation may be had regarding: this advertisement, V Buy Boys' School Suits Now! 4.95 Buys a $6.00 Nor folk Suit Extra Trousers Free! Quality Style Service; all three are present in these splendid suits. New Fabrics, New Patterns, Thorough .Workmanship. Boys' Store, Second Floor. BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER v Morrison Street at Fourth. ! Additional space for the accommodation wi xioifiiii, uiB duik 01 wnicn nas out grown the present facilities, Is planned. Woman Freed; Man Held. WOODBURN, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) On a serious charge Charles Edgar and Lulu Roberts were arrested here at a hotel and were given a hearing before Justice Hayes. Edgar waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Grand Jury and the woman was released upon her promise to re turn to her mother at Glendale. The couple, came here rrom near Hubbard, where they had been working In a hop yard, registering at the hotel as man and wife. The woman Is about 30 years of age and the mother of three children, the eldest of whom, a girl of 9 yearn, was with her. See The Emporium's Autumn Fashion Show in the Windows! Yesterday a new style season was inaugurated in Port land. In spite of the rain, hundreds of women watched the great spectacle with deepest interest. Living mod els, in our windows, wore beautiful costumes, tracing the growth of the present fashions. They formed A Revi ew of Styles for a Hundred Years The origin of the basmie. the rpdincAfc and other modern touches was shown. It ended with an up-to-the-minute display of 11 r A New Fall Millinery and Modish Garments See this big "Style Show" it will be re peated in our windows Today From 2 to 4 o'Clock 11 T i Til 1M PO mm: Get Busy America T7E are favored among the nations. Y v , We have peace and plenty within our own borders. We have learned the lessons taught by lean times, and so are prepared to face the days ahead. Our farmers are prospering by reason of the present conditions and when agricul ture flourishes, the business outlook is one of good hope and good cheer. Some American industries and mercan tile enterprises now suffer because of the partial suspension of trans-oceanic trade. Ships are being provided American Ships. More industries will be stimulated to supply our home demand, which MUST be satisfied. It is a time of great and glorious business opportunity. Boom Times Are Coming Get Ready T