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Pages 1 to 10 VOL. XXVIII NO. 27. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TUFT SPEAKS ON CRACKER STARTS BLAZE AT NAMPA T PARALYSIS SEIZES HARRIMAN'S LEGS SGHIVELY THREE SISTERS MARRY TOGETHER BURSTS, iN UNSEATED BY VOTE TELL DYING BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS WITH $250,000 LOSS. DISEASE ' CAN BE RELIEVED, BUT NOT FULLY CURED. TWO WED BROTHERS IN TRIPLE HOME WEDDING. M L TAN WOMEN WOULD BALLOON GRAND ARMY WORK SOMETHING or Monument to Founder Is Unveiled. WHAT BOUND VETERANS AS ONE Sentiments Which Went to Build Up Grand Army. NO THREAT TO FREEDOM Predictions That Army Would Men ace Republic Disproved by Its Peaceful Dissolution and Bitterness Dying Out. WASHINGTON, July 3. Declaring that, unlike tho pretorian guard of Rome, the men who mads up tho Union forces during tho Civil "War were In favor of free Institutions, that they fought for them and did not Intend to sacrifice them to anything else. President Taft today, as the principal speaker at the unveiling- of a memorial to Dr. Benjamin Franklin Etephenson,founderof the O." AT It.. paid a- flowing tribute to that organization. Congress having contributed to the cost of the memorial, the President said he was present In his official capacity. Mr. Taft spoke as follows: Bond Which Unites Veterans. "Vft are met to dedicate a memorial to the Union soldier who served four years as a surgeon In the Civil War and who also buildod an institution by which there has been united in the bonds of fellowship all the sweet association, all the deep lessons of loyalty and all the pride of patriotism that such a civil war as that could arouse in millions of hearts. When men at the formative period of life from 18 to 22 are asso ciated In any work, whether it be in col lege, in society, in church or otherwise, they carry with them afterwards the fondest memories and associations for each other because they have passed through a common mould. "I can conceive no bond of union Ftrongcr than that which unites the men who fought from '61 to '65 in the Grand Army and It was to the credit of the founder of the Grand Army of the Re public that" he saw the solid basis upon which such a structure as that society could be erected. "You will recollect that there were prophets of evil with respect to the fate of the United States after the war should cease, after the end should be accomplished for which the North was fighting:, and it was that the aggre gation of a million men In arms threat ened our free institutions. But all those prophecies faded into nothing ness. The men who composed that mil lion were men In favor of free institu tions, hud fought for them and did not intend to sacrifice them to anything else. There was no man with the am bition to improve that army as an in strument of despotism, even if it had been willing: to furnish itself as such, and so it was the marvel of other coun tries that this great body of organ ized force, than which there was never a stronger or better disciplined army, faded out and disappeared into the paths of peace, preserving nothing but the sweet memory and association they had formed during the war and the con sciousness they had in their hearts of having rendered the greatest service, to wit: The preservation of their country. W hat Grand Army Represents. "Stephenson organised this Grand Army of the Republic to preserve the essence of that army In Us finest characteristics. In Its democracy and In its patriotism. The Grand Army of the Republic knows no limitation but service to the Govern ment In the Civil War; and therefore it Is that Congress, recognising the useful ness of such an organization in preserv ing patriotism, properly contributed J10, 000 to this memorial and recognized the Grand Army of the Republic as an in stitution that may well have National gratitude and National recognition. More than that, the Grand Army of the Republic is most useful in this it represents the concentrated opinion of the men who fought .in the war to pre serve the union and it therefore may give authoritative expression which no other body and no other part of the peo ple can give, to wit: Forgetfulness of the strife that existed during the four years of the war,' and I am glad to say that, while that bitterness in a few in stances still obtains, you will never find it to exist between the men who actually exposed their lives on one side and the men who exposed their lives on the other. The union of the two sections has been moulded strongly and more Btrongly by those meetings between the Blue and the Gray which ought to be encouraged to occur as often as possible." All the regular troops in and about Washington, as well as the Grand Army and the ladies' auxiliaries, participated in the ceremonies. VIENNA TO SEE ROOSEVELT Kx-Presldent to Visit Austrian Cap ital Early Next Spring. VIENNA, July 3. Tt Is announced here that ex-President Roosevelt will visit Vienna next April during the in ternational field aod hunting expedition. Arrival or Special Train With En gine Prom Boise Prevents Spread of Flames. CALDWELL, Idaho, July 8. (Special.) At Nampa today fire, which started in a cigar store opposite the depot, in which a Greek was setting off firecrackers, de stroyed an entire business block, with a loss of $250,000, with J125.000 Insurance. A special train brought a fire engine from Boise, making the trip of 20 miles In 22 minutes. Had it not been for this timely assistance it is believed the greater part of Nampa would have been de stroyed. The fire started at o'clock in the afternoon, and It was not until 6:30 be fore the flames were under control. Nampa tonight is without telegraph or telephone communication with the out side world. A list of the firms burned out follows: Bank of Nampa, Robb Clothing Store. Walling Real Estate Company, Edwards Rooming-house, Alameter Rooming house, Palace Barber Shop, Nampa bar. Elver Clothing Co., Bowman Paint Co., Idaho Realty Co.. Elqueen cigar store, Idaho Restaurant, Jack's Corner Store, where the fire originated; Tervel Bros.' cafe. White Front Restaurant, Baker & Quick Lnch Room, Commercial Ho tel. Grand Hotel barber shop, Randal corner not occupied, Japanese poolroom, Japanese laundry, Roberts dry goods store, Badger Furniture Co., Nampa De velopment Co., Nampa Butcher Co., Al Fisher notions, Dumlck Bros.. Charles Hlckey real estate. LID DOWN HARD ON FIGHTS Hoosiers Must Not Even Attend Bouts, Under Penalty of Trial. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 3. (Spe cial.) Governor Marshall has started a wave of reform affecting the sport ing element. He has Instructed the prosecutor here to have men who had attended prizefights appear before the grand jury. If fights were not fights, but merely boxing matches, he said, they might continue; but If they were really prizefights, the promoters ought to be indicted. Out of this proceeding came the In dictment of. Edward Bingham and Ben jamin Crose, former editors of sport ing departments of Indianapolis news papers, who formed the' Indianapolis Athletic Association, and who for near ly four years promoted bouts at the Auditorium. DOZEN IN PAJAMA PARTY Had Good, Cool Time, bnt Didn't Play Leapfrog. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July 3. (Spe cial.) "No, indeed, we did not play leap frog or anything of the kind; we looked like boys, but we did not act like them; we met behind closed doors, and we had the jolliest kind of a good time in per fect comfort." Miss Lena Burke blushed charmingly as she gave the foregoing account of her novel entertainment of a dozen of her. girl friends yesterday afternoon. Twelve girls, from 16 to 18 ye"ars of age, were the guests of Miss Burke, and pajamas were the thing. As they emerged from their dressing rooms the guests one and all were coolly attired In pajamas. Skirts, lingerie, waists, pet ticoats and all that were tabooed. REAL ELKS AS DECORATION Two Antlered Monarchs In Gilded Care for Hotel. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 3. (Spe cial.) As the feature of the decorative scheme over the porte cochere at' its main entranoe, the Hotel Alexandria manage ment will use two handsome elks, pur chased -from the San Francisco Board of Park Commissioners for $500 each. After the Elks convention they are to hp presented to this city, and wlU be turned Into Griffith Park. These animals will be placed in a large gilded wire screen cage, fitted up as a beautiful miniature garden, high above the street, and will reign for 10 days as the novelty of the gathering. GOING TO RESCUE COOK Peary's Associates Will Sail Soon for Arctic Sea. NEW YORK, July S.-Captain Samuel W. Bartlett, of Brigus. N. F., and Her bert L. Brldgman. of Brooklyn, N. T. have purchased and are equipping a steamer for a voyage to Etah. North Greenland. Peary's base station, about July 15. The vessel will endeavor to bring Dr. Frederick A. Cook home and will also probably take north Mene, the. young Eskimo, who with a number of his coun trymen came to the United States 12 years ago. CLARK'S NEPHEW IS DYING Montana ex-Senator's Relative Vic tim of Early Fourth Accident. NEW YORK, July 3. Edward Clark, 6 years old, a nephew of ex-Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, is in the Williams burg Hospital tonight with a bullet wound under his right eye. Physicians say there is little hope for his recov3ry. The lad said that he had shot himself by accident with a revolver which he had purchased to celebrate the Fourth Suffrage Convention Bars Washington. DELEGATES ARE STILL DEFIANT Tell National Body It Meddles in Quarrel. PRESIDENT'S HOT RETORT Women of Evergreen State Can No Longer Vote in Convention Na tional Officers Are Blamed for Defeat in Oregon. SEATTLE. July 8. (Special.) Still defiant, the Washington State Associa tion went down to defeat in the con vention of the National Equal Suffrage Association, when the convention adopt ed a motion depriving the Washington delegates of the right to vote, but granting them all other rights. This action was not taken until after a hot debate in which the National Asso ciation was Informed that it was meddling, and that its meddling had caused defeat of the cause in Oregon. This called forth a spirited retort from the National president. Move to Unseat Delegates. The National executive committee, to whom the Spokane delegates, unseated by the state convention, appealed, tried for three days to effect a compromise between the factions; and, failing, re ferred the contest to the National con vention. The question came up in the form of a motion of Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, that "the convention Is not satisfied with the credentials of the Washington delegates, ' and withdraws 'from them the privilege of voting, but grants them the other privileges of delegates." In the debate on the motion each side was al lotted 15 minutes.. D. C. Goates, of Spokane, ex-Lteuten-ant'-Governor of Colorado, stated the case for the unseated delegates to the state convention, and Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe, president of . the state associa tion, made no argument except that the National convention was without author ity to pass on the acts. of the Washington association. ' Caused Defeat in Oregon. Mrs. Flora McKenny, of Washington, then took the floor and with graphic gestulatlon, said: "Ladies of the National Convention: I warn you not to interfere with this affair, for it is entirely outside of your jurisdiction The Natonal Association has defeated the cause before and If you interfere here in Washington, the result In 1910 will only be a repe tition of what occurred in the State of Oregon, where suffrage went to de feat." "As the lady from Washington has chosen to Insult the National body," re plied the president. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, "it is the duty of the National body to take the reins of this affair in its own hands. This is not the first time that the National body has been Insulted here." President Resents Insult. ' Mrs. MeKenny rose and tried to offer an apology. 'The lady la out of order," Interrupted the president, "and furthermore, I wish to say that the feelings of the National body are not encased in a rhinoceros hide.'.' . The debate that unseated the Washing ton delegation was then taken. The State of Washington now has no vote in the convention, and the regulars are In control of the state organiza tion, but under censure by the National organization. Great Crowd of Sightseers. It was rumored that the factional trou bles of the state association would . be aired before the National convention and the accredited delegates were crowded by hundreds of curious spectators, who filled the auditorium until the capacity of .the . church was taxed to Its limit. Above the sea of feathers and flowers there was an occasional bared head of -a man, several of whom had seated them selves In the audience. ABUSED WIFE GETS EVEN Illustrates to Court How Husband Beat Her, Using Man as Dummy. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 3. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth McGowan had her hus band, William, before Justice Ling on a charge of battery today, and while she was testifying the court asked her to illustrate how he struck and abused her. She instantly stepped over where the man sat and brought her fist down on his head with a bang. "He hit me like this, and this." she said, keeping up a rain of terrible blows on his nose, mouth, eyes and ears, and as a finale, before the bailiff could inter cede, she wrung McGowan's neck until there was a sound of breaking bones. The illustration was so effective that the husband was fined $40 beside the physical punishment. Austrian Doctor Finds Cause of Trouble Will Cure Nervous Prostration. VIENNA. July 3. (Special.) Profes sor Adolf Struempell visits E. H. Harrl man every third day at Semmerlng, a health resort In the Austrian Alps. At the first examination the famous special ist on nervous diseases learned that Mr. Harrlman was suffering from nervous prostration. Mr. Harrlman has some difficulty in moving his limbs and walks stiffly, so Struempell called in Professor Holz knicht, a specialist with Roentgen rays. Professor Holzknicht examined the mil lionaire's spinal column and saw changes in the vertebrae which affect the nerves issuing from the spinal cord, and so cause primarily a slight paralysis of the patienfs lower limbs. Professor Struempell promises Mr. Hax riman to cure him of nervous prostration, which, of course, is the lesser of his two ailments. Professor Struempell tells Mr. Harrlman frankly that his slight paraly sis may be relieved, but not cured. SCIENTIST TUMBLES - FAR Director or Arizona Observatory Falls Down 10 0-Foot Well. TUCSON, Ariz., July 3. W. B. Keel ing, director of the magnetic observa tory being built here, fell down a 100 foot well this afternoon and sustained serious Injuries. He came from Baldwinvllle, Kan. MOTORCYCLIST IS KILLED Machine Skids in Race and Hurls Rider Through Fence. DENVER, July 3. George Michaels, a contestant in the five-mile motorcy cle race at Overland Park, was killed late this afternoon when his machine skidded while rounding a turn, and crashed through the fence. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. - YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 decrees; minimum. 3 decrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign. Editor, .of Hindu rebel .paper 1 predicts reign of blood in India. Section 1, page 3. Doctors flxid Karriman's legs paralyzed slightly and disease Incurable. Section 1, page 3. Ambassador White speaks at Paris on tariff retaliation. Section 1. page 4. -.National. Senate passes retaliatory provision of tariff bill and will vote on Income tax Mon day. Section 1, page 2. Taft speaks at unveiling of National monu ment to founder of Grand Army. Sec tion 1. page 1. Iomeftlc. New trial given Tennessee nlghtrlders. Section 1. page 3. Harrlman orders officials to cultivate good feeling with shippers. Section .1, page 2. Council of Education discusses delinquent children. Section 1. page 3. Ellu. Glngles . tells revolting story of crimes of white slavers. Section 1, page 4. Wilbur Wright delays further . flights till- airship repaired. Section 1, page 3. Balloon explodes at Redding, Cal., causing oanic and fatally Injuring two men. Section 1, page 1. Five out of family of six drowned in Colorado. Section 1. page 5. Leper taken from Washington to New York. Section 1, page 3. Pari tie North went. Firecracker starts $250,000 blaze in Nampa, Section 1. page 1. Olympia speculates on SchJvely letting out new scandals. Section 1, page 1. Heney escapes unhurt in auto accident; others of party Injured. Section 1, page 6. Ex-convict gets drunk, shoots up lone, wounding seven men. Section 1, page 7. Albany celebrates completion of street pav ing. Section 1, page 6. Taeoma man dies after drinking beer; com panion found in stupor. Section 1, page 6. Sport. Coast League scores: Portland 0, Oakland 5; Vernon 5. IjOs Angeles 4: San Fran cisco 1, Sacramento 0. Section 1, page 0. itlverslde Driving Club's matinee draws crowds. Section 1, page 9. Coast magnates put excessive prices on young players. Section 4, page 4. Multnomah will send fast men to Seattle games. Section 4, page 4. Seattle team will Invade Portland this week. Section 4, page 4. Tacoma proves too poor town for North western League. Section 4, page ft. Fight fans interested in Ketchel-Papke bout. Section 4, page 5. Northwestern League scores: Portland 1, Aberdeen 1 1 ; Seattle 5, Spokane 4 ; Van couver 6. Tacoma 0. Section 1, page 8. Commercial and Marine. New hops touch 18 cents in local market. Section 3, page 9. New York bank statement shows unusual increase In loans. Section 3, page 9. Barge Ocean, laden with potters' clay. sinks near Cathlamet. Section 3. page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Three sisters marry two brothers and an other man to fill out family. Section 1, page 1. Oregon day at Seattle will, be notable oc casion. Section 1, page 8. Portland" Fourth will be both safe and sane. Section 1. page 10. Oregon lumber mills get big contract from Pullman Company. Section 1, page Woman wants divorce because husband's "cuss" vocabulary is limited. Section 2, page lO. .. Mayor may prevent sale of big bond Issue. Section 4, page lO. Chautauqua will open at Gladstone Park Tuesday. Section 3, page 10. Hagenbeck-Wallace circus coming. Section 3. page 8. Commercial Club has many Inquiries from East. Section 2, page 1 0. Real Estate and Building. Big sales mark week's realty transfers. Section 3, page 6. Street improvements under way In Portland total over 38 miles. Section 4, page G. Followers of Buddha will build temple here Section 4. page 7. Site is excavated for East Side Police Sta tion. Section 4, page 7. Janitor builds home from scraps picked up in river. Section 4. page 8. Building permits continue to establish new records. Section 4. page &. Olympia Waits for New Scandal. HAY PLAYS SHREWD GAME Governor Accused of Stealing Opposition's Thunder. ALLEN TAKES NEW STAND Administration Forces Deny, How ever, That Seattle Senator 'Will Be Given Position as State PrinterBills Before Solons. OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 3. (Staff Correspondence.) When the Washing ton special Legislature reconvenes In Olympia on August 11 the question of considering general legislation is likely again to become a live issue. The fact that both branches of the Legislature are to convene and that the House will have nothing to do with the impeachment proceedings opens the way for action on at least four bills of general character which have al ready passed the Senate. These bills have been referred to standing House committees named at the regular ses sion and continued by Speaker Meigs for the special session. Waterways Bill Pending. One is the Duwamish bill, or the measure providing a method for con structing waterways by local assess ments. Then there are the general game bill. Introduced by Senator Ryd strom, chairman of the Senate game committee; another game bill prohibit ing the running of deer with dogs in Kitsap County and on the islands of Puget Sound; a bill amending the ma terial men's lien Jaw, and a bill amend ing the law authorizing counties to maintain rock crushers and stone quar ries for roadbulldlng purposes. Considerable pressure Is likely to be brought to bear on the House to take op "the commercial waterways bill. The measure has the Indorsement of the Se attle Chamber of Commerce, and is de sired by Tacoma and Pierce County also. This bill might have had a chance to pass in the House yester day but for the fact that on the pre ceding day some of the King County House members who had been urging its passage most strongly decided that there was no hope and went home, Testerday the House worked with about two-thirds of the members pres ent and a strong majority was in favor of taking up no general legislation. Senate Has Hands Full. On August 11 and thereafter, the Sen ate may sit either as an Impeachment court or as a branch of the Legislature for the transaction of business. While sitting as an Impeachment court it cannot pass bills or do any business other than proceed with the trial of Insurance Commissioner Schively, but it may rise as an impeachment court at any time and convene as the Senate. The Senate, however, will have its hands pretty full with the impeachment trial, and at the present time It Is not expected that It will attempt any new legislation. The several appropriation bills introduced in the Senate are in the hands of committees and unless a strong sentiment is indicated in the meantime for their adoption they are likely to die there. There is considerable speculation in Olympia as to whether Schively will make good his threat to "tell some thing" in the impeachment trial. As the trial will be conducted along strict ly legal lines, it is difficult to see how any matters foreign to the insurance department can be injected. There is an intimation, however, .that Schively will have something to tell about the insurance advertising In making the general defense that the proceedings against him resulted from a newspaper conspiracy to oust him. Seattle Papers "Worried. There have been rumors circulated that two big Seattle newspapers at times in. the past have paid the head of the insurance department a percent age on insurance advertising. Fear that this percentage matter would be brought out in ' the trial has been ascribed by some as the reason why one newspaper demanded so strongly that Schively be ousted by the abolishment of his office and the other condemned the whole proceeding as a political game of the Governor. Under the Insurance law of Washing ton, each company doing business in this state is required to publish an annual re port In the newspaper of largest cir culation In Western Washington and the newspaper of largest circulation in East ern Washington, such papers to be desig nated by the Insurance Commissioner. The companies are required to pay for the advertising, which, it is said, amounts to about 17500 for each newspaper. Schively Shifts Blame. When questioned on this point today. Insurance Commissioner Schively said that undoubtedly there was one news paper that did not want the advertising feature of the case gone Into, but said that no percentage had ever been paid to him and that if such payment had been made to Sam H. Nichols, his former Concluded on Par. ay Outsider Furnishes Husband for Third, to Which Pretty Ro mance Is Attached. Because there was not another Sorber boy who had reached marriageable age, dainty little Miss Agnes Peterson, of St. John, last night married Clarence Fred Cooley, at the same time that her two sisters, Betty and Eaien, were united re spectively with the two brothers Sorber. Edgar W. and David W. The triple wedding took place at 310 Scott avenue, St. John. There's just the glimmer of a pretty little romance around the marriage of the younger Miss Peterson to Cooley. who is not much older. It was in the gum-chewing ttttA apple bobbing days they first met, back In Michlgah. When the Petersons came West, last October, there was some talk that Cooley and Miss Agnes were "chums," but Cooley had to make his fortune and stayed in Michigan. Three months ago he walked up to the Peterson home, much to Miss Agnes' pretended surprise. How Cooley came, he would not say. Perhaps he walked, for he admits the orthodox ways were not for him. But now, from the height of a good position with the St. John Lumber Company, he looks back on his traveling days as a joke. He learned of the attentions the Sorber family was paying to the Peterson girls and tried to establish a claim, and it is not so very long since he succeeded. Now he has his 21-year-old bride. Fearing the young couples might get mixed. Iter. G. W. Nelson performed three ceremonies following each other In quick order, In place of tying a triple knot as he had at first intended. VASSAR GRADUATE TRAMPS Miss Alice Walker to Study Arche logical Conditions. Mrs. Josephine Walker, an Oregon pioneer, who has spent the last 10 years in San Francisco, and her daugh ter. Miss Alice R. Walker, Just grad uated from Vassar College, will start today on a walking trip-to Tillamook. The main object of the jaunt is to give Miss Walker an opportunity to study the archaeological conditions of the . country. Miss Alice Walker, who Is 24 years old. and who was graduated with a degree in archeology from Vassar Col lege this Spring, further distinguished herself by making- the highest marks In the class, thereby winning a schol arship of $600, which entitles , her to a year's study along- archeologlcal lines in Greece." The scholarship was offered by the American Institute of Archeology. The mother and daughter will re turn from their tramp in time to go to New York and take the steamer for Europe July 20. Alice Walker arrived in Portland by train from San Fran cisco last night at 9:30. Mrs. Walker has been in the city three weeks. Mrs. Walker comes from the old Kinney family, which settled in Yamhill County 50 years ago. TO WELCOME FAIR VISITORS Wives of Los Angeles Elk Will Care for Strangers In. City. LOS ANGELES. July 3. (Special.) A hearty greeting will be extended to the wives of visiting Elks and the other wo men In the lodgemen's parties by the wives of 100 prominent local Elks. Mrs. Will Stevens will head this com mittee, and she will have her reception committee always at hand at the registra tion bureau. The visiting women folk will be welcomed there, and on the sec ond floor of the big building light refresh ments will be served. "I want the ladles of this committee to constitute themselves Into a body of good Elks during the grand lodge session and extend a hearty welcome to the wife of every visiting member," said Mrs. Stevens. The women will wear all white, and for street wear added trimming in the way of purple ribbons will be worn. Sun shades of white will be carried. BOLT KILLS TWO CHILDREN Thunder Storm In Denver Does Great Property Damage. DENVER. July 3. Lightning this afternoon killed two children, set half a dozen fires In the residence dis tricts and temporarily delayed street car traffic. The children. Rose Garland, aged 6, and Edward Garland, aged 9. daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gar land, were in their home when killed. The girl was playing at her mother's feet in the kitchen when the bolt struck. The mother ran with the girl to the neighbors. A. few minutes later two of her other children followed her with the news that their brother Ed ward, who had been playing in the cellar, also was dead. SKULL CRUSHED IN WRECK ew iorK .iiinivnaire Jiuriea r rora Auto Against Tree. ATLANTITC CITIT, N. J.. July 3. Hurled from a big automobile against a tree tonight, Benjamin B. Wood, of New York, millionaire real estate dealer, suf fered a fractured skull and la not ex- J pected to live Disaster to Gasbag Is Cause of Panic. MANY PERSONS TRAMPLED Old Man in Crowd Will Die of Injuries Sustained. BIG CROWD SEES DISASTER While Dirigible Prepares to Ascend at Redding, Hole Is Torn in Balloon, Gas Explodes and Crowd Stampedes. REDDING. Cal.. July 3. In the pres ence of several thousand spectators, the dirigible balloon America suddenly ex ploded at a local recreation park, today, fatally Injuring Captain James Moore, the aeronaut, and Milton jiygatt. a by stanuer. Several spectators were knocked down and seriously hurt as the Immense crowd made a rush to get away from the scene of the accident. Moore has a broken pelvis, a fractured right hip and right arm. and two-thirds of the surface, of his body is frightfully burned. Mygatt. who is 80 years of age, was thrown to the ground with such force by the explosion that he sustained a frac tured hip. Neither man is expected to live. Escaping Gas Ignited. Captain Moore was making the first of three ascensions or flights that he had contracted to make here. Attached to the huge gas bag was a small basket-like framework carrying a small engine that furnished the power for the propeller. The dirigible was about 50 feet above the ground. Captain Moore had Just ex claimed : "Here goes for a successful flight or a trip to hell," when the revolving propeller caught In the hag and tore a huge hole in the covering, liberating volumes of gas. The aeronaut quickly realized the danger, but before he could stop the engine or drop out of the bas ket the gas Ignited from the motor sparker. Flash, Roar, Stampede. There was a flash and a roar, the force of which threw many persons to the ground. The crowd became panic stricken and trampled a number of persons under their feet. Moore and Mygatt were hurried to the St. Caroline Hospital. On account of his age and feebleness the latter Is not expected to survive, while Captain Moore was so seriously burned that lit tle hope Is held out for him by the phy sicians. The aeronaut came from Los Angeles. BALLOON IN' FORMER TROUBLE Was Ijost in Sierras While Trying to Make Overland Race. LOS ANGELES. July 3. The balloon America was lost in the Sierra Moun tains north of Pasadena with a party of five men a few months ago. It was then in cha'ge of Captain Mueller. It was one of two balloons brought here to make a transconti nental race, but failed because neither could get across the mountains. HORSE KICKS CHILD'S HEAD Little Fellow Goes Into Hay .Field With Dire Results. Kicked on the head by a horse yes iterday afternoon in a field on his father's farm near Hillsdale, little Ros coe Carlson, 4 years old, is now in the Good Samaritan Hospital with a frac tured skull, which may result in the child's death. J. A. Carlson, the little tot's father, took his son on horseback with him yes- terday afternoon out into the hay field. He allowed the, little fellow to get down on the ground while he superintended some work. The horse was tied and for a moment the father did not watch his little son. The child began picking up wisps of hay and In some way got near the horse's heels. The animal kicked out and struck the boy squarely on the head. The distracted father picked up his un conscious child and summoned medical aid. An operation was performed on the child's head by Dr. Marsh, but later It was thought best to remove him to the hospital. CUTS 100-MILE AUTO TIME Burman Makes It One Hour and 44 Minutes Strang Does Wonders. COLUMDl'S, O.. July 3. Bob Burman today reduced the world's auto track record for 100 miles from 1 hour and 53 minutes to 1 hour and 44 minutes. Lewis Strang finished second, 23 4-5 second later than Burman. Strang successively broke records for all distances above 60 miles until the 95th mile was reached and he was passed by Burman. Strang finished the last five miles with three naked rims.