THE SPNDAT OREGOXIAX. PORTLAXD, DECEMBER 19, 1909. RAILROADS BESET BY MUCH. TROUBLE Worst -Winter in Decade Is Cause of Brittle Rails, i Wrecks and Delays. FREIGHT TRAFFIC STOPPED Sidings ot Western Yards Full of Trains Belayed Tiy Late Passen ger Service -Pullman Equip ment Is Also Held Back. CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (Special.) Rail roads in the West. Northwest and in the Central States are experiencing the greatest difficulty of years In -operating their trains. Conditions which exist now have not been equalled during any Win ter for the past decade. The troubles of the operating men eera prevalent everywhere. In Chicago Cassener trains from all directions ar rive from five hours to one-half day late, and In a few Instances trains be came so late they were abandoned be fore reaching the terminal. Many AVrecks Cause Fear. To riiake matters worse, the' difficult operating conditions which have arisen have been accompanied by a long ser ies of wrecks on the various railroads, which have resulted In arousing appre hension" everywhere. For most of these wreclcs the cmdde'n cold snap Is being held responsible by the railroad men, as the marked drop In temperature causes the rail to become brittle. Within the territory limits of Chicago the operation of trains is made exceed ingly difficult by reason of the cold and tiie! smoke. Early In the morning su burban trains are compelled to crawl Into the stations, the engine crews un able to see the signals at times on ac count of the low-hanging smoke. Freight Traffic Tied In West. Throughout the West freight traffic Is more or less parulyzed. In an effort to get passenger trains over the road the operating men have been compelled to sidetrack freight everywhere for a long period. The result is that all the sidings are full of delayed freight and the ter minal yards are congested to an equal degree. In many sections the sudden extreme coldd has been followed by a heavy fall of snow, which has drifted and thus btocked traffic in many places for hours. In Chicago the operating men on the various roads have been working day and Jilsht In the hope of clearing up the lines .and getting . trafTic moving normally. Steam "Will Jiot Generate. Passenger trains cannot get out of Chi cago on time, because of the non-arrival of Pullman equtpnient which la in use on delayed trains. Rullroad men say one of the greatest causes of deJay is the difficulty of steam ing engines during severe cold. Another causa .is the difficulty of operating coal chutes, trains often being delayed from 20 minutes to one-half hour In securing coal or "water. COLD ' SNAP BRINGS WOK North, Fast and iSouthwest Are Hit by Stiff Blizzard. CHICAOO, Dee. 18. (Special.) Coming from off toward Medicine Hat. that Pan doras box of the Weather Bureau, Jack Frost today swept from the Rockies to the dre.it Lakes, leaving death and suf ferins In his path, with the coldest weather of the Winter. Thirty degrees below zero at "Lander, Wyo., 13 degrees below at Denver, 10 ueKret-a below at St. Paul, 19 degrees be low at New Richmond, Wis., and 1 de gree below . in Chicago were the figures set down in the log book of the weather expert.. Two deaths were caused in the vicinity of Chicago directly by the cold snap. More than 30 persons were Injured in a wreck resulting from cold twisted rails on the Burlington road near Chicago. Suffering among the poor of the large cities was brought to. a pinching climax. The dead were Joseph Jones, 35 years old, found freezing at. Hammond, Ind., who died before he could be revived, and Jdmil Berndt, "trusty" inmate of the State Hospital for Insane, at Elgin, who wandered from the hospital grounds. His - " . v. niiu c. luiia (uulu ul K.gin. But the West and Northwest were not the only sections of the country to Buffer. The worst blizzard known in years swept from Texas through Arkansas, Miasissippi and Tennessee. Three tnuhes of snow foil at Memphis. and the storm was aggravated by high wind. Northern Mexico and New Mex ico experienced a snowfall of four Inches. By way . of comparison, Amarlllo. Texas, was 42 degrees colder than San Francisco; New Orleans was 13 de grees colder, and Memphis. Tenn.. 34 degrees colder. Jacksonville, Fla., was" the only spot warmer than San Fran ciscoand that by only four degrees but the entire Uulf coast country Is In for a visitation by the cold wave. Two men were frozen to death at El Paso. Texas. Because of severe cold and snow the races were called oft at Juarez, Mex. On the Great Lakes, 34 sailors are frozen In wUh the steamer in St. Clair Flats and a tug full of res cuers has been lost sight of. It is feared both parties have perished. TABERNACLE MUST BE SOLD High School and Presbyterians to Bid for I. umber. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Deo. IS. (Spe cial. The tabernacle built last Spring at a cost of $750 by the Methodist. Presby terian, Baptist and Christian churches in order to provide a building In which to conduct special revival services under the auspices of these four churches and which was capable of seating 2o0 persons, will be sold tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at public auction to the highest bidder. There are 34.000 feet of lumber in it and the lumber was put in with bolts instead of nails so that the building jnljrht be torn down and the lumber soM. The high school will bid on the building to ret the lumber to erect a play shed, and the Pi esbyterlans wish to buy It that thty may use the material in construct ing new chapel on Vancouver Heights. ROOSEVELT IN NEW FIELD Ki-Prcsidcnt Off for Uganda,, on . Second Stage of Kxpioratlon. NAIROBI. British East Africa. Dec 18. ;-Tlia Ajriericaa fiunung and scientific expedition - began today what may be rtermed the second stage of Its -Journey into the interior of Africa. The objective point Is Gondokero, Uganda, which it is expected will be reached on February 17. Colonel Roosevelt and his associates received, a cordial send-off as they boarded the train at noon for Klsumu. Arriving - at - that point tomorrow, the party will board the steamer Clement Hill and -cross Victoria- Nyanza to En tebbe. With the " passage of the lake." the Americans will have left behind them British East Africa and entered the Uganda Protectorate, the most interest ing field of their explorations. All were in the best of health when they set forth today in search of new conquests. At " Entebbe. Colonel Roose velt and Kermit will be entertained at the home of the Governor, proceeding on Tuesday . by motor car to . Kampala, at the head of the lake, where they will re join the others of the party, who, ii. the meantime, will have arrived at that place by steamer. At Kampala the hunt will be organized and on December 23 the invasion that will bring them into the province of the Nile will be begun. THREE "CARS TOPPLE GIRL DELVES, 2 HELD DOCTOR AND WIFE ACCUSED OF ' KILLING HER BROTHER. Loren B. and Dora E. Doxey Held for Alleged Poisoning of Erder In St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18. Accused of mur der in the first degree, in connection with the death last July of W. J. Erder, Dr. Loren B. Doxey, of Columbus Neb., and his wife, Dora E. Doxey, are tonight held In the City Jail. Dr. Doxey's formal incarceration fol lowed the issuance of bench warrants against him and his wife on the applica tion of the Circuit Attorneys office. The end of . the grand Jury's activities in the case was revealed by the action of the prosecutor. ' Miss Kate Erder, sister of the dead man, asserted her efforts to solve the mystery of her brother's death will not cease. . "I will do all in my power to furnish evidence needed by the -prosecution," said Miss Erder. "When I first reported the case to the police I was told that the burden of proof was on me. I have produced the proof thus far, and I will still- take part in the case." The information upon which Mrs. Doxey was brought here from- Nebraska recently charged that poison was given to Erder in his food. The Circuit Attor ney asserts that evidence will be pro duced to show that Dr. Doxey was In communication with Mrs. Doxey, while she. acceding to the charges, was min istering to Elder's wife. BUSINESS MEN CO-OPERATE East Side Club Works for Speedy Erection of Broadway Bridge. The East Side Business Men's Club will co-operate with the people of the North East Side In securing the speedy erection of the Broadway Bridge, and will join with the Nuth East Side Improvement Association In its demand that , the port of Portland give the preliminary plans early consideration. C. A. Bigelow, pres ident of the club, said-yesterday: "I shall be glad to lend- the North Bast Side people all the assistance I can give, and the Business Men's Club will back up the effort for a prompt hearing and approval of the preliminary plans. It is ridiculous that the project should be held up by individuals or the commission, when the people voted for the erection of the bridge and authorized the bonds by a large majority. The bridpre bught to be built as promptly as possible." Mr. Bigdow said he would go with the North East Side Improvement Association before the Port of Portland when the hearing is held,- and appointed the fol lowing also to attend the hearing: State Senator Dan Kellaher. George Dilworth, O. tX Heintz and George A. Atchley. LOWER GRAIN RATES, AIM Company Organized to Build Ele vators In Oregon and California. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18. Incorpora tion papers were filed here today for the California & .Oregon Grain & Ele avtor Company, with a directorate composed of wheat-handlers and milling men, bankers and others. Its capital etock is $250,000,' of which $200,000 is paid in. The company will handle grain In bulk, by means of elevators and ships. It expects to effect a great saving in the transportation charges by establishing elevators at San Pe dro and at Oregon and Washington ports, where ships can be loaded and unloaded in three or four hours. Under the present system it takes about 24 hours to load a ship of 60, 000 bushels' capacity ..and a like time to unload it. Demurrage -rates of $300 a day are charged while the ship is tied up at the wharf at either end.- LANDMARK IS. DESTROYED Famous McMeekon Place Goes tJp in Flames. HARRISBURG, Or., Dec 18. (Special.) The farm house occupied by Jack Cole- j man and family and owned by R. K. cunuu wits ucnu u y uxts hub an- emoon. This was one of the old landmarks, known as the McMeekon place, located a short distance north of here.. MEN ELI K REPORTED DEAD No Confirmation of Rumor Is Re ceived In Rome. ROME. Dec. IS: A rumor was circulated here today that King Menellk of Abys sinia ' was dead but no confirmation has come. The latest dispatches from Abyesinla, dated December 12, merely announce the illness of the King. SATOLLI SUFFERS RELAPSE Weakness Marked and Fatal End Is Feared. k ROMB, Dec. 18. Cardinal Satolll has suffered a severe relapse from nephritis. Extreme weakness has been marked and he is often delirious. Th doctors fear a fatal issue. Two Portland Persons Hurt in Illinois Wreck. Flax Reaches Record Price. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 18. Flax went to J2 a bushel on the grain market here today, a record price. According td the' Oovemment s estimate. Minnesota and the Dakotas raised 5.000.000 bushels of this grain this yeai INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS Mrs. Bernard Eschelbacher Receives Bruised Knee, and Frank Bishop Is Injured on Head and Body. Victims Given Aid. CHICAGO, Dec 18. More than 20 pecsons were injured, but none killed, when the Oriental Limited on the Chi cago, Burlington' & Quincy - Railroad was wrecked by a "snake" rail near Western Springs, 111., at 4:30 Jl. M. today. It is supposed a rail, spilt by the in tense cold, threw the heavy limited off the track.- Part of it plunged down an embankment about 15 feet high. The whole train leaped the track and plowed along the ties for more than 100 yards. Three sleepers broke their couplings, rolled down the embankment and turned on their sides; the two day coaches swung sideways across the track, and the engine and baggage car straddled one rail. ; Most of - the injured were from the Northwest. Among them are: v Injured Are From Northwest. Mrs. O. A. Lovall, wife of O. A. Lovall, a mining engineer of Wilmer, B. C, se verely injured. Mrs. Bernard Eschelbacher, of Portland, Or., knee injured- K. L. Lane, of Seattle, body bruised and cut. Mrs. J. P. Payseur and son, of Seattle, both cut and bruised. 9. R. Steine, of Spokane, head and face cut. F. W. Klisby, of ' Spokane, collarbone broken. . Frank Bishop, of Portland, Or., side Injured," head and body bruised. R. E. Johnson, Spokane, Wash., back injured. E.iward Strout, Seattle, Wash., Bcalp wound and hands cut. Chester Thorne, Tacoma, Wash., body bruised. Crowded Day Coach Stays on Track. Although the temperature was near zero, the passengers suffered little from the cold, as relief was prompt and the passengers were able to drees before leav ing the cars, notwithstanding that the coaches were in the ditch. At the scene of the wreck the embankment is com paratively low. Had the broken rail been 50 yards west, the cars might have been precipitated 25 feet into a deep ditch. There were some 50 passengers in the forward or day coach, which was not overturned, and there were 30 occupants of the Bleeping cars which were over turned. The broken rail, termed by rail roaders a "snake rail," Instead of pierc ing one of the cars and carrying death with it, coiled up beneath the cars and was in a confused tangle beneath the second car when the cars swung across the tracks .and stopped. The overturned sleepers were stripped of their trucks as they rolled down the embankment and windows and doors were shattered. Physl, cians were summoned, a relief train was made up and a quick run to Chicago was begun. Injured Rushed to Hospitals.. Scarcely a passenger on the train es caped injuries, and as the relief train neared the city, the Injured persons, re covering from the shock of the acci dent, became more aware of their hurts. The more severely injured were taken to hospitals. There's Time Yet DROP IN MONDAY make your selection and we will make you a suit, over coat, -trousers or fancy vest, for CHRISTMAS We Can Please You in Price, Fabric, Fit and Fin ish. No trouble to show goods. Satisfaction, guaranteed in. all cases. Garments to- order in a day If required. Full-Qress and Tuxedo Suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS SONS 108 THIRD STREET to the injured. Not one of the girls was hurt. Broken Rati Ditches Train. EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M-. Dec' 18. Eastbound passenger train No. 8 on the Santa Fe was wrecked early this morn ing near Fulton. N. M., 55 miles west of here, by a broken rail. Although three cars plunged down a steep embankment Into a ditch, "where they turned over, no one was killed or seriously Injured. The escape of the passengers and trainmen Is considered marvelous, and the first re ports from the wreck were that many had been killed. The broken rail was due, it is believed, to the intense cold that prevailed last night in the moun tains. - - LOCAL WOMAN'S HCKT SLIGHT Mrs. Eschelbacher Gets Wrenched Knee; Son and Friend Escape. Mrs. Bernard Eschelbacher, Injured in the Illinois train wreck. Is the wife of a saloonkeeper, at 135 Sixth street North. Mrs. Eschelbacher and her 4-year-old son were en route to Chicago to visit Mrs. Eschelbacher's mother. Benjamin Ben den an old -man, a friend of the Eschel bachers. left Portland on the same train with the intention of visiting relatives in Ohio. He lives in- University Park. A telegram received by Mr. Eschel bacher yesterday morning from' his wife says she sustained a wrenched knee, the Injury not being regarded as serious. Mr. Bender and the little Eschelbacher boy escaped Injury. FIVE DEAD, RESULT OF WRECK Ten Others Injured in Accident in Cleveland Yards.. CLEVELAND, Dec. IS. Five persons are dea.d as the result of a collision be tween a Lake Shore passenger train and a switch engine at East Twenty sixth street, early today. Ten passen gers were Injured. The passenger train was No. 1, west bound from New York, and connects here with the Big Four Railway for St. Louis. Four of the dead were members of the train crew. The dead are: H. L. Adams, of Collinwood. engineer of the passenger train. Frank Swales, fireman switch engine. John Frank, switchman. . . W. J. Burns, engineer switch engine. Unknown man. Jacob Carrier, Buffalo, - fireman on the passenger train, was scalded and is in a .serious condition. Papers on the body of the unidenti fied man contained the name of C. Basher. The collision occurred within sight of the Union Station. Snow was fall ing, and it is believed that the red light which the railroad men say was displayed was- obscured. While crossing from one track to an other the switch engine was hit di agonally. The crew of the switch en gine was pinned beneath the wreckage. The passenger engine turned over, car rying its crew underneath. Several Vassar girls, on their way home for the Christmas holidays, were among the passengers, and they en tered the work of giving- temporary aid Hoodoo Follows Train No. 8. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18. The Santa Fe Is. having hard luck with its No. 8 trains. The No. 8 wrecked near Fulton, N. M. today, left this city on Thursday, the day on which the preceding No. 8 was ditched in Arizona, with the loss of one life and the injury of many passengers. It is the regular eastbound passenger train carrying tourist cars. Thirty Reported Hurt in Minnesota. MONTICELLO, Minn.. Lee 18. Thirty persons were reported injuid In a Oreat Northern train wreck neai fc ere tonight. LYNCH IS MADE PRESIDENT Continued From First Page.) know the game about as well as any one and I think I have a pretty good reputa tion. ' The public, the players and the um pires will get nothing -but a square deal from me. and everything will be above board and open to the newspapers. 1 want-to add that I refused to take the presidency until I was assured that my old friend Heydler, whom I broke in as an umpire, was to be elected secre tary . and treasurer, as I could not get along without him." . . Heydler's speech was laudatory of Lynch as an umpire and then several old-time baseball reporters made speeches lauding the new president. "Pop" Anson, whom Charles W. Mur phy had brought from Chicago, believ ing he would ba elected, remained at the Waldorf to the last and then departed, silent but sorely disappointed. Limit of Players Changed. The resolution changing the by-laws so that no club may carry more than 25 players during the "playing ' season" caused some confusion. The magnates did not specify the dates of the "play ing season." President Ebbetts, however, declared, "the playing season" would be from May 10 to August 20, and that the More Shopping Days During Our Mammoth Unloading Sale Main Reasons Why You Should Not Fail to Attend This BIG S 1st. You have one of the largest stocks in the city to y select from. 2d. Our clothes are in a class by themselves when it comes to style, fit, quality and workmanship. 3d. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. 4th. It is just the time to buy that new suit or overcoat for Christmas. 5th. Last, but not least, you can save from $7.50 to $15 . on your suit or overcoat. Be among- the crowds for the next five days. We will give you values worthy of your deepest consideration. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS SALEM WOOLEN MILLS SEVENTH AND STARK resolution would permit clubs to carry not more than 35 players from August 20 to May 10. Before May 10 and after August 20 the' clubs are usually trying out new players and their staffs are larger. The American League adopted a similar resolution, but it specifically stated the "playing season" to be from May 10 to August 20. The Spring meeting of the league will be held in New York instead of Chicago, as heretofore. This. Is the meeting at which the . playing schedule Is arranged and announced. Lynch- Famed as Umpire. Lynch the new president, was an um pire In the ' National League from 1886 to 1901, with one or two years of retire ment during that period. His honesty and fairness became a byword with fans, who continued to remember him with respect even after he retired voluntar ily in 1901. to manage the theater ' he owns at New Britain, Conn. The only - change In the board of di rectors elected today Is the substitution of John T. Brush, of New York, for Pres ident Dovey, of the Boston club. The change, however, alters the complexion of the board because Brush Is expected to vote with Murphy and Dreyfus, whereas Dovey sided with Herrmann and Eb betts, who are now left In the minority. Will Play 168 Games. " The National League has directed its schedule committee to prepare a 168 game schedule for 1910. The National and American Leagues will confer on the schedule, so as to avoid, as much as pos sible, conflicts in playing dates. The waiver rule was amended, so that a club need not dispose of a player to an Intending purchaser, even after waivers are secured, unless the terms are finally deemed satisfactory. Pupils Give Recital. An enjoyable song recital was given by the pupils of Mrs. Edward Alden Beals at her homfi,. lG6 North -Sixteenth street, last night. The following , pu-t plls tookr PArt: Mrs. Risley. Mrs. Nich ols, Misses -Myrtle Thomasson; Eva, Thomasson; Louise Backus, Florence Grlman, Winnie Lewis, Agnes Harwas, Lottie Banfleld, Eileen - Teux,, Florence Jackson and Winnie Trainey. :.. i SWITCHMEN GET $5 A DAY Strikebreakers Recruited In Los. An geles for Northwest Points. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18. Many strike breakers are being recruited in Los An geles and shipped to points in the North west, where the switchmen are on -strike. According to a local labor agent. 148 men have been sent North in three weeks. The strikebreakers go directly to Port land. They contract here for $6 a day until the strike is broken.- Sarsaparilla "Will make you feel better, look better,, eat and sleep better, and give you the best protection possible against infectious and contagious diseases. ' Get it- today In tisual liquid form or tablets called Sarsatabs, 100 Doses SL a treasure house of Christmas goods Beautiful Jewelry Novelties for TAKE THIS LIST FOR A HINT Bangles . 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