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POKTLAXD. OUK(;OX. SUXDAY MORNING, OCTOBER
1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXIX. XO. 40.
FLIGHT TRIAL OVER
ROCKIES ILLFATED
TAFT TELLS WHAT
PARTY HAS DONE
AUTOMOBILES PUT
BAN ON CHILDREN
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
PERISH IN HUDSON
National.
President Taft speaks in New Tork on
achievements snd plans of bis adminis
tration. Section 1, page 1.
Lorlmer bribery Investif ation committee ad
journs hearing- until Monday. Section 1,
B01 FOUND IN
DEAD AND INJURED
STREW AUTO TRACK
WARSHIP
S SAILORS
HE 10 SAVE
t
RACE SUICIDE NOTED AMOX'G
FARMERS IX KAXSAS.
AVIATOR HAS DISASTROUS TRIP
OX JIAXGE. . .
pace 4.
HUE OF OTIS
Machine Is Carried to
Street Where It
Explodes.
CITY IS KEPJ IN TURMOIL
Plot to Wreck Home of Secre
tary of Merchants' Asso
ciation Fails.
19 DEAD IN TIMES OFFICE
Dynamite Outrages Follow
Rapidly in Los Angeles.'
LABOR MEETING DELAYED
it; Council Gives JC3.000 to Aid in
Running lon Murderer On
rrml Otis Returns and Is
Cheered by Delegation.
LOS ANGI-7LBS. Oct. 1. Following "e
explosion and Are a Men destroyed the
Ttm building, with the almost certain
loss of 1 live and Injury to more than
a score others early this morning, the
finding of a dynamite, bomb at .15 A. M.
under the residence of F. J. Zeehandelaar,
secretary of the Merchants U Manufac
turers Association, snd another late In
the. day under the window of the resi
dence, of General Harrison Gray Otis,
editor-in-chief of the Times, kept tliia
city in a ferment of exrtlement and made
tills day one of sensational and tragic
vents.
Within a minot after the, explosion In
the Times office the Instantaneous Igni
tion of iu from the pipes through the
building caused flames to dart from a
hundred windows and leap far above the
roof. lis force was greatest In the
heart of the building directly under the
composing room. Ths men working
there wars thrown to the ground and the
linotyp machines tumbled over like a
house, of cards.
Flames Cut Off All Escape.
There were Hi employes In the build
ing at the time, half a hundred others
having lft within a half hour before
with the windlnc up of the work for the
first edition. The scenes that followed
were lndeacrlbcable. Men cut oft from
ordinary exits by flames darting from
every side, rushed hither and thither
looking for means of escape and were
forced Anally, to Jump from second snd
third-story windosp to the street below.
Most of the serious Injuries were the
results of these leaps for life. Kven this
opportunity of escape was denied to
those who sre numbered among the misew
Ing. mot of whom are burled under the
ruins. They dlNi crushed to death under
the crumbling wails, or suffocated by the
smoke and flames.
Publication Not Interrupted.
The Times got out its regular Issue to
day printed on Its auxiliary plant, pro
vided, its) management says, as a safe
guard against Juet such a disaster as
baa befallen It. In this issue It charged
the labor unions, against which It has
waged bitter warfare for 3 years, with
rwponslMllty for the destruction of Its
plant and tt.e consequent loss of life and
property. The officials of the various
trcne!u'1d on Fas 3.) I
MlHIHt 1
Taraed Dosra.
Searching Parties Sent Out. Locate
Birdman and Wrecked Machine
Near Summit.
-HRLI&NA. Mont., Oct. L (Special.) J.
C. Mans, aviator, underwent one of the
most remarkable experiences of bis
career today when he assayed to make a
flight across the Rocky Mountains.
Ths effort resulted In disaster, but
Mars succeeded in establishing an Ameri
can altitude record, hie) aneroid Indicating
a height of 7M0 feet. John Ringling. or
Chicago, and Lewis Penwell. of Helena,
offered Mars a purse of J1X If ho suc
ceeded In crossing the main range of
ths Rockies and he mads the start at 10
o'clock.
The start was most auspicious, the
heavy weather favoring hlra. as he
passed out of e-.ght. Hours passed and
no report was received from towns on
the other slds and It was realised that
he had met with an accident.
Searching parties were sent out and
found the- dismantled machine near the
top of ths rnnge, where It had fallen.
Fortunately Mars escaped Injury. Ths
right hand plane, front wheel and pro
peller were smashed In alighting, but
the machine was brought bsck.
Mars lesvea tonight for Spokane, then
after a week will go to Chicago to enter
the Xew York race.
DIETZ FAMILY BATTLES
Pos.-e Wings Girl, Arrests Brother.
Town Cnder Martial Law.
"WINTER, Wis., Oct. 1. The village
of Winter Is under martial law tonight.
as the result of a battle today between
a posse headed by Sheriff Mike E. Mad
den, of Sawyer County, and two sons
of John V. Dletx, In which both of the
Diets boys and their sister were wound
ed, the latter seriously.
Leslie Dietz. aged 2?. his sister. Myra,
and Clarence Diets, aged 13. were driv
ing Into Winter from their home at
Cameron Dam. when the posse, looking
for their father, ordered them to stop.
The Dletx boys, it is alleged, opened
fire, and the battle ensued. Leslie
escaped to his father's house, but Myra
was shot in the back and Is now under
guard at a hotel, where It Is said she
Is seriously wounded. Clarence Is un
der arrest Sere. He Is charged with
attempted murder.
The trouble which led to today",
shooting Is the result of a quarrel John
Dletx had with Bert Horel over the rent
of a building. The quarrel took place
on September 7. when Dletx shot Horel
through the neck, the wound not prov
ing fatal, however. Because of Diets'
previous record In trouble over Cam
eron Dam. near here, deputies have
been careful about approaching him.
HASKELL SLIGHTS COLONEL
Governor Refuses to Show Approval
of Kooevclt Policies.
OKLAHOMA CITY", Okla.. Oct. L
Governor Charles N. Haskell today In
formed George R, Belding. of Little
Rock. Arkansas, secretary of the Ar
kansas Fair Association, that he de
clined an Invitation to be present at
the reception to Colonel Roosevelt at
Little Rock. October 10.
The Governor declared that until he
changes his mind toward the "official
misconduct of Colonel Roosevelt in the
past or his attempt to deceive the peo
ple in the present, he could not con
sistently place himself in the position
of approving the Roosevelt policies.
FOOTBALL TAKES ITS TOLL
Plaer Killed at Carlisle, Wesley an
Boy Seriously Injured
CARLISLE. Kas., Oct. 1. Melville
Waters. 17 years old. a Junior in Carlisle
High School, was kicked In the heal
today In a football game between the
Carlisle and Rockvllle High School
teams, and died an hour later.
Minni.ETOX. Conn.. Oct. 1. Arthur
M. Wright, of Oakfleld. X. Y., a mem
ber of the Wesleyan eleven. Is in a se
rious condition as a result of Injury
suffered during the football game wltM
the Connecticut Agricultural Colleir
today. It was stated that he had rup
tured a kidney.
HARRY MURPHY CONTINUES TO SHOW THE FADS, FANCIES AND FOLLIES OF THE DAY IN HIS
Deserve a serial Atteatloa.
All Factions Get Credit
for Results Gained.
TRUE PROGRESS IS SOUGHT
But Party of Progress Is Not
One of Radicalism.
VOTERS MUST BE VIGILANT
No Good From Direct Primary Can
Conic Otherwise Great Work to
lo in Bringing Great Corpo
rations Under Control.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. President Taft
delivered what will probably be bis
only public adcl4css of the present cam
paign, at the banquet of the National
Republican League at the Hotel Astor
today. The President's speech, was
marked by an unusually conciliatory
tone toward the insurgent wing of the
party. He gave all sections of the
party their share of credit for aiding
in passing legislation.
The record of the last IS months, he
declared, was an earnest of the desire
of the party to fulfill Its platform
promises and investigations, and be
promised that, if a Republican majority
n Congress should be elected at the
coming elections, the work so far un
done will be carried through to com
pletion.
Upon the whole Republican party the
President bestowed the title of "pro
gressive." Then he undertook to de
fine just what is meant by "progres
sive." "
Progress Xot Radicalism.
"A party of true progress is not a
party of radicalism," he declared amid
cheers. "It is not a party of ultra
conservatism." he added, and again was
cheered.
"A progressive Republican," the
President went on, "Is one who recog
nizes existing and concrete evils and
who Is in favor of practical and defi
nite steps to o radicate them." '
Twice the President mentioned Col
onel Roosevelt by name In connection
with the campaign against corporation
abuses and a third time by Inference
when he referred to the New Tork sit
uation. Mr. Taft did not take an altogether
sanguine view of the benefits of the
direct primary, but Jie hoped that the
Idea could be turned to a successful
and permanent betterment of politics.
"But however effective these sug
gested changes may prove at first," he
added, "I venture to say that no great
paramount good can come from them,
unless they are accompanied by a
change In the individual voter and his
awakening to the necessity for con
stant watchfulness and effort on his
part to prevent the old evils from ap
pearing In a new guise."
Get Tariff Out of Politics.
The President announced he had de
sired the Tariff Commission to make
no report of tbe work it haa accom
plished up to this time until after
the election. He took this step, he
declared, in order to lift tbe commis
sion out of politics entirely. He re
ferred to his suggested future revision
of the tariff schedule by schedule, and
declared that the Payne tariff law Is
coming generally to be considered as
a most -creditable bill. The President
declared for a sweeping extension of
the civil service.
In outlining the future plans of his
Administration, the President placed
stress upon the proposed Federal incor
poration law. He referred to the Stand
ard Oil and tobacco trust cases pending
In the United States Supreme Court, and
declared that he did not share the fears
somewhat freely expressed that a decision
adverse to the corporations would greatly
disturb financial centers, halt general
business and bring on financial disaster.
The President ridiculed the assertion
(Concluded on Fare 5.) '
Interstate Commerce Commission refuses to
allow Increase on timber rates to 6an
Francisco. Section 1 pace 4.
Politics
GUl-Wardall flxht of prime Import la Seattle
politics. Section 4. pare 1.
Laftrty speaks at Gresham fair oa National
issues. Section 1. pass 4.
Domestic.
Four killed. 18 hurt In Vanderbllt auto race.
Section Ju pas 1.
President Lynch believes faulty pas mains
cause Tiroes' explosion. Section 1, pas 4.
Bomb at Otis home found In nick of time;
taken to street It explodes. Section 1,
pas 1.
Fait mining- schemes prove bunco totaling
XIOO.000.000 In last tnree years. Bee
tion 1. page 3.
Attempted flight over Rocky Mountains
proves disastrous. Section 1. page 1.
Swamping of boat drowns more than score
sailors of battleship New Hampshire at
New Tork. Section I. page I.
Decrease in number of children In Kansas Is
alarming. Section 1. page L
Entrant, ready for Cblcago-to-New York
aeroplane race. section 1. page 3.
Sports.
Portland motorists enthuse over roads on
Sound. Section 4. page 4.
Auto tour book for Oregon published. Sec
tion 4. page 4.
New York takes up amateur boxing. Sec
tion 4. page &.
San Francisco party makes auto trip along
Coast. Section 4. page 6.
Trip to Crater Lake shows Willamette Val
ley roads are poor. Session 4. page 6.
Flne entries arriving for annual horse show.
Section 4. page 7.
Seattle fans want to Join expanded Coast
League, section 2, page z.
Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 3,
Portland 2: Sacramento 0, San Fran
cisco g; Lea Angeles 7-2. Vernon 2-5.
' Section 2. page 4.
Lincoln High wins first game of season from
Jcrrerson. section z, page o.
President Graham rules out Hetling but Mc-
credle holds he's right. Section 2. page 3.
Tale and Harvard win In first big games
of year, section 2. page 5.
University of Oregon has weak football
team. section 2. page z.
Oakland's tactics criticised by local fans.
Section 2, page 3-
O. A.' C. has good football material. Sec
tion 2. page 2.
Pacific Northwest.
Douglas fruit growers form co-operative
association. Section 1. page 7.
Pendleton's Roundup closes after three days
successful celebration. Section 1. page 7.
Salem Mayor praises road building methods
of Europe. Section 3. page 12.
Rev. Marion Richardson Drury takes place at
head of Philomath College. Section 3,
page 12.
Clark County Fair attended by 21,000 per
sons during three days. Section 1, page 6.
Mrs. Johnson found not guilty of murder at
Tacoma. Section 1. page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Western apples In demand In Eastern mar
kets. Section 2, page IS.
Wheat rallies at Chicago on good buying.
Section page 19.
Coppers lead in upward movement in stocks.
Section 2, page 10.
Captain of steamer Bear flies protest with
custom officials because ship strikes sub
merged log. Section 2. page 18.
rertland and Vicinity.
Letter from Imprisoned banker In Madrid
offering IISO.OOO Is potent "gold brick."
Section 3. cage 9.
National Park at Mount Hood may be estab
lished. Section 4. page 4.
Records for attendance and exhibits are
broken at . tireshsm fair. Section 1,
page 4.
Ex-Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, speaks on
"Fallacies of Prohibition." Section 2.
page 0.
Unpaid employes cause Daily Democrat to
close doors. Section 1. page 8.
Attorney Hitching accuses Police Captain
Bailey of protecting fallen women.
Section 1, page 10.
Belief tbat milk trust exists In Portland
may cause grand Jury Inquiry. Section 1,
page 10.
Health and police committee of Council to
consider ordinance for garbage franchise.
Section 2, page 6.
Local periodical artists disclaim connection
with proposed art exhibit. Section 1,
page 8.
J. B. Stoddard and Seymour H. Bell charged
with timber frauds. Section 2. page 20.
Ealoonlst and teamster fight street duel;
both may die. Section 1. page 2.
Real Estate and Building.
Trading In realty assumes marked propor
tions. Section 4. psge 8.
Realty Board commends exclusive listing of
property. Section 4. page 8.
Rossmere and Rose City - Park have fine
homes. Section 4. page S.
Building permits for week total X490.665.
Section 4. page 9.
Demand big for East Side locations for
renting. Section 4. sage 10.
Flag floated from pinnacle of 15-story Yeon
building. Section 4. page 9.
Business men proclaim advance of Portland.
Section 4. page lu.
Ornamental exterior staircase embodies new
design on Heights. Section 4. page 12.
FRESHMEN FAINT AT DRILL
Three Cadets at University of Wash
ington Drop From Ranks.
UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Wash.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Three
freshmen members of the cadet corps
fainted during drill maneuvers yester
day. This was the Initial drill of the col
lege year, and 730 young men were in
line, the larger number being freshmen.
The Only Roadt
Terrible Scene Mars
VanderbHt Race.
FOUR KILLED; 19 ARE HORT
Mile-Minute Cars Go Through
Fences Like Paper.
HORROR WORST IN HISTORY
Tragedy Follows Tragedy In Quick
Succession as Autos Speed on
to Goal, Harry Grant, Winner,
Establishing Xew Record.
LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY.
New York, Oct. i. Four dead and 19
seriously Injured three probably fa
tally was the price In human flesh
paid today for the sixth running of
the Vanderbllt cup race, won by Harry
Grant, driving a 120-horsepower Alco.
This was the toll of the sixth run
ning of the race: ,
The Dead Are Four.
MATTHEW R- BACON, mechanician
for Harold Stone; killed when Columbia
car No. 12 plunged over bridge span
ning Westbury road. 1
CHARLES MILLER, mechanician for
Louis Chevrolet; killed when Chevro
let's car left the course and struck "a
touring car.
FERDINAND D'SUBIA, New York
manager of Pope-Hartford Company;
killed In" early morning smashup on
way to the race.
EDWARD LYNCH, run down and
fatally Injured after race; died to
night. The Injured.
Harold A. Stone, driver for Columbia
car; both legs broken. Internal in
juries; may die.
Mrs. Ferdinand D'Subla, both legs
broken; condition critical.
William Knipper, driver Lancia car;
broken leg.
V. Padula, driver Abbott Detroit;
bruised.
Louis Chevrolet, driver Marquette-
Bulck; left arm broken.
James Nelson, mechanician for Ar
thur Chevrolet; leg broken.
Thomas Miller, struck by a Pope-
HaVtford car; skull fractured, injured
Internally; may die.
C. H. Klttrell, mechanician car No.
; shock and contusions.
Frank Topplla, hurt in early morn
ing smashup; will recover.
Charles Grommuccl, ths Topplla
chauffeur; bruised.
Henry Haggendon, spectator; hit by
Dawson's car; cond'tion serious.
Morris Levenson, spectator; struck by
Knipper's car; leg broken.
Cornell Reid, spectator; leg broken.
Mrs. Gussie Heidtmann, spectator;
cut and bruised.
Mrs. Lillian Roos. arm broken.
Miss Martha Roos. cut and bruised.
Joseph Cook, scalp wound.
William Peterson, knocked uncon.
scious by flying tire.
Thomas Sommers and Fdward P.
Brown, injured in D'Subla's accident.
Grant, who distinguished himself
last year by finishing first in the fifth
Vanderbllt, won today's event from
Joe Dawson, driver - of a Harmon, by
the narrow margin of 25 seconds. John
Altken, In the National, was only a
minute and six seconds behind Daw
son. Race Hottest In History.
The race was the most closely con
tested of any of the Vanderbllt cup
races and with the two small-car
events runing as a unit with it the
Wheatley Hills sweepstakes and the
Massapequa trophy brought out a
record number of starters.
Tne time for the three first cars to
finish in the main event exceeded the
best time ever made in an American
road race. Grant, by covering the
278.08 miles of the course in four
hours, 12 minutes 68 seconds equiva-
(Concluded on Page 6.)
Cast This Be Met'
I
Life of Luxury In Agricultural
Regions Too Expensive to
Raise Families.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 1. (Special.)
Race suicide is so marked in . Kansas
that the schools In many country dis
tricts have been abandoned. In other
localities the number of children is so
limited that a consolidation of schools
has become an important question.
This condition is most prevalent. In
the principal agricultural counties of
the state, and notably Jewell, the lead
ing county of the state in corn, alfalfa
and hogs. The annual decrease of
children in Kansas is not peculiar to
Jewell County. It is noticeable In all
agricultural " communtltes of native
Americans. The up-to-date American
farmers of Kansas are living on $100
per acre- farms, selling $1 wheat and
riding In automobiles, but they are not
rearing children.
Reports to the State Superintendent
of Pubic Instruction from other coun
ties In Kansas corroborate the state
ment of the Superintendent of Jewell
County. These reports show that young
American farmers are leaving the mat
ter of raising children to the foreign
ers. SOCIALIST MOVE OPPOSED
Milwaukee People Don't Vant
School Rooms Used.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Oct. 1. (Spe
cial.) Whether the Milwaukee public
schools can be made adjuncts of the
Social Democratic party under the
guise of social centers has become a
legal question. It Is now before the
City Attorney, who, being a member
of the party, is expected to find that
the law enables the school board to
make provisions for the additional ex
pense entailed in keeping the school
buildings open day and bight through
out the year for lectures, neighborhood
meetings, public entertainments and
the like.
The Social Democrats who have con
siderable numerical strength in the
Board of. Education desire the school
rooms for their branch meetings. The
opposition against opening the schools
comes from parents whose children, be
cause of the inadequate f-.cllltles, are
compelled to attend school in bar
racks. It is argued that before the
school board saddles on the taxpayers
any additional expenses the school fa
cilities should be extended to every
child.
TWO TREES YIELD $125
Apples Grown Near Dayton Indicate
Return of $3750 for Acre.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct 1. Spe
ciai.) Two trees of bellflower apples. In
the famous Pomona orchard near Day
ton, this year yielded 120 boxes of first
grade fruit, which netted the owner. Dr.
C. H. Schlitz. J125.
There are 60 trees to the acre In the
Pomona orchard, and each tree yielding
thus at the rate of $52.50 makes the re
turns $3750 per acre. ,
This sets a new record for cash returns
in apples, and the orchard promises more
surprises when the full crop is harvested
later in the season.
HIGH WIND WRECKS TOWN
Wolfboro, X. H., Hit; Wires Down,
- Damage Great.
SANBORNVILLE. N. H., Oct. 1.
Wolfboro, 12 miles from here, was
struck by a high wind today which
unroofed houses and barns and up
rooted whole groves of trees. The fall
ing trees carried with them the tele
phone, telegraph and electric wires,
completely isolating the town.
No one was seriously injured. , The
damage to property will exceed 8100,000.
AVIATORS COLLIDE IN AIR
One Is Probably Fatally and Other
Seriously Hurt.
MILAN. Oct. 1. The aviators, Dickson
and Thomas, collided while circling the
aerodrome here at a rapid pace today.
Dickson was probably fatally hurt in
ternally. Thomes was Injured about the
legs and head.
HUMOROUS PICTURES.
What Do Yon Know About H T
Boat Is- Swamped and
.Over Score Drown.
DEATH STRUGGLE IN VAIN
Jolly Party of. Ninety Jackies
Stricken in Twinkling.
EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN
Men Returning to Battleship Xew
Hampshire Following Shore Leave
Crowd to Bow and Upset '
Launch Tender.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. (Special.) Over
a score of sailors from the battleship
New Hampshire are believed to have
lost their lives tonight by drowning
when a tender, loaded with 80 or 90
men, whose shore leave had expired,
was swamped or upset In the Hudson -river
about 250 feet from the West
USth-Street dock.
Midshipman Godfrey do Chevalier,
who had charge of the tender, was
taken from the water unconscious and
Is in the ship's hospital. It is report-
ed that he saved 15 sailors before ex
haustion overcame him.
Strong Wind" Causes Heavy Sea.
When the deeply laden tender set
out from the shore towed by a launch
there was a strong wind blowing across
the river and kicking up choppy waves.
The sailors were singing and Joking
at the top of their voices, when the
craft struck a large wave, dumping a
great quantity of water into the boat.
Anather wave threw water over the '
gunwiles.
Seeing that the ship was sinking
some of the sailors sprang overboard.
The fellows first overboard, made the
jump, as one sailor explained, because
they were expert swimmers and got
out, hoping to lighten the cutter. Their
jump was made at the behest of a
heavy-voiced sailor, who shouted:
"Every man who Is a good swimmer,
jump out."
Jackies Struggle for Life.
A moment more and the cutter' was
awash, with her load of jackies strug
gling in the water. Some clung to the
waterlogged craft; strong swimmers
gave a hand to the weaker ones, while
dozens shouted the familiar "Man Over
board." This cry was heard on the
New Hampshire, and the steam launch
put out to the rescue.
The launch rendered valuable assist-
ance and, reinforced by a nearby pow
erboat, which chanced . to be on the
scene, every man in sight was taken .
out of the water.
The sailors were returning to the
New Hampshire after shore leave and '
at least 90 of them. It is estimated,
had crowded aboard the tender.
Boats were immediately put out from
the New Hampshire, and whenever a
bobhllng head showed, a man was res
cued. But in the darkness, 'several
sank and others were almost uncon
scious when dragged to safety.
On board the New Hampshire sixty
one with wet clothes were counted. In
dicating merely that sixty-one had
been saved and leaving blank the more
serious gap of possible dead. As 250
men from the ship had shore leave to
night there was no way of ascertain
ing just how many were aboard the
tender. Several sailors, who were in
the upset boat hesitated to estimate
the number lost, although those who .
are inclined to take a more serious
view of the affair placed the list as
high as thirty.
Secrecy Follows Disaster.
No Information can be obtained aboard
the New Hampshire. The men who were
rescued were hustled below and the of
ficer on deck said that an estimate of
the dead was out of the question tonight.
The New Hampshire, with her sister
ships of the Atlantic fleet, is anchored in
the Hudson off the upper part of the city,
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