THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1912. tPLESS, WOMAN HL Seeing Mail Flyer Pass Seina .phore and Bear, Down Upon Limited, I She Summons Doctors and Then Collapses Dead in Bnrliaftoa Wrack. 4 F. A. Barcky, 24, Billings. Mont JMrs. E. G. pohlmann, San 4 Francisco. 4 ueorge Bronson, engineer -No. . 8, Burlington, Iowa. ..- : Mrs, Charlotte Hart, Canton, .Ohio. ' 'Mis Lillian Kelly. 19, South t uena, ina: ' -M. E. Stern, 40, traveling: man, " Chicago. . W. Tudor, traveling man, 4 : Laccy; Iowa. , ' Mr. Tudor, 12. ' Louise Tudor. 6. . - Two midflle aged womW, un- o " identified. . Girl, 9 toll years old, unlden- titled. ' A. E. Bunch, 40, Pullman por- 4 ' : ter, Chicago. The Injured include E. G. - -. Pohlmann, San Francisco, right leg and arm broken, scalp wounds. - m, , iCnitnJ Pi Vti Wlr, i Chicago, 111., July 15. Coroner Peter .Hoffman today continued his efforts to .place the blame for the wreck on th Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy yesterday , In1 which ' IS persons were killed and nearly 60 injured. It was determined definitely today that efforts were made Jto halt the mail train before it crashed ;Jnto the Pullman sleeper of the Over hand Limited. J, Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, tower operafor at jtV'eatern Springs, southeast of Chicago, 'received the message that the mall train jknewn as No. 8 was coming on at full ; speed. An automatic block signal had -ieauaed-the Overland LlmfteiJ to stop. 1 ?880 feet east of the Western" Springs 'Station. The operator rushed from her ; key when she heard the warning, to . flag the engineer of No. t. She saw him pass the semaphore signal, which should ,. . 'have halted htm, and as the train thun k dered past the station, the woman saw (that a horrible wreck was certain, ruehed to the telephone to call doctors, ' and. then swooned. i - Lacked Only Minute. ? Today Mrs. Wilcox said: "It I had hsd-another minute. I would . have been down the track to flag the tnalfcHiad the board set against her, but. I felt that she would go by In th ' , 'tog, and that she could not stop beforo Crashing' into No. 2. f - -'I -tried to get a red lantern, but ' Before Jt had time the mall had rushed 1 by th tower. I heard the three quick - explosions of the torpedoes and then in a moment came the terrible crash. I felt my senses leaving me, but I man---ged to keep ntrol of myself until I HP AS fScS Had telephoned for all the doctors In La Grange.. Tou cannot imagine the horri ble feeling that came over me." , Engineer Is Blamed. According to P. 8. Eustis, passenger traffic manager of the Burlington, the . Wvne for the wreck lies between George iironsion. engineer of No. 8, who died - iwtth his hands on th'e brake lever, and 'John Woodruff, flagman of train No. 2, s Vho placed the torpedoes on the track, woodrurf said he not only went bark nd placed torpedoes.- on the rails, but that he also walked up the track and made an ffort to flag No. 8. H. O. Crsin, the fireman on No: 8, speaking for his dead comrade, Engineer BroiiHon, r aaid he did not know who was to blame. . He inflated that all the signals showed a clear track ahead, and declared today that his first Intimation that anything ;-Was wrong was when he heard the pop 1 blng of topedoes under the wheels, -r- "Bronson und I did all that two men h could possibly do to bring the train to "J a stop,'"., said Craln. "and Bronson died wlth one hahd on.ttie throttle and the - Other on the brake lever. I was thrown from the gangway on Bronson side of vth-engine when, the crash came." . Oner incident of the wrek that stood .. O'tt clearly in the stories told today was of tho heroic sacrifice of Mrs. E. G. Pohlmann, bride of a San Francisco, Cal., traveling salesman. A doctor - helped lift her clear of the wreckage - ,ana started to examine her for posnlhly eepteus Injuries The yountr woman diew her skirts over her limbs and nod "tfinir toward her husband, said: . "There's my husband. Hp's hurt "worse than I am. PW-Hse look after -'Urn first " Bride Dies rrom Injuries. " Pohlmann was found seriously but not fatally hurt, and the doctor re- . turned to the hrlrli, finding both her legs broken and hr spltip fractured. Bhe died on the way to St. Anthony's hospital. ; Company offlrlnls todny stated a con Blderable amount of -wely of the dead , was tnlssing. but whether this was the - Work Of vandals 01 a freak of tlm wrei k 1 not known. The police assert that the small sumR uf money found on f- i many bodies Indicated their pockets had been picked. Herbert Uease. assistant general so . llcitor of the Hurltnuion, todnv di- - Clared he belltve'l tl.e laiastioph i1.il- ttt the jiense ft'g "l V Seems "Weather Catastrophe." -- ?"It eeem to have, tuen n 'wrathrr 1 cataatrophe'," ii" dpi iarnl. "TIih opera tor had the slgnnl t cii-Hd HKHint the ' mail train, but in tho dense inn ii wtta Impossible to see il H is hard to place the blame on anyone.'' f-The Illinois State rallwny rommis ion today jolneii Coroner Hoffman In "". hl Investigation, while the railroad in makiflg a aenarate investigKtion. All lt the dead exi t pt the engineer of the mall were in the rear Pullman. Klie broke out immediately after the wreck ' but finally was extlnguiRhc. . ' -: Coroner Hoffman, on returning from the acene of the wreck, Issued the fol- lowing statement today: "Responsibility for the disaster de- If there ever is a time when you are justified in cussing. It is when the summer weather sets your appetite to fussing; But there isn't any need to risk your soul and shock the neighbors Tempt your appetite with Toasties and go singing to your labors. "TJni""? the" t0 Jingles for which Battle Creek,, Mich., paid 11000. DREADNAUGHT'S STERN . .Ji'MV,,l',W..V.i .' V... Vf , .... , V . 0: x.-r X I. 4 a lit ih ''' rs? v' i. ..MC...lt 4..-J.J .1... W .f hi? WiV x fr, . i A f . hick ;5k.wt t- Shattered Btern of the United States' dreadnaught New Hampshire, photographed immediately after that powerful fighting vessel had been rammed by the big Bteamboat Commonwealth, en route from New York to Fall River -with 1000 passengers on board, as the battleship lay at anchor off the naval train ing Btatlon at Newport. The bow of the Commonwealth was badly .damaged, but Uncle Sam's pet bat tleship was by far the more damaged of the two. It is estimated that it will take more than two weeks work at a cost of $15,500 to repair the New Hampshire. pfends on three nuestlons: If the Over land was standing still, why was not the mall train properly flagged? Did the block signals work, and If they did. or If the Overland did send back a flag. why did not the mall train stop? 'I have communicated with the state railroad commissioners and they already have dispatched an expert to the scene. We expect to reach a definite conclu sion regarding the cause of the wreck and the rcsponsitilty for It in time for the Inquest Thursday at La Orange. The coronet, condemned the practice of running two fast trains so close to gether. He said they should have been at least 25 minutes apart. He has asked the local weather bureau for an official eport of weather conditions at the time of the wre"k. Engineer Denies Drunkenness. (I'nltad rre Luted Wire.) Cornine, N. Y., July 15. When the coroner's in vestigaUfla. ot the Fourth of July wreck on th Lackawana railroad n which 41 persons were kiuea, was re sumed this afternoon. Engineer AYll- lam H. Schroeder of express train 11, who has been held responsible for the wreck by the railroad officials, was called. Ills attorney, Cueiros a. K.nipp, declared that he Would contradict all stories reflecting on him. The stories that Kngineer Schroeder was drunk before the accident are abso lutely malicious lies," declared Knlpp. "He has been too 111 and unnerved to talk before, and I have refused to let him mnko sny statement at all, hut when his story is told I think there will be some few facts available re garding the responsibility forthls ter rible disaster." ASSERTS WIFE COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH COOKS To hire and discharge 19 cooks In 17 months Is sufficient uround to warrant a divorce, testified W. K, Burke this morning before Judge Gatens In asking foe a decree from Alameda May Burke. This was the record of Mrs. Burke last year at their Yamhill county home. Po many new cooks were employed and dis charged, SHld tho husband this morn ing, that 'the neighbors began talking about It. Therefore, to stop this talk, h arranged for some of the help to ar rive and depart over different railway stations, some even leaving at night. ir was the duty of Mrs. Burke to hire all house help, said the husband. Home of the brst help obtainable was dls charRpd over trivial affairs, while other good help would not stay, according to the testimony. Hurke owns the Chonnlem orchards near NewbtiVg. and is a lurge land own er of that county, lie told the court thai he tried to make the country home, pleasant for his wife, but aftrr spend ing $"70o on the house, slip was dis satisfied. Frequent quarrels ntulted, httid thp plaintiff, until final Keparati'Hi was necessary. Shortly after their niar rlae In 1 r 1 0. they lived at trtl Hlxth street. Mrs. Burke whs formerly Ala meda Mills. She Is contestlnK the dl Tie, being represented by Attorneys (leorKe. Slaplcton and II. M Ksterly. JURY INVESTIGATES YE0N RATHSKELLER x 1 Mixtion of conditions surround ing th- rathskeller 1n-the basement of ll.v Yeon building Is before the grand tury t-id.-iy Several witnesses have been sil'r,nM.'. .. ifi what they know of tie pin e Witnesses called thlR mnrn Sric Bfiy tl.ey ipci-tw-d invitations a few iJ;ih in fore the place opened. TTV- ptenerni complaint, mid the one upon which the authorities hAse crimi nal rceetit!nri, h thtu of unsanitary oiwiHions an. I indecent Conduct. The city health officer closed tho place on 'he first uround, while tho district at torney orderci m k-pt closed on the "U.er. .A n.inilier of bad check cases us also before tl.e jury. Barlow Seriously III. Special to Tt Juurncl. Oregon City, Or., July 10.- .Frank T. Harlow, a urocer of this city, Is re ported to be seriously 111 in Newport, r. Mr. M.irlow left for Newport Thurs day morninx, to spend a few weeks there. Written by W. J. Mf SO ROVE, Terr.pe, Ariz. the I'ostum Co 00 in .May. CRUMPLED WHEN HIT BY -if r i s 4 I"" i i I 1 4 I Reduction of Rates and New System of Tariff Bitterly Opposed, Be (t'nltrd Prem Iieri Wlrr.t Washington. July 15. faced with the interstate commerce corpmisston's flat ultimatum that they must prove that their service is necessary to the public the exprpos companies today began prep arations to fight the drastic reductions In rates and the sweeping changes in methods of doing business ordered by the commission. After three years' ln vestlgntlon the commission has drawn up a startling Indictment of the express business, Commissioner Lane's decision, made public today, declared: "The test of the express company as a public utility is at hand. Certainly It is not deniable that the express com pany has to no slight degree lost the confidence of the people It serves and is now regarded as onlv on probation." The commission ordered an average reduction in rates of 16 per cent and the installation of a SO-mlle block system of charges, roverlng the whole country. The maximum charge per pound was fixed at 12 cents, the tariffs Increasing in exact proportion to the weight and distance. An entirely new system of marking, checking up, routing, way billing, etc., was formulated. The opinion was expressed here today by men familiar with the express prob lem that It might take a year to reach a satisfactory solution of the problem of readjustment. TO ELECf OFFICERS The National Progressive club, under which name the followers of Roosevelt have enlisted for battle in Oregon, will rroia a meeting tonight at the eaat M branch library. East Eleventh and Alder streets, Permanent officers ere then to be chosen and a plan considered for the election of delegates from Oregon to the national progressive convention In Chlcago.- 1'nder the call for the progressive party convention, Oregon will be en-, titled to five delegates. As the new" party has no offlcal standing, the delegates will not be entitled to pay from the state, and will have to bear their own expenses. It I3 desired to xeenrp representation from other parts of the state, third party activity having o far been principally-confined to Port land How to choose the delegates and get other sections of the state Interest ed Is part of the problem confronting the Roosevelt leaders. The third party rail was signed on the part of Oregon by Dr. Henry Waldo 'e of Portland and L. H. McMahon of Palem, It. Coe Is expected to bring from the east some positive Informa tion as to how the organization Is to be completed. A stste committee probably will he formed to handle the Roose velt campaign. .Slate Senator Dsn Kellaher Is the temporary president of the Progressive club, end I.. M. I.epper Is temptirary secretary. It is probable they will be made the permanent officers. An ex ecutive committee of five Is to be elect ed by the club to take charge of the details of its work. GREAT TERMINAL TO COST MILLIONS PLANNED BY S. P. (Continued From Page One.) remaining In Oregon some three weeks. It is expected that he will traverBw the new Tillamook Bay line and consi der plans of extending th Fourth street electrification to the coast be fore his return. This work Is in the hands of Robert Strahorn. president of the Tillamook line, who, indeed, is in charge of all th contemplated electri fication, It is said. ' Will JLecept Any Franchise. Concerning the terminal plan, D. W. Campbell, general superintendent of the Southern Pacific in Oregon, said this worulii;. ... .... v "if there is such a thing under way I have not been confided in. - r would expeqt that Mr. Sproyle ivfould "ijtlve a large, part of his attentloijt while m Or- egon to the Feurth -street electrifica EXPRESS COMPANIES WILL FIGH CHANGES COMMISSI MAES PROGRESSIVE CLUB LONG ISLAND SOUND STEAMER 4 -M- t 1 I i tion. He leaves the operation entirely In our hands,, yet he Is able to review the work better by personal visit than by correspondence. "At the same time we are desirous of securing the Fourth street franchise as soon as possible. We have left the! entire matter terms, common user artfl i the like In the hands of the city coun- I eUi.-,: We. are witling to accept what- ever' franchise the cMty council desires I to give us, including common user and i the 25 year limitation. I have confi dence that pie council and the street I committee" or the council will deal with 1 us Justly and fairly. Our desire Is to 1 adequately serve the. transportation needs of the line." Competitors of the Harrlman lines profess to see in the repdrted terminal plan evidence that the "Southern Pa cific has seen the handwriting on the wall," that, -the Southern Pacific ha3 realized It must provide the best of terminal farllitlee with- eleetrifted su burban service or lose Its business to the Hill lines." , Flaa Hot Entirely Hsw. j The Southern Pacific has plenty of, property. It Is nld, to develop one of, the most complete terminals In the ' west. It is said that the terminal nlan ! has bPen ffolng forward for some time and that President Sproule. while here Is merely checktng over figures already secured. The same Is said to he true of the proposed electrification. This Is one of Mr. Sproule's specialties and It is said lyj Intends to develop for Oregon ss complete an electric system, proportionately, as he has for California. "Oh, that's Just one of those rumors," said President Sproule of the Bouthern Pacific at noon today, when pjuerted par ticularly about the report of the Intend ed terminal development and electrifica tion sc-hsm. Mr. Pproule insisted that no dependence could be placed In the report or any special significance at tached to his visit here other than that he is "attending to the company's busi ness." "The lines in Oregon are administered by the Southern Pacific representatives in Oregon." insisted Mr. Br-roule when asked If he had anything CO say about the electrification of the Fourth street lino. CLIMBING SKYSCRAPER'S STAIRS IS "SOME WORK" There Isn't an office representee 'of I the rsorth Bank Railroad who, If he survives, Is not sure that he would be able to climb Mount llpod with the Mazamas next Monday and make a new record for the climb, This is because of the training they are getting today and which may be continued through a.large part of this week. Each member of the North Bank staff, as he came to work this morning took a look at the card over the elevator d"ors, cxelaimed a fPW times, then took a long breath and began to elimb the Stairs. The card said, "Elevators dis continued for repairs." Some of the railroad men missed luncheon rather than climb down and up. Others were made so hungry by the ascent of six flights of stairs that they went earlier than usual, over the telephone,' Presi dent Young of the Hill lines said hum orously that the number of callers with impressively Important business was smaller today than since he assumed his present office. "I don't believe business HkPR to climb stairs," was Mr. Young's comment. BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY CHARGED AGAINST SURBA '"ulteel I'renn Leased Wlr.) San Kram lsio, July 16. Tending re ceipt cf advices from Victoria, B. C, tho police here are holding John Burba, who Is suspected of complicity In a $35,000 diamond robbery in Victoria sev eral months ago, He denies the charge. Surba was caught on Information fur nished the police by one who claims to have known him In the north. "Kot us price offered, Ira. what la offered for the price." DERBY DESKS DERBY CHAIRS DERBY FILING CABINETS E. B. HALEY DESK CO. 210 Seventh St. Between-Taylor and Salmon Sts. Main S87 : ... 'i 1 'i . . . ....i. ... -L J M I POSTALBffllDSlH. Portland People Buy Savings Securities as Investments , ' for Surplus Funds. ..' (iihlncton BureM of The Journal.) r Washington, D. C, July 15. Informa tion made public by Postmaster General Hitchcock shows that postal savings depositors in Oregon applied July 1 for 15480 6f the thTrdssueorposraTTiavi ings bonds. Application for this amount was made by IS depositors. It Is partlc. ularly interesting to note that more than $8000 of the total amount of bonds ap-1 plied for are those In the registered form, indicating that tbey are being purchased as a permanent'' investment. Applications were received for 17 cou pon bonds, 10 or the 120 denomination, four of the $100 and three of the $600, Of the registered bonds application was made for eight of the $20 denomination, 17 of the $100 and three of the $500, making a total of $3360 of registered bonds. With respect to the smount of bonds applied for, Portland leads the other cities of the state with $3660. and fol lowing in order are Astoria, $900; Rose- burg and Sumpter, $500 each. The total y9y Preliminary Announcement W OF A MARVELOUS EVENT W After forty years of E active merchandising tf- in Men's and Boys' Jfcj A Clothing and Furnish- A ing Goods, Portland's " 15 Leading Store is now 3 retiring permanently Q from the business. jj as You Will Be Surprised When a y W You Learn the Facts About It --r ---. : ' : V 1 n m 1 . , V, Save the Babies. 1NFA1TT M0ETALITT is something frightfliL We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirtyseyen per cent, or mora than one-third, before theyire.flve, and one-half before they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Oastoria would save a ma jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations, Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Oastoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Oastoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens tho pores of the skin and allays fever. ' lj, ALCOHOL 3 PER fipii-p1 ANgelableReparatbnErAs slrallarlngfteFbotfandRfgiiia IVomotes DigcslionOiecrfU nessandRest.Contilnsnpiihfr Opiuru.Morphioe norrfiaeraL! ?- -n XT - k . . ij HUI HAITI U I II. SicqitifMIkSMILrSTCBm 43 Jlx.Stma JkcMtttdh- Aoerftct Remedy forCtmsflri Hon ,Sour Storaarh.Dlarrtm wortnsjConvulsl(ms.reverisli ness andLoss OF Sleep. facSimil Sijnatwt of NEW YORK. Baact Copy of Wrapper. 1 j iL 'Pli I amount of deposits in these cities on May II was: Portland $4(3,771; Astoria, $76,122; Roseburg, Sumpter, $500 each. This Is the third bend issue since the Installation of the postal savings sys tem In this country. The first was JuIytTl911. "d the second January-1, 1912. Compared with applications In Or egon, January I, the date of th last conversion, the number of present ap plications shows an Increase. Tpr the previous bond issue applications were received from II depositors for $3280 of the bonus, of which amount $156 were in thV registered f orm,?:-; CAPITOL HILL RESIDENTS - WANT BETTER DEPOT . (Stlem Bareea of Tie JwirnsLV Salem. Or., July 15. Two formal complaints wereUedwiththsQstate railroad commission today, one by C. A,- Barrett and others who allege the Northern Pacific has failed and refuses to provide adequate cattle guards at 87 crossings on its road near Athena and has failed to properly fence the right of way. The other Is by Hsrsy Tanek wich,. who complains that the Oregon Electric has Inadequate depot facili ties at Capitol Hill station, and has no light on a dangerous bridge crossing the right of wsy near the station, which Is near Portland. ., ' - Whereto Live To live well, comfortably and cheaply, should be our highest aim. No rooms, accommodations or service surpssses the Bowers and the Annex. 'Special rates now. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. II. Fletcher Dr. A. F. Peeler, of St. Loute. Mo., Bays: "I have prescribed your Castorla In many cases and hare always found it an efficient and speedy remedy. Dr. Frederick D. Rogers, of Chicago, 111., says: I have found Fletcher's Castoria very useful in the treatment ofchildren's complaints. Dr. William C. Bloomer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: In my practice I am glad to recommend your Castoria, knowing it is perfectly harmless and always satisfactory. Dr. B. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have prescribed your Cas toria in my practice for many yean with great satisfaction to myself and Iwneflt to my patients." Dr. Edward Parrisn, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I have used your Ca torla In my own household with good results, and have advised several patients to use it for its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." Dr. J..B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past sir years prescribed your Castoria for infantile stomach disorders, I most heartily commend its use. The formula contains nothing deleterloua to the most delicate of children." Dr. C. Q. Spracue,, of Omaha, Neb., says: 'Tour Castoria Is an Ideal medicine, for children, and I frequently prescribe it While I do not advo cate the Indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria Is an exception for conditions which arise In the care of children." Dr. J. A. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria holds the esteem of the medical profession in a manner held by no other proprie tary preparation. It Is a sure and reliable medicine for infants and chil dren. In fact, it is the universal household remedy for infantile ailments." Dr. II. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Me., says: "Castoria Is one of the Tery finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In my opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I cam' furnish hundreds of testimonials frotn this locality as to its efficiency and merits." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS s7 Sears the -The KM:You Have Always-Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. Twt etrrui MMnkMV,,TT huhrav stmskt. mtm tons orrv, ES GET ROUND-UP FEVER " ' - fSpeelsl to'Ths Journal) !''' Aberdeen. Wash., July 15. -Organisation of a Pendleton club to attend the annual l enuieion . ouno-up , aunng the second , week In. September will b begun this- week. TwO and TnsHMv vti. w ,ia vvrti tcj Mg ' viajrt) : xtarDUC residents to the Oregon city will be assured. .; - ; U :;'.- Pendleton's wonderful showing at the -Elks1 convention in Portland, has re sulted In wide spread' interest 'being taken in the annual festivities, and scores of Elks from this city have al- 7 ready promised to reserve berths aboard k.. 1 a. ine proposed rentueion special. It is proposed that two sleepers to gether with a dining car be furnished . for the, Grays, Harbor delegation. The v three cars will, according to the present plans remain on a side treok in Pen dleton, thus assuring the excursionist the very best of accommodations. RABBIT HUNTER LOSES 3 TOES; BUNNY SAFE, Cn!td Prens Levied Wlre.1 Los Angeles, Cel., July 15. Shoot ing at a rabbit that tried to dodge past him on a narrow trail, John Garland . mutilated three of his tons, and then I followed the animal on a mad run down. the trail for a doctor. Signature of GRAYS HARBOR till ...