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- TUB , WEATHER - Fair tonight ,a n d Tuesday; , variable winds, mostly easterly VOL. XIX. NO. 163. BELL RING TODAY HaDDV-Faced Younasters in Numbers Sufficient to Make Juvenile Citv Make Scene of Colorful Animation. 17,199 ENROLLED AT TWELVE O'CLOCK TODAY Supt. Alderman to Bene! Every Energy to Make System More Efficient. ThsAPortland achool bell rang- this morning- to call nearly 33.000 children back to books and discipline. It was a scene of colorful super animation, when the doors of 66 school buildings were thrown open and the youngsters, enough in their own num bers to make a sizable juvenile city, be Ban trooping in. A thousand teachers who by reason of travel propensity were represented during the summer months in many states and countries, began the duties of the year by assuming first-day smiles and becoming animated information bureaus. For days, anticipating the call, trains and automobiles from monutalns an.l sea shore, have been bringing to the city again whole populations of summer resorts. The beginning of school means much mere than merely polishing chubby faces until they shine again and curb ing rebellious locks with comb and rib bons it means the formal closing of the summer season, the resumption of autumn and winter activities on the part of the grownups as well as the children. Coincidental with the begin ning of public school will come an nouncements of club organization, social campaigns, private and advanced school openings. In fact, the opening of school marks more truly the beginning of a llterarl new year than does January 1. No other industry of the city requires such a large plant, involves so many people or has so much dependent on it in the way of futures as the public school system. And certainly, it is pointed out, no other public expense, at least, is so great us the more than 12,- 000,000 annual budget of the school system. Superintendent I... R. Alderman an swered a very emphatic "yes" when he was asked if he and his assistants were busy this morning. "The busiest things In our offices are the telephones," he said hurriedly. "Everybody wants Information, it seems. They want us to define school ward lines so that Mary, who is only 6, or Johnny, who never went to school be fore, may not get into the wrong place and have to begin all over again. "Everything, however, is going with (Continued on Page Nine.) FUNERAL OF "BIG 1" ATTRACTS THOUSANDS Procession Passes Through Bowery, Timothy D, Sulli van Driving Hearse, New York, Sept. 15. Fully 20,000 persons, a few in broadcloth, the vast majority in humbler garb and many actually in rags, lined the Bowery to day when the funeral car carrying "Biff Tim" Sullivan's body rolled slow ly through the historic old thorough- fare to old St. Patrick's cathedral in Mott street. Twenty congressmen, as an escort of honor, marched beside the car and hundreds of east siders followed it. Timothy D. Sullivan, of the Tammany club, drove the car himself. Nearly all the buildings on the Bowery, Mott street and other streets in 'the vicinity, were draped In mourn ing. Moving pictures flashed Big Tim's picture on a screen at one point passed by the funeral car. Two thousand roses and as many more chrysanthemums covered the casket as it rested in front of the altar. Monsignor John Kearney celebrated the requiem high mass. PRESIDENT CUTS SHORT VACATION AT CORNISH Cornish, N. H., Sept. 15. Telegrairs notifying him that the conference on the tariff bill is being rushed, and that the currency bill is nesting a vote In the house determined President Wilson to day to return to Washington at once. He was having his last game of golf on the Hajjover links this afternoon. EARLY ACTION GAINED ON ALASKA R. R. BILL Washington, Sept. 16. At the request of Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, the Alaska railroad bill,' providing for gov ernment construction and ownership of 1000 miles of railroads, was today made the unfinished business by the senate. It probably will be acted upon in--December. GAS EXPLOSION KILLS FOURTEEN IN GERMANY Coburg, Germany, Sept. 15. Four'teon persons are reported dead iters ' today, following the demolition of a house by an. explosion of gas. Escaping gas had accumulated In a room, and when some ons lighted a match It exploded. MER SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS OUT i m Wm. J. Reidy, 10 Years Ago, Rescued Well Digger Who Had Been Overcome, For descending 60 feet Into a well filled with gas from an exploded charge of dynamite and rescuing Abraham Hll debrand in 1904, William J. Reidy. a carpenter living near Lents, received on Saturday a Carnegie hero medal. Reidy had almost forgotten the inci dent when last fall he was visited by a representative of the Carnegie hero en dowment fund. After subjecting Reidy to a searching examination as to tho circumstances surrounding the saving of Hlldebrand's life, the investigator confirmed Reidys statements and a few weeks later Reidy received information that he had been awarded a bronze medal for his act The medal is two inches in diame ter, with the relief of the face of h Litftlrd-iOf Ski bo on the obverse sfde and the description of the deed for which the medal was granted on the reverss side. Seed Was Well Known. "I do not know how they found it out," said Reidy today. "Of course every one out in that part of the coun try knew about it at the time. "There was nothing much to the act. This man, Abraham Hildebrand, cume over from Vancouver, Wash., and dug two or three wells in the neighborhood of Lents during 1904. One was for a man named Baxter. Hildebrand had gone down about 60 feet, when the air became foul. Baxter did not want Hildebrand to go down again, but Hilde brand said that he could hear water. "They sent down a charge of giant powder and exploded that, Hildebrand stating that in this way a well would generally clear Itself of gas. Baxter was still skeptical, but the man In sisted. He sent up one bucket of earth, but no more came up and he did not an swer any signals. Baxter and his sen then became alarmed. "Noither Baxter nor his son wanted to go down, so they sent over to a neighbor s and tried to get him to go down. He refused. 1 was working on my place nearby, and went over to see what the trouble was. Beldy Bescues Man. "I told them that if no one else was going after Hildebrand, I would do it. Thoy let me down by a rope. I had another rope in my hand and Just tied It around his body-. Then they hauled us out with a windlass. That's all there was to it. "I never knew I was a hero until the Carnegie man came round last fall. He told me there was $1000 attached to the award. There was nothing said about the money in the letter that no tified me they had sent the medal." Reidy has lived in this section of the country for the past 25 years. He is well spoken of by his neighbors who remember his unselfish act. and who are pleased at the recognition it has received. THREE FIREMEN RETURN FROM EASTERN TRIP Although the vanguard, consisting of three men of the Portland fire depart ment band, arrived In Portland this aft. ernoon, the main party will not arrive until 11:45 o'clock tomorrow morning, making it a day ahead of Its schedule. Plans are now being made by Mayor Albee and the city commissioners ap propriately to celebrate the home com ing The Commercial club has been asked to ' assist. While nothing definite has been de termined It is probable that the mayor and commissioners will meet the mem bers at the Union depot and from there escort them to the city hall. The police band will also be on hand and lead the parade. Just what part the Commercial club, will take will not be known untlt late this afternoon, but It is likely that it wtlrhave a large delegation on hand at. the depot and participate in the pa rade. v The party has been away from Port land for nearly a month, having left August it.--' While on their trip they visited a number of the! eastern cities, spending several days In New York, where flie international convention of fire chiefs was held early In September, CARNEGIE MEDAL GIVEN " TO LOCAL MAN WHO W M SAVED ANOTHER'S LIE I $&A WSmm PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER BRIGHT AND EARLY FOR fir - , -.m - v v. i -rwra urn j, i i i i j The top picture shows a group first to enter Ladd school. lower cut. "LAST WORD SAID IN SERVICE WERE JOURNAL SPECIALS TO ROUND-UP," IS VISITORS' VERDICT Highly Pleased, Portlanders Praise With Glowing Words Ac commodations Which by Their Perfection Made Trip to Pendleton's Great Show One of Joy. Accommodations great, service unex celled, management superb. These adjectives, among others, ex press in brief the appreciation of 600 or more Portland people who visited the Round-Up at Pendleton, as guests on The Journal's four special trains. Without a dissenting voice the Port land contingent unites in saying that the treatment accorded could not have been better. Everything that efficient train management could do to help make the trip agreeable and pleasant was done. The result of all this special care and attention is that the travelers returned home brim full of words of praise for those in charge of tho special trains. Sleeping accommodations, dining serv ice and countless little courtesies which were at the disposal of the passengers on The Journal specials aided materially In making the Journey one to be remem bered. From the moment that the specials pulled out of Portand until they ar rived at Pendleton extra care was tanen to provide for the comfort of the jolly, good-natured crowd of men and women travelers. 1 Journal Zs Praised. "I never had a better time in my life," declared Mrs. W. C. Alvoid. "Next year I will go again, and I hope that the same delightful accommodations KILLS WIFE'S FAMILY, MAKES HIS ESCAPE Memphis Man, Refused Ad mittance, Shoots Father, Mother, Brother-in-Law. MmrhiB. Tenn.. Sept. 15. Because they disapproved of him, Edward Bax- tr of this Dlace. today wiped out his wifa'n ntire family. Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Smith, her father and mother, and her brother, Oscar Smith. He shot them to death as they slept. (j n.v. whn had been senarated from his wife, had tried- to see her at her parents' home, but was invanamy re fused admittance. She was in the house . hafnr. th murder but .tscs.ne'l when she saw her" husband coming and hid in an outbuilding. Toung Smith, who was awaKenea oy me snooting, aiao tried to flee, but: was shot down as he ran. - ' loaded his gun and escaped. The police are seeking him. OPENING OF SCHOOLS - r of -youngsters racing to be among "Their first day at school" describes will be given me en route to and from Pendleton that were at my disposal this year. I am sorry that my husband could not go along with me. The Jour nal is to be praised for its fine dis play of public spirit in making it pos sible for the passengers to take such a long Journey without having to con tend with the least bit of discomfort." "The Round-Up is worth going thou sands of miles to see, and the quality of service provided by The Journal's special trains ia in Itself worth the price of admission." said Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Rail way, Light .& Power company. -'The management of the specials was fault less." Attentions Showered on Quests. "The last word in train accommoda tions," asserted Fred V. Holman. "Traveling under such circumstances Is Indeed a pleasure. I would not have missed the show and I would not have missed the Journey. The attentions showered upon us by the comnanv offi cials and their attendants were most gratifying." "Say for me that I returned to Port land completely satisfied with the trip. Oftentimes in taking such an extended trip there are many little annoyances that tend to ruffle the tempers of the passengers, and in a measure, the appre ciation of the show itself is, therefore, dimmed. But in this Instance there was no reason for anyone to complain. The (Continued on Page Seven.) L Stork Arrives While Mother and 'Father Are Waiting for Train, (Special to The Jour ml. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 15. With a pile of straw as a bed and with no one to give her attention but her husband and 2-year-old son, Mrs. C. W. Campbell gave birth to a seven and one half pound boy near Weldon station of the Northern Pacific railroad. . t. The woman was being brought to the city from tho Campbell ranch. The train was late and while waiting outside the station the stork arrived. The train arrived 20 minutes later, and ,a Pasco physician, who was among the passen gors.'tave Mrs. Campbell-attention. The train was speeded up and an am. bulance met it, to take them to the home of friends. Their condition is favorable. NURSE DOCTOR GREET BABY CAMPBEL 15, 1913,-EIGHTEEN PAGES. SOUTHERN PACIFIC HEADS COME FOR CONFERENCE HERE President ,Wm. Sproule Joins Forces in Portland to Dis cuss Railroad Conditions Affecting This Section. GUIDING HAND WOULD MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS Closer Understanding Be tween Public and Railroads Aim of Executive. Portland (today became tlie temporary headquarters; 'Of the whole Southern Pa cific railway system, with the arrival of one more high official of the lines. President William Sproule was joined this morning by Passenger Traffic Man ager Charles ,S. Kce. Yes'erday came H, P. Thrall, inspector of transportation service. G. W. Luce, freight traffic manager, had been In the city several days, and all made up one happy family party this morning in the office of Dun can W. Campbell, general superintendent of the noitheni district. Conferences took up the entire morn lna and cave promise of lasting throughout the day. President Sproule declared he had absolutely no program. though he still believed he would re main in Oregon at leaHt two weeks. "I have plenty of time." he said. "It has always been my opinion that the most efficient official ia not the one who spends his time in an office chair. I like to get out and meet the people, to study the needs of the people that tn railroad may be made that much the better. We think we have a good rail road flow, but there Is always room for Improvement." Plot to Kidnap Elm. A conspiracy has been set afoot by some of the Portland officials of the Southern Pacific. That plot Is to kidnap President Sproule and whisk him away In sonic dark-colored automobile -of proper piratical aspect. Nobody knows where he is to be taken, but it will be somewhere far from any railroad, Thr, so the conspirators declare, he will be shown the possibilities of further rail road development and extension. He will bo shown the tolling farmer, haul ing his products many miles to the nearest railroad, the vast areas of un settled lands that need only the stir of the plow to produce tonnage for some new line oi tracK. inis win Da in aaai tion to the telps be has alreajLfc out for himself along fn"6 branch lines in Oregon. President Robert Strahorn of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern is trying to induce him to accompany the special train to.Molalla next Friday to help celebrate the opening of the new line from Canby. May Get Wew Zrdas. And so before he has left-Oregon for other parts of his jurisdiction, President Sproule may be given some lirand new ideas on the possibilities of his road in tho development of the inner regions of the state. Mr. Sproule this morning said he had little to say about the nature of his (Continued on Page Two.) E. Changes Made by tracted Attention Engineers, Him At of Many After establishing a record that has never been equaled before In the field of municipal refuse incineration and while engaged in planning still other innovations In the efficient and eco nomical reduction of garbage, David E. Otis, superintendent of the city crema tory at Guild s lake, last niKht died very suddenly following a stipke of paralysis. The unexpected attack 'f the nerv ous disease is uttrlbuteii by. Dr. Giiorge B. Story to overwork and worry. En gineer Otis had during the past sum mer been under a heavy mental strain, owing to the greatly increased amount of refuse that had to be destroyed by the Guild's lake plant, which lias burned as much as isr tons in a d?y. although its maximum daily capacity Is but 150 tons. Mr. Otis' exptrt knowledge of the plant and his ability to regulate the temperatures have pre vented Its being burned out. Urged' Second Incinerator. During the past two years he had repeatedly warned the public that the incinerator would succumb to the enor mous demands made upon it unless a new plant should be built without de lay. It was largely upon Mr. Otis' ad vice that voters at the last election adopted a bond Issue for the construc tion of additional Incinerator facilities. Often during the busiest days at the plant Mr. Otis had remained- on duty until long after midnight. It was his particular pride to assure Commis sioner of Public Utilities Will H. Daly under whom Mr. Otis worked, that tho Incinerator, need never worry the department.- His vitality greatly reduced by his arduous vigils of the past' sum mer. Engineer Otis was thrown Into a high pitch of nervous excitement last week when he found that an .agent for an incinerator company had visited the plant and stumhled upon one of the many devices that Mr. Otis had installed there for the reduction of the cost of Incineration to a minimum. This device, which was Installed only a few days before the agent's1 visit, has (Continued on Page. Seven) AVI OTIS WHO MADE CREMATORY B G SUCCESS PASSES ntsT-TP Trrt BELL IELEI COMPANIES DENY Answers to U. S. Anti-Trust Suit to Be Filed Today As sert No Violation of Anti Trust Law Occurred. SAMUEL J. HILL'S NAME IS BROUGHT INTO CASE Mead Asserts N.-W. Long Distance, Sapped of Home Stock, Was Left to Die. Today was th final day of grace In which to file answers in the district court of the United States for the dis trict of Oregon in the suit of the United States against the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and subsidiary com panies, in which it is charged by the government that the defendants are In conspiracy to monopolize the telephone business in vlolaion of the anti-trust law of congrcs.s, passed July 2, 1890. The government alo asks that compet itive conditions be reestablished as far as practicable. Among the defendantswho jvill make answer today arc the following': The American Telephone & Telegraph com pany and Its principal officers: the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company; Independent Telephone com pany of Seattle; tho Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company; thw Sunset lolc- phone & Telegraph company; Independ ent Lung Distanco Telephone eompary; George J. Petty. Charles P. Ware, B. E, Sunny, Asael K. Adams, W. II. Foster, William Mead, Title Insurance & Trust company. Granger Telephone & Tele gruph company, Home Telephone com pany of Puget sound and Northwestern Long Distance company. Defendants' Answer Similar In a general way, the answers of the defendants are outlined in that of the American Telephone & Telegraph com pany, Sunset. Telephone - ft Telegraph company and the Pacific States Tele phone & Telegraph company, to be filed today -by Attorneys- K- S. - PlUs- bury, Charles S. Carey and K. I. Poat. These defendants make a general ae nlal that they are restraining trade or commerce, or are attempting to monopo lUe trade or commerce. They admit that the Home Telephone company of Puzet sound prior to De cember 9, 1911. owned and operated local telephone exchanges in the cities (Continued on Page Two.) E ING Fi E Oregon City Youngsters Take Horse and Buggy and Are Caught Seeking Gun, (Sikk'UI to Th Journal.) Oreson City,' Or., Sept. IB. Just to see "real live cowboys," such as aro seen at the "Round-Up," Albert Klddor 9, and Clarence Green, 6, both sons of Oregon City people, on Friday and Sat urday, committed a series of bold thefts. The youngsters were found Sunday afternoon by Sheriff Mass. about 25 miles from Oregon City, in the farm house of Ud. (.Jordon, Into which they had broken. The lads had taken a val uable horse belonging to Gabe Wolfe of this pku -, and a saddle and bridle, and, tiring of riding, when about 15 miles from here, had taken a bugsy and a set of harness. To make their outfit complete, they were looking for a gun when caught. The sad part of it Is, according to young Kidder, that they only saw one real cowboy on the trip. Officials here are astonished at the audacity of the youngsters. Kidder Is the son of N. A. Kidder, a car center at the Willamette Mills, and young Green lives with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, on the west side. The youngsters took the horse Friday from an alley in the rtar of the First National bank, and then and there started for the moun tains, to "see the cowboys," as they explained It. They both rode the horse. and spent the first night In a barn near Wllsonvllle, about 10 miles south west of Oregon City. Green, the six-year-old, according to his companion, was so stiff and sore the next morn ing, that he told his "pard" "they'd hae to hive fi buggy." They got the buggy, they say, by trading four sucXs of potatoes for it, and the owner of the rig threw in the harness. The potatoes, the lads say, they picked up. T,hey stoutly stick to this statement, and cannot be shaken from the story. With the new addition to their equip ment the youngsters continued their search for the mythical cowboy, reached the town of Col ton and had gone four miles beyond when they were overtak en by an auto party. The lads left tho rig standing in front of the farm house and went inside, breaking a win dow to gain entrance, looking for a gun, according to young Kidder. The boys were captured In the house, though some time was spent in hunting the smaller boy, who crouched .behind the door, as tho officer opened ft. The rig is being brought to Oregon City to day, but the owner has not yet been found. ' The older boy was put In the city jail and the Green youngatev was sent to bis home. IN ANY TRUST EX STS DVENTUR SOME LADS K OR COWBOYS BECOM HIGHWAYMEN TEMPERATURES TODAY , Boston, 8 sv.m.. ,48:rortiaad,' 8 a. sa.Bl r Waghton . .641 Marehf telA " . .44 ' UhariMtori " . .eeseauie ; ,.B4 Wow rork " ..SSiBoUo C . " ,.4 OUttfO, 7 p. m .60: (am From. H , .80 0t. eul " . .64 BMoobnrf . . . 46 Kan. City " . ao, Spokane .. ; Portland humidity, 9 a, m.. ........ .14 rrnTP on Tiaras d news BANISHED PRIEST L, OF Horrible Crime Admitted by Assistant Priest in New York Church When Police Con front Him With Evidence. GIRL WAS SERVANT IN CHURCH PARISH HOUSE Schmidt's Associates Say He Is Sham Priest and Was Banished From Trenton. h (t'Bltfd Trest Leised Wtr. New York., Sept. 15. Police and alienists alike confessed themselves baffled today by the character of tho Rev. Hans Schmidt, the assistant priest of St. Joseph's church here, who con fessed yesterday to having killed and dismembered the body of Miss Anna Aumuller, parts of whose body were found last week in the Hudson river, and are now in the Hoboken morgue. Coroner Felnberg declared that he never saw so marked a case of dual personality. "One side of his face wears a sancti fied expression, just such as one would expect on the face of a priest," said the coroner. "The other side is marked by a devilish brutality. From one sida the eyes have a beatific gaze; from the other, a diabolical leer." "It was by command of St. Elisa beth of Hungary, my patron saint, that I killed Anna Aumuller," Schmidt told. Father Luke Evers, the Tombs chap Iain, today. "St. Elizabeth commanded me to offer up a sacrifice," he continued, "and, like the sacrifice of Abraham, it must be one of blood. "So 1 killed Anna Aumuller and tlrar.lc some of her blood to consummate tiia sacrifice." Doubts Claim to Priesthood. After questioning Schmidt Father Evers expressed the opinion that the letters and other credentials which the young man had presented to Monslgnqr Lavelle, through which he obtained per mission to celebrate mass, were for geries. The Impression which Schmidt frlves, perhaps intentionally. Is that of a luna tic, but the police are not sure whether his mind Is really unbalanced or if he is , shamming. Expert alienists will ex- ' amine htm carefully. The authorities ', are also tveitHatlnjhi4Jrrrd tiWSiirv" many. Schmidt made his confession In great detail, though he gave at different times conflicting reasons for the moiv ... der. At one time he said he killed the girl because he loved her, at another. Con tlnued o n Page Th ree. SLAe OF FRANK J. TAYLOR DISPLAYS NO E FOR CRIME Former Circuit Judge Prominent Citizen Is Down at Astoria, and Shot (Special to The Journal.) Astoria, Or., Sept. 15. Frank J. Tay tor, prominent local attorney, ex-clrcult judge, former member of the lower house of the Oregon legislature, chair, man of the state board of pilot com -mlssloners, and one of the most highly, respected citizens of Astoria, was shot -and instantly killed at the S. P. & 8. depot at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. The deed was committed by O. C. Hansel, a rancher of the west end of the county who has for several years held a grudge igainst Mr. Taylor, whom he believes was responsible fur the legal proceed- . lngs in which Mrs. Hansel secured a di voice from her husband last summer. Mr. Taylor was on his way to the depot to take the train for his country home in the west part of tho county when the tragedy occurred. As he neared the lepot Hansel, who had been -leaning against the railing along the sidewalk, pulled out a revolver and fired at Mr. Taylor. The bullet entered the right temple. Mr. Taylor, who had been walking with both his his hands in his pockets, threw them up to his head, as if -to ward off a blow, and then fell for ward on his face. Hansel fired two more shots Into the prostrate body, lie then threw the revolver, into the river and started up the street. He was later taken into custody by the police offi cers. He is tn the city Jail. A number of persons witnessed the shooting and many rushed to the side of the unfor tunate man. but life was extinct. From all appearances, Hansel has been seeking the life of Mr. Taylor for v Continued on 'Page Three. IN OUR SCHOOL By Paul Wett. ; A new and attractive daily festur for the woman's page of THE JOURNAL. , ' Each article is an account of hap openings at school, written in the words of a, boy who was there. -Paul West, author ; of "Jut Boy," "Bill," etc., is a geniu in producing small hoy stories and thin series t among the best things he hss "written. 1 FJ DRANK III! VICTIM REMORS 3: