Company ami susidiary companies
with operating a combination in re­
straint of trade, were tetumad by the
Federal grand jury in this city today
DITCHING OF PASSENGER TRAIN No indictments were returned against llllll) I tsk (HEAD loll XEU
tXl.MMITTEE
IXH.I.oU I I» in IAMM OF 1 11 >
‘ individuals, as has been expected.
1 Simultaneously with the returning of
lt«>< k 1 slami Train Goes Into the 'the indictments, the Government filed S|HS'ulati<Mi as to What Dis|H>slti<>ii
\\ ill Be Made of Suppressed
a bill in chancery in the Federal
Ditch Near Reinbeck,
Miasius's
¡Court
asking
for
the
dissolution
of
Iowa
the National Packing Company.
These indictments and tho petition
for a dissolution of the National United Press Service
United Press Service.
WASHINGTON. 1». C . March 21
REINBECK, la., March 21. -This Packing Company are the outcome of
town was the scene of the worst rail­ the agitatiou about the high cost of ' Looking ten years older and show ing
road accident in the history of the food. The operations of the grand the strain under which he has been
Great Western railroad, when the Jury have been under the control of suffering. Speaker Cannon mounted
Rock Island passenger, carrying a Judge l.andis. who levied against the the rostrum this morning and called
full complement of mail, baggage. Standard Oil Company the $29,000,- > the House to order. Nearly every
. day aud Pullman coaches, jumped the 000 tine. It is quite likely that the I member was present and the speak-T
track and piled three cars high In trial of the indicted concern will be , had a hard time to stop couversat' m
land get business started.
the ditch. The train was a double­ held before Judge l.andis.
After shaking off the date following
header. and was making a detour j
|
the
explosion of Friday ami Saturdm .
Mil
TING
TO
SETTLE
over the Great Western tracks on
OX EXPOSITION cm when tho House of Representatives
account of a wreck on the former
saw enacted scenes nigre revolution­
road. The engines and every car went
California Cities Want to Select I«o- ary than any ever before witnessed
into the ditch.
In the balls of Congress. Congres
cation for 1915 World's Fair
The greatest slaughter was in the
men today set about preparing to
smoker and the first chair car. The United Press 8ervice.
' meet conditions under the new rules,
latest reports state that forty-six pas­
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. March 22 i it is generally agreed that the new
sengers were killed and nearly twice
Representatives of fifty California
that number injured. Three of the cities are here today for the purpose committee of ten created under the
coaches pik'd on top of the engines, of settling the dispute that has arisen Norris resolution will have a hard
resulting in the bursting of the pile between San Diego and San Francisco row to travel. Many difficult ques­
into flames and the incineration of over the question as to which city tions of the highest importune.' will
discussion in the lobbies, with the
many of the pinned and injured will have the honor of holding the li« up to them to solve, it is said
confident
prediction being made tliat
that
the
present
committee
has
twen-
passengers. The scene was indesrib- World s Fair in 1 !»1
.X11• i aibi i ty-three measures upon which it lias the new committee will find on hand
ably horrible, the screams of horror (rating the claims and settling on
j taken no action. These measures a joli that will tax its ability to th»'
of the burning victims being heard
the city where the fair is to bo held. have been suppressed because the limit
hundreds of yards away.
California will then be in shape to
The greatest result of the revolu- j
As soon as the word of the acci­ present a solid front against New ' speaker considered them to be “bad
dent reached Des Moines relief trains Orleans in the fight that will hav' to policy” or bad politics. Among the tlon in the House, so far as it con­
were started for the scene and physi­ be made to secure Federal aid for the ! measures upon which no action has cerns the present s » m I ou , will lie the Two Mi n Hohl I p Retenl Irritai
lieen taken by the committee was one securing of a full and free discussion
From Sacramento ami Get
cians and nurses from the surround­
exposition.
introduced
by Congressman Hamilton of President Taft’s legislative pro
ina) l( Illi His Pur»»
ing towns were hurried to the place
The fair is to be held for the pur­ Fish from New- York, directing the gram The Insurgents state that nu
in automobiles. The relief trains
pose of commemorating the opening
were loaded with the dead and in­ of the Panama Canal. The movement House committee of (Histoffices and matter what the rules may be. the
The first hold-up of the year IH
jured and rushed to Marshalltown, was first started by San Diego, but l»ost roads to investigate the feasi­ House will have the last say. They
curred Sunday night ut the w«u»t end
bility
of
establishing
a
parcels
post,
further
believe
that
the
victory
Is
a
where every effort is being put forth her “big sister." San Francisco,
and report within thirty days.
step toward the fulfillment of the of the Link River bridge, the villini
to relieve the sufferings of the vic­
claimed that the honor was rightfull}
This measure was introduced Feb­ pledges of the Republican platform. tiling (1 W Griggs, a recent arrival
tims of the wreck.
hers, thus precipitating a fight that ruary 2T, and despite the energetic
The Indications now are that the from Sacramento. Mr. Griggs was
has waxed warm for many months efforts of Mr. Fish the committee insurgents will not be represented on returning to Ills home when lie was
FORTY-SEVEN DEAD
AS RESULT OF WREC K When New Orleans stepped into the neither r»|»orted the bill nor accorded the new rules committee. They state ■topped by two men. one armed with
arena and proposed to walk off with I its sponsor a hearing thereon. This that none of them has any desire to u club, the other wUli a gun
Tin-
Heavy Loss of life anil Property Fol- the prize, it soon dawned on Cali- i is only one of twenty-three similar occupy a place thereon, their only ob­ latter thrust the weapon In his fine,
fornia that it was time to get to- 1 cases on which the committee has sat ject in revolting against Speaker Can­ ordering him to hold up III« liamlx,
lows Green Mountain Wreck
gether, provided the state was to cap­ tight, under the orders of the speak­ non being for the purpose of secur­ which demand was Imuu illalely rom
United Press Service.
ture the prize at al). Hence the meet­ er, and which were responsible for ing for the House the rights that have piled with. The man with the club
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia . March 22. ing here today.
went through the pockets of the vic­
the outburst and revolt last week.
been usurped by the speaker.
—Forty-seven are dead and more
tim, ■•■curing a purs» containing SIC
Considerable speculation is rife
~
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than that number injured as a result STEEL EXPECTS TO SECURE
over the selection of the aix Re­
Mrs. E. M. Quimby, who resides The robbers overlooked II io which
(RATER LAKE ROAD FINDS publican members of the new com­
of the wreck of the Rock Island
about twelve miles from the city on Mr. Griggs had in his hip pocket.
passenger train, which occurred on
mittee. . The Cannonltea will control the road to Merrill, brought her 11-
After the incident Mr. Griggs pro­
the Green Mountain section of the Wires Tliat if *20.000 Is Expended the caucus which will select the mem­ year-old son to the city Friday for ceeded to his home, falling to Inform
Illis leal He (an Win
Great Western railroad, near Rein-I
bers, and it may be expected that medical attention. He Is suffering the police of the occurrence until this
beck yesterday. Six of those injured
none
but tried supporters of the from an acute attack of appendicitis morning, thus giving the robbers
The Crater Lake Highway Commis­
will die. The morgues and hospitals
sion has received the following tele­ speaker will be selected to fill the and is In a dangerous condition, with ample time to make good their «a-
of the city are filled. Hundreds of
gram from Will G. Steel, who is in places created under the new order but a slight chance for his recovery. cape. He describes the men ns one
friends and relatives are flocking to
being tall, wearing overalls and n
Washington working night and day of things. Whether these will con­
the city to identify the victims of the
Everybody is from .Missouri. Mr. light overcoat and light colored hat.
to secure funds from the Government tinue to take the same Instructions
catastrophe. The dead are all resi­
for the construction of that portion from the speaker as did the old com­ Peary; you have not proven any rqore the other as short, wearing bib over­
dents of the Middle West. Many of
alls, dark overcoat and bat. II was
of the Crater Lake highway that mittee is an interesting subject of than Dr. Cook.
them were so badly mangled as to be
passes through the forest reserves:
beyond recognition.
'
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Cra­
As a result of the wreck, property­
ter
Lake Highway Commission, Med­
damage and the claims for damages
ford,
Ore.: Am having a hard fight
wil lamount to over half a million
dollars. The railroad officials have here, but if you can pledge the ex­
not announced the cause of the penditure this year of $20,000 out­
wreck. The railroad commissioners side of the reserve I can win on evary
are at work investigating the matter. p< Jnt. Time is precious. Wire me
aj soon as possible.”
The highway commission and the
TARIFF CAR BETWEEN V. S.
enthusiastic
residents of Medford
AND C ANADA EXPECTED
have been pushing with vigor their J
No Agreement I* Reached Between campaign to replace, through popu­
lar subscription, the funds lost
President Taft and Domin­
ion Government
through the decision of the State Su­
preme Court, and arc meeting with
United Press Service.
remarkable success. As soon as they
ALBAY, N. Y„ March 31.—With­ received the telegram from Mr. Steel
out saying a word about politics, they wired him that the amount indi­
President Taft sped southward today cated, $20,000, would be expended
on his return to Washington. It was on construction work this year.
expected that he would deliver a
speech here in which he would touch
LABORER BI IUE1» IX WELL
on the issues that are rending the >
Republican party of this State, but United Press Service.
MONROVIA, Cal, March 22.—
he never gave the slightest intima­
tion of what he thought on the sub­ Half a hundred men are laboring with
might and main to rescue William
jects.
Tariff experts are predicting a tar- i Pickering, a well digger, who was
iff war between the United States and caught by a sand slide yesterday in
Canada, as a result of the failure of the shaft of a well he was engaged
the President and Finance Minister in digging on the Richardson ranch
Fielding to reach an agreement at the south of this city. Pickering is a for­
conference held last night. Both men eigner, about 29 years old. He is
remained in consultation until late covered with about fifty feet of earth,
into the night. Canada refused to timbers and debris. After the slide
recede one step from the position it occurred his fellow laborers heard
haB taken. As a result, President faint tappings from the pit and con­
Taft has no alternative under the new cluded that Pickering was still alive.
tariff law. It was hoped to the last This morning the tapping stopped and
that Canada would be willing to enter ’ it is feared that he has succumbed,
into negotiations under the "favored either from injuries or foul air. He
nations” clause pf the new tariff bill, is unmarried and resides in Los
but Finance Minister Fielding reso­ Angeles.
lutely refused to do so.
MWY PASSENGERS M ALIVE
I ORMI
United Press Service
Man h 2 31 I. Five
PITTSBURG. Pa.. , March
former city councilmen today con­
fessed to Judge Fraser In open court
to having been Implicated In th»
gruftlng that has been going on In
the councils of this city for the past
several jears They will be Indicted
this afti-rnoon The men confessing
are Thomas McGrath, J M Purnell.
X F Savidge, Irwin Rothpliie», Wil
limn Richly and J II Sheasley. Each
oft he confessed grafters got from
1100 to $!>00. Following the confit-
slona and the statement of District
Attorney Blakely that 5102,000 had
been paid by six Pittsburg banks I«»
bring about their being named as cil»
depositories, an extra grand jury wax
called,-before which all of th* ••VI
ilence secured will be placed.
It la currently believed that th.
Ixalge report on the tariff »III lw fa
vorable to tho tariff
We are Headquarters for
Good Clothes
$12.50
To $40
EGG-EATING CONTEST
PINCHOT GOES TO
SEE ROOSEVELT
United Press Service.
NEW YORK, March 19.—Gifford
Pinchot sailed for Hamburg this
morning and said that he was going
to take vacation and rest. Asked if
he expected to see Roosevelt, said;
“Undoubtedly, as when he went
away, we agreed if I could get away,
we would meet in Europe. He has
frequently reminded me of the agree­
ment and I shall probably meet him
in Paris.”
U. 8. GRAND JURY INDICTS
NATIONAL PACKING COMPANY
A* an egg-eatlr.g contest given Sun­
day by W. P. Drum, chief engineer at
the railroad construction camp of A
.M. Erickson »11 records, as well as
eggs, were smashed. The contest was
participated in by Indian Joe, one
child and thirteen other persons, and
fifteen dozen eggs were eaten. “Joe,”
the driver of the engineering corps
team, was the winner of the prize,
having placed beneath his belt the
modest number of two dozen and
three eggs. It is said he now goes
around the camp crowing over his
achievement. And Easter only one
week away.
Mrs. F. B. Scow, from the A. M.
United Press ervice.
Erickson camp, arrived Sunday on
CHICAGO, Ill., March 21.—Indict­ the Curlew en route to Portland to
ments charging the National Packing place her daughter in school.
You are welcome to in­
spect the largest line
ever in Klamath
County
^Hnbsrg W $s»irm<
HECTOR’S
mimi
Mr.
Ihtr
SUCCESSOR TO THE BOSTON STORE
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