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SALEM, OREGON, TUESIUV, JULY 11, 1911.
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A SUING TALE OF BRUTALITY
BEATEN AND TORTURED THE
POOR CHILD IS TAUNTED BY
THE ONFEEUIIG MONSTERS
Because She Neglected to Milk a Cow the Child Was Beaten
Until Unconscious Water Was Then Thrown on Her Until
She Revived, When Sh'e Was Again Beaten, and Then Tied
. in an Attic When the Chid Was Dead Lewis Carried the
Body Down Stairs, Banging her Head Against an Incuba
tor, Cutting a Deep Gash in It.
UNITHD FBESS LEASED WIRE.
Oroville, Cal., July 11. Mrs. Har
riett Plantz, a nurse, was the first
witness at the Lew's hearing.' She
declared that when she showed the
body of the girl to Lewis he said:
"My God, this Is awful."
They then had a conversation after
midnight. Lewis," she said, told her
his sister had-tied the girl In the at
tic because when asked to milk three
cows the girl had only milked two.
Then his sister, Mrs. Rumball, beat
the girl, and, when she fell to the
ground, threw water over her. Then
she whipped her again and finally
took her to the attic and tied her up.
"Lewis, Mrs. Plantz declared, ad
mitted that at 6:15 o'clock on the
night of the tragedy he had gone to
the garret and taunted the girl. She
told him to let her alone, and he
went out to the garden. Finally
LAKEVIEW WILL SOON
HAVE A ItAILROAD
Now that the work Is well under
way, it becomes more apparent that
trains will be running into Lakeview
sooner than even the most optimistic
anticipated. The Fandango Lumber
company will within the next feiw
days commende delivering ties at
Willow Ranch, while M. F. Phillips,
of the Sugar Hill sawmill, will also
furnish a number, as well as short
bridge timbers.
Superintendent Riddle, of Maney
Bros., has already completed about
four miles of grade, having it prac
tically completed from the end of
Tom Sagre's contract, some two miles
south of Willow ranch, to a point
equally distant north of the station.
The grade was completed to a point
two miles north of the KIrkpatrick
ranch Saturday night, and very rapid
progress is being made by Mr. Riddle.
It is understood that he will soon put
in an outfit at this end of the con
tract and work south.
Tom Sagres is als.o making good
progress with the rock work at Su
gar Hill, but he has some very heavy
work to contend with, and , by the
time he completes his work It is like
ly that a greater portion of the grad
ing will have been finished.
ENGLISH ATHLETES WINNERS
OF BIG INTERNATIONAL MEET
London, July 11. Capturing five
firsts to four won by the American
entrants, England today took the
honors in the great dual track meet
at the Queen's club between athletes
representing Oxford and Cambridge
on the one hand and from Yale and
Harvard on the other.
The issue of the meet was in doubt
until the final event the mile run
which was won by Baker, of Cam
bridge in four minutes, 27 seconds.
Moore, of Oxford, was second in the
event and Lawless of Harvard, third.
Under the rules of the meet only
firsts counted in the aggregate of
points. Putnam's win in the hammer
throw threw out all the American
forecasts and clinched the meet for
England.
London, July 11. English ath
letes from Oxford and Cambridge to
day w6n the dual meet here In com
petition with the Tale and Harvard
stars. The American athletes had
been confident of victory.
The Queen's club grounds, where
the meet was held, were tbrongej by
STORY OF THE CRIME
his sister ran out and told him Helen
was dead.
"He said," continued Mrs. Plantz,
"that he then went up to the garret
and packed the child down stairs on
to her bed, her head striking against
an incubator and cutting a big gash
la her forehead on the way. Then
ue wont out and called a doctot.- .
Next day the nurse went up stairs
with Lewis, and they found a bloody
rag half a yard long on the floor,
where the child was tied. Lewis,
she said, declared he would take it
down stairs and burn It.
" 'Dead men toll no tales,' I said
to him,' 'testified Mrs. Plantz, 'and
he answered 'that's right.' "
The nurse continued: "Lewis said
he was willing to take the blame for
the child's death, and go to the peni
tentiary. He said his sister was go
ing to commit suicide, so I sent him
into the room to watch her."
NEWFOUNDLAND CITV
HAS A BAD FIRE
t UNITED TRESS LEASED WIRE.
North Sydney, N. S., July 11.
News of a disastrous fire afMusgrave
Harbor, Newfoundland, was brought
here t5day. All the principal shops
of the town, wharves and several res
idences are reported destroyed. The
loss will' exceed $100,000.
COLLEGE TOWN IN TORONTO
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Toronto, Ont., July 11. The tow
er of Victoria college, in Queen's
Park, was struck by lightning last
night, and1 before the fire, which re
sulted, was extinguished, $10,000
damage had been done. The, roof of
one of the wings collapsed and sever
al firemen had a narrow escape.
Each Got His Share.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 11. In an ef
fort to divide a keg of powder fairly,
Venrlng Goolish was blown to atoms
and John Semenlch is dying of burns.
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A Stray Hnlloon.
Plainfield, 111., July 11. An uni
dentified balloon passed over here at
i.30 this afternoon. It was sailing
about 300 feet high.
one of the greatest crowds that has
ever witnessed a similar event in
England.
George Putnam, of Kansas, a
Rhodes scholar at Oxford, won for
linnUm,,: the hammer throw with K. :
f?i't, h inches; Childs, Yale, was sei
cnd t'hishnlm, of Yale, won the 120.
yard hurdles in 15 2-5 seconds
Canfleld, of Yale, won the high
,'unip with 5 feet, Vi. inches. Park
er, of Harvard, was second. In prac
tice later Canfleld cleader 6 feer.
inrh.
The half-mile run was won bv
Peeblc. of Harvard, in 1:56 1-5. An
derson, Oxford, was second.
McMillan, of Cambridge, won the
300-yard dash In 10 1-5 J'.'conds.
Holden, of Yale, wai second.
i'nldcn, Yale, won the broad jump
with 2 feet, 9 Inches, and Porter,
of Oxford won the mile race.
. The two-mile run was won by Tay
llor, of Oxford.
, Black, Cambridge, won the quarter-mile
run.
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Trust Controlled Rates.
Washington, July 11. Ad-
mitting that the trust controlled
the freight situation, Robert
Parker, traffic manager of the
American Sugar Refining com-
pany, today told the Hardwick
sugar investigating commitee of
the house that it paid freight on
all its shipments for that very
reason.
Parker said the trust gets the
beet rate it can, but he denied
that the railroads paid any re-
bates now, or that the rates
were so adjusted as to pro-
hlbit competition in some terrl-
torles, thus giving the trust
complete control.
LOSING HIS
GOOD JOB
UNITED I'RESS LEASED WIRH.l
Washington, July 11. Ridicule
of the Initiative, referendum and re
call was the burden of a speech In the
senate today by Sutherland (Repub
lican, Utah,-.
"During the last few years," he
said, "the United States has become
the ground of operation for an am
iable band of insurgent soothsayers,
indulging in cabalistic utterances re
specting the Initiative, referendum
and recall, sundry ingenious devices
for realizing the millenium by the
simple method of voting it out of Its
present state of incubation. The
tendency of so-called popular govern
ment is to esmasculate and ultimate
ly destroy representative government.
Legislatures will be swallowed up
by the Initiative and referendum;
courts will be obliterated by the re
call; political parties will be Jug
gled .out of existence by the direct
primary, and, upon these ruins, will
rise the recently organized Progres
sive League, which is progressing
like a woman getting off a car with
he'r back to the front.''
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BALLOONS
SEEN PASSING
ROCK ISLAND
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Rock Island, 111., July 11. Five
balloons passed here this morning,
three being visible at the same time.
John Barry, pilot of the "Million
Club" balloon, dropped a note atEl
dridge, Iowa, stating that he was
then traveling 5,000 feet high.
Kansas City, July 11. Honey
well's baloon, the 'Kansas City," was
forced to land by a storm near Line
vllle, Iowa, 2 60 miles from here. All
the other contestants are moving
close together above Illinois, and are
expected to reach the Great Lakes
tor.dght.
Besides Honeywell, the only other
contestants so far out of the race Is
Clifford Harmon, whose balloon, the
"New York," came down at Fre
mont, Iowa, after Harmon and Au
gustus Post, his aid, had been badly
shaken up. As Harmon's balloon
was the las tto ascend from here yes-
terday, It was considered he had the
best chance of winning the race.a nd
his being forced to descend was a big
disappointment to his friends here.
' Dispatches from Chicago say that
Pilot Assmann, In the balloon "Miss
Sophia," landed at Franklin Park,
near Chicago, at 9:50 o'clock today.
His alde, O'Reilly, was badly
scratched, the basket of the car hav
ing landed in a tree. The aeronauts
arrived In Chicago this afternoon,
'and reported that they had at one
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AFRAID OF
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The Girls Round Over.
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New York, July 11. Declar-
ing the story told by Millionaire
W. E. D. Stokes of the attempt
4 to kill him here, which he said
was made by Lillian Graham
and Ethel Conrad, hiid been
uncontradicted, Magistrate Fres-
chl today held both girls to the
grand jury on the charge of at-
tempted murder, and fixed their
bail at $5000 each.
The magistrate said he had .
no option in 'the f matter, as,
whatever the relation between
Stokes and the girls had been,
the story of the shooting told
by the millionaire still stood
unchallenged. He declared
that the theft of Stokes' letters
from the apartment of the two
girls should be thoroughly
probed.
MANY ARE
HILLED IN
THE WRECK
Train on New York, New Hav
en & Hartford Road Goes In
to the Ditch Near Bridge
port, Conn.
AT LEAST FIFTY INJURED
Twelve Bodies Have Bqvn. Recovered,
and It Is Probable the Death List
Will Reach Alove Fifteen St.
Louis Ball Team on the Train, But
None of Its 'Members Hurt Train
Jumped a Bridge.
UNITED TRESS LEASED WIRE.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 11. Be
tween 12 and 15 passengers were
killed and about 50 injured in the
wreck of the Federal express, east
bound, on the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad near here early
today. Twelve corpses have been
recovered from the wreckage, which
immediately caught fire.
The wrecked express train ran on
to a siding and tumbled over a
bridge into the street at Fairfield av
enue. All the dead so far recovered
were found in the forward coaches.
The St. Louis National League
baseball team was riding in the last
two coaches. None of the players
were hurt.
OTTAWA Fl RE LOSSES
ALREADY If ALP MILLION
fCNITKD I'RESS I.KASED WII1E.1
Ottawa, Ont., July 11. Continued
drought has rendered the forest
country of the Ottawa valley as
dry as tinder, and numerous hush
fires are reported. The most serious
loss thus far Is at Egansvllle, where
the fire swept, the town, leaving two
thirds of it in ashes. The total loss
thus far from the fires Is In the neigh
borhood of $500,000.
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HOKE SMITH TO 11K
SEX.U'Olt FROM KKOKC'I.V
f UNITED IRES'" LEASED 'VIIIE.I
Atlanta, Ga., July 11. Hoke Smith,
of Georgia, was only two votes short
of the necessary number to elect him
I'nlted States senatQr at the first
separate ballot taken here today In
the legislature, receiving 21 votes.
Senator Terrell Is Smith's nearest
rival. It is believed that Smith will
be elected on joint ballot tomorrow
morning. j
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To I'lay War.
f UNITED TRKSH LEASED WIRE.
Sacramento, Cal., July 11. A night
attack on the city of San Francisco
with the national guard and naval
militia on board the cruiser Marble
head as attacking party, and nine
companies of the coast artillery de
fending the city, Is being planned by
Adjutant-General E. A. Forbes to
take place during the encampment of
the coast artillery July 15 to 23.
S. F. Weyrlch was arrested at
HUlsboro Monday night on a charge
of getting 1,000 from . W. H. Wey
nlng by false pretenses. .
FIVE KILLED AtlD OTHERS DAY DIE
TRAIN GOES OVER FORTY FOOT DAfJ
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Praises See's Books.
Chicago, July 11. Declaring
that the works of Evelyn Arthur
See, If they had emanated from
Yale or Harvard, would have
been hailed as great philosophy,
Attorney Francis Callahan here
today opened the defense of
the "revealer of Absolute Life"
against charges of having caused
the delinquency of 17-year-old
Mildred Bridges, one of the dis-
ciples of the cult.
Callahan bitterly denounced
the presentation of the case
against See, and asserted that
his books, "Absolute Life" and
the "Book of Truth," were
notable additions to literature
and to religious thought.
PORTLAND
GETS ELKS
OEHT YEAR
UNITED TRESS LEASED WIRE.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 11. Port
land, Oregon, today won the fight for
Elks' convention city. The national
convention of the order here today
decided In favor of the Oregon me
tropolis after a spirited contest in
which Seattle was a contestant.
BIG MILL AT LYLE
BURNED YESTERDAY
UNIMID TBESS LEASED WIRE.
Lyle, Wash., July 11. The West
ern Pine Lumber company's big saw
mill at Wright's station was burned
Friday, and nearly 100 employes
have been thrown out of work. The
loss is especially heavy, as the mill
had large orders to fill, some from as
far away as Virginia.
Harry Holmes and his two brothers
built the mill two years ago. Re
cently their planar was destroyed by
fire. It is believed the company will
rebuild, as It has much standing pine
and has constructed several miles of
logging roads.
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TELLING THE
STORY OF THE
SANTA ROSA
San Francisco, July 11. Captain
Gunnison and First Mate Krouse, of
the steam schooner Helen P. Drew,
appeared before Federal Inspectors
Bulger and Iiollis today In the in
quiry into the wreck of the Bteamer
Santa Rosa. Captain Gunnison testi
fied that the Drew had no wireless
apparatus, and that he knew noth
ing of the communications between
ihe Pacific Coast Steamship company
and Captain Faria, except hearsay, lie
said that he kept his ship within
easy reach of the doomed vessel so
that assistance could be given at any
time. First Male Krouse corrobor
ated Captain Gunnison's testimony.
The Investigation will be continued
tomorrow afternoon.
To IH-chln Ownership.
St. Louis, Mo.. July 11. Control
of the St. Louis National League
baseball team will be decided here
this afternoon, when Judge Holt
Camp flally derides who shall ad
minister the estate of their late
owner, Stanley Roblson.
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Top lint tie Popped.
Tulare, Cal., July 11. Argyle
Campbell, eight, will lose his eye
sight, the result of an explosion of a
pop bottle filled with powder,
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One Hody Found.
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 11.
Guards paroling the beach near the
Santa Rosa wreck found the body of
a man being .. dashed about la. the
breakers. It has not been Identified.
COACH PILED ON ENGINE
AND MANY WERE SCALDED
SOME FRIGHTFULLY BURNED
Among the Dead Are C. W. Ba ker, of Sheridan Morris Bak
er and Esther Baker, Both of Sheridan Were Badly Burned,
and Former Had Several Bo nes Broken Train on Oregon
Trunk Was Derailed by a Ra il Kinked by the HeatWas
Running 40 Miles an Hour.
UNITED TRESS LEASED WIRB.j
The Dalles, Or., July 11. Five per
sons are dead here today as a result
of the derailment of the Madras pas
senger train on the Oregon Trunk
railroad, ner Dyke, Oregon, yester
day. Louis Rising, storekeeper at
the Warm Springs Indian school, was
instantly killed when the train, run
ning at high speed, plunged over an
embankment. Four others died in
the hospital today.
The dead:
Louis Rising, Warm Springs.
Mrs. Louis Rising. Warm Springs.
Mrs. J. W. Rasmus, Ellsworth,
Wis.
Mrs. C. W. Baker, Sheridan, Or.
C. T, Arthur, Seattle, Wash.
Seriously Injured:
J. W. Rasmus, Ellsworth, Wis.;
badly bured; his six-month's old
baby, badly burned; Morris Baker,
Sheridan, Ore., burned and bones
broken, in critical condition; Esther
Baker, Sheridan, Ore., badly burned;
George McKelllp, fireman, badly
burned.
Of the injured, it Is feared that
three or four will die.
The train was behind schedule,
and Engineer Thomas Miles was try
ing to regain some of the lost time.
'As the train rounded a sharp curve,
the rails spread and the engine tum
bled down an embankment, carrying
the mall and baggage car and one
day coach with it. The coach, in
which were about 40 passengers,
piled on top of the engine and the oc
cupants were Imprisoned. A jet of
steam escaping from the broken
pipes in the engine filled the car,
virtually roasting tho unfortunate
inmates alive.
Persons In the rear car and train
men were unable to render assist
ance until the steam had spent its
force. Then they broke Into the
wrecked coach and took the passen
gers out. Many of. them were' fright
fully burned, the flesh on their faces
and limbs being cooked. Others
were suffering from broken limbs und
bruised bodies.
A special relief train was made up
and sent out over tho O. W. H. & N.
line, which skirts the opposite side
of the river from the Oregon Trunk.
EDUCATORS ADVOCATE THE
TEACHING OF SEX-HYGIENE
UNITED 1'HF.SH LEASED WII1E.1
San Francisco, July 11. At the
Palace Hotel today Is being celebrat
ed as "Santa Clara'' day by the pre
sentation by valley delegates to all
comers of big hunches of California
flowers.
Tin; department of physical educa
tion today considered the much-discussed
sex-hygiene matter and de
bated as to whether the prevalent Ig
norance of pupils along this line
should continue. Francis .M. fireene,
of Cambridge, Mass., was the princi
pal speaker. I(. said, 111 p'irt;
"Sex hygiene Is a new note In ed
ucation. Ignorance of He'; questions
must be dissipated, and the only solu
tion is for work to begin in th"
homes of children, a task especiullv
d'lflcult In this, country, because of
the loose family ties, and the fre
quent family Incompatibility,
"But I feel sure that the children
of today are destined to be the units
of a future society characterized by a
single standard of morality for both
sexes. Sex Instinct and curiosity
The dead and Injured were conveyed
across the river after much difficulty
and brought to this city.
An inquest Is being held by Coro
ner Burget today.
The Dalles, Or., July 11. One man
was killed and four persons fatally
Injured and a score more hurt as
southbound Oregon Trunk passenger
train plunged over a 40-foot embank
ment 23 miles north of Sherar'B
bridge at 3:35 o'clock jfesterday af
ternoon. The train was running 40
miles a hour when It struck a spread
rail, caused by the intense heat of
the afternoon.
The dead:
Louis Rising, storekeeper, Warm
Springs Indian school.
Fatally injured:
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker and son
Morris, seven years old, Sheridan,
Ore.
Mrs. J. W. Rassmus, Ellsworth,
Wis.
Seriously injured:
J. W. Rassmus and baby daughter,
Ellsworth, Wis.
George McKillp, fireman, Vancou
ver, scalded and cut.
A. A. Camp, Seattle manager Ker
rlck & Co., nose broken.
S. L. Arthur, Soattl, badly scalded.
Slightly Injured:
Thomas Miles, engineer, Vancou
ver, forehead cut; Walter Larson,
brakeman Vancouver, ' hands cut;
George Suckich, Burns, Or.; Pat Col
lins, Spokane, Wash,; Thomas Red
ding, Portland, cuts and bruises; C.
Swanson, brakeman, Minneapolis.
When the engine hit the sun-kink in
the rail it left the track and rolled
down a 40-foot embankment. The
baggage car remained on the rails,
but the day coach, following, left the
track, plunging 40 feet to the top of
the locomotive In the ditch bolow.
When the car struck .the engine the
escape valve of tho boiler was ripped
off and steam and hot water shot into
the car filled with panlc-strlckn pas
sengers, who had been projected Into
the front end of the coach by the
Impnct. P. J. Galllnger, a conductor,
was riding with Conductor Cass, at
the rear end of the car. Both clung
to a seat as the car shot down the
.embankment. They escaped serious
injury.
should bo respected and diverted in
to natural channii by teaching biol
ogy In the schools. Such knowledge
will lead to sympathy, not only with
externals, but with the deeper im
pulses of youth, and will produce nn
environment favorable to Hi " devel
opment of Individual responsibility."
In the department of secondary
education and that of manual train
ing anil art sessions were also held.
The big social event of the conven
tion today was n luncheon given for
President Mrs. Ella Flagg by the
patrons' department. In her address
nt this function Mrs. Young spoKe of
the coming campaign for "votes for
women" In Callforn'a, and went on
record as In favor of the woman's
movement throughout the country.
Murderer Went Buck.
Kunsas City, Mo., July 11. After
four years of freedom, Oliver Mc
Clure, charged with the murder of
Judge Albert, returned to the cen
of his crime, was recognized and ar
rested. '