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TTTehest Temperature Yesterday 66.cT/oxreet Saturday
Mght, ; it. For details of the Weather See Page; 1.1
Six Months Exports
The exports from San Francisco port
for the first six months of 1913 were
.$38,541,921, an increase over the ;
: : v last year of $6,238,517. •
VOLUME 114,—N0. 44.
35 OLD FOLKS
ARE SAVED IN
INFIRMARY FIRE
Number of Feeble Men and
Women Have Narrow Es
cape, When Marin County
Almshouse Is Destroyed—
Joseph Tonini, Who Will
Be One Hundred Years Old
hin Month, Badly Burned
SUPERINTENDENT'S V
WIFE IS HEROINE
Mrs. William Jones ; Helps j
Her Husband Carry Old
People Downstairs to Safe
ty: Four Besides Near
Centenarian Are Hurt—
All Home's Supplies Lost
<Srwf.»l Dispatch to The Call)
' . ■ '
SAN RAFAEL July Joseph
Teninl, 99 years and 11 months old,
bad a narrow escape from death by
fire this morning when the Marin
.county nlmshouse was partly destroyed
by flames.
Tonini, the oldest resident of this
county, -was badly burned about the
face and hands, and four other in
mates whose ages range from 74 to S3
years were Injured.
Thirty-five inmates were sitting
down to breakfast when the fire broke
out..
Tvliile the burns received are not
severe, the shock to the aged and en
feebled victims may have serious con
sequences. -
Tonini's rpntennlal birthday cele
bration was to have been "held In the
reception room of the almshouse Aug
ust * 12.
; The other injured are:
Alfred Groan, 76 years old, burns
about the face and head. •
John TVillfania, age 82. shock and
exposure. » -'1 ii < ■','' . - ■ •
Mm. John William*, . 74. .neck
■nd back burned.
Mr*. Sarah Kane, age 85, shook and
exposure. : ".
Alfred Gross was taken to th» Cot
tage hospital and the other victims of
the fire to the San Rafael sanatorium.
fire was caused by a defective
flu*. The flames first caught the coil
rushed to the dormitory at the first
the aged persons injured.
Mrs. "William Jones, wife of the j
superintendent of the county farm.
rushed to the dormintory at the first
"J*y of fire. "With the aid of her hus
band, who arrived soon afterward, she
■ the old people downstairs to
safety. •_
"When. Chief D. M Schneider and his
men reached the fire after ft six mile
run from San Rafael, nil but the office
of the building, had been burned.
The department succeeded in putting
out the fire before it could spread to
the several smaller buildings which
stand within a few feet of the main
building.
The kitchen and all food supplies
ere destroyed.
Mrs. Jones returned, to San Rafael
with the firemen and commandeered an
automobile which she packed with
bread, meat, butter and vegetables for
the aged county wards until they can j
be housed and care of 4 properly
by the county authorities. **
An express wagon followed shortly
after with bedding to replace lh*t de
stroyed by the flames.
THE CALL GAINS
THE CALL CONTINUES TO SHOW A HANDSOME GAIN EACH
DAY AS COMPARED TO THE SAME DAY OF 1912. THE CALL
YESTERDAY GAINED MORE IN PAID PUBLICITY THAN ANY
OTHER SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER. THE CALL YESTERDAY
CARRIED 10,934 LINES OVER .A YEAR AGO. AND THIS
LARGELY FROM LOCAL ADVERTISERS. SHOWING THAT SAN
' FRANCISCO MERCHANTS J ARE KEEN TO NOTE THE RAPID
ADVANCEMENT MADE BY THE NEW CALL IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS. SAN FRANCISCO MERCHANTS WANT '■ CITY CIRCU
LATION. SAN FRANCISCO MERCHANTS ARE FOOLISH TO PAY
FOR SUBSCRIBERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA OR OLD MEXICO.
IN FACT, THE EXPERTS ON ZONE ; ADVERTISING STATE THAT
CIRCULATION OUTSIDE OF THE 90 MILE RADIUS IS VALUE
LESS. THE CALL CONCENTRATES ITS CIRCULATION \IN SAN
FRANCISCO, THE PENINSULA AND BAY TERRITORY. ACCORD
ING TO A STATEMENT PUBLISHED BY ANOTHER MORNING
PAPER IN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF NEW YORK, IN WHICH
THIS OTHER MORNING PAPER CLAIMS SOME 28,000 CITY CIR
CULATION, THE CAT7L EXCEEDS THEIR CLAIMS BY APPROXI
MATELY 2.000 IN THE CITY, AS IS SHOWN IN THE FOL
LOWING AVERAGES FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS:—
DETAIL OF DISTRIBUTION—AVERAGES.
CITY- j OUTSIDE— _.. ■
Carriers and dealers .... 27.533 I Dealers .................. 18,240
Street and office sales. ... 2,650 j Rural routes and other mail 6,305
Service ..;................ 600 Service ............J.;.... 763
Total city !..... .30,785 | Total outside "... .25,308
Total average Daily circulation 56,093
Total average Sjanday circulation 66,000 .
THE ADVERTISING RATES OF THE CALL ARE BASED ON
THE FOREGOING CIRCULATION ON . A POSITIVE MONEY
BACK GUARANTEE
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
MATCHES IN ROAD I
FIRE WHEAT LAND
Wagon Runs Over Box of Luci*
fers and Blaze Takes 360 :
Acres of Grain
<S|"-H.il Dispatch to The Callt
, CHKSO, July 13.—A wagon drl\en by
T.indley Randolph ran over a box ;of
matches below Durham last nlgrht and
caused a fire that spread over 360 acres
of wheat on the San ford raroh. Th»
blaze spread so rapidly that Randolph
barely grot out of the fire zone. A hun
dred men, after a three hour fight,
prevented the fire from taking adjoin-*
Ing , ranches.
THIS WOPM HAS (ILOW
BOTH FORE AND AFT
i Strange In»c( Found In nivrrelde
I'Mirlra Una Savant* and Dflfi
Claudication
l««.i.iTi».p.trt to Th" 'Cain-.
. RIVERFTDK. July 13.—The super
j heated I term has brought out several
j ir(t»ti freaks liereaboute. '
Comes Raymond free, county-super
intendent of schools, with a new breed
of glow worm. ~ Tie discovered the
"glow" late »»t night and declares that
it;wa>« so brilliant that he thought it a
lighted match left by a careless smoker.
The peculiar feature of the worm
lies in the fact that It has lights on
both ei'ds , . No local entomologist has
been nble to classify it and n specimen
will be sent to the head of the zoolosr
ical department of the state university.
MISSING COTTPI APR
GIVEN UP FOR DEAD
<ti>errb)ne Parf-r fTendert n*- K^nerleneed
Guide Fall 'in Fled Mac
and IVlff
<Sp»*tM r«t«rst-h to The Cain
WOODLAXD. ."Wash.. JuW 13.—M-!
though a searching party of ,30 led by
Ole Peterson, an experienced guide,
spiralled all do-'- Tone: among the snows
of Mount St. Helens today in forlorn
'lOPA of findinar Mr. and Mrs. C B.
Pmit , ' of Portland, who wandered away
in a blizzard last /Sunday, the best they
could find was a partly obliterated trail
of tracks in the snow, which gave out
aealn complMolv after being followed
for a short distance. Hope of finding
them alive is abandoned.
JACK LONDON IMPROVING
Spend* C.-nA TJav "* Hospital and
•'■'".' Px»M4>a All Denser
(Sn*cf»! OK-pstf-h to Tli» fain,
. \ANT>. .lulv 13-—Roportf of im
provement continue from the bedside
of .Tack /London..: the author.- who is
confined at Merritt hospital as the re
sult of *an oneratlon for appendicitis.
The writer is improving slowly-but
steadily and enjoyed a good day today.
EIGHT DROWNED AT PICNIC
Sloop CnpKlre* and Only Six of Bonton
Party Are Rfnenefl - ,
BOSTON. Mass.. July 13.—Eight men,
all members of a party of freight han
dlers who were taking a day's outing
in the harbor, were drowned ,by the
capsizing of the sloop Alberta this af
ternoon. Six of the party were res
cued.
PANAMA CONSUL ARRIVES
Xeir Envoy to ThU City Cornea "With
Wife and Kleht Children -
Alejandro Briceno. Panama's recently
appointed consul to Ban Francisco, was
■ passenger on the Pacific Mail steamer
City of Sydney which arrived here yes
terday. With him came Mrs. Briceno
and, their eight children.
LEPINE MADE LAW MAKER
Former Farlw T»oll«-e Chief Elected Re
publican Deputy .. ' t
PARIS, July 1.1. —M. Lepine. former
prefect of Paris, who recently, retired
from that office, was today elected re
-1 publican chamber deputy for Mont
i brison. *
"The People's Newspaper"
4 WOMEN HURT
WHEN MACHINES
CRASH HEADON
Phelan's Niece, Dr. Matilda
Feeley and Her Niece,
Are Victims of Care
less Chauffeur
HAD ATTENDED ST.
MARY'S CATHEDRAL
Automobiles Meet in Terrific
Collision at Eddy Street
and Van Ness Aye.
Four,- women were- injured yesterday
noon at Van Ness avenue and ' Eddy
street .when the automobile in which'
they were riding , after attending: mass
at St. Mary's cathedral was .struck by
another machine driven by Charles P.
Doe, 100 Twenty-fifth avenue, president
of the North Pacific Steamship com
pany:-' • .''•'■.. ''\ >'': ;, '■* ,' :'; "■;'■ .-• .[
The injured women are Mrs. Mattle
Feeley, 1700 Sutter*.:street; • possible
fracture of : the skull, fractured rib
and Ion?, deep scalp wound. . .
' Dr. Matilda Feeley, her daughter,
bruised and shock.> * * ' , /
Miss Gladys Sullivan of ; 1840 Califor
nia street, daughter of -Frank J. Sulli
van and niece of James D. Phelan, cuts
and bruise? about the body. • =
Miss Gertrude Pyle of San Jose.jiiece
of Doctor Fee ley. possible fracture of
the skull and bruises about the body.
'•' The women were riding: in r Miss Sulli
van's automobile in Van Xess avenue.
The car was driven by James C. Byrd,
Miss Sullivan's chauffeur. '.
Doe was driving his' own car. and
with him was" -his wife. Neither was
injured. Doe was arrested by Police
men Kearny and Gable and was booked
at the Bush street station for battery.
According- to .witnesses of the collis
ion, . Miss Sullivan's automobile was
traveling: on the proper side of the
street. Doe's car was '"traveling , in the
opposite direction. A passing' Eddy
street car serened" the approach of the
two machines in Van Ness avenue.
Dot. in an effort to avoid ,the; streetcar?
, st^^k>4tli* , -«'k'irtomol>il«.' , '. The 'miclitiieS
were wrecked and the , occupants were'
thrown into the.street. . ~,'■■,
The injured women were taken to the
central emergency hospital. Later, ,
Mrs. Feeley was removed to Lane 1 hos
pital, where her condition was reported
serious last night. Miss Sullivan was
taken to the Phelan home, Califor
nia street. ; .' - ' '".'. S"' ■ ;.' .
Mrs: McCLAUGHRY TURNS ';•;
HER TALENT TO music
Divorced Daughter of Lucky Baldwin
to Write Muiile for Dick
Tolly'e Play.
' LOS ANGELES. July 13.— Anita
Baldwin, McClaughry,. who has' just re
ceived an interlocutory decree of di.
vorce, will devote her time to the
study of music. The heiress to the
Baldwin millions, is a composer of some
distinction, a; number of her songs
having received special commendation
from Mrs. A. K. McDowell, wife of
the late composer. . "' ; /
V Mrs. McClaughry/ because of , the fro
quent quarrels with her husband, , which I
she set forth in her divorce complaint,
sought solace in music. She has had
such marked success' that she has been
asked to write the incidental music for
a new play by Richard Tully. V _. „;.-.'
".,' Jlu'ch' !of Mrs. McClaughry'B,time ; in
the next year will be spent abroad in •',
the study of music
NO WORD FROM STR. JASON
Her Wfftdeaa Apparata* Bfcamr > Urn-"
workable at <.nn>msi«. In Report
; SAX r DIEGO, July 13.—Renewed ef
forts made today to get. tidings of the
steamer Jason, ' rumored' to .have been
seized by Mexican insurgents, came
to naught. Wireless messages ; were
received; from the Pittsburgh at Em
palme,- the Denver at Topolobampo
and the Glacier at ': Quay mas, and all re
ported inability to get in touch with:
the missing steamer.. ' One t explana
tion of the disappearance of ; the Jason
is that after she left Guaymas, July 10,
for Santa Rosalia, her wireless appa
ratus became unworkable.'. '.":.: ". v
UARD SHOOT NEXT SUNDAY
Regiment Hi . Content ' Will ■be Held' In
7 ' ' Woodland , '
(Special Dispatch to The Call i
\ WOODLAND. : July 13.—The annual
regimental, shoot will be held ,in Wood
land next Sunday,' following the , " school
of instruction for all officers 7 of the
national guard in Santa Cruz. Entries
have already 'been received from com
pany 'A. of Cbico. The Chico team will.
be:. Captain .R. Rieger. Sergeant L. V,
Hicks, ;: Corporals "W. M. Riley. H. M.
Oldham ami P. L. , Roberts and ''Artificer'
■8. C. Salisbury with.'.substitutes'- Lie
tenant K. R. Beniua and ; Privates : ' A.
Barth and EI. Uidenour. . ■ ■ ,'•;>•
• c
SUBMARINES TO SAN #>EDRO
Four Boats In '••a Direct <<• Be Trans
ferred to Prrmanrnt station * i -7
< SAN DIEGO. July 13.—1t 'is learned
- tonight that by order of the navy de
partment the four submarines now
"here, F-l, V-2, , b'-Z ' and F-4, wSll go to
San ; Pedro on the "Ist instant, to re
; main " there ' indefinitely. , ;
SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY, JULY 14, 1913.
80,000 R.R.MEN
DUE TO WALK
OUT TOMORROW
Conductors and ? Trainmen
on 45 Eastern Roads Issue
Ultimatum . and Will Strike
Unless Employers With
draw Refusal to Arbitrate
Wage Scale Differences
ENGINEMEN ; LIKELY
TO JOIN BIG TIEUP
Order to Quit Held Up Pend
ing Conference Today fin
r Washington on Erdman
Act Changes—Only; Com
plete ' Backdown ;by Mag
, nates Can Prevent* Move
NEW YORK. Juiy^''ic.l Whetlier -a
strike of SO, 000 .< conductors - and train
men on 43 eastern ..railroads ' shall ;be
declared - : "' : Tuesday depend.* Upon
whether the 7 ; railroads /recede; from
- ■ / '■■ - : ■■• ■ ■ r-.i:%'■ ;■■;•■-*:;■■:;; 'i;.-r--^ ; - / .-- ;
their presejvt position and withdraw
thfir reftmat to arbitrate th,e wage anfl
other differ'erjOes ". between J'' the com
pp'Mf-s and the men. ;- ■/. h
*". This declaration -was made ton»»'it
'n statements J »lS%VtlT#« men's- rer.reeentn
tives pfte- fTi« srripvpnoe rommittee"
from the road« Vrfa thi er «»d * h»re '.- In con -
ferenoe hfd*risTified strike vote of
the men rec<mtlv * -tfikpfi ami '■ hart
n'i<horiz"'l A. "R. Oinfr<»t.«nn. • pr^si" , ""*
'if ;thi» 'BT'f)th«r>ioofl '. n< , 'Railwf v v Cor -"
fhirtors. .and W. C%. -.T.o«. ;pr«»sl(iAnt r>*
th«»/ v ■Rrothe ,, of KaU%*v
to issiiA ' tlT> fornm) etriirf. order tr>
t 1 ir orgran!?:atlon!e. '" ; >
-Peace prosnocts ceiterM iinon '• ♦+»•'.
•latitude of tii» rntiri*. the .wen fl#
flar*»f'. with th» noesibilitv v that r a -*ri»v
out of the deadlock wonli .he-esunnilA*
by tomorrow's conference-in Wfl*hin?
ton. wh«rc f>merits to >*>'a
law, under , which previous,dispute* be-'
*"<vp/»n. th" rondp/rird' , their : 'men J have*
heert arbitrated, wil* *#• rs>rfeider*d with
aWWw^o^rassinSVitheir- pas
sa«re upon "cbngrVss. V-V r ' '■'.-" '"* ;
DKf.W STRIKE FOR F4HI.KY ;
The; general committee of the two
organizations authorized Garreteon and
Lee to; delay,; the / strike \ order long
enouffh to permit them to attend the
Washington conference' between Presi
dent Wilson, ''[ representatives of ' the
railroads and their employes, "and-lead
ing public men. ■■
Presidents Garretson an?! Lee left
New■ York tonight - for Washing-ton.
Shortly before their departure ; they
issued, ' a signed , statement explaining
the action of the; committee and their
attitude with regard to the .Washing
ton conference. ' -.*■ - .
i , ".The committees of the roads acting
independently of each other," says the
statement, •'unanimously ratified the
strike , vote of < the membership, on theif
. respective lines and empowered the ex-,
ecutive officers of the, organization to
fix the date, for retirement from the
service should the attitude of the man
agers (.committee;"- remain i- unchanged,
and f after taking such action, ; returned
to ; their -homes,' *.' •, , ; ' ;
DECISION IS ULTIMATUM
"With the "purpose ;in view that no
reasonable" means for - effecting '"a
friendly settlement should be neglected
by us. they authorize sufficient • tie-'
lay in making the strike order effective
to permit ; the •;■ undersigned to attend
the conference arranged for tomorrow
in ."Washington with President Wilson,
called for the consideration of the
amendments . ; to the ■ Erdman v act ?as
embodied -In ;. the j" Newlands ■ bill, in F " the
hope that if such amendments were
made t immediately effective ,it : might i
induce the companies-'tb abandon the
position 'heretofore maintained by the
conference ■ committee of , managers, and
lead to withdrawal of : their former re
fusal of our proposition to arbitrate
i under the provisions of the federal
■ 1 law." ■ ;,' ■:'- ' '■'.-■-' / : ■ j ■■ .;..-•-."",'
'- The labor leaders declared emphati
cally •:■ that no further overtures /would
be • made to the roads. . . ■ ■
"Our position . is , , plain and clear."
said President Garretson. .• - "Wβ of
fered arbitration weeks 'ago. but our
offer was rejected." ,-- - 'v ■'-;.".'
; In the ' formal report on the vote of
the men on each railroad it is set forth
that the conference committee author
ized to act : for such ? road "declined to
make any concession or grant arty por- ;
tion of / the ■ increase :in wages asked ; for
or changed working conditions request
ed, and .v-in; addition have refused to
submit the controversy to "i arbitration
under the federal law in effect govern
ing. : such matters." ..; ■ . ■':.'■' V
STRIKE DUE BY TIESDAY :/ . .
According to the workers' leaders
the - railroads will be given probably
until 'Tuesday to change their : attitude
when, if : they;.;■ still refuse, the strike
order will be l.osued, '-ailing q 80,000 men
from work, with i a possibility that this
number will be augmented by thou
sands of engineers and firemen. r;r
As to whether {the engineers and fire
men would join in a sympathetic , strike,
Mr. Garretson said: r
;■ /'The engineers and firemen are not
bound to go out on strike with u>.
On the contrary, ; they are bound :to
COBtisaed on . Page 2, Column 9
"An £ lrntt*nerni*nt NewSOßDet*'
GOULD LINES ARE UNITED
Bush President of 3 Systems
;: / The three men most vitally concerned in the unification
the three Could lines as one system: Benjamin Franklin Bush,
who has been selected to Jake the place as president; E. L.
Brown of Denver, who will have active management of the
Western Pacific road here, and ! Charles Henry Schlacks, the
retiring vice president and active manager of this road. ' : |
E. L. Brown Succeeds C. H. Schlacks on
Western Pacific; Jeff Retires
In order to unify the management of
the", three* Jinks in the chain of \ the
Gould transcontinental system ; from
St. Louis to Sun Framisco. B. F. Bush,
president of th> Denver,and Rio Grande
and Missouri PftejHKe railroads, will be
elected president of rh»» Wwterti Pacific
railroad at a of the boar.l of
directors of tlie' Denver and Rio Grande,
to be held ir. Sin Francisco within 10 ;
■lay?. , :,■.;'.-■ ,'...\.'.:.../: ;y s T_ .;-.':■.■
> Announcement of the , important pend
ing ; changes in . the personnel of . the
management of the Gould lines was
made by Warren Olney. general counsel»
of • the Western Pacific, in a formal
statement in San Francisco , yesterday. '
j * With the retirement of E. T. ; Jeffery
from the"presidency. of the Western Pa- \
cific comes the resignation of 'C . IT.-
Schlacks. who. as fire vice president..
has been in ;' immediate charge of thej
Western Pacific from the first day a
HUMMER
BY SUDDEN DEATH
Groom, Stricken on Ferry
Boat, Dies While On Way
V to Hospital : ;-.;' : /
(Spe<>l«l D[sp*lchto".Th« Call* ' . * ~.,:, .
- OAKLAND. July 13.—The ■ honeymoon
trip f r pty. Daniel A. Sprague. IC24;' G k
street,-. Sacramento, and his .bride came
to a tragic end this morning when he
was attacked by a hemorrhage of the
lungs In .'; a Southern ' Pacific electric
train* and ; died "a '••; few : minutes • later
while being removed to the receiving
[ hospital in the police ambulance. . y, -
Physicians are In constant attend- >
ance upon his ;■ ljride. who was pros
trated by - the shock ; i of - his sudden
death. - '_ ~",.' .'. --' ' v
Mr. and Mrs. Sprague. accompanied
by the 1 letter's parents, [ Mr. , ; and Mrs.
W. F. Jackson, left I Sacramento shortly
after the : wedding to i make a« automo
■ bile tour of California. ...vl -. ! .'; ■γ-v
: This morning the party left v San
Vγanclsoo. v where they had been depend -
inir'several days, to visit the east bay
cities. Sprague, who had ~ - been suffer
ing from tuberculosis, was attacked by
the hemorrhage on the J ferry ; boat. *
. The attack increased in violence on
the train, and! the crew telephoned T for
the ambulance to meet the train at
Seventh street and Broadway. Sprague
was removed '".unconscious; and passed
away > just as the hospital was reached.
Vi The young couple had planned to re
turn ; tomorrow-to the Jackson ' home in
Sacramentb. where they had , been ) liv
ing. - 4 >
Mrs. ; Jackson is .at the bedside* of her
i grief stricken-daughter- '■"
GAS HALTS FIRE FIGHTERS
Explosion* in * San .tone Gnra«e Mount |
Vy'J structure and .■ v .Tb*ee;,'*Auto*.;.. ; |
(Sp*oial Dlnpatcli to The C«ll>.'" '. -j
5 SAN" i JOSE;.'JuIy, 13.—Three fatuorao
biles owned by A. "E. Holmes' of ' t!ie
San Jose Hardware company were de
stroyed In a fire which destroyed hie
garage today. The fire : fighters were
driven back by an explosion of gas
oline. ' ; T '
Tγ -fe \T H Jγ* X r OREv A5X*
Fair today: moderate SW wfide.
GAIN
Tltf GmV .JN£REA£E in adver
tismg * ever —the same
, ear was grcaiev*Jsan f
any new^p^per. ;
wheel was turned on the "Feather
River Route." - I' % ■'-*•' »
Ult was under Mr. .leffery as president
of the Denver and Rio Grande "that. Mr
Schlacks undertook the job of . complet
, ing the r. Western vPa cl c and ; " making )it
a successful going concern. :i:lt-> in ' be
cause of the retirement of ;JefferyAby
the ■'> financial! heads, of the ' corporation
that Mr. Schlacks is leaving the service,
according; to j: gossip , ; among men in
formed on the railroad situation. Mr.
tie fiery will be retained as chairman of
the board of directors of the Western
Pacific under the unified management,
but the dictation of affairs will pass
out of his hands. - • ;. : . v.' •;:, •'; ;
: The retirement of Mr. Schlacks is
immediate. V He has resigned . his t place
on the board of directors, of ' the Den
ver and ': Rio Grande and Immediately
will ;resien the nresidencv of the Globe
I \"i Coetlened ,, on Page , " 3, <"«lunin- 3 ■
BROKER DIES ON
EUROPEAN TOUR
■ V ;■;»•; ■••••;■ ',T f i'^' , .■- ''■'■'/. ■>"'.-'*i.^■'.."
George W. Sheldon. One of
Most Prominent Men in
- Chicago, Stricken 4. :v
<Sp*- : »l ])l^atch;fo'.T.ir tall' ■".,..■/•'.
. -"CHICAGoV-July IS.—George : \V. Shel
don, president fof f the customs broker
age firm of George "W. *Sheldpn k & Co..
with branch houses in the commer
cial centers of 'Europe ■• and the "United
State*, died suddenly today on a train '
running between Dover and London.
..; Mr. ? Sheldon ■ was making : hie f annual
visit to his i several central offices when
he was stricken. .;,;'; ';:;.;. iT^';' , /:
j, X Mr. Sheldon had been •' engaged 7 * in
the I cuctom.house brokerage business
in this city since the year following
the Chicago fire, and the*organization
founded by • him is on» of the : largest
of its kind win the country. At present
there are offices in London, Liverpool.
Palis. Bologrne and Havre J and.' several
American cities. .■."V'^^ : V ';
In connection with being at the head
of the George W. Sheldon & Co.
brokerage ' firm, Mr. Sheldon also was
president) of Sibley "Warehouse and
Storage company. ';-'^;X '__ '. ';;!■'." ■;,' * *'•;.
Mr. Sheldon succeeded Lav*»rn* W.
■ Xoyes ;~ as - : president of '; the .National
P.usine!«s League of the United JStates
In 1911.
PRUNE I DROP IS HEAVY
Hljth Hot \\ ln«f« »Diimnjcf Crop Around
..'-'■;".'' ■■'■-i-' -■-.--Anderson -_ -< -J/i- ; -
fSo*< :tl Dispatch to The Ct!I)
--:: REDDING, July 13.—The ' high hot
winds of the/last three days have dam
"aged the "prune crop i around Anderson,
causing: a heavy drop. ; ; A prune drop Is
always expected ;at this time of the
season,*but the winds made the' drop far
heavier than -. the average ', '-•[ .? .•
WILSON '' BACK •TO WORK
I President '; l.'a»f» ■■' "»ninnifr '.: Capital"
. -,-,-- ■ ; for - Washington - , • i
: WJVD6Oft~ Vt.. July ; 13.—President
Wilson left .Windsor at . 2:52 o'clock p. j
m., ' today, - for, Washington. .. In New
Haven his car' will be attached to the]
Federal' express •• . i
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
12 KILLED, SO
HURT IN WRECK
IN LOS ANGELES
Two Pacific Electric Interur
ban Trains Meet ; in Rear
. end Collision at City Lim
its —Specials Rush Victims
, to Hospital—Autos Are
Pressed . Into Service
APPALLING CRASH AT
VINEYARD STATION
Ollie Waxley, San Francisco •
} Woman, Among Those
, Whose Lives Were Crush- :
ed Out—Cars Filled to Ca
pacity With Pleasure Seek
; ers Returning From Beach
} LOS ANGELES July 13.—T0 "horse v
play'" by youth* * who played .with • the ;
train ' whistle, is ' attributed' the loss of
! about 12 lives, and the injuring of some-
j3O persons near here tonight.' Two Pa
j cific -Electric trains collided,. telescop- l
j ing two car?" and wrecking , another at ■
i Vineyard station, near \\ the city ]imttm
• Three trains loaded: with excursion
[ ists to the beaches were returning here
I from Venice. They were running. .
railway men report, about three min
utes apart when a stop was made on a ..
I curve ,-it Vineyard. : '[
. Hearing the false signal the
most forward train backed around the
curve,. running squarely Into the front
car of a stationary train.
..The ; two cars were telescoped. .
|;> The crash occurred in a cut at the
j junction of the Santa Monica ami i
Venice lines, on the edge of the city. \
\ Every car of the train. was filled with
Sunday pleasure-seekers returning
home and as'one car telescoped into ,
I the other, the victims were; terribly
I crushed and many of them almost be
j <>mi recognition. ■ ' " ' ' '
DAMJKR LIGHTS SHOWN" . l| // %: I
• j - trains approached . the Junction/
'at :. about the ; t?a vr.il time. - The * firs was *.
j stalled because of sorrie tangle In the
j overhead wires and put » out danger
j lights. ; " ; .■-:"' "} /.-.••..■ i :y *
» -The train following saw those lights
and backed to the junction, but before
its crew had time to put out danger
j BignalsttheUriird train crashed into It. -
Doctors and nurses .were-rushed M
the. scene of : the disaster on ; special
cars, and automobiles were pressed into
service. ■' ' -V---; ' \ ; - ■*■'_ ;■ • ; ."'.:. ''■■'-;/.•"":"
'• An immense, cnowd congregated, but
above its din could be heard the an
guished cries of the wounded. . The
j crowd , was frantic and mobbed news
; paper men who tried .to take = flashlight
i pictures of the terrible spectacle. '
Because of the -car»% being rammed
Into each other it took two hours to
remove the dea.d and even longer ' to :
I dispose of all the injured.
The first 15 arrived at the receiving.
: hospital fully an hour after the acci
dent. It is feared that at least _<> •
; more will be added to the death list to-
I morow i morning.;. '
i,UTMOST CONFUSION" HEIGHTS
I' Even after midnight the utmost con
{.. fusion still ;reigned and the only names
:of dead thus far .ascertained are: | J
;OIXIE\%*AXLKV;;2Si years old, resi
dence unknown, was in Imperial hotel,
: San Francisco,. July 7. . i
ÜB.KSKK. - ■ » ■ - -
\ KROMC % MILLER, 26 years old
i telephone girl of the Bell company, •f-
Injured: :-•--/-' - ';*". : :
. E. E. Bryaa. East 1 Vernon, knees
wrenched, leg cut. ; ; •■ '.-;, -",,'■*.■ \" ' "-''
-.• C. H. (ombr, Coronado. stopping at
the Crest Home hotel. Fifth and Bunker •
Hill, both legs broken, arm cut. ,
.'*-", Mr*. C. B. Comb*, badly injured.", j |~
* Ur«KK .O. Wilier. : Tropica. ' Cal., » leg r
broken, cut about head .■ and body. -.• -•-
v- Max Junsrhmndel. both legs broken. -
; Dee Blocker, left foot crushed.
~ Mr*. Dee Blocker, both legs broken.
: barle* Hoffman, Argonaut hotel, arm
I broken. 4 ■' ■.- » :'\ . , >~'-;■ .; s .■•„*.;'
Mlv M. A. Parker, abrasions , and »
shock. ■';*'■■. '. ''■'; ■;.' ~. ..' : _' ./■'■[
; Harold .Keuy.' East Fifth. street, in- : .
jured about head, cut by flying glass;
serious.: , • . ■ *', .. -~., U ;,;,\ ,; C*;:
— Culp. slightly injured; his two chil- -
J dren, aged ■ 9*, and 7, terribly 'cut about
I head. , ";.--_ ,; ~ : ' '~\i, • : ~V.-'
'; K. A. Thomnit, cut about hands and ;
head,' internal Injuries. . , .'V
: H. B. Reader, injured about body.
.' I. Takahaahe, both legs lacerated: r
: -*G. Kubeto. Japanese',; slightly hurt. .
j' T. Sameihl. terribly injured about
i legs. *, : ;~-. ■'..;-■:..■; -'\ .' '' . j-, '.'},''*.
K. Merita, injured about limbs.
K. F. 'Walter, wrenched.
. Mm. Harry C. Cain, right arm and leg;
crushed. ■ ■-. ' • •;. •\ t \ - '_ ■ ;". :'\,'.., ■_i :'l
B. Thomiu, , injured internally. \ ,
• Herbert ;Carley. ankle dislocated. '
« L. T. Dfoton of .Kansas City, , cuts i
and abrasions.- ' ' ''l-
B. Darlington, internal injuries.
Ulu Jeannette Brown, telephone -
operator, contusions and lacerations of
entire body and; broken arm, will re
cover.- ■ ,■;■ ,;;v ; x: ' 1 -i'".. ' . ■:■ '.'X~'• '■"
i : - John Baker Jr.. . laceration of head
and, body. . » . '..-■• '--•;.
i Mine «iw*iil»fi. Hotel Sion, fracture
of, knee. .;- ■■ ■- _'*" -V."'-,_'. :■": ■
i r•■ Mm. J. F. : Meek, arm . cut ; off in wrick,
probably fatally injured " :'
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