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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 " :' -