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TRIMMERS, STEAM FEEDS, SAW MILL MACHINERY of All Kinds CALL Smith & Watson COOLING As engineers we have designed some very successful plants for cooling hot workrooms, electrical transformer stations, etc. Cor respondence or interviews solicited. w. g. Mcpherson company OUR PRINTING Is Better and Cheaper TELEPHONE US Pw D A TTCQ St . W. JdALI HO OL Lodge Initiation May Prove Fatal. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 17. Clar ence Mason, son of the Chief of Police, Is suffering from an attack of blood poison as aresult of being branded at an Initia tion of the secret society of the local j-gh School. It Is feared he will die. Jo eeph Mclntyro. another student. Is in a serious condition. If the boys recover they will bo marked for life. Mexican Official for London. MEXICO CITY, June 17. Bernardo Ca lero has been nominated to be Chancellor the Mexican Legation In London. I MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO., First and Taylor SE President. PORTLAND. OREGON. .70 IT TO. YOU. 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The Na tional Council today, by 97 to 2 votes, gran tod a credit of $,340,OX) to arm the 72 batteries of four guns each of the Swiss Field Artillery with the new Krupp 7.5 centimeter pneumatic recoiling guns. and to provide S00 rounds of ammunition for each gun. Hnvrnllan Pilot Killed by Blast. HONOLULU, June 17. Robert English, a pilot at KahuluL while engaged yester day In blasting away obstructions In the channel, was Instantly killed by a prema ture explosion of dynamite. 1 M Heppner Death Ro! Will Be 247. BODIES FOUND, 167 Known and Unknown Missing About 80. MANY PERSONS DESTITUTE Greatest Needs Are Money, Supplies and Disinfectants. THIEVES PILLAGE THE DEAD City Official Worlc Industriously nnd "Will Enforce Martial Law Ilellef Corps "Will Be Organised. Incidents of the Disaster. DEATH ROLL ABOUT 247. HEPPNER, Or., Juno 17. (Special.) The dead and missing will be about 241. Bodies found Monday 123 Bodies found Tuesday 15 Bodies found "Wednesday 17 Bodies found below Heppner. about 10 Known missing .....i 70 Unknown missing 10 Total . 27 One hundred dwellings de stroyed at Heppner, valued at $150,000 Iss In business part of city.. 100,000 Other loss In Willow Creek Valley 100.000 Heaviest Individual losses-. Oscar Minor ..' 20.000 Tom Xyre-'..s 20.000 I. B. Garrlgues 16.000 Gilliam & BUbee . 15,000 Albert Slocum 7,000 Heppner Hotel 3,000 Xoble & Campbell 1.500 Episcopal Church 1.&00 BY LESLIE M. SCOTT. TirnDVl-B rtv .Tunc 17. fStafffifCor- respondent.) Heppner needs money7pro vlslons and disinfectants above all else. Money Is wanted to pay men who are cleaning up the town, provisions are re quired to feed them, and disinfectants are essential to good sanitary conditions. The warm sun Is already raising offen sive odors on the scene of the disaster. In two or three days, more identification of dead bodies will grow rapidly more diffi cult. In that time the victims of the floed will be picked from the wreckage In the town. -It Is believed that many bodies were borne far down Willow Creek. Their recovery will not be so easy as In the town, and a large number may never be found. There are high piles of drift at" various places dow nthe creek in which bodies undoubtedly are col lected. Thieves have been pilfering the dead and the wreckage, and the authori ties will take stringent precautions against the ghoulish practices tomorrow. They are under orders to shoot down any thelf, but they fear to do so for fear of killing an Innocent person In among the many strangers. "We're going to enforce martial law.' declared Sheriff Shutt tonight. Every able-bodied man must go to work or get out of town. The Sheriff has sworn in over 30 deputies, and with the aid of sev eral marshals, maintains good order. The presence of many strangers In town makes law-abiding citizens apprehensive. The town Is In breathless haste to destroy the unsanitary elements that are springing CD. "We've got men enough," says Mayor Gilliam, "and don't need any more. What we need above all things are money and food to keep them at work. We have manv cases of abject destitution, in which large families have lost a father or a mother and all their worldly possessions We must clean up our city, but It Is a stupendous job. This endeavor Is owing to the living and the dead. We esteem highly the material evidences of sym nathy from other towns." Relief money has been received from La Grande, Hood River, Shanlko, Port land, Athena and the Elks amounting to $1247. J. N. Tenl arrived from Portland today as an agent of relief. With him came 109 men, who will be paid $2.50 per day. About half that number of men will arrive from Pendleton tomorrow. The Portland men have a camp back of the town where they have erected O. N. G, tents and messing tables. Sad Scene Among the Dend. Episodes at the morgue continue to bo very affecting. Many a man and woman who hooes to And a dear face there, and rush with strenuous eagerness to the nlace. shrink a way when he has looked. Many a .man and woman who wept be cause the dead might never be found weep the louder when they find the dead dis covered. Morbid funerals trail up the hill back of town many times a day. The track Is wearing deeply in tho hillside. The town Is a mere speck upon the ton. It looks so small to hold so vast an ocean of grief. No hour is set for these events. There are too many too many for the hours of the day. And the people of the town are becoming almost as Indifferent to .the lugubrious scenes as the horses which pull specimens of their own kind from beneath tho wreckage. On Monday the bodies came In so fast that they could not be held for Identification. Perhaps a dozen dead went to their graves unknown. But in the past two days the bodies have been fewer and have been handled more adeptly. Men and women worked to gether on both sexes of the dead at first, but now the work Is more properly ap portioned. Throngs of curious at first pressed Into the morgue to stare, hut now they are kept out. Once water to cleanse the bodies was carried from the hills, but the restoration of the city water system' has reduced this labor. Local Government Efficient. Mayor Gilliam has appointed commu tes on ways and means, finance, relief. supplies, street cleaning and police- regula tions, j. a. ooIery has charge of the commissary, and Otis Patterson, of the orKingmen s organization. He has some 250 men organized at work, and about 500 otners unorganized. The executive com mittee is made up of Mayor Gilliam. George Conser and Sheriff Shutt. Many of the awful scenes of waste and ruin have been removed. Houses are being demolished. The remains of dead animals burning on rubbish frequently scent the air of the town. The, bonntv of Heppner is gone, but not its pride. No community could rlso more bravely under adversity. In the bank of the town the neonle have $525,000 In deposits. In the warehouses they have 5200.000 worth of wool unin jured. In the citizens is the same sdrit to rebuild the town as built it. How all the people sleep and eat In a town whore half the citizens are homeless Is a mar vel. Many residents will temporarily leave this Summer. The visitors do not seem to sleep, for their voices keep the midnight air resounding1. The few beds. barns, and haystacks are utilized. Many of the crowd at night can do no better than ease the ache of one leg by stand ing on the other. The O. R. & N. runs its trains up to Lexington, nine miles below Heppner. Transportation to the train Is by horses and wagons. Tho telegraph wires are surged with messages, and press dis patches have difficulty in crowding through. Mall service is resumed. "What n Rovr of Trees Did. The town was saved from total de struction by a row of poplar trees which grew on the edge of the chief residence street. This street was the nearest to the river. Houses were crushed against them like egg-shells, but only three or four yielded. The latter were broken short off or uprooted even though they were between two and three feet In di ameter. This row of trees deflected the river back to Its usual bed. Many per sons bellevo It even saved the big hotel. Heppner Hotel, which was completely demolished, was tho death of S or ten people. These victims roar never Jbe- luy.niuieu.. xuif ciyrara-sv -jar sn-nvn are published today. Not all were regis tered, but even those who were probably will not be known. Decomposition of bodies now setting In will erase distinguishing features. The body of a woman named Mrs. Banks, who perished with her husband. was found tonight. Her identity was a question of doubt until the Initials of her self and husband wero found Inside her (Concluded on fourth page.) CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPBR. The Heppner Disaster. Death roll will bo 247. Pago 1. Money, supplies and provisions are- needed. Pago 1. Unceasing search for tho dead. Pags 1. Heppner whl enforco martial law. Pago 1. Rapid work In restoring railroad communica tion. Pag 1. Thrilling stories of escape. Page 1. List of dead and missing. Page 1. Portland relief fund passes $12,000. Pago 1. Relief committer Issues call for clothing. Page 1. Baker-Helllg theaters will give big benefit. Page 1. Foreign. Great Britain Is committed to a Dollar of retaliation a great triumph for Chamber lain. Page 2. Czar's message to new King of Eervla ends any Idea of an uprising. Fago 3. Russia Is making nggressloas la Thibet. Page 2. Domestic. Answer of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gen eral Brlstow to Tulloch charges exposes many frauds. Pago 2. James T. Metcalf. Superintendent of ths money-order system of the Postofflca De partment, is removed from office. Page 2. Chauncey Dewey, tho Kansas cattleman. Is bound ove. for tho murder of the Berry s. Page h. Sport. Savable wins the Derby trial race at Chicago. Page 11. Pacific Coast League games: Los Angeles 4. Portland 3, 17 Innings; Sacramento 3, Oak land 6; San Fr&nclsco 6, Seattle 3. Page 11. Pacific National League games: Helena Portland 3; Spokane C, Saa Francisco 2; Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1; Tacoma 13, Butta 2. Page 11. Jackson and Walcott ready for tonight's fight. Page 11. Pacific Coast. C N. McArthur re-elected president of Unl vorstty of Oregon alumni. Page 14. Graduation exercises and alumni meeting at Monmouth Normal School. Page 14. Woodson Gray Is sentenced to eight years fo: the elarlng Of A. M- Hallgarth. Page 14. H. W. lbblngs body found near Ashland. gives Indications that to was munlered. Page 14. Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis. grad uates 23 students. Page 14. San Pedro lino will be constructed at cace. says Senator Clarx. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Review of local Jobbing and produce markets. Page 15- Wheat at Chicago closes a shade higher, Page 15. Good Oriental demand for flour at San Fran cisco. Page 10. Better tone to speculation at New York. Page 10. Mammoth steamship Tottenham chartered to load lumber at Portland. Page 10. Death of Stephen "Williamson, founder of firm of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. rage 10. Portland and Vicinity. Trial of M. V. Leaala for murder begins. Page 12. David DalgleUU dies at Lcs Angeles. Page- 10, C F. Swlgert elected president of Port of Portland Commission. Page 16. Pioneers of Oregon hold great reunion. Page 10, Baa Francisco man arrested for embezzlement. Tnr IB. Council takes actloato protect Seventh street Paae 16. T FUR ' DEAD Mournful Task Still Goes On. WORKERS ALL WEARY But They Manfully Do Their Sad Duty. LEXINGTON GALLS FOR AID Forty Persons Destitute, and Relief Passes Them By, FIDELITY OF A BEREAVED DOG Guards the Hidden Bodies of His Mistress and Her Brother jlach Property Loss In WIHo-tv Creelc Valley. LEXINGTON CRIES FOB, HELP. LEXINGTON", Or., June 17. (Spe cial.) Help Is badly needed at Lexing ton. It does not seem to be generally known, but 40 persons are absolutely destitute here. Provisions aro very scarce, and while the few Inhabitants of this little hamlet are doing what they can for the sufferers, they cer tainly deservo some attention from the outside world. In proportion to the size of the place, there Is as much work to ba dono here as In Heppner. iLEXlfl'GTQK", ' '6rJunc67T4(S&ff .'Cor respondence.) As the sharp excitement of the first three days after the deluge passes away, a recline; - of depression is settling: upon the llttlo bands of volun teer -workers through "Willow Creek val ley, who have almost continuously been doing: what they could to alleviate the havoc of tho flood and to satisfy the Im mediate necessities of the utterly desti tute. The principal task has so far been tho searching for bodies of the dead. No accurate estimate of the number missing can be made, and various conjectures place it between 1E0 and 200. To find the corpses Involves the pulling apart of the Innumerable piles of drift which are strewn all through the canyon. And as these piles are sometimes 20 feet high and a quarter of a mile long, the hope lessness of tho task Is gradually press ing In on those who have manfully been attempting to perform It. Another thing, most erf the workers have suffered themselves by the flood, and, having given three days' time to the public need, will soon In self-protection have to at tend to their own. Many of thorn aro ranchers, who, while they escaped with their lives, their farms, and partially ruined crops, need immediate care if they would not suffer further loss. "My gang," said one of these today, 'has been working as hard as we could, but we would like to stop awhile now. "We have found two bodies ourselves In our search, but, as wo had neither horses nor ropes to pull the drifts apart with, our progress was of course very slow. All of us have lost our crops, and If we would save anything. It must be garden truck. This requires fencing, and I think we will have to turn in and build for ourselves tomorrow." A ghastly but truo suggestion was made by another worker who said the sun, which has been blazing hotly all day, would soon locate the bodies for the searchers and so facilitate much of the work. "While this Is true to some extent. It should he remembere& that In much of the silt and wreckage In which the undls covered bodies aro hidden there are great beds of hailstones. These hailstones are of remarkable size, many of them being .an inch In diameter, and they were washed by the flood Into deposits like large gravel beds. As they are covered and mixed with silt and timber, they are thawing very slowly, and, until they are gone, will act as a preservative to any corpse they cover. Detrtltute at Lexington. Help Is badly needed at Lexington. It does not seem to be generally known. but 40 persons are absolutely destitute here. Provisions are very scarce, .and, while the few inhabitants of this little hamlet are doing what they can for the sufferers, they certainly deserve some at tentioa from" the outside world. In pro portion to the size of tho place there is as much work to be done here as In Hepp ner. ' But party after party of men pass though Lexington, on their way to relieve Heppner, and will not tarry long enough even to hear the tale of 'suffering. "Wagon load after wagon load of provisions do nated, to the flood sufferers passes through, but while there aro hungry per sons in Lexington not a pound of flour has so far been given them. Every than in Lexington has done his task of search ing for Heppner's dead, and It seems that this matter should be called to tho at tention of some relief committee. MBCk Damage to Property. ,- The damage sustained' by the ranchers of Willow Creek y&lley. can be roughr ly estimated by taking tho averago val ue of an entire crop produced by that part of the valley which lies between Heppner and Douglas. To this should be added the value of the stock drowned, and the resldencse destroyed. The crops raised in the flood-swept district are mostly of alfalfa. Supplementing this is some garden produce, such as cabbages, potatoes, onions and small fruits. From three to four crops of alfalfa are raised every year, and, while the cloudburst has only destroyed one, the mud deposited all over tho meadows may injuro a second. On this basis tho los3 to the alfalfa growers will be about $75,000. Tho garden truck destroyed may be worth 510,000 more. No count whatever has been made of the cattle and stock lost, but it seems certain -that this damage will swell the total by $7500. "When tho value of tho dwellings and fencing: demolished, say $20,000. is added, it makes a total loss sustained by property-owners In the -valley, outsido of Heppner, not Including the O. JL & N. Co.. of at least 5100,000. Farm Lands Less In Value. Tho depreciation in valuo of farming land In this entire region. Is, however, a far more serious matter, and ono which cannot be intelligently discussed until comparative calm takes the place of the exaggerated alarm now felt by residents of the valley. Tho damage to the O. R. & N. Co., roadbed, bridges and track Is estimated by Superintendent O'Brien, after a careful Investigation of tho en- tiro line, at J2S.000. That this Is not far from the ultimate figure can bo seen from the tact that to restore tho former condition of tho road will require the labor of 200 men for more than a week. Tho loss of the telephone and telegraph companies Is, perhaps, $3000. Including all kinds of injury inflicted directly by the flood, tho total-damage In Willow Creek Valley may be set at $140,000. This estimate Is derided as being much too low by residents here, who make estimates of the loss varying from $200,- 000 to twice that sum. Hovr Two Bodies "Were Found. Fidelity of a white English bull dog owned by W. Frey, a rancher living two miles above Lexington, led to the dls co very of two dead bodies burled under many feet of debris. Tho cloudburst swept away the Frey building, and wife and brother-in-law were both drowned. Today a searching party returning to this town heard a dog howling on tho opposite side of the valley. They finally found tho dog seated on a heap of de bris. All efforts to Induce the animal to leave were futile, and it was suggested that the dog might be watching above the body of Its owner. The wreckage was accordingly searched, and tho corpse of n.ri-a Pn.r' brother was discovered. But still the dog sat on the ruins and howled. nor would any coaxing comfort him. His obstinacy led to further search, and Mrs. Frey' s body was, recovered stripped naked. Then tho dog accompanied the searching party back to Lexington. A trunk belonging to Mr. Frey was found rVtiim ,inrm the stream by another party of-w&rlters ThlaVes had evfdentiy plundered It, and stolen a tin casn dox containing $400 In cash and jewelry. The big relief party from Baker City arrived here tonight at 8 o'clock. There were no teams to carry them to Hepp ner, and all tho men, headed by E. A. McDaniel. started to tramp to Heppner in the darkness. "While the road is badly -eaten out by the flood in places it is per fectly safe, and they Bhould arrive at their destination-by midnight. RUSHING WORK OX RAILROAD. 2IIghty Efforts to Reach Heppner by Snnday. LEXINGTON, Or., June 17. (Staff cor respondence.) Many unavoidable dlfllcul ties are arising to confront J. B. O'Brien, superintendent of the O. R. & N. Co., in his expressed determination to nave line to Heppner by Sunday night. The engines necessary for tho numerous work nnri -ccTMklne trains are making unex pected demands upon the water facill ties of this Une. A water tank exists at Heppner, but there Is no way to reach It with a thirsty locomotive. The only other one within 30 miles Is situated at Tnn ulna miles below here. The water Is drawn Into the tank by a windmill. nnrl pvpn were there a good breeze, it could scarcely supply the numerous en gines which would draw from it. As it Is, there is no wind at all, and two gaso line engines were sent for early this morning in order to supplement the wind mill Thev arrived this evening, and will be In lone and working within few hours. About 60 cars stand on the tracks at this point. The sidetrack facilities are limited, and last night, when the engine attached to the piledriver had to go to lone for water, 45 cars on the main track had to be backed up nearly all tho way before they could be sidetracked to let the engine pass. In order to avoid a repetition of this. Mr. O'Brien wired for material, ties and rails, and this evening- a tracklaylng crew has completed a new sidetrack al most half a mile long. Upon this have been hauled tho boarding and flatcars, with other portions of the wrecking trains not actually In use, and the main track Is kept comparatively clear. The speed with which this track was laid supports Mr. O'Brien's contention that if the bridges were only in good order It would not tako long to lay a track Into Hepp ner over which men and teams could be hauled. ' The piledriver Is still driving supports for the first bridge beyond Lexington, which was cut cleanly out by the flood. To add to the difHculty here, a small lake formed on the upper side of the track, which at this point is laid on All about ten feet high. The bank proved too weak to withstand the pressure, and the water finally ate Its way through. It cut a tunnel six feet In diameter through the base of the fill, and the lake rushed through to "Willow Creek. The bottom thus drained proved to be coh ered with deep mud, and. many residents of Lexington, who saw the pond formed by the flood, say they also saw bodies carried into It by tho current. If this Is bo, they will remain beneath the mud forever, as it is too deep and wide to be probed for corpses. W. H. Kennedy, chief of the bridge. building service of the railroad, is at this point, directing' the operations of his. department. There aro only two bridges Cascluded on fourth page.? MONEY POU Over $12,000 Raised for Heppner. FOOD SUPPLIES SENT Clothing Needed for Women and Children. FUNDS GO BY TELEGRAPH Barrels of Disinfectants to Protect the Living. SITUATION HEARING CONTROL Portland Relief Committee Is ik Close Communication With 3Xcb on. the Scene and Every Want Supplied. WHAT HEPPSEIt NEEDS AT OXCE. Fifty children. 30 -women and 20 men are in Heppner whose -wants must bo supplied by the relief committee. This la what they need. Underwear. Stockings and eocta.- Shoes. Hats. Overalls. "Worklnc shirts. Dresses for women and girls. Clothing- for babies. Supplies should be sent to the office of Bi L. Sobln, -corner Front and An keny -streets. In the old Bank o -British Columbia building. Mrs. Pratt wilt betherevaOrSO-AlI. oUld b 'sent in edrirr'aseverr thing "ml&c be- forwarded by th 0:30 train. Dollars by tho hundred and tho thou sand still flow Into the ofllce of the Hepp ner relief committee. Keallzlns the ne cessity of Immediate aid, no time has been lost in gathering a fund of sufficient size to alleviate the sufferings of the un fortunate people of Heppner. The relief fund has now reached $13, 135.80. The purse strings of Portland will not tighten until the $13,000 mark has been attained. Additional supplies have been sent to Heppner. If more working men are needed, 100 can be called out within a day. Nurses have volunteered their services, but they have not been asked to go to the scene. The amount of $12,196.50 represents only the subscriptions which have been turned Into the treasury of tho relief commit tee. Several papers are still outstanding; and when these are brought Into tho ofllce this morning many additional dol lars will doubtless be added to the rapid ly growing fund. The city Is belne sys tematically canvassed by business men, and but few can refuse a subscription. That the people of tho city in general may be more free In subscribing to tho fund, a benefit entertainment will he held In the Marquam Theater Tuesday afternoon, which will probably net $0000. The representatives of tho relief com mittee In Heppner telegraphed yesterday that the people of the town would soon, be In need of such provisions as bread and flour. By the first train a quantity suf ficient to feed a multitude was dis patched. Clothing: in. Great Need. The crying need now Is for clothing. Children whose parents have been drowned by the resistless waters aro in need of food and clothing, while many older persons fleeing in haste from their devastated homes have no other apparel than the clothes upon their tired backs. The hearts of tho business men have al ready opened with an adequate supply of money, and It Is now the part of the mothers to think of their own mora for tunate children and send clothing- to the orphans of Heppner. Such articles should be selected with care and In accordance with the requests made by the representa tives of the relief committee now in Heppner- The supplies will he transported free by the railroad company, but the receivers must pay the cost of hauling them by team from the end of the road to Heppner. The O. R. & N. has announced a spe cial rate of one-half upon all material to be used for rebuilding Heppner. This has been done in the effort to encourage the people who lost practically their all to start anew and build up the city once more. WorUintr Gang Rcache Heppner. The gang- of 102 men which left Port land Tuesday evening at S:15 reached Heppner before noon yesterday, and im mediately went to work clearing tho town of the unsanitary debris which hides so many grewsome sights from the eyes ot the workers. The sending of the work Ingmen was greatly appreciated' by tho relief workers of Heppner, and the money which was expended In sending the men may be considered spent to the best pos sible advantage. The relief committee was In communi cation all of yesterday with their repre sentatives at Heppner, J. N. Teal and R. T. Cox, who left with the gang Tues day night. Mr. Teal will leave Heppner today at noon and will reach Portland tomorrow, or possibly this evening. A telegram received from him last evening shows what has been accomplished through the relief work started by the Concluded on Fags C r . 1 I