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VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,738. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY,- MARCH 17, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. S CEASE, BUT RIVERS STILL RISE Heavy Flood Damage in Columbia Valley. O.R.&N. BLOCKADE CONTINUES ' Drift Threatens the Madison Street Bridge in Portland. MADE UNSAFE FOR TRAFFIC structure Is Closed to Teams and Streetcars Flood Causes Post ponement of Opening of the Xorlli Bank Railroad. DAMAGE BY STOKM. Openlnn of North-Bank road post pone 1 by landslides and swollen streams. O. R. N. line to Eait blocked fn many placed. Train service cannot be restored before tomorrow. Northern Pacific out of commis sion in Lewlston country and boats carry mails. City of Kalama In darkness. Cowlitz and I-ewls rivers overflow. Woodland streets under water. Tourhet River cuts new channel thrmiKh town of Dayton. Wash. Floods pile up log Jam against Madison bridge and tug Samson crashes into It. Bridge closed t all but persons afoot. ........................... Widespread damage throughout the Co lumbia River Valley followed the heavy downpour of Saturday and Sunday. Trains were stalled, bridges swept away, farms overflowed and towns cut off from communication with the outside world. All day yesterday the storm dam age Increased. The rain swelled the smallest stream to a torrent. Logs and driftwood er swept away, carrying de struction to everything In their path. Several log rafts piled up on the Madl . Sinn-street bridge yesterday and threat ened to carry that structure away. Later the tug Sampson crashed Into the bridge, damaging the draw pier.. The bridge is out of alignment and yesterday after noon It was closed to all traffic except persons afoot. The worst effects of the storm are be lieved to have passed. The cold weather of last night stopped the melting of snows In the mountains and all streams re expected to subside quickly. In fact, many of the rivers tributary to the Wil lamette and Columbia commenced falling yesterday. However, it will require more time for these streams to reach their highest point. The crest of the flood In the Willamette is expected at Portland today. Lower Colnmbla Towns Suffer. Towns along the Lower Columbia TUver on the Washington shore have suffered from the floods. Woodland streets arc under water in a part of the town. Kalama is in darkness on ac count of floods, arid the Lewis and Cowlitz Rivers arc running banks full. Logs and shingle bolts have been swept away in large quantities. The lTpper Columbia country Is also threatened by floods. Streams are high and logs are being swept toward the Columbia In large numbers. For the most part, however, the timber ta being saved through the efforts of ttmbermen, who are doing everything to hold the logs in booms. Water was pouring down over the cliffs all through the Columbia Gorge yesterday, but less trouble Is expected today. The Eastern Oregon country is ex periencing the most trouble of the Winter from floods. Bridges arebeing carried away, and there is great dam age to towns and farms. Train, service on the O. R. & N. to the East cannot be restored for 24 hours, although construction crews are working like mad to open the line. Bridges have been washed away In many places and embankments are gone. There arc gaps in the track of several hundred feet that will have to be rebuilt with pile drivers. The line was opened last night to VmatiUa. 1ST miles east of Portland. Between Umatilla and La Grande there are several washouts. The O. R. & N. line to Spokane Is open, and trains will run as usual today on that divi sion. There are a number of washouts on the Pendleton-Walla Walla line. Local train service only between Port land and Umatilla will be possible to day. Xortli Bank Road Damaged. The Spokane. Portland A Seattle Rail way, which was to have opened for traffic yesterday, cannot operate a sched ule before tomorrow at the earliest. A big slide covered the track for a long distance at Carson. A steam shovel is at work clearing the track. Log jams in the Washougal River piled up against the railroad bridge and carried away sev eral bents. Piling in the approaches was broken. There was S.OOO.Ouo feet of logs banked against the bridge yesterday aft ernoon. In other places bridges were weakened so that trains dare not cross. The moun tain streams running Into the Columbia became torrents and ran up level with the track In some places. Embankments were washed badly along the new line. ' There was a recurrence of the slide on the O. R. & N. at Wjeth at 11:30 yes terday when the first slide had been cleared away. Late in the afternoon the trouble-was finally removed. The bridge across Eagle Creek, on the line of the O. R. tc N., suffered from floods, several bents being washed-away. . A pile driver was set to work and the structui was , made passable for trains yesterday after noon. Reports from O. R. N. officials at Spokane yesterday afternoon were that trains cannot reach Dayton for several days. A number of bridges on the O. R. & N. lines hare been damaged. One bent was washed out of bridge R 62 at Cayuse and one bent out of bridge R 66 Just west of Thorn Hollow. Bridge R 14, near No) in, is in trouble and a gang of workmen was sent out yesterday with 1000 grain sacks to weight the bridge down with sand and strengthen the sup ports. Both approaches bad been washed and the bridge was about a foot out of line. The new steel bridge just west of Pendleton is in a dangerous condition, A work train was hauling rock yesterday for this structure and expected to save It. Washouts Yet to Be Filled. Reports from A. Buckley, chief dis patcher for the O. R. & N. at La Grande, yesterday afternoon said a slide at Dun can would be clear at 6 P. M., but there was a washout at mile post 265, about 130 feet long and about 10 feet deep and nothing had yet been done In digging it away. The track" at mile post 257 was washing away badly and nothing could be done at that point either. A fill 225 feet long at mire post 255 was badly washed and a pile drlverwould be needed to repair It. Bad spots were also re ported between Bingham Springs and Pendleton. The Northern Pacific was out of com mission in the Lewiston countrv vester- l day and applied to the O. R. & N. to nanme its mall business on the Snake River boats. It was reported that the Touchet River, at Dayton, Wash., had cut a new channel through the west end of the town, wash ing away 300 feet of the track. Two bents of the railroad bridge west of Day ton had been washed away. Superintendents of the Washington di vision and of the mountain division of the O. R. & N.. where the greatest trou ble was yesterday, reported last night that the streams were ralllnc hni iht it would be some time before the damage to the whole system could be repaired. It is believed the main line will be open not later than tomorrow morning. River Still Rising Here. A rise of three feet was noted in the Willamette River at Portland yesterday and the government gauge showed 12.3 feet above sero. The Weather Bureau predicts a, rise of from two to Three" feet, more, due largely to the rise In the Columbia. The current will subside rap Idly and practically still water will be fell! at Portland by tomorrow. Better than a 16-foot stage Is not looked for. Rain has ceased to fall In the Wil lamette Valley for nearly 24 hours and all the streams feeding the riverare falling. At Portland the fall would be felt tnis morning had it not been for the rise in the Columbia which backed up the Wil lamette. This rise, however, will not ex ceed two feet, according to the Weather Bureau. The Tug Samson, having in tow the barge Wallacot, bound for Tillamook, drifted down on the west pier of the Madison-street bridge, shortly after noon yesterday, and put the pier several inches out of alignment. For a time the Madison-street structure was in danger of being carried away. Streetcars and teams are not allowed to cross, passen gers on the O. W. P. line being, trans ferred to the Morrison bridge." For this purpose a special car is . being run, on East Water street. Four i.m log rafts lodged against the bridge at m-.M yesterday morning. One of these, belonging to the Inman-Poulsen Tjimh.r Company, was pulled off in a few hours by river steamers, and secured to the dock above the bridge on the East Side. Car Tracks on Bridge Twisted. The bridge was badly out of line yes terday, the streetcar tracks twisting across from shore to shore like four long snakes. It would have Seen im possible for the cars to cross, even if it were safe to do so, as the draw and the east . approach were about eight Inches out of line. This condition was made worse when, at 1 o'clock yester day afternoon, the tug Samson came down with the current nnH -t-q v i broadside into the west approach. This portion orthe bridge now vibrates per ceptibly, and the new nil. driven have been loosened in the mud. ana ou tne west approach furnish the bridge no support- ' The log jam on the East Side ex tends from the river bank nearly to the draw. The loss are piled up for about 50 feet up the river, and each new log or piece of drift which mm.. rolls under the huge pile, and helps to make a wall which, unless removed, will, aid perhaps already does, extend to the river bottom. Had It not been for the new piles recently driven to support the weather-worn structure, the rafts would probably have gone down the river. , During the morning practically nothing was done toward relieving the pressure of the driftwood against the fM hrlHir,. r-rt. i. i Lightner said he endeavored for sev eral hours to secure the services of sev eral river craft, but that they were en gaged. He "at last obtained the ser vices of the Hoo Hoo. which, with its crew, worked all the afternoon In breakinfir un the nil, nf In.. j fuse, and floating it down the river. oti. liiidiucr ffeiauuniiy superintended the work. The bridge tenders werA lr.nt ..... all day in keeping the crowds of curi ous loarers moving, nunareos or men stream side, to watch the men below snaae . tne logs out wun tneir pike poles, or secure the cable from the launch. The hich wfltee nvmnnt. . ,1 .. ger that the bridge will give way. In case the Madison bridge goes out. it win oouotiess laKe otner bridges with It. Knmrt fears were evnreri tlm .1.. " t' ...... ...J UIMCll iu au(jiuii the Burnside bridge, would e loosened. or wasnea uui entirely, nut mis is said I Co ncluded on Page 10.) . FRANCE AND HAYTI ARE ON THE VERGE Protection of Refugees the Cause. POWERS ACTING IN CONCERT France, Germany and Great Britain Work Together. ACCUSES FRENCH LEGATION General Nord Alexis, President of Haytien Republic, Says That Plot ; Against Him Was Hatched There Attack May Be Made. PARIS. March 16. The situation be tween the Haytien Government and France has become acute and critical. The French Legation at Port Au Prince Is menaced and a general massacre of the- white residents of the islands is feared. This Information was conveyed in an official dispatch to the Foreign Office from M. Carteron, the French Minister to Hayti. The latter part of last week, M. Borno, the Haytien Minister of State, assured M. Carteron that Haytl would agree to allow the refugees who had taken asylum in the French Consulates at Gonaives and St. Marc to leave the island. Execution of Citizens. This morning there came the news of the execution at Port Au Prince on Sun day of between 10 and. 12 prominent persons on the charge of conspiracy against the government, together with a cablegram from M. Carteron announcing that General Nord -Alexis the President of Hayti, had not only refused to con firm the assurances given M. Borno, but had flatly declined to permit the refugees In the Consulates to depart. Eleven additional persons have taken aalyum at the French Legation. " The French cruiser Destrees is expected very soon at-Gonalves, where she will act In eo-operation with the British and Ger man ships of war now on their way to Hayti. It is understood here that France, Ger many and Great Britain are acting in ac cord in this matter. Safety tinder French Flag. General Antonor Firmin, who led the last revolt in Hayti, is among the refu gees under the French flag. The foreign office recognizes that the General and his followers are revolutionists but de clines to hand them over to the Haytien government on the ground that there were no assurances that the men would have a legal trial. In this connection it was explained that, according to French tradition, any man who sought refuge under the French flag should have at least temporary protection. The Temps has specials from Port Au HOW 4 ' "SL " SEWS NOTE MR. TAKT AND MR. HUGHES ARE TO MKET IS NEW YORK TODAY WITH THE FR1ENDLT SON'S OF ST. PATRICK. Prince saying that th local situation is grave. General Nord Alexia claims that the plot against him was hatched at the French Legation and an attack upon the Legation is feared, the correspondent says, because M. Cartenon, the French Minister, declines to deliver the refugees under the French agreement to the Haytien authorities. XATIOXS SEXDIXG CRUISERS Foreign Interests Said to Be in Dan ger at Haytl. 1 BERLIN, March 16. The German Ad miralty has ordered -the cruiser Bremen, at present at Curacao, to go to Port Au Prince. Hayti. to be at the disposal of the German Minister ' for. the protection ?f German subjects or other foreigners. . The Foreign Office has been in corre spondence with the French government with regard to the political arrests made recently in Haytl, and the general slfc- Justice W. R. Day, of the Tjnited Htates Supreme Court, Who Ren dered Decision In Rebate Case. nation of unrest in the island. A French cruiser. It was learned today, has been ordered to Port Au Prince. A telegram received here by the Ger man Cable Company from Port Au Prince, March 15, says that the safety of foreigners there was seriously threat ened. It is believed here that the Haytien government is meditating forcible meas ures against the right of asylum af forded by foreign consulates in Haytl to Haytien revolutionists. England Protects Interests. LONDON, March 16. The Admiralty this morning sent orders by cable to the British cmtaerfi TnHnfotfchu Cresy, which are both in West Indian waters, to proceed forthwith to Hayti for the protection of British Interests there. FRENCH BEAT OFF NATIVES Moroccans Surrender in Terror to General d'Amade. ' . PARIS, March 11 A dispatch received here from General d'Amade, commander of the French forces in Morocco, says that irnon the arrival of his column be fore Sett at, the notables of the Mzab tribe came out to surrender. i General d'Amade reports that .2000 tribesmen who - recently attacked the French column, were beaten off ' with heavy loss. The French infantry captured the enemy's camp' at the point of the bayonet and burned a number of tents as a measure of repression. The French loss was insignificant. THEY MUST LOVE EACH i V S 1111 READY TO FIGHT ON THE INSTANT Fleet Arrives in Perfect Condition. BETTER THAN AT THE START Engineering Force Attains Great Efficiency. EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES Governor Sanginez - on Behalf of President Diaz Is at Magdalena Bay Target Practice Probata ly Will End April 5. MAGDALENA BAT, Lower California, March 12. (By United States Cruiser Buffalo to San Diego, Cal., March 16.) Ready for immediate action, It need be, according to the declarations of all the commanding officers, from Rear-Admiral Evans down, and with three or four feet of heavy armor belt showing red above the blue of the placid South ern waters, the American battleship "fleet of 16 modern vessels sailed Into Magdalena Bay, and after exchanging courtesies, with the Mexican authorities represented by Governof Sanginez, of the the Southern Division of Lower California, prepared immediately for the annual record Spring target prac tice, which is expected to occupy about three weeks. "Look at us!" exclaimed . Admiral Evans, when the fleet had come to an chor off the little town of Magdalena, In four divisions of four ships abreast. "We are ready at a moment's notice to begin shooting at' the' targets, to go out to sea and fight a battle or to keep on with the cruise. If anyone thinks we are not ready for target practice, let him come down here tomorrow and see. And if they think we can't hit the targets, let them come -along and take a look at them." ' Admiral Evans Better. . Admiral Evans" health has greatly improved during the latter part of the voyage. He was In the pilot-house of the Connecticut when the fleet steamed through the gateway to the bay, and remained there, giving orders and wit nessing their execution' until the an chor-chains had whirred their way Into the water and the great mud-hooks had found a resting-place in the sandy bottom of 'the bay.' Admiral Evans was greatly - disap pointed at not being able to attend the social functions In honor of the fleet at various South American ports, but he declared today, while sitting on the after bridge of his flagship, that he expected to go ashore at all of the California ports to be visited, and take OTHER ! part in the festivities of the home coming of the fleet. The entire town of Magdalena. which, despite the' reports of a boom, is still a tiny village, turned out Its total pop ulation of 140 souls four of them Americans to watch the coming of the fleet. Wireless messages last nnxht told of the near approach of the bat tleships and the town has shaken off its tropical lethargy to arise and greet both the dawn and the American ships in Joint celebration todav. r First Sight of the Fleet. . Watchers on the high hills of the arm of land reaching lown from the mainland and forming protection to the bay from the northwest, caught their first glance of the leading ships soon after the first faint streaks of the approaching day slanted from the eastern shore of the bay. A heavy mist had hung over the waters since early the evening before, and it was not until the rising sun had driven the tog away that the long, precise column of 16 ships burst Into view. The Connecti cut, with Rear-Admiral Evans' double starred flag of blue .fluttering from her peak, was in the lead. The line that followed was as straight as an arrow. Not a ship deviated in the slightest de gree . from the course of the leading vessel. . Vessels Come to Anchqr. With 15 fathoms of water beneath tnem, the navigating officers had noth lng to fear, and as the sratewav he tween Point Redondo on the south, and roint Entrada on the north, was reached the "speed cones" dangling from the signal yards on the foremast or tne flagship gave no hint of break in the specific cruised speed of 10 knots an hour. On through the entrance to this magnificent Southern Pacific har bor the great column passed with dense clouds of smoke pouring from the fun nels. Frightened small birds flew with a great fluttering of wings from their roosting places on the rocks, and lum bering old pelicans picked themselves reluctantly irom the smooth waters to make way for the big white ships. The morning was perfect, once the sun had taken command. The air was balmy and the light breeze which blew from the south did not even ripple the mirror like waters of the Northern bay. Once inside the harbor mouth, the Connecti cut turned SharblV to nort anH nnlnfe1 her course toward the north. It was a run of eight miles from Point Entrada to Man-o'War Cove, where anchors were let go. Governor Watches Entry. . The town of Magdalena. with its two score of whitewashed, low-lying huts, nestles in the hills off the Cove and it was here that the natives were gathered in greatest numbers to welcome the fleet Governor Sanginez, surrounded by, gaily uniformed members of his staff, watched the approach of the vessels from the most pretentious dwelling of the village. It was not until the very anchorage grounds had been reached that the speed cones gradually descending showed a slackening of headway. . Then signal flags were broken out from the Connecti cut, and with the precision of a company of soldiers at drill, the vessels of each of the four divisions began a quick ma neuver which brought them abreast. "Anchor in present formation," came the commmand from the flagship. The beat of propellors, which could be plainly heard across the still, smooth waters, ceased and the clank and Wihlrr of the dropping anchor chains awoke the repose of the hills with racuous noises. Buffalo Fires Salnte. Passing through the three miles of deep water at the gateway at T A. M., the fleet came to anchor at 7:55 o'clock. Five minutes later the saluting cannon of the converted cruiser Buffalo, which was waiting with supplies and mall, boomed with the first of 13 guns. Saluting Is not allowed until 8 o'clock under Navy regu lations, and that accounted for the seem ing delay in speaking honor to Admiral Evans' flag. Besides the Buffalo, the only other Concluded on Pare 3.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S 'Maximum temperature, 51 degree; minimum, 44. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. y Foreign. France. Germany and Great Britain threaten intervention in Haytl. Pare l. National. Evans saya fleet is ready for target prac tice or war., fare l. ; Southern Oregon opposes exceptions to land grant forfeiture. Pace 2. Tillman denounces Roosevelt for en croaching on power of Congress. Page 1. House committee slashes fortification bill to avoid irritating Japan. Page 2. Submarine lobbyists deny Haley's charges. Page 3. Domestic. Machinists on Rio Grande Railroad strike against open shop. Page 3. , Hitchcock acquitted and girl who admits falsely accusing him says Gerry society agent intimidated her. Page 4. Supreme Court sustains sentence on packers for receiving rebates. Paga 2. Sport. Two more players join Beavers at Santa Barbara. Page 4. Papke knocks out "Kelly in 10 rounds. Page 4. American auto leaves Ogden. Italian catch ing up. Page 2. PaeHfte Coast. Many candidates to be voted for at com ing primaries. Page 7. Federation men start labor riot at Fair banks. Page 6. . Seattle's new. Mayor will ' enforce blue laws. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Light trading in local wheat market. Page 17. Chicago wheat market weakened by good erop news. Page 37. Advance In stock prices checked. Page 17. Colonel 8. W. Roessler will probably be ordered to an Eastern station within the month. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Rains cease, but rivers still rise, and flood damage. Is heavy. Page 1. Senator Tillman's name may be brought into Federal grand Jury's investigations. Page 32. , - War is on between rival packing Interests. Page 12. Extensions of street railway system are announced. Page 10. Methodist young people Indorse ban on world!y amusements." Page 16. Indicted bank officials Ate new demurrers, - Page lit. In registration of voters Bast Side leads West tilds by nearly 9000. Page 18. PITCHFORK AGAIN JUGS ROOSEVELT Tillman, the Fiery, in Another Outburst. BEVERIDGE TO THE RESCUE Calls the South Carolinian a "Corn-Fed Lawyer." CHARGES OF FAVORITISM One-eyed Senator Says Special Priv. lieges Are President's Fault c cuses Him of Pandering to Xc. groes' and Rich Men's Votes. WASHINGTON, March 16.-Vith a caution unusual for him. Senator Tillman today read a part of his speech in the Senate in which he denounced- executive -encroachment on legislative power. With this apparent caution he proceeded to de liver one of the most direct and denun ciatory addresses ever heard in that body. He was given a careful hearing. Most of the Senators on both sides of the chamber were in their places and the galleries were filled with visitors. His speech was based on his resolution instructing; the committee on Anance to inquire whether National banks of New York are in the . habit of furnishing; permanent capital for ' speculative enterprises, etc. The resolu tion was adopted. The subject of Tillman's speech was executive encroachment upon the legis lative branch of the Government and he traced what he termed a "swinging of the pendulum" from the regime of Andrew Johnson, when Congress assumed control almost to the exclusion of the President from legislative influence to the adminis trations that followed, which he declared witnessed a growth of -Presidential power . Degeneration of House. "Now," he said, "the House has de generated Into little more than a re cording machine to do the will of the Speaker and his lieutenants. Freedom of debate In the old, and true sense has disappeared from that end of tile Capi tol. ' In the Senate, servility and cow ardice are 1 the order of the day," he declared,, "and while freedom of debate still -exists, the shadow pf the Execu tive hangs over all, and the President's wishes are almost the only law." The cause of this condition, declared Tillman, is "Federal patronage." Tillman reviewed the events of the recent currency crisis and charged Wall street with many misdemeanors. Referring to recent conferences in the White House toj consider legislation, Tillman asked why It was that the leaders of the Republican party in the Senate had been ignored. "Who Is going to be the spaniel mes senger to bring these bills here?" de manded the Senator, looking about the Senate as if awaiting a reply. "I am going to watch and see," he add ed, amid laughter from all parts of the chamber. Beveridge Jumps Into Fray. Beveridge asked the speaker If he would name the radical legislation he had said the President is sending to the. Senate. He repeated that he disagreed with the doctrine that allowed railroads to pool. Beveridge asked whether. Tillman fa vored the labor legislation proposed bjt. the President. 'I shall never yield that no man shall say to another man that he shall not work," declared Tillman. Senator Beveridge made a spirited de fense of President Roosevelt and the Re publican party, declaring that what had been termed the subserviency of Repub lican Senators was merely an evidence of harmony between the President and his party in Congress. Beveridge characterized the South Caro lina Senator as the "corn-fed lawyer." Tillman objected to that title, but added that he was mighty fond of corn bread. . A long review was given by Beveridge of Democratic policies, and he declared that a conference had been held in this city for the purpose of corning to a plan for asking Bryan not again to be a candi date on the Democratio ticket; but when Bryan came, he said, not one of them had the courage to tell him what they had planned to do. This statement called forth denials from Tillman, McLaurln and Ray ner, all of whom declared that there never had been any Idea of asking Bryan not to run on the Democratic ticket. Tillman's "Cold Facts." Citing what he called "cald-blooded facts" to show executive responsibil ity for many of the evils which exist, Tillman said: "In tho most pronounced language ' he has denounced the combination be tween labor organizations and the boy cott, but on the eve of an election panders to this same vote by demand-, lng changes In the law as interpreted by the Supremo Court. Organized la bor Is to be relieved from the prohibi tion ot the Supreme Court's decisions, but along with it must go the relief of capital. Once relieved, 'the male factors of great wealth' will smile In triumph over their victory, while la bor will find itself no freer than be fore " s Tillman charged many of the evils in connection with the rec-nt financial ' flurry to the President and his admin istration, and said: "These are only a few of the achieve ments of this "uncrowned king.' With iConchidsd oa Ps &..)