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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN", THURSDAY, XOVE3IBER 25, 1909. 3 SHIPS GROUND If! NEW ENGLANO GALE Storm Turns to Rain on Thanks-. giving Eve. NANTUCKET IS ISOLATED the Government reclamation projects were Inspected, the Senate committee on Irrigation hag come to the conclusion that it is Impracticable and Impossible to make any modifications In the recla mation act without- the risk of losinjr many advantages of the present law. ' While the committee's report will not be ready for some time, the expressed opinion1 was to that effect, according to Director H. Newell, of the Reclamation Service, who made the Journey with the committee. The sentiment to expedite work if necessary by the issue of bonds, or other Interest-bearing obligations, is unanimous In the committee and the Senators are said to stand together on the demand that every dollar that has ben spent f by the Government In ti e work of recla mation must be refunded. It is considered impossible to amend the system for repayment already pro vided In the law. STORM GUTS OFF TILLAMOOK CITY river at this place began falling, and continues to recede with as great rapid ity as It rose. The cairler on one of the rural mail routes had to abandon a por tion of his territory yesterday on ac count of the high water, but made the trip In safety today. Intcrrnption of Sionnibont Service From Mainland Compels In habitants to ForcRo Turkey IMnner Today. BOSTON. Nov. The northeast storm of snow and sleet, which set In Inst night, changed tonight to a down pour of rain .n the southern section of New England, making Thanksgiving eve a dismal one. Vessels were forced by a 50-knot rale to hug sheltered harbors. At Vineyard Haven the schooner Nat Ayer was driven ashore. At Plymoth the schooner Alice Turner was forced on a flat, and at Provlncetown the Bostjon fishing schooner Buena dragged ashore and sank. The crews of all escaped. The inhabitants of Block Island and Nantucket were Isolated from the main land by the Interruption of the steam boat service, and tomorrow will have to forego turkey dinners, as their ship ments of the National bird are held tip at mainland ports. TAFT'S DINNER IS TASK FIFTV-POIXIJ MI.N'CE PJE SET BEFORE PRESIDENT. Wires Are Down and Roads Are Made Impassable to Stages. FLOOD WORST IN 12. YEARS SEVERE GALE HITS VIRGINIA Shipping la Compelled to Seek Shelter in Harbors. NORFOLK, Va.. Nov. 24. A severe northeast storm with high wind swept the Virginia, Carolina and Maryland coasts today. All shipping ready to sail from Hampton Roads was stormbound. Many coasting schooners caught In the jrale off this coast hurried into the Roadti for shelter. The Old Dominion steamer Mabjack ajid the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's steamer Virginia were In collision at the latter's wharf off Town Point. Snow In Northern Virginia. WINCHESTER. Va.. Nov. 24. Snow has been falling in Northern Virginia Binoe early today and the Indications are for white Thanksgiving. Much of the corn crop is still in the fields. Washington Has Driving Storm. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. A driving now storm, the. first of the season, set in hero today. CHINESE EDITOR HELD SAX FRANCISCO GRAND JURY IXDICTS FOR MURDER. Renewal of Hostilities in Bay City Oriental Quarter Leads to Ac tivity Among Civil Authorities. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. H. The grand Jurv at a late hour today returned indict ments charging murder against Tong Citing Chong, editor of the Chinese, Free Prens and secretary of the Chinese Free Masons: (See Hong On, president of the On Yick Tong: Lee 8uet, interpreter for the On Yirk tong. and Chin Lit. Buck Hew. Ho Kim Tew. alias Ah Joe. All of these Chinese are members of the On Tick tong which has been making war on the Te-j family. Seven Chinese have been slain since the outbreak of hostili ties. Tong C'hlng Chong is secretary of the Chinese Free Masons and probably on of the most influential and widely known Chinese In the Cnited States. He is editor of the Chinese Daily Free Press In this city, has a splendid educa tion, both Chinese and English, and le the head of the Che Kung tong, or Free Masons, which numbers 90 per cent of( the Chinese in this country on its rolls.' He is known to be a revolutionist in Chi nese politics and is said to be the right- hand man of Dr. Sun Yet Sen, the Chi nese revolutionary who was exiled from lils native land years ago with a price of J-tCOOO on his head, because of his activi ties against the present dynasty. Led Former Crusade. Chong Is something of a reformer, ac cording to the local police, and at one time engaged in a crusade against gam bling In the Chinese quarter, which re sulted in a bloody tong war and the In dictment of 12 tong presidents on charges of murder. The disaster of 1908 destroyed the evidence in these cases and they were dropped. Georgia Sends 2 6-Pound 'Possum for Thanksgiving Banquet at While House. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. With the 50 pound mince pie presented by bakers of New York, an enormous turkey sent by Henry Vose, of esterly, and a 26-pound poE-sum, reported to be the largest that ever came out of Georgia. President Taft was confronted, gastronomlcaly speak Ing. with rather an exacting Thanksgiv ing day. The President is said to have ruled that his military aide. Captain Archibald Butt, shall assist In eating the pie. and Captain Butt is trying to have the order amended to bring the general' staff to his assist ance. All the. President's family, with the ex ception of his eon, Robert, who will re main in New Haven, will dine In the White House. In the morning President Taft, Vice- President Sherman and most of the Cabi net will attend a panAmerican Thanks giving service in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Gibbons and Monslgnore Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, will be present. A luncheon will follow, at which many Ministers of Latin-American countries will he present. President Taft will be ithe guest of honor. Secretary of State Knox and Mrs. Knox will have a family party at their home here. All other Cabinet members are In the city. Postmaster-General Hitchcock, the only bachelor of the Cabinet, expects to spend the day quietly In his apartments. SHERIFF WANTS TROOPS Indiana Stonecutters Strike Cause of Aid Request. BEDFORD, Ind., Nov. 24. No serious outbreaks between the striking stone cutters of the general union and employes of the stone mills, who belong to the General Society of Cutters and Stone Mill Operatives, occurred today. But dis plays of strength by striking employes today caused Sheriff Thomas W. Box, of this county, to appeal to Governor Marshall for troops, an appeal which probably will not need to be granted. The Sheriff said that in case of riot ing he could not obtain enough deputies to cope with the situation. The Sheriff this afternoon attended a meeting of 300 strikers and read to them Governor Marshall's message that troops would be sent to Bedford if necessary. The strikers assured the Sheriff that they would do all in their power to prevent lawlessness. A petition Is being circu lated among business 'men tonight ask ing the Governor not to send troops. SNOW COVERS GOTHAM New York Will See First ' White" Thanksgiving in Many Years. NEW YORK. Nov. 24. Driving sleet and mow tonight the first real snow of the Winter makes It iook as lr loraor row would be a "white" Thanksgiving dav. the first in many years. Turkeys reached record prices of 35 to 40 cents a pound. Markets reported that hey nearly were sold out. Charitable organizations, undaunted by the high prices, have stocked their baskets or the poor as abundantly as ever. High Water In Wilson River Carries Out Bridges, Making Delivery of Mail to Nehaiem Impossible. Big Trees Blown Down. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Nov. 24. (Special The worst wind and rain storm tha has visited Tillamook for 12 years ha cut off communication from the outside by telephone, telegraph and all stage roads save the North Yamhill route. Unless the rain abates It is doubtful whether the bridge over the north fork of the Trask River will be able to with stand a further rise. According t the gauge at Trask, 1 miles from Tillamook, the rainfall Sun day was 2.40 inches, Monday 4 inche and Tuesday more than 4 inches. The rain has swollen Wilson Rivet- anil the sloughs running out of Tilla mook Bay so high that bridges an roads have been swept out, prohlbttin the carrying of mall from Tillamook to Nehaiem. The same condition Is true on the Sheridan road, while the Wilson River route Is stopped by the washing out of the bridge at the north fork of the Wilson River. The last mail into Tillamook arrived Monday noon. This was due at 8 A. M and Instead of containing the regular mail, was limited to registered matter. No mall was received Tuesday, the en tire day being spent in removing logs and trees from the road. One tree more than four feet 1n di ameter was blown 100 feet across creek into the grounds of the state fish hatchery on the Trask River, while th road was blocked by firs, spruces and hemlocks from two to eight feet In di ameter. Several buildings have been blown down here and at Bay City, and the telephone and telegraph wires are down practically all the way from the summit of the Coast Range Mountains to a point seven miles from Tillamook, a distance of 19 miles. DESCHUTES RIVER ON RAMPAGE Rise of Ten Feet in Last 24 Hours Is Reported. THE DALLES. Or.. Nov. 24. (Spe l. The Deschutes River has risen ten feet in the last 34 hours. Two camps of the Deschutes Railroad were washed away, one Oregon Trunk camp Is gone, and the stream is a raging torrent. Railroad construction has been greatly handicapped. The Columbia at this point is rising on the average one foot and one-half per day. The rainfall is the heaviest for this season of the year in the his tory of the vicinity. No rain fell to day, but the Columbia is still rising. the Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railroad. Fall in 96 Hours, 3.45 Inches. KLAMATH FALLS Nov. 24 (Special.) During 96 hours the precipitation here was 3.45 Inches. This exceeds by more than an inch the total preclpatlon or No vember of any of the previous 18 years. The precipitation for all of November, 1908. was only 108 inches. Ko damage has been reported. BLOWUP HURLS BRICKS NAVAL BUDGET INCREASES German Estimates Exceed Previous Ones by Seven Millions. . BERLIN. Nov. 24. The Nord Deutsche Allegemelrwr Zeitung prints today the chief features of the naval budget. These provide for a total expenditure of 1108,500, 004. an increase of I7.OCO.000. The ship building and armament requirements are estimated at $60,875,000, an Increase of J5, 960.000. being necessitated by final appro priation for the construction of three new. battleships. The sin of $3,750,000 Is asked for the submarine construction experiments. The expenditure for naval artillery is esti mated at approximately $19,000,000. WOMAN NOT MRS. GUNNESS "ndlana Goose Officials on Wild Chase to Texas. KORT WORTH. Texas. Nov. 24. , Siieriff Antia. of La.. Porte. Ind.. and ex-Sheriff Smutzer. of the same place, who came to Fort Worth today to in vestigate the report that Mrs. B-He GtinnesH was living and in hiding near this city, returned tonight empty hundVd. the woman under suspicion not answer ing the description In any way of Mrs. Gunnesi. Ten People Viewing Fire Are In jured at Joplin. JOPL1N. Mo., Nov. . 24. TCn persons were injured, two probably fatally, in gas explosions that followed a fire in the Joplin Laundry tonight. Gas from a leaking main was Ignited. More than 1000 persons watched the fire, and a second explosion threw bricks, tim bers and broken machinery into the crowd, slrghtly Injuring ten men. DEATH CANCELS GAME Member of Iowa Football Team Dies of Injdrles. SIOUX CITY, la.. Nor. 84. The game between Morningslde and the University of South Dakota footbajl teams scheduled for tomorrow was called off on account of the death today of John Peters, a Morningslde layer. Peters was injured two weeks ago. TRAINS CRASH; TWO KILLED i (Continued From Flrat Page.) RECLAMATION ACT STAYS National Legislators Say Too Much Risk in Change. also saved, together with much of the baggage. The unlucky train crew on the pas senger engine., who were on special duty, are believed to have been killed outright. It was not possible to get the body of the engineer out of the wreck age. Search about the "wild" engine, which was totally wrecked, disclosed the engi neer and fireman to be so badly injured that death is believed to be a matter of only hours. One sleeper was saved from the Are, enough railroad men pushing and pull ing at the heavy car to move It to a place of safety. The passengers, many of them scan tily clad, are being taken care of at Ltnd. The telegraph operator at Llnd de clines to discuss the cause of the acci dent until an official Investigation Is made. CHEST OF FLOOD HAS PASSED Highest Point Reached by Willam ette at Albany 31 Feet. ALBANY, Or., Nov. .24. (Special.) The crest of the flood in the Willam ette. Is passing Albany tonight. .. The river is now at a standstill here, after reaching 31 feet above low water, the highest mark recorded here in six years. Twenty feet of the Benton County approach to the big Albany steel bridge floated away this afternoon Low land throughout this part of the state is flooded worse than In many years, and considerable stock Is report ed drowned. v Albany's waterfront was flooded all day today. Water three feet deep ran down parts of Water street, the thor oughfare next the river. The building containing the warehouse and office of the Willamette Valley Commission Company and the office of the Albany Herald has been entirely surrounded since morning. With water up to the bodies of the horses, team sters moved everything out of the Willamette Valley Commission Com pany's warehouse In advance of the rapidly rising waters. Employes of the Herald went to work In boats. A. iamiiy living just across ine river from this city stayed in their house too long to get out ahead of the water, and had to be taken out in boats this morning. Corvallis will be in darkness tonight and probably for several days. Several poles supporting the cables which transport electricity to Corvallis from the Albany power plant went down early this morning. It will be about ten days before the Corvallis & Eastern will be able to op erate trains to Detroit, trie eastern ter minus. Besides the loss of bents in the approaches of both the Mill City and Breitenbush bridges, the grade has been washed badly between Niagara and Berry. ' To take the place of the Albany Springfield train, which was marooned all day yesterday, the Lebanon train made a special run from Albany to Brownsville last night. Damage on the southern half of the Worfdburn-Natron line is being repaired rapidly, and it. Is expected that service on the Albany Springfield run will be normal by morning. River Falls at McMinnvlIle. MMINNVILLE, Or.. Nov. 24. (Spe cial.) After having attained a maximum height of nearly 39 feet . last night, the Surging Red Blood WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. 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Lack of poise and equilibrium in men Is a constant source of embarrassment, even when the public least suspects it. For the benefit of those who want a restoration to full, bound- injr health and ail the. happiness accompanying it, the following home treatment is given. It con- tains no opiates or habit-forming drugs whatever. Mix it at home T and no one will be the wiser as ? to your affliction. The treatment is slmDle. thor- T ough and correct. Leading drug gists supply the main tinctures, extracts and essences in one ounce bottles, ready to mix. Get three ounces syrup sarsaparilla compound, mix with one ounce compound fluid balmwort, and stand two hours. Add one ounce compound essence cardiol. and one ounce tincture cadomene compound (not cardamom). Shake well and take a teaspoonful after each meal and one at bedtime. The Ingredients are used for various prescriptions. , Streets and Roads Flooded. WALLOWA, Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) The heaviest rains In years are in prog ress here. The rainfall within the last 48 hours has been enormous. Streams are rising rapidly and streets and roads are flooded with surface water. Owing to the excellent drainage of the country, no dam age can result. SALEM'S LOSS ( IS $50,000 "Farmers in Lower Lands Are Forced f to Abandon Homes. SALEM. Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) The flood situation Is becoming more alarm ing. At 9 o'clock tonight' the river had reached the 27-foot 4 Inch stage, and, was rising at the rate of about five inche? an hour. A telephone n:essage from two miles south of the city this evening states that the river there is over a mile wide. A number, of farmers along the .low lands have abandoned their homes and moved their families to higher ground. Reports of damage by the flood are com ing in hourly, and It Is believed the loss ud to this time will exceed $50,000. There is nearly six feet of water in the office of "the Oregon City Transportation Com pany In this city. Miller brothers tried to cross the high bridge into Polk County today -with a team from the Gilliam livery stable. The water is flowing over the roadway on the Polk County end of the bridge, and" as the horses were driven into the water, tney lost their footing and tried to swim. Fearing the horses would be drowned, the men Jumped Into the water, cut the horses loose ar.d let the buggy go down stream. Both men and liorses reached dry land in safety. The bridge is now impassable. e: 3 Sacramento River Rises Fast. REDDING. Cal.. Nov. 24. The Sacra mento River now is 7 feet above its nor mal level and rising, fed by a steady rain. Landslides have caused some trouble on RIVER HIGH AT OREGON CITV Waters of Willamette Register 14 Feet and Rising. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 24. (Spe cial.) The waters of the Willamette River continued to rise here today, the upper river-coming up two-tenths of a foot since this morning, and the gauge now registers 14 feet. It is ex pected that there will be a rise of not less than two feet within the next 24 hours. The lower river rose two feet today, and is 36.5 feet elevation to night. , The entire plants of the Willamette CLOSED TODAY Thanksgiving Day Our Regular Friday Bargain Announcement Will Appear in Tomorrow's Morning Oregonian II Pulp & Paper Company and the Crown Columbia Pulp & Paper Company are shut down, and the pulp mill of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company has discontinued operations, though the machines are in operation. The Haw ley plant Is located on the east side of the river. More than 1000 men are out of employment, and work will not be resumed until about the first part of next week. tiniversities of Germany this past Summer -vas 1441, an increase of 3:::i over last Sum- AMllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiI!lllll!llII!lllllllllll!lillllIin TUREE ecl $5 with ev e r y suit p u rehas- here, we will give you your unre stricted choice of Men's Furnish ing . Goods to the amount of Every article in this de partment is new and up-to-date. For instance, all the newest designs in shirts; fine silk neckwear in the latest styles; a big line of underwear, com prising silk mercerized, all-wool cashmere and derby ribbed worsted, in tan, blue, white, pink and natural shades; all the new styles in hats, black and colors; socks in black, brown and fancy pat terns; fine line of suspen ders, silk mufflers, um brellas, etc. This extraordinary op portunity awaits you Fri day and Saturday. A Thanksgiving News Item Your Last Opportunity You have only two days more in which to take advantage of our liberal offer of Gents' Furnishing. Goods Free with the purchase of ev ery suit, at $15, $20, $25 and up to $40. Every suit sold here is guaranteed to give satisfaction. If it doesn't, bring it back within a year and we'll give you a new one free. Such high-class clothes at our ex tremely low prices make other deal ers scratch their heads! 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