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rORTLAXD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. L '0. I..fr47. HEAVY DOWNPOUR DOES BIG E Rainfall in Two Days Is 5.69 Inches. RISE OF RIYER IS CERTAIN Danger Stage of 15 Feet to Be Reached by Tomorrow. RAILROADS WASHED OUT (.nnllirrn Pacific TMverta Trains to West Side Line Suburban t'Aec trie Lines Hare Worst Trouble In History. TRATX sr.RVtrf: ox WUTKKRN PA111C ASM UH. All trmtn sarvlce on the Routhra Pacific, with tha sxptton of the Sbaata IJmlted. was annulled lata Bfct night. Tha northbound Shasta, doa bar at 2 SO yeatarday afi.moon. la ex pected to arrlva per over the West fide I:ne at 4 o'clock this morning. Tbe southbound Shasta, dna hara at IM P. ta atlll held north of KldsefleM. WasV. bot will likely ba released In tlma to ntar Portland and atari for California Iras thaa 13 hours lata. Train service Is Impaired, streetcar traffic Is demoralized, navigation In terests are threatened, property Is en dangered, streets are flooded, base ments are filled with water, sewers are broken, telephone and telegraph serv ice la crippled and homes are made des olate as the result of the continuous downpour of rain In Portland and Im mediate vicinity the past 4 hours. The total precipitation from the time the rainfall started, at S:60 Tuesday morning, until 7:40 last night, at which tour the Portland weather bureau took Its last sounding, was S.ti Inches. 4.10 Inches Kelt in CI Honrs. In the S4 hours ended at 5 P. M. yes terday the fall was 4.10 Inches. - This Is the heaviest 24-hour rainfall since January I and C. 1831. when a fail of (It Inches occurred. On recember II and U. MS:. a 24-hour rainfall of 7 44 Inches wa recorded and with these two txceptlons the rainfall for the 24-hour pelrod ended at 6 o'clock last night was the heaviest since the weather bureau was established In this city In 1179. The greatest rainfall In two consec utlve days also was December 11 and U. 1SS2. the precipitation from 11 P. af.. December 11. to 11 P. M.. Decern ber 13. being 10.7S Inches. The present storm Is not likely to approach that record. rltrlct Forecaster Beats predicted last night that the rainfall will con tinue) today but with less volume than during the past two days. He does not expect the precipitation of the next few days to produce a flood. The out look for a steady downpour la not threatening. However, the greatest danger Is from the certain rise in the river. The river has been rising at the rate of four Inches an hour since early yesterday morning and will continue to rise dur ing the next two days. It will reach stage of 13 feet In Portland this morning and IS feet by tomorrow aft ernoon or Saturday. At 6 P. M. yes terday It was 7.1 feet In Portland, a rise of S.t feet In eight hours. Cellars May Be Kkxxled. As IS feet Is the danger stage In Portland, it Is probable that the lower docks and cellars on Front street will be flooded tonight or tomorrow. Per sons having property likely to be dam aged by a IS-foot river are warned to take steps to protect It. Conditions are such as to preclude the probability of a record-breaking rise In the river. The high water mark was reached on February S. 1850. at IS. 7 feet. On February 7. 1SS1. It was 33.1 feet- The most recent flood record was :i.S feet on February 8. 1S07. The famous flood of June 1194. was not caused by rainfall but by melting snow. causing the Columbia to "back water" Into the lowlands along Its banks and those of the lower Willamette. Danger from the river la augmented by the snow that lay on the foothills and bottom lands before the rain be gan. Several Inches of snow covered the Coast Range when the warm wea ther broke. The depth In the Cascades exceeded that. The streams now have to carry the present rainfall, as well as the melting snow. As the Columbia Is comparatively low It will carry all the water emptied Into It by the Wll- rrnta and there Is no danger of back water from that source. Portland seems to be the center of the storm area. Reports received at the Weather Bureau all day yesterday Indicate that the precipitation was heaviest In tha Immediate vicinity of this city. The Willamette Valley suf fered more than did the Columbia wa tershed and the Puget Sound country, although the rainfall In both those sec tions was sufficient to cause damage by dirt and rock slides along the rail roads. Because) the flood has not been gen eral In the Fpper Willamette Valley DIG ACeaelvUed aa 'ae a. 16 MEN IN SINKING CRAFT OFF BLANCO SCHOONER LAKME WRECKED, LIFEBOAT DASHED TO PIECES. Wireless Ruf.hes Three Steamers to Aid of Vessel, but Rescue Is Im ,poflble In Raging Sea. MARSIIFIELP. Or.. Jan. It. (Via Wireless to Seattle.) Sixteen men seem doomed to death on' the steam schooner Lakme. lumber laden, which la drifting helplessly toward Cape Blanco In one of the fiercest hurricanes known to the Coast. Wireless messages from the Im periled craft to Cape Blanco rushed the Standard Oil tank ateam Asuncion, the Dassenser stesmer Watson and the steamer Argyll to Its aid. but rescue of the captain and-crew of 15 Is impos sible In the face of the driving gaie and waves that tower mountain high. The Lakme attempted to put out a lifeboat, but the frail craft was smashed against the side of the steamer ojr hurtling waves. Then a line was passed successfully from the sinking schooner to the steamer Aatson. nui before any of the crew could leave the hawser parted. The steamer Asuncion then left the scene of danger, but the Nation ana Argyll are standing by. although they hve abandoned all hope of saving the crew. The Lakme was bound for San rran- cieco from Coos Bay- with a cargo of lumber. The vessel became water logged yesterday and early this morn ing Its plight was most perilous. The wireless operator sent signals or distress to Cape Blanco and from that point the signal, "a O. S." was dis patched to all vessels within hearing, rushing three vessels to the aid of the Lakme. The last wireless report from the res cuing steamers said that the Lakme'a cargo was being thrown overboard and that preparations were under way to make a second desperate attempt to launch a lifeboat in the raging sea. The Lakme Is in command of Captain Malmgren. GIRL'S INJURIES AVENGED IVirn.l Thrashes Man Who Threw Hot Water on Her; Pyi Fine. M ED FORD. Or.. Jan. IS. (Special.) Under the Impression that the proper uthorltlee were not taking sufficient Interest In the scalding of Miss M. L. Smith bv William de Boboam in me latter home at Jacksonville. imam Cook, of that place, today found De Roboam and thrashed him. then went voluntarily before Justice of the Peace H. G. Dox. told his story and paid fine. .Mine Smith, who waa confined to the Southern Oregon Hospital for several weeks following the scalding, has re fused to prosecute De Roboam, saying that he did not know that the watir was hot when he threw It on her. She brtv cnn.i havinsr to undergo a painful skin grafting operation aa al most all the flesh was peeled from her back and hands by the deluge of scald Ins water. Notwithstanding the girl's protests and the fact that he has reived minlshment at the hands nr rook. n Roboam will be made to teu bis story of the affair by District At torney B. F. Mulkey. S5 EGG NOW PRIZE CHICK isolation of Blue Ribbon Pullet Takes Place In Eight Months. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 1. Special.) From a SS egg In June to blue ribbon winning White w yan- dotte pullet In January Is tha record of chicken owned by Dr. H. A. Loun- agln. of Pomeroy. who has an exhibit the Walla Walla Valley Poultry Show. The pullet was awarded the rst prise this morning. In June Dr. Loundagln purchased one gg at the coat of 15. The egg was set and hatched in due time and aa a result Dr. Loundagln has a fowl that scored 4H. Judges Dixon and Col or both agree that this Is the best- ooped show that they ever saw on the Pacific Coast. MORE SCHOOL DAYS ADDED BUI Would Abolish Holidays, So Far as Pupils Are Concerned. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or- Jan. It. (Special.) Representative Neunera standing among the school children of the state will depreciate about 100 per cent If the bill be Introduced In tha House today becomes a law. The meas ure proposes to abolish all school holt days. In this It does not even except Washington's birthday or Arbor day. It provides, however, that on these two days exercises appropriate to the occa sion shall be held In the schools. Provision is made that general elec tion or primary day. where the-teacher Is a legal voter, school may be, closed at 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon to en able the teacher to vote. DRIVERS WHO DRINK TABOO Washington Senator Also Opposes Oysters In Foreign Shells. OLTMPIA. Jan. 18. Among the bills Introduced in the Senate today are measures providing for the licensing of automobile drivers and making it a misdemeanor for an Intoxicated' person to drive a machine. War on Eastern oysters has been started by the. introduction of a bill which makes It a misdemeanor to sell oysters on the half shell, unless the oyster owns the shell. BORAH'S REPORT IS HOVELTO SENATE Popular Election Reso lution First Made. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTS Favorable Recommendation Made and Speeches Follow. VOTE IS NOT EXPECTED Idaho Man s Report Points Ont Clearly Reasons Why it Is Ad vlsable to Change Method of Electing; Senators. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 18. .Never, until Senator Borah, of Idaho, made a favorable, re port from the committee on Judiciary tew days ago, has the United States Senate had before it for. action a Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Federal Constitution providing for the popular election of Senators. Time and again this subject has been discussed In the Senate, but never with a resolution of this character pending. While there appears to be no prospect whatever that the Senate, before March 4, will vote upon the pending resolution, there will be a number of speeches In Its favor, and the progress made this session will be a stepping stone toward further action In the 2d Congress. In past Congresses, resolutions propos ing such an amendment to the Constitu tion have passed the House of Repre sentatives, and similar resolutions have been Introduced In the Senate, but never have any of them. In the past, been favorably acted ,upon by a committee of the Senate. Now. however, with senti ment In favor of the popular election of Senators spreading from- one end of the country to the other, the friends of the proposed change have determined to force action, and. the report made by Senator Borah Is the start In that direction. Vote May Be Reached. This resolution, having been favorably reported, another favorable report prob ably can be secured early In the next Congress, and If the fight starts early enough. It Is quite possible that a vote may be reached In the Senate during the next long session. The vote may or may not be favorable, but It may be set down for a fact that If this resolution once passea the Senate, It will go through the House In a hurry, and the Legislatures of the respective states will then have opportunity to vote upon this much-discussed change. The report made by Senator Borah points out concisely the reasons why It Is advisable to change the manner of electing Senators, and while no specific reference Is made. It Is understood from the text that the pending Lorlraer case Is to be depended upon as one of the strongest arguments In support of the resolution. Report Is Reviewed. From the report of Senator Borah th following extracts ere taken: It has (been urged that If the method of electing Senators Is chsnged then we (Concluded on Page S. ,........ i j - DEMOCRATIC HARMONY. t WW ft?iSVA&E4 V1? PAIfJOV IS. BUT J v TS HVty Tff I THMC 8ST J To S?ct TrtF fr- GAfSAT A , S t I. ( StHSC(.ei ALL. A7 ICJL f I ' Vjcr- ; mrh- 5 disk . ? , . ......... ...'...v "A THE OREGONIAN'S ESTAB LISHMENT. The Oregonian, which a half century ago was. printed on a small hand press, now possesses one of the. most modern news paper plants in the United States. An interesting; page in the Fiftieth Anniversary Edi tion, to be printed February 4, will be filled with pictures showing busy scenes in the vari ous departments of this news paper. Especially to those un familiar with the establishment of a metropolitan newspaper, will this page be of interest. Although the Anniversary Edition will be much larger than previous special numbers, which have usually been pub lished on January 1, there will be no increase in price. The An niversary Edition will be sold for 5 cents a copy. All persons desiring extra copies of this number, which will contain more than 100 pages, should send in their or ders now. An immense edition will be printed, but the demand will be so large that, to be ab solutely sure of getting as many copies as desired, orders 6hould be placed at once. The postage on the Anniver sary Edition will be 7 cents in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Island posses sions; 14 cents to all other countries. BIGAMIST BARBER PLEADS No Compromise for Him When Wife No. 1 Sees o. 2 With Spouse. EVERETT. Wash., Jan. 18. (Special.) James B. Dyson, a barber of Snohomish, was held to the Superior Court today in the sum of $1000, on a charge of bigamy preferred by his first wife, who says.she married him March 11, 1907, at Lents, Or., and had"- never been divorced from him, although she left him four months after marriage apd "has made her home with her parents. Dyson admitted on the stand that he married Rose. Ernst, in Tacoma, since his marriage to the first Mrs. Dyson. Mrs. Dyson suddenly appeared at Sno homish last night and found that Dyson had been living with a comely young woman. This forenoon an effort was made by Dyson to arrange matters by giving his wife a certain sum of money and alimony, upon condition that she sue for a divorce and drop the bigamy prose cution. Wife No. 2 la said to have had a "brain .storm" when she learned of wife No. L and Dy son will have her on his trail also. It Is said they met at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition and it was a case of love at first sight. - LEGISLATORS ARE GUESTS Salem Board of Trade Bines Solons at New Hotel Marlon. SALEM. Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Members of the Legislature and promt-; nent visitors were entertained by the Salem Board of Trade tonight at the Hotel Marlon, the purpose of the ban quet being to gain a better, feeling between the legislators and Marlon County and to offer the visitors a formal Introduction to the new hotel. More than 250 were in attendance. Toasts were responded to by Justice McBrlde, Judge P. H. D'Arcy, William Hansen, Mayor Louis Lachmund, Colonel E. Hofer and J. H. Ackerman. of Salem; Edgar B. Piper, Seneca Fouts and D. C. Lively, of Portland; John P. Rusk, Speaker of the House; F. W. Jobleman. "Astoria, and .Mr. Der by, of Hood River. MANY VOTES SOLD E Grand Jury Lifts Lid to See Rank Corruption. MONEY BAIT FOR FOREIGNERS Over 500 Bought Votes in Dan ville Alone in 1910. COLORED VOTE IN MARKET Buyers of Votes, Assured of Immu nity, Rejoice at Inquiry Which Is Likely to AWect 3500 Men,. Surpassing Ohio Crimes. DANVILLE, 111.. Jan. 18. (Special.) Vermilion County, the home of Speaker Cannon, is at the present standing directly over a seething, hiss ing volcano, which threatens to erupt at any moment and blow the whole political machinery of the district Into' shreds. The "volcano" Is personified In 23 grand Jurymen who are sitting" In session In the Courthouse here. Under their sworn oath, these men are to lrfvestlgate the wholesale buy ing and selling of votes In the county. It takes but a single rift In the thin cru"st that now overlies the surface and an election fraud scandal far overshadowing 'the Adams County, Ohio, sensation will be bared. Sitnation Is Serious. Everywhere among politicians and business, men, the situation is re garded as more than serious.' No one denies that elections In Danville and In the county for years have been lit tle more than farces. In Danville alone, the "bought vote" in the' last election was more than 500, While an other 1000 might be added for outside townships. 3500 votes In all. The colored vote is switched by money like leaves In a wind. The for eign miners are led to .the polls with money as their bait. . Conditions at the Soldiers' Home also need investigation, it is said. Foreman Woodyard fully realizes the great task that lies before the grand Jury. When Circuit Judge R. E. Ximbrough de livered his instructions he told the Inquisitorial body that It must act as It saw fit In the Inquiry Independent of further instructions by the court and without direction from State s Attorney Lewman. . 100 Witnesses Sought. The grand Jury proposes to issue 100 subpenas at once for witnesses who are said to have knowledge of "bought votes." The elections subject to inquiry are the primary of September IS. 1910. and the regular election of November 8, 1910, In which Joseph G. Cannon was re-elected. The Ministerial Associa tion of Danville has taken a hand and Is said to have furnished a list of vote- buyers to the state's attorney. The evidence includes the towns of West- ville. Grass Creek, Belgium and Ridge Farm and charges are declared to be (Concluded on Page 4.) NGAI.N0N S FOUR BOYS HOLD UP GIRL IN STORE SAX FRAXCISCO TOUXGSTERS ROB CHILD OF 14 YEARS. While Two Hold Her, Others Empty Till Stolen Money Is Spent at Bathhouse. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. (Special.) Four boys, who have confessed to holding up and robbing a 14-year-old girl, while she was In charge of her father's grocery, were arrested early this morning and are being held at the Juvenile Detention Home. They are Derwood Weaver, Martin Herman, Da vid Lefkewltz, each 16 years old, and Abe Lefkewltz, 15 years. The young victim of the boy foot pads is Annie Holden, daughter of John Holden, who keeps a store at 125 San Carlos avenue. Little Annie Holden was alone in the store when four boys entered. They cautioned the girl not to make an out cry. Two of the boys held the girl while the other two rifled the till, tak ing $2.15. After the youths had departed the girl gave the alarm of robbery and a search was made for the boys. They were found on Bryant street this morn ing by Policemen Louis Cornelius and Leo Bunner and taken to the Central police station. The youths readily admitted having participated In the holdup and said that they had gone to the Lurllne baths immediately after the robbery and had spent the money there. They declared that Abe Lefkewltz had planned the robbery. David Lefkewltz and Martin Herman admitted holding the girl, while the other two lads confessed to robbing the till. MAROONED JTOURISTS SUE Road Manager Declines toPay Ho tel Bills When Train Stalls. RENO, Nev., Jan. 18. (Special.) A suit for damages against the Nevada- Callfornla-Oregon Company Is to be In stituted by nine passengers who were marooned by the snow storm in one of the trains of the company on the Mad eline Plains. The railroad is charged with negligence by the passengers, who, upon reaching Reno last night. placed their case in the hands of an attorney. The marooned train left Alturas Sat urday morning and, besides the coaches, carried eight carloads of cattle. At Termo, 50 miles from Alturas. the train froza to the track Saturday evenlngi the crew started to Amtdee for oil and water, but the engine went dead. A relief engine finally took the pas sengers to Madeline and .they were to start for Reno Sunday. Manager Dun away countermanded the order and also refused to pay hotel expenses. Hay was fed to the cattle, but exposure killed two of them. The cattle were owned by Miller & Lux. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49 degrees; minimum. 35 degrees TODAY'S Occasional rain; southwesterly winds. Legislature. Senate passes Income tax resolution. Page 6. United States Senator Bourne is excoriated on floor of Oregon Senate. Pag? 1. Seattle Representative proposes to divide Washington Into five Congressional dli trlcts. Page 7. 1 National. Keport or Senator Carters Irrigation com mittee is farce. Page 5. Burrows and Borah speak on opposite sides oC Lorlmer case. Page 5. Portland suffers by Senate subcommittee's plan to drop new project amendments to river and naroor bin. Page '. Borah's report favoring popular election of Senators unique In foenate. Page 1. Interstate Commission will suspend advance In Western rates; labor indorses advance. Page 4. Gold and silver production in Oregon sta tionary. Page 13 Politics. New York Senatorial deadlock continues and talk is o compromise candidate. Page 2. Both Smith and Woodrow Wilson seem likely to be defeated in New Jersey. Page 2. Domestic. Four boys hold up 14-year-old girl in charge of store. Page 1. - Evelyn Arthur See says he Is prophet through whom spirit speaks; mob gath ers at trial. Page 3. Dynamite explosion In Keating mine, near Helena. Mont., kills s. possibly 8. men. Page 3. Ely in airship lands on deck of warship; feat Is first of kind. Page 3. Mrs. Schenk collapses during trial for poi soning. Page 4. Grand Jury in Cannon's county in Illinois Investigates wholesale selling of votes. Page 1. Hebrews decide to hold next conference in Cincinnati in 1U13. Paje 0. Sports. AfcCredle gets pitcher Lamline to replace Gregg. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. White woman marries Chinaman at Vancou ver. Page 7. Pacific Highway Association In sessslon at Olympia Indorses international road from Canada down coast. Page S. Steam schooner Lakme sinking oft Cape Blanco; 36 men seem doomed to death though two steamers stand by. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Local wheat steady on small transactions. Page 19. Poor flour trade in East depresses wheat at Chicago. Page lu. Record -breaking sales in New York hond market. Page 19. Good cattle demand at Portland stockyards. Pago 18. Travel by steamers beyond Oregon City locks is blocked by flood. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Bay City probable terminus of 1 Tillamook line. Page 12. Technical arguments consume day in Rosen berg case. Page 18. Oregon cities cannot hold special elections under local option law. Page 12. Heavy rainfall does much damage; Willam ette is rising rapidly. Page 1. Dr. Wetherbee gives outline of Architect Bennett's "City Beautiful" plan in ad dress before Civic Improvement League. Page 14. Eastern women want to marry Oregon men. Page 14. Portland Young Women's Christian Asso ciation is second largest iu world. Page 14. . i DERIDED ON SENATE FLOOR 'Blatherskite 'Pirate' Are Terms Used. OREGON SYSTEM IS SCORNED Malarkey Hails Him "Mentally and Morally Unfit."1 KELLAHER INTRIGUE SEEN Portland Lawmaker Accused of Jug glery in I'rging Resolution. Bowerman Refers to Ilold-Up Session in Sharp Speech. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Riddled by invective in the State Senate this afternoon, Jonath an Bourne, Jr., United States Senator, was hailed by Carson, of Marlon, as "the most picturesque political pirate and blatant blatherskite that ever came to the State of Oregon;" was made the object of Bowerman's biting sarcasm; was termed "mentally and morally un fit" by Malarkey and held up to ridi cule by many of the other Senators. Not a word was raised in his defense. The attack grew out of a resolution Introduced several days ago by Kel laher in which Oregon is declared tc have "the best system of governmenl In the world." The resolution was de feated by a divided House. Not for many sessions has there been such a sensational meeting in the Sen ate and practically all day war clouds hovered over Kellaher's resolution and Jonathan Bourne. Intrigue by Kellaher Alleged. Kellaher was accused of holding ur, the report of the resolutions committee until he could secure the services of a stenographer to place all of the Sena tors on record In expressing theii views' on the resolution. Many of the lawmakers were open !n their assertion to the effect, declaring that the sole purpose of putting the resolution up to the Senate was po litical, that it was an attempt to olace ' some of the Senators "In a hole," as Nottingham expressed it, and they kc cused Kellaher of exercising political Jugglery in this respect. Malarkey endeavored to obtain an amendment to the resolution, striking out reference to the Oregon system as being the best in the world, and replace it by a statement to the effect that the Legislature commends the Oregon sys tem to other states.. , '"I don't wish to vote on a resolution that will bring odium upon the state," declared Malarkey, after e had spent, several minutes in recounting his ef forts to aid in the adoption of the initiative, referendum, recall and other progressive laws. "The men who In sist on the passage of this resolution are not real friends of the system. I say to you, who are constrained to have this settled one 'way or another, that you are Insincere. Are you not traitors to the system, when you take the atti tude that you do now?" Bourne Ad. Is Seen. Nottingham declared that he could not believe the resolution was Intro duced for the benefit of any other state in the Union. "It was done for political advertising and for another reason it was 'intro duced to put some of us 'in a hole.' I think voting favorable on such a reso-, lution would be degrading ourselves and prostituting our offices. I believe It is another one of the schemes, adopt ed by one of our high officers, as you know who is one of the worst machine politicians in the state, to advertise himself as the great 'I am." He is ad vertising himself as the author of statement No. 1, as the author of this system of government In Oregon, and the resolution, I believe, was framed. for his benefit. I don't believe in play ing to the galleries, and furthermore. I don't believe that the author ot tna resolution had good intentions in in troducing it." Bowerman Reviles Bourne. MeCulloch of Baker declared that as member of the minority party, he would stand by the resolution as it stood. Following MeCulloch, Bower man made the most striking speech of the day, ridiculing Bourne. Bowerman said in part: "Mr. President, there is one person In the land who is the chief product or the so-called Oregon system, and he Is likewise the chief beneficiary of It, and would respectfully ask that before this resolution is passed and before it is sent to the several legislatures in other states, that our senior senator at Washington be attached to It as exhibit A, together with a full statement of ail his views and convictions, both publfo and private, and a detailed and truthful statement of the things he did In Ore gon before he was"lected to the Sen. ate and of the things he has failed to do for this state since his election. ."Hold-t'p" Session Recalled. I would request that the history of the notorious holdup session In 1897 and the lewdness and corruption pro moted and brought on by him; all the pergonal debauchery brought about and procured by him in the Eldrldge block, and all the bribery and corruption par- (Concluded on Page 6.) .