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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1911)
THURSDAY. J AN TJ ART 19. 1911. , "17 ,,jiuiiiLiiiiiuuijiiMlllllMM ' mLMMI.MIIWIIW ' g M U It I KWtli 1 A ."V, HEAVY DOWNPOUR DOES BIO DAMAGE Willamette Rising Rapidly and Is Expected at Danger Stage Tomorrow. RAILROADS WASHED OUT Southern Taclflc Routes Trains by West Side Route Suburban Lines Experience Worst Trouble In History. (Tontlnced frem first rQ or on Und drained by tributaries of the river, the rise In the stresm will not he sudden, but gradual. There will be no crest of the flood. While river traffic has suffered from the constantly rising water and the probable necessity of closing the lories at Oregon City, rail lines, both steam and electric, also have been seriously damaged. The Southern Pacific has suffered se verely. A wsshout feet long was re ported one and a half miles south of Salem yesterday morning. Assistant General Manager Buckley, with a crew of men. started at onre to make re pairs. Traffic was suspended and all service was Irregular. Train ISO. IS. mat left here at l:Ji yesterday morn ing, was dctoured over the West Side division and moat of the service during the day was handled In this wsy. The northbound trains, too. were brought In over the West Side line until last night, when all trains excepting the tfnasta Limited were annulled. It Is expected that service can be resumed tlay. Several damaging washouts occurred on the line near this city. A rock slide covered the track between Alblna and St. Johns for a few hours yester day morning. This was repaired. Other sources of trouble were reported fre quently. Traffic from Puget Found also suf fered. The earliest damage waa done near the Columbla-Rlver bridge yes terday morning, delaying trains on the ihna lines the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the O.-W. R. N. using that structure. The southbound Phasta Limited was held behind a bad washout near Rldgafleld. Service over the North Bank and O.-W. R. N. lines east also was Impaired, but less serious than some of the others. The Portland electric railway system was not without Its troubles. The pres ent difficulty la the worst In the com pany's history. All the construction gangs have been ordered to keep the track In repair. The Oregon City line went out of commission last night. The tracks near Rock leland station are washed out. The low lands In the Imme llate. vicinity are flooded. Farmers liv ing nearby have fears for their stock. Pome of them are moving their rattle out of the stables and driving them to the higher ground. The United Railways system Is knocked rut. No regular service hss been oper ated for nearly U hours. Some of the big fills on that Une are threatened. The riaremont Tavern, acroas the rtver from St. Johns. 1 flooded. The kitchen In the basement ha two and a half fret of water on the floor. No meals are being served. The St. Johns rock-crusher Is washed out. Four feet of water covers the connecting road. The Ferry Kx change saloon Is doing business with two feet of water fen the floor. The bartend ers are serving drinks with their feet encased in rubber boots. City property that Is built upon fllled-tn ground la In Imminent danger of being swept out. At several places the situa tion Is particularly serlou Residents of the vicinity of Fourteenth and College streets abandoned their homes yesterday morning, following a terrific rock slide, fearing that they might be swept away. Some of the new terrace work on the tin. r th rireinn Electric In the Fulton riimrlct has been damaged. Two feet of Hin h. been washed down, filling the lawns of the neighborhood, and some of It entering the cellars. The police are on guard to assist people In the event of further destruction. At East Forty-fifth and Belmont street last n'.aht a stream of water a root ceep caused residents of that district to use pumps In the effort to keep their cellars from being flooded. xi, dirt fill over the- Wood-street i.i-h. between Front and First streets, In South Portland, has been partially washed away. The property la In bad condition. If the floods continue It may go out any moment. As all the South Portland cars run over the Front-street tra-ks. thla service will be Dsaiy crippiea If the Mil Is further weaneneu. Mud Slide Covers Track. " A mud slide on the O.-W. R. X. at Taylor. 22 miles east of Portland, at 10:30 last night, covered the tracks to . .tenth of 20 feet for 130 feet and tr.rrir- will be delayed for at least II hours. The Chicago special, bound for Portland and other trains from the east, will be held on the other side of the slide until the track Is clear. A iw.t was aent out of Portland last nirht to brlnsr the marooned passe n gers of the Chicago special Into the Th boat will arrive about noon. Train No. 4. which left Portland at o'clock, and train No. 1J. which left at t o'clock, were turned back, fcieara shovels from The Dalles and Alblna were sent to the slide last night to rlar the track. Mud elides delayed the trains to and from Seattle for several hours. Had It not been for the double tracks north of Vancouver traffic would have been suspended, aa one of the tracks was burled for the time being. It waa reported late last night that either a slide or washout at Hard n blockaded the North Bank road and re ports Indicate that traffic will be sus nenried on the Southern Pacific today, which leaves Portland entirely shut off from the outside world except tor the Northern Pacific running north. A elide near Llnnton yesterday after noon caused the United Railways to auspend traffic beyond that place, and the Oregon Electric waa cut off by high water at Beaverton. Between Portland and Greaham most of the fork is reported under water and there Is little hope of keeping up traf fic until the flood subsides. LI.XX'S I.OWUXPS 'IXl'X DATED Willamette at Albany Rises Sl Feet In IS Hours. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. Is. (Special.) Rising six Inches an hour the Wil lamette River Is now IS feet above low water mark and within five feet of flood stage here. It has rl?n six feet since this morning and 11 feet since the rain began. The entire waterfront will be Inundated tomorrow. It is estimated that the river may reach SO feet here. The Sanllaro and Calapoola Rivers have been at flood atage all day and the SanUara has swept away consid erable cordwood and aome fences. All streams In this part of the state are badly flooded. While the rivers are no higher than In former floods, the present storm Is notable In that lowlands are Inundated much worse than In any flood In years. This Is due to the unprecedentedly heavy rains. There has been a heavy rainfall here almost all day. though not so heavy as yesterday, when the fall of J.0 Inches In the 54 hours pre ceding S o'clock this morning broke all records. Not a southbound train has reached Albany since midnight last night. Northbound trains were held nere mis forenoon but were finally sent to Port land over the Corvallls & Eastern and West Side. Fifty feet of track on the main line of the Southern Pacific two miles north of Albany was washed out of position last nl-ht but a big crew repaired this snomy aner An overflow from tho Santlam Canal flooded streets and walks In the south ern part of Albany all day. There was four feet of water in some oasemein. School was dismissed today both at Albany College and the Central Public School because water nooaeu in ur nsces. v-amlliea are reported marooned in sections northeast of this elty along the Willamette and much loss win resun from the drowning of livestock that could not be removed to places 01 safety. Several re sen Ins- parties lert nere m morning In boats to lend what assist ance they could to families Xkely to be In danger from the rising water. The Cor allls & Eastern Kaiirnaa bridge over the Ysaulna River at Ed- dwiile went out this morning. ine eastbound Yaqulna train Is on the west side' of the break. Trarnc win do maintained by sending a train from Albany to exchange passengers wiin the marooned train over the wagon bridge at Eddyville. LOCKS TO BE CLOSED TODAT Oregon CUy Threatened With Isola tion by Flood Waters. OREOON CITr. Or, Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Thla city and .surrounding country Is fast In the grip of the heaviest rain storm that has been known here In many years. In the last 24 hours 3.S0 Inches of rain has fallen. The upper river haa risen from 11.1 feet yesterday to 68.1 feet today and the locks will be closed tomorrow. Reports are reaching this city from every direction-telling of the devas tating effects of the storm. Several small bridges and culverts have washed out on the Southern Pacific tracks north and south of Oregon City and one bridge went out at Clackamas Station this afternoon. The track of the Port land Railway. Light A Power Company from Naef to Boardman Is under wa ter and car service Is cut off this side of Jennlnsrs Lodge. Conditions are. worst on this line between Concord and Rlsler. On the rsr rearhlng Oregon City from Port land at & o'clock this afternoon a trap door over the forward motor waa burst open, flooding the car and drenching some of the passengers, r laicars lorra- Ing a chain four blocks long were taken up tonight and placed on the Canemah walk to keep It from noat lnir away. The office and freight sneas or xno Portland Railway. Light Power Company In the south end of the city were flooded suddenly this atternoon. the turbulent water rushing down from the south end rosd and through Third street past the brick mill into the Willamette River. It Is not likely. however, that conditions In this par ticular locality will become worse than they are at present, so long as a drain for the water can be provided. The bridge over the Madison-street. canyon In Kansas City Addition Is In danirerous condition and haa been closed to traffic. A huge landslide of many tons of earth, carrying treee and stumps, struck the underpinning of the structure last night, carrying out two bents and making the bridge unsaie. The cltr authorities closed It today. Water coming down the hill past tne Seventh-street steps played havoc with a big electric light pole and threatened to throw It down, but a gang oi men made It faat and a watch will be kept UDon It. The School Directors nave piacea nlghtwatchman at the Barclay School building, where water has flooded the basement, and a wotchman has been stationed at the Abernethy bridge. The upper pulp mill and the grinders will be shut down tomorrow on the West Side of the river. Unless the water suo aidea tomorrow Oregon City will be virtually Isolated until the ' flood re cedes. TRACKS COVERED WITH SAND Northern Pacific Expects to Open Way North by Daylight. TACOMA. Wash, Jan. IS. (Special.) 4wlnz to landslides on the track. trains from Portland tonight are 12 to IS hours late, none having arrived since 3 So P. M. In places the rails are cov ered from two to four feet deep with sand and gravel and about 2oU men have been sent out to clear tne xraexs. Northern Pacific officials expect to have trains through by daylight. The slides vary from 60 to 200 feet in length, the most serious being between Kidirefleld and Fellda. where nearly five feet of dirt covers a 200-foot stretch of track. Other slides of less consequence are reported between Castle Rock and Tll lacoom. and also between Kelso and Tlllacoom. MARYS RIVER IS OX RAMPAGE Corvallls Streets and Basements Are Vnder Water. COR V ALU S. Or.. Jan. It. (Special.) Rain has been falling here for the past 24 hours. The sewers and ditches of the city cannot carry . away the Im mense amount of water, and basements are everywhere flooded. From 8 A. M. Tuesday to 8 A. I. Wednesday 3.4 inches of water has fallen here, and from i A. M. today to 3 P. M. tonight 1.2 Inches of water has fallen. The Willamette is rising at the rate of a foot an hour. Marys River Is on a rampage and flowing with a current that caused it to snoot entirely across the Willamette and la two feet higher In the thread of the stream than on the edges. It Is expected that Marys River will reach the highest point In its history. ICE COMES DOWN COLUMBIA River Is Rising; an Inch an Hour at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Kaln has been pouring down the past 24 hours, and the Columbia River Is rising an inch an hour. Tne stream for more than a quarter of a mile Is filled with large fields of Ice. All river steamers have returned to their docks In Portland until the stream Is clear. Several streets In Vancouver are flooded, and the section near the public library la inundated. This part of the city wss to have been drained by a sewer last year, but at a special elec tion the bonda were voted down. a papers-a world lOT EOOO. WT evil f fore I t , An Announcement from Collier's You breathe newspapers." Every day you take into your system their state ments, their opinions, their pictures of life. You are largely formed by them. On the other hand, you help to create them. Your habits, your tastes, your wishes, de termine their course. How much do you know about them? Practically nothing. COLLIER'S believes that the public ought to be in closer touch with these sources of opinion and power. We have decided, therefore, to make the great feature of Collier's, all through 1911, a series of articles on the newspaper as one of the leading forces in modern society. We shall give the history of the news paper; show why free government could not exist without it; describe the value of yellow journalism, and its harm. We shall answer such questions as "What is News?" We shall explain the forces which a newspaper is compelled to face, including the financier, the advertiser, and the general reader. Part of the series will be. written by experts from the inside. Part will present the views of outsiders'. We shall take up journalism in various specific places. Residents of Boston, San Francisco, Charleston, Chicago, and many other towns and cities, will not only learn new things about their newspapers, but will tell us what they think about them. Will Irwin, after a year and a half of investigation, starts with a series of four teen articles, which will begin in COLLIER'S for January 21st and will appear about every other week. It would be easy to "muckrake" American journalism to take an instance here, a defect there, and by massing detri mental truths present a picture of a press untrue to its ancient tribunate of the people. COLLIER'S has avoided that. We have tried to take the broad view of jour-y nalism, the virtues with the defects. The series is intense with interest holds you by its humor and drama. For we are dealing with the most romantic calling of modern times. Stories -of the crises in journalism; glimpses of great characters hidden from the public view in the anonymity which clouds the profes sion; intimate discussion of the failings and strengths of individual American, newspapers perhaps your own paper, make these articles as interesting as they are important. It is a many-sided subject, entertaining, vital. We have taken such precautions to cover it. fully that the American people at the end of 1911 will understand the press better than they understand it to-day. They will read it more intelli gently. They will control it more effectually. Jan. SI. Feb. 4. 18. Mar. 4. The Power of the Press The Dim Beginnings The Fourth Current The Spread and Decline of Yellow Journalism Mar. Apr. May 18. 1. 22. 6. 20. What is News? The Editor and the News The Reporter and the News "All the news that's fit to print ' The Advertising Influence June S. The Unhealthy Alliance 17. "Our Kind of People" July 1. The Foe from Within 8. The New Era 22. The Voice of a Generation H iiuuiuftuoui !,,-.: J I Kt,t ste-i Corporation. received the proposed agricultural experiment day. the precipitation dur.ng the 2K p f 1 1 1 T T I P T I fl fl 1 1 T III I "t 5clSd theS? JudaVm m new "resfdeot, wi.lTecelve only $50 .000 station In Harney Valley, a bill for hours ending at 6 o'clock this evening U'U LL LL LflJ tlJtloJi soon cease The finance committee which will be presented in the lsls- belng S.4J inches. 71 1 1 fl I I I I . I I I M i ll , Z IZI force without these mis- Mr. Farrell's salary at this figare. )ature y senator Parrish and Repre- Rain Vnccoslng at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 18. (Special.) There was a steady downpour of rain here during the greater portion of to- 1'IEKCE FLOOD GRIPS SALEM Aged Man Drowns In Mill Creek; Many Flee) From Homes. bai.fM. rr.. Jan. IS. (Special.) The steady downpour of rain for the last 48 hours has caused one or tne niosi ois astrous floods experienced by 8alem In many years. The streets in every sec tion of the city resemoie nr. vn Joshua Smith, aged 6. Is known to have lost his life In Mill Creek and hundreds narrowly escaped with their lives. Aiaay rescues navo uccu during the last 11 hours by the police and firemen. ' Residents of the eastern section vi . i i t. flA4 from their homes. some of whloh were damaged to a great extent. raciicajiy " w ... the city have been washed away or damaged to such an extent that they are Impassable. Southern Paolfio trains, southbound, have been tied up on ac- . .ahnii(i . ml traffic la at a standstill. The situation is becoming . l 1 -1m- a more alarming nuunj. -. damage done thus far Is about $66,000. Joshua Smith, the man thought to hare been drowned, was on his way to Salem to Join his aged wife. His horse drifted down stream and was shot by the Chief of Police. Smith lost his hold on the rope thrown to him by rescuers and disappeared In the torrent. Several bodies are being held at the morgue of this city for burial, owing to the fact that the graves have been filled with water during the heavy rain fall for the past 48 hours. YAMHILL STREAMS OVERFLOW Precipitation at McMlnnvllle Over Four Inches In 24 Hoars. MMINKVILLE. 'Or.. Jan. 18. (Spe clal )A record-breaking rainfall of 4.0 inches during the past 10 hours, carrying oil a previous fall of snow. Is bringing streams throughout this section up to the danger point. The Yamhill River at this place Is J7.5 feet and rising at a rate of more than one foot an hour, flooding the ad jacent lowlands. Farmers are appre hensive, and are moving their stock from the stream's course to higher levels. Banker Credits ex-President With Tolerance. BELIEF PUT INTO ACTION said, "I have for the old forms as our fathers practiced them. Judaism In American surroundings would soon cease to be a living force without these mis sionariesas I have styled them equip ped at and sent out from the Ameri can Hebrew College." Steel President Gets $50,000. NEW YORK. Jan. 18. Although Charles M. Schwab and William E. Harney Wants Experiment Station. BLTV"3. Or, Jan. IS. (Special.) The Harney County Commissioners' Court at the session Just closed made an ap propriation of $15,000. to be used as far as necessary in the purchase of land and construction ot aunqjnjj w When her child Is In danger a woman will risk her life to protect it. No great act of heroism or risk of life is necessary to protect a child from croup. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and all danger la avoided. (For sale itn."- Debt or Gratitude Admitted at Con vention of Hebrew Congregations. Etrans Says Republic Ideal of Hebrew Judges. NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Delegates to the twenty-second council of the Union voted unanimously today to hold the next conference ai Lincinnau in lau. At the banquet tonight delegates and their guests listened to addresses by Theodore Roosevelt. Mayor Gaynor, Os car Straus. Dr. David Phllipson, of Cin cinnati, and Jacob H. Schlff, who also acted as toaatmaster. Governor Dlx sent a telegram of greeting. Colonel Roosevelt, as the guest of honor, was praised by the toastmaster as "one who. more than any other man, living or dead, has taught the world the lesson that, equally with any other citizen of this country, the Jew is en titled to the square deal. Praise Given Roosevelt. "More than that, he not only preached theories, he turned them Into actuali ties, and called one of our co-religion-lsts Into the cabinet of the President of the United States, the highest office within his gift. "We Jews owe him a debt of grati tude which I hope never will be for gotten." In Introducing Dr. Phllipson. of the American Hebrew College, Mr. 8chlff spoke of the trend of modern Jewish belief. "With all the respeofc ye love." hm r.w... o. nr.cUMii or tne unitea '-rSSi!M cw4WaWiWAsMaa 0mM& JVjS lStL Ifietliols BtATZ BEER t??P PHONES; Main 153; - A 1666 pnTHffflin RR0S.J DISTRIBUTERS 20-22-24-26 First Streeet PORTLAND, OREGON