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4MM yTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT THE LARGEST i THE BEST NEWSPAPER. 36TH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NKWH STANDS, FIVH CKN.I'S. TON BURNING DAY AND At Least 300 Drowned at Peru and Whole State a Vast Lake. STORY GROWS IN HORROR Hundreds c." Towns Without Food oi Light and Cut Off from All Aslstance. UNITED PIIBNS LEASED Villi. Indianapolis, hid., March 20. A torrific snow storm this afternoon add ed to tho horrors of tho flood situation in Northern Indiana. The first authen tic knowledge that deaths have oc curred here eamo this afternoon when the corpses of a nmn, a woman and two children were seen floating in the flood waters in West Indianapolis. Indianapolis is without wator, gas and telephone facilities. Wabash, Lo gnnsport, Kokomo, Peru, LnFayotto and a score of smaller towns in the Wabash valley are ioslatcd. Most of those places are without water, electricity,; food and fuel. I Reports from the south indicate that the waters aro rising in that section, ' A passenger train on tho Chicago & Eastern Illinois rnilroad dropped through a floodwoakonod bridge over tho Wabash river at Clinton, Iml, ac- cording to a report received thia af- tornoon. The news cannot lie con- , firmed. ' " , --,. . ,3p0 on. the Eoofs. South Bend., Ind., March 20. Three nndred persons pnrishod in the flood waters whieh engulfed Feru, Ind., ac-1 cording to Manager Bond, of the local Hell telephone, who is in direct commu- nieation with tho stricken city. "I havo positive assurances from Peru at 1 o'clock this afternoon that the deaths will reach 300 there." Bond asserts that 25 persons perished in the Peru court house alone, and that 3000 are seeking refuge in tho upper stories of that structure. The factories aro crowded with women and children, and there is little food available. ! The water is receding rnpidly and Toscuors probably will begin tho senrch for bodies tomorrow. It Is bclioved many of the drowned wero swept miles away from tho city. In one house a whole family of 12 -were found dead. It is reported that 25 corpses havo already been found. . 250 Drown at Peru. : Indianapolis. March 20. Tlio first re- port of the loss of lifo in Peru was confirmed early this morning when Governor Ralston talked over tlio long listance telephone to Frank Butler, an attorney at Peru. Mr. Butler said 100 coffins at least wore needed, other bodies having been washed away. Senator Fleming said early this ...... . ,', ... that ho had contracted with morning local undertakers to furnish caskets and with a coffin factory at Richmond to supply as many as possihlo for Peru. JIo also contracted to rush a carload of canned goods and bread to the peoplo. Two hundred and fifty or more wore drowned at Peru, Ind., according to a message received by Governor Ralston from thnt place, i The governor's Informant asked that 200 criffins and food and clothing be sent to Peru at once. 1 "This probably will be tho last mes sage you will get from Peru" snid the, nan. "Two hundred or more aro 3 row ned and the remainder of tho resi- j dentH are grouped on a bill waiting for daylight. ' ' Tho BUte Is Floodod. f Pern, Jnd., March 20. Many aro ro- ported dead; tho city is isolated. In- xlinnapolis is flooded by tlio White riv- cr, Ki.OdO homes aro inundated and there is immense property damage. Fort Wayne Is flooded, the lighting plant is out of commission, and a water famine Is threatened. Marlon, Klwood, Broad Hippie, LaFnyctto, Kushvllle, Miinclc anil Noldosville are partly under water. At Richmond 20 bridges are gone and many are homeless, Kokomo is flooded Ty Wild Cat creew and 1.100 aro home less, Half of the city of Sholbyvillo is under water. Logansport is isolated, nd seores of houses have been washed (Continued on paje 6.) Oregon Will Help. I'oitlnuil, Or., March 20. May or Itushlight of Portland, acting in conjunction with 1 ho ('hiiinl)or of commerce, tin) commercial club and other rivin organizations, to day Hi'iit tho following mossago to Governor Cox of Ohio, ami Governor Hiilston of Indiana' "The citizens of rorthniil aro appalled lit tho news of misfor tune which linn befallen your Htnte. Wo oxti'iul deepest sym pathy. Wo Htund ready to ren der any assistant:.) that you doom necessary and advinsable. Tho resources of our people aro . at your eomninnd. " E 1 Elected Superintendent of Portland Public Schools at a Much Larger Salary. At a meeting of the school board of tho city of Portland last night L. E Alderman, state suporiutondent of pub lie instruction, was olocted superin- tondont of tho schools of that city. He will at onco tendor his resignation of tho state office he now holds, and July 1 will accept tho new office, Throe of the five mombors of tho Portland board voted for Mr. Alder- nian, and two of thorn against him, ;The Portland pj.ition pays a salary of $4500 a year. The office of state su- porlntondent pays $3000. This action of the Portland school board has been i expected for the last six wooks. At a mooting tho day aftor Mr. Alderman's departure for Phila- delphia, where he attended the convon- tion of the National Educational As- Bociation, tho oloction was looked for, but was blockod by strong opposition It was again looked for at a meeting hold last Tuesday, the day following Mr. Aldorman's return from the East, but was again blockod. Thero are a largo number of candi dates to succeed Mr. Alderman as state superintendent. There appears to bo littlo doubt that bis successor will bo Superintendent Churchill, of Baker conn ty, who is ono of tho vetornn educators of tho state. Mnny beliovo thnt E. F, Carlton, nssistant stato superintendent, under both J. II. Ackerman and Mr. Al- derman, will bo tho successor. That ho B one r "10 strongest candidates for the placo is a certainty. Tho appoint '' ly tho governor is not looked for or several days, HUGH BEEVES 13 j ACCIDENTALLY KILLED I Hugh Heevos, a carponter of Joffer son, fell from a scaffold yesterdny while at work on a building at that place, and died at the Snlom hospital .. ,,,.,,.. J2 o ciock iusi nigni as mo resuii of the accident. A board upon which Hooves was standing suddenly turned, and the ear pentor lost his footing. lie fell a dis tance of 12 foot, alighting on the back of his head and nock, Mr. Reeves skull was fractured, and, although ev ery effort was mado to save his lifo. after being brought to this city for treatment, he diod. Tho body was shipped to Jefferson this morning by Rlgdon Ic Richardson, and tho funeral will be held tomorrow. 'JIM HAM" SENATOR FINE WHISKERED FAKIR Springfield, III., March 20. .Tames Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, and Law rPnce y. Sherman, Republican, wore elected United States senators hero to- day by a combination of Democrats and Republicans in tho state legislature, Seventy Democrats and 80 Republi cans pledged themselves to vote for Lewis for tho long term and Sherman for tho short term, The Mare Island Yard. Valeljo, Cel., March 20. With the belief being entertained hern that his visit will dotormlne whether tho vard will be put In tho first or second class Commandant H. T. Mayo, of Mare Island navy yard, .left hero today for Washington, He carries data concern ing the local yard, particularly as to the depth of its channel. EVERY MINUTE ABBS 10 THE UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. - 1 rire is sweeping vayion mis f ! . " . -T afternoon, and its residents i are meeting death in the flames, according to informa-,t tion received by Governor Cox here. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the governor announced his ! determination to reach Dayton 1 7 with state troops and assist ance, regardless of cost. He plans to send a train to Cleve- I land, and from there to Toledo, hoping to reach Piqua or Troy from 'that city. He hopes to send militia and supplies and . newspaper men into Dayton by boats from Troy. With every minute bringing news or tresh disasters there, is not a doubt this afternoon I that hundreds, possibly thou sands, of human beings have perished in Ohio and Indiana in the terrific floods which aro tgot those states one vast grave. No man can say with-1 ( in hundreds how many lives ve been lost. I Probably 2000 souls have perished in Dayton, according to the secretary of Governor j Cox, of Ohio. Later reports .... , , i . say that hundreds are being, burned alive, pencd like rats the upper stories of flood- isolated buildings. j Eighty miles of the rich Mi- ami valley, in which Dayton ; a urAr nf tnanino- waters, bearing on their breast the bodies of countless humans and animals, killed by the flood. r .it ,,.. t i; l Ohio come momentarily wild stories of ruin and dismay. Co lumbus, Hamilton, Peru, Piqua Zanesville, Indianapolis and a hundred other towns and vil- lages hourly swell the toll of death. Anvthinc l!k rnmnnmllv. estimate of the fatalities is im-1 possible. From Washington comes the information thatj streams which as yet have not; slain are raising in the banks, an dmany towns in Pennsylva- nia are in danger. Every resource of the Ohio and Indiana governments, backed by a personal appeal from the president and the whole force of the United i States war department Is being TALE UTTER HORROR JOURNAL WILL HELP. The Capital Journal I will advertise tree all I . T T shows or plans for raising t 4 ai(J for the milHon home. less in Ohio and Indiana. I The situation calls for prompt and generous aid, X let us all give it. thrown into the effort to save the imperiled thousands. There is no doubt that close to 1,000,000 people, houseless, homeless, starving and freez ing, are either marooned in their waster homes or camping desolate on the bare hillsides The 0 damae to W will surely I amount to uncounted millions. Columbus, Ohio, March 20. "The I list of futilities in Dayton is growing , rapidly, and tho death list may yet reach 1000." 1IUIII J-UVIUI1 UJ UUHTIlUr U III! 1U ( this afternoon by John Bell. a Dayton wlro pnief' "Tho Itussidl npnrtments at West Third street and tho Boulovnrd nre on f,rc' . Ue" '"' l 1,10 Pc"l"0 lumping into tho water, Th0 rear end of tho Steel high school has caved In. Bauman's bakery has bcon burned, ,,n,, ,. rived from Springfield this morning, f'I,plio" bIs0 caT from Brookvil' have arrived by war of Eaton for tho sufferers on Dnyton 's west sido. I "A bridue wns dvnamited at Ziines. , lie at noon to mako egress for tho 'food waters. ' At Frasorburg, on Black Run, tho ntor at noon was running five feet1 nlmvo tho telepgraph poles." , Two Thousand in Dayton. , Columbus, Ohio, March 20. "Tho deaths In Dayton maj reach 2000. Jt 1.4 the worst cnlamity sii.co tho Calves ton flood." (Continued on page 6.) More Rain and Flood, Washington, March 20. The flood waters In Indiana and Ohio T augmented by continued rams, according to the forecast issued here this afternoon l,v the government weather bureau. Re ports received from Pittsburg ny that the Allegheny river there is rising at an uhinuing rate. Weather Forocast. Oregon Fair east tonight and Thursday; ruin west tonight or Thursday. Warmer tonight south SI"1 po'tlc"". Southerly " UNITED PI1BSS LEAS'!! WISI. Columbus, O., March 26. At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, John Bell, wire chief at Day ton, telephoned Governor Cox here that the fire in the flood ed district at Dayton had leaped across Third street, and was sweeping the next block. Governor Cox was advised, via Spripgfield, that 10,000 to 12, OOO persons were in the burn ing buildings. They are fight ing the fires, lifting' the water in buckets from the flood. Three carloads of boats, on a special train from Spring field, passed Xenia at 2:45, and are due in Dayton at 3:30. Governor Cox at once notified Bell, who shouted the good news across the street to the fire fighters. The Y. M. C. A in Dayton is trying to direct the flood-rescue operations. Its members started in rowboats to meet the train and pilot the rescuers to the scene of the fire Edward Hanley, a wealthy Davton man. notified Governor Cox, via Springfield, at 3:30 that he estimated the fatali ties at "not more than 3000." The Beckel hotel in Dayton took fire at noon, but the guests fought the flames des perately and managed to sub- due them. One frantic Dayton man, in the governor's office here, offered $10,000 cash to anyone who would take him into Dayton. He said the mon ey was all he could raise, but it was worth that much to learn whether his family in the ! stricken district were alive or I dead. Frantic Call for Aid. Columbus, ()., March 2'!. " Buildings along Third street, llnytnn, are burning and peoplo in tlieiu aro dying. Farmers ami every one else ought t try to get to Dnyton this afternoon even nt the risk of their own lives." This frantic appeal to the residents of Ohio was voiced by (lovcrnor Cox this iifteriKion through the Cniteil Press. "All people living along the rivers leading to Uuvton," pleaded the gover nor, 'ought to try to get there in boats at once. I unheal especially to tho pie of Troy, where there is a boat club." 32 Dead at Delaware Columbus, ()., March 211. --The first direct mi'Hsnge fiom lielnwnre, Ohio, was received here this afternoon, It said that .'12 persons were known to be lead there, that Hum are homeless, and that the property duinnno approximates if 1100,000. Man may really need "but little hero below," as tho oh) hymn declared, but he "wants" great lots and always mare. 4. Pennsylvania Gets Some. Pittsburg, Pa., March 20. Flood waters with their coiise- cpient fatalities threaten iminv parts of Pennsylvania, according to the weather bureau hero today. 'J'ho endangered districts havo been warned to provide nguinst tho powdblo floods. Tho Alleghe ny river is nt flood Htago hero and is rising nt tho rato of ton inches an hour, lb is predicted thnt tho river will bo 42 foot at Wheeling, W. Va., tomorrow. Tho Beaver river has inundated a dozen small towns in Pennsyl- vim in. With All United States to Choose From Will Probably Give Preference to Dr. Sweetland. A personal interest is being takon by tho people of Salem in tho efforts of tho athlt-tic committee of the Univer sity of Oregon to secure a football coach for tho coming season. No loss than 150 person from all parts of the I'nited States have applied for the po sition und yet the ono whoso name is considered the must favorably at tho present timo is that of Dr. G. J. Swoot lnnd, of Willamotte university, although ho has mado no formal application for tho place. A communication from Kit- gene states that all meetings of the committoo aro held in socrot and littlo is known on the campus of their activ ities except the fact that Dr, Sweetland would have beeu elected to tho position on nt least two occasions if it had not been for a speedy adjournment. "Although statements have been mado to tho contrary," said Dr, Sweet land this morning, "I havo not been of ficially offered tho position and have only ullowed my namo to bo used at tho request of friends. I do not expect to bo named by the coniinitteo, for if I should bo elected 1 would not take tho ,lob with nny strijigs tied to it." Th'j Wilametto conch was found out on tho athletic field, dressed in working (dothes iiml high top boots, wheeling lirt on to tho field nnd filling in omo of tho low spots, This chnractorizes lr. Sweetland perfectly, Ho it, not afraid of work nml when tho good of tho institution he represents is to bo at tained, ho gets in and works, with his head; with his hands, with his wholo heart, Ifo has done moro for athletics at. Willnmetto university than nil the athletic directors of other schools of Oregon have accomplished together, and should ho accept, a plnco at the larger institution, Willamette would loso n mini whoso placo would lio extremely hard to fill, Dr. Hweetlarid is just the kind of a man the Cniversity of Oregon needs to head its athletic woili. Fur tivo years now her teams havo gnno down to de feat, before the sometimes lighter ones of the ('Diversity of Washington, de spite tlm fact that almost unlimited material was at hand. The same forces I which in n way have been (he cnuse of those defeats are those lined up ngninst the election of Willamette's couch. Cer tain interests want, a m nil they can run; who will play friends of theirs on the teams, nnd they know that. Dr. Sweethind is not that kind of a much. If he goes ii the institution lip the valley be will curry that democratic "pirit with tli 1 1 which plays the best man fur the place in that place regard less of his fraternal affiliations. His many friends in Salem would bale to have the wiley doctor leave this city iind the school, but they would cer tainly like to see him given a chance ill a place like the one in ipii-stinn. lie has couched trains in the past which have benten the 'unbealeii" Dobliie of Washington nml it is believed thnt he cniil, duplicate (lie feat, if given a suitable opportunity. Even with the limited material present at the local in stitntion, lie hus put nut. teams in foot ball which have been the wonder of the northwest and in baseball he lias beaten not ony the T'niversity of Oregon, but the O, A, C, and Multnomah as well. If Oregon does not drop her petty feud and secure tho services of tho doctor, sho will have missed ono of her golden opportunities, After Stubobrn Defense La st Stronghold of the Turlu forced to Yield. PEACE IS NOW IN S.GHT Bulgarians First to Enter Cit y Turk ish Commander Commits Sui cide. UNITED PRESS LEASED WISE Berlin, March 26. The Sofia corre spondent of tho Prcsso 'Contralo defi nitely announced the fall, of Adrianople in a dispatch to his off .cos here today. Tho Bulgarian schipkit rogimont was tho first to onter tlva city. All the Turkish military depots wero destroyed. lieforo the Turkish surrender the Bul garians advanced by short, fierce rush es from the eutre nchmonts captured yestordny to the filial assault, and after desperate fightiivg overwhelmed the- Mosloms along tk,o wholo eastern side of the city. Just as tho ca nnon wero beinn placed to cover a fin'al assault in force the Turks surrondf .-red. When the Bulirars entered tho ' 'Holy Citv" fires wore Mazing in a hundred places, and the glare of the 'flnmcs was frequently bro ken by grofit spouts of flame as the Turkish mMgaziuos blow up. Only after a hard fight of three hours was tho city proventod from be ing cntirt.dy consumed-by fire. . Driven to despair by his defeat Shu kri Pasha, the Turkish defender of Adrinnoplo, committed suicide as the Bulgnriaus entorod the city today, ac cording to a nows agency dispatch re ceivoi.1 horo from Sofia. TRVNKS MUST NOT EXCEED SIX FEET UNITED I'HBSS MASED WISS.l Seattle, Wash., March 20. Railroads liavo tho right to refuse baggago ex ceeding 72 inches in any dimension, according to notice received by the general passenger department of tho Milwaukee lino of tho recent intorstato coniinorco commission decision. Tho continual growth in tho size of wnrd- robe trunks is responsible for tho new rule, which will go into offoct April 2W. The Prison to Be Probed. Sacramento, Oil., March 20. Armed with tho names of many con victs woh aro expected to testify in tho prson probo ordered by tho state legislature, a special investigating cum- nntteo of five assemblymen loft today for San Quenlin to ascertain whother or not convicts aro subjected to cruel ties. You ought to look, espe- ;; dally this spring at our . Blue Sergei Suits We have a particularly good line of these goods; and no fabric ever made gives such general satis faction as blue serge; al ways looks dressy; always looks and feels cool. BISHOP'S READY TAILORED SUITS Have the style and quali ty; tailored to fit. Prices $15.00 to $30.00 Salem Woolen Mills I i i Store