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THE BEST NEWSPAPER THE LARGEST t CIRCULATION 1 36TH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, SATUBDAY, MARCH 29, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS StI.vKts8 vMt 11011011011. Fl His Motives Lofty. Food Supplies Rushed in So There Will Be No Suffer ing From Hunger. OHIO IS AT FLOOD STAGE And Soma Towns Are in Danger But Inhabitants Have Been Warned. The flooded sections of Dayton and Columbus are nearly clear of water. Rescuers evorywhoro in Dayton re port tho futilities below 200. Governor Cox officially commended John Patterson, president of the Na tional Cash Register company, who is under sentence to a year iir prison for violations of the Bhorman anti-trust ,1aw, for his rescue- work in Dayton, sav in); in part: " Patterson is entitled to every con sideration." Governor Cox declared the state will aeizo all railroads entering Dayton, if necessary, to prevent sightseers from xoing there and hampering the work of relief or rescue. The stato bourd of health shipped lime and other disinfectants to Dayton to prevent disease An attempt was made this afternoon to start the Dayton water works. The militia at Dayton was forced to use drastic means to prevent under takers fighting for possession of bodies. The houses In tho path of the flood include a log cubiu 115 years old, tho first house built in Dayton. It escaped unscathed. All Dayton saloons aro closed. Middletownn, Ohio, March 29. Elev en persons aro known to have met death in the flood waters hero. The property loss is.fi'od at $3,500,000. Miamisburg reports that three per sons are known to bo doad there, with the property damago estimated at $350,000. Columbus, O., March 2!). At 11 o'clock today tho bodies of CI flood victims bad been rocovored hero. Thirty-eight of tho corpses have been iden tified. All relief trains en route to Dayton wore halted today by the Urbans rail road bridge sinking two feet. A rolief train has just left horo for Zanosville, carrying 30 boats, supplies and cloth ing. ' Wlros Go Down. Indianapolis, lnd., March 29. All wires into the Wabash valley below Terro Hants went down today, and flood conditions at Vincennes and Ev ansvillo are unknown. Residents of the low-lying districts, howovcr, wero warned in time to floe to high ground, and fatalities are not bolievcd to have occurred. The property'damsge will bo "heavy. Buildings May Collapse. Dayton, O., March 29. It is feared today that some of tho flooded build inps hero uro in danger of collapsing. Olficinls inspected the fSleilo high school building and ordered it roped off. They declared that the water has undermined the structure and that it may full at any time. There is plenty of food here to sup ply present needs, but moro will bo re quired soon. Hcginning tonight the church bells will ring a curfew at 0 o'clock when everyone will be ordered off the streets. Those who refuse to go will be arrested. This step is taken as a precaution ngninst looting. It is believed that, tho danger of a pestilence is passod. Sanitary engin eers are removing the debris rapidly. At noon there were 75 bodies In the morgue. It is believed many of the dead will never bo recovered. Mother and Baby Found. Columbus, March 29. Six moro corps es were found on tho west side this af tomoon. A mother with her in f ft nt son clasped in her arms was found dead. Tho baby's handB were clinging to the mother's hair. Nearby was tho body of a man, supposedly the husband and father. Tho body of a little girl lay in his arms. More Towns Flooded. Akron, O., March 29. A company of militia is rushing from Athens to Mid dleport and Pomeroy, whore the Ohio river is on a rampage, already having broken all flood records. The crest of the flood Is not expected before some time tomorrow. Chicago, March 20. That his principal reason for seeking Alas ka coal lands, was to prevent the big interests from establishing a monopoly there, was the testimo ny of Albert ('. Frost here today in his trial for conspiring to de fraud the government out of $10, 000,000 worth of Alaska holdings, lie declared that after ho promot ed the Alaska Central railroad, ho learned that Wall street interests wero preparing to grab big tracts of government lauds. Everett Bunch Finds Clever Way to Hit the County's Treasury a Jolt. DKITIL PIIBHS LArO Willi. Evorott, Wash., March 29. James Smith, an ex-convict from Deer Lodgo and Walla Walla prisons; James Clark and L. D. Halya, former university stu dents, and W. C. Quails, are held in jail here today on the charge of collecting $0325 in wildcat bounties on tamo cat legs. Quails coufosscd on boing ar raigned, and was sentenced to 15 years at Walla Walla. Halya will be ar rainged today. They are alleged to have operated in King, Snohomish, Whatcom and Skagit counties. The method used was to in sert tho right foreleg bono of a domes tic cat into tho pelt of a wildcat, from which the auditors had cut the wildcat leg, it boing the custom to present the full pelt in collecting the $5 bounty. Game Warden Whito brought about the capture He was surprised at the number of wildcats boing caught, and solved the puzzle. The quartet secured the .cats by inserting ads in Seattle papers. OOVEENOE MAKES THREE APPOINTMENTS Three appointments wero made by Govomor WcBt today. C. W. Mullins, of Astoria, was named county attorney for Clatsop county, and Gilbert Hedges, of Oregon City, was appointed county attorney for Clackamas county. Dr. Joan Clino, of Portland, was reappoint ed a member of the Stato Board of Den tal Examiners. Conjecture ns to who will receive the appointment for Marion county is be coming rife. The leading candidates appear to be Guy 0. Smith of tho firm of Smith & Shields, and C. N. Inman. Walter Keyes, who was chosen as dep- utv for Marion countv by District at torney Hill, howover, is looked upon as strong candidate. Walter Winslow in tho running. Winslow fought West in tho gubernatorial campaign which resulted In West's election; but the policies of the two men in the mat ter of lnw enforcement coincide. There is a possibility that tho governor may overlook tho former opposition of Win slow when ho makes the appointment to tho county attorneyship. Coast Record Shattered. Stnnford University, Cal., Muroh 29. One Pacific const and ono Stanford University rocord aro shattered today as tho result of tho track and field meet between Stnnford and the combined team from Occident and Pomona col leges. In tho low hurdles Herbert Whitted, o'f Stnnford, covered 220 ynrds in 24 3-5 seconds, cutting one-fifth of a second from tho const record. Tho Stnn ford record for tho brond jump was brokon when Don Dawson, of Stanford, lnnded 23 feet, 4 3-4 inches from his take-off. Stnnford won tho meet, 89 to 33. Tho only first places sncured by tho vis itors were iu the high jump und the shot put. Jossely nlteslgiuj. UNITKD 1'IIKSR LC1HKU WIKK.) Portland, March 29. IJ. H. Josselyn, president of tho Portland Railway, Light Si Powor Company, yesterday ten dered Ins resignation to tho compnny's bi.nrd of diroctorB, as tho head of Port land's Inrgest public utility corporation, to take effect July 1, 1913. Fell Eleven Stories. lUHITITO rilKSS I.KASCD WIS!. New York, March 29. After plung ing U stories down an elevator shaft in tho Immigration Savings Bank build Ing here, Justice Henry Bischoff, of the New York supreme court is dead today. In times of peace lot of otherwise sensible people prepared to get married. Large Slice of America to Slide Into the Ocean in the Near Future.' SEPTEMBER TO BE TOUGH Says Most of the Disasters Will Be Caused by "Wind," and Gives a Sample. UNITED rntSS LEASED WIM. Paris, March 29. Declaration that tho Omaha tornado and the death-deal ing floods in Ohio and Indiana are but a forerunner of tho disasters to befall America in 1913 was voiced here to day by Madame Do Thebes, the famous Parisian soeress, who predicted at the beginning of tho year tho present dis asters in the United States. 'Lot those in America," said Mine. Do Thobos, "who survive the present r disasters protect thomsolves against further cyclones and inundations, for I cannot see any calm returning to Amor- . ica before April 21. ' 'The finger of God is at work in; America. This coming September is to be the most dangerous month for . that country. Terrible fire, wind and I water will assail her and a largo por-' tion of her territory will slip into tho sea within tho next few generations. I In September most of the horrors will develop from winds." WAGES DO NOT EISE AS FAST AS WATER UNITED PRUS8 LKASRD W1BB.1 Chicago, March 29. Two cents an hour increase iu wages was granted 10,- 000 employes of Chicago surface rail ways by a special arbitration board to dav. The increase is regarded as a victory for the traction company, which offer ed tho men more than that amount to return to work during their strike. Judgo Scanlan, who represented tho i employes on the board, dissented from its findings. WIRELESS OPERATORS ' MAY GO ON STRIKE UNITED PIUS8S LEASED WIRE. Snn Francisco, March 1-9. Following the falling through of Its endeavor to secure a wage scale or ?,iu a montn from the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company, the telegraphers of that con cern rue preparing to strike here today, The present scale is $35, $40, and $45. The calling of a strike now rests with the San i'raneisoo lnbor council, in whose hands the cases of the telegra phers now rests. ESUGGE POrrUNDi MIM A MO '-TrA .fiml-? t! ..' .J '.1 . '? -J' mm. m Soon after the first of April the pub licity department of the Portland, Ku gene & Knstorn inteerurban railway will announce the winner of the "nick name" contest which the road has been conducting for the past three months. Salomites in numerous bands are among tboso who have attempted to annex the (ISO in gold coin which will come from the hands of President Btrahorn, aod I the name of the wincnr will be looked ' Starves Another to Death, Port Orchard, Wash., March 29. "Death by starvation'' is the verdict today of the coroner's jury which has been investigat- ing the death of Mrs. Mary Bail- ey, aged 01, who died Monday at Dr. Linda B. Hazzard'a fast cure sanitarium. Mrs. Mary Moore, a friend of the dead woman, testi- fied that the latter was attracted to the sanitarium through the publicity it received when Dr. Hazzard was tried on the charge of starving Miss Clairo William- son to death, for which she iB now under sentence, being at liberty on bond pending nu appeal. Willamette Unusually Low for This Time of Year But Plenty Is Coming Soon. While the unfortunate people of Ohio and Indiana aro roeeinving more than their share of high water, logging firms and steamers using the waters of tho Willamette river are experiencing some difficulty in carrying on operation duo to the sudden low stage of the stream notwithstanding the mountains are full of snow and the temperature is moder ate. The Spaulding Logging Co. has been unable to operate its mill hero for sev eral days on account of the scarcity of logs and several other mills below this city are running short of material. Un less higher water comes within a short time it will be necessary to ship logs by rail from the far distant camps. There is an abundant supply of logs corraled in tho shallows on tho upper Willamette, but the towing steamers cannot get at them until the river rises, liiver nwn think ii ui',Vual to say tho least that the river is not up to good boating stage as there is snow iu tho foot hills and rains have prevailed all over the valley. Reports coming from river men on the Suntiam say that that stream is raising slightly, but not as speedily as could have been cxpocted muler the eircumstuiices. It has been several years since tho old Willamette went on a real ram page and the river men sincerely hope it will not do so this year, but more water would be gladly accepted. Weather Forecast, Oregon Ruin tonight and Son- day. Brisk to high southwesterly winds. PORTLAND r'? EUGE EUGENE fli EASTERN ASTIBN. "Ifrc for with much interest, Kntries have bi-en received from every stato west of tho liocky Mountains, and, although a good many hundreds of Willamette val ley folks are going to be disappointed at not being the lucky one to win, the contest has served a valuable purpose, lu calling attention to the fai t that the largest electric iutunirhan system un der construction on the Pacific coast la the plan under way by the P. E. t B. Government Expert in Charge of Each of the Five Health Districts. GOVERNOR REQUESTS IT Ohio at Danger Stage at Cincinnati and Towns Below There Are Warned. united rrtEss leased wire.I Dayton, O., March 29. Secretary of War Garrison, General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States army, and Captain llhoads and Captain McCoy arrived horo at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. They immediately con ferred with Mayor Phillips, John Pat terson, head of tho National Cash Reg ister Company, and a committee of cit izens, After inspecting tho flooded district, Secretary Garrison wired a roport of conditions to President Wilson. At the request of Governor Cox, Secretary Garrison this afternoon took full charge of tho local situation. The city probably will bo dividod into five health districts, with a government ex pert in charge of each district. Ohio Now Dangerous. Washington, March 29. Secretary of War Garrison sent tho following report from Dayton to President Wilson this afternoon. "Majors Normylo and Logan hnvo the situation well in hand, Tho flood is receding in the smaller rivers, but the Ohio is rising at Cincinnati, whoro it is now fin feet, nnd is threatening the towns below there. Officials have been sent, down thn stream to observo nnd report to Logan at Cincinnati." Secretary Garrison states the fntoli ties are groatly over estimated. lhey Were Counterfeit. UNITED CHESS I.BAHE1I W1RI. Seattle, Wash., March 29 John Lrj sveynski, 4.H2, Twelfth avenue soul'i, for a few minutes this morning felt the exhilnrnting thrill of the joyous miner who discovers nn Miloiudo. John stum bled against a big box filled with half dollars. A closer examination, however, revealed that the coins were counter feit. The box was taken to the George town police suhstntion and United Stntes Inspector Foster notified. Rogers Is Sick. UNITES rilEHS LEASED WISE. Los Angeles, Cal., March 29. Earl Rogors, chief counsel for Clarence Dar- row in his trials in Los Angeles, wns taken to a hospital today to undergo a serious intostinnl operation. 5 b O -ru f- for tho Willamette valley. The contest closes March .'II and already the entries Are being tabulated for the use of the coiuniilti.'O. Many persons who sent in mimes nc couipuuicd tlieni with drawings for use as 'trademark and which would illus trate the Idea of the name suggested by them. No names of the articles aro giv en on the picture shown on this page, but some of them are by Balom people. Nil;.. " ix WW .0 Q O To Frame Constitution. Douglas, Ariz., March 29. Tho Sonera state congress has voted to participate in a convention to frame a new constitution for the "Northern Hepublic. of Mexico," according to advices received to- day from llermosillo. The con- federation will include the states of Sonorn, Chihuahua, Conhuiln, Sinaloa, Lower (uliforuia nnd Tepico, The Sonorn congress np- proved the soloction of tho rebel general of ( oahulila, Carrunza, as military leader of the forces of the new republic, T Will Build From Grants Pass and Will Tap Rich Timber Section. With a capitalization of $o,000,000, tho Grant's Pass & Crescent City Rail road filed articles of incorporation in tho corporation department of tho sec rotary of state's offico today, The names signed to tho articles aro those of J. F. Eoddy, H. L. Gilkcy and W. W. Harmon. Trains to bo run on the road are to bo operated by "steam or other powor," according to tho papers. The road will have lines in Josephine, Jackson nnd Curry counties, in Oregon, nnd iu Siskiyou, Del Norte and Hum boldt counties, in California. From Grants Pass tho lino is to ex tend southwest to Crescent City, in Del Norto county, California, and from a point on this lino about 10 miles south west of Grants Pass in a southeasterly direction through Josephino and Jack son counties to a point nonr the IUuo Hidgo mines, in Siskiyou county. From a point near Crescent City, on Smith or Ilouachio river, tho line will run south to a point at or near tho mouth of tho Klamath river, and a branch line from a point about 10 miles southwest of Grants Pass will extend south to a point near Black Marblo mountain. A branch lino from a point 40 miles south west of Grants Pass will oxtend south to a point near Takilma. A branch lino from Cntehings will extend north to a point near the mouth of the Chetco river, in Curry county. Tho articles provide for all necessary spurs nnd switches. COMMISSION WILL HAVE BUSY WEEK To investigate divers kinds of pub lic utilities tho railroad commission will spend all of next week in eastern Ore gon on a series of hearings which havo been outlined in a definite progrnm, At Hood Itover on Monday an appli cation of tho Homo Telephone Co,, for an advance- in rates will bo investigat cd, The Hydro-Klectric Co., also of Hood liiver, is asking a new schedule of rates. Tho justice of the request will bo thoroughly investigated by tho commission. Tho Hood Itiver fins & Klectrie. Co., wishes to discontinue flat rates and establish n new schedule. A hearing will bo granted this company while tho ooin in in on is in llooil liiver. Wednesday tho commission will bn lit lliggs to consider a complaint by Sam uel Dill ngninst the O. W. It. & .V. Co. Mr. Hill nsks that the depot of the cum puny lit that place bo made accessible to ImiilH on the Columliia river. Thursday the commission will appear at Lit (iraude. At that place the Home Independent Telephone Co. has filed a ciiioplaint ngninst the Knstorn lireou Cooperative Telephone iii-iciat ion, al leging that the defendant company is 'liargiog iiMiflicirnl mtci. The plain tiff company will n-li Hint the rates of llie defeliilailt lie increnxed. lialiei- will lie llie neat nf ille-tii'll tion on I'ri'hiy. The HaKer Coinuiereial 'lull is eoiuplaiiiiiig ttgiiini-t. the Sump ter Valley Railroad o. in relation to l"i;ging peiniils. ,1. . .I'lhiiou of Ha I. or is desirous thai the Seiiipler Valley mini and Hie O. W, If. A N. , stale lish a joint rale, and to this en l he Inn iislied the cinoiniiini to u'niiiI him a In tiring. The coiiiitiissiiin will end Hie week at I'elm on Saturday, an independent tele phone system of thai plin-e desires ail interchange of calls with the 1'iicifie Telephone & Telegraph I n, lllld liehevi'l II hearing hv the cotinnii-s.on will have the desired outcome, Prnctii ally all of the lollowing week will bo spent iu Portland where the ipieslion of cross car lines in liasl Port land will he thn " lied nut, Thin hearing will dike place despite the opinion of the attorney general handed down a few weeks ago that thn railroad com mission has no right to dictate concern MIL FOR AID Money Pours in Unstintedly in Every Town and Hamlet on the Coast. PROVISIONS ON THE WAY Cars Hastily Loaded and Railroads Rush Them Through on Special Trains. Portland, Ore., March 29 A home- talent show will bo given at the Heilig theatre tonight under the auspices of tho Portland Theatre Managers' Asso ciation to raise funds for the roliof of the flood sufferers. A parade, led by an . augmented band of 300 pieces pa raded tho streots today to advertise that benefit. All of the florists and candy dealers in town have donated of their wares, which will be sold before and during the performance to aid in swoll iu the contributions. Seattle Is Generous. Seattlo, Wash., March 29. Seattle ' contributions to tho flood victims in the Middle Wost amount to approximately $10,000. Tonight a big benefit perform ance will be given at the Metropolitan theatre. A great quantity of clothing has been collected by women, and stored in the Central building for shipment east. Tho Association of Alaska Salmon Packers has donated 1000 cases of sal mon, which will bo taken oast by ths Chicago Sc Milwaukee line. The Fans Dig Up. Sau Francisco, March 29. Respond ing to a personal appeal made by John L Sullivan, old tinio champion heavy weight, who referecd the main event, the big audience at tho Watson McFar land fight hero contributed moro than $2000 to tho fund for tho Ohio and In diana flood sufferers, and tho money was turned over to tho local branch of the Red Cross Society. Prompted by James W. Coffroth, Ed dio Grnney, Rod McKenzle nnd other prominent sporting men, who gave large amounts, the fans flooded the ring with gold and silver offerings in response to Sullivan's call, Ushers al so went through tho audienco and col lected largo amounts. Tag Day in Oakland. Oakland, Cal., March 29. Tho forma tion of a military organization to make a sweeping campaign of the entire city for funds to aid tho Ohio and Indiana sufferers is nt work hero today. The members of tho Progress and Prosper ity of tho Chamber of Commerce, formed an 'army" last night. A houso to house canvass, insisting upon each house contributing $10 will bo made. Tho army also arranged for a tag day, when tags will bo sold by Oakland's prettii'st girls for a minimum of $1, and no chnngo given. The Oakland flood rolief committee started work ear ly today, and every bank, hotel ami btisinoss houso in tho city is collecting funds Tho Oakland police department voted a day's pay each to the fund last night. Tho total amount will bo about $110!) from the department, ELKS CELEBRATE SUNDAY AT SEATTLE f ONITFD l-IIKSS l.rHRfll WII1E.1 : entile, Wash., March 29.- When th I'milaiid Kllis and (heir band arrive leie loiiight, to participate in laying llie ,'mi ii.'i-titne of the new seven storV i i '.i h -i i I IKs lionie at Fourth Jiveninl l.llld .p.:; Mreet, II big electric siuu i p' i i- .'ii. purple colored, Will welcoino III.,., ill. v. it the Wll-hlltgloil depot. Til" Inill.litlU will 1,0 fc-ti.nlled with , and li-.-t t ii- lights inside .nnl leu ;-e. will lined the entile depot with I ... I. 1,1 ,11'UlirV. I l llie I'.lh. building ile. II .vrolerh- i.. pn-t of the pinpdscil In. me will ' I e .liiiwn In .nl il fileunil.s. Judgo Mm,,.-', ol I 'nit lu li . I Hill sing II Hiiug I i'iiiii ;.is-, by Inni-.-ll', binding Seat tbl !m the grand Indue session, j The eel. uiuiiio i.C lacing the corn' r stone will Invin at II o'clock p. in. .Indue W. II. Men re will wel.oinu too i olnrs. rill.ST OIllL EAliY BORN IN CALIFORNIA llatifiird, t ill., Miii.Ii 29.- Mrs. Mary Klmails Kid! for, ac.c.1 K, -.aid to be the first girl baby beta in this Mute of American parents, is .lend here today. ing city cur lines. It is the opinion of the attorney general that this question is up to the city council.