VOL. XLIX. NO. 15,344. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RAVAGES GREATER ' AS WATERS LOWER RICH MISS SWIFT BRIDE OF PLUMBER COUP PLANNED N RESTIVE MINERS TO DEMAND INCREASE NEGROES PLANNING FOR RULE OF CUBA MOVING FILMS TO SNAP FAR NORTH CONFERENCE HANGS ARRESTS PACKERS' CALIFORNIA GIRL FIGURES IX ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT. GENERAL STRIKE WANTED IF RISE IS REFUSED. FORMER Hl'DSOX BAY CHIEF TO XEAD EXPEDITION". ENQUIRY Paris' Flood Troubles Far From Over. PEOPLE'S SUFFERING INTENSE Heroic Relief Work Done by Priests and Sisters. PILLAGING BRINGS DEATH Pitiable Condition Exists -Among Ragpickers Whose Meager Be longings Are Swept 'Away.' Assistance Brings Gratitude. PARIS. Jan. 30. While the most immi nent peril Is past, the Seine since yester day has lowered only five and one-halt inches. At this rate it will require a fort night for the river to reach Its normal level. Tidings from flooded sections above Paris give hope of a more rapid subsid ence after tomorrow. In the meantime the situation in Paris and In many places , throughout the country shows little im provement. Indeed, the ravages of the flood in the city seemed to increase. Water Is Even Higher. The water was higher in some streets, while the situation in the towns be tween Paris and St. Oerraain was dis- tlnctly more eerlous. A stream of water 13 feet deep was rushing through Genne vlllieres and Colornbes, making the work of rescue and succor more difficult even than yesterday. Several houses collapsed end many per sons were taken off the roofs of their homes, whera they had been clinging for days. Hungry and Homeless Helped. Hundreds are reported without food or shelter, and all day an army of troops nd civilians worked relentlessly In the flooded territory, bringing aid to the dis tressed and distributing provisions by boat to the thousands of marooned vic . .tlms who refused to quit their homes. Within the city Itself are great throng of sightseers.. The Champs Elysees, ordinarily a path way of thrilling scenes and light, tonight had lanterns strung along the curbs. The usually gay boulevards were wrapped in silence and darkness. Restaurants and cafes were reduced to Venetian lamps. One Theater Is Open. Most of the theaters were closed, but the Comedle Francalse, with its elec tricity and Its heat gone, was open, Jules Claretil, the manager, explaining to the meagre audience before the curtain rose, that he considered the National Theater of France should not close its doors. "We will give a performance," he said, "with candles, as in the days of Moliere, and show the world that Paris can be as heroic as In the time of revolution." Although there Is no. intention on the part of the government to declare mar tial law, the completely submerged dis tricts, such as Javal, are in the hands of the military to prevent pillaging. Pillagers Quickly Shot. The soldiers have orders to give short shrift to criminals caught in the act of looting. Thus far there have been no such cases In the city, but the danger is great, a the French keep their money and valuables In their horajs. Outside of Paris, however, many de plorable instances of looting have been reported. A band of thieves has been at work near Charenton, but soldiers have been shooting them at sight. The Zouaves last night killed two pillagers at Irvy and two at Brie. These ghouls have transferred their operations to the devastated region below Paris, many at tempts to pillage the deserted villages and homes being reported. Priests Are Heroes. Fapsrs recount many deeds of heroism on the part of the priests at Alfortville, who continued the work of rescue be- tween midnight and daylight, when the soldiers, Jackles and firemen, after sev eral days without rest, had become ex hausted. Sisters of charity were rowed to houses, giving assistance in several cases of starvation. Besides the aid distributed directly by the government and the municipality, more than $2oO.O00 from the fund raised by the newspapers has been handed over to the various relief societies and to the local authorities of towns and villages near Paris. I ne press refers to the spontaneous help coming from abroad most gratefully. and recognises the expressions of the sympathy of the United States. Poor Ragpickers Lose All. A pitiable feature of the flood In Gen nevlllieres Is the plight of the colony of 8000 ragpickers, a fourth of whom are children. They are the poorest of all the Paris poor, and early each morning they cross the Seine to sort the refuse barrels of the great city. Their village was a center of miserable hovels of plas ter and earth, flanked with heaps of bones, rags. Iron and odds and ends. On the bursting of the dam, the tor rents of the Seine swept away everything. Those rag pickers who had remained In the village snatched up their children and fled, most of them scantily clad. They suffered bitterly from the cold, but after (Concluded on Pa ye 3.) Favorite Niece of Joseph Swift, of McCormlck Harvester Co., Weds You 115 Englishman Suddenly. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Jan. 30. rspecial.) Miss Oraelto Gertrude Swift, favorite niece of Joseph Swift, one of the high officials of the McCormlck Harvester Company, of Chicago, eloped from her home In Redlands today with George Jack Cocking, a young English man employed as a plumber. Accompanied by Miss Lois Cheesman, the young people boarded a San Ber nardino Valley traction car In Red lands this morning and came directly to this city, following out a plan form ulated several days ago. Procuring a marriage license, they proceeded to Rev. Mark B. Shaw's chapel and after swearing the minister to secrecy, they were wedded. When a reporter telephoned the girl's mother, Mrs. Frank Swift, of Redlands, she de clared her daughter had not been away from home. But when convinced that the marriage had taken place, she hung up the receiver, declaring she would say nothing about the affair. The bride Is the elder of two daughters of Frank Swift, a well-known architect of Red- lands, who Is a brother of Swift of the McCormlck Company, who owns a large orange ranch In Redlands and spends his Winters thare. THUMB NOW INDIANS' PEN Service Requires Impression of Digit Instead of Crossmark. CHEMAWA, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.) Orders have been issued to the agents in the field of the Indian service to re quire thumb-mark signatures by Indians who are not able to write. Thumb-mark signatures are now re quired on all checks, receipts and other official papers, which were formerly signed by a cross-mark by Indians and others. The impression is to be made with the right thumb placed after the names instead of the cross-mark as here tofore. The thumb-mark Is then wit nessed to make the identification certain and thus be an infallible method of iden tification in case of dispute or attempted fraud. This was first done In the Indian serv ice in 1905, when the system was adopted as evidence of the authenticity of writ ten agreements with Indiana, the thumb print of the signers being required in addition to their signatures or their marks. The system now includes the en tire business of the department. MINERS' PARTY SNOWED IN May Be Two Months Before Message Will Be Heard. DOWNIEVILLE, Cal., Jan. 30. (Spe cial.) Clifford Weldon and his crew of miners are snowed in at the Secret Ravine mine, five miles from Forest City, In this county, and no Word has come from them since the day before Christmas. The mine Is in an isolated section and is several miles from any public highway. It is practically impossible to reach the mine unless by airship. There are a dozen or more men in the crew- It is believed all are safe and that work is progressing steadily under ground at the mine and It Is known their camp is well supplied with food. No word can be received from there for several weeks and it may be two months or more before any message comes from ther. LIPS FASTENED WITH PINS Raving Maniac's Jaws Pried Open in Los Angeles Hospital. IXS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 30. (Special.) Fastening his lips together with safety pins so he could not curse, Vernon E. Bennett, formerly a missionary among the Indians, was carried, a raving maniac, into the Receiving Hospital yesterday. It was necessary for Nurse Morgan and Probation Policeman Leo Marden to pry his jaws apart with instruments to get at the ordinary pins and needles with which he had filled his mouth. Bennett has been mentally unbalanced before. In his early manhood days he was a missionary among the Indians, and he continued his work with them until his health compelled him to retire. DR. PARKER IS IMPROVING Surgeon Passes Critical Stage In Pneumonia Attack. Word was received yesterday by friends !n Portland that E. H. Parker, the Port land surgeon who has been critically ill with pneumonia at Avalon, Cal., is past the critical stage and Is steadily improv ing. His pulse was reported at 36 and his temperature 101. which symptoms point to a change for the better. CONGER GIVES DETAILS Allds Took $1000 Bribe for Inac tion, Is Senator's Charge. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. SO. Senator Sen Conger made public tonight the formal charges which he will prefer tomorrow against Senator Jonathan P. Allds, president pro tern of the New York State Senate. Conger says that, in his presence. Senator Allds accepted $1000 In consid eration of his failure to press a cer tain bill then pending. Prosecutors Build Up Telling Evidence. DISCLOSURES TO BE MANY Chicago, New York and Wash ington to Feel Effects. LANDIS YET SHOWS FIGHT Visit, of Assistant Attorney-General Ellis to Chicago Falls to Fix Breach Between Wash ington and Judge. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. (Special.) More sensational than Judge . Kenesaw M. Landls' remarkable charge to the Fed eral grand jury when It assembled a week ago, will be the coup that is to be sprung in the beef Investigation, when United States District Attorney Edwin W. Sims and Assistant District Attorney James B. Wllkerson have built up the foundation of their -cases against the packers. This Is the apparently authentic re port that today percolated out of the Federal building, where Mr. Sims and Mr. Wllkerson spent part of the day scrutinizing evidence that is to be sub mitted to the grand jury thiB week. Laying each .stone in the superstruc ture of their case with Infinite care, to assure against the possibility of the discovery of technical flaws, the Fed eral lawyers will occupy most of the week In presenting to the grand jury documentary evidence and testimony of an apparently uninteresting nature. Telling Evidence to Walt. But the big evidence in the case, the. evidence which Judge Landls is guarding zealously against even the queries of Washington authorities, and which. It Is expected by attaches ot the District Attorney's office, will re sult In the return o. x half , dozen sleeping indictments, will not be brought In the least detail until each preliminary step has been nailed hard and fast. These disclosures will be slammed down before the members of the grand jury which, It Is said, will not. only strike Chicago's packing town, but will be felt In New York and Washington as well. . . . Persistent reports that the visit to Chicago of Assistant Attorney-General Wade H. Ellis had done nothing to bridge over the controversy between Washington and Judge Landls were un consciously given color today by Oliver E. Pagln, the Government's so-called "Indictment expert," and attaTches of the District Attorney's office. Expert to Stay Indefinitely. Questioned at the Congress Hotel, Mr. Pagln stated that he will remain in Chicago indefinitely. When assis tants to the District Attorney were asked regarding Mr. Pagln, they said that they understood that he was to return to Washington at once. It then developed that the emissary from the Department of Justice and (Continued on Page 2.) r ....... U. S. " 'T AIN'T WUTH Wm t I ' I Greatest Industrial Battle In History of" Country Believed to Be Impending Now. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 30. One of the greatest Industrial battles In the his tory of the United States Is Impending, In the belief of the United Mine Work ers of America. The convention of the organization, which has been in session for two weeks, will adjourn tomorrow night and It Is probable that a majority of the 100 delegates will go to Toledo for the Joint conference with the bituminous operators of Eastern Penn sylvania, Ohio and Indiana, which will open Tuesday. This conference will negotiate a wage contract for these districts to go Into effect April 1, and this tri-state contract is to be the basis of uniform contracts In all other districts of the United States and Canada. 'Mine operators, according to reports, will not yield to demands for an in crease in wages and some take the stand that conditions warrant a de crease. The sentiment in the miners' union is unanimously for a general strike If the operators refuse a wage Increase of at. least 10 per cent. Western Pennsylvania miners stand for a 20 per cent Increase on the ground that the settlement of their recent strike against the Pittsburg Coal Com pany resulted In a decrease of 10 per cent from the wage contract signed by the last Joint trl-state conference. GIRL GRADUATE SET FREE Suffragist Leader Spends Day In Jail on Riot Charge. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 30. Miss Mar. garet Gruening, a graduate of Smith College and a well-known suffragist, was released at midnight from Moya menslng prison, . where she had been locked up for more than 10 hours on a charge of inciting to riot. ' Miss Gruening, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Emit Gruening, of New York, Is one of the organizers of the Pennsyl vania Suffragist League. With many other suffragists, she is taking an ac tive part In the strike of shirtwaist operatives. When she was doing picket duty Friday night In front of a shirtwaist factory a riot between strikers and girls still at work . occurred. Miss Gruening and a number of the strikers were arrested and locked up over night. , . , . - . .. . ..-. , . At the hearing in the morning she was held in $500 ball, In default of which she waa taken to the prison In the van with other " prisoners. Her friends did not learn of her where abouts until late last night, when bail was furnished. GOEBEL DIES, HEARTSICK Brother of Late Governor Slain by Same Bullet, Says Eulogist. CINCINNATI, Jan. SO. On the 10th an niversary of the assassination of William Goebel, the funeral of his brother, Arthur Goebel, who died In Phoenix, Ariz., on January 20, was held In Covington, Ky., this afternoon. Commonwealth Attorney F. B. Franklin, in his funeral oration, declared that "the bullet that killed William Goebel, to gether with the liberation of all those charged with the murder, just as cer tainly killed Arthur Goebel." Arthur, he said, died of a broken heart. The body will be taken to Frankfort, where, on February 3, a monument will be unveiled to the memory of William' Goebel. The brothers will be burled side by side. Hotel Incident Awak ens Race Spirit. PLATFORM TO BE REVISED "Party of Color" Could Win if Held Together. REPUBLIC IS PROSPEROUS CJomez's Appointment of Sangullly Viewed With Some Apprehension by Americans, Whose Coming He Opposed In Part. HAVANA, Jan. 30. Organization of a distinct Negro party, with the avowed purpose of obtaining control of the Cuban government. Is being agitated through the republic and the move ment has become menacing from the viewpoint of the whites. This issue has been brought to public notice recently by race conflicts upon the hotel ques tion, and the numerical strength of the negroes, united, gives It portent. Provision, the organ of the Partido Independente de Color (Independent Party of Color) prints the newly-constructed platform of the party, which contains these significant provisions: "Teh Independent Party of Color shall be organized throughout the whole re public with a national character, to maintain Its equilibrium toward all Cuban Interests. "The republic of equality, sovereign and Independent, without race discrim inations or social antagonisms, shall get our support." Negro Rule Possible. To what extent promoters o the new movement may be successful remains to be seen, but there can be no doubt that. If the organization of the negro race as a political party ever should be ef fected, It would rule the republic-. The importance of the Congressional elections In July can hardly be over estimated. It is not so much a question of which party shall return the greater number of candidates as whether the Independent republic, unaided by Ameri can supervision, shall prove itself com petent to conduct an absolutely fair and peaceful election. President Gomez' appointment of Sen ator Manuel Sangullly as Secretary of State ends the long suspense regarding that important office. It is significant that the President should have gone out of the ranks of all political parties to select Sangullly, who ever has been an Independent of the Independents. The Americans are disposed to re gard the President's choice as unfortu nate In view of Sangullly's avowed hos tlllty to everything American. Sangullly Is Anti-American. The Senator lived In Harlem in the war of 'the revolution and returned to Cuba under the first Intervention, busying himself at once with protests against the Interference of the United States in affairs of Cuba. He Is the author of several unsuccessful bills to restrict the Immigration of foreigners (Continued on Page 2.) Photographers Will Leave In Spring. Eskimo Life, Wild Animals to Be Caught by Lens. MONTREAL, Que., Jan. 30. (Special.) Another expedition, apart from that to be led by Captain Bernler, Is to Invade the Arctic regions. In the Spring, B. Chesterfield, of Montreal, will lead a small band of moving-picture men to the Far North, the expedition being financed by an American concern. Mr. Chesterfield, who has passed 13 years in the northernmost post of the Hudson's Bay Company, has completed arrangements for a trip with Otto Sellg, head of combined movlng-pocture con cerns ,of the v United States. Chesterfield will be able to provide exciting situations and moving pictures will be taken of Eskimo life and customs, and of wild Northern animals In their native state. It Is understood that this Arctic expe dition is only one of several that have started out to the dark corners of the earth with the same object in view. RICH ZONE AWAITS LINE St. Lawrence & Cngava Railroad to Open Diamond Territory. OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 30. (Special.) An Immense virgin territory, the value and scope of which is beyond compu tation at present, will be opened by the proposed St. Lawrence & Ungava Railroad, the construction of which Is expected to begin in the Spring. Dr. G. D. Condle, of Montreal, has just returned from an extensive trip through Hinterland of Quebec province as far as Hudson Bay. He says the country, of which he only skimmed a small portion, Is extremely rich In min erals and water-power. Gold and sil ver, copper. Iron, asbestos and man ganese have been found In paying quantities and Dr. Condie says a large diamond field lies East of Hudson Bay. The- new railroad will run in an almost direct north line from a point on the St. Lawrence River to a point on Hudson Bay. a distance of approx imately 1000 miles. It is estimated that there are water-powers along the projected line of railway capable of de veloping 10,000,000 horsepower. and when the road is completed electricity will be the chief motive power. . BAKERSFIELD SEES FLIGHT Hamilton Kncl--tes Park in Biplane, 8000 Cheer Feat. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Jan. 30. Charles K. Hamilton sailed over Hudnut Park today in his Curtlss biplane, vociferous applause of 8000 enthusiastic spectators cheering the feat. Special trains brought thousands of visitors here to the first aviation meet ever held in the San Joaquin Valley. Owing to the roughness of the ground in the infield of the park, Hamilton, in alighting after his second flight, damaged hie machine to such an extent that he was unable to make further flights. In his two flights, Hamilton easily cir cled the park and flew over the grand stands, making side trips to East Bakers field, and the Kern River oil fields at a varying height of from 50 to 500 feet. HEIGHT BOTHERS PAULHAN Atmospheric Conditions at Salt Lake Hinder High Flight. SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 80. Louis Paulhan, the French aviator, made a suc cessful flight of 10 miles at Agricultural Park today. He reached an altitude of 300 feet, or approximately 4600 feet above sea level He made an average speed of about 30 miles an hour and Indulged in graceful maneuvering. After the flight Paulhan expressed his disappointment that he was unable to fly a longer time. He said It was owing to the peculiar atmospheric conditions he was unable to reach a higher altitude. The flight was made in a temperature of 35 degrees with a wind of five miles per hour. TRAIN SMASHES; 3 DEAD Pennsylvania Flyer Hits Pedestrians and Autoists in Ohio. MANSFIEJLD, O., Jan. 30. Pennsyl vania train No. 9. west bound, tody struck and killed Mrs. Roy Covert and fatally injured her husband at a cross ing near L'oudonvllle. Further on, the train struck an automobile on the outskirts of Crestline, a few. miles away, and killed J. H. Siglock, aged 60, and Charles E. Clelberger, both of Hayes, III. In the machine with Clelberger and Siglock was Curtis Doerrer, of Mans field. Doerrer's shoulder was crushed, hli legs were broken and he received Internal Injuries. COUPLE ESCAPE FLAMES i Chehalis Store Burns, Man and Wife Rush to Street. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 30. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gabel. of this city, experienced a narrow escape from being burned to death in their store on Market street this morning. They eacjaped scant ily clad as the whole building was ablaze. The fire started In the cardroom In the rear of tho store, and soon enveloped the whole building. The Star saloon was bafily scorched. The loss of cigar and confectionery stock and household goods in the Gabel building amounts to $3000, with insurance of $1000 on the stock and $400 on household goods. The building belonged to J. A. Gabel, and was worth $1000, with $K insurance. Millionaire's Death In quiry Now Due. SCIENTISTS WILL TESTITY Jury to Investigate Demise of Swopes This Week. EXPERT OPINION AWAITED Probability Expressed That All Evi dence Will Be Submitted Be fore Warrants Are Is sued, if at All. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 30. (Special.) An expert's personal views of pathology arid the deductions he has made In weeks of work may be some of the things heard this week by the coroner's Jury which is to investigate the death of Thomas H. Swope, the Missouri millionaire. That the Inquest is to be held either Tuesday or Wednesday is a certainty. That Dr. Ludwlg Hektoen, criminal ex pert and pathologist, is to come to Kansas City to testify is also assured, if needed. On a conference in Chicago today may hang the question of arrests. The necessity of Dr. Hektoen's visit to Kansas City will be determined by Dr. B. F. Zwart. County Coroner, on his visit to Chicago. With John G. Paxton. an attorney for the Swope- family, Virgil Conkllng. Prosecuting Attorney, Dr. Zwart left for Chicago tonight. A con ference between the Kansas City men and Dr. Walter Haines. Dr. V. C. Vaughan and Dr. Hektoen. the scientists who have been conducting the chemical and patho logical work, will be held as' soon as possible after the party arrives. All Scientists May Be Needed. "Perhaps," Dr. Zwart said, "there may be no need for any of the scientists. Then ; again, the evidence submitted to the con- ; ference may be such that one or perhaps all of the physicians may be called here." . In the time that Dr. Hektoen has been i working on the ease he has never made ai written statement of his finding. From j time to time he has talked to Mr. Paxton j regarding the things -that have come be-, fore him, and It is believed that the Jury ! will be Interested in these deductions. Therefore, to get them before that jury in the proper form, the doctor will be j needed in Kansas City personally, and It j Is believed that the attorneys for the Swopes will bring him here. ' The need for the presence of Dr. Haines, however, will be a different matter. That eclentlst has written out the result of his work In such a manner that it can ba given to a Jury whether the doctor Is here or not. Test Going Further. "However." a friend of the Swope- fam ily said. "Dr. Haines has r.ot finished his (Concluded on Page 3.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 53 degrees; minimum. 48 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair and cooler. Foreign. Montreal expedition formed to Invade Far North with moving picture machines to nap Eskimos and wild animals. P ! Waters of Paris recede, but sulTerlng In stricken city increases. Pa 1. Conservative English newspapers propose compromise plan for Parliament, rage Agitation revived for Negro party to rule Cuba. Page 1. Mafia Society active in Vancouver. B. C; three Italians shot. Page 4. Big poultry show to be held at O. A. C. In conjunction with planned farmers' meet. Pags 4. National. Twelve Postmaatershlps in the- giving of Representative McCredie go a-begging; offices may be closed. Page 3. GlavU to bo cross-examined severely on re sumption of Inquiry In Washington, page 3. Despite Utile or nothing accomplished, pre diction Is made that Congress will ad journ early. Page 3. Domestic. On lone confereaoe in Chicago today may hang arrests In noted Swope "poison case." Page 1. Boycott on meat trust brings about decline In foodstuff prices. Page 2. Coal miners to demand wage Increase, gen eral strike to follow refusal. Page 1. Prosecution In meat trust . Inquiry plans coup In evidence In case before grand Jury. Page 1. Favorite niece of Joseph Swift, of Harvester company, elopes with plumber. Page 1. Beef Trust plans counter attack for boycott on meat. Page 2. Sport. Gleason. in quandary over big fight plans. to leave San Francisco today to confer with Jeffries In Seattle. Page S. Danny Webster and Frankle Conley out to win Thursday's match. Page 8. Second ball club -for Portland Is put up to Representative McCredle. as Walter McCredie "washes his hands of whole afTalr." Page 8. Cricketrs win soccer game from Nationals bv score of ft to j; Kendall Is hero. Page 8. FarMc Northwest-' Fishermen in mass meeting oppose ruling f Master Fish Warden McAllister. Page 4. Industrial. Oregon apples and pears find growing mar ket in Ireland. Consul Miller reports. Pase--10. Cattle thrive on logged-off lands seeded with orchard grass. Page 10. Marine. Schooner Virginia, barred at North Head by gales, not damaged and In no danger, reports tug captain. Page 8. Portland and VirmitT. Evangelist Fred B. Smith, of T. M. C. A., makes stirring address, declaring Amer ica today is living too fast. Page 9. Hermann may take stand on his own be half today. Page 14. Rumor revived that Cake will , resign Re publican state chairmanship In favor of more aggressive supporter of assembly. Page 14. 1