TI1I5 JVIKJVlJMx OKJKlxOJNlAiV, W151lSSJLAir, AI'KIL 37, -1W1U. 3:i V.- 8 V3 i m 4 M I I I . CDTTONGROPLOSS TOTALS MILLIONS South's Financial Set-Back Is Worst Since War Cold Snap Is Widespread. FAMINE OF SEED NOW SEEN Xlioiisunds or Acres In IjOuisiana and Mississippi Must Be Re plantedAtlanta Suffers Heav ily by First April Snowfall. ATLANTA, Ga., April 26. With mil lions of acres of young cotton destroyed by the cold weather which yesterday overspread the entire cotton belt, with the unusual appearance in many sec tions of enow and sleet, the South has suffered Its most disastrous financial setback since the Civil War. Reports received last night indicate that the cold snap has not abated In OeorKlii. South Carolina, Tennessee, Northern Alabama, Louisiana, Missis sippi and even further west, and for much of this territory a heavy frost and freezing temperatures are predicted for Tuesday morning. In Atlanta and throughout the north ern half of Georgia, except near the At lantic, the thermometer has been below 40 degrees above zero all day, with fall ing: temperatures recorded last night. Snow fell as far south as Selraa, Ala., Columbus, Miss., and Columbus, Ga. In North Georgia, Tennessee and parts of Northern Alabama and Mississippi, the falls ranged from one to four Inches. Cottonseed oil mills in this state and Alabama were appealed to for seed for e-planting and state officials implored the mills to crush no more seed until the farmers have been supplied. It is doubtful, however, if there is sufficient weed to replant one-half of the area of young cotton destroyed by the cold. IIUIT CROP IS TOTATj LOSS Missouri Is Hard Hit by. Cold Weather-Corn Crop Injured. COLUMBIA, Mo., April 26. J. C. Whitten, in charge of the horticultural experiment station at the University of Missouri, said tonight that reports from all sections of Missouri show that the fruit crop is a total loss. Wheat and oats have not been in jured according to T. C. Wilson, sec retary of the State Board of Agricul ture. Corn will all have to be re planted, he says, the wet weather hav ing caused it to rot. ICE IS HALF IXC1I THICK (lean Crop Killed In Mississippi; Strawberries Injured. JACKSON, Miss., April 2S. Ice was ; one-quarter of an inch thick here this morning. The beRn crop has been killed. Heavy shipments of strawberries were made last week and it is feared the rest o. the crop wilL.Jje almost valueless. SHIP CARGOES LOST IX STORM Alter Three Days' light Lumber Schooners Reach Harbor. CHICAGO. April 26 Two lumber schooners, the Grace M. Siler and the Arendel. arrived late last night, after a three days' fight with the storm, and had lost a large part of their cargoes. All the lumber above thedeck had been swept away. Seven lumber laden boats left the harbor last night for Port Huron, but all turned back. COTTON CROP KILLED, REPORT Market Price Is $1.75 on Opening. Weather Freezing. NKW ORLEANS, April 26. Freezing weather and snow in many parts of the South sent cotton up $1.75 on the opening in the local futures . market today. The new crop is reported killed in many places. Newfoundland Swelters in April. ST. JOHJSTS. N. P., April 26.-Record-breaking temperatures have accom panied a hot wave that has been ex perienced on the west coast of New foundland for the last few days. At points where the usual temperature at this season of the year would be below freezing, the thermometers have regis tered as high as S5 degrees in the shade. f 0. A. C. BESTS WHITMAN Horleske Touched for Seven Hits. Keene Pitches Good Game. WALLA WALLA. Wash., April 26. (Special.) Whitman lost the first of a series. of two games to O. A, C. this afternoon by the score of 7 to 4. The contest was a long-drawn-out affair and anybody's game until the last in ning. Both teams played loose ball. Bor leske pitched for Whitman and was touched up for seven hits, while Keene allowed the "missionaries" but six. With no substitutes. Whitman's team is crippled worse now than at any other time this season. Score. R. IT. E. Whitman 10010200 0 4 6 7 O. A. C. . . 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 7 5 Batteries Borleske, Shubert and Felthouse; Keene and Moore. WATER BOND SALE IS OFF Bids for Construction of Plant af Hood River Returned. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 26. (Special.) On account of not being able to obtain the money for the water bonds, the sale of which was authorized by the Hood River City Couneil two months ago, 11 bids for the construction of the system were tonight returned tc the bidders, un opened. Some of the bidders were considerably mcensed at the action of the Council and wild they would refuse to bid again. ARMY OFFICER IS SUICIDE Before .Firing Shot in Man's Room, to Shoot Himself. -SN -rRANCTSCO;' April -26. Leaving' mo tauia in tae aining-room in the i officers' quarters at the Presidio and locking himself in his room, First Lieutenant Albert B. Hatfield, of the Thirtieth United States Infantry, son or Colonel Charles A. Hatfield, of the Thirteenth Cavalry, now In Manila, committed suicide today ' by shooting himself through the heart. Brother officers, with, whom he had been dining but a few moments before, rushed into the hallway at the sound of the shot and were attracted to Hat field's room by the moans of the dying man. An -entrance Into the room was effected and Hatfield expired as his companions bent over him. It had been noticed in quarters re cently that Hatfield had shown symP' toms of depression. Lieutenant Hatfield was a nativ of Colorado and was 39 years old. He was appointed to the Army at large in 1903, and received a lieutenant's commission in March, 1909. He has been in this city since la&t July, when he returned from the Philippines with his regiment. CASINO CLOSED BY COX CITY WITHOUT PUBLIC DANCE- HALL AS RESULT. Opening of ' Resort Before License Was Renewed Given as Reason lor Police Action. The Casino dancehall, at Fourth and Yamhill streets, was closed upon the or ders of Chief of Police Cox last night. The resoi t may never be reopened. The police ban followed a conferencebetween Chief Cox and License Inspector Mc- Eachern yesterday. With the closing of the Casino Port land was destiture of public dancehalls for the first time In months last night. Early In the season Chief of Police Cox instituted a vigorous crusade against the evils of public dancehalls. As a result of the strict surveillance on such places. the proprietors' were harrassed into abandoning their activities end seeking other fields for a. livelihood. The license of the management of the Maple Dancing Pavllian, Seventeenth and Washington streets, was revoked. Recently the Casino has had the par ticular field to Itself. The management of the resort has made an application for the renewal of its license for the coming year. While the matter was being con sidered by the necessary committee of the City Council, the management grew restless and. In order that it might main tain its prestige with the habitues of the place, the manager threw its doors open to the public Saturday night without the necessary qualifications. The defiance of the law resulted in the action of the police last night. "Your Humble Servant at Bungalow COLLOWING a plethora of so-called I "problem plays" and musical com edies, comes "Your Humble Servant, a piece of delicious foolery, as pre sented by Otis Skinner and Izetta Jewel last night at the Bungalow. It was a large audience that wel comed Mr. Skinner in his new vehicle, but just as much it was a tribute to Miss Jewel her personality, her sue cess and herself. From the days when Miss Jewel made her name locally in "The Girl of the Golden West." there have never been those who have not prophesied the Broadway engagement, which has been extended to a long provincial tour. Mr. Skinner takes us back to the pre-star age. In him we see the ir provident actor of 20 years ago, thor oughly imbued with the mock-heroics of the old school, of which, even in his off-stage moments, he finds it impos sible to rid himself. Mr. Skinner is splendid as a Micaw-ber-like actor who always sees a "prospect." But he is greatest when he devotes his life and career to the making of Margaret Druce (Izetta Jewel), a Broadway star. Margaret loves and is loved by a young college runaway, Dick Prentice (Alfred Hud son), but sends him away only to find he loved luxury better than herself, while she in reality loved Lafayette Towers, the altogether genial and lovable barnstormer, as Mr. Skinner makes us see him. Miss Jewel outlines perfectly for us the girl, young and immature, who, under the making of the man, himself a star, is too great not to make her great.' Her development from the backwoods to Broadway is shown not too rapidly and her grace of person is- even more marked than when she was last seen here in Portland. The rest of the cast is in capable hands. There are four acts to the play, the programme giving but three owing tq a printer's mistake. The doubtful ending of the third act caused the audience to arise last night and it was with diffi culty the ushers Induced them to return to their seats. "Your Humble Servant," is at the Bungalow for three more per formances with a matinee Wednesday. BEAR CHASES PATROLMAN Escaped Animal Now Being Sought by Army of Bluccoats. Chased by a big cinnamon bear for several blocks early this morning, Patrolman Tom Swennes had a touch of how it feels to "hit the high spots." The animal, however,' lost the scent and the officer immediately put In a "hurry-up" call to the police, depart ment . for aid, and several bluecoats were hurried to the. scene of the chase, to engage In a still hunt for the es caped beast. The escaped bear is said to belong to the Portland Bird Company, 91 Union avenue, but it is not known how the animal made Its fight to freedom. Officer Swennes was passing along Union avenue, when in the light of the moon he saw the "creeping ob ject coming toward him. It gave a growl and the chase started. UNKNOWN STEAMER RAMS Barkentine Koha la Limps Into Port Badly Damaged. SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. With her port bow smashed and her boom and cat head carried away, the barkentine Ko hala put into port today in' a disabled condition, the result of a collision with an unknown two-masted pteamer. just off the Farallon Islands late Friday night. Captain Anderson, of the Kohala,' said the two vessels came together in a heavy fog and that it was impossible to learn the name of the other ship. The Kohala, bound for Puget Sound in ballast, left here Friday afternoon. When about 12 miles, from the Farallons a steamer loomed up out of the haze and crashed against the sailing vessel; smash ing the port side and doing considerable other damage. Without offering aid. the steamer stole off in the night. An inves tigation will follow. ' To remove (orene.ss from the face after having, apply a little Santiaeptio Lotion. CONVICTS REVOLT; TWO ARE KILLED Jailbreakers at Colorado Peni tentiary Make Disastrous Failure. LEADER OF ATTACK DEAD Cellhouse Keeper Shot but Prisoners Do Sot Get Out of Prison Grounds Before Guards' Deadly Bul lets Cause Halt. CANON CITY. Colo.,- April 6. Two convicts were killed and two others and a guard were wounded in a desperata attempt of prisoners to escape from the StaSj Penitentiary here last night: The dead: Harry Brophy. Andrew Johnson. The wounded: John Bradley. W. J. Williams. Cellhouse Keeper Emery. When Emery threw the lever opening the doors of" the cellhouse to admit the members of th prison orchestra at 8:30 last night, Brophy, who had filed a key to his cell, jumped into the corridor, drew a revolver he had concealed in his blankets, and shot Emery in the leg, dis abling him. Brophy then unlocked the cells of Johnson, Bradley, Williams and John Miller with his improvised key. They then broke out one of the bars of a window that had been sawed nearly through, and using Emery's body as a shield, Brophy and Williams forced their way into the prison yard. They were seen and challenged by a guard on the walls and Brophy answered by a fusil lade of bullets-. The guard returned the fire, shooting Brophy through the head. Johnson at tempted to follow Williams and Brophy through the window and was shot and killed by another guard. Williams in the meantime had reached the shelter of the walls and was lighting the fuse attached to five sticks of dyna mite which he had placed against the walLjwhen he was seen by Warden Ty nan, who shot him in the leg. Warden Tynan and Guard Russell then rushed to the cellhouse, where they found Bradley hiding in an empty cell with a bullet wound in the abdomen. It has not been ascertained how Bradley was hurt. Miller was found unhurt in the cellhouse and locked up. Brophy had evidently planned the at tack some time ago, as -the key with which he opened the cells was of intri cate design and must have taken many weeks to make. IT CAUSES STIR POLICEMAN WEDGED IN HEDGE, FUGITIVE HIDES." Nob Hill Turns Out-to Help Officer Find Drunken Youth. Who Leaped Frcmi Wagon. ' A manhunt, replete with sensations and comedy, threw residents of elite Nob Hill Into a state of excitement at 10 o'clock last night, when a prisoner en route to the city bastile in the police patrol made a dash for liberty and after dodging two bullets fired by the offi cers in pursuit sought refuge on the porch of a fashionable residence. Prior to his capture the fugitive gained con siderable distance in his flight when Patrolman Ennis became wedged in a picket fence and was held a prisoner until released by a brother officer. The seriocomic episodes followed a call to police headquarters by Patrol man Carlson for the patrol wagon at Nineteenth and Savier streets. Benja min Da-vis, a young man, had become boisterous while drunk. When the wagon arrived with Patrolman Ennis in charge, a few moments later, Davis was taken aboard. While the vehicle was passing along the prisoner planned his escape. At a moment when Ennis and Driver Venable were paying little heed, Davis hurdled the front seat. Re gaining his feet immediately after striking- the pavement, Davis cleared a hedge fence at Nineteenth and" John son streets, with Officer Ennis in hot pursuit. The two raced across lawns, over backyard fences and ash heaps for blocks, in the darkness. The pa trolman fired two shots from his re volver, accompanied by a command to halt. The explosion only caused Davis to increase his speed. A moment after ward the fleet-footed policeman tried to emulate the fugitive and hurdle a picket fence. The stunt proved disas trous for him, however, as he found himself wedged fast. Fortunately, the shots he had fired attracted the atten tion of Special Officer Crouder, on duty in the neighborhood. He hurried to the scene and released the well-proportioned Ennis from his perch. Both renewed the chase after the drunken Davis. The darkness of the hedge fence and shrubbery were pene trated by the flashlights, but Davis was nowhere to be found. Presently, neighbors who were aroused from the evening reveries joined the hunt. After a search of several minutes and over that many blocks, Davis was found lying in a corner of a veranda at the Home or l)r lieorere Wilson. 31 Hovt treet. Gasping for breath, the police and prisoner suugiit out ine ananuuned patrol wagon and hurried Davis to the station, securely manacled. 94 DEGREES REGISTERED Pendleton Svelter9 During Hottest April Day in History. PENDI,F.Tf1T. fir Inrll clal.) With the mercury In the official thermometer registering a strong 94 in the shade today, Pendleton has just ex perienced the hottest Am-il dav evr recorded. The next highest was in 1904, when a temperature of 92 was reached. NinfttV WAS rp Pititprpff Sunao oa on Saturday. Next to 1904, the hottest April was in iub, when a temperature vi oo w iia recuraea. FIGHT ON FOR-'DRY OREGON' Young People Adopt Novel Methods of Advertising Prohibition Plans. "Vote for prohibition there's a rea son. This will be the text of advertise- ments placed in more than 400 Port land streetcars within the next few weeks, to remain there until the Fall elections. At a meeting last night at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church at the Young People's Temperance League of Oregon, composed of the members of the various young people's societies of Portland churches, this was one meth od of campaign decided upon in. the prohibition propaganda. The meeting was not well attended, there being only about 150 present out of a membership of 3000. Addresses were delivered by Rev. William Par sons, Dr. Luther R. Dyott and J. R. Knodell, state superintenaent of the Anti-Saloon League. All urged the young people to place their shoulders to the wheel in the fight to make Ore gon dry in 1910. A levy ot 5 cents per member will be made to meet the expense of ad vertlsing in streetcars. Meetings will be held frequently from now until the close of the campaign. A score or more speakers will be placed in the field. Street meetings will be one means of carrying on the campaign. STEAMER AURORA IS LOST SEALIXG BOAT GOES DOWN OFF FISHING BANKS. Details of Disaster Are MeagerVes sel Thought to Have Sunk After Having Collision. ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 26. The seal ing steamer Boothic, which arrived here Sunday night, has brought from the fishing banks a report that the steamer Aurora has been sunk. It is feared, according to the report current at the fishing banks, that her en tire crew of 187 men lost their lives. BOSTON, April 26. From meaker de tails received in this city early yester day from St. Johns it "was impossible to identify the boat positively. The marine register describes, several vessels named Aurora, but the missing ship is believed to be the property of the Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Com pany, of Grimsby, England, and was en gaged in the sealing industry. She had been missing since April 1 and it Is feared she went down In col iision with an iceberg in the fog. The several vessels composing the fleet cruised over the waters of the North At lantic, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and aiong me LaDraaor coast, but no trace of the missing Bhlp could be seen and no natives could be found who had heard of any such shipwreck along the coast. OREGON MINERS ORGANIZE State Association Headed hy Colonel I. N. Munsey, of Coos. The Oregon State Miners' Association has organized and will soon open up offices in this city. Colonel I. N. Munsey, Representative in the Legislature from Coos and Curry, was elected president. A vice-president will be elected for each mining district of the state and a com mittee to pass on every mine. The re ports of the committee on the mines to gether with the assay and all the par ticulars will be kept at the state head quarters office. Arrangements are being made to put the ores -on exhibition in the Chamber of Commerce of all th mines sending ore. Other places will be designated so that the people can see the ores of the state. A magazine will be published per taining to the mining industry. Any per sons owning mines or mining stock are eligible to become members. Already three counties are shipping coal as well as supplying the local demand. The gold, copper, silver and all other mines, to gether with the quarries, will be given all the publicity possible by the state asso ciation. ABERDEEN MAN MISSING Drifting Boat Containing Hat and Clolhlng Found. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 26. (Spe cial.) Leaving a drifting boat contain ing his hat, coat, trousers and an empty grip. Calvin O. Dyer, for seven months bookkeeper at the S. E. Slade mill, dis appeared Sunday morning at 10:80. 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PIERCE CADILLAC of Farmington, Wash., crawled into the Grand Central Station yards only to drop unconscious almost at the feet of Officer Mannering, who was making the rounds on his beat. The victim of the holdup wa's rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he re covered consciousness long enough to tell that his assailants were three young fellows, attired in sailor uni forms. . .' As the only boat in port now is the United States revenue cutter Manning, the police are led to believe that the trio may be connected with the Gov ernment craft. CHINESE RIOTS SUBSIDE Provincial Governor Arrives and Takes Affairs in Hand. CHANGSHA, China, April 26. The city is quiet today and the rioting in the in land towns and throughout Hunan Prov ince appears to be subsiding. The new Governor, accompanied by four gunboats, has arrived and taken charge of affairs. 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