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THE MORNING OREGOyiAN. MONDAY. JULY 8, 1912. TAMA TAMA GIRL WHO "WORE FIRST SHEATH SKIRT EVER SEEN TORRENTIAL RAIN BREAKS HEATWAVE IN NEW YORK AND NOTED AUIUUA nnu is xw uiAn,... TALES gfrte TURKISH TROPHIES Chicago Has Relief From High Temperature, but Suffers Property Damage. DOWNPOUR HELPS CROPS SSI Thousands Who Hare Fled to Parks to Escape Torridity Drenched. Suburb Isolated and Loss of Life Is Feared. CIJICAGO. July 7. (Special.) Dis astrous floods today temporarily broke 'the fierce heat wave which has caused 24 deaths In Chicago In three days and taken a lesser toll In other cities. Rain, which came with scant warn ing;, deluged the city and drenched thousands who had gone to the parks to escape the heat of the city. Base ments were flooded and many stocks . Af rnnii va mined, while Accom panying lightning caused two deaths and did much property damage. There Tx-n Aat:a tnriav from heat and one man. erased by the heat, cut his throat, Dnngmg xna total 01 nr . deaths up to 24 for three days of thi - T a rl I tlnn .ha - WMM SAVerS drownings in and around the city, of persons who had sought tne lanes ana streams to escape tne torrioiiy 1Wlnr- Hala. to Crop. Aside from deaths and destruction of property In the cities, there is a bright side to today's deluge. It was worth millions to farmers and will give all the crops a tremendous stimulus out of . 1 n Af aarlv frnata. now mOSt dreaded by the farmers, owing to the . ... . .j lateness in getting crops pumcu. Corn, usually laid by for the season by July 4. is a month behind this year, but oats give unusual promise of heavy returns. Splendid rains and relatively i .. v. tnr hA TMk rn. all the Spring wheat country has put a quietus on the crop scare. Today's deluge was timely as far as fk. -Uw vb nnrerned. for men and horses were thoroughly exhausted by the preceding two oays. o-mui . an opportunity to recuperate and cool . er weather following the storm will .-.t v. . un-irinfl mihlir; much better liuu .lira ..v. .' fortified to withstand another siege of hot weather. TnnB rcnrinM Fomr Hosri. - tuinM vain fall tn torrents. "When It suddenly ceased. It left the i ... i a mnA snnihberv un rooted, sidewalks washed away and many live wires winning in x" a.aaata VTflvn. wu oresent on every , aide. Forty-two fire alarms were ' turned ha during the storm and at Its close there were 120 calls for the city to pump out flooded basements. Great as the damage In Chicago was. bowever. it did not compare with the cloudburst in the vicinity of Elgin. At Algonquin and Crystal Lake thousands of dollars wortn or property wa stroyed In a flash. A mile of the Chi cago A Northwestern Railway track was washed out and Crystal Lake was . Isolated, as Its telegraph and telephone . , j.,trnTl. It Is feared there was loss of life In that vicinity, , i .n.iY ahut off from ill communication since 4 o clock this afternoon. . Drownings were reported from Bata- . t-i-t1u irta and a aolen- -. . -. Knn wflJft IWeDt Qia xieci vi. jfvwc. . - over the falls at Algonquin. Forty - cars loaded wltn grave, sisu wom the mael of the flood caused by a Considerable alarm is felt tonight over the fate of small boats which put out on Lake Michigan this morning nd which have not oeen ccouui for. NATIONAL PARK PROJECTED Josephine County Residents Petition for Change of Plans. .... v -n..iKH. hailntr circulated CWLI rcuwwuo v o -- and signed freely asking that 480 acres et aside as a National monument. July 12 1909 be proclaimed a National park. Situated within the acreage are the famous Josephine County caves. Under the present law no improvements can -j .nK. v. a ,ivi or the oe maae .ruv-i.u , . grounds sublet to people who would make the grounds attractive sts , . . If the National monument Is turned Into a National pars: a-P'i"" rent the grounds from the Government and establish modern hotels. , i An vnn1 anthorStv that all It IS L 1 Buv- the electricity that would be needed tor power and electric lights could be de veloped In the caves from the running water. Should the Government rrant the request tne caves win . ..e ...... . I 1 . . L. mrvm 1 . H 11 71 - Dy cic li iv nj u dreds of people visit the caves every year and are astonished at their beauty. WRECK BLAME NOT FIXED Mistake In Orders Responsible tot Loss of 24 Lives. r ,,AvTrrj r jnlv 7. It was an j , -inht that a renresenta' tive of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission would arrive nn.juuy to conduct an Investigation into the i. - ..t.o--.t- train and freight wrectt ui -. ------ - train on the Ligonler Valley Railroad on Friday afternoon. . . . With a list of dead fixed at 2S and with 29 injured, the extent of the dis aster was definitely anown General Superintendent George Sen We have been working all day to place the blame. There was m. , 4.. c Arrir some 1X1 WllllUUillwiiiuB where, but Just where we have not been able to find." All the injured In the hospitals are ' reported to be improving. LEBANON TRAIN DERAILED . Speed Is Slow and All Aboard Es cape Without Injury. ALBANT, Or, .July 7. (Special.) The engine and baggage car 01 t ' Albany-Lebanon train Jumped the track at Larson station this morning, but ... ....nra aao&nejl with- 1 11 C VI v w muu 1'"""' out injury. The traok was damaged and the train was unanie to proceeu to Lebanon until late tonight. The train had made Us regular rnn Rrownsvllle on the Woodburn-Sprlngfleld line and was backing to Tallman to complete Its run to Lebanon when the rails spread. The alowlv at the time and this fact prevented a serious ac cident wC&iKn Miiiiiii 7 M W UK i7 n iiWiil III f ABOVE. BESSIE Hf 'CO V BELOW, II KEEP SECRET Richard Harding Davis and Actress to Wed Quietly. TOUR OF EUROPE PLANNED Bessie McCoy, Who Is to Become Bride, and Prospective Husband Believed Hiding at Home of Author-Friend. NEW YORK. July 7. (SpeclaD If the plans of Richard Harding Davis are carried out tomorrow Bessie Mc Coy will be Mrs. Richard Harding Davis by nightfall and will be on her honeymoon. This report came from one of Davis close friends who declared that the au thor had told him that ' the wedding would take place on Monday. July S, and that the couple would sail Imme diately for a tour abroad. The whereabouts of both Miss McCoy and Mr. Davis have been unknown for several days, but it Is thought they are visiting friends In Connecticut and that the wedding will be performed at the country home of anotner wen known author they are presumed to be visiting. In answer to a telephone can late tonight Miss McCoy's mother, who lives In New Rochelle, said she was unable to say anything regarding the wed ding, as she promised her daughter that any information she had wouia not be made Dublic. The mother of the actress did say that she -did -not think, the wedding would take nlace for at least two weeks, although It Is saidNiy Mr. Davis friends that the ceremony will be per formed tomorrow afternoon. It is doubtful If they will sail from New York, as the sailing list of the outgoing ships does not Include the name of the author or actress. Davis was divorced by his wife only recently on the ground of desertion. Miss McCoy wore the first sheath skirt ever seen in New York streets and won fame as the Yama Tuna girl. . CHERRY QUEEN IS CHOSEN Salem Elects Miss Jessie Keeton to Place of Honor at Fair. SALEM. Or, July 7. (Special.) Miss Jessie Keeton, a young woman of Sa lem, proved to be the choice of Salem as queen of the cherry fair, when the counting of votes was completed at an early hour this morning. Miss Emily Nerod was second and Miss Mary Ecker- len. third. Miss Keeton is connected with the of flee of the State Tax Commission. HAWLEY AIDS RIVER PLANS Representative Works to Keep Wil lamette Within Its Channel. . SALEM. Or.. July 7. (Special.) The annual freshets cause mucn oamage to adjacent property ana injure tne M- ! '7 1 wttMMSBSSsl 4 RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. ' gabllity of the Willamette River and Hawlev has been working on plans with a view to i 1 v, in a nuriniLnent chan nel so far as possible, believing that if this can be done it will not only save minahia nrAnnrtv that la de stroyed by tha-hlgh waters each Spring but that tne river, so conimeu, " i M HRiqAnAV t n af.mii- its own ch.n- iiaic a. triivuj v nel and thereby make deep water for the use of boats during tne entire jem, ii-i. i. a Bnr,rfiiia nnint near In - ar, tha rivor has threat- ucn;iiuciivD ,.. . - ... - - ened a number or . times to urea. through there, destroying mucn proper ty and cutting a new channel. To pre- . k- u. Uflwiav hAa secured VCUl Ml.. -" - J emergency appropriations of several thousand dollars ana wita im . ce ment has been built a short distance -i Kmlr At- a iliataricie aoove tiio civutus -- - of about 2000 feet and the Tower end protected by a riprap dike. The extension of the Independence . I. Inj,ltiriwri In a. revised Dian cvdiucfc .a i- ... and estimate of cost of improvement of the Willamette mver ueiwecu. gon City and Harrisburg now before Congress, and Mr. riawiey naa an ap propriation of $20,000 put in the pend ing rivers and harbors bill for continu ing such work at the above point and other needed places along the Willam ette River. LOW WATER INCONVENIENT Hood River Wharfboat Forced to V Move Away From Town. Hnnn river. Or.. July 7. (Spe cial.) Hood River people have noted i . . v. - aii Af tha river at this W1LI1 ICfllOfc Ll.D . 1. V. - -" point. The river has receded fast from the low bottom lands norm ot mo v. W. R. & N. station within the past 1- . J ,U. wharf hflBt Of the Reg- ulator-llne was moved yesterday to a point on the east side of the Hood Riv er almost three-quarters of a mile from . - i . . . 1 1 1 ma mi r a null. I i i.i.n uui.. IUHII. l- " 1 1 " " " - - the ferry boats have to move their landings from the convenient point. D..Moiitfl nf tha nitv nave m&ae nnic .... v- mian of the river for UBG VI. uro . " pleasure than In any rormer ". many canoes ana rowomu plied the waters pleasant eveniuso- i New Postofficcs Asked. ce a t tt l.tl V i,Srnii.L OAUDiU, wusr ' Representative nawiey naa rwumuicuw- ei that a postoitice do tauiianD w -..ll... Vw.a-rf " . , - .. u Uawav M.m.itr. This Of O.IU . AawTVj I-""" " ' flee is to render mail service to tne settlers living about 1Z miles norm u Klamath Falls and to supply the work- v. Aio-nma T.iiTnhr ComDany. Ill CI Va. -. a . r who are now engaged in the construc tion of a large sawmill ana dua tory at Rattlesnake Point, on the Up per Klamath Lake. Mr. Hawley has likewise recommended the establish- NarkfYtA at Tie ad snort. Douglas County, Or with Joseph Lyons Paarlinnrt Is fl. new townslte about three miles south of Gardiner. Several Industries, inciua- t . nraamarv and cold Stor age plant, have been located at tlfls point and the promoters of the town site claim that Reedsport will be the terminal of the railroad now being . .. hv tha flmitliern Pacific CUUBUUI.WU " J ...V Railroad Company and, because of this ... . . ..I1UU. haa a ana. its aeep water iat.iiii.ica, bright future. Hawley Secures New Ronte. cit-cm -- T,.l 1 Rnriftl. Af DALUbn, a J ' ' 1 ' . ter repeatedly having the proposal to establish rural route nu. i -1 ui.ntui Tanreaentative Haw ley continued to collect facts and ar guments from the people living along the Willamette River on the Clacka mas County side, opposite the town of Willamette, and has at last secured a favorable decision from the department permitting tne aesireu WOMAN SEES REVEL Y. W. C. A. Officer Visits San Francisco Barbary Coast. SHE SAYS SHE SAW ENOUGH Hotel Clerk Takes Chicago Associa tion President Through Worst Part Information to Be Used . in Slumming at Home. sin -PBATJCISCQ. July 7. (Special.) Mrs. A. F. Chamberlain, president of the Toung Women's Christian Associa tion of Chicago, and a delegate from Illinois to the 11th biennial convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs, just closed here, will take back home with her - a vivid Impression of . the variegated scenes oi tne oamary wi She made a personal visit to that .i nt tha- iltv Saturday niarht and personally saw the habitues-"ragging" and doing the "Texas Tommy," the "Grizily Bear" and in otner ways in dulging in the abandon that character ises the notorious coast resorts. Mrs. Chamberlain naa to mm " second attempt to get Into the inner . , .v.. niirht lif. of the tender- ciri:it: 1 i-"" ...o - loin. Several days ago she engaged a Chinatown guide to show her the coast district, but the guiae aia nut Hv i. a....jov nirht Mrs. Chamber lain induced the head clerk of the Hotel Turpln. where she nas oeon a P "'"" for the last two weeks, to act as an - mi..,, .niii in the Barbary Coast district about midnight, when the Saturday night reveiry was at it. height, and Mrs. Chamberlain says she saw enough. She purposes to use the Information gained on her slumming tour in con nection with social settlement work In Chicago, RAIN RUINSJ5IG. HAY CROP Potatoes and Grain, However, Are .Greatly Benefited. FORK ST GROVE, Or., July T. (Spe cial.) The heavy rains of the past two weeks have destroyed thousands of dol lars' worth of hay in this section, be sides the late strawberry yield and the early cherries. Clover hay for the rst ' part " has been ruined, aa the TALEI3 -THE OW for a right hearty laugh," chor tled the Kink, as the Royal Jester came tripping across the Bokharah. ' "I have discovered a new an swer to a famous riddle," glee fully said the . Court Jester. " Why does a chicken cross the -street?' is the riddle, and the greater portion of the crop was cut at the beginning of the rainy weather, i Much timothy hay also has been de stroyed. One farmer cut 100 acres dur- ( lng a period of fair weatner aoout iu days ago, but "with the heavy rains of j the past week, he will suffer a total loss. . . The rains, however, were of special benefit to potatoes, and a bumper crop for this section is expected. A larger acreage was planted this Spring than last year. Grains ot an kihus uavo been greatly aided and a large yield i n,.Asii,.tai Thn fsirmArs in this sec tion report the grain to be of the finest quality, especially tne wneat. umi'" on David's Hill say the grapes will be extra fine this year. Many of the prune growers In this section of Washington County report their crops to have been totally destroyed, although there are a few who expect a fair yield. AGRICULTURE. TO BE URGED Hebrews Organize Society to Pro- mote Jewish Interest. The Hebrew Agricultural Association of Oregon came Into corporate exis tence last Monday night in tne vestry rooms of the Hall Street Synagogue, with the appointment of a committee on constitution and by-laws, the securing of a charter from the State of Oregon v, - Aiu.fl.n nf ntfimm.. The ob- 0. 11V1 (HO vjivww.. - Ject of this organization Is to encour age agriculture among me aew. j.ma organization will lend money without Interest and otherwise assist Jewish farmers In their vocation. M. Ostrow was temporary chairman and A. Mesher temporary secretary. Thu committee appointed to draw up a con stitution and by-laws consists of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, chairman; David N. Mosessohn, A. Zidell. A. Mesher and A. Tllles. The officers elected for the first year are: A. Zidell, president; Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, first vice-president; M. Ostrow, second vice-president; M. Abrams, third vice-president; David N. Mosessohn, secretary and legal adviser; S. Herns, treasurer; J. Margulles, I. J. Sherman, A. Mesher, E. Agron and Phil Stein, directors. Catblamet Folk Celebrate. CATHXAMET, Wash July 7. (Spe cial.) With flags and yards of bunting flying, crackers popping and time-honored amusements on the programme the Fourth was passed in Cathlamet. Rev. W. W. Head was reader and ora tor of the day. In the afternoon a game of baseball was played between the regular and a pick-up team. There were the usual land races and water sports. A dance, attended by by large delegations from Astoria and other Co lumbia River towns, completed the day's festivities. Civil War Veteran Dies. ALBANT, On. July 7. (Special.) Franklin HiMard. a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this city KINK'S JESTER answer is: 'To get a box of Turkish Trophies.'" "And to think," said the Kink, sadly, "that he gets his eats for putting over that kind of comedy." "However, he reminded me of a good smoke, and for that he lives one more day." ti .l .Iffht .sail 7 S vanr.. Me WSS fl nil. msiiii torn In Pennsylvania and resided most at his me in .Missouri aim ivuuoaa. UllUlO f " " - .. . J a;nd has resided in this city since, with Uie exception ot a years resiuen It'.l.rlnn Ua aorvAfl t h mil fith OH t the ei tire Civil War in the Fifth Missouri Ca valry. Mr. l-iiuiara is nuivivcu u Ms widow and four sons Edward Hil llnrd, Samuel Hilllard, Reuben Hilltard and Walter Hilllard, all of this city. Hood River Has Record Hay Yield. 'HOOD RIVER, Or., July 7. (Spe cial.) The Hood River Valley will hanre one of the largest hay crops this year in its history. The acreage Is un uaually large and the continuous rains Have produced heavier crops than In former years. The first power bailer X IU;:-.- rLnnUHL i - .. . krm tAt.t-1 ever used In the valley was delivered here last week. In the Odell district, where a great deal of hay is raised, nearly every rancher will have quan tities of the feedstuff to sell, whereas in former years nearly every one Is a purchaser of the product to tide over the Winter months. Water Report Due Soon. SALEM, On. July 7. (Special.) R. B Dole, of the l.!ted States Geologi cal Survey, said today on his arrival from Nevada that the report on the waters of Oregon will be made public In a short time. The report will cover data on practically all the rivers in the state and will follow an exhaustive ex amination which has been carried on here in connection with the State En gl n e e r"sfticei tMaSMIttO C0MPOUN0 11 Alrt"l M , iw - , f-r JEW lu" ft