T1TE MORXTNO OREGONIAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916. BEE KEEPERS BUS! HIT BY HURRICANE Attraction Extraordinary Results of Season Dependent -on Spring Preparation. Flood Wreaks Most Havoc in Part of Country That Lies North of Amsterdam. WARMTH PRIME NECESSITY 6 HOLLAND IS HEAVILY LOSS WILL BE $3,000,000 Salt Water Ituius Rich Pastures for Iong Period Whole Work of Sweetening Soil Must Be Done All Over Again. I i AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Jan. 25, I (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Onc-3 or twice in tho past ; week it seemed as though an awful ; nnd immense catastrophe would ln '. evitably overwhelm Holland. Tho : water of the Zuyder Zee, whipped by . a nor'wester of hurricane force, rose to unprecedented heirhts, broke through the great dikes that have for decades protected the low-lylnfr fer tile fields from encroachment by the sea, and flooded the country for miles around, sweeping away farmhouses and villages like as many cardboard boxes and covering the rich pastures with a layer of noisome salt mire. Inch by inch relays of soldiers and 1 civilians disputed the ground won by years of labor, and only retired beaten : -when the soil crumbled and sank be i neath their feet into the roaring- tor ' rents. I A fortunate circumstance was that the great storm came a week before Spring-tide. Had they coincided, . practically the whole of Holland would 'have been inundated. Country Has IN arrow Escape. ' It has been a narrow escape, but as it is the death roll numbers 21. over 96.000 acres of land have been wholly 'or partially ruined by the sea water, thousands of cattle and sheep have perished and the damage is more than $3,000,000. . The history of the "Low Countries" 'abounds in flood records. One, on "AH Saints' day in 1572, took a toll of .20,000 lives, but not since the last great 'flood of 1826, when 800 persons and 46,0)0 head of cattle perished, has a disaster of like magnitude overtaken .this country. All along the curved coastline of the shallow but often turbulent Zuyder Zee great destruction has been wrought, but the visitation was excep tionally severe in that part of the province of North Holland which lies north of Amsterdam. This quaint cor ner of the Netherlands is perhaps bet ter known to Americans than any other '.part of the country. Volendam, Edam, ;Monnickendam, and especially the ' AVaterlar.d villages have suffered se "verely. The Island of Markcn hns been fswept from end to end. Fishing , smacks were seized by the furious 'waves and hurled with terrific force .upon the fishermen's homes on the '.shore, and only four houses in the once prosperous village are undam- Sea Regain Mastery. When the Associated Press corre spondent visited part of the inun dated land, the aspect of the country 'seemed to have grone back six cen turies. Maps of that time indicate a .'chain of large meres, long since drained and converted into smiling fields, but now the sea has once more gained the mastery, and only the gables of farmhouses and the tops of count less windmills were visible above the troubled waters, on which hayricks, carcasses of farm animals and pieces of furniture of all descriptions were floating about At one point, near the pretty little town of Purmerend. further progress was barred, owing to the sudden dis covery by the authorities of a weak spot in a neighboring dike, which necessitated the immediate filling up cf a lock so as to reduce the pressure of the water. Here gangs of men were working as though their lives depended upon it. but the water was still gain ing and folks were beginning to evac uate their homes. Some of the little villages on the edge of the floods now lie level with the sea and are defended from further encroachment by hastily erected ram parts, so-called "box dams." These consist of deal planks securely clamped together, forming a breastwork a few feet high. A similar structure is erected a yard further back, and the space be tween filled up with sand and earth. Relentless Battle. Waged. Holland spends $6,000,000 a year on protection from its "never resting ene mv" and the necessity for this is In dicated by the fact that the "polders" the drained tracts of land wrested from the sea and converted Into arable land or meadows lie from 10-to15 feet be- " low sea level. The turf-covered dikes nr embankments that are such a fa miliar feature of the Dutch landscape, are armored on the seaside with brick masonry when they are ' in so-called "safe" positions, i. e., running from north to south; but with basalt blocks and concrete facings at the points thv are exposed to the full force of the northern and northwestern blasts. The land side slope, however, is of plain earth: the consequence being that once a polder Is flooded, there is an, enor mous pressure on the inner part of the sea dike. Slowly but surely the earth Is eaten away until only the basalt or concrete shell remains. If storms then continue and pumping work is impos sible, this shell at length collapses un der the renewed onslaughts of the sea from without, and the polder is doomed. At ordinary times Zuyder Zee water contains per litre only about two grams of salt, compared -with an average of three and one-half grams per litre of North Sea water. By the violence of the gale, however, much North Sea water was blocked up into the Zuyder Zee, and thence found its way Into the" pol ders. The saltness of the flood water aggravates the trouble, because it ruins the soil for a long period. Grass land, which forms about two-thirds of the inundated area, generally recovers in about a year, provided heavy rains help to cleanse the surface of salt; but tilled fields may be rendered unproduc tive for two and- three years, and even longer. The whole work of sweetening the soil has to be done over again. Re claimed land such as this Is valued when in good condition at 400 to 1500 an acre. The loss to the farmer in having his land thus spoiled ' Is great and this factor also makes it extraor- vdlnary difficult to arrive at anything like an accurate estimate of the dam age done. MARSHALL FIELD THROWN Polo Plajer lias Narrow Escape From Serious Injury. AIKEN. S. G, Feb. 18. In a polo game played recently on the new field of the Plnetree Polo Club, Marshall Field III. of Chicago, was thrown by his mount and .had a narrow escape from serious injury. He pluckily in sisted on finishing the game, though he plainly was suffering. , . . III ill j r j ; " - j 4 M i H ' - - f ""a t " ' J - 5 f ; H f " Ik .? 4 I - I v , Z t r . r ' : r ,1 - -J - ' ' 'I s'T - A TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Plckford "Love's Crucible." Peoples "The Black List, "The Goddess." National "Charlie Chaplin," "Rupert of Hentzau." Columbia "Betty of Greystone" "Better Late Than Never." Majestic "Race Suicide." Sunset "Dimples." Heilig "The Ne'er-do-WeU." I . "rp ert WILLIAH COLLIER AND M tB BtSCH I.V "BETTER LATE THAN NEVER," AT COLUMBIA THEATER. ....... I the recent Colorado labor troubles. As Vera Maroff, a young Russian girl, who teaches a school of miners, and plunges headlong into a struggle for the mine workers which nearly causes her to kill the man she loves. Miss Sweet is given a splendid opportunity for the display of strong emotional powers. The eighth chapter of "The Goddess," presenting Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, an added feature, peculiarly takes the spectator to that part of Celestla's mis sion of reforming the world to the be ginning of serious trouble between capital and labor. "The Black List" which takes its name from a Bystem which means that a man who leaves, or is discharged from one mine, cannot secure employment in another, is replete with tense situa tions, accentuated by high-class photog raphy. A Nevada mining camp was used for the scenes which led up to a pitched battle between guards and strikers. Vera, the teacher, after taking charge of the family of a miner who was shot after protecting her from assault, ap peals to the owner of the mine, Har court. for a betterment of conditions. Her father appeals to a group of an archists, antl a man is sent with power to decree the death of the owner. Vera is ordered dismissed for protecting the miner's fa.mily, Harcourt refuses to abolish the blacklist, the miners strike, and Vera draws the bean which calls for the death of the owner. After shooting Harcourt Vera attempts to take her own life, but the man, in spired by love for her and a renewed sense of justice, saves her from her self and she consents to aid him In teaching him to love his people. . Pickford. OVE'S CRUCIBLE," a screen in terpretation of the Jules Eck- Goodman play, "The Point f View," which opened an engagement at the Pickford yesterday, serves to in troduce Frances Nelson, a charming. new star of the films. Miss Nelson easily dominates the. production, her engaging personality and gift for emo tional expression earning for her many admirers. The story of "Love's Crucible" is one of the downfall and regeneration of a girl, as well as the reformation of a man. The country, artistic colony or New York, as well as its slums, are blended together to furnish the back ground. The ambitious country girl goes to the city to study art. and finds erself next door to an attractive youns fellow artist. He is living under an assumed name to cover his questionable fe. The girl falls in Iove with him. but is cast aside when he really falls ictim to the love darts. The discard ed girl is succored by the sister of the man who wronged her. Confronted with the evil he has done the man ffers to marry her, but is refused, the girl consecrating her life to art but holding out a promise for the ruture to the man she left back in the country. The Election Bet, a. comedy featur- ng Billy Reeves, is an added feature on the bill. Columbia. Majestic. The utter indifference of the average male towards the vital problem of race suicide, one which has been agitated n its various phases for years. Is strik ngly portrayed in "Race Suicide," a six-reel feature production which opened yesterday at tho Majestic Thea ter. Starting with a series of interesting nsect. reptile and animal pictures. showing in all cases the obliviousness f the male to his offspring and their ependence upon the mother, the same situation is shown to exist in the human race. The cave man chooses his mate but spurns his child, while, upon s death by violence, his successor de- troys-the infant. In the days of decadent Rome uie ttitude of the average male towards wifehood and paternity are shown hen the young noble declares: "There is no place for bawling brats or mothers in my life." Next the so-called days of chivalry are exposed in the attitude of men towards matrimony and father hood. Bringing the spectator down to the present day the courtship and marriage f a young couple are depicted. Here also the male would postpone the time hen he is to be called "father. Finally the fates interpose, following an accident to the wife, and offspring re denied them, rendering both their lives wretched. The photography of "Race Suicide is excellent, while the, striking grouping of incidents revolving about the central theme holds the attention unflaggingly. Mutual Traveler, Pathe Weekly and Majestic Novelty . Trio conclude the programme. National. Charlie Chaplin, in a London-made medley of antics you have seen and others you havn't, styled "Charlie's First Vacation," crowded the fans into the National Theater yesterday. Con struct a near-plot from numerous Chaplin releases, select the most laugh- ble of the pre-Essanay performances, place Mabel . Normand, Mack Swain, Roscoe Conklin' and Mack Sennett in the cast, and inject a number of things the censors overlooked when first the films greeted American eyes, and you have a mental picture of "Charlie's First Vacation." But the mental photo won't make you laugh; that's the difference. Together with the Chaplin thing Is strong ive-reel feature, "Rupert of Hentzau," a romantic-heroic film based n the famous Anthony Hope sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda." Jane Gail and Henry Ainley are cast In the lead- ng parts. The action follows closely that of the book, which was a distinct "best seller" In its day, and a work which yet has a large following. Ain ley essays two roles, that of the king of Ruritanla and also Rudolph Rasseiv dyll, the Englishman, who- is In love with the queen. He rushes to her as istance when Rupert secures a letter and token intended for the Englishman, and in the stormy period that followed has an opportunity to ascend a throne and gain the woman he loves. The in cidents which lead up to a well-sustained climax are graphically pictured in the Blue Bird offering. Peoples. Blanche Sweet, the charming I-asky photodramatic star, opened an engage ment yesterday at the Peoples Theater in "The Black List," a daring drama or social - conditions drawn largely; from- Dorothy Gish, Owen Moore and Wil liam Collier are the three big player names on-the Triangle programme which opened the week at the Colum bia. Miss Gish and Moore are featured in "Betty of Greystone," a sympathetic storr of quaint New England, while Collier makes his debut as a Keystone comedy star in "Better Late Than Never," an antl-slapstick mirth-pro-voker constructed about a struggle for a bride. "Dot" Gish plays the title role in "Betty of Greystone." -The daughter of the caretaker of Greystone Gables, the girl orten visits the mansion. Fol lowing the death of her father and the mother's marriage to Jim Weed (George Fawcett) the father of two - dissolute eons, the girl is discovered parading in borrowed finery in the mansion by David Chandler (Owen Moore), its owner. The girl saves the house from robbery at the hands of her step-brothers but the village scan dal-mongers link her name with that or Chandler and she is forced to leave. Chandler places her under the protec tion of a friend in New lork but the girl tires of the life and returns to her New England home, finally finding peaco in the arms of David. In "Better Late Than Never" Collier is a poor artist in love with Mae Bush. Joseph Belmont, another artist, is his rival. The girl favor3 Collier, but her fatl.er looks kindly upon Belmont. After a fight, a painting contest in which a cow's tail takes first honors for Col!ier..a murder plot, and other di verting incidents, the lovers enlist the aid of a motion picture concern, and Collier, in disguise, is married to Mae by a real minister, while the rival is an unconscious spectator of the cere mony. Sunset. "Dimples," a Metro feature offering at the Sunset Theater, Is a naive and ir reproachably wholesome story con structed about the playful and pretty Mary Miles Minter, the youthful star of "Barbara Frietchie. j Every incident- of -"Dimples" Is cal culated to reveal the girlish charms of the 14-year-old precocity. We first meet her as the ill-treated daughter of a miserly old man and find that her beauty stands the strain of ragged clothing. She romps about the poor tenement with all the spontaneity of healthy childhood and every now and then strikes a sympathetic note, ex pressing a craving for affection that is denied her, save for the companionship of the aged, half-witted friend of her father. Finally she is given a doll, and the girl never suspects that her simple-minded companion has removed sawdust and placed within the doll the money which Is her Inheritance. The men die and the girl goes to live with an .aunt. The precious doll Is forever on the point of being stolen, but finally the bills are discovered at the crucial moment when Dimples' prospective husband is confronted with failure on the stock exchange. The photographic exteriors from Jacksonville are excellent. Thomas J. .Carrlgan. William Cowper and John J. Donough .furnish good support in prominent roles. Stimulation to Heavy Brood Rear ing Requires Six to Eight Weeks. Care Also Mast Be Taken to Provide Against Swarming. WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 22. The duty of the beekeeper in the Spring is to get plenty of bees in time for the honey-flow. If this is not done his work is a failure. The population of the colony is reduced during the Win ter, especially where wintering condi tions are not the bestand this must be corrected if the colony is to get the full honey crop. It is poor beekeeping to have weak colonies at the beginning of the honey-flow from which the sur plus crop is obtained. The following advice is given by E. F. Phillips, in charge of bee culture investigation, bureau of entomology, United States Department of Agriculture: After brood-rearing gets under way, bees need three things room for heavy brood-rearing, an abundance of stores and protection. A common error is to cramp the colony by failing to provide empty cells for the reception of eggs. Each colony should ultimately have the equivalent of at least eight Langstroth frames entirely full of brood, so that a single 10-frame hive is scarcely large enough at this season. Some beekeepers practice giving a second hive-bedy during this period of heavy breeding. This is especially necessary for colonies that have abundant stores. Weather' Make Difference. If In early Spring the weather is suitable and if nectar is available, the bees will add considerably to their hoards of honey, but they use it so rapidly that it is seldom that any gain in the stores occurs even during fruit bloom. However, since the weather 13 uncertain at this season, the beekeeper should not depend too much on incom ing nectar to supply the needs of his bees. If they are short or stores, leea a warm, thick syrup made of granu lated sugar and feed lavishly. This will be stored by the bees in the brood combs and used as needed. The syrup may be half water and half sugar, or thicker If preferred. There Is no bet ter investment in beekeeping than to give abundant supplies in the Spring. Bees generate considerable heat in rearing brood rapidly, for the tem perature of the brood must be main tained nearly at human blood neat. The better they are protected from winds and the more insulation they have, the easier it is for them to keep the proper temperature and the faster they build up. Spring Cleaning Necessary. On some warm 'day the hives should be opened and given a Spring house cleaning. At this time one wing of the queen should be clipped so tnat when swarming time comes she cannot flv to the woods with the swarm. If any queenless colonies are discovered (having no brood) tney .snouia De united with colonies having queens. This can b8 done simply by setting the queenless colony on top. The stimulation to neavy Drooa- rearing shouia occupy six 10 eigni weeks previous to the surplus honey flow, and every beekeeper should know when that comes In his locality, li ne is a beginner, any beekeeper who is older in the work can give that infor mation. If the. colony has a good queen and plenty of empty cells for egg-laying, is well supplied with stores and is protected from cold and wind, one may expect a colony which is capable of storing the maximum crop. Having gone to all tnis trouDie to gei plenty of bees in the hive, the bee keeper will readily see that he should An everything in his power to prevent swarming. Swarming just before or during the honey-flow is the greatest drawback to a good crop. Experienced beekeepers have worked out. methods by which this can largely be prevented, and every beekeeper should study these methods, CAVEMAN WINS BELLE Suitor, Twice Foiled, Persists and Rival Is Forced to Aid Him. rurfinn TToH 91 Talrn it from Isaac Abraham,, cave-man tactics do x i ,nii ..-I. a .latarminMl UCJL ftiwnjg ' i u. . , . . swain pursues the lady of his heart. In Isaacs case tne-giri is Minenm Sargis, beautiful belle of a North Side T 1 ; ivhn livcM wltll OAf rciaiau i-uiuiij. . . u - - - - father at 822 North La Salle street. Last August tne araeni Araoma taxicab at Chicago avenue and Dear born street and carry her away to be married. That attenfpted elopement failed be cause a tailor appeared upon the scene and embraced Isaac In a strong grip, i II IN '"Ch arlie's First Vacation" A Three-Round Knockout by the King; of Comedy ALSO Rupert o: H entzao" s Five-Act Feature of Romance and Adventure From Anthony Hope's Sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda" , THE BIGGEST SHOW IN TOWN Played to Packed Houses All Day Yesterday it r n - iii iri ftaframrr nrfr 3L A policeman came. Isaac told his story to the desk sergeant, while his lady love hysterically sobbed out hers on her father's shoulder. Shortly thereafter Father bargls took his daughter with him to Eliza beth, N. J. Ten minutes after they had gone Isaac knew all about it. He recalled that his hated rival, whom he knows i .. ' v, -.n !i n " Hveri somewhere In .the East. It took' him 10 minutes more to learn just where. Tnat nigni. uo left Chicago for New Haven, Conn. He went to find Norman. He found him at 2 A. M., three days after. Through the persuasive power of the .32-caliber revolver he influenced Nor man to hand over several letters from Katherine, and more important o telegram from Sargis. Sr. The message read: "We are in Elizabeth, N. .T. Come at once and marry Katherine." Isaac Abraham read that message, and he saw red. He obtained Norman's promise to aid in the abduction ot Katherine so that he (Isaac) might marry her. They tried it in Elizabeth, but at the ,last moment their chauufeur failed them, and Isaac found . himself once more in the toils of the law. He got out of his trouble by a promise to the judge to return to Chicago and leave Katherine alone. They were married in the La Salle avenue Baptist Church. And, still fur ther, the tailor who spoiled the first abduction Joseph Brody by name was the best man. FIVE-MINUTE KISS CITED Chicago Man, However, Fails to Make Case Against Wife. CHICAGO. Feb. 20. In the movies, a kiss which extends over more than five feet of film is cut to that length by the censors. In real life Judge Charles A. Mc Donald refused to be moved by testi mony of detectives concerning a five minute kiss, silhouetted on a curtained window at 660 East Forty-second street Mrs. Esther Ovenu obtained a decree of separate maintenance from her hus band, Burkett Ovenu, a well-known downtown merchant tailor, and with it an order that he should pay her $12 a week alimony. The husband then hired detectives and put them on the wife's trail. The testimony of the kiss was a part of the story which Ovenu hoped would give him a divorce and free him from the necessity of paying the ali mony. Judge McDonald dismissed the suit for want of equity, and so Mr. Ovenu Is still paying alimony. James Byron, the Pirikerton detective who revealed the story of the sil houetted kiss, was questioned by At torney S. Ox. Abbott for Mrs. Owen. "I saw the lady go to the door and a man came in and sat in front of the window," said Byron. "She sat on his knee for about five minutes, and when she saw the shade was up she pulled it down." "You saw this man and woman hug ging and kissing?" "Yes, sir." "How long did they keep It up?" "Three to nve minutes before the win dow." PRISONER HAS GAY LIFE Juile Lanilis, of Chicago, Puis Stop to Proceeding. CHICAGO, Feb. 20. The "de luxe" life of the prisoner in charge of Sheriff E. J. Griffin, of Lake County, was re vealed today In Federal Judge Landls' court, to the chagrin of the Sherilf and his prisoner. Thomas Kelly, a Canadian fugitive from justice, who is wanted tor his alleged part in a $1,250,000 swindle. Judge Landls was told that Kelley. while under the jurisdiction of Sheriff Griffin, had been living In Waukegan and coming to Chicago to dine in the Congress Hotel every day. Judge Lan dis asked Sheriff Griffin where he got the idea that he might allow his pris oner to run at large. The Sheriff placed the blame on the shoulders of Ralph C. Dady, State's Attorney of Lake County, and Assistant State's Attorney Rud yard. Judge Landis took Kelly out of the control of Griffin and placed hlin in charge of United States Marshal John J. Bradley. VACCINATI0NFdE GIVES IN Girl Chooses Serum Kather Than Yield to Dismissal. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. IS. The only rebel to the vaccination edict at the University of Minnesota'1 has yielded Jenny Schey has promised to Join the long list of arm-scarred invalids. Some 500 students are carrying scratched and bandaged arms as a re suit of the smallpox scare thrown over the Institution by the illness of Stafford King, a junior law student, and several hundred more are expected to visit the pathology building. When it comes to choice between an unbecoming scar and curt dismissal, the students prefer the scar. Itcnting Ciuiso of Death. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Fob. 20. injuries re ceived by Valentine Kulim. a liellevllle coal dealer, elrtl't years UKO, when he was hel l up iinl beatuu by hiKli meu, caused his death recently. He w.m stricken with paralysis ami physicians attributed the stroke U thn beiitinr. Kohm was struck repeatedly on lle head by tho hiKh w aymrn. Kohm was 45 years eld. Uti Is sur vived by his widow and two suns. According to icfcnttflu a man huiilt ltw nlimit five 1 1 in i s us heir iih thu tune e -qu'.rnl fer ill f'lll rtrvrlnleiient 'r lilt, framu Tax Payments Begin. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 27. (Spe cial.) Although taxes will' not become delinquent until April 5, statements of the year's levy have been made by the office of Sheriff Johnson, and the sum of $3000 has already been collected The total tax- to be collected for 1916 reaches $236,000.58. Sheriff Johnson says that he expects. 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