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jl'' v ' . "0T. T.V 0 18 SSJl Entered at Pot land (Oregon) UXj. X-iV J. IS,? Pnstofflce . Seennrt-Class Mutter PORTLAND. HON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS SCOTT BONE CHOSEN GOVERNOR OF ALASKA 3 U. S. SKhMSHIPS ))RMAMENT "FEELERS" WASHINGTON STANDS E; MENACED BY FIRF ALREADY SENT OUT PAT ON HOLLAND OIL IS LATEST THEORY FACES HUGE TASK NOMINATION LIKELY TO GO TO SEX ATE SOOX. GEORGE WASHINGTON' BLAZf S ATTITUDE OF FOREIGN GOV FAIR DEAL IX EAST INDIES DE MANDED IX XEW XOTE. AT UOBOKEX DOCK. ERX.MEXTS DESIRED. RAILROADERS' PAY ! CUT 5400,000,000, BURNING OF BRIDE N W FARMERS S CATTLE DROWNED Reduction Announced by U. S. Labor Board. SLASH ABOUT 12 PER CENT 31 Labor Organizations on ! 104 Roads Affected. ORDER EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 Award Proves Disappointing to Hallway Executives, Who Had Expected Greater Cut. ( CHICAGO. May Jl. (By the Asso ciated PressJ An estimated MOO. 000,000 will be slashed from the na tion's railway wage bill when an order cutting Wages an average of 12 per cent to be handed down tomor row by the United States railroad labor board becomes effective June 1. The order affects members of 31 labor organizations, employed on 104 railroads. While the. decrease Is specifically applied only to the roads whose cases have been heard by the board, the decision says it may later be applied t any other road asking; a hearing under provisions of the transporta tion act Percentages of reductions computed ty members of the board gave the average of 12 per cent, and the same source estimated the annual reduc lion in wages at approximately 1400, XX). 000. i The decision brought reductions rarylng from 5 to 13 cents an hour r from 5 to 18 per cent, and in the ;ase of section laborers wiped out ;he Increase granted them by the 1600,000.000 wage award of July 20, i920. For section men he reduction was approximately 18 per cent, or rora 83.70 to 83.02 per day. ConunoB Labor Fares Well. tiwitchmen and shop crafts were riven a 9 per cent reduction, while train service men were cut approxi mately 7 per cent. Car repairers were cut about 10 per cent. The board recently reclassified the various employes :n connrction with ailway operations, and this, it was ointed out, may have some effect on ibor costs. : The board, also, a few weeks asro. Hered abrogation of the national jerking agreements, to become ef- ective July 1. At the hearing on the etition for abrogation .of these BTeements railroad witnesses estl lated savings in labor cost as high as 800.000.000 annually. This would be addition to the saving possible arough the wage reduction decision. Common labor pay, over which the lilroads made their hardest fight. Is be reduced 6 to $$ cents an hour, iitting freight truckers averag ionthly wages to 8S7.10 and track iborers to 877.11. This new schedule till gives section men an average aily wage of 83.3S for an eight-hour ay, although considerable . testimony ffeied by the road's showed common bor wages as low as 81.50 for 19 ours. Shop crafts employes and train and nffine service men, except those in assenger service, are reduced 8 cents n hour. Construction and section Bremen are reduced 10 cents an hour. Passenger and freight engineers! ho were given increases of 10 cents nd 13 cents an hour by the 1920 rard, are to be cut S and 8 cents an iur, respectively. Passenger and eight conductors, who received in takes of 12'i cents and 13 cents in 20, are cut 7 Vt and 8 cents, re ectively. ; Boy's Redaction Smallest. Train dispatchers and yardmasters (lose monthly earnings average 8-60 '8270 are cut 8 cents an hour. The smallest reduction will apply 'office boys and other employes un V 18 years of age, who will receive cents an hour less. Clerks are reclassified, bo that Arks, who are usually young men ,d women 18 to 20 years of age. ill receive a monthly salary of 17.50 for the first six months and (.J.60 for the second six months, erks with less than one year's ex- rlence now receive 8120. A new monthly schedule for float- f equipment employes on barges. gs and steam lighters gives cap stans 8200, engineers 8190, firemen nd oilers 3H0 per month. On light rs and barges captains will receive 120 to 8125, engineers IHO to 8160 nd mates 8100. The attitude of the railway unions tward the decreases ordered remains ) be determined. The big brother ods ade expected to meet here July to consider the board's decision. . Claiming they were hard hit by the Inter slump in business railroad inagements have been clamoring lower wages and the decision will frk the first relief granted by the ard since it set the advanced wage le more than ten months ago. Reduction Held Justified. The decision tomorrow will say that lnce the 19-0 wag6 award there has ecn 'a decrease in the cost of living nd "the scale of wasea for a similar ,ind of work in other Inlustries has jr general beeji decreased." These two points were the chief (Concluded on Page Column I) Appointment of Outsider Made to Escape Political Feud Now Itaging in Territory. THE OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, May 31. Scott C. Hone, who directed the publicity for the republican national committee in the campaign last year, has been chosen for appointment as governor of Alaska. This can be said on au thoritative information. The nomina tion is likely to be sent to the senate in the next day or two. The appointment of Mr. Bone, who is one of the best-known newspaper men in the United States, comes after many doubts and misgivings in ad ministration circles. Several well known men at one time or another have been considered for this post. James Wickersham, for several years delegate in congress from Alaska, was considered for the appointment. Aft erward the contest between George C. Hazlett, a resident Alaskan, and Mr. Wickersham became so .heated that it was decided that no Alaskan should receive the appointment. At this Juncture it was detet mined that the next governor of the terri tory should be some man in no way entangled in the political feuds of that far northwest possession. Colonel William T. Perkins of Seattle, for many years a resident of Alaska, was considered, but he was thrown in the discard by reason of charges that he had once been associated with Charles Herron, long conspicuous in territo rial politics and at present the pub lisher of two newspapers, one at Ju neau and the other at Anchorage. Mr. Bone is one of the best-known newspaper men in the United States. He might better be called a Journal ist, as much as that term is resented In some circles of the newspaper pro fession. He comes of the old school, who know all of the Ins and outs of the newspaper business from the front office to the back and who can get more glory out of an attractive front page than from a ledger on which the red ink is conspicuous by its absence. He has been editor and publisher of many leading newspapers and was the founder of the Washington Her ald, still published, but now owned by Herbert Hoover, now secretary of commerce, and Julius Barnes, ex-pres- Ident of the United States grain cor poration. Mr. Bone has been living in New York since he retired as edito rial head of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer three years ago. EX-HUBS' WEALTH DENIED Assertion of "Peggy-' Hopkins Joyce Scouted' by Husband. CHICAGO, May 31 Denial that "Peggy" Hopkins Joyce, his chorus girl wife, had previously had two husbands who were millionaires was made today by James Stanley Joycei wealthy lumberman, in his answer to her petition for alimony of 810.000 a month and attorney's fees of $100, 000. He sued her for divorce some time ago. The answer charges that his wife was guilty of bigamy when she mar ried Sherburne Philbrick Hopkins at T.el Air, Md., September 1, 1913, on the ground that her divorce decree from Everett Archibald of Denver was not entered until 14 months later. Neither of the men "was a man of means," according to the answer, which also asserted that Peggy had been a manicurist in Richmond, Va. STRIKERS HELD PENITENT Plea Made for Reinstatement of Ousted Boston Policemen. BOSTON, May 31. A plea to Gov ernor Cox for reinstatement of mem bers of the Boston polios force who went on strike in September, 1919. was made today in a letter signed by Michael Lynch as president of the Boston Social club, the former police fraternal organization. 'The men have "repented in sack cloth and ashes," the letter declared. They believe they should be pardoned and restored to good standing. CIGARS BARRED AT POLLS Offering Smokes Held Violation of Corrupt Practices Act. GRANITE FALLS, Minn.. May 31. Offering of cigars at election polls by candidates was held to be a viola tion of the corrupt practices act by the district court. The ruling was made after Jacob Breck, township treasurer, was re moved from office on a petition of 40 residents because he had given away cigars at the polling places In his tow-nship. BASEBALL HELD IN PERIL Pools Threaten to Corrupt Sport, Says Methodist Board. CHICAGO. May 31. Baseball pools or lotteries threaten entirely to cor rupt the. sport, the board of temper ance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church an nounced today. An appeal for the stamping out of this for r.i of gambling was made. CAMBRIDGE HONORS SIMS Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws Conferred on Admiral. CAMBRIDGE, England. May 31. Rear-Admiral Sims of the United States was granted an honorary de gree of doctor of laws today by the University of Cambridge. At the same time the prince of Wales was accorded the same honor. ' Mahoney's Neighbors Re call Hearing Groans. CLOTHES THOUGHT IN TRUNK New Angle Added to Case of Missing Rich Bride. PACKING CASE NOTICED Man and Woman Declare Box Was Sent From Apartment on Day Following Groans. SEATTLE, Wash., May 31. (Spe cial.) That the body of Mrs. Kate Mahoney was burntd in the stove of her apartment at 409 Denney way was the new theory on which the police today began working in their investi gation of the mysterious disappear ance of. the aged and wealthy bride of James E. Mahoney. ex-convict. They based this theory on evidence furnished by. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Klette, who live at 4 1 3 "-i ' Denney way, immediately, adjoining the Mahoneys' apartment. This was the couple who declared they had heard the screams and groans in the Mahoneys' apfrtment on the night of April IS, the time of the supposed murder. Clothes Thought In Trunk. If future investigation bears out this theory, the police declared, they would find that the "mystery trunk" for which they have been searching Lake Union will contain merely the bloody clothes of the woman. According to the Klettes, there may be two "mystery trunks" or more properly one trunk and one packing case. The Klettes have furnished the police a full account of the mystery happenings In the Mahoney apart ment over a period of two weeks. "We last saw the Mahoneys to gether at about 5:30, April 16," said Mrs. Klette, speaking for both of them. "Our kitchen is directly be hind the Mahoneys apartment and we looked out the window while we were having dinner and saw them. Groaning Is Recalled. "It was about 9 o'clock that the groaning started. We didn't think much of It at first. I remember saying to my husband: 'That's the end of Mrs. Mahoney.' I didn't dream then how right I might be. "The groaning became worse and worse it was really awful but pres. , entiy it stopped and so we didn't do anything. Shortly after the groaning stopped. I (Concluded on Pace 2. Column 3.) HTtSS I 'ZZsZBBBgJyWM. , I . A ' 4 -- - - nminimii4 fa Buckeye State Also Has Blaze by Dock at Baltimore, With Small Damage. HOBOKEN, N J., May 31. A smali fire of unknown origin tonight slightly damaged t lie steamship George Washington, which twice car ried President Wilson to France and back. The steamer is in drydock here undergoing 'repairs. The blaze, which broke out on the hurricane deck, was extinguished in less than an hour after its discovery. Dry dock officials said the damage could be repaired within two days. BALTIMORE. May 31. The passen ger and freight steamer Buckeye State, one of the large liners plying between Baltimore, San Francisco and Pacific ports, caught fire shortly after 5 o'clock while tied up at a Baltimore 6 Ohio railroad pier. The steamer is one of the shipping board vessels affected by the marine strike. The blaze was confined to the boiler room where oil waste was ignited by sparks, acording to reports. The Buckeye State was only slight ly damaged, it was saia later today, Officials of the Matson lino, which op erates the vessel, said she would leave for San Francisco next Saturday, as scheduled. BUENOS AIRES, May 31 (By the Associated Press.) Fire of unknown origin, broke out this morning on board the United Shipping board steamer Martha Washington, but the blaze was quickly extinguished. The strike of longshoremen con tinues, but the employment of non union labor is Increasing in the port area which is being guarded by mili tary forces. FOOD EXPORT BILL DRAWN Federal Farmers' Financing Cor poration Is Proposed. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. Cre ation of a 8100,000,000 federal farm ers' export financing corporation to buy farm products in the United States and sell them abroad is pro posed in a bill introduced today by Senator Norris' of Nebraska, chair man of the agriculture committee. The corporation would be composed of the secretary of agriculture and four other directors to be appointed by Vie president with the consent of the senate at annual salaries of 87500 and be authorized to Issue bonds' up to ten times Us paid-in capital. The proposed new government agency would sell American farm products abroad to nations or indi viduals, act as agent for any pro ducer or dealer In farm products, and also make advances to assist agri cultural exports. Governor Addresses Churchmen. SALEM, Or., May 31. (Special.) Governor Olcott today delivered an addrets before the synod of the Nor wegian Lutheran church, which is now In progress at Sllverton. There are about 500 delegates and laymen in- attendance at the annual meeting and practically every section of the Pacific district -is represented. SOONER OR LATER. i 1 Washington Would Have Sonic Definite Information Before Opening Xcgotialious. WASHINGTON, D. C. May 31. "In formal feelers," with respect to an international agreement for a reduc tion of armaments already have been put out by the American government, it was learned today in high adminis tration quarters. The. purpose, it is understood, was to develop the atti tude of foreign governments on the question before any 'formal negotia tions are undertaken. The approaches already made are understood to have been conveyed through American representatives sit ting,, viortnally in allied councils. The process is expected here to be a slow .one and generally 'the belief Is held tnVthe "informal feelers' -vill be the onTy . direct action taken by President Harding in response to the Borah amendment to the naval bill, requesting that the chief executive begin negotiations for a disarma ment agreement. McNARY TO FILE PETITION Senator to Ask Leave to Intervene in Albers Case. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. Sen ator McNary of Oregon announced to day that he would file with the su preme court a petition for leave to Intervene as a friend of the court in the case of Henry Albers, a wealthy citizen of Portland, who was convicted there of violations of the espionage act. vJ! When the case was appealed to the supreme court, the government con fessed error, and the conviction was reversed, to be remanded, according to Solicitor-General Frierson, for new trial, if the permission he seeks is granted, Mr. McNary will ask the court to vacate its mandate and to hear the appeal. DOG PULLS COY ASHORE Iowa Youngster Owes His Life to Faithful Buster. OELWEIN, la.. May 31. Roger, 6, son of F. F. Borland, near West gate, owes his life to Buster, a dog. The dog followed Roger when he wan dered out to the creek. The banQ gave way and ti e boy was thrown into the swollen stream. The dog Jumped to the rescue. The strangling little boy clung to r.uster'i shaggy coat and was pulled ashore. LATE JURIST REMEMBERED Supreme Court Pays Tribute to Chief Justice's Memory. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. The supreme court, meeting today for its last regular decision day before the summer recess, adjourned until to morrow as a mark of respect to the late Chief Justice White. The chair of the late chief Justice was shrouded in black, as was the doorway through which he used to enter the chamber. j Sectionalism Is Likely to Be Set Aside. NATIONAL VIEW IS FAVORED Aid to Smaller Ports Is Con sidered Probable. POLICY CHANGE FORESEEN Scllivun Declares That as Far as Possible Good of Whole Coun try Will Rule Acts. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York BvenlnK Post, Ire. Published by trruneement.) WASHINGTON. D. C, June 1. (Special.) The Job facing the new shipping board is by far the most difficult of our after-war problems. The first of many difficult decisions on fundamental policy which it must make Is whether the institution shall be conducted from a national point of view or from a sectional point of view. Many things done by congress have the tendency to express the aggregate of various sectional Interests. They are one variation or another of the process called "log-rolling." The shipping board, as it has been organ ized by act of congress, has the sec tional point of view. One member must come from the north Pacific coast, one . from the south Pacific coast, one from the gulf coast, one from the Atlantic coast, one from the north Atlantic boast, one from the Great Lakes and one from the in terior. Something; Deeper Kxprmned. This sectional distribution of per sonnel is merely expressive Of some thing deeper. Wrhat was wanted by tne interests which came together In congress to pass the act was that the ports of the various parts of the country should be adequately cared for. The point of view was not na tional, but sectional. It was not to achieve the most direct and econom ical management, but how best to build up the ports on all the coasts of the country. The new shipping board must de termine whether they are to fall in with this policy or whether they are to conduct the Institution from the purely national point of view. The method which takes care of all the ports of the country is of course the most expensive, and Is the one which puts us at the greatest disadvantage of competition with other nations. Smaller Ports Important. It Is recognized that the prosperity of the smaller ports of the country Is a proper thing to nourish and stimu late, not merely as a concession to lecal pride and local power in con grtss. but from the broadest point of view. In order to do this, and at the same time not suffer the awkward ness and expense Involved In such a policy, a suggestion has been made to the new shipping board from such quarter that It may well have weight with them. This suggestion is that if local ports want to build their own ship ping and want to establish ocean routes they should be encouraged to do so of their own initiative and un der their own direction. Conse quently the suggestion is this the shipping board owns a great many more ships than it can use, it owns more ships than it can, under pres ent conditions, sell at almost any price. Many Ships Turned Bark, In fact, many ships which were sold a year or two ago on the installment plan are now falling back on the shipping board's hands. .It is pro posed that this surplus of ships shall be put at the disposal of seacoast cities, which, as a matter of local pride and self-interest, want to de velop the importance of their ports. In working out the plan the cham ber of commerce and similar organ izations of a city would be told that the government Is willing to donate ships outright if the chamber of com merce will organize an operating com pany with local capital. By this plan the government would provide the ships and the local communities would take all tho responsibility of operation. Proposal Declared Fair. It would be hard, to Imagine a fairer proposal to any city which is am bitious to build up its shipping and to sell its local products in foreign mar kets. It is surely a better plan than for the federal government to assume all the awkwardness and the Inherent waste involved in the present polist of view. It can be taken for granted that so far as is possible under the control of a law and a congress which is section al In Its point of view, the policy of the new shipping board will be na tional. The conception which has In fluenced President Harding has not been a shipping board which shall merely manage ships. His conception has been a board which shall have as its fundamental duty the marketing of American surplus abroad in the most effective and economical way It is a merchandising organization on a national scale rather than merely a asportation organization. Exceptions Arc Taken to Assertions of The Hague That American Companies Failed to Act. WASHINGTON. P. C. May 31. Ex ception to the assertions of f,he Neth erlands government that the United Stales entered its protest asainst the Dutch oil policy in the DJambi oil fields too late to affect the operation of that policy is taken by the Amer ican government in a new note which it was announced today had been dispatched to The Hague. Official description of the commu nication was withheld. The long his tory of the negotiations undertaken to obtain equal opportunity for American oil companies In the Dutch iKast ,ndies ,,a8 bcf,n ummricd m me new note, and It is saia instances cited to show that the Aemrlcan gov ernment called to the attention of Holland the acts Indicating discriml natlcn long before the bill closing the fields was introduced in the chamber cf deputies. It was explained that two months after representations had been made by the American minister, an applica tion for concessions had been made by an American oil company, and that it was not until a month afterward that the bill was brought before the 'chamber. Although the note is understood not to contain anything which might be construed as a threat, it is said not to have indicated any modifica tion of the Intimation in the note of April 9 that It might become neces rary for the United States to adopt some new policy towards Holland BONUS PROBE IS ORDERED Senate Committee Appointed to In vestigate Situation. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31 Ap pointment of a committee to Investi gate the reeds of and problems In connection with soldiers' bonus legis lation was announced today by Chair man Penrose of the senate finance committee. Senator McCumber. republican. North Dakota, Is chairman of tne committee, and the other member are Senators Sutherland, republican. West Virginia, and Walsh, democrat. Mas sachusets. BAN ON PAPERS REMOVED Mail Privileges Restored to Offend ing Publications. WASHINGTON, D. C. May 31. The Milwaukee Leader and New Tork Call were restored today to the second class mailing privileges. It was an nounced by the postoffice department. Use of the mails wVcre denied these two daily newspapers by former Postmaster-General Burleson because of the character of mi.ttcr nppearlng in their columns In relation to American participation In the war. NEGRO SLAYER CONVICTED Black Who Figured in Peonage and Killings Sentenced. COVINGTON. Ga., May 31. Clyde Manning, negro farm boss on ine John S. Williams plantation In Jasper county, was found guilty of murder by a Jury today In connection with the death of Lindscy reterson, one of 11 negroes alleged to hive been held in peonage and then killed on the farm a few months ago. The Jury was out 35 minutes. Man ning was sentenced to life imprison ment. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wrallirr. TESTER DAY'S MMXlnium temperature, 1'i dejfree; minimum. J0 degree. TODAY'S Fair: weterly winds. Forrlxn. Filipino of North Luzon are Irons for In dependence. Pmje 3. National. New shlppinc bonl likely to t ectional- Um aside. Pase 1 Scott C. Bone named governor of Alaska. Page 1. "Feelers" on disarmament question al ready sent out by government. I'age 1. Washington senrla new nolo lo Holland oo Kast Indies oil controversy. Page I. Railroad to meet water competition. I'age S. New proposals for naval reductions arc presented In aenale. Page 4. Domestic. Three American steamers menaced by fire. I'age 1. Bomb explosion kills two soldiers and in jures IJ. Page 3. Four hundred million dollars cut from railroad wage Din oy leaerai ooaru. Page 1. Wheat !s forced up by feverish buying. Page -. Parlfic Northwest. Clubwomen of Oregon convent In Pendle ton. Page 7. Farmers escape flood, but cattle are drowned. Page 1. Burning of bride's body new charged to Mahoney. Page I. McMinnvllle soon to vote on question of ltd on public dances. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Eastern demand tor coast hops subsides. Page 22. May wheat shorts caught In end-ot-montta flurry. Page -'3. Stock market heavy and trading dull. Page 23. Exports for May nearly J3.000.000. Tage 22. hporta. Meeting of women golfers called. Page 14. Pacific Coast League results: st Los Ange les 3. Vernon 4; at Sacramento 2. Se attle 2 No other garnet scheduled Page 14. Carpentier frolics In woods like boy. Page 14. Shade measures up close to Brittoa. Page 14. Women swimmers develop rapidly. Page 15. American tennis stars win every match. Page l.i. Portland and Vicinity. City council directs autostsge operators' to t.....ie terminals. Cure ti. City pays expense of employes' trlns. Page 8. Pumping Station Pipes Blamed for Break. GAP IN DIKE IS 300 FEET WIDE About 5000 Acres of Lowland Under Water. NIGHT RESCUES ARE MADE Damugc to Crops Is Estimated at From lUOO.OOO lo 9500,000. Hail Tracks Protected. WoulH.ANU. Wash., May 31. (Spe cial.) Flood waters from 3 to 1) ft't't deep today had covered about 50(10 acres of Woodlund diking district number five as the result of th bieak last night In the retaining wall at the northern end of the district. About 100 head of latllc wr.-e drowned. The theory was advanced today that the break was caused by seepage of water along the pipes of the Hums Creek Pumping station and that tho leak gradually loosened the pipes, which ran through the dike, until the force of the rising Columbia river tore away' the wall and washed out the pumping station. All Farmers Move Out. All of the farmers in the lowland district had moved the most of their personal belongings and the majority of the livestock had also been rescued. All night long the ranchers has tened in their flight from the on rushing waters as the result of tele phone calls sent out from the Wood land exchange and also as a result of Paul Hevere rides by rescuers In automobiles, 2.1 Rani-fcra I nder Water. . About 25 ranches were under water tonight and the flood was still spread ing although it was doubted that thi whole of the 7000 acres would be covered. There was no loss of human life. The crop damage was estimated at from $300,000 to 1500,000. Henry Schlcs, Northern Pacific sec tion foreman, was today protecting the railway grade In the vicinity of the break in the dike. Warnings An Meat Out. When the washout occurred a call for help was sent out but the Colum bia quickly washed through the 30- foot dike and soon a howling tor rent was pouring through the gap Dike Commissioners Martin. Itobbint and other persons rushed to the scene. When they saw that nothing could be done, men In machines and on horseback were dispatched to warn the farmers in the vicinity. For a time It was feared that Have Connln. a rancher-who lives near the Colum bia, could not be notified in time to save Ills cattle, but Mr. Appling, on horseback, managed to get Into the section and notified the families In that district. Mr. Kobblnson, another rancher, lost some cattle and It was thought Mr. Early also lost some stock. It Is lm poslble to estimate exactly the num ber of cattle lost but it was feared the number would be large. Crew Tries to Tlua; Leak. The leak n the dike became serloua last Friday when a force of 125 men was put to work In an attempt to prevent a break. The men stacked sandbags asainst the wall and worked for about two days, but thtlr efforts proved of no avail whon the dike caved in Monday night. The rush of the water ai so great that In addition to tearing out the pumping station U carried away sev cral trees In Its path. A boom of logs, which had been tied in the Columbia river mar the cave in. broke and wa earned into the lowlands by the torrent A gap of about SO feet was torn in the wall when the break first occurred and by tonight the hole had been enlarged to about 300 feet. It was tnought that the break would not be mode much larger as tho torrent had lost Its Ini tial force and continued to decrease as the lowlands filled with water. Tw Districts Connerted. Diking district No. 6 parallels thn Columbia river, where It runs north end south, and although it 1" a sepa rate district It Is really a part of dis trict No. 11. If the waters go high enough this district abo will flooded. t After hours of battling with the flood by a crew of 40 men to cheek the rising water at a culvert under the Northern Pacific tracks at Burrls creek, the embankment of sandbags broke at 5 o'clock this morning, send ing a torrent of water into the district inside the tracks. This continued to spread today toward Woodland, but a ridge of high land urotecled the city from the water. Cattle l.rft Marooned. In spite of the efforts of a thousand men last night to drive came from the flooded land after all residents had been warned, about a hundred head today were marooned In wat-r In flooded pastures. Most of these belonged to James A. Hurkc. pioneer of Woodland and Kalama. who owns 1000 acres of the flooded land. Efforts were being made with boats 'hi morning to r.scue theae cattle, (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3 )