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12 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1908. MAN 10 MAKES RAINS TO FALL Charles M. Hatfield Operates Successfully Two Seasons in Sherman County. FIGURES PROVE SUCCESS Has Increased Rainfall During Month of May 1.18 Inches Tells . How He Proceeds In Assisting iii i rr pv TUPIR mCQ I i 1 1 i i- ur Ull I I IL.NI mature in iter norK, Women In Annapolis Did Xot Know of Husbands' Death. In the mountains of Sherman County. rot far from Wasco and secluded from j ANNAPOLIS. Md.. June 6. Peculiarly the turmoil of civilization, Charles M. ' pathetic incidents marked the wreck on efforts: Wasco. 1.23; Hatfield Heights. 1.34; Grass Valley, 1.43. and Moro. the county seat. 1.80. At The Dalles, where the rainfall is almost always heavier, .90 inches was recorded as the total pre cipitation for the same period, according to Hatfield. He also claims that the records of Umatilla. . Baker City and Walla Walla show that at each place the rainfall from May 9 to May 25 was considerably less than at The Dalles. His figures 'show Umatilla. .46; Baker City, .39, and Walla Walla. .30. In discussing his purported success, Mr. Hatfield says: "Many people look at artificial rain producing in the wrong light. I do not claim to be able to make rain. What I do profess to be able to accomplish is the attraction of rain from moisture-laden clouds. My system consists of chemical combinations working in harmony with the very law that makes rain m a natural sense. . "Nature furnishes ground. Why does man fertilize the ground? Look at artifi cial treatment of the skies In the same light and you have the thing in a nut shell. Nature supples rain conditions, but assistance is necessary in bringing about precipitation." Fl LAID IN EARTH Sailors Mourn Victims of Ten nessee Explosion. OTHER DEATHS EXPECTED Two Men Burned and Scalded All Over and Have Congested Lungs. Inquiry Is Begun on , Board the Ship. LOS ANGELES, June 6. Five of the sailor victims of yesterday's fatal ex plosion on board the cruiser Tennessee were buried today In the little Harbor View Cemetery at -San Pedro, with full and Impressive military honors, and six others, suffering from terrible in Jurles. were brought to this city before i . i.. ..'. . - S&DtiAtmiu'' it&jff3-- . 7.Se . i l.?rw HATFIELD PLANT AT CROWS LANDING. STANISLAUS COUNTY. CALIFORNIA. Hatfield, better known as "the Rain Maker," is busily engaged in the unique art of manufacturing moisture. The conditions of nature which have made Portland one of the wettest cities In the West has made Wasco and Its Sherman County environs one of the dri est. Considering the fact that the two cities are only 90 miles apart, these con ditions appeal to the layman as being remarkable. To Hatfield, however, there Is nothing strange in the fact that these two extremes are represented within a district of less than 100 miles' radius. The student of meteorology declares that taking the location of the two cities into consideration, the conditions could not possibly be different. Methods Those of Science. Hatfield does not claim to be possessed of any supernatural-powers and. lays the credit for his results to advanced sci ence. He explains in full the method by which he purports to draw rain from the clouds. The "'rain maker" employs chem icals and electricity in his work and his explanation In regard to the results he claims - to achieve are considered by many to be more than plausible. Hatfield, In filling his contracts, locates himself In the mountains at the highest altitude In the neighborhood of the dis trict he has been engaged to secure rain for. He then erects a derrick in the im mediate vicinity of an artiticlal water supply. This water Is evaporated by a chemical process and treated with elec tricity, after which it Is liberated. After liberation, according to Hatfield, the evaporated water comes in contact with rain-laden clouds as they are being forced over the tops of the mountains by the air current and precipitation follows. The "rain maker" works on the theory that clouds containing millions of ' tons of moisture pass over dry districts, but at such a high altitude that they fail to discharge the water within them. Cct9 as Xear as Possible to Clouds. i Hatfield declares that his reason for selecting the-mountains as a base for his operations is to be in a position to treat the so-called moisture-laden clouds di- rectly. He maintains that all cities or" districts directly east of a mountain range are Invariably dry. he says this condition of affairs Is due to the fact that the clouds, in being forced over the range by the winds from the west, pass over the district just east of the moun tains at a height where the air is too light to cause precipitation without arti ficial assistance. Hatfield, who Is a Californlan, became enthused In unraveling the mystery of the clouds when a lad of 15. The drouths that Southern California had been expe riencing in those days' started him to thinking, with the result that he later took up the study of meteorology. It was not until April. 1902. a number of years after he had commenced his investiga tions, that Hatfield was ready for his Initial test. This test was made In pri vate at San Diego, and between the date of April, 1902. and February. 1904, he made 18 similar tests without arousing eusplclons aa to what he was doing. Tries First In California. It was In February, 1904. during one of the severest drouths Southern Califor nia had ever witnessed, that Hatfield came to the front and publicly announced in Los Angeles his ability to bring rain. He was immediately branded as being mentally unbalanced and Was for some time held as an object for ridicule. Nevertheless, there were a few business men willing to give him a trial. The peo ple all over the southern part of the state were holding prayer meetings and fasts that the drouth be broken. Condi tions were terrible. Southern California's rainy months had practically passed with out the ground being as much as damp ened. Hatfield offered to finance his op erations at his own expense and was to be paid $1000 if he was successful in fill ing his contract, which called for 18 Inches of rain between February 1 and May 1. The average rainfall in Los An geles since 1877, according to the records In the weather bureau office, had only been 8.75 inches annually. Hatfield be gan operations February 2, and by the fifth, rain fell. Less his contract time by 30 days. 18 inches of rain fell In Los An geles and vicinity. Second Season in Sherman County. This is Hatfield's second season in Sherman County. According to the rec ords. .5 of an inch has, been Wasco's greatest precipitation In 23 years for the month of May. Up to May 25 of this year Hatfield says he has secured 1:23 Inches. In giving this figure he claims to have counted from the ninth of the month, when his contract began. He gives out the following figures to show what b states are circumstances of his ! -r . -I i Charles M. Hatfield. j ....... ........ the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis-Electric Railway last night. A. H. Schultz, Jr., W. L. Norton and J. W. McDanlel, all of Baltimore, met death while sitting by their wives, who did not know of their losses until being taken to the hospital. Traffic Manager Slaughter, whose injuries are more serious than those of any of the others, was taken to the hospital in an uncon scious condition. When his senses re turned he was told that his little daughter had been killed at his side. One of the first bodies taken from the wreck was that of a young woman dressed in a pink ball dress. She has not been identified. - Many of the passengers on the special from Baltimore were coming to this city to attend the graduation ball at the Naval Academy. A few of the pas sengers caught a glimpse of the other car, as it approached, and rushed for the rear of their coach. Perhaps that 6aved some lives, for a moment later the collision occurred. Traffic. Manager Slaughter . was ter ribly injured, his head being swollen to nearly twice Its proper size, and his body being badly cut and bruised. He may lose the sight of one eye. The bodies of many of the dead were ter ribly mangled. One of the least dis figured was that of Motornvan O'Neal, notwithstanding he was hurled 50 feet by the impact of the cars. Responsibility for the accident has not yet been definitely determined, but it was caused. It is said, by a confusion in the orders as to where the cars should pass. WOODMEN FILE BIG CLAIM Seek to Recover $350,000 From Banker Crocker's Estate. CHARITON. Ia., June 6. Head Banker H. C. McNider, of the Modern Woodmen of America, has filed a claim of J350.000 against the F. R. Crocker estate, Guilford Crocker, administra tor, on the ground of an alleged de posit that the Woodmen head banker had in the defunct First National Bank here. Crocker was cashier and man ager of the bank. A copy of the famous Woodmen bond is attached' to the claim. This bond is the security Head Banker McNider had against .loss of money In the bank and is for $400,000. The names of the fol lowing persons are signed to the in strument: F. R. Crocker, A. L. Mallorv, J. M. Thayer, G. J. Stewart, E. S. Baker. G. W. Larimer. John Bennett, L. R. Bennett, George Bennett and J. S. Miller. This bond was sent by Mr. Crocker on July 25. 1905, and it is now prac tically proved that all the names on It except Mr. Crocker's were forged by him. All the men whose names appear state positively that they never signed a bond. noon and are now at the Angelus Ma rine Hospital. The names of the dead interred are: A. Reinhold. George Wood, G. W. Meek, E. C. Boggs and E. J. Burns. The injured now at the hospital here are Walter S. Burns, A. Hayes, H. Fitz gerald, S. Stamatis, F. S. Maxfleld and J. P. Carroll. All of these men are suffering from frightful burns and at least two of theni are not expected to recover. The condition of Maxfleld and Carroll Is very serious. Both men are burned and scalded from head to foot and are suffering also from severe con gestion of the lungs and respiratory organs, caused by the Inhalation of steam. All of them suffered the loss of a large amount of cuticle, so severe in softie of the cases that it is feared It may not heal. The three others who sustained injuries in the accident. Rut ledge, Corns and Watson, are on board the Tennessee, being cared for in the hospital of the ship. Their injuries are not serious. A funeral service over the bodies of the five dead was conducted on board the Tennesse today, prior to the serv ices held at the cemetery In the pres ence of the whole ship's company. The service was remarkable for Its simple impresslveness and for the manifesta tion of feeling of both officers and men, from the Admiral to the sailor of the lowest rank. The flags of all the vessels in the harbor as well as those in the little City of San Pedro floated at halfmast throughout the ceremonies. A message was received this after noon from President Roosevelt, ad dressed to the commander-in-chief, ex pressing his sympathy and concern over the accident on the Tennessee. Plans Unique Gathering. NEW YORK, June 6. James Speyer, head of the banking house of Speyer & Co.. will give an entertainment this aft ernoon at hie county home, at Scarbor-ough-on-the-Hudson. that will be unique In the annals of local functions. With his wife, Mr. Speyer will act as host to all the employes of his Pine-street banking house and their families. OXE ADDED TO DEATH LIST Burns Succumbs to Scalds Official Inquiry Is Begun. . SAN PEDRO, Cal.. June . One more name was added to the list of those who lost their-lives in yesterday's ex plosion on board the armored cruiser Tennessee, making the number of fatalities up to date, five. E. J. Burns, a coal-passer. New York City, suc cumbed to his injuries early today, after a night of terrible suffering. Early today six of the seriously In jured men were brought off In a ship's barge and sent to Los Angeles on a special electric car in charge of Dr. Coffman, of the Tennessee. Those removed were Walter S. Burns, a coal passer. New York; R. W. Watson, tire man, second class. East St- Louis, 111.; A. Hayes, water-tender, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; H. Fltzpatrick, fireman, first class, Brooklyn, N. Y.; S. Stamatis, fireman, first class, Norfolk. Va. ; F. S. Maxfleld, fireman, second class, Toughena, Pa. The injuries of R. F. Rutledge, a coal passer, of Athens, Pa., and of G. M. Corns, fireman, second class, Hartford, Conn., are much less serious, and these men were not removed from the ship. Business in San Pedro was practically suspended during the funeral of the dead sailors. A naval guard of honor con sisting of marines and sailors of the fleet accompanied the bodies from the Fourth street landing to the cemetery. Large crowds have been attracted all day today at the landing where the ships' boats are plying back and forth. The official board of Inquiry to deter mine the cause of the" explosion convened on board the cruiser this afternoon. The board is composed of Captain C. E. Fox of the South Dakota; Lieutenant-Commander Ofley, fleet engineer, and Lieu tenant S. D. Raby. chief engineer of the South Dakota. The board began the hearing of the testimony of officers of the Tennessee and will also hear the stories of the survivors frem the fire room. The members will also make a thorough inspection of the exploded boiler pipe and fireroom. The inquiry will last three or four days and the find ings will be telegraphed to Washington. The bursted tube will be replaced with a new one immediately and the speed trial, which was interrupted by the ac cident, will be resumed next Monday. It will not be necessary for the Tennessee to go to the Navy-yard. IXQUIKY AVILIi BE ORDERED Admiral Sebree Telegraphs in Re port of Tennessee Accident, WASHINGTON, June 6. The accident on the armored cruiser Tennessee, In which four men were killed and sev eral Injured, was caused by the burst ing of a steam pipe while the vessel was off the California Coast, and will Dignified Credit for All POWERS' The Store That Saves You Money of Dining-Room Furniture H7 in ffiUDlD A IP SALE BUFFETS AND SIDEBOARDS 1 No. 176 $115.00 weathered front, claw feet; reduced to.. No. 4532 $37.50 canopy top leaded-glass front; reduced to No. 380 ,$65.00 Sideboard in top ; reduced to .... . No. 409 $63.00 quarter-sawed oak Buffet, golden fin ish, three-mirror back, shaped front; ffOC ltL reduced to PjO. 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'It ii-;-';,'" !. v 1, $40.75 $59,50 $26.00 $29.75 $36.75 No. 479 $57 China Cabinet, quartered oak, golden ClQD C(T) finish; two mirrors back, one glass shelf; reduced to. . .PiO.J J No. 894 $46.00 golden oak China Cabinet, bent-glass ends and front; reduced' to No. 0209 $35.00 China Cabinet in quartered golden $?1 Q fkfl oak, lattice door and sides; reduced to plOUU No. 292 $26.00 golden oak China Cabinet, bent-giass ends; reduced to. . No. 273 $105 Weathered China Cabinet, full minor back and all glass shelves; re- ?CC ff duced to ipiJiJ,JJ No. 51 '4 $ )5 China C abnict, mis sion design, weath ered oak; red. to. , $26.75 $15.50 $28.75 thnrrmehlv examined Into by aboard of Investigation appointed by Admiral Sebree. Admiral Sebree bas wired a report containing practically the same Infor mation as the newspaper dispatcnes. , The four-inch boiler tube burst, he says. at 4:11 A. M., while the vessel was under full way. The injured men are to be conveyed to the hospital at 1.0s Angeles this morning. Following the accident the Admiral communicated with the first division of the Pacific fleet to obtain additional dressings for the wounded men, and then proceeded to San Pedro. , The Admiral's report gives the list of dead and injured prac tically as given in the press dispatches. Several months ago there was an accident to the boiler machinery on the cruiser St. Louis while off the Pa cific Coast, caused by the unwelding of a water leg. This, however, was not as severe as the' accident on the Ten nessee, five men being badly scalded, but recovering after 10 days' treatment. There have been a number of serious accidents te naval vessels In recent years, but the officials claim that the number is smaller and results less seri ous than in foreign navies. A statement prepared by -the Navy Department regarding the firemen who lost their lives gives the following in formation: Walter Wood, water tender, enlisted at Philadelphia, home address Scranton, Pa.; next of kin William H. Brown (brother), Scranton, Pa. Earl C. Boggs, fireman; second class; enlisted at Birmingham, Ala.; home ad dress North Avondale, Ala.; next of kin, B. F. Boggs, father, Woodlawn, Ala. . . Adolph Reinhold, machinist mate, second' class; enlisted at Saginaw, Mich.: home address, - Saginaw, Mich.; next of kin, Robert Reinhold, father, Unna, Germany. George W. Meek, fireman, first class, enlisted at St. Louis; home address, Skidmore, Kan.; next of kin, James Meek, father, Skidmore, Kan. After a conference with Secretary Metcalf regarding the' accident on the Tennessee, President Roosevelt sent the following telegram to the commander ln chief of the Pacific fleet today: "Am greatly concerned over accident on Tennessee. I hope the wouhded are doing well. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." QUITS STAGE FOR PULPIT Reginald Barlow, 30 Years an Ac tor, Takes to Preaching. NEW YORK, June 6. After spending 30 years as an actor, Reginald Barlow, son of Milt G. Barlow, once a prominent actor, has announced that he is to enter the ministry. Giving 'as his ambition the reconciliation of the church and stage, Mr. Barlow announced that ho would assist In conducting the service in the Church of the Ascension, Green Point, tomorrow evening. The news came as a surprise to his friends. "In my opinion, every actor, when he becomes 50 or 60 years of age if he still Is in the profession, should become a minister," said Mr. Barlow. "His natural vocation has been ap pealing to all sorts of men and women, and he has seen all kinds. It is per fectly natural, also, that when a man has devoted the greater part of his life to making people laugh, he should want to get down to serious things. There Is bound to come a time in the life of every man and woman when he -or she must think of serious things." Influenced by Rev. Walter Bentley. organizer of the Actors' Church Alli ance, Mr. Barlow is planning to enter the general theological seminary in the Fall as a resident student, although it is probable that he wll undertake "layman" preaching under Bishop Dar lington. In the first position he will start on a low salary. Mr. Barlow is 39 years old and he made his debut when a boy of 9 years. While in Winnipeg in 1900 he Joined the Royal Canadian regiment and served in the Boer War. For his serv ices In rescuing his Captain when wounded, he received a medal from Queen Victoria. Condon Will Celebrate July 4. CONDON, Or., June 6. (Special.) Ex tensive plans are being made for an old fashioned Fourth of July celebration. The committee in charge consists of Hallie Rice. Oscar Veatch and Campbell Mor gan, under the chairmanship of Mayor Farnsworth. One of the features of the celebration will be the holding of a mar ket day such as has been in vogue in other Eastern Oregon pities. There will be plenty of baseball and a number of carnival features will be added to give sprightliness to the occasion. It Is ex pected there will be broncho-bucking contests. WANT STATE HOME BUILT Knights of Pythias Lodge in St. John Begins Agitation. Believing that the Knights of Pythias of Oregon should fall In line with other fraternal organizations and erect a state home for their dependent members, l'Z. B. Holeomb, J. H. Black and others of Holmes lod;re Xn. I'll, St. John, have prepared a circular letter to be mailed at once to each of the IIS lodges of this order in the state asking their opinion of the enterprise, and where they believe the home should ltf located. Also what each can contribute. The movement has the hearty support of Holmes lodge and it is believed that all K. of P. members will fall in line. Victim of Sirs. Gunncss? LA PORTE, Intl.. June 6. Mrs. E. Marie Svcnkerud, Christiana, Norway, through 'the Swedish Consul In Chi cago, today made inquiry of Sheriff Srhutzer for iter son. Olaf Jensen, of Capron, 111., who In l'jnis left Chicago to marry a Norwegian widow living on a farm near I.a Porte. Jensen has never been heard from since. Hfln.n hncR nr the ffpf. KnT-rhr I the Joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How weet the picture of mother and babe, angels smile at and commend tho Jhoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordtal through which the expectant mother must pass, how ever, is so full of danger and suffering that she looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. 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