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THE? SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 14, 1908. 10 I STORMS KANSAS ARE OVER Fear That Flood of 1903 Would Be Equaled Is Not Realized. WATER FOUR FEET LOWER Much Damage Done in Kansas City, Topeka and Towns Along Kaw Valley All Business Prac tically at Standstill. KANSAS CITY, June 13. Cessation of rain tins afternoon In the watershed f the Kaw put an end to the fear that the rising flood would -exceed that of 1I0-1, which caused loss of millions of dollars ' nd i) lives. Clear weather prevails now anil Is predicted in the country west and north of tins city. The flood now at hand will lie very serious and the water is only four feet lower than it 1903. All the holtonis along th" Kaw and Missouri rivers will be covered. The Union station will have three feet of water on its floors, most of the rail roans will be put out of business for time and the packing-houses and prac tically all business in the towns will be suspended. Ample warning has been given, however, and all perishable prop erty has been removed. At 6 o'clock the Missouri was 2S.R. a rise of about one foot tor 24 hours. The Kaw Is rising three-quarters of an inch an hour. At Topeka and other cities along the Kaw the water is higher than last Tuesday and at Topcka is cutting a new channel through the north part of the town. The Weather Bureau calculates that the flood will reach its crest at 31 feet In the Missouri on Monday afternoon. The bureau is able to assume that the rains are over. At Kansas City 2.15 inches of rain fell last night, and the rain continues. Three inches fell at Lawrence and a heavy fail was reported in the valley east of Topeka. The Missouri, which receded six-tenths of a foot yesterday, began to rise at 7 o'clock last night and rose three-tenths of a foot during the night. Reports from Missouri River points to the north are to. the effect that very heavy rains have fallen during the night and that the downpour continues. The rise in the Missouri, which had receded only a few Inches, aggravates the situation here, an the flood situation is relieved only when the Missouri rapidly carries off the excess water of the Kaw. At Salina Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kerth, living near Palco. were drowned last night while returning from a wedding. While driving through a ravine, their vehicle was caught by the strong cur rent and the occupants drowned. The bodies were found several hours later. NORTH TOPEKA IS DESERTED Kaw River Again Races Through Streets or City. TOPEKA, Kan.. June 13. North To peka is deserted again tonight for the . second time this week with the Kaw River flood racing through the streets. The river tonight is a fraction less than 2i feet above the low water mark. It will possibly go six Inches higher by tomorrow afternoon. Tra.n service i again badly demoral ised. The Rock Island has annulled all its trains, the Union Pacific has no tracks open out of here and the only open line on the Santa Fe is the Em poria. Three flood refugees were cared for at the City Auditorium today. It is the worst flood the city has experienced In years. Houses are tnun 3ated for nearly two blocks along its course. In some of the houses the water Is six feet deep. Lower Kansas avenue is covered and streetcar service is aban doned below Sevententh street. The Fair Grounds, where a street fair is in prog less. Is suffering, and the water is around the Santa Fe Depot. The rises came so suddenly people were unable to remove their household effects. The conditions in North Topeka are worse than in the earlier portion of the week. Not only is the water pouring In from the Kaw River In the old break to the west, but Soldier Creek, on the north and east, is overflowing the town and forming a swift current that is washing away property that was only In dead water before. Houses are being flooded ihat the citizens had scarcely gotten cleaned and the carpets down. A steady stream is flowing across Gor don street, around the fire station, and many conservative citizens fear wurse conditions than in 1903. Telephone reports from up the Kaw Valley Indicate that a two-inch rain dur ing Friday night was general west of Salina. A heavy rain is still falling here, with every appearance of a continuance throughout the day. Xcosho Valley Flooded. EMPORIA. Kas.. June 13. The Neo sho Valley, from Emporia to the state line, it is believed, will experience the greatest flood since the early days of the state. Cottonwood River, a tribu tary of the Neosho, lacks but seven feet of the 1303 high-water mark and Is rising at the rate of one foot an hour. The Santa Fe continues to op erate trains, but by tonight its outlet to the west will be shut off. One Dead in Tornado. GUTHRIE. Okla., June in. A wind of great severity, accompanied by heavy rain, swept over Logan County this morning, doing damage to the extent of several thousands dollars in Guthiie and working havoc in the surrounding countrj'. Mrs. Charles Smith, of Cres ton. 12 miles northwest, was kilied in the collapse of her cottage, to which she had returned from a cj-cloiie cave during a lull in the storm. AVatcr Rises at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. June 13. The flood of the Mississippi River measured 31.2. a rise of half a foot since yesterday morning. The high water has not entered St. Louis, al though seeping water lias filled several small low areas in the city. Rumors that have become current to the effect that the National Stockyards have been flood ed are incorrect. Admires Statement No. 1. HOT LAKE, Or., June 12. (To the Editor.) The writer lias now been a citizen of Oregon about nine months. Oregon is a great- state, with some of the best laws ever written upon the statute book of any state In the Union. It seems strange that in a state overwhelmingly Republican, a Demo crat should sit In the highest seat In the state for eight years. It seems strange that in the late election this tarns Democrat should have been nom inated for that la what It really, is for the exalted position of United States Senator. But, strangest of all is. that anyone should find fault with law because the majority of the people happen to want a Democrat to rep resent them In the Senate of the United States. This is not the fault of the law, but the fault if a fault at all of .the people. And If a plurality of the people want this Democrat to represent them in the Senate, he is the proper person to represent them in the Senate. Such a rare thing as has happened in Oregon this year, will belike five Sun days in February will occur about once in 2T0 years. And when Repub licans, elected under Statement No. 1. declare that they will obey the will of the people and vote for a Democrat for this exalted office, it must raise them to the highest pinnacle of moral grandeur in the estimation of every law-abhUng citizen in the state. 'But they could not do less and retain their own self-respect, much less the re spect of their fellow-citizens. Ijonjr live Oregon with her initiative and refcrendem and Statement No. 1. lions: live her splendid citizenship. Long live her great Oregonian, that Is iilways honest, and nearly ' always Sight. 1 N. B. ANDERSON. FIND CONVERT IN JEROME WOMAX SUFFRAGISTS GET AD VICE FROM HUMORIST. Warns Them That In Making Nui sances of Themselves They Are Injuring Their Cause. LONDON. June 33. (Special.) Jerome K. Jerome, the world famous writer and author of "xiiree Men in a Boat." has come out in favor of. woman's suffrage at a suffragette meeting the other day but in so doing he told the women some very plain truths. i 'In making yourselves a nuisance." he said, "you believe you will reach the goal of your ambition, but if that is so you must go on making yourselves a. nuis ance. The only point that troubles me is that the world has a habit of very quick ly getting used to nuisances, to solo cor net players in theater orchestras, to the smell of autobuses. My fear is that there will come a time when you will no longer be regarded as a nuisance. You will ba welcomed as the 'comic relief." No election will be complete without you. "A certain number of people my friend Zangwill for one, Bernard Shaw for an otherare enthusiastic in their desires that you should go on being ejected from public meetings with more or less vio lence, rolled In the mud and incarcerated for periods of ever lengthened) duration in Holloway Jail. The hooligan element In politics cheers Mrs. Fankhurst and Mr. liunnabl with like impartial anticipation and would accord precisely the same wel come to the appearance upon the political platform of Raisu.. s warriors or 'iittle Tich.' "I am an average male voter. I cannot help it. Here I am and you Have to reckon with me. I have always been in favor of votes for women. I still am. But if your present methods are to continue, if the introduction of women Into politics Is to mean the argument of the muffin bell, interference with right of public meeting, saturating of politics generally with still further doses of unreasonable ness, childish impatience, violence and hysteria, then I should vote against any candidate who puts 'Votes for women' in his speeches." LIGHTNING KILLS TWO Storm Interferes With Motor Boat Race at Peoria. PEORIA. III.. June 13. The second annual motor endurance race under the auspices of the Illinois Valley Yacht Club was run today, the first "limit boat" starting: shortly before 9:30 o'clock, six hours before the "scratch." Fifty-five entries have been made and each boat has been handicapped so that its running time and allowance will find all the boats finishing- at the same moment. At 1 o'clock a heavy wind and rain storm struck the vicinity, and it was feared some of the motorboats had met with accidents. Roy Diamond, a fisherman, was struck by lightning- and killed, while Joe Mohn, a companion, was rendered unconscious. They were about two miles above the city. LARRY. SULLIVAN WINS His Demurrer Sustained in Suit Charging Him With Fraud. NEW YORK. June 13. The demurrer interposed by counsel for the L. M. Sulli van Trust Compariy, of Nevada, to the complaint in the action for the recovery of $102,700, brought against that corpora tion by Frank S. Colton.- was sustained today by Judge O'Gorman in the Supreme Court. An appeal will be made. The suit was based on the claim that he had bought from the Sullivans stock In a mining company amounting to $300.00), relying upon Sullivan's representation that the stock was worth that amount. He now alleges these representations were false and that the stock was worth $102,700 less than he paid. CONVICTS BOY MURDERER West Virginia Jury Finds Charles Cooke Guilty.. WHEELING. W. Va.. June 13. Charles Cooke, 17 years old and married, charged with1 the murder of Charles Bennett. 16 years old. of New Kensington, Pa., was found guilty today of first degree mur der with a recommendation for mercy, which makes life imprisonment obliga tory. His wife, Lila Zane Cooke, a mem ber of one of West Virginia's prominent families, and Joseph Weithe, accused of complicity in the crime, will be tried later. Cooke, his wife and Weithe are alleged to have lured young Bennett to the Fair Grounds, beating and robbing him and then throwing his lifeless body into the Ohio River. Visiting Xurses at The Oaks. The management of the Oaks has given over the resort to the Visiting Nurse Association for the benefit of the sick poor on Saturday, June 27. Many children's parties are being planned for the afternoon, but In the evening there will be a dancing party In the pavilion from 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock. The following: are the pat ronesses: Mesdames T. B. Wilcox, II. W. Corbett. W. S. Ladd, II. C. Camp bell, J. Wesley Ladd, R. Koehler, Gor don Voorhles, W. L. Boise, R. P. Ef flnger, James Laidlaw, C E. S. Wood, J. D. Hart, J. A. Shepard, F. O. Sykes, J. N. Teal, William Alvord, F. J. Bai ley, C. H. Lewis, Paul Wessinger, B. S. Josselyn. William MacMasters, J. K. Kollock, Sol Hirsch L. A. Lewis, Stuart Linthicum, A. J. Meier, F. Hart. "Lefferts," the Jewelers, are offer ing special discounts the coming week on diamonds and watches. 272 Wash ington St., near Fourth, Yoti Wai "Would you consider a proposition that would give you immediate possession of a fine, rich-toned instrument of standard make at an absolute rock-bottom wholesale cost and insure you an early ownership through the expenditure of a few cents each day? We have come back to our old home once more to renew our acquaintance with you and make Portland our headquarters for Oregon and Washington, where we will do a large wholesale business from'now on. To celebrate the occasion of our return, and for old times' sake, we have formulated a co-operative plan and have set aside one hundred new, latest style, sample instruments to be assigned to one hundred, pianoless homes, in one big deal, the same as when we sell one hundred pianos to a large dealer whom we supply regularly. As soon as we,receive the full list of the one hundred prospective purchasers, who wish to take part in this exceptional offer, we will make it a wholesale instead of a retail transaction, saving each individual buyer the entire retail profit, which is anywhere from $100 to $175, with two and onr half years in which to complete payment on .the piano selected, either monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or yearly installments. The cuts below are facsimiles of some of tie world's greatest pianos that are included in this lot. Now on exhibition at showroom, corner Sixth and Oak streets. PRICE & TEEFLE STYLE 23 THIS IS' A PRETTY LITTLE PIANO AND A GREAT FAVORITE OF ALL WHO SEE IT. ITS TONE IS EXCEP TIONALLY FINE. PRICE & TEEPLE STYLE 28 THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THIS PIANO ARE THE ARCHITECTURE OF IIS CASE AS WELL AS ITS BEAUTI FUL TONE. PRICE & TEEPLE STYLE 44 THIS ONE HAS A MORE ELABORATE CASE AND TAKES THE EYE OF EVERYONE WHO SEES IT. TONE UNEXCELLED. PRICE & TEEPLE STYLE 55 A LARCE SIZE INSTRUMENT, WITH PLAIN PANELS. BUT VERY ATTRAC TIVE AND HAS A TONE EQUAL TO THE ORDINARY GRAND. illillllla After you have made your selection, you will not only be given the instrument at rock-bottom wholesale cost, but you will also get an exchange agreement, signed by us, which practically places the piano in your home for one year on approval, as you will be entitled to the p rivilege of exchanging for any other of our various makes within one year from date of purchase, and in such exchange the full purchase price or all money paid at that time will be applied on the instrument of your second choice. Our motto is, and ever has been, satisfaction to our patron3 or money back. There is an iron-clad guarantee from the factory of from ten to twenty years, backed up by ourselves, which will accompany each piano. As a whole, we take all the chances and the purchaser none whatever. Cut out the coupon in the lower right-hand corner, fill in the name and address, mail it to us, and full particulars of our unprecedented plan will be furnished at once, on page 11, first section. Corner Sixth and Oak Sts., Y. W. C. DID NOT LIKE HIS , NOSE Impulsive French Artist Shoots Cit izen With Repulsive "Bugle." PARIS. June 13. (Special.) Because nature had bestowed upon him a nose of Cyrano do Bergerae dimensions Charles Bertrand. a young mechanic of 25. Is now in a Paris hospital after having lost an eye. Bertrand was walking along the Ruo Croix Nivert when a man ap proached him and, walking by his side, continued to take an offensive interest in his facial appearance. Bertrand Is used to annoyance of this sort, but In this case It was so pronounced that he turned into a cafe to escape it. The "gentleman," however, followed him. and taking hold of him demanded what he meant by' going around with Buch a monument on his face. Bertrand sadly replied that no, one could be more sorry than he, but the man declared that he was an artist and simply could not SI f -!-i. .T.i-. 'i y 'ar '-Z ,--fy . mm. -. SI MASON & HAMLIN STYLE E THIS CELEBRATED MAKE IS A STANDARD ' OF COMPARISON TO WHICH ALL OTHERS ASPIRE. THERE IS NONE BETTER MADE. SO SAY THE GREAT ARTISTS AND MUSICAL CRITICS. if mt i E wifiiiifr linns Mnnlfe The new headquarters of the Wiley B. Allen Co. now under way of con struction at the corner of Kearny and Sutter streets, San Francisco, one of the largest establishments in the world devoted exclusively to the sale cf pianos. 1 -fr vi iTSmp MILTON FLAYER PIANO IN APPEARANCE IT CANNOT BE TOLD FROM. ORDINARY UPRIGHT PIANO.' CAN BE OPERATED WITH MUSIC ROLLS OR IN USUAL WAY. See column Reader A. Bldg. Portland, Or. stand thinking of a man being allowed to live in such a state of ugliness. With these words he drew a revolver and fired at the object of his hatred, but his aim was so bad that he shot the unfortunate mechanic through the left eye. He was at once arrested. ARAB ADVICE ON WIVES l'ive Kinds of Mates to Be Avoided, Says tlio Sage. PORTLAND, June 13. (To the Editors John Khadvon, who was the greatest Arabian philosopher in his day, said there are Ave sorts of wives to be avoided: Tearners. favorers, dcplorers, backbiters and toadstools. The yearner "is one who has-had a child by a former husband, and who in dulges him out of the property of pres ent one. The favorer is a women of property who makes a favor of bestow ing it upon her husband, for the Arab poets say wealth is preferred to worth, the gifts of fortune to the distinction of nature. . - The deplorer is one who has had a husband better, as she asserts, than her present one:- at whose conduct, accord ingly, she is incessantly exclaiming and "Drys" Sparring for Time. MEDFORD. Or., June 13. (Special. The case to enjoin the County Court from declaring Prohibition in effect in Med ford, brought by J. C. Hall, came up for argument yesterday afternoon and after two hours spent on the case during, which time both sides were ably defended,- Judge William Colvig, attorney for the defense, asked for a week in which to prepare a brief. Judge Hanna took the matter under advisement and the decision will be rendered at 10 o'clock next Friday. Kruse's Beach Hotel, now open. For reservations and rates apply to J. D. Kruse, lessee, Gearhart Park, Or. a l8&8BS&m MASON & HAMLIN STYLE 0 IN THIS INSTRUMENT YOU HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST .PIANO, THE LARGEST SIZE, IN A PLAIN BUT BEAUTIFUL CASE. THE HIGHEST TYPE OF PIANO PERFECTION, AND WILL-TELL ITS OWN STORY. WEGMAN PLAYER PIANO SELECTIONS FROM THE GREATEST ARTISTS CAN BE RENDERED IN YOUR HOME ON THIS INSTRUMENT WITHOUT A MUSICAL EDUCATION. The Wiley B. Allen Co., Port land, Oregon. Gentlemen : Please furnish mc at onee with details of your co-operative plan of - placing pianos. CUT OUT AND MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY N ame Address complaining. The backbiter is one who ever and anon in her husband's ab sence speaks of his faults. The toad stool is an unprincipled beauty. The best of wives would be such a one as is graced with intellect, honor, tenderness of heart and good manners, if she be a maid or if a femme couvert. N. KHL'RY. More Rain in Illinois Than Here. DUBUQUE, la- June 9. (To the Editor.)--! see by The Oregonian of June 2 that some Portland people are "kicking" because of the unusual weather and un usual amount of rain. Let me say that it has rained move in the states of Illinois and Iowa In the past month of May than it rained in Oregon In the entire past Winter, and still it comes down. While in Illinois a few days ago I met a friend who had been in Chicago, and he told me, when asked where he had been, that he "had been over to the christen 1 I if WEGMAN STYLE A HERE IS THE PIANO THAT YOU READ I ABOUT; HAS THE PATENT WEGMAN TUNING. WE WILL EX PLAIN IT TO YOU WHEN YOU CALL. WEGMAN STYLE B THIS PARTICULAR STYLE. IN QUARTER-SAWED OAK, IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INSTRUMENTS ON THE MARKET TODAY. ' WEGMAN STYLE 18 AN INSTRUMENT THAT IS "MADE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE MOST CRITICAL BUYERS. THE WEGMAN PIANO IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MAKES IN USE. WEGMAN STYLE 21 THIS LITTLE PIANO STANDS FOUR FEET AND FIVE INCHES HIGH. BUT HAS FULL LENGTH KEY BOARD AND DUET DESK. ' WW If riTf - "T" """Tj ' I " iiimii ii ii ! !1 I - 7(1" jiTV T 1 jjtJ ing." When asked whore. w replied: "Chicago had a little yun yesterday." It has rained so long and so hard in Chi cago neighborhood that it is seriou. enough. At any rate. Oregon weather is good enough for me. J. C. BRACHER. Portland. Or. Oregon People in Chicago. CHICAGO. June 13. (Special.) Oregon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: , From Portland I S. Elling, J. B. Pilk Ington and wife. Miss Kinney, at the Au ditorium Annex: Dr. W. W. Looney, at the Great Northern. . Fire Robs 500 Men of Work. PROVIDENCE. R. I., June 13. The engine and entire plant of the Amer ican & British Manufacturing Com pany, in -this city, was burned today. I,oss. 1150.000. The fire throws out of employment more than 500 persons.