THE? SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 14, 1908.
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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
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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.
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THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THIS
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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
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MILTON FLAYER PIANO
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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.
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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
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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.