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4 T I- Pages 1 to 10 PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1909. PRICE -FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 35. j 5 FLOOD'S TOLL IK BONTEREY IS 000 IVES Raging Waters Make 15,000 Homeless in Mexican City. DAMAGE IS $12,000,000 Peaceful Santa Catalina River Becomes Niagara and Sweeps All Before It. RAINFALL 20 INCHES, 24 HOURS All Public Utilities Are Out of Commission. ADOBES ARE SWEPT AWAY Mud Houses Carried Off Like CIiiis by Swollen Stream Poorer Class Huddled Together Waiting for Succor Pestilence Feared. IS WIST!--UlU-OUVr i - Monterey I. eltuated on a .mall river, the Santa Catalina. at the head of a large and beautiful valley. It la on the line of the Mexican National Railway. There la a civil college In tha city, a aemlnary. a cathedral. Iiinrnment bonne, etc.. and Import ant manufacturing lntereata. It eettled by the Spaniard. In 1S88 and haa become famoua aa a Winter re nrt. General Taylor-! army, after everal days' flrhtlnr. captured the place. September 24. 1M6 The pop ulation In 1900 was 62.26. MONTEREY. Mex., Aug-. 28. Eight hun dred persons drowned, 16.O10 homeless and prop-rty damage to the extent of J12. 000.000, is the result of a flood that struck the city between 11 and 12 o'clock, this morning. Floods have turned the small and peace ful Santa Catalina River into a dozen Niagara. Thousands of persons escaped last night by fleeing In their nightrobes. Adobe Houses Swept Away. When dawn came, the river whs a ter rifying spectacle. Scores of adobe houses had been carried away like chips. Hundreds of persons were swept away in houses in the midst of the current which caught them in the night. There is one chance in a 1000 that they escaped. One by one these houses, built of adobe and stone, are collapsing and carrying tenants to death. No train has come into Monterey for 24 hours. Railway and telegraph lines are drown and many miles of track are washed away. Tha fata of trains and passengers Is not known, but It Is feared many persons are drowned. Pestilence Is Feared. It is estimated that 20 Inches of rain fell In M hours. The water works and electric light plants are out of commis sion and the streetcar wires have fallen into the streets. The smelters and steel plants are damaged. It is feared a pestilence will follow the .flood. The poorer classes are huddled by the thousands In the churches, hospitals, (Concluded on Page 4 ) j i ''' 1 Tb TeeltnieaUrr lUmte. George Tired f Holaloc Office. Sow to BnUe. A rYomliteX ArrlT.L Ok) Y Biwerl toe P1m f G4 Jfew Aiyktw. The Champion Tough Town. It JW-.,. . ..- JL. --. - -.. '" . .--- ' --- -- ROBBER INVADES PRESIDENT'S HOME CARPENTER'S TOOLS STOIjEX FROM WHITE HOUSE. Under Glare of Light and Older Noses of Guard of Police, Thief Succeeds. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S. (Special.) A robbery at the White House was re ported to the police today. The bold thief who entered where policemen keep a special guard did not envy the President or any of the members of his family their earthly possessions. He coveted the tools of a mechanic, not, it Is supposed, for the purpose of emu lating his laudable example of earning his bread by the sweat of his brow. According- to charges which have been lodged with the police Involving one midnight prowler, three saws, a spirit-level, hatchet, square and a col lection of other tools used by a car penter were stolen. To expedite the work of constructing a wing to the of fice building during the absence of President Taft at Beverly, three shifts of mechanics, each working eig.it hours, are employed, and it Is beyond the comprehension of the sleuths how. In a glare of light. In the presence of a force of workmen, to say nothing of a special guard of policemen on duty, the prowler could be so bold. HUGE LUMBER MILL BURNS Feather River Company's Yard De stroyed at Loss of $100,000. QCIXCT, Cal., Aug. 2S. (Special.) The extensive lumber yards of the Feather River Lumber Company, at Clairville. this county, burned yesterday afternoon. causing a loss of $100,000. on which there was some insurance. The big mill. No. 2, was saved by the haru efforts of hun dreds of men who were rushed in from the surrounding woods and railroad camps. An extensive tramway system used in the yards was destroyed, and seven cars of the -Western Pacific standing on a side track were also burned: The quantity of lumber burned Is variously estimated at from 3,5o0,000 to 5.000,000 feet. Two thou sand cords of wood, half of it belonging to the lumber company, was also de stroyed. The fire Is supposed to "have originated from sparks from a passing locomotive. Three hundred men engaged in fighting the flames. LETS WIFE GO, WEDS AGAIN Senator Booth, Prominent Seattle Attorney, Is Married. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) Robert F. Booth, State Senator of this city, was married this evening to Miss Mary Agnew, also of Seattle. Six months ago Mrs. Booth obtained a friendly divorce from the Senator on the ground of incompatabillty, and was awarded $100 a month permanent alimony and the custody of their two children. The Senator, who is a promi nent lawyer, prepared the complaint and the decree, and the couple con tinued on terms of warm friendship fol lowing the trial. Mrs. Booth was a prominent suffra gist, and was an active lobbyist at the Legislature when the equal suffrage bill was being considered. The Sena tor announced that it was in deference to his former wife's wishes that he voted for the bill. FRANK SHANNON IS DEAD Prominent Oregon City Man Victim , of Typhoid Fever. OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Frank Shannon, of this city, died yesterday of typhoid fever, contracted three weeks ago. Mr. Shannon was well known here, being chief engineer of the Hawley Paper Company for the last year. He was in the employ of the Averill Machinery Company, -of Portland, for two years. Shannon was born at Beaver Creek, Or., October 27, 1878. He was married to Miss Delia Gutdrldge, of Spring water, December 27, 1905. Besides a widow he left a 3-year-old son, both parents, Mr. and Mrs.. John Shannon of Oregon City and four brothers, three of whom live here, and one. Captain John Shannon, of British Columbia. HARRY PRIMARY DISGUSTS CITIES OF Law Said to Be Failure Where Tried. REPEAL OF ACT IS WANTED Smaller Towns Determined Not to Be Saddled With It. BEST MEN DO NOT GET OUT Candidates Nominated Who Would Have No Show Before Convention Is One Charge Made to Dis credit Any Extension. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) The proposal to extend the pri mary law to other cities and counties, should it prove successful in the cities of the first-class to which It now ap plies. Is destined to meet with deter mined opposition in the Legislature, and It Is predicted the application of the law will not be extended, but that It will be repealed In respect to the cities in which It now applies. So much has been said about the pri maries in this city. Fort Wayne and other places, and so disappointing have all of them been, that the people of the smaller cities ai'e thoroughly aroused and will present a determined front to any attempt to force the direct primary upon them. People Are Disgusted. Those who have watched the work ings of the direct primary law in the several cities in which elections have been held under it say the people are much disgusted with it, and if the Legislature were in session r voters would be practically unanimous in peti tioning for the law's repeal.. The chief objection urged to it Is that It absolutely repels the best class of men, who will not make the per sonal canvass that the direct primary requires, as It virtually causes two campaigns for one office. Both In this city and In Fort Wayne minority can didates are on both party tickets, and it is conceded that they could never have been nominated if they had gone before the convention. Primary Costs Election. The Democrats are in a decided ma jority In Fort Wayne, but their Mayor alty candidate was nominated by but four votes and his total was less than one-third of the "whole number of votes cast for the Mayoralty candidates. The dissatisfaction is such over the nomi nation that many Democrats concede the loss of the city. FAT INCOME FOR CROWS Will Receive $155,000 for Year's Grazing on Reservation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S. The Crow Indians will receive $155,230 next year for the grazing privileges on their land In Montana, Instead of $10,000 obtained for the same purpose this year. The Indian Bureau conceived the Idea of having grazing bids opened and con tracts let In thla city Instead of on the Indian reservations, and the Crow reser vation wa the first In which the inno vation took effect. The last of the con tracts was closed today. WRECK IS FATAL TO TWO Passenger and Freight Trains Col lide Head On on Wa-baoh. GLBNWOOD, Mo., Aug. 28. Two per sons are dead and a score Injured, six dangerously, as the result of a head-on collision between a heavily-loaded Wabash passenger train and a freight train near here today. The cause of the wreck Is not known. MURPHY ILLUSTRATES NUIANA INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 8' deprees : minimum, 5tl es ree. TODAY'S Fair, cooler; westerly winds. Foreign. Flood at Monterey, Mexico, costs 800 Uvea and renders 15.000 homeless. M Section 1, page 1. Prince Menellk. of Abyssinia, asks American newspaper to save his country from Eng land. Section 1. page 1. Count BonI de Castellane circulates rumor he will wed Miss Marjorie Gould. Sec tion 1, page 1. Curtiss wins Bennett airship trophy and breaks speed record. Section 1, page 1. Zeppelin airship breaks down on way to Jbierim. section l. page King Manuel Is to visit King Edward in England. Section 1. page o. National. McHarg denounces administration of forests and reclamation worn, section i page a. Political. Senator La Follette's lieutenant makes ready to help chief In hard tight for re-election. Section 1, page 3. Smaller Indiana cities disgusted with work tngt of primary law. and fight against it. beet ion l. page l. Domestic. No operation on Harrlman Intended until alter rest cure, section j, page Robber steals tools from White House at Washington under nose of police. Section 1, page X. Dr. Brougher will not announce decision on call to Los Angeles till he returns to Portland. Section 1, page 2. Schwerin says Pacific Mall will not adopt wireless telegraph., section i. page o. Robber of Santa Clara bank turns out to be Elma boy. Section l, v-age z. Sports. Local athletic oiganlzatlon prepare for In door season. Section 4, page 4. Expert says there are not more than 30 expert ball players in oig leagues. . cec tlon 4, page 5. Fictitious prices are quoted in announcing sales of Pacific Coast ball players. Sec tion 1, page 5. Jack Johnson meets Al Kaufman September 9. Section 4, page 4. Northwestern League scores: Portland 5, Tnoomft u:- Aberdeen u. snokane a: an " couver 5. Seattle 4. Section 2, naice 2. Coast League scores: Portland 6. Los An geles 1; Vernon 3, San Francisco 2; Sac ramento 5, Oakland 3. Section 2. page Z. May Sutton beaten in tennis doubles. Sec tion 2. page 2. Cathlamet will hold regatta. Section 1. page 6. Baiile. in Renault car. wins auto race at Brighton Beach. Section 1, page 5. OullavB get grounds for baseball games In San Francisco, beet ion 4, page . Bay City fans pleased at Johnson-Kaufman match. Section page Pacific Northwest. Survivors of wrecked ship Ohio praise off! cers and crew. Section 1, page 6. Only politicians show interest in selection of successor to Congrensman Cushraan. Sec tion 1, page t. Major-General Bell says Alaska troops are healthiest in Army. Section 1, page 7. President Strahorn admits North Coast Is neaaea tor jroru&na. -section , page o. Southern Oregon pioneers hold 33d reunion at Ashland. Section 1. page o. Hoqulam suffers $75,000 Bro loss. ' Section 1 page 6. Conservation Congress votes for reserving water powers, and Ballinger indorses con servation policy, section 1, page 1. Scene of railroad atctlvlty shifted from D'eschutes canyon to Bend. Section 1, page 3. Commercial and Marine. Lack of foreign - demand weakens local wheat market. Section 3, page 11. Wheat opens firm at Chicago; but soon breaks. Section 3. page 11. Wide fluctuations in stock prices. Section 3. page 11. British steamship Harcroft taken for lumber and French bark Le Ferouse for grain. Section 3, page 10. Real Estate and Building. Big buildings are to replace shacks on Thompson property Section 4, page 8- Realty market Is on eve of Fall activity. Section 4, page 7. Mount Tabor Presbyterians plan fine church. Section 4, page 7. Directors plan to park grounds for JefTerson High School. Section 4. page 7. Building permits for week amount to $200,- 445. Section 4. page U. Work begins on now carline to Rose City park. Section 4. page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Forest fires do much damage east of Port land. Section 2, page 12. Oklahoma citizen would block allotment of Southern Oregon land. Section 2, page 3. j Fifteen-year-old boy drowned at Ross Island when his water wings slip oft shoulders. Section 2, page 12. ' Prohibitionists expect to vote Oregon dry next year. Section 1, page 8. First Unlversallst Church to be dedicated by Taft will cost $23,000. Section 4, page 10. Irvlngton Tennis Club completes its reor ganization. Section 4, page 10. China sends to Oregon for biggest timbers in the world for its most famous temple. Section 1, page 8 Mayor announces that city contractors who finish jobs on time will be paid promptly. Section 3, page 12. -Influx of professional criminals keeps police busy. Section 3, page 12. Plan to reserve space for City Jail In new Courthouse Is popular. Section 8. page 7. Commissioner Bailey employs Dr. Hutchin son to inspect dairy herd. Section 8, page 1. Masrszme Section. Francis RlrVter makes great success In Lon don. Section f, page 3. What really happens on boulevards of Paris. Section 6. page 5- England becomes mother of Queens. Sec- i tlon 5, page 6. VARIOUS CURRENT EVENTS WITH HIS CARTOON PEN B GIVES PLEDGE TO HELP Indorses Principles of Conservation. ASKS TO BE JUDGED BY ACTS Congress Votes for Keeping Water for People. WARM DEBATE PRECEDES Heney and Plnchot Rapturously Ap pluuded When They Call for Struggle to Foil Designs of Water-Power Trust. SEATTLE. Aug. 28. The National Conservation Congress today effected a permanent organization, adopted radical water-right resolution after a vigorous debate, in which radical senti ment was expressed by a majority of the delegates, listened to addresses by Secretary of the Interior R. A. Bal linger, Francis J. Heney and Chief Forester Gilford Pinchot. and ad- iourned. Learning that Mr. Ballinger would arrive from Eastern Washington, where he has been with the Senate ir rigation committee, on an afternoon train, the congress sent a committee to the station to meet him. Mr. Bal-llna-er was escorted at once to the con vention hall in the Fine Arts building at the Exposition grounds. He was greeted by loud applause and he was at once Introduced. He spoke but a few minutes. He said: Ballinger for Conservation. "I feel some Interest in this organ ization, as I assisted in drafting the articles of incorp&rtlon to put it in..ex Istence. .1 heartily Indorse the prin ciples for which it stands. I read with much interest the President's message to this congress. what he said ex presses my sentiments exactly. While T thus subscribe my Indorsement of the nrlnclnles of conservation, I would much nrefer that you Judge me Dy my acts rather than by my words." . As soon as he finished speaking, air. Rulllntrpr left the hall. Francis J. Heney, the San Francisco prosecutor, was then Introduced. He made a short but vigorous address, in which he at tacked the water power trust and urireri the congress to do all in its power to preserve the natural resources of the country. Plnchot Attacks Power Trust. Mr. TTenev had no sooner finished than th.r. wer loud calls for Mr. Plnchot. Finally, Mr. Pinchot, who was sitting in th. hack nart of the hall, came ror- Hi Hnnearance on the platform was the signal for a prolonged oemon- tration. Several times he raised nis hands to stop the applause and the hairman pounded vigorously with nis gaveL but with no effect. When the demonstration, which continued for minutes subsided. Mr. Plncnot thanked the delegates for the expres- in and then took up the aciaca on the power trust begun by Mr. Heney. He said: Mr. Henev was right when he said we must save the water-power sites for the benefit of the whole people. There is now oeing fought the great fight on the water-rower trust, and we will have to keep up the fight until It is finally set tled by Congress at Us next session. The fight will have to be made in the face the most viKorou-s opposition that can nossihlv be imagined, for the men who seek to control these resources will spare nn wealth and will use every legitimate means to bring about their ends. The fieht cannot be put off. It must be de cided soon. Either these powers will be grabbed by the men who seek to monopo lize our water power and their posses sion legalized by Congress, or they will be saved to the people and so legalized hy Congress. . Seldom has a contest been clearly defined. We are face to face so (Concluded on Page 2.) EXTRA G0LDEIMDALE LOSES $35,000 BY FIRE BLAZE IN ARMORY SPREADS TO DOWXTOWN DISTRICT. Bank, Stores and Residences Are Consumed by the Fierce Flames. GOLDEN'DALE, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) Fire started in the hall of the armory here about midnight last night, and" before the firemen rucceed ed in getting it finally under control, a large part of the business section of the city was burned, entailing a loss of $35,000. v At 3 o'clock this morning the heroic efforts of the firemen had had their effect, and though the flames were still rising, it was thought the greater part of the damage had been done. . No lives were lost, but the rapid spread of the flames made It appear for a time as though the entire town was doomed. Following are the prin cipal places burned: Armory Hall J2300 Aldrlch 4fc Co.. bank Independent office 3000 Emma Danbury, millinery 500 Moving: picture show 500 G. W. Pike 3000 Will Chapman 1500 B. A. Sanders, undertaker 2000 Carter Music Company 20OO Stultz & Leider 5000 William Van Vactor 4000 V. A. McKenzle. residence 2000 Masonic Hnll 2000 Knlshts of Pythia Hall 1500 MENELIK ASKS FOR HELP Abyssinian Prince Begs to Be Saved From England. CHICAGO, Aug. 2S. (Special.) A re markable plea for an interference in the affairs of the far-off Abyssinia has been addressed to a Chicago newspaper by Prince Johannes L. Menelik, of Adis Abbeba. The curious. richly phrased manuscript ends with a violent curse upon England a curse said to be typl cally Oriental in its imaginative word ing and its sustained invective. The spectacle of a youth arrayed po litically "against 'his "King Is presented in the Prince's glowing words, written In broken, often chaotic. English. The Prince, who lays claim by right of heir ship to the future possession of the throne, is a leader in what might be called a "young Abyssinia" movement against the policies of old Menelik. IL the Emperor, and his conservative coun cil. After announcing that he will soon visit the United States personally to try to enlist this Government in his fight against the encroachments of England, Germany and France, Prince Menelik describes the tense political situation in his land. 1 BONI AFTER GOULD GOLD Circulates Tale of Another Wedding Among Creditors. PARIS, Aug. 28. (Special.) That Count Bonl de Castellane will endeavor to annex a few more of the Gould mil lions through the marriage of Miss Marjorie vjould, niece of Anna Gould, his former wife, is a story circulating among his creditors here and in the Castellane district In the .sses Alpes Department. De Castellane, It is also believed, will lose his seat In the Chamber of Depu ties when the general election occurs next May. He has held his seat three terms, but as each election has cost $300,000 of the Gould family's fortune, and as that source of political success is shut off, the electors' enthusiasm has evaporated. HE HAS CALL TO CHICAGO Rev. A. J. Montgomery May Ieave Third Presbyteiran Church. CHICAGO, Aus;. 2S. Word was re ceived here today that Rev. Andrew J Montgomery, pastor of the Third Pres byterian Church, of Portland, Or., has aocepted a call to the Second Presby terian Church, of Oak Park, i Chicago suburb. IS OF ALL AVIATORS American Makes Rec ord for Fast Flying. CURT SS KING WINS GORDON BENNETT TROPHY v" Bleriot Close Second, Wright Machine Not in Race. BLERIOT'S LATEST FEAT Frenchman Clips Five Seconds Oft Curtiss' Record and Farman Wins Laurels by Carrying Two Passengers. BETHENT AVIATION FIELD, Rhelms, Aug. 28. The International cup for avia tion, known also aa the Gordon Bennett trODhv. was won todav bv Glenn H. Cur- tlss, American aviator, in the fastest aerial journel of 20 kilometers (12.4J miles) ever accomplished by man. His time, 15 minutes 50 3-5 seconds, was only 5 3-5 seconds faster than that made by Bleriot over the same course. The other two French pilots, Latham and Lefebvre, finished respectively In 17 minutes 32 seconds and 20 minutes 47 3-& seconds. Cockburn, an Englishman, ran into a haystack as he was maneuvering for the Btart and did not cross the line. The race lay between Bleriot and Curtiss, with Latham as possible outsider. Seizes Favorable Moment. Curtiss stole a march on his rivals by getting away early. Finding conditions favorable at 10 o'clock in the morning, ha ; decided to take no chances in the tickle ! weather and after a trial trip. In which , he niado the circuit of the course In 7 minutes 551-5 seconds, lowering tha world's record 9 sucunds, he started lm--j mediately oh his attempt to win the cup. ; He handled his machine in masterly , style. The first round, measuring 6.21 i miles, was made in 7 minutes 57 2-5 sec I onds. and the second round was covered in : 7 minutes 53 1-5 seconds, a world's record. Bleriot Almost as Swift. Lefebvre, In a Wright biplane, but without hope of winning, flew over the course, but his time was five minutes slower than that of Curtiss. Blerlot's and Latham's machines were run out. A few minutes later they crossed the lino in quick time. Bleriot went by tha tribunes at a terrific pace and finished the round In almost the identical time of Curtiss' last lap, covering the 10 kilo meters in 7 minutes 53 3-5 seconds, but his speed seemed to decrease on the lust round and before he reached the final turn the stop-watches showed that he had lost. Joy Among Americans. The Judges at once ran up the flag, and bands played "The Star-Spangled Banner." There was rejoicing among the Americans. Curtiss was escorted, or rather dragged, from the $hed to Ambas sador White's box by several hundred enthusiastic Americans. The Ambassador congratulated Curtiss and then presented Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and other mem- bers of a large party who had arrived irs time for the last flight. The party witnessed the starts of ; Bleriot, Lefebvre, De la Grange and! Buneau-Varilla. They saw Bleriot Just' at dark clip 6 2-5 seconds off Curtiss' fastest round In the International match,'! in a 10-kilometer speed contest, making' the distance in 7 minutes 47 4-5 seconds, I which is a new world's record, and Henry' Farman, who yesterday won the Prix do la Champagne, added to his laurels by carrying two passengers around thej1 course. De la Grange's Machine Falls. As Leon De la Grange was turnlnsf the first pylon in the course of an exhl bitlon flight, the propellor of his mi chine broke from its shaft and th aeroplane fell heavily to the ground.; Fortunately, the height at the time did not exceed 25 feet. De la Grange was (Concluded on Page 2.)