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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND MARCH G, 1910. m m m m mm aass aaa b assa a. a IE RAIN FALLS MO Willamette Reaches Cres but ' Rising Columbia Will . Hold Backwater in River. DAYTON IS MUCH DAMAGED Touchet Cuts New Channel Through Gpod Part of Town Montesnno Begins to Fear Know Melts Kapldly In Cascades. " Flood conditione in th Jforthwest apl pear gradually, to be growing less dan gerous. No trouble is expected in Port land from the Willamette, for the upper river i: falling, and the crem of the rise was reached here yesterday afternoon, with the guage- showing an official stage of 19.1 feet above the zero mark. The water will be held at the 15-foot stage, however, because of the backwater from the Columbia, which is now rising stead ily. Reports' from The Dalles give the height of the river as 18.9 feet. This la nomi nally a flood stage, and considerable damage has been done on the riverfront through loss of various property that has been swept away. More rain over ell the Northwest Is the prediction for today. The fbarometen has "been falling steadily and further storm conditions prevail. At Portland there will be rain, with southerly winds. A Worm center is approaching the coast of British Columbia. Touchet Cuts"Xew Channel. At Dayton. Wash., the swollen Touchet River has done great damage. Leaving its channel, it has cut a new track 100 feet wide and 7 feet deep In West Dayton through one of the best residence dis tricts of the city. Many houses have been swept away, among them the home of A. J. Buttolph, whore the occupants bad a narrow esrape. All the houses In the vicinity are inundated. Scores of men are fighting the raging waters. Railroad traffic out of Dayton has been tied up Bince Tuesday because of dam aged bridges at JIuntsville and Valley Grove. Country roads are in a worse condition that was ever known before. The rains have ceased, however, and it is "xpected the river will begin slowly to subside. Heavy rains have fallen steadily for a week at Montepano and this, with from one to three feet of snow in the hills to the east, make, the flood Conditions very grave. The Chehalis River rose a foot last night. Train service is crippled and business is almost at a standstill. It is reported the whole country between here and Centralia is one huge lake. Water 1s running through the streets of Oak ville in a torrent. The mills are all closed here and there Is a foot and a half of water on the Wil son Brothers' Navigation Company's docks. In the Cascade Mountains mild weather has brought rain and the deep snow Is rapidly melting. Consequently the rivers of Western Washington have spread out still -wider over the submerged valleys. Seattle Is feeling the flood for the first time to any great extent. Lake Wash ington is higher than in 30 years and the fires in all the sawmills, are extinguished. The wharves are covered and lakeside towns are-overflowed. The Northern Pacific is prepared for floods, however, and is having no diffi culty in operating trains. A gang of 150 men Is closely watching a dangerous pass on the west side of Cascades at Eagle Oorge, where an avalanche that would cover the tracks is threatened. AYillnpa Harbor Damaged. At Willapa Harbor the storm has caused damge to the Northern Paclflo tracks on the South Bend branch. Slides cover the , roadbed at two points near IMcskill. A bridge across the Willapa at Holcomb has shifted, making a trans fer of passengers necessary. Colfax, which has suffered more than any city in Eastern Washington, is re covering from its flood as rapidly as pos sible. Sanitation committees are work ing with all speed to get the city cleaned v.p. New buildings of better type will re place those swept away. Many streets have to be repaved. Spokane sent a carload of provisions and clothing and all distress occasioned by the high water is being relieved. Around the headwaters of the Colum bia, In the Snake and Welser rivers, thys water is receding, and It is believed the danger point Is over. Many thousands of teres on the Oregon side of the river op posite Welser are flooded and many fami lies have been driven out of their homes. Much stock has been drowned and sev eral houses have been washed away. There is no delay to train service in this locality. Traffic on the Northern Pacific east of Spokane was tied up yesterday by a wreck occasioned by a washout. Passenger train No. 7 went in the ditch and the baggage tar was burned. Several passengers and trainmen were more or less injured, but none fatally. . BIG WAVES CARRY DEATH 4 'anadlan Steamer "Passes ' Through Terrible Experience. HALIFAX, N. S., March 5. After bat tling with giant seas and great gales, the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Britain arrived here last night, 30 hours . overdue from Liverpool. One steerage passenger was killed and five others injured on Tuesday, when a big wave poured down into the "well" sending eix steerage passengers crashing Bgalnst the sides of the cabin and the stairs. UNION BANS ASIATICS t-inn F'rancisco Places Employers of Orientals on Unfair Cist. SAN FRANCISCO. March 5. Follow ing the advice of the Labor Council, the Cooks" Union has adopted a resolu tion declaring that all houses employ ing Orientals are unfair to organized labor. Union cooks working with ' the Asi atics will not be ordered to walk out at once, but will not be allowa' to wear the union button, and time will be given to employers to secure white help. MILITIA MAY AID IN RESCUE Ciovernor Hay Hears Complaint From Wellington Disaster. OLVMPIA, Wash.. March 5. (Special.) One hundred volunteers of the National Guard will be called out by Governor work on the Great Northern road at Well ington. This statement was given out a 'few minutes after midnight and was based. on telephonic communication with the railroad authorities at Everett late last night, following complaint filed with the state executive by relatives and friends of the victims of the landslide disaster at this point. . - It Is said that the railroad authorities are unable to cope with conditions and that even the foreigners, who have been laboring on the road, track-building and repairing, are robbing the bodies of those who met death or injury. - The additional slides in the' vicinity of Wellington, it la said, have brought- mat ters to a crisis, and the Governor will act today, following awaited word from the Great Northern's superintendent at Wellington, i It was near 9 o'clock last night that Governor Hay. following the registered complaint, took the matter up with the road officials by telephone at Everett. The division superintendent assured the Governor that the road was well able to handle the situation, but communica tion with Wellington would be necessary before definite news of the trouble could be learned. It Is on this word that Gov ernor Hay will act. It is said that the foreigners who have been caught robbing bodies of the die aster are mostly Italians. - BEST MADE OF TROUBLE PASSENGERS OX IiATE TRAINS ENJOY THEMSELVES. Treatment Afforded by Railroad Complimented and Incidents of Forced Walt Told. Passengers on the delayed trains that came into Portland last night talked en tertainingly of their experiences1 of being storm bound. One of these was Claude Gatch, United States bank examiner, who lives at Salem. He had been to Halley, Idaho, and leaving there Monday for home, arrived in Glenns Ferry Tuesday, on the second train to be held at that place on account of floods. Washouts west of Glenns Ferry caused u to be held at that place," said Mr. Gatch at the Imperial last night, "but our long stay there was not as tiresome as it might have been. We played games of various kinds, and got out in the snow to have snow fights. There were con genial people on the train, and everyone made the best of tile situation. "All along Snake River, after we left Glenns Ferry, the low-lands were flooded with streams of water from the higher places.",- Arthur P. Jackson, another of the pas sengers delayed on the Oregon Short line, at the. Portland last, night complimented the railroad company for the good treat ment that had been accorded the pas sengers while they were held in waiting at Glenns Ferry. Mr. Jackson was on the first train to be held up at Glenns Ferry. Monday night. "We did not suffer while we were forced to remain there," he explained. We pal 3 for our first two 'meals on the dining car. but after that our meals were furnished us by the railroad com pany, and supplies were brought down from Pocatelle. "I heard some criticism from a railroad contractor who happened to be on the train concerning the long- delay about getting the road repaired. He was of the opinion that the repairs could have been made In a few hours. It was 84 hours before a plledrlver arrived to begin work." C. F. Ames, who was on his way from Salt Lake City to Seattle, was also on the first train to be held up at Glenns Ferry. He, too, told of the various ways the passengers entertained themselves while forced to remain on the train. "One of the more interesting incidents of our stay at Glenns Ferry," he said last night, "was the spectacle of a train load of hogs being turned loose for exer cise and feed. It took nearly half a day to get them back In their cars, and the chasing proved to be of much excitement. One night the hogs, being in a train near our own, managed to keep us awake, but. the next day they were removed to another track at some distance from us." M. A. Moore, .of Lemars. Ia.. who ar rived in Portland from the south late yesterday afternoon on the way to his home in the East from Honolulu; where he has been spending the Winter, said that there was but little snow in the Siskiyou Mountains, but that his train was delayed by a soft roadbed between this city and the California line. J. P. Wilbur, of Portland, who came from Seattle Thursday, said at the Im perial Hotel last night that for three miles his train went through water near Castle Rock. The floods had made the roadbed soft, and it was dangerous to at tempt traveling at anything but a low rate of speed. "We came through without any acci dents, however," said Mr. Wilbur. " "Al though sometimes the water threatened to enter the cars." GAS KILLS BIG CHIEF NOTEI CHIPPEWA BRAVE AND HIS NEPHEW ASPHYXIATED. Minnesota Redskin, 95 Years Old, on Second Trip to Washington Blows Out the Gas. WASHINGTON. March 5. One of the most picturesque chieftains In the Indian race and, his nephew, both members of the. Chippewa tribe in Minnesota, was found dead in a local hotel yesterday, vie, tlms of asphyxiation. The dead chief was Pay-iBaum-We-Che-Waish-Kung, mora than S6 years old and his unfortunate . companion was A-Ne-Way-Way-Aush. It Is believed one of the red men blew out the gas. This was the second visit of the chief to the capital of the "Great Father," his first journey to I "Washington being nearly M years ago when he came as one of the signers of the treaty of 1866 between the United States and the Ohtppewas. Although he was approaching the cen tury mark, the old chiefs strength of character had made hhn a potent power with his people and his final visit to Washington was as a member of a dele gation appointed "by a council of his band at Bo Is Fort Reservation, near Orr, Minn., to consult with the . Indian Offce about payments under the treaty of 1866. The dead chieftain was always a friend of the whites and while he possessed a record for peerless leadership and bravery in the Inter-Indian conflicts, -with the Sioux, he never raised his tomahawk against the whites. . TWO SPECIAL TRAINS - To the Aviation Q rounds. Will be run by the O. R. ' A N. today and tomorrow, leaving the Union Depot at 13:30 and 1:30 P. M. Remember, the 1:30 train will be the last train both day. . "Electricity has oDDlanted iu for car Marlon E. Hay today to aid in the rescue j H?'. 'sffiand aoVI.'rk HIS EARS BOXED, DEPUTY TO FIGHT Squabble in' Italian Chamber Follows Mention of Wom en's Names. THREE DUELS ARRANGED After Influence of Certain Women of i Xoblllty on Austrian Army Is Hinted, Challenges Begin to ' Fly Thick and Fast. ROMH March 6. Eugenia. Chlesa.' the well-known Republican Deputy, must fight three duels following too-free men tion of noble women in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Count Glacomo Mo rando and Generals Prudent and'.Fieca are the challengers. Signor Chlesa addressed an interroga tion to the government on what he as serted was the influence of Baroness Sie mens on the Austrian army, by reason, as he alleges, of her having been on friendly terms with the late Lieutenant General Tancredi Saietta, chief of staff, and afterwards with General Fleca, the commander of the grand maneuvers. General Prudent, Under Secretary of War, refused to answer the Deputy, whereupon Chlesa heaped insults upon htm as well as the army, and also de clared that the Duchess Litta had been a great favorite of the late King Humbert. Deputy Morando, who is a nephew of the Duchess, Immediately boxed Chiesa's ears. Then he and Generals, Fieca and Prudent challenged CHiesa to combat. tlEVADA PRIMARY GOOD DISTRICT COURT DECISION BE APPEALED AT ONCE. TO Judge Says Act of Legislature Is - Supposed to Be Will or People, so Will Not Interfere. CARSON, Nov., March 6.-The direct primary law passed by the Legislature a year ago was declared to be con stitutional by Judge Langan yesterday in sustaining a demurrer in an action brought to test the provisions of the new law. y The district court denied the petition to declare an act unconstitutional, and in sustaining the demurrer Judge Lan gan said: "I have no other course to pursue than to sustain the demurrer: All acts of the Legislature are the supreme will of the people, and are valid and constitutional until declared invalid and unconstitutional by the court; and the presumption of law Is always in favor of the act until it Is declared unconstitutional, and no good, suffi cient or cogent reason why I should overrule the demurrer having been pre sented to me, the demurrer interposed by the Attorney-General in behalf of Mr. Douglass is sustained, thereby sus taining in the judgment of this court the constitutionality, of that act known as the direct primary act." It is understood the case will be im mediately appealed to the supreme court of the state for a. final decision. WASHOUGAL CASE ENDS SPECIAL ELECTION CONTEST NO GAIN TO WETS. Even if Saloon Interests Should Win Decision, "Dry" Council Would Issue No License. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 6. That the clerk of the special election held in Washougal. November 3. to determine whether saloons should be licensed, could see the door of the elec tion booth by twisting and craning his neck continually, but the Judges could not. was shown in the Superior Cour Friday by counsel for the contestants, who called witnesses to prove his as sertion. The ballot box and the election of ficials, were In the main part ot Odd Fellows' hall, but the ante-room, which was used for a booth up to abdut 1 o'clock, was 28 feet from the Judge's table and the door entering the room could not be seen by the Judges. How ever, they could sea directly in front of the door. The contestants also ques tioned the right of the town council to appoint election Judges, which was done in the election at Washougal. The contestants had witnesses to prove that several of those who voted at the election were not qualified, and that their ballots should be thrown out, and that by this change the town would be. wet. Counsel for the defendants held that the ante-room, which was already built, complied with the requirements for an election booth, and that b'e cause it was already built, it was not necessary for the election officials to cause another booth to be constructed. Evidence was Introduced to show that several men carried ballots around the hall before they had voted, which Is illegal. . The vote stood 55 dry and 60 wet. The wets clatm that there were enough illegal votes cast to change the result, and that as the votes were illegal the whole election should be declared null and void. If this is done, it would per mit saloons to be opened In the town of Washougal. 'Judge MeMaster, who is sitting In this case, informed the counsel for both sides that he will take the evi dence under advisement, and rVnder a decision during the week beginning Monday, March 14. Nearly half of the voters in "Wash ougal were subpenaed. MARRIApE IS IMPROMPTU A. B. Hammond's Daughter Sud denly Weds New York Author. SAN FRANCISCO, March (Special. y The palatial home ortheA. B. Ham monds was the scene of a qniet im promptu wedding oeremony yesterday, ne cessitated by the fact that Miss Florence Hammond, the second daughter of the household, had suddenly made up ' her mind to become the bride of Norman N. I -mmmmi ' malm mmMmmmma Hill lSft" fyrieht Hart SclMffher & Mrx Hart Schaffner & Marx SPRING CLOTHES You're going to be pleased with the 1 Spring clothes that we now have ready for you to wear; you'll like the style in them, the smart new weaves and colors, and the extra good tailoring. A fine new, lot is now ready for, your choosing. . . ' ' 0 Come in, soon, look them over, and pick out yours. Suits $20 to $40; Overcoats $20 to $40. "Wunderhose" 4 pair $1.00; guar f. anteed 4 months for men, women and children. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Corner Third and Morrison Sts. . N Whiteside without the formality of even n engagement announcement. For the conventional bridal gown a traveling dress was substituted, there were no . attendants and the wedding guests, including only relatives and fam ily connections, had been hastily sum moned over the telephone. Mr. Whiteside and his bride departed immediately upon their honeymoon trip,' which will be spent at Del Monte. The bridegroom, who is a prominent New Tork man, has been in San Fran cisco a number of months, but his at tention to Miss Hammond had never been commented upon. He has already made a name as. a writer of short stories. worth J750. should the horse be killed or operated upon to recover the gem? This is the question that was bothering Captain E. O. Bartlett here last night. While he was standing near his saddle horse. King, an" animal of which he Is especially fond, the horse nipped a four carat diamond from hla shirtfront. Then while Bartlett looked on In dis may, the animal calmly swallowed the gem. Bartlett has consulted several vet erinary surgeons to learn whether It would be safe to operate on the horse. If they think the gem could be recovered and the animal saved, an operation prob ably will .be performed. IRA JONES PASSES AWAY Pioneer Lawyer, Formerly of Port land, Dies in Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., March 5. Ira Jones, one of the pioneer attorneys of the state, died on Wednesday night at 10:30 o'clock, at 9t. Vincent's Hospital, after a few days' illness of heart disease, age 75 years'. Ira Jones was born at Victory, N. T., and was the son of Judge and Mrs. Na thaniel Jones. He received his educa tion in Rochester, N. T., and was ad mitted to the bar at that place. He organized Company C, One Hundred and Eleventh, New York Volunteers, and served as captain in the Union Army during the Civil War. He married Matilda R. Lewis', of Vic tory, N.. Y., who with one daughter, Mrs. H. Wlckhatn WInthrop. of Denver, sur vive, and who were with him when the end came. He was well known in Port- , wiu, wiicra u prmnicea law,, arier ar riving In Oregon about 25 years ago. Ha resided in that city until a few years ago, when he retired from active, business and moved to Oregon City, residing on his farm on the West Side. The funeral services will be- conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Portland Crematorium. The pallbearers will be: Dr. C. Rafferty, H. Meussdorfer. T. F. Cowan, of Portland, and Captain J. T. Apperson and George A. Harding, of Oregon City. BILL STIRS SUFFRAGETTES New York Women May Take War path If Measure Is Passed. Stanton Blatch, who arrived here from Albany last night, says that if the Dana bill, which has 'passed the assembly, be comes a law, it will provoke American suffragists to open militancy, in imita tion of their British ulsters. Heretofore," says Mrs. Blatch, "there has , been no reason for suffragists in America to use militant methods, but a bill like this will be like a torch to a haystack." . , The Dana bill provide that when the Legislature submits an amendment to the constitution there shall be a two-thirds vote, instead of a majority, as at present. LOUIS JAMES IS STRICKEN Heart Failure SeUes Actor In His Dressing- Room. NEW YORK. March 5. Mrs. Harriet HBLENA. Mont.. March 6 Louis James, the actor, was stricken with heart failure in his d re rig-room at the Helena Theater last night and for several hour his life was despaired of. The performance was cancelled and Mr. James was removed to his hotel, where It was said later that his condition slightly improved. Vancouver Has Surpllced ChoHV VANCOUVER. Wash., March 5. Spe cial.) A ' surpllced choir, an' innovation In St. Luke's Episcopal Church in this city, will appear at the morning service. Twenty persons. 35 men and women and five boys, comprise the choir, which is trained and led by Mr. Harry G. Smith. Dr. William M. Campbell, formerly solo ist in St. Paul's Church of New York City, but now of Portland, will sing at the services tomorrow. He is spending a couple of days here as the guest of Rev. Otis E. Gray, rector of St. Luke's Church. HORSE SWALLOWS JEWEL Animal Worth SIOOO , Eats Gem Worth 750; What Is Answer? JOPLIN. Mo., March 6. If a horse, valued at $1000, swallows a (diamond, Is This Fair? Certain Proof Will Be Made That Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Cure Stomach Trouble. ?OAD ,1 lsjfesissf r .'you LO GAIN A full carload of fine pianos shipped to the Graves Music Co. badly damaged b.y wrecked car. 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M ADAMS. General KrelKliL and P&ssenKer Agent. it. H. JENKINS. Assistant General Freight and Pes&encer Aprent. . 4 V PORTLAM), URKUON 1. i: FILE KO. February 28th, 1910 , H Claim No 474-1 Graves Music Company, Portland, Oregon. Gentlemen:- J This will acknowledge receipt of your favor of February 26th, 1910, making claim for $1500.00, damage to twenty Cambridge pianos shipped from Cambridge Piano Co., New York City, January 28th, 1910, in Michigan Central Car No. 15233. Same will have our prompt attention and we hope to be able to arrange for satisfactory4 settlement at an early date Yours" Truly, WMC-S. General Freight Agent. Here is your chance for a large saving in price. We cannot ship the pianos back to the factory to be refinished, freight and time prevent, and we need the stock. To those who are not particular about, the case but want a fine piano, a fine tone and action,, absolute durability, and want to save from $100.00. to $150.00 on a new piano, here is your opportunity. ' s . One piano $110.00, another one $145.00, others from $10.00 upward, according to the amount of damage done to the case. This sale begins 9 A. M. Monday, March 7, 1910, and is the greatest money-saving sale of pianos ever held in -Portland. Payments will be made to suit the convenience of customers. A small first payment and easy monthly payments for the balance secures one of these fina instruments. ..;" Do not miss this opportunity; call early and make selection of pianos showing least damage. GRAVES MUSIC CO. Ill FOURTH STREET, PORTLAND, OR.