TTTE srVDAT OKEr.OyTAX. FORTT.AyP. AFRIT; 14. 1912. LIVES MENACED IN cure indirect control of tho office for another sis years because Gale S. Hill, of Albany.' and Walter C. Wlnslow of Salem, deputies under the present ad ministration, sre leading Republican candidates, was denied by Mr. McNary today. "I have been District Attorney here for eight years." he said, "and that is a sufficient length of time for any man to serve. rhave no particular Interest In the present race for a successor. "I consider both Mr. Hill and Mr. Wlnslow as competent men. and who ever Is elected will be In no way con nected with me In a business capacity. Any rumor that I wish one of my depu ties elected because it might give me ar Indirect chance to control the office Is absolutely without foundation. Neither candidate would allow ajich a domination even If I desired it-" L III SALEM SCHOOLS Hundreds of Families Await on Housetops for Coming of Rescuers. Action of Board Forestalled, and Resolution "White washes" Instructor. . erless POWERS QUITS JOB 0UIS1A FLOODS REiETOW HI 1913 RIVER IS RISING RAPIDLY MORE TROUBLE BREWING LEOPOLD HEIRS " APPEAL Daughters of Dead Kin; Contest Claim or Government to Fortune. Director Larky Proposes That As iwrlalcd Studrnt Body or Hijli School H- AboIUIied "- vorablo Action Likelj. SALEM. Or, April 13. (Special.) J. SI. Power. superintendent of the Salem schools, submitted his resignation to nlcht to the Board of Directors. His resignation Is to bei-ome effective July 1. IJIJ. Arcomranylnc the resignation, ha also personally submttted a resolu tion by which the Roard "whitewashes" blm. to all intents and purposes. His resls-natton was accepted and the reso lution was adopted unanimously. This resignation. It is understood, romes dlrett- as a result of school dif ficulties which have been shaking Sa lem High 8-hool. These difficulties apparently are by no means ended, but rsiher are Just starting. While the resolution adopted by tha Board declares that there has bean no agreement 10 request the resignation of Superintendent Power, that Powers would undoubtedly have been dropped fro... the list of school officials is known. It was. however, tentatively understood, aa predicted, that Powers would be either dropped from the list, requested lo reslgu or resign aa he did. Rrselstlos Is lalr4ared. In addition to the resignation of Su perintendent Powers, another dramatic turn came tonight. when tMrector Lalkr Introduced a resolution to abol ish the associated student body of the blah school. This wi'l be taken up at the neit meeting of the Board, and It now seems probable that It will he acted upon favorably. The resolution follows: "Whereas, the affairs of the associ ated student body of the Kalera High t-hool have been seized upon by a few who never have taken active part In any student activities, and used as weapona to Inflict upon some, who hav been most active In advancing such activities, the severest criticism and censure for what at best seem only to be Irregularities, and "Whereas, this has been further used .o keep the Higtk School In an uproar is no otner cause whatever exists, and "Whereas, a well defined opposition to all stuxtent activities has thereby been created among the taxpayers, and "Wheeras. this will result In the wlthdrawsl of hearty support and co operation heertofore given by the cltl lens of Salem. Therefore, be It resolved that the Associated Student Body of the Salem High School be and Is hereby dis banded and the officers thereof are hereby directed to deliver all of their books to the board and that from and after the close ofthls school year all student body activities as such cease and terminate." Aeressts Arc kss. Just before the close of the meeting Principal Kirk and J. C Moore, profea sor of chemistry. Insisted that a state ment In the summary of the recent student body report, that Professor Moore expended 1114 for which he could make no report or account, be placed open to refutation. In consequence professor Moore submitted to the board original requisitions and checks cover ing the entire amount. No action was taken on this move, as a resolution bad been adopted asking for a full and com plete Investigation of the student body tffalra by the finance committee of the school Board. These requisitions and checks were Identified by Treasurer Davis of the student body, however, as being checks snd requisitions, which bss been placed In the bands of the Investigating com mittee of the student body. Principal Kirk, In a. letter to the Board, made a demand for a full and complete Inves tlgstlon of affairs of the body by the Board, that he and Mr. Moore either stand convicted or esoneratrd. and the notion for the Investigation followed. Etestratlss la Soaaat, In the resolution whfi-h he submit ted, along with his resignation. So rr(ntenint Powera Incorporated the following: "Whereas. The report has been pub lished sS coming from an authoritative source: that a majority of this Board has agreed to request the resignation of itt Supertelndent. and farther, that In the event such a request Is refused, a majority of the Board would then prefer charges against the Superin tendent with a view to his dismissal by the Board: therefore be It "Resolved. That a majority of this Board has never entered, and has never -onempiated entering into any su h agreement as has been reported; t'.al such reports are untrue, having no foundation in fact: that they were .unauthorised by the Board and should not have been published. Be it further resolved. That this ba'd appreciates at Its full value the high character of the service rendereVl to this s-hool district during the last eight ytars by Superintendent J. M. Powers, and sincerely regrets that any report derogatory to this view should have gained publicity. "Ee It f.irther resolved. That the clerk b-J and is hereby authorised and I requested to spread these resolutions on the minutes and to mall a copy thereof to each of the Salem dally pa pers and to The airegunlan. and the tlvenlrg Telegram, at Portland. Or a--nmpanl-l with a request for their pubn.-ailon." LEWIS JURY IS STILL OUT Verdict Will B Scaled If Iteachcd Before Thl Morning. ST. LOPIS. April II The Jury in the case of F. O. Lewis, after having failed to return a verdict In 24 hourat was locked up tonight on orders of United States District Judge Amldon. If a verdict is deached tonight. J'.dare Amldon ordered the Jurors to seal It and he wi'l receive It tomorrow. M'NARY DENIES RUMOR i o Personal Interest In Successor as DIalrk-t Attorney, lie Says. . SALEM. Or.. April 1. (Special. A rurror which has floated throughout everal counties of the Third Judicial District tt John H. McNary. present j .'.irlct Attorney. Is endeavoring to - BRXSSKLS. April 13. (Special.) t rlncess Louise and Princess Stephanie, of Belgium, daughters of King Leopold II. have lodged an appeal against the Judgment of the Court of First In stance of Brussels, which declares. In effect, that the King had no private fortune outside a relatively small sum received from his father. The Belgian government claims prac tically all the enormous wealth accu mulated ty King Leopold during his long connection with the Congo. In virtue or the cession made to It in 108. It is urged by the Princesses that this cession was a limited one and did not Include the fortune amassed by the King before 1S0S. Over Io0.ono.000 may ultimately be Involved in this litigation. CHILDREN MAKE HOME Speculation aa to Some Causes for Race Suicide. Woman's Home Companion. I think the man's Idea of "keeping up appearances" has more to do with race suicide than any other reason. Hus bands nowadays would rather take their wives to places of amusement where they could meet and be seen by "men higher up" In the business world, than stay at home while their wives minded babies. Let me tell you of an absolutely true case to explain my point. A college man who had lived most of his life. In New Tork. married a girl from a small town In the South. Ha brought her op to New York to live, and established her In a down-town hotel apartment. "Now. dear. I'll show yott Just what a good time little old New York can give you." he told her. "I'll take you to shows and games, and my friends wives "will come and call on you, and you ran Join their clubs: and we'll have one long honeymoon." The girl realised that she ought to feel very happy at such a Joyous outlook, but somehow or other It was not exactly the married life she had planned. Instead, her dreams had been of a little housekeeping flat. And she had dreamed of sitting beside him In the evening while he read his paper and she mended and darned, and eventually have dainty little white gar ments to sew on, putting love In every stitch. That was the dearest dream tf all. However, a few months later tha doctor told her one of her dreams wsa to rome true. Never will she forget the way her busband greeted the news. She had dressed up In her prettiest gown, and her happiness had made her radiant. But when she had snuggled on Jack's knee and had whispered tha news, and waited for the Joyous ex pression she felt must come. the waited In vain. Instead, she felt his body stif fen, and looking up she saw an ex pression of horror and disappointment, and hla Joyous words were. "Good Heavens, not already V If you looked Into their home today, this is the picture you would see: A man considered a "good fellow" by everyone: a good husbsnd who takes j his wife everywhere: son of 10. j spoiled beyond endurance, educated at J a fashionable school where every other child is an "only child." and dlscon- tented: and the mother is a social climber, because her husband wants her to move lu the same circles aa Mr. G.'s wife does. Colonel Louis W. Crampton Pies. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. April 1. Colonel Louis W. Crampton. medical corps. United States Army, died in a hotel here at midnight ot pneumonia. He came from Washington March XI. after being relieved as Chief Surgeon in the Philippine division, and would have retired for age on May t. Colonel Crampton owned large citrus fruit in terests her. Armed Robbers Invade Restaurant. NEW YORK. April 13. Four men. armed with revolvers. Invaded a res taurant on East ftVourteenth street early today, held up and robbed Morris Last, a hoetl manager, of Jewelry and mon ey to the value of 1700. Thirty persons were In the restaurant, but the rob bers made no attempt to molest them. GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPH OF V ACCIDENT SEAR VOXCALLA IS FATAL TO TWO TRAIMIEX. ROPEBCP.G Or April 1 . (Special.) Experts who examined the wreck of the locomotive, whose boiler exploded near BK. H Ml April 4 killing Mark Bartlett. engineer, and Bert Aderton. fireman, have determined SJi tni explosion wis '.useri by low water In the boiler The force of the e plosion ... term Ic as is shown by the photograph. Witnesses at the Inquest said that the crown sheet was found n the fire box of the locomotive and th.t the bolt, holding the crown sheet were not damaged The boiler also was shown to have been In first-class, condition Just before the accident Ho great was tjieforco of the ex plosion that telegraph wires alon the track near the scene were broken and traffic was dclajed a few hours. Plantation at Which Roosevelt Made Headquarters During Southern Hunt Is Vnder Water Thou sands Are Homeless. NEW ORLEANS. April 13. Great property damage has been wrought In Northern Louisiana as the result of the breaking last night of the west levea of the Mississippi near Alsatla. Fears are entertained that many lives may be lost It is estimated that 800 square miles are flooded now. with prospects that twice that amount of territory will be inundated. Thousands of families will be made homeless. Tha Alsatla crevasse and the waters from the break at Panther Fork. Ark., will flood practically the entire Ten sas River basin, where a large section of East West Carroll, MoorehouSe. Mad ison and Tensss parishes and a part of Kirhland parleb. according to Indica tions. Hundreds of families aro ma rooned on housetops awaiting rescue. John M. Parker's plantation, whera Colonel Roosevelt made his headquar ters during his southern bear hunt. Is under water, ranging from six to ten feet In depth. Eighteen lives were In peril at Roosevelt. A rescue party now la making for there In a river steamer. In the last J4 hours the Mississippi has risen rapidly- from Natches south. The rise at Baton Bougie exceeded one foot. NKGRO CEMETERY FLOATS OIT Bodies Found on Crest of Flood Miles From Burial Ground. LEXINGTON. Ky, April IS. Reports of drownings at Leatherwood. 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