The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 12, 1912, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSCENES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FLOOD DISTRICT. Srhlass Baltimore Clothes Hats hats Hawts PANIC FROM FLOOD Hats altimore Hats New Orleans Streets Under Water but End of Rain Gives Ray of Hope. Schhtt BtUlmort : run,., i r . . . - J icDIoss 1 fSiltlmort LOUISIANA CITIES IN f M T Hifc i I C'Mncc Rxtfimnr Cmthe I I ,- , ---- - - - -,- ,11 , 1 13.00 A 3.Q0A K AwiiiiidimnmimiaK JS I " ' " ..'., ; . ... j ', ',, I I Hats . nu,! vSchloss B CAR SERVICE IS CRIPPLED Hundreds of Prrom .are rorced o Take Off Shoes nd Stockings and Wade Home From Bil ten Section of City. NEW ORLEANS. May U. Nw Orleans awoke thli morning- with t?:e an beaming down upon the scene of confusion caused last nlht when the cttr Buffered a rtorm that, because cf the flond In tn river. n the most threatenlnc ever known here. No rain foil the latter part of the nlc-ht. and the clouds had vanished this roorntna. with prospects of a fair, warm car. the river fell gradually from 2 o'clock thle mornlnc. after havlnr ex ceeded ail fiood records here by a foot and a half. Dawn brought relief and hope to thousands of people and ended a night of excitement and terror for thoee liv ing In up-etate towns and village be hind levees considered none too safe became of the terrlilc rainstorm that swept down the Mississippi River from the northern -rtlon of Louisiana to the Gulf. The deluge was accompanied by hall and lightning and a nar hur ricane" that dashed rlvr water over levees in cascades from Baton Rouge, south, tearing away temporary earth works recently constructed. Frees Dwelllaga OwHeJ. Trom scores of towns belated tele grams tetl of conditions almost border ing on panic. Hundred of frightened people left frame dwellings and sought safety tn brick and stone buildings. Many places reported as much as six Inches of rain within about four hours ending at 1 o'clock lut night, flood ing towns and villages. At dozens of points op and down the river where levee were thought weakening, hun dreds of cltlsens worked beside gangs of convicts all night Ing In the driv ing rain, digging mud and piling sand bags on levee tops to keep back the torrential waters from the north. At New Orleans the wind backed up the. water until the gauge at 10 o'clock registered Jl.s feet. Water waa blown over the levees here In many places. At the Southern Pacific transfer ferry the water literally poured over the lines of sandbags placed about the fer ryhouse by the railroad people. Emerg ency gangs stopped the overflow after half an hour's work. The city streets ear turned Into tor rents, the water In .several Instances flooding business houses to the depth of four Inches, and filling basements and manholes. City la Pf aaeaa. In addition to the uneasiness, the. city lighting plant went out of commission, and must of the city was In darkness for nearly an hour. In the IS minutes ending- at o'clock last sight I.T Inches of rain felL In the residence) district the water waa over the sidewalks by several Inches. Hundreds were caught In the down pour, nnable to g-et to their homes be cause of the crippled car service. Scores of well-dressed men took off their water-logs:ed shoes, slung them over their shoulders, rolled up their trous ers to their knees, and walked and waded to their homes. Adolphns Bosch Gives $5000. ST. LOUIS. May 11. Responding to a message from Adolphns Bused asking If aid Is needed for the flood sufferers, and offering to honor a draft for $5000. Oovernor Zanders of Louisiana tele graphed today to Mr. Buseh that aid was greatly needed and that he had drawn on him for the 16000. HUSBAND SHUNS MORE PAY Zwingle Z. Dodds Too Rellfrtous, Says Wife Granted Divorce. SEATTLE. Wash, May 1L (Spe cial. Religious scruples against ac cepting any Increase In salary and a disposition to shun dancea and other forms of amusement, on the part of her husband, caused Mrs. Jessie A. Dodds to ask a divorce from Zwlcglo Z. Dodds. she says. Judge Mitchell Gilliam granted her a decree today. They were married July f. 1S9I. and have no children. The wife told tho court hla refusal to accept higher compensation for his work hsd compelled her to work for herself for the last 10 years. COLONEL RUNNING AHEAD Partial Return From Minnesota Primary lleoelved. MINNEAPOLIS. May 11. Scattering returns from the Republican prefer ential primary elections, held today In many counties. Indicate that Roosevelt Is running ahead of President Taft by 3 to 1. In nearly all. In Ramsey County t. Paul). It is estimated Roosevelt will have at least two-thirds of tha delegates. In Su Louis County. Roosevelt Is running t to 1 over Taft In tha early counting. Returns from 13 precincts in l'uluth and on the Iron Range gtve Koosevelt S42. uninstructed (Taft) 101. SHRINERS ON WAY HOME Port landers Entertained at Santa Barbara, California. LOS ANGELES. CaU. May 1L (Spe cial.) h line re of Al Kader temple, of Portland, after visiting Redondo Beach and Venlce-by-the-Sea, today departed for their homes. En route north they stopped at Bant a Barbara, where they were entertained by the Chamber of Commerce. A aumber will atop at San Francisco. Protection AjralnM Burglar. , Judge. Edna Did Mabel get that alt-shooter she spoke of providing herself with as a protection agalnxt burglars? Eva No: sho got a six-footer, i AS Individual wind shield to protect the fr ani cheat of an automobllrttt er me-iorc-e:tt. has seen pataatea br a Ne-rauaa. n&' I mill r X2, ,.i.'.r J4ii NOt.-i- .i.tVJ2.XS - Is I "dB ' - ' ' . ... . . . ixif : "t" - V Laefftejy rt' ifr" ; fi'vH f : " : 1 I kV H--:-4 Above, laborers Rebedldlar Railroad .$1.00 J . It' I f ' If .-rK..-"'- '.-tl T. xea; Torra Center, Flood Beta gee. hZ j4 wt ttdj 0Jmi$k iMiW? ntAL ntAuUfl unUWN , Sfittl X ir j fe S m k5g-y & .... 1 ffa 1 1 XvVN vCv vi V ! ' m&2CJy Filibuster Against Liammy em i V . - Has Selfish Motive. F-n r" frr-r-H 1 M i NNr-- I Zr Wff Schloss Baltimore Clothes :d SENATORS LOSE BUSINESS i Clothes Beautiful models of modern tailor-craft garments that are modeled to the body lines in a range of styles that will fulfill your fondest desires and at prices which are real "Special Values" Billlmon rc-ktnl fiitllmort KOolAcfJ V OhfA S pMtllmor XMhtt Billlmon Cofaci These are the reasons why several thou sand well-dressed Portlanders carry the "Schloss" label la their handsome gar ments. They have the best that's going in men's clothing yet paid only the price asked elsewhere for the ordinary inferior sorts $15 to $40 ScAfMf (BiWmert Jofne r Schloss Btlllmon rusRrij pjDsieni l UothttA BiIllflMrt Xlothes Schlou iBilllmon BETTER GAR LINES PLANNED IN SALEM Acquisition of Properties . by Welch Taken as Sure Sign of Improvement. SILVERTON ROAD IS FIRST Extension of Entire System, With w Central Terminal Station, Said to Be Intention of New Interests. SALEM. Or, Mar 11. (Special.) That the recent acquisition of the Port land Hallway. Light & Power Com pany's streetcar properties In Salem, by A. Welch, means extension, not only of urban lines, but Interurhan extensions as well, and that development will come as fast as work can be pushed. Is bol laved hero. As one of tha first blf moves. accord Ins; to a report, evidently well founded, the Welch Interests contemplate an early completion of a line to SUvorton. This will be an electric line, and much of tha rlffht of way has been secured. Work will start spon and be com pleted this year, accord Ins; to the re port. Servers Are Finished. In addition, another part of the Sum mer's development will be the rushing of an extension to the Rosedale dis trict, one of the finest prune districts on tha Pacific Coast. Surveys on this line have been finished. Lolac lines will be extended eight miles through thousands of acres of valuable fruit lands and a fast service given. This will be an extension of the present South Commercial-street city lines. Tha purchase of a block In the heart of the residence district at a cost of Illi.OOO Is considered aa meaning only one thing erection of a magnificent depot as soon as tha houses on the block can be removed. There seems to be no doubt that this will be used as a central station for the Interurhan line as well as for the Salem. Falls City A Western, which Is already assembling materials and a crew for the construc tion of a bridge across the Willamette River from West Salem. Link of narrtasaJB Srsteaa. Tha Salem. Falls City & Western now rune Into West Salem from Black Rock and Dallas. This la understood now to be a link In the Harrlman chain of roads which will be electri fied as soon as the work can be com pletard. When the bridge Is finished and work completed, connecting to an available entrance to the Welch central station, undoubtedly the road will be operating electric cars. According to the reports, there are numerous other plans of Improvement Involving hundreds of thousands of dol lars. It 1 known that the Welch Interests floated a $.000.00 bond Issue in New Tork and Welch la spending money for railroad Improvements with a lavish hand. It Is practically assured that he Is centering on Salem as the logical point to connect all of his lines be tween Albany, Salem and Eugene, and that the Hllverton extension will be another link tn his route to Portland. Extension to Be Made. Announcement has been made by Su perintendent CNiper. of the Welch lines, that the sc.Ve caused by the ti port that the extension south of the city would be discontinued Is past. Ha says further Improvement will be made there by the company. L'nder the new plan Vie fare on the extension from Inside the city will be only 6 cents. It has ten 10 cents. Transfers will be allowed. The com pany also Is making arrangements to re'ay Its tracks on the Yew Park line and give streetcar service direct to the Southern Pacinc depot. RICH VIE WiTH POOR KED CROSS COMPETITION AT TRACTS SOCIETY G1KL. iUr-v Halite Cloihina Co. Hats na I VSchhst Btltlmort Gofftes JSiltlmort I I Crhfacc Raffimnre CJothM Hats ..- rHawes Hats J3.00 rHawes Hats J3.00 Prlzea In Women's First Aid De partment Won by Assistant Secre tary of War's Daughter. WASHINOTON. May 11. Washington societv a-lrls. daughters of Cabinet of ficers and high Army and Navy officials competed today side by side witn min ers from the Pennsylvania coal fields. Boy Scouts and Army and Navy hos pital corps men for honors In first aid to the wounded work. The competition was part of the programme of the In ternational Red Cross conference. The prlxe In the women'a first aid department went to the team captained by Miss Marian Oliver, daughter of tha Assistant Secretary of War. One of the other teams, with Mlsa Alys Meyer, daughter of the Secretary of the Navy, was. given an opportunity to do some real first-aid work. Ben Abraham, a Boy Scout, member of the Hull House team, from Chicago, hll. .unnlnr arrnu the field. felL and cut his finger on a piece of tin. Miss Meyers squad quickly oanaagea me wound. The Hull House, Chicago. Boy Scouts' team, won the medal In their class. G. A. R, TO COMMEMORATE East Side Poets WU1 Ilold Service at Lone Fir Cemeterj. East Side Grand Army posts, at a meeting at 145 V4 First street yesterday, decided to hold memorial services In Loue Fir Cemetery. Tha morning will be devoted to decorating the graves, and at 10 A. M. a programme of mem orial muslo will be provided by a band. The afternoon exercises will begin at t o'clock, at Monument Square. IS. Hofer. of Salem, will be the principal speaker. A. J. Smith Post, of Sellwood, will hold Its exercises In Mllwaukle Cemetery. After the exercises the post, together with Blackmore Circle of the Ladles of the Grand Army of the Re public will scatter flowers upon the waters of the Willamette River, In honor of the naval dead. Nerve of Bnrglars. N Life. Mrs. Frost The burglar looted your place, didn't they? Mrs. Snow Yes, uiy dear, and the worst of It is they took the last sheet of brown papr In the house to wrap op the thing they stole. Interest In Law Firms Handling Damage Cases Appears Oppo sition Collapses When Fact Becomes Known. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Msy 11. Three of the Senators who led the filibuster against the em ployers' liability bill In the Senate are members of law firms which make a practice of handling damage suits against railroad companies, on behalf of injured employes. They are Senator Reed, of Missouri. Senator Smith, of Georgia, and Senator Davis, of Arkan sas. The fight against the liability bill i was not expected by Senators, for at I the time the bill was Introduced, after having been drawn by President Taft s commission. It was believed It would be generally acceptable. The fact that the bill was Indorsed by Samuel Gompers and other representatives of organised labor, by representatives of unorganised labor and by the railroad men themselves, as well as by the unanimous commission, led to the be lief that the bill would pass readily If It could be brought to a vote. Investigation Reveals Facts. When, therefore, a filibuster was In augurated by the three Senators in question, and an effort made to prevent the bill from reaching a vote, those who were back of the bill were taken off their feet by surprise. Not only were they surprised at the attacks made on the bill and the criticisms ex pressed, but at the fact that three Senators should undertake to prevent this measure from being voted upon. Had they merely voiced their objections and then allowed the Senate to act as a majority might decide, there would have been no comment. But the fili buster led to Investigation, and in vestigation disclosed the fact that Reed, Smith and Davis were all mem bers of law firms which have made considerable money In the past suing railroad companies on account of In juries of railroad employes. When this discovery was made, word passed around the 8enate rather rapid ly, and by the time the situation was well understood. the filibuster col lapsed, and the opponents of the bill were forced to allow a vote to be taken. Tbe small vote against the bill showed that the argument! advanced by Reed. Smith and Davis had not convinced many Senatora that the bill was objectionable. Good Old Daya" Are Goae. It Is seldom, of late years, that leg islative hold-ups of this character are undertaken In Congress. In the "good old days" such occurrences were not infrequent. But there has been a change for the better, and It is next to Impossible to throttle a bill of gen eral Importance and for which such a large element of the working classes are clamoring. Tbe vote of the Senate was a recogni tion of a popular demand, and the wishes of railroad men were respected by the Senate over the wishes of three claim attorneys who. for years, have been collecting fees on what are known In the profession as "hospital cases." PENSION BILL IS SIGNED President's Consent Formally AXfxed Just Before Midnight. WASHINGTON, May 11- The Presi dent signed tonight the Increased pen sion bill. Tbe measure was signed and became a law Just before midnight A Congressional committee, includ ing Senators McCumber and Burnham and Representative Sherwood, the au thor of the original biU, and Adair Russell and Carl C. Anderson, was awaiting the arrival of the President when he reached the White House on his return from Princeton. The Presi dent Immediately affixed his signature. The bill, as finally agreed to. car ries an increase of 35,000.000 for pen sions the first year of its operation. In the first three years the Increase will average $22.000.000. j TAFT FORGESCONFI D EHT CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN OF T. R. AND PRESIDENT ENDS. Canada, died today at Boxley Heath, Kent. Frultdale Gets Rural Service. GRANTS PASS, Or., May 11. (Spe cial.) Frultdale Is to have a rural mail route from this city. The service will be established in the near future. The mail will leave Grants Pass at 8 A. M. daily except Sunday, and arrive in Grants Pass at 3 P. M. The route will serve Frultdale, Murphy, the New Hope district and Jerome Prairie. La Kollette- Will Make Final Appeal to Voters in San Francisco Monday Night. SAN FRANCISCo7May 11. The pri mary campaign for Taft and Reevelt closed in California tonight. Senator La Follette will make his final appeal Monday night In San Francisco. "On the eve of the Presidential elec tion." said Colonel Charles M1flin Hammond, chairman of the Taft Repub licans in California, in his final state ment, "we are confident that President Taft will carry California." Roosevelt's friends made public today a telegram from Milton T. Urgen. sec retary of The Direct Legislation League of California. Among other things It """The old forces of corporate domina tion are still at work with their cus tomary cunning. They hope to defeat the progressive organisation through the old scheme of dividing the progres sive strength." Neither Roosevelt nor La Fllette headquarters gave out any estimates tonight. , Royalty Learns Esperanto. t London Tit-Bits The King of Italy, having received Edmund Privat in audience, has now read the Esperanto grammar and stud led the exercises. The Italian Minis ter of Education also received Mr. Pri vat. In Bagdad, moreover, Esperanto is rapidly progressing. In Paris a big Esperanto dinner has been held and M. . ., -. .ira fame, la e 1 v 1 n r Micneim, ui --- y . i 20.000 francs In prlxes offered to the j young people oi r r'"-- Ijady Topper Dies In England. LONDON. May 11. Lady Tupper. wife ' of Sir Charles Tupper, ex-Canadian High Commissioner and ex-Premier of THE CELEBRATED TIFFANY glasI known the world over for its beauty of shape, color and individuality. IDEAL FOR WEDDING GIFTS comprising useful and ornamental pieces, such as berry bowls, bon bon dishes, almond dishes, liqueur sets, loving cups, vases, lamps, lemonade sets and many other novel ideas. A NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED LCXLE AGENTS FOR OREGON n.nmnnil Imnorters-Jewelers Silv rsmiths 283-285 Washington Street, Between Fourth and Fifth Kloodfi Sarsaparilla Has surpassed all other medicines in merit, sales and cures. It puri fies the blood and builds up the whole system More than 40,000 testimonials received in two years an unpar alleled record are the broad and solid foundation for this claim. Be sure to take Hood's this Spring. Get it today. In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets caUed Sarsataba. Short Scenic Excursion To and Through Beautiful Tualatin Valley Country. North Plains via United Railways Wilkesboro. Picnic Grounds Open to Visitors North Plains park ideal place to spend day. Pure drink ing water. Restaurants and grocery stores for lunches. Shade trees. Mountains in view. Inquire for time cards and descriptive literature 235 Stark Street, Portland, Oregon. . HOTEL MULTNOMAH PORTLAND OREGON In size, appointments, service and fireproof quality of the building: the leading hotel In Port'and, the Multnomah, offers to the discriminating traveler every comfort and convenience found only In the best hotels of the East. Nine stories of steel and concrete, with 725 rooms and suites, palatlally furnished, with rates from $1.50 to s ner day, European plan. Motor 'busses meet all trains and steamers. H. C. BOWERS, Manager. f. M. BROWSELL, Aast MsT.