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GQLDFIELD SWEPT
BY RAGING FLOOD
Cloudburst Fatal to
in Mining City.
TOWN SHROUDED IN DARKNESS
Railroads Heaviest Losers as
Tracks Are Washed Out.
WATERS RUSH DOWN BASIN
Scores of Residences Swept Away,
Portion of Town Carried Off and
Property loss Placed at $100,
000 Relief Work Begins.
GOLD FIELD, Nev.. Sept. IS. At least
Ave IlTea are believed to have been lost,
cores of residences swept away and
thousands of dollars worth of property
destroyed by the torrents that carried
away a portion of the town of Gold
field this afternoon. Unconfirmed re
ports from Tonopah. JO miles away, and
now cut off from communication, indi
cate even sweater losses of life and
vrooertv from the cloudburst that
devastated the entire district.
With nearly all wires down and the
power plant crippled and out of com
mission; Goldfleld with Its 6000 popu
lation is in darkness tonight and hun
dreds driven from flooded homes are
being cared for by a hastily organized
relief corps. All telephone and power
. lines are down, rail communication is
cut oT by washouts and most of the
county roads near here nave been
washed away. The skies are still
lowering and grave feara are felt that
there will be a continuance or the
downpour.
Five Kim to Be Dead.
The known dead are:
Mrs. DeGarmo and a child; another
woman believed to be Mrs. Pelt and
two unidentified persons, whose bodies
were carried away on the first crest of
the torrent.
One report, the source of which could
not be traced, placed the loss of life at
Tonopah as high as 100. Efforts to
confirm this fact are impossible as all
lines of communication are down.
TUe rainfall began here at 11 o'clock
this morning. It grew heavier until.
J:I5. when the cloudburst descended
the Malapal range, which overlooks
the district. Walla of water and
sheets of bail filled the streets and
then the two deep gulches that skirt
the east and west sections of the town
became swirling rivers that swept
away everything in their paths.
- umi Estimated at 9100.000.
Goldfleld lies in a basin beneath the
Malapai range and the rising waters,
even in districts remote from scenes
of the more serious damage, filled the
basements and destroyed stocks of
mercantile establishments. Losses of
business concerns alone are estimated
tonight to be 1100,000.
Women worked with men In the
streets while the rain poured. The fire
department and town and county offi
cials and others carried forward the
labor of salvage and rescue and many
hairbreadth escapes were reported.
The scores whose homes were car
ried away or were rendered uninhabit
able are being cared for in a section
of the town not reached by the flood
waters. It Is feared that the list of
dead will be augmented when isolated
nearby camps and . prospectors are
heard from.
Rala Falling la Torrents.
- Rain began falling in torrents again
at 7 o'clock tonight and the gravest
fear is felt that more desolation and
loss will be wrought in the heavy
darkness in which the town is plunged.
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WORK OF DREDGE
LAUDED BY KINNEY
RESIDENTS OF COLUMBIA BASIN
TO BE CONGRATULATED.
Credit Due Men of Engineering De'
partment, Who Worked for
and 3Iade Record.
TJV A T.FRED KISNET.
Chairman Commute Port of the Columbia.
ASTORIA. Or, Sept 13. (Special.)
Let all the people f he Columbia
Basin congratulate themselves, for
great work has been done. In less than
Kit rinnbia-Bhlft davs ODeratlon the
mighty dredge "Chinook" has deepened
bv three feet a chanel 600 feet wide
across the Columbia River bar and has
deepened 600 feet additional of width,
hv mora than one foot, giving us a
way through the bar of 19 feet at dead
low water. All jonor to the Engineering
Department. Gerald Bagnall. Lapiain
Varenoa, chief engineer and crew, who
worked for a record and made it!
Now. while all pull hard for a great
display of energy In ua building of
the north Jetty, yet let us all redouble
our efforts for more dredgers and ask
the Government to Increase the dredg
ing operations by '250 per cent by In
creasing the capacity of the "Chinook.'
Wa need two pairs of 26-inch pumps
Instead of one pair of ZO-inch order
them now. ready for Installation during
the Winter storms.
With two additional dredges to be
sent durlnr the Winter, through the
Panama Canal, all pumping together
as the Spring freshet begins, the re
sult will be that one year from today,
when the report of the September sur
vey is given out. every great ocean
liner that floats the seas will have been
officially Informed that al the ports
of the Columbia are on the map.
The Oregonlan has done Its part well.
ROAD BUILDING TO START
Clackamas County lias Extensive
Programme Mapped Out.
OREGOX CITT. Or, Sept 13. (Spe
cial.) Clackamas County has started
a campaign for better roads, and the
court has let its first contract for
mile of macadam to be built out of
Mllwaukla for $8720 as the first step
in the betterment of the county high
ways. The court has had In mind the con
struction of several roads at various
points and is looking over plans and
specifications for bridge repairs and
Improvement over the several streams.
The court has determined on the
construction of a new bridge At
Molalla, but 'the work will not be
started until Spring because of the
Aantrmw frnm flnnH. and hA flflmairit
that would result while the material
was belnsr olaced.
Improvements or the nlgnways oi
the county at the minimum price are
being- planned and will be pushed as
rapidly as the county officials feel that
the work is justified.
JEWELL CASE DISCUSSED
Judge Takes Verdict From Jury in
Manslaughter Prosecution.
LONDON. Sept 1. (Special.) The
case against Benjamin Jewell, held by
a Coroner's verdict on a charge of
manslaughter on account of the death
of his young daug.iter, who was al
lesred to have died for lack of medical
attendance when ill, has been dismissed
in the Central Criminal Court Jewell
had employed a Christian Science prac
titioner in his family.
The dismissal was made by the Judge
after the prosecution had called three
witnesses, all doctors. The third doctor
was not allowed to complete his testi
mony, the judge declaring It would be
clearly dangerous to convict a man on
such evidence, and therefore there was
no cause for the Jury.
ATHLETIC MEETS TABOO
School Board Forbids Participation
by Seattle Students.
SEATTLE, Sept 13. The Seattle
School Board last night adopted a res
olution forbidding athletic contests be
tween grade or high-school students
of Seattle and those of other cities.
There is uncertainty as to whether
or not the board will permit schedules
already existing to be carried out
HUMOROUS ASPECTS OF SOME OF THE
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STORK SULZER WILL
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Report of Overtures
Declared False.
GOVERNOR DEMANDS DETAILS
Assemblyman Reiterates New
York Lawyer Told Him So.
NEW TESTIMONY IS GIVEN
Brewery Salesman Said to Have Told
. Impeachment Managers of Fund
of $50,000 Raised but Not
Accounted For.
ALBANY. N. Y, Sept. 13. A state
ment by Assemblyman Aaron J. Levy,
chairman of the board of impeachment
managers, today that tie had been ap
proached by a "prominent New . York
lawyer, a friend of Governor Sulzer,"
with a question whether the proceed
ings would be dropped if the Governor
should resign, was questioned by the
Governor tonight. Tne Governor said
positively he had no intention of re
signing.
This exchange gave new interest to
the situation here today. Levy in mak
ing his statement began by saying he
did not believe the Governor would
stand for trial.
"Prominent lawyer" Quoted,
Levy said that a prominent New York
lawyer who had been a close friend of
Sulzer for 25 years had come to him
todav direct from Albany with this
question:
If Governor Sulzer should resign.
would the impeachment proceedings be
dropped?"
Levy said he replied that he had no
authority to stop them. He added:
This man, a former officeholder,
called to sco me this morning. In his
opinion. Governor Sulzer will never
come to trial. He asked me If I would
consider recommending a man like AX
ton B. Parker to go to Sulzer apd take
proofs of the charges against him that
we have and advise him to resign and
save himself from the indignity and
humiliation -of a trial. I said, of course,
I could not do that"
Counsel Denies Story.
When Governor Sulzer's counsel, D.
Cady Herrick, learned of ' the state
ment ha sent this telegram to Mr.
Levy:
"I see from press dispatches that
you state a prominent New York law
yer has come direct from Albany with
this, question: 'If Governor . Sulzer
should resign, would Impeachment
proceedings be dropped?
"I ask you what the name of that
prominent lawyer is. Either you are
stating a falsehood or you have been
Imposed on. Governor Sulzer has no
intention of resigning."
From New York came this answer
from Mr. Levy:
"I will repeat that a prominent New
York lawyer, who has been a friend of
Governor Sulzer for years, came to
me this morning and asked if it could
be arranged to drop these proceedings,
if Governor Sulzer would resign. This
man told me that he had had a talk
with Governor Sulzer in Albany re
cently. Whether he was speaking to
me as a representative of the Governor
I don't know. I will not disclose his
name unless he releases me from the
confidence he Imposed upon me."
Brewery Fund Alleged.
At the hearing before the impeach
ment managers today, the board an
nounced, through Chairman Levy,
Charles Dersch, a salesman allied with
the brewery interests, had testified
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RESIGN
DENIED
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INDEX CF TODAY NEWS
'Dim H'Mher.
TEST3RDAT'S Maximum temperature, 70
degrees minimum, 56 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northweaterly winds.
Foreign.
Masked workers make demonstration in
London. Section 1. page 1.
Untimely death of Belgium prince years ago
tells of hidden tragedy. Section 1, page
10.
Japan giving business men of Great Britain
no end or worry, section j, page i
Spanish dancer writes play based on Gaby
Deslys-KIng Manuel escapade. Section 1,
page 10.
National.
Present special session of Congress longest
on record. Section 1, page 2.
Domestic.
Cloudburst causes loss of life and property
at Goldfleld, Nov. section 1. page 1.
Thaw gets writ of habeas corpus in Federal
court Section 1, page 0,
California girls eager to be envoys of Portola
Festival committee. Section 1, page 5.
College president spanks his father apd
grand Jury is investigating. Section i.
page 5.
Bishop of Methodist Church South objects
to rating use of tobacco as sin. Section
1, page -i.
Sport
Pacific Coast League results: San Francisco
6. Portland 1; Sacramento 4, Oakland. 3
(11 Innings): Los Angeles 5, Venice .
Section V. page 2.
Northwestern League results: Vancouver ?,
Portland 4: Seattle 4, Spokane 0: Victoria
2. Tacoma 1. section 2. page 2.
City Bowling League formed, with SS teams
entered. Section 2, pago 3.
Oregon's football umber looks best since
1D06. Section 2. page 4.
Lacking punch, McAllister not of champion.
ship caliber, declares Harry B. Smith.
Section 2, page 5.
Football Is here fortnight hence. Section 2,
page 4.
Rowing Club regatta furnishes thrills for
spectators. Section 2, page 1.
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium classes begin regular
schedule tomorrow. Section 2, page 0.
Faclflo Northwest
Section 1, page 1.
Marshal Ames, of Estacada, explaina Wein
berger arrest Section 1, page 14.
Kinney tells excellent results of work of
oredge on uoiumoia bar. oection l, page
1.
Fraud charge denied In answer In Walla
Walla realty case, ejection x. page v.
Rich timber and farm area opened up by
logging road out of La Grande, becuon
1, paga S.
City manager plan proposed in Tacoma to
replace commission form. Section 1,
page 7.
Fire-swept Sheridan, Or., makes real prog
ress in building up. Section 1, page
Field day at Umatilla experiment station
attracts many settlers. Section 1, page 7.
Washington's appropriations demand higher
tar levy. Section 1, page 9.
Real Estate and Buildings.
Improvement in realty market noted. Sec
tion -4. page 0.
Irrigation offers new field for electricity.
Section 3, page 20.
Mount Scott district making rapid growth.
Section 4, page 10.
Hundred thousand horsepower may be de- i
veloped In Klamath project Section 4.
page 1L
Automobiles and Roads.
Good roads movement making strides. Eeo-
tlon 4. ae 4.
Seaside woman operates livery auto. Section
4, paga 4.
Highway Expert Howard makes recommen
dations. Section 4, page 6. .
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat in stronger demand at higher prices.
Section 2, sage 17.
Chicago wheat market influenced by flour
salas at Portland, section , page xi.
Stock market strong, with sharp advances.
Section 2, page 17.
. Portland and Vicinity. . .' ., '
Federal aid will be asked for . Interstate
power project Section 1. page 12. - -
Government will reforest SOOO acres in Ore
gon and Washington. Section 1, page 15.
Weather report, data and forecast Section
2. page
Cttys free night school will open September
20. Section a. page 7.
F. A. Freeman and Arthur L. Tucker., bank
ers, promoted. . Section 2, page 16.
Teachers and Superintendent prepare- to
open school term tomorrow, section ,,
page 12.
Judge McGinn won't punish Chinese lor
smoking opium, section 1. page l. -
DRUG USER IS INVENTIVE
Scheme to Smuggle Opium Under
Postage Stamp Frustrated.
LOS ANGELES, Sept.' 13. A new
scheme for smuggling opium Into the
city Jail was frustrated here today by
Jailer Shand when he intercepted &
letter written by jack MacLennan,
alias "Gopher Tooth," serving 100 days
for habitual use of drugs.
In the letter, which MacLennan bad
trusted for delivery to a prisoner whose
term expired today, he asked the friend
to whom it was addressed to send him
opium under stamps on envelope con
taining apparently merely irienaiy
letters.
Secretary Wilson on Speaking Tour.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 Secretary
Wilson left here today to fill several
speaking engagements in the West and
South. He expects to return to wasn
ington In about two weeks, after visit
ing Hamilton, O.; Milwaukee. Knox-
vllle, Tenn., and Pittsburg.
WEEK'S EVENTS INSPIRE CARTOONIST REYNOLDS TO ACTION.
MACK IS KING
OF ALL BUOKAROQS
Great Roundup Closes
in View of 35,000.
FEROCIOUS 'LONG TOM' RIDDEN
Careening, Plunging, Twisting
Wild Ride Is Marvelous.
STAGE COACH RACE VIVID
Nettle Haws, Braving Death, Be
comes Fair Sex Champion of the
World on Bucking Pony.
Roundup Ends Gloriously.
PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 13. (Spe
cial.) "Spilling over" with enthusiasm.
and keen for the first hint of "time to
start" the biggest performance or tne
biggest show of its kind on earth, fully
35,000 people gathered at Round-Up
Park today to witness the last or tne
three days' performance of Pendleton's
famous frontier show.
Immediately after the Westward. 101
parade had passed through the business
section of the city during the early
nart of the forenoon covering miles
and miles in its course, the Immense
throng began wending Its way toward
th mammoth stadium, but not unui
after 1 o'clock was it possible to seat
mf,ohiv oil so ereat was the
nrn U'll
Old Sol retired behind some very boil
eray clouds, and with a mild breeze
stirring most of the afternoon, gave
the spectators a pleasant cnane i
weather.
Sun's Splendor Not Reeded.
So sray were the colorings, bo happy
the spectators and participants, and so
decidedly brilliant from start to finish
was the entire show that Old Sol made
a sneak behind a soft gray cloud for
fear of casting a shadow on the mag
nificent spectacle.
A. E. McCormach, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
la the newly-hailed 1913 champion in
the bucklne contest, and well deserv
ing is he of the trophy offered for the
best "Buckaroo". his ride being made
on the Roundup's famous and fero
cious "Long Tom." Careening, plung
ing. Jerking and doing numerous extra
"special twists" in an inimitable lasn
ion, the . "King of the Buckers" was
ridden straight up by the Cheyenne
man. One of the most marvelous fea
tures of the ride was the fact that
McCormach rode with his right foot
out of the stirrup from the first Jump
a rare feat.
All Rides Wonderful.
Bob Cavin and C. C Couch were se
lected to ride in the finals with Mc
Cormach the former on Hotfoot and
the latter on Lightfoot, both animals
being vicious, as will as hard buckers.
All three of the cowboya made won
derful rides, but it was the consensus
of opinion that McCormach drew the
'hardest bucker"
Everett Wilson carried off the honors
and was greeted with wild enthusiasm
by the excited crowd. The wild-horse
race, like the bucking contest, is quite
beyond description, for it would be im
possible to tell of the many thrilling
details of these events of each person
getting his full quota of same from
first to last.
Nettie Hawn on "Snake" won the
cowgirls' bucking contest for the
championship of the world, her ride
being the most daring and splendid
ever made by a woman. Minnie
Thompson and Bertha Blanchett also
made the crowd hold its breath during
their exhibitions.-
SIcCarty Best Steer Roper.
Ed McCarty carried off the steer
roping contest, after establishing a
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MASKED WORKERS
PARADE IN LONDON
3f ARCHERS COVER FACES TO
"AVOID VICTIMIZATION."
Speakers Draw Graphic Pictures of
Underpayment of Clerks and
Poor Working Conditions.
LONDON, Sept 13. The "masked"
worker made his first demonstration in
Hyde Park today in favor of trade
unionism, following: tactics similar to
those adopted by the laborer artisans,
who held meetings in the vicinity.
The participants, many of whom were
women, were all clerks representing a
irreai variety of employment. They
marched from the Thames embankment
to Hyde Park wearing; black masks
with tho object of "avoiding victimiza
tion." Sandwich boards said that 25 per cent
of the clerks die of consumption in con
sequence of wretched working condi
tions.
Speakers drew a graphic picture of
the under-payment of the clerks the
unsanitarv conditions prevailing in a
majority of the offices and stores and
the slave driving methods of employers.
PIONEER PAIR CELEBRATE
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Miller Pass
50th Year of Matrimony.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.)
Congratulated by scores of people, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert B. Miller, of Albany,
pioneer residents of Linn County, cele
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver
sary at their home in this city today.
Robert B. Miller and Martha Frances
Terry were married September 13, 1863,
on the old Andrew J. May donation land
claim three miles west of Sclo and, with
the exception of two and one-half years
in which they lived in Jefferson, they
have resided In Linn County continu
ously since that time.
Mr. Miller came to Oregon in 1860 and
settled with his parents on his father's
donation land claim, on which the town
of Shelburn Is now bltuated.
He was elected County Treasurer of
Linn County in 1900, serving two years.
- Mr. Miller was clerk of his school dis
trict near Sclo continuously for nine
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the par
ents of four children, three of whom are
living. They are William C. Miller, of
Yamhill, Or.; Mrs. O. W. Mitchell, of
this city, and Mrs. Margaret Stevens, of
Portland.
SHEPARDS END VACATION
Mothers and Children Entertained
at Lyndhurst Playgrounds.
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 13. (Spe
clal.) Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard
returned last night from Roxbury in
the Catskills, where they spent the
Summer. Mrs. Shepard today enter
talned 675 mothers and children from
the Presbyterian Church in East Sev
enty-fourth street. New York. They
came out on a special train and were
conveyed to the Lyndhurst playgrounfls
in trolley cars, where Mrs. Shepard wel
comed them. She provided luncheon and
the afternoon was spent in games.
Mrs. Shepard has Issued invitations to
her sewing school to attend an enter
tainment she is to give at Lyndhurst
on Wednesday next.
ARMY WILL MAKE PHOTOS
Appropriation Made for Constructing
Dark-Room on Field.
WASHINGTON, Sept 13. The Army
board of ordnance and fortification
has received an allotment of 500 to
enable the chief signal officer of the
Army, Brigadier-General Scriven, to
experiment in war photography. The
object is to develop a suitable method
of photography In the field so that re
sults may be enlarged for the benefit
of the commanding-general.
It is proposed that a tent shall be
constructed in such a way that the en
largements of photographs, and possi
bly those taken from an aeroplane,
may be shown with the least possible
delay. .
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIG 'TI SULLIVAN
IS KILLED BY
Body Unidentified 13
' Days in Morgue.
MYSTERY SOLVED BY CHANCE
Transfer to Potter's Field Is
Already Begun.
MARKS NOT INVESTIGATED
Member of Congress and Local Tain,
many Leader, Once Wealthy, Al
most Consigned to Pauper's
Grave When Found.
NEW YORK. Sept 13. The body of
"Big Tim" Sullivan, member of Con
gress from the Thirteenth New York
district and a local Tammany leader,
was identified by chance today in a
Fordham morgue, where it had lain for
13 days. Sullivan disappeared August
31, when he eluded one of his nurses,
set to attend him because of a mental
malady, and ever since then his friends
had searched for hira in vain. His
body was on its way to the Potter's
field when tho chance observation of a
policeman who had known him inti
mately checked its course.
So many friends and relatives then
identified the body positively that the
wonder still grows that it was per
mitted to lie so long without the mak
ing of an effort to run down the sev
eral clews that were apparent from the
start
Nurse's Name In Hatband.
One of the clews was the name of
nnrn who had been attending him
and which was written on the band of
the hat he wore. Ho had exchanged
hats with the nurse by mistake before
he had escaped. Another clew was the
tailor's mark on the coat he wore.
In addition to these marks, which
any of the Sullvan clan would have
recognised, the shirt worn by Sullivan
bore his laundrymark. Patrick IL Sulli
van hlix hrnt hfir. toniirht complained
bitterly that the body had been per
mitted to lie so long without an at
tempt to identify it
Harry Mulligan, Sullivan's step
brother, was summoned. He looked at
the face once and turned away.
"It's Big Tim," he said.
"Big Tim" met his death two hours
or less after he had wandered out into
the night from the home of his brother,
Patrick, at Williams bridge. The neigh
borhood Is sparsely settled there and
Sullivan had only a dollar in his pock
et Ho struck out across the fields
for the railroad, apparently with the
thought In mind that he would take a
train for New York and visit his for
mer cronies on the East Side.
Body Found by Policeman.
Pelham Parkway station lay not far
away. It is possible that Sullivan saw
its lights and made it his immediate
destination. In any event his body was
found at 4 o'clock in the morning near
the tracks by a policeman.
For many months "Big Tim's" mind
had been under a cloud. Elected to
Congress last Fall, he had never taken
his seat because of this trouble. A
commission was appointed to admin
ister the affairs of his large estate and
to watch over his person.
He made a trip to Europe last May
in a vain quest for health. When he
returned three male nurses were em
ployed to guard him. He played cards
until 2 o'clock the night he last disap
peared. His nurse nodded. "Big Tim"
took advantage of the moment and fled.
Sullivan was a much-beloved leader
on the East Side. The Bowery was his
stronghold. Every Winter he dlstrib-
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TRAIN