TIIE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAX, POKTIiAXD, JAXUART SO, 1916.
i SAN DIEGO LIST OF
I DEATHS IS DOUBLED
r Two More Valleys Devastated,
With All Chance of Aid
by Land Cut Off.
1 WARSHIP SENDS RESCUERS
landing Party Is Reported Unable
to Tenetrate Stricken District.
. Bodies Sweat Down Flooded.
Stream Into Bay.
rOnflntiM rrom Flrft Fg
Pearson. Western Chihuahua, and his
band of about 123 men was attacked
by Mexican ranchers of Cocomorachic
in the Gflerrero district, and lost all of
their horses, rifles and ammunition, ac
cording; to a report reaching: the nor
dcr today. The ranchers reported 14
Mexican girls had been kidnaped by
the bandits.
According to the report. Hernander.
to whom anresty was refused recently
by the Carranza government, gathered
all his forces together at IJearson for
a return to zacatecas.
Passing- through Cocomorachic, It
was reported, he kidnaped 14 girls.
aged from 12 to 14 years.
Manuel Loxano. father of one of th
girls, raised the company of ranchers
of the district. After two days' rid
the ranchers surprised the bandits ai
opened fire.
The bandita were Tunable to reach
their mounts and rifles, according to
the report, and after 40 of the bandits
had been killed the others fled. About
SO ranchers were said to have been i
the attacking party.
the state for 700 miles and are known
to cattlemen throughout the world.
Railroads, highways, telephone, tel
e graph all ordinary means of com
'. munication and relief were gone, with
. no prospect of early recovery. Only
' the sea remained and from it aid be
gan to come. An expedition from the
United States warships in San Diego
' Bay was started in launches and
I barges for the Otay Valley. Reports
. were that the first landing party had
been unable to penetrate the valley,
for reasons not given.
Destroyer Anchors .r By.
." The destroyer Lawrence moved down
' from her station and anchored off the
mouth of the Otay River, wnicn stream
ran bank-full after being dry for years.
' An overland expedition also was
started from San Diego with pontoons
. nd engineering equipment, by which
it was hoped swollen streams might
he crossed and mired roads made passa-
able. No word came back as to its
I success.
No one here knew tonight what was
going on in the outside world, or even
as near as Los Angeles, ine wireiess,
the sole means of communication ex
cept by boat, could not begin to han
- die the business offered.'or even the
. press dispatches.
Pliant of Snrdrm Not Known.
It was impossible even to estimate
the amount of immediate relief work
to be done, because na word from the
stricken valleys conveyed any idea of
the number of or plight ol the eur-vivors.
First reports of the Otay disaster
reached here late Thursday. They told
of ranch houses washed away and of
rattle and stock drowned. Investiga
tion inDcared to Indicate exceptionally
hlrh water, and word came that the
lower Otay dam was holding. This dam,
when erected, was started as a rein
forced concrete affair, but was changed
above foundation line to a strip or riv
eted steel set in concrete, as a back
bone for the loose rock dam.
Teat ef Reservoir Predicted.
Engineering magazines throughout
the country commented on it and said
that when the reservoir was full the
test of the construction would come.
The recent rains filled the reservoir
for the first time.
The flood, bearing; human bodies.
.with a frightful amount of wreckage,
- established last night seemingly beyond
. all doubt the collapse of the dam. From
no other source, engineers said, could
' this water have come.
Kaln continued here tonight.
STORM IVOOST KN01
OLD-TIMERS OS COOS SAT ft-IXCH
FALL HEAVIEST IS SO YEARS,
IjOS AXGELES IS AXAKMED
Teople Seeking; to Reach South Cnt
Off at County Line.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 29. The Loe
Angeles County line marked the limit
tonight for adventurous persona seek
ing to reach San Diego. i:o mues souiu.
All roads farther down were impass
able. Rail communication waa out of
the question. A launch started late to
day carrying; mails and one or two pas
sengers. Telegraph and telephone lines were
down. The various offices were be
sieged all day by men and women beg
ging for news and offering almost any
thing they had for the privilege of
sending a message. When turned away
they bethought themselves of the radio
service, at the offices, of which they
were told that the company already
was swamped with messages and no
more would be accepted for transmis
sion. Scores attempted to negotiate the
trip -by automobile, but so far as known
were unsuccessful! A few who man-
' aged to make their way by devious
routes Into Grange County faced
washed-out roads, destroyed bridges
and swollen streams Impossible to cross.
. They were forced to turn back.
Instead of Improving, these condi
tions were rapidly becoming worse
. under a steady downpour of rain, which
began early this morning and continued
all day, causing additional damage and
adding more water to the already over
flowing rivers.
It appeared certain that railroad
communication with San Diego could
not be restored for several days, and
in view of the new rainstorm, the
telegraph companies were equally un
certain when their lines would be re
paired.
LAKE THREATENS ELSIXORE
Town In Darkness, Food Scarce,
Dun Breaks, Causing Flood.
ELSETORE. CaU Jan. 29. Without
power or light other than candles and
oil lamps, with a shortage of food and
with the waters in Lake Elsinore still
rising under a continuous downpour,
Klsinore faced a serious situation to
day. This section was practically with
out communication to outside points.
Since December 15 the waters of the
lake have risen 15 feet and the area
of the lake, which usually is about 18
square miles, is estimated now to be
approximately 75 square miles. A rise
of a few feet more, it was said, would
send the water rushing down the val
ley toward Corona and result in Incal
culable damage.
Many ranch houses In the lowlands
surrounding the town were completely
submerged and a dam in Wassaun can
yon, five miles from here, broke today.
The resultant flood inundated a sec
tion of the town, which still Is under
from one to three feet of water.
Rough estimates placed the damage
at well above S240.000 in this section.
13 laches Recorded Cees River, log
ging Camps Close aad Sheep
Die Of Starvation.'
MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 29. e
cial.) Old-timers, among them Judge
Jonn s. cone. w. H. Smith and A. P.
Owen, say the snow storm which raged
here Friday night had no precedent in
nearly 50 years.
On the water level district abou
Marshfield and North Bend the depth
of the snow was between nine and 1
Inches. Coos River had an even 12
inches and the fall was heavy, damp
precipitation. .
Today has been warmer and In down
town districts where workmen shoveled
and traffic stirred the snow, it melted
to half its original depth. Other places
have noticed but little depletion in the
amount on the ground and the night is
expected to be colder.
Ranchers are losing much stock, par
ticularly in Curry County, where sheep
are dying In wholesale lots by starva
tion. Logging camps are generally
closed down today and the camps
Powers are unable to furnish logs to
continue the large Smith mills in oper
ation. The Bay City mill, a Smith con
cern, will have to close in two days
temporarily.
Melting of the snow will bring
greater freshet in the Coquille Valley
than for many years unless the disap
pearance should be gradual.
WILSON MM SEE VIEWS
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAT PIC
TERES TO BE SHOWN.
Arrangements Also Made for Exhibi
tion Before Members ef Congress
and National Press Club.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREATT, Wash
ington. Jan. 29. At the request of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce Senator
Chamberlain today called a meeting of
the Oregon delegation and took pre
liminary steps to arrange for an exhi
bition of the Columbia River Highway
pictures in -colors for the President and
invited guests at the White House Feb
ruary 10, the night after they are to be
shown to the United States Chamber
of Commerce.
Arrangements were also made to
give a special exhibition to the Senate
and House of Representatives Febru
ary 11. Senator Chamberlain and Rep
resentative fcilnnott in their respective
bodies will extend the Invitation to the
latter exhibition, which probably will
be held in the Senate office building.
On the President's return to Wash
ington the Oregon delegation will en
deavor to arrange for the exhibition
at the White House. When these dates
are definitely fixed arrangements will
be made to. show the views to the
Washington corps of corrspondents at
the National Press Club.
WHISKY IS TAKEN IN RAID
Walla Walla Sheriff Finds Barn
Filled With Liquor.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 29.
Sheriff Lee Barnes made two raids to
day, confiscating whisky worth 1500 or
more. The principal raid was at the
home of Fred Martin, 122 West Pine
street. In Martin's barn was found
the following: 24 boxes of bourbon
whisky. 12 bottles to a box: eight one-
gallon jugs, eight half-gallon Jugs, one
52-gallon barrel of whisky and 10 gal
lons of peach brandy. Mr. Martin for
merly waa proprietor of the Tlvoll
saloon and prior to tnat was a uuy
Councilman. No warrant baa yet been
Issued.
A search of the premises occupied
by "Johne Doe" Doty resulted In the
consficatlon of five quarts of whisky.
Carl Adams and Frank Wallace were
sentenced to pay $60 fine and serve 30 i
days in Jail for bootlegging.
SOUTHWEST RIVERS
AT MENACING STAGE
perature of the season, the ther
mometer dropping to 13 degrees. The
barometer is rising steadily.
Colorado Rises Foot an Hour,
With Crest of High Water
. Still Two Days Off.
LEVEES AGAIN THREATENED
Slides Block Railroads in Kockjr
Mountains Cheyenne Is Cnt Off
West Trains Across Divide
Are Seriously Delayed.
DKWKR Jan. 29. Storm conditions
In the Rocky Mountain states, which
tor two days were swept by rain and
snow from the Mexican to the Cana
dian border, showed marked improve
ment today. According to advi6es re
ceived here, there had been no loss of
life. The most serious property dam
age was . indicated In the vicinity of
Phoenix and Tuma. Ariz., where the
Gila. Salt and Colorado rivers were at
flood stages. Phoenix estimates piace
the damage in that region at sauu.uuu.
Railroad and wire communication.
which was seriously interrupted.
showed gradual improvement tonight.
Overland trains from the West were
mnnrted 12 hours late owing to flood
conditions in Southern California and
Arizona and heavy snow in the tocky
Mountain states.
Cheyenne Has No Trains from West.
Chevenne reported no trains from the
West had reached there today and Bnow
was drifting badly in Southwestern
Wyoming.
Slides continued In tne -reiiuriue ana
Silverton, Colo., region, but early to
night no loss of life was reported. Overf
land traffic on the Denver & Klo
Grande, which crosses the continental
divide near Leadville, was seriously delayed.
Reports from Tuma, Ariz., were that
the Colorado River had passed the 25-
foot stage and was rising about one
foot an hour, with the crest of the high
water two days away. Merchants were
moving their stocks to higher ground
and ranchers were driving livestock
from -lowlands hitherto considered im
mune from floods.
Fear for Levees Is Expressed.
Reclamation officials said they hoped
o hold the Yuma Valley levees Just re
built, but expressed doubt as to
whether those on the California side
would withstand the rise. Every
available man was being pressed into
service for strengthening the levees.
No word had been received from the
Imperial Valley since early morning
when the last wire to Tuma went down.
Phoenix advices described the storm.
which ended today as the worst in 11
ears. The Arizona capital was cut
off from rail communication by the
washing out of bridges on the Southern
Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroads. Twelve feet of water
was rushing over the spillways of the
Roosevelt dam and the Gila and Salt
rivers were at flood state, but receding.
GRANTS ' PASS HAS MAY-DAY
Warm Sunshine Follows Coldest
Night of Winter.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) Under a sky as clear as crystal
and warm as May the six inches of
snow which lay on the ground this
morning as a result of yesterday's
snowfall, is melting rapidly. Great
relier is zeit at tne cnange in ine
weather as much danger was appre
hended had the snow gone with the
rush of a warm rain. Now the snow
will sink into the ground gradually,
where it will furnish sub-irrigation
for crops until late Spring.'
Last night marked the coldest tem-
Astoriav Night Coldest in 15 Years.
ASTORIA, Or, Jan. 29. (Special.)
Last night was the coldest Astoria
has experienced in more than la years
and the thermometer at the local
Weather Bureau Offices registered 18
degrees above zero at an early hour
this morning. The indications are that
tonight will be even colder.
DEFICIENCY BILL SWELLED
Senate Adds $ 9 5 1 , 1 7 0 to Appropria
tions Made by House.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. The urgent
deficiency bill, first of the appropria
tion measures, was passed by the Sen
ate today, carrying S13.525.247, which
is $951,170 more than the amount passed
by the House.
Included in the bill are appropria
tions of $2,594,000 for the Lincoln memo
rial here. $2,000,000 for the Alaska
Railroad, J300.000 for fighting the cit
rus fruit canker, and many other ap
propriations for emergency purposes.
ATHLETE TO GO TO OREGON
Kent Wilson May Return to Track
I-ieft Last eYar.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) After being away from school
since the closing of the Spring semester
last year, Kent Wilson, the son of
Sheriff and Mrs. W. J. Wilson, will
leave next Friday for the University
of Oregon. He will begin second-year
work.
Mr. Wilson made the university track
team a year ago, although only a fresh
man then, and showed up remarkably
well in several meets.
He admitted that he might take up
track work again.
GET RID OF HUMORS
AND AVOID DISEASE
Humors in the blood cause Internal
derangements that affect the whole
system, as well as pimples, boils and
other eruptions. They affect all the
organs and functions, membranes and
tissues, and are directly responsible for
the readiness with which some people
contract disease.
For forty years Hood's Sarsaparllla
baa been more successful than any
other medicine in expelling humors and
removing their inward and outward ef
fects. It Is distinguished for Its
thoroughness In purifying the blood,
which it enriches and Invigorates. No
other medicine acts like it, for no other
medicine is like it-
Get Hood s sareapaniJa toaay. insist
on having Hood's.
RANCHERSAVENGE GIRLS
KAtDIXO KIDXAPEHS I!C MEXICO
riRSlF.D, 40 BFI"G 8LAIX.
All ef Horses, Rifles an Ammunition
Centered . Ssrarlae Arlark After
a Ckaae ef Two Days.
FT. PASO. Tex., Jan. 29. General
Hernandez, former Villa commander of
$6.50 Brings This Set
A Pleasing Design, Beautifully Enameled
gpQ Week
aSm--mMBMa.MM.smBil
SetComplete Including CbU Spring d?f CA
and Elastic Felt Mattress . . VpOT.OU
Exactly as pictured here.
Pure white enamel. Some
thing out of the ordinary.
Made of well seasoned
maple. Fitted by expert
cabinet-makers. Will give
years of service. Dressing
table to match, $9.75.
You can buy the set com
plete, or odd pieces as you
need them.
Out-of-Town Folks This is for
you, too. Easy to buy, easy to
pay for. Twill be the pride of
your home. Edwards are world
beaters for home outfits. May
we send this one today?
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MINERS SUPPORT MILITARY
Durham Miners Give Majority of
787 6 to British Service Bill.
LONDON, Jan. 29. A vote of Durham
miners' unions today on whether to
support the military service bill re
sulted in a majority of 7896 in its
favor.
Twenty thousand miners refrained
from voting. Thirty thousand were
unable to vote because they were in
the army.
Our "Ginger-Up" Sale Provides the Men of Port
land With Rare Opportunities
Our Season is fairly over YOURS is only well under way. We make it a
practice to clean up our stocks at a time when customers can benefit by
several months of wear ahead. This explains why we make such sweeping
price cuts in these ,
Marvels of Value in Kirschbaum Clothes
SUITS, RAINCOATS, OVERCOATS
Lot 1
Lot 2
Lot 3
Lot 4
Furnishing Goods and Hats at "Ginger-Up" Prices
Phegley & Cavender
At the Sign of the Cherry Tree.
Cor. Fourth and Alder Streets.'
'
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Sulphur Price Soars; Spray Same.
WENATCHEB, Wash., Jan. 29.
(Special.) The price of raw - sulphur
used in lime sulphur spray is climbing
rapidly, and is now quoted at more
than $12 a ton than last year, with
little available supply In sight. Rates
which last year averaged about $6 a
ton are now quadrupled. Dealers de
clare that they cannot pay this large
rate. Notwithstanding the enormous
Increase, the Wenatchee ex Spray1
Company will sell lime-sulphur spray
at the same price as in 1915, according I
to W. H. Muirhead. manager.
SON TO SOLVE MYSTERY
CHICAGOAN THINKS RICH ECCEN
TRIC IS BIS MOTHER. '
Aid Requested From San Francisco
Friends to Establish Identity ef
Woman In Hospital.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. Believing Mrs.
Nina Viola Haynes, of Navasota, Tex.,
who is at the Psychopathic Hospital
here, may be his mother, Chester
Brown, of Chicago, said he would write
friends in San Francisco in an effort
to identify her
Mrs. Haynes had bonds, money and
jewelry to the value of $13,461. Her
strange actions caused her to be ta'cen
to the hospital for observation after
she was found war dering in the Dearborn-street
station last Tuesday.
According to Brown, his mother, after
bis father's death, married a South
erner named Haynes. and her name
was Nina Viola. Brown, then about 6
years old, was adopted by a Michigan
family and his mother moved to ban
Francisco.
When she passed through Chicago en
route east for a visit seven years ago.
Brown said, he saw her, but had not
seen .or heard from her since. The
woman here in the hospital bears a
close resemblance to his mother, he
says.
SWISS RIOTING RENEWED
Demonstrators Defy Troops Before
German Consulate at Lusanne.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, via Paris,
Jan. 29. Notwithstanding the presence
of troops, rioting broke out last night
in the vicinity of the German consulate.
More than 100 arrests were made.
The disturbance occurred after a
brief period of tranquility following
the two previous outbursts. There was
rioting in front of the residence of the
German corsul. R. Filslnger, as well as
near the consulate.
The disorders began at 11 o'clock,
and it was two hours later before the
police, assisted by Jandwehr, restored
order.
HEALS FEVER BLISTERS
AND COLD SORES QUICKLY
Tho Irritation, ffvorlshnss and itching
produced by fever bits ten or cold orc can
be easily allayed and thono disfiguring erup
tions quickly checked and healed by uelnir
antiseptic Lotion, a new preparation that
has hud a remarkable ttucve a a akin
and complexion beautlfier. Fever and cold
eores are not only exceedingly annoying,
but they are dtBfisurinjf as well, and ths
knowledge of euch a Mlmple preparation to
relieve them will be welcomo to all. for
all are subject to thene eruption. 8antUcp
tlc IjOtlon Is usrd for sunburn, windburn,
pimples, blackheads and other skin blem
ishes and is also highly recommended for
healing poison oak and poison Ivy erup
tions. Applied to mofcquito or other insect
bites It stops the Itching and reduces tha
Inflammation. Mothers find It invaluable
where little children are to be found, aa
it soothes and heals bruises, cuts, bums,
chafing and other skin troubles. Men find.
It delightful for ubo after shaving. Santl
septic is one article that should be In.
every home. Your druggist has It, or should
have it. and It sells for only so cents. In
case your drupgist can't provide It, ernd
us 50 cents and wa will ship you a bottle
prepaid postage. lsbencott Chemical Lab
oratories, Portland, Or.
OUT-OF-TOWN FOLKS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT BARGAIN
assic oteei
y An Unfailing Cooker and Baker
Edwards' Credit Plan Makes It Easy to Buy!
Reduce Your Kitchen Labor: Little Monthly Sums Pay the Bill:
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IF YOU are Interested In red acinar your kitchen labor. 70a will want
the Classic. Jt It -wonderfully easy to keep spick and span. That Is
the reason we call It oar Clasle. All parts are entirely smooth, no
rarring or scroll work to hide dust and make the cleaning; of the
ranare difficult and exasperating-. It Is a remarkably handsome
range, designed along; neat and refined lines.
IT IS RIGHT to bay things like ranges and f arnltnre on credit.
E very body can then afford to purchase something better than
would be possible If they had to pay cash in fall. You grain
nothing by paying cash elsewhere for this range. You even
save $5.05 of the regular price.
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HIPU Pt flCCT is v"y neat, made of polished blue steel, trimmed
lUn liLUOCI with Colonial nickel. The roll top is perfectly
balanced and works noiselessly. Each closet is equipped with
one joint of pipe with & nickel slide damper and two handsome
brackets or pot stands. All steel on this closet is highly polished
and can be easily Kept clean wun a rag saturated witn oil.
CASH
75c
Per Week
1 VITAL PABT?:;
in the body. On the
Classic we use heavy
gauge blue polished
steel which is closely
riveted with boiler
rivete driven cold.
The walls are of
triple thickness, being-
lined with asbes
tos board. All rivet
ing is done by the
electric process.
Regular
Price $40.00
Special Price
$34.95
THE TOPcVaV.c
Ran&e is ground
with emery wheels
And nolished until
the surface is smooth
ctaa glass. Only the
best iron could be
ground so smooth. It
makes the polishing
of the range a mat
ter of mere moments,
and the result is a
gloss beautifu lly
deep and brilliant.
THF I"1VF"N 's ' aQuare type, made on the newest design
known, is a perfect baker and, since the walls
are lined with asbestos, it is guaranteed to be a fuel saver us
well. There is a handsome nickel plate on the oven door, which
has a large, never-hot handle and automatic catch.
Your family and friends will instantly note an improve
ment in your cooking, baking and roasting when you
get the Classic installed in your kitchen. No matter
how capable a cook may be, her art and skill are not
given the right chance with a poor range. The Classic
will help along and improve anyone's cooking ability
instead of hindering it.
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