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PUBLISHES FULL AfSOCIATCD PRCSS REPORT
JOVCRSTHt MORNING DfLO ON THE LOWER COLL) M BIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 132
COLUMBIA
Will Rise to 19 Feet a
Portland
16.5 FEET YESTERDAY
, Hot Weather at the Headwaters
Causes a Rapid Increase In
Volume
WHARF OCCUPANTS MOVING
Water at the Stage of 22 Feet Will
Flood Front Street AH Peraona
Interested Are Being Advised to
Take Step to Protect Property.
PORTLAND, June 10.-"Both the
Snake and the upper Columbia rivers
have risen rapidly during the last 24
hours. The indications now are that
the sge at Portland will reach 17.2
feetby Thursday morning and 18.5
ly Friday morning, with pros
jyicts ol a still further rue. All per
hns interested are earnestly advised
take measures for the protection
of their property, as, from present in
dication. the crest of the flood will
rie considerably above 19 feet"
Such is a special river report iosucd
by Acting District Forecaster Lod
bolt this morning and which he wil
send broadcast throughout the sec
tion affected by high water. 'The
weather remains warm in the moun
tains, where the Columbia and Snake
rivers have their source, and the
snow packed in the gulches is
rapidly melting.
How high a stage the river at
Portland will reach depends upon the
weather conditions which will prevai
on the west slope of the Rocky
Mountains during the next few days.
As yet there is no indication of i
change in the high temperature. A
temperature of 92 degrees was regis
tered at Katnloops, B. C, yesterday,
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nto day. At Kalispcl, Mont., which
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Is surrounded by snowy mountains,
it was 72 degrees. The temperature
was 82 at Spokane and 86 at Lewis-
ton,
In the past 24 hours the Upper
Columbia and Snake rose at every
point from which reports have been
received. The highest rise noted was
at Umatilla, where an increased depth
of 1.6 feet is shown. At Wenatchce,
Wash., the Columbia rose 1.4 foot, .6
of a foot at Lewiston, .4 of a foot at
Riparia, .8 of a foot at Kennewick, 1
foot at The Dalles and .4 of a foot
at Vancouver.
The river at Portland stood at a
stage of 16.5 feet at 5 o'clock this
morning, an increase of half a foot
since yesterday. It Is expected to
attain a height of 18.5 feet by Friday
morning. When it reaches that stage
the lower floor of practically every
tlock on the west side of the river
will be flooded. The occupants of
most of the wharves have already
moved to higher elevations and those
who still linger in their old quarters
are preparing . to seek higher loca
tions. A continuous stream of inquirjr
concerning the height the river is
likely to reach in the next few days
is pouring into the weather bureau
office. Inquiries are coming from
every part of the district. One man
lias to remain at the phone nearly all
the time answering' the persistent
questioners. In every case they are
inarmed that the river will reached a
fage of more than 19 feet. A rise
of three feet more, or a stage of 22
feet, will bring the water over Front
street.
The steamers Wauna, Nestor and
Vulcano succeeded in .picking up the
log rafts which were torn from their
moorings in Willamette Slough Mon
RIVER
RISING
day night and made them fast at
Prcscott yesterday, One of the
rafts was broken apart and the logs
had to be caught separately.
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
At Detroit Detroit 7, New
York
At Chicago Chicago 3, Philadel
phia 2,
At Cleveland-Cleveland 4, Bos-
lon 8.
At St. Louis St, Louis 4, Wash
ington 2.
National League.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 2, Chi
cago 0.
At New York-New York 0, Pitts
burg 1.
At Philadelphia-Philadelphia 0, St.
Louis 1.
At Boston Boston 5, Cincinnati 8.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland-Portland 14, Oakland
2.
Eastern Colleges.
At New Haven Yale 7, Louisiana
I. . '
At Cambridge Harvard 1, Cornell
0.
SELECTED MEMPHIS.
BIRMINGHAM, June lO.-With
the selection of Memphis as the place
for the next reunion .and election,
General Clecnt Evans, of Georgia,
as commander-in-chief to succeed the
late Stephen D. Lee. The United
States Confederate Veterans ad
journed their annual convention late
this afternoon.
MAY BE J. C DRAIN.
PORT TOWNSEND, June 10.
Further investigation in the case of
the man who was found dead yester-1
day near the public park with throat
cut leads to the belief that he is J. C.
Drain, an architect of Philadelphia.
VERYSMALLRESULTS
Obtained From Experiments for
Spinal Meningitis
802 CASES WITH 642 DEATHS
Dr. Parka' Force is Now Working to
Discover a Serum For Scarlet Fever
Real Germ Has Not Yet Been Dis
covered.
NEW YORK, June lO.-Despite
the discovery of the serum as shown
by experiment to be effective in
cerebro-spinal meningitis, or spotted
fever, reducing the death rate where
tried 50 per cent, no appreciable ef
fect of its use is shown in the reports
of the health department of this city,
where the remedy was discovered.
Dr, Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller
nstitute, after. years of work has
succeeded in. perfecting a serum
whicji has been used in epidemic cen
ters in Dublin, Vienna and in Cleve
land. Its use has not become gen
eral here, through ignorance of the
fact that it may be obtained at the
Rockefeller Institute or ignorance of
its existence.
In 1905 when the disease was epi-
enuc here, there were Z755 cases
reported, with 2025 deaths; in 1905,
1032 cases with 812 deaths, and last
year 802 cases with 642 deaths. It
was said yesterday at the health de
partment that all cases of the disease
might not have been reported, but
the deaths have been. It was admit
ted that if the serum was generally
the result would at once be apparent.
Dr. W. II. Park, the head of the
departments research laboratory says
that Dr. Flexner had asked the de
partment to begin the manufacture of
this serum. This would be begun,
Dr. Park said, in July.
Dr. Park says that his force of
bacteriologists is now 'working to
discover a scrum for scarlet fever.
The real germ of the disease has not
been discovered, he said, although
some scientists declare that the
streptococcus was the cause. His de
partment is on the alert for the dis
covery for a serum for tuberculosis,
cholera, aturax, typhoid and measles.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1908
US CITY
HIGH MIR
Missouri River Continues
to Rise
CALCULATIONS UPSET
Ten Feet of Water Is Running
Through Main Street of
Armourdale
15,000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS
One Man Drowned Five Railroad
Lines Out of Kantaa City Tied up
Missouri River 27.2 Feet Above
Low Water Mark.
KANSAS CITY, June 10. Alt the
calculations of the weather bureau
and the river experts regarding the
duration and extent of the flood of
. ,
Junction Kaw Bnd Mis" "vers
was upset today by a continued rise
of the Missouri due to heavy rains
in Dakota, and Nebraska. At S p. m.
the Missouri was 27.2 feet above the
low water mark, a rise of .2 feet since
noon. The Kaw river has overflowed
most of the railroad yards, stock
yards, residence and manufacturing
district of Armourdale.
Ten feet of water is running
through Kansas avenue, the main
street of Armourdale.
The flood is the highest since 1903
but the water is more than seven feet
lower than at that year. Five rail
road lines out of Kansas City are
tied up and three others will be out
before midnight At least 15,000
persons are driven from their homes.
Convention Hall is opened for
refugees. One man was drowned to
day. DOG ORDINANCE.
IS a Bark; $5 a Bite; $10 For Each
Additional Bark or Bite.
NEW YORK, June 10,-An ordi
nance to control barking dogs and
dogs running at large was introduced
Monday night by Councilman Chas.
H. Hartshorne, a Jersey City lawyer,
in the Montclear, N. J., council.
The ordinance provides that every
time a dog barks or howls, after 6
p. m. the owner must pay $5 for the
first bark and every following bark
$10 per.
If Montclair dogs are allowed by
their owners to bite or attack any
one on the streets the ordinance
specifies that such dog owners fine .
shall be $5 for the bite or attempted
to bite, and every subsequent bite
$10 per.
SAILS FOR VICTORIA,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. - H.
B. M. Shearwater," which arrived in
this port Saturday morning after a
five months' cruise in the Pacific, has
sailed for Victoria.
$2,000 REWARD
FOR MURDERER
BELLINGHAM, June 10. The re-
ward to capture the fiend who mur
dered Mrs. Mary Morrison near
Hazlcmere, B. C, yesterday was in
creased to $2000. Posses are scour
ing woods for 20 miles around the
scene but so far no trace of the fel
low. A man who was arrested on sus
picion was released this evening. He
proved an alibi. It is generally be
lieved that if the murderer is cap
tured there will be a lynching party.
HITCHCOCK NOT GUILTY.
NEW YORK, June 10.
Raymond Hitchcock the actor,
who was charged with im
proper conduct to Helen Von
Hagen' and Elsie Voreks, two
young girls, was announced
not guilty by the jury today.
CLEVELAND CAR WRECKED
Six Injured by Strikers Dynamiting
Street Car.
CLEVELAND, June 11-Four pas
scngcrs and a motorman and con
ductor were injured shortly after
midnight when a Cedar avenue car
was wrecked on Murray Hill by a
supposed charge of dynamite. The
car was tossed from the track and
the wrecked floor and shattered win
dows. None were fatally injured. The
police believe it was the result of the
Echo street car strike strike which
was not offically declared offi.
TO STOP SMUGGLING.
Manila Government Will Construct
Fleet of Swift Cutters.
MANILA, June 10. The govern
ment plans to construct a fleet of
swift cutters for a campaign against
smuggling in the southern islands,
where an extensive illicit traffic in
opium Chinamen and various dutiable
goods carried on between Borneo and
other foreign points and the Islands
of Mindano and of the Jolo group.
Hundreds of Vintas and other craft
are engaged in the. trade, which has
been carried on for ages practically
unchecked, the Moros being the prin
cipal participants, although all na
tion are represented.
- - i .I ' i i
linn mills
Johnson, Who Killed Oliver Swan
Last September
POSSE FORMED TO PURSUE
Two Prominent Wilburton, Oklaho
ma, Citizens Shot and Woman
Barely Escapes Death Johnson
Recognized in Woman's Attire.
WILBURTON, Okla., June 10.
Two prominent citizens were killed
and a woman barely escaped her life
in the hands of R. H. Johnson, who
last September shot and killed Oliver
Swan, the deputy city marshal
Johnson was recognized on the
street today attired in woman's cloth
mg. An alarm was , given and !
posse formed in close pursuit. John
son came upon a party of fishermen,
thinking they were pursuers fired on
them killing Walter Roberts and
Robert Mounds.
FIRST GUN FIRED.
BELLINGHAM, June 10. -Tonight
Becks Theatre first gun of
the state campaign was fired by Al
bert Mead, the governor of Wash
ington and by J. J. Donvan, one of
his supporters under the auspices of
Taft-Mead club. Was well attended,
and very enthusiastic. ;
The entire country, on both sides of
the international line are aroused.
The provincial authorities are taking
every precaution to prevent violence.
A number of detectives from British
Columbia are at work on the case
and the America officers are also dili
gently searching for the murderer.
Every cross road and open space is
watched, c Mrs. Morrison is the
mother of six children' from the age
of 2 to 18 years.
TUFTS TOTAL
SO FAR 504
Foraker Men Make Strong
Fight,
CAROLINAS FOR TAFT
Rumor That Hughes Would Not
Permit His Name to Go Be
fore Convention
OHIO CONTESTS INTERESTING
Dougherty Expresses His Belief That
Committee Would be Unable to
Report to Convention Until June
18th.
CHICAGO, June lO.-Republican
National Committee by its work to
day decided the contests in two
states at large and fourteen districts,
the net Tesult being 33 full, and two
one-half votes, were added to the
number already possessed by Taft
and -two and one-half votes for For
aker. The committee has yet to con
sider the contests at large for four
states and total of 38 district con
tests, and two from the territories
involving a total of 94 votes. Prev
ious to the meeting the number of
Taft instructed delegates was 387.
The work of the committee as far as
progressed has given him 117 addi
tional votes or a total of 504 on the
temporary roll calL
The chief interest of the day cen
ters in the Ohio of which there were
four in. the third, tenth, sixth and
fourteenth districts. Taft was given
third, tenth and thirteenth districts,
and in the sirth both delegations
were seated with a half vote each.
Foraker men made a strong fight in
this district for the old home senator,
and the motion to divide delegation
was carried without strenuous oppo
sition. Contests in eleventh and
twelfth Missouri districts decided in
favor of Taft. North and South Caro
lina contests also went to Taft. It is
hoped by the committee to be able
to finish their work by Friday night
as there is much to do Saturday and
Monday.
There was considerable talk that
Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus
Ohio, would be chosen as chairman
of credentials committee to which
many of the contests probably will be
appealed. Daugherty expressed his
belief that the committee would be
unable to report to the convention
until June 18 and said:
"In that case the delegates will be
able to proceed with the nomination
and should be able to complete the
work before the adjournment on
that day, thus carrying out the orig
inal program for the convention.
An indefinite but persistent rumor
today was that Hughes would not
permit his name to go before the 1
convention. There was some discus
sion whether he could not be induced
to accept the vice-presidential nomi
nation. FILES SIXTH DIVORCE.
CHICAGO, June -10. A despatch .
to the Tribune from Los Angeles
says:
Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffin-Walker-
Coffin-Layman-Love filed a suit for
divorce from Hugh M. Love again
yesterday. This is the second time;
she has filed this suit, and Love is
her sixth husband. The allegations
are the same as when the suit was
filed April 14 extreme cruelty being
the principal ground. Mrs. Love's
father came here from Chicago and i at the Seattle Exposition will begin
advised her to withdraw the suit. July 1, the plans submitted by him to
When he went home she filed it the commission appointed by the gov
again. ernor having been approved.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WIRELESS TELEGRAM.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 10,-The
first wireless telegram received from
one of the steamers plying across the
Pacific Ocean came to the Victoria
station when the Japanese steamer
Tango Maru telegraphed from ap
proximately 300 miles off the coast of
Vancouver Island on her way from
Yokohama that she would arrive at
noon tomorrow. The Tango Maru is
equipped with the Tclcfunken appa
ratus. BOY WRECKS TRAIN.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 10,-Wil-lie
Barkst, aged 11 years, arrested
last night, has confessed to the police
that he turned the switch -which
wrecked a Burlington freight train.
He said that he wanted to get some
coal and planned the wreck in order
to upset some of the cars so he could
get the fuel easier. He is being held
in the county home to await trial.
FALLS FROM FIFTH STORY
Boy Is Killed By. Bouncing On Sofa
Out Of Window.
(NEW YORK, June 10,-Bouncing
on a sofa beside an open window,
four year old Willie Willsic, living
with his parents in East 160th Street,
bounced too hard yesterday after
noon and the springs sent him high
in the air and through the window.
He fell five stones to instant death.
EDITOR DEAD.
CHICAGO, June lO.-Col. John
Finnerty, editor of the Chicago
Citizen, for many years prominent as
newspaperman, lecturer and Irish
patriot, died at his residence here
early today, aged 62 years. CoL
Finnerty was taken ill six months
ago' with a serious attack of the liver
and with the exception of a few ral
lies, grew steadily worse.
Ml POUCH STOLEN
Postal Authorities Maintain a
Strict Silence
SAID TO CONTAIN $50,000
Pouch Was Shipped From Los An
geles to New York Last Saturday
Was Stolen Somewhere Near
Kansas City.
LOS ANGELES, June 10.-Postal
officials of three cities today partially
confirmed the rumors of the theft of
a mail pouch somewhere in the jur
isdiction of the Kansas City depart
ment last Saturday night. The pouch "
was shipped from this city, and from
private sources it is intimated that it
contained at least $50,000 in cur
rency; which was presumably shipped
by a Los Angeles bank to its New
York correspondent. How the rob
bery was committed cannot be learn
ed, as the postal authorities maintain
a strict silence, as is their custom in
such cases. It is further intimate J
that the stolen pouch contained many
other valuable, packages in addition
to the one containing the $50,000.
WINS $50,000 SUIT .j
CHICAGO, June lO.-Miss Emma
Gallagher, who was for six years a
sewing machine agent in Chicago,
was awarded $50,000 by a jury in
Judge Wright's division of the super-
; ior court yesterday in a suit against
a sewing machine company.
She Says the company drove her
out of business in Chicago by pub-
Hshmg a libel accusing her of forgery
and warning persons not to deal with
'her.
WORK BEGINS JULY 1.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 10.-
State Architect Selton has announced
that work on the California building