The SuccesmMthe Lewis MdiMWMoB Will - Ton,rtt nd Thursday, ,h.w.r.; W , , I V M NJ U IV WTrr&&S&Xm- S T A IH I ' ll'VMl' K ffl l) P?-i:4-.Wtl f ,i x VCSITF-. cooler tonirntl winds souther!.- JW.. - W . w -w . 1 l ' . w . -w fit" f he s j ,nai 1 ' ' t .r , IT Lui klVJll. .1 TOP. .'t .J,' ,'!.-,. .p. J iifi .;. PORTtAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1903. PRICE FIVE! CENTS. WATER AND - IB .-- IN GRAVE i' - xwvv v anBssssBMsBh. . ,. . J - - . .sw jf -r Tiv y.i.if . " & " yi . i j .,t .il'mr - ! . ' Ml I, - ' ' "' , ., .1, ,',ni, .l", ' ' ...III I ! ' ' l,.,n il -'-I - M.I...HI 'iH MINI " W- ' V'VV i .i - r r ,i, , t m , - , , 4M , , .. 7 , imii.m r I. I - ST. LOUIS ENTIRELY UNDER movmNBs-OB': PERIL r ABJECT i .' . ' -UNFORTUNATE Never Before" ; . .... . . :.......J TERROR POSSESSES Valley in the Known History of the ;Great Missis- Has Such an AoDaiiine Disaster Visited the People of That Section. .t New Orleans There Is Fear That the Fate of St. Louis May Be Repeated Preparations Are Being Made for the Worst. ST. LOUIS, June 10. The entire City of East St. Louis is doomed. Before nightfall every portion will be under a torrent of mad rushing water. Fifty thousands of men, women and children wille all but helplesst . Nearly all will be homeless. Appeals from there this afternoon say that not less than 10,000 lives will be im periled, The scenes we" too awful WiFwmiiXmrXM'nmXl'W hopeless people, who are hemmed in without a' chance of escape, are heart-rending. Men, women and little children are endeavoring to escape to places of safety. Some of these, terrified people have hardly clothing enough upon them to cover their nakedness. District Attorney Dyer Ordered in the name of the United States Government, that the Wiggins Ferry Company sieze every boat available regardless of ownership and with them, hasten to the scene of the terrible floods. ...-Persons who.refuse'to work are Instantly shot. - Militiarhen are arriving at the flooded district andare forming cordons around the devastated districts.: The East Broad-, way embankment has given way and this disaster cuts off all Means of escape. When the dike went out 30 people, who were wprkiiig 1o save it, met death by drowning, LI ' 1" ., THOUSANDS - Fast : . - "ftVn:; Vtm OriMuia wUl probably aoffcr mora from th flood ttwi ft. Xonls. fo otm th inn and iw.ap koroaa th mtn city. Whan tha daloffa atrlkaa tha bwxk of . that rivar ' Oarrolltoa ,ST. (Journal Special Bervlca.) T AT'TO T - .A LSI perate but futile atruggla agalnat tha greatest flood which unfortunate thou sanda were ever fdrced to' combat. East Bt Loula la thla afternoon In a' wo ful , condition. Ten. thousand of. the homeless are threatened with deatruc tlon. Whole families are penned up Jn rarreta and on roofs and 2.000 half clothed men, women and children who sought refure In the school and church buildings are now almost helpless pris oners. "The City haa appealed to St. Louis and signals from across the river say that tha cries for help are being re sponded to by every available means at oommand. Here no flood haa ever been so great; no condltlona so terrifying; no outlook o hopeless. i AWFUL CALAMITY- AWAITS THE PEOPLE The awlft surging water stands from three to SO feet deep over all the east ern half of the clty.- Houses are con- i,.H. . mA fnlll A ear tiiivusn iu uiv iivci iu .niiiiui whirlpool currents. At 9 o'clock It was cutting Its way under the East Broadway embankment and threatening, the north em half of the city. The destruction of Broadway cuts off all means of escape. A conservative estimate places the number, of drowned when the embank ment gave way at 80. Other estimates reach 100. A thousand men were working on the dikes when the break came last mid night Forty feet of the embankment Were awept away In a minute. Many persons were "compelled to swim to -points of safety lower down where women and children were filling sand bags to place on the levee. The "terrible concussion when tha break came makes all estimates of tha " Ipsa pf life uncertain. .T1 .bodies of "JohR "Kolish mnd - three-'Of his htlire who were drowned last night while try ing to escape in a skin, were recovered today. The mother escaped injury. St AST SL LOUIS IS NOW A DOOMED CITY ST. LOUIS, June 10, p. m. The entire City of East Bt Louis Is doomed. Before night It is certain that every portion 'of the town will be under tha torrent Fifty thousand people will be rendered all but helpless and nearly all will be homeless. At least 10,000 lives will be Imperiled. Boats, skiffs and every avail able floating thing are being rushed serosa the river. It Is Just learned that two negroes were- ahot- and -killed before- the . west break last night One of the men had been working several days and de manded - Immediate pay and threatened to break the dyke did he not receive It. Seven .men fired at hira at once. An other negro on the Illinois Central levee who refused to work was shot by the guard and killed. In marked contrast to these scoun drels, Theodore Day, another negro, drovo- hls horse into the raging flood repeatedly and rescued many people. While making a further attempt both horse and the dark -driver were awept away to destruction. HUNDREDS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES EAST ST. LOUIS, June 10. A . 10 o'clock there are four feet fit water over the entire residence section of East 8t Louis. Hundreds of families are flee ing for their lives. Two hundred and fifty militiamen had arrived and others are to be sent East Broadway is . declared unsafe. Militia men are thrown around the scene, keep ing the crowds of people from attempt ing to return along the treacherous em bankment in order to save their belong ings. The water is rising rapidly at this hour. United States District Attorney Dyer, In the name of the United States gov ernment has Just' telephoned the Wig gins Ferry Company, ordering It to seise all available yawls and Doats regard less of their ownership and rush with them to the atrtcken city. The river stage la now over IS feet the Highest ever known In , the history of the city. GREAT INDIGNATION - TREELY EXPRESSED Tha greatest Indignation Is felt over the disaster, as the people had ample warning of .the impending danger, but being ' ignorant they were lulled Into false security by a coterie of business men, who laaued vigorous denials of the danger, aa they were fearful that the effect of the warning would have a deprecatory effect on property values. They are charged with going even so far as to assault a St Louis newspaper man sent to describe the flood, and broke all cameras of persons taking pictures. (Journal Special Service.) SPRINGFIELD. June 10. On' re quest of the Mayor of East -Bt Louis, CIRCULATION STILL GROWS. In . less than six months the circulation of The Jour nal has more than doubled.- In the "past 30 days the percentage of Increase has - been greater than at any other -period of the paper's ex istence, , - - "If the present -increase, keeps .up The -Journal - will; have at . the end; of : six. months, the -.largest - city 'clrcula-., v tiori of any newspaper published nPprtlandr; . Ave companies of militia were ordered to the scene of the flood by special train, this noon. ARM0URDALE APPEALS - FOR THE HOMELESS Mayor Williams received this morn ing an appeal from stricken Armourdale, Kas., on behalf of the many people ren dered homelesa by the floods. The Mayor will receive contributions and will forward them to the relief commit tees. The appeal la as follows: "Armourdale, the south side of Kan sas City, Kas., has met with an ap palling disaster. The Kaw River has overflowed its banks and swept away the town. Sixteen thousand people are homeless. They have lost their furnl ture, clothing and everything. Their houses have been carried off or totally wrecked. - .The good cltisena of the town have been able to care -for tha refugees temporarily but tha. effort to keep them here and provide homes for Them. I a perplexing problem. To do this will overtax us and we appeal to you for "Money raised from this source will be expended for their relief by giving tnem material to 4uild their own houses. "inree thousand families must ' be helped to homes In this way, so that they will be better able to help them selves when the great rush of rebuild ing the city Is going on. "Contributions should be sent at once to the Armourdale State Bank of Com merce, the Kansas State Bank, or the Home State Bank. "This movement Is made by the Ar- asourdale Flood Association for build ing homes, which has been organized by th& business and professional men of the town. - (Signed "JACOB L. KLEIN, "Postmaster. President "J. B. HIPPLE, "Publisher of the Press, Sec'y." NEW ORLEANS IS IN , -6REATST-SUSPESE: (Journal Special Service.) HEW ORLEANS, June 10. So grave Is th apprehension felt here today con cerning the approach of the terrible floods that are wrecking East St. Louis and towns and hamlets along the river, that an order has. gone forth warning people of the impending calamity that must result when the crest of the mighty waters sweep down the Missis sippi onto this city. Men' will be put to work on the levees with the object of strengthening them lit places of weakness. Even at this time men' of all occupations are hand ing la their names to the city commit tee, asking that they be called upon when the time of .danger comes. That the occurrence may -riot be re peated which happened at East St Louis when certain business men denied that danger existed, an order has gone out from the Mayor to arrest any person or persons who may attempt to persuade the ignorant people that no danger will ocCur. This afternoon tbre , Is no other sub ject being discussed than that -of the awful reports of death and destruction Bt Louis, -and what Is - likely . to transpire when the mad torrents reach this .city. ! Already , are there hundreds and even thousands who have deserted their homes, in places likely to be flooded. . ---- x i" . AIL mllltta companies are being held Isi ; readiness to do active service, and the Police Department wlll be increased by many hundreds of claj 'officers at moment s notice , j NOT YET KNOCKED MAN CLEAR COMING DEATH Jack Matthews' Political Com bine Still is Unable to Name President of the Port Com mission Board, The Supreme Test is Expected to Come at the Meeting to be Held at 4,0!clock This After noon, A quick brain and a strong, ready arm saved L..E. Juston, the res taurant man, this morning from being maimed or killed under the . wheels of an electric oar. Had the unknown -possessor of the -brain and the arm been a , second slower than he was nothing but .a miracle could have saved Juston from at least serious Injury. .... Juston aUenpwd-to board- th-4- inbound r - at- -Woodlawn.-' He signaled to the motorman and the latter reduced speed according to custom. Just as he grabbed the Iron bar and started to swing himself on to the platform the motorman turned 'on the current and the carwas given a sudden forward Impetus. Juston had grabbed the rear bar of the forward car. to which was attached a "trailer." The- sodden--Increase in-speed made- -MiTf;- Jus hi balance, swinging him off his feet and throwing him around toward ' the rear car. Other passengers tu rned pale and held their breath, ex-, pecttng to see him fall under the wheels of the rear car. But one among them, more ready of wit than the rest, did exactly the right thing at exactly the right second. This man, whom Juston does not know, leaned out from the platform and Just as Juaton's frantic grip on the Iron bnr was broken, shot out a strong arm, backing an open hand, and half shoved, half knocked the falling man clear of the cars. Much shaken, but otherwise uninjured, Juston found Jnlmself In a pile of sand several feet from the car track. New Deals May Be Made Be- t -ri r' t i i- Tore inai nme, dux rour Members Out of Seyen Are Believed to Oppose Willis, At the meeting of the Port of Port land Commission to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon the ballot for president s expected to disclose whether the Jack Matthews political machine has suffi cient power to control the future actions of the board. The result, therefore. Is being awaited with considerable anxiety by all those who have the real interests of the Port of Portland at heart. The fact thrit 13 ballots were taken yesterday without election Is not con sidered by 'tffliil " who Mve aTSTuTIy watched the Matthews machine's machi nations as being Indicative of an, actual deadlock, few having expected that the full strength of either the political plot ters or those opposed to them would be developed at the first session of the body. Today a change Is looked for, and It Is believed that P. L. Willis, the Matthews candidate for president of the commis sion, will receive at least three votes, that number being considered the full Matthews strength unless new combi nations can be formed before 4 o'clock today. The Opposition Opposing Mr. Willis for the presi dency, C. F. Swigert and O. B. Thomas are considered the two most prominent candidates, although Archie Pease and C. F. Adams received votes yesterday. Pease Is counted a Matthews man and it is thought the two votes which Willis received yesterday may this afternoon be augmented by the one given to -Pease. For the opposition to the machine, Thomas yesterday had two votes, 8wl- gert one and Adams one, and If thlsr to tal of four can bo concentrated upon any one candidate ft will few. possible for the Matthews combination to still be' prevented from consummating ' the scheme it labored and strove and Juggled with the Legislature to put through. It Is claimed' that, the hitch, in the plans of the political apparatus 'Came when, working ,ln hot haste to get In its finishing strQkesfeefre the exposure of its designs by The Journal had -put a (Continued on , SecondPagT .' FATHER BEAT BY SONS Aged Parent Claims that Young Men Abused Him Be 1 cause He Refused to Furnish More Money to Squander! ... After Dividing With Them the Small Fortune Left By Their Mother They Make Still Fur ther Demands, Expended Their Portion in Riotous Living in North End Threaten to Kill Unless Wishes Are Granted, REGULARS President Roosevelt Instructs the War Department to Or der Troops to the Scene of the CHARGE FRAUDS Committee of Bankers Trying to Get at the Bottom of Un usual Condition of 'Things Books Tangled,.. Big Grain Failure Now Assumes i the Aspect of "Gigantic Frauds f is the Open Assertion Now! Made. -.- '' 7 r One Member of le Firm "Said to Have Run Away and Others j to Be in Hiding False En-f tries Charged, ' ; Three Thousand Men Are Heavily Armed and as They Are Mostly Foreigners 4he Militia is Inadequate With tears ia his eyes, and -frightened because of the threats of his sons, George Kllduff, a gray-haired patriarch, came into the Municipal Court today and begged , that warrants be issued immediately for the arrest of his two boys, lawrence and ueorge. "They will kill me and their sisters unless they are arrested.": sobbed the aged father, "for they declare that they will do so unless I board -and lodge them, and turn over to them all my money, which was left me by my wife when she. died." v Warrants were issued and. placed In the hands of officers for, 'service. The arrest of, the brothers ia expected to tak place this afternoon, w ' ...X The Story related by the aged' father (Continued on Second Page.) . .. The Department of the- Colo rado Will Rush the Soldiers Forward in Command of Dis creet Officer. Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON, June 10. Th Acting Governor of Arizona today wired Presi dent Roosevelt that 3,000 men, mostly foreigners, were on strike at Morencl. Aria'., and that they were fully armed and a riot was impending. - He says the militia has been ordered out, but the forceps small and Is composed of un disciplined men. The irombef is In adequate. .'; .- - There Is no possibility of restoring order except by the presents of regulars. He asks to have troops Ordered - from Fort Grant Immediately.1" t The War Jpartment af "one wired tne Department ef the Colorado to5 have troops rushed' forward under the . com mand of a-.dfscreefofffcer with Instruc tions to avoid Violence If possible. , l (Journal Special Service.) 9AN FRANCISCO, June 10. If state ments of relatives are true, Jacob Ep pinger fled front this city the day of tha failure of his grain houae, and other members of the firm are in hiding. AU reporters tire, abaolutely denied lnforma tlon at the horifes of the bankrupts. Talk of legal proceedings is loud and the charo-e of fraud is openly made for large amounts of grain were not stored In -warehouses upon which receipt were - IssVM afid"Ttfarw Jfeeure. -- District Attorney Bylngton says It 1 the duty of the creditors to come for ward and disclose any violation-of law, -and if they won't do it he will see what can be done to bring the matter before the courts. Peck Epplnger has already gone through two fortunes and says his . mother told him Saturday that she had laid something away for a rainy day to keep the wolf from the door. A committee of bankers is trying to get at the bottom of tha condition of things. The books are hopelessly tan gled as Ache, the attorney, refused ex amination for fear report of th country warehouses will show that no grain: W in them. It will b several days befor : the actual amount of th liabilities la) known. '"" LIBAN .VICTIMS BURIED . (Journal Special Benfte) MARSEILLES,. Juno 10. A , publl funeral it It of the victims ef th , steamer Liban disaster was held today, j All flags ar at half-mast and thousands ! walked bareheaded In th oorteg. - married m London;' . (Journal Special Service.) ;.-liONDOK. Jun 10,-Pes timer WsttJi-j of ShamrocftTTam Was marr!d to y.t IiAvebond' this morning. ' fir ! i Ltpton and Lord luoravo.i : i- ' it th ceremony, -.r ' - - i