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71 rt t 7? jarra - rri n . .-r- r-r-n GOOD MORNING Journal Circulation "Thet Weather. Yesterday Occasional , light rain;, -wttterly - winds. -- i. VOL. III. NO. 36. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, ; 1908. FIVE . SECTIONS 52 PAGES" PRICE FIVE CENTS. HALF OF CASTLE PRINCIPALS IN SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT INQUIRY. v;mSag2E: 2m ROCK Hit IN ' -- sxr- I I : ' : : . ' 7Tfc3 U 71 3 THAT DEVASTATES T Cowlitz River Cuts a Channel Through the Heart of What Was Thriving Little City; panrNJiwiPast Butit WtltB ears. JJef ore. Country Recov er- Great Holes Torn In the Streets and Fine Buildings De stroyed Track Damaged. (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) ' CuU Book, Wash.. Nor. 17. Cas ta Bock ha Jut passed through the roost terrible experience In Its history e.- -community Nearly 6ns half of the town has been wiped out by., the unprecoaeniea winter freshet ol the cowl its river. Fridar moraine Practically SO ner cent of the town was still under water. although the flood bad fallen four. -tee - Aiwiu .uuuiflnt-'r a i n i ma or ins town was at one time in full posses Ion of a raging torrent which as It receded ' left the main streets full of debris of every Imaginable character. Holes in Streets. Great holes have been torn in many I Naulckaand having been swept .out by me xiooa. , , - . . . . f The river has out an entirely new channel through the principal residence sectloaxfrom the MetcsJf Shingle com pany's mill directly to the rock, par tially undermining- the mill and cutting out under the new schoolhouse founda tions, rulnlngx that - costly two-story structure beyond hope. t Between 10 and 40 houses In the di rect path Of the freshet were swept to the ocean. Some SO houses are now a on the other side of the river, Many nouses are a uiai wrecx. - , - r ' Tews Paaaorallaea. The V town Is demoralised. Publlo buildings and houses have been thrown open to the homeless sufferers. A food famine Is feared. : . A Northern Paclflo . train has been Stalled by the washing out of a steel TtrMW ELIPiaK-d-Tisjrdsysn' backed to Portland. The Cowllts river out a channel through tho residence portion of the I -to wn And for distance of three quar ters ox a mile swept a torrent 100 feet wide where three dsys ago there were half a hundred happy homes. The water began falling Thursday. As tbs water recedes the banks are falling in and a number, of other houses are in danger. , Whole rises in Danger. About pn half, of-ibe houses of-ths town are 'either swept, away or were entirely surrounded by water, and a rise or ll inches more would have com pletely covered every portion of the flat on wnicn the town is hunt. A Urge portion of the families moved out to the hills, snd otners would have gone had not conditions indicated a fall in the river. There hss been no loss ef life reported,- although a number of narrow escapes, occurred. Large num bers of horses, cattle and other live stock perished. There has been a tre mendous loss of property. . The railroad track is damaged both sides ef Castle Rock, and no trains have moved for 00 hours. The north-bound passenger of ' Thursday was held up here. - The electric light plant Is In the river, as is also the Black Diamond , (Continued on Page Eight) - - GRAFT AMONG SUPERVISORS One Bay City Official Indicted and Another to Be -Witnesses Held to Answer for Per--juryr-Bring-Charges-Home-to-Ruet-- (Ipeetal Dlnpateh by Uiaaed Wire te Tbe Jenrna!) San Francisco, Nov. 17. The Indict ment of Supervisor Fred P. Nloholas Is but ths first bresth of a storm of accu sation that will be raised by the grand jury against the corrupt officials of the elty and county government. positive evldenoe is. In the possession ef the grand Jury that Suoervlsor Thomas Lonergan has bsen feathering b) nest at the sxpenss of a trusting psbllo. It la known that he Is the pos sessor of a bores and buggy presented to him by a wealthy and powerful cor poration, believed to be the gas - com pany. It Is known-, who was ths msksr of ths -buggy, and ths agent who nego tiated ths purchase has been Identified. For Lonergan to prove his Innocence he will be required to. produce his reoelnts for both horse and buggy to show that hi purchased them In good faith. ' esy JUougk to Ctrl Truth. It will be an easy matter for the grand Jury to bring this ohargs home to Lonergan. Ths determined -action I taken on Friday afternoon when It was decided to Indict one of ths French res- taurant-ksspers and a city hall em ploye for perjury shows that the In quisitorial body will, visit awful pun ishment upon any who attempt to give false testimony before it. Lonergan has known for several days" l that he if in danger or indictment. Last OWI MUCH SUFFERING FROM FLOODS SOUND COUNTRY Refugees JA aroonedonuHouse Tops for Two Days; Suffering ' Great Hardships- Floods Now Subsiding and Worst Is Over ' Puyallup May Change Channel ISpeclvt Dispatch to Tbe JearaaU ; Tacoma.-N.ov. 17. After being cut off from the world for nearly three days hamf with over 200 square miles Inun dated, the flood situation tonight is on thevmend. There will be no trains east, south or horth untll-Monday,and-inay not be then. The Northern Psclflo main line Is so. blockaded with landslides and torn up with washouts in the Cascade mountains that It will be the middle or last 'vof next week before the line nut Is oien. The electrlo interurban. con necting Taooma and Seattle, has gaps of half a mile and more washed away. In other plaoes culverts are torn up and tracks are covered with landslides. Rough estimates of the damage done by the floods In the sound region run from 1300,000 to 1500,000, though when the full extent of the damage to farms Is known it msy run the figures up beyond the $1,000,000 mark. With no trains coming- Into itbe city from any" direction, save unimportant branch lines running west, Tacoma Is suffering from a, fuel famine and also famine In certain kinds of provisions, The slaughter-house! on -tD tld flaU temporarily dlsmtssedU butchers, save two today, there being hoTKfng for there to do. Butter and eggs have gone. to ex treme prices and milk can hardly be ob tained. V XJvss fcosa) sTe Taooma.. " There were no cases of drowning In this vicinity. Several were marooned on roofs of houses In the Puyallup valley for as much as two days, suffering great hardships from - hunger and exposure, but In the end all wore saved. The county commissioners yesterday .morn ing established a skiff patrol of ths flooded districts; which will be main- valleys In Pierce country bare. At Puyallup a number of people were cut off from this city on an Island and for two days provisions were passed to them to buckets on cable crossing the raging Puyallup river. Ths water serv ice of Puyallup Is completely disar ranged by tho river s washing away the water flume. - Deadly Danger Prom tog fax. " The most serious feature of the flood now , la the menace -ef - the - Puyallup river changing its channel at the Puyal lup reservation school and-flowing across country to Hylebos creek, down which It can find egress to the sea. This has been caused by a lam of logs congregat ing above the fine new Interurban bridge crossing the stream.-- The Jam was first noticed Monday snd has been added to until it is now of monumental propor tions. For three days ths railroad has had a large force of men working under the direction of engineers In an effort to break It up. All the dynamite In Ta coma baa been used In blasting. Late this afternoon freight ear motors began hauling logs out of the Jam with cables. but the river is adding logs faster than they can be taken away. . - Scores of cattle, hogs, horses, sheep and barnyard fowls have been destroyed (Contlnusd on Page Nine.) Wednesday ha made arrangements for a ball bond In the event of his arrest Hie every action sines his assumption of ofllcs Is being carefully Investigated, for It is known that upon his salary of $100 ft month he has been spending five and six times that amount. . , Bnefs Belvtdsr Orab. The Belvldtre mnaln hsll scandal will be taken up In sarnest Tusiday after noon. All the men summoned to appear at the last hearing will be there and will be compelled to tell all they know. There Is positive Information that the evidence given by Myrtlle Cerf last Friday has snabled District Attorney Lang-don and Francis J. Hensy to fsel oonndsnt that thsy can bring horns to Ate Ruef ths charge of having held-up the proprietors of ths Bslvidere for to per cent of Its stork.. .. T Frank Burke known as ths attorney for the Belvldere, has been heard to say that If called before the grand Jury he will deny all knowledge , of any meeting kt which MyHHe Cerf demand ed IS per oent of ths Insurance money. There are affidavits In sxlstenoe and In possession of the grand Jury to the effeot that Burke told five or six peo ple of the meeting referred to and of the demand so brssenly made" by Cerf. Should Burke attempt to give ' the testimony he threatens to he will be confronted with these affidavits. , .-... :. : ... ' :,. ; . , t A M . !.-, i'; .y-v :,' ? -,. ' . ' . . 4 .: . K3 ' . ' . - , . ' - - ' ' : M - - ' ' i t - i Nv : , f I ' ' . :- ....... ' ' ' - ' i -1 - - fr ll - ' ' i V .... HEARST ADVISES CROKER TO STAY AWAY FOR SAFETY Publisher Issues Statement Giv Ing Lie to Former Tammany Boss Whom He Pronounces -Absolutely the Worst the Or ganization Ever Boasted of. ("pedal Diagateh by Leased Wire te Tbe Joeraal) Atistln. Tsx Nov. 17 "Creksra statement that I asked him to come home and '"'" '' rr "T ' rloHculous. X drove him out of Tam many and drove his Ice - trust mayor out of office. I have no objection to Croker as a private cltlsen, or as an exile and I have no Interest In the in ternal management of Tammany but as a omxen l would object to Croker as ths leader of Tammany. He Is abso lutely the worst leader Tammany has had and Jits Influence has always been exerted In behalf of - eorporation-rtdden candidates: As a Democrat I would also object to him as his loyal leader ship has always been disastrous to the party as well aa discreditable. "J, should think that ths best thing for Croker to dq would - be to stay abroad. That would also be the safest thing In these days of Investigation and prison penalties. : " (Signed) . "W. R. HKAR8T." Preside fcjQa. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to Tbe osraal Panama, Nov. 17. Ths president sails from Christobsl for Porto Rloo this svsnlng. . ' - . ' '- Boe beads Osjptaie, - ("Pc1 Dispatch by Leased Wire to Tbe tarsal) Capetown. . Nov. - 1 7. Ferrelra, - the Boer Insurrection leader, has bsen cap tured. ':"' rut Kas Beslraed. .. (gprelal Diapatea by Leaaed Wire te The learaaHy New York. Nov. 17. The Evening Post says that Senator Piatt's resignation-is In the governor's hands. SAVES WIFE FROM SINKING SH I P; LAS H ES H E R TO S PA R I CH Woman . Transferred During Storm at Ocean From Crip- V pled Vessel, to Another . That Passed. ' .. (Special Piapetck ts Tbe losrsal.) Aberdeen, Waah., Nov. IT. Expecting every moment that . his , vssseL ths schooner Emma Clsudlna, would bs swspt on the sands of North Beach, Csptsln Stream took" a desperate chance at securing the life of hie wife by trans ferring her to the barkentlne Mary Wlnkslman, whk'ta - was standing - by, during the gals of lsst Tussdsy. Hs lashed the woman to a spar, cast her over- ths side, snd In the iptantlme ths llns was thrown to ths -deck of the bsrksntlns, and by means Of It ths spar with its human burden was hauled on board, Mrs. Stream apparently little the worse for her thrilling -experience. The act was ons of the moat 'ftensstlonal svsr reported from ths ses. a The details of ths story were brought here thle evening by the schooner Min nie B. Cains, which-brought ths cap- CLAIM CARUSO THE VICTIM OF MAH'S PIQUE Friends of Great Tenor Allege He 1s Suffering From Plot Against Him by Unknown Mysterious ""Female, Professional Jeal ousy at Bottom of Arrest. (Speelsl Dwpeteh hy Leased Wire to The Josrsal) New Tork. Nov. 17. That a woman's pique ' la at the bottom - of a plot to ralnEnrluo CanioheworId-ramous tenor, Is alleged by the ginger's friends to be the real fact underlying his ar rest In Central park for annoying .'"Mrs. Hannah graham." r They are working constantly -to find this woman, who gavs a' fictitious ad dress In the-cBronx. At the aame time they havsa far greater reason ..for wanting to clear, ths tsnor. It-is said that bls-wife is In a critical condition and thsy fear If she hears of the dis graceful accusations against - her - hus band It msy kill her. These friends refuse to give the de tails of the so-called. plot against Caru so, but they hint . that many women havo fsllen In love with htnv and that be haa been, abrupt-with some of them. They feel thst some temperamental woman, 'who might have been affected by. hia singing, endeavored to enthrall him and that, rebuffed, she planned to make him pay for the slight Caruso himself hss not said anything about this and his friends will not say if It comes direct from him as an ao ousatlon. A- hint thsy gave was that soms woman singer whom be hss out shone professionally may be at the bot tom of the affair. ' ' , It is impossible to learn where Mme. Caruso is, but Caruso's friends say ahe ordinarily . keeps close watch upon the pewspapers te read what thsy havs te say abeu-4isr husband and, that enly through diplomatic endeavors have thsy bssn abls to keep away from hsr the scandal. IS TOSSED tain and crew of ths Emma Claudlna. Thsy give a graphic account of their experience off the coast during ths swful storms that have raged recently and they say their vessel must havs foundered because she was rapidly go to abandon her, off North beach. The Emma Claudlna was disabled during the height of ths storm and It became evident that nothing could be done to save her from drifting ashore or. going to piece. When Captain fitream sight ed ths barkentlne Mary Wlnkelmsn hs Immediately decided .. upon . saving at least the Hire of hia wlfs and so sig naled, for ssslatance. The Wlnkelmsn ran as close as possible to the dlssblsd schooner, which, in the trough of. the ses, plunged and rolled so terribly that If was feared she would turn on her beam ends svsry moment. Ths rescue of the women wss effected at great risk and then the vessels parted. After his wife had been transferred to the barkentlne Captain Stream dropped ths anchors of his own vessel, hoping thereby to savs her from going on the be m" with such force as to smssh her Into splinters without giving ths men a chance for their Uvea. One anchor was lost, but two of them held snd the vessel is now opposite Morltps on North Beach, plunging fearfully In U .-v.-'- hi tkssezs .ir-r.-,-.-. .. aggffj From Right to Left Abe Ruef, Who Wag Indicted Last Night; Sam Shortridge, Hit Attorney; District Attorney Lgngdon, Prosecutor Frances J. Heney, Secret Service Agent W. J. Burnt. ' Roosevelt Finishes Tour of inspection of Ca- nal and Reviews Fire-Brigade R barks on, Louisiana for. the" North. (Special DUpatab. by Leased Wire to Tbe Journal) - Colon, Nov. 17. Owing to the recent heaVy rains, a landslide occurred be tween here and Panama and compelled MrRooeevelfs tram td make a detour. It reached Cristobal at 1:16 o'clock this afternoon. " The president personally in spected the houses of canal employes. the' camps of ths laborers, 1 the docks and other points of Interest. Ths presi dent's party took breakfast at Mount Hope, where there is a large' reservoir supplying wstsr to Cristobal Colon. when he reached the railway station at Colon, President Roosevelt went up stairs Into t ths Panama railroad offices. whsnoe he reviewed the-Cristobal fire brigade,- which . turned out slmultan sously tl streams of water from hy drants extending along ths main street from the railroad ' station to tbe en trance of the town of -Cristobal. Ths force ef the water, which easily went over the tope of the hlgheet buildings, proved te be satisfactory to -Mr. Roose velt and ths citisens of Colon. Ths oiti sens were greatly pleased with ths ex hibition. There Is no fear of the de struction of the city by Are If such a fores of watsr Is always available. After the exhibition Presldsnt Roose velt mouWted a horse and. accompanied by Chief Engineer Stevens and other canal officials, galloped over the entire INTO SEA Barkentine Mary Win kel man Picks Up Wife of Captain rStream But If Nottteard . . From Since. the breakers that roll In with great force. The captain nd crew remained on . board until Weednesday when the schooner Minnie A. Cains came near and took them off. Captain Stream and his sartors de clare that the schooner Olendsle was asked to stand by, but that " Captain Oreenwatt refused to do so and put to sea. Ths barkentlne Mary Wlnkelmsn has not been heard from since shs steered away from ths disabled schoon er, and In order to see his wlfs safely sshora as qnlckly ss possible Captain Stream hss sent the bar tug to look for tho vessel.'.. Captain and Mrs. Stream were on their wedding -trip on the steamer Walla Walla when she was lost - The Emma Claudlna Is a small vessel of 18S tons net register and belongs to Baa Francisco. town, The presldsnt was .'cheered everywhere. . Most of ths president's time at Cristo bal was devoted to an Inspection of the quarters of ths laborers. . He talked with them and mads a . note . of their com plaints, ' which ' were chiefly on . ths scarcity of West Indian food. Ths presi dent . promised thst Improvements such aa ths erection . of baths and kitchens and the paving of streets would be made. At ths commissary President Roosevelt said he saw no reason why the canal commission should not . bs able to sell West - Indian provisions at -the - same price that was being charged by out siders. This evening a reception and ball was given on pier No. 11 at Cristobal In hon or of Presldsnt Roossvslt and his party by ths smployss of the canal commis sion, i . After the reception of the commission by the president, hs rsembarked on. the Louisiana and sailed for the north. He expects to arrive at Ponce, Porto Rico, 'on Wedneadsy. He will cross the Isthmus and will anrbark at San Juan Thursdsy-for Hampton Roads. Ths Louisiana,' Washington and Tsnneesee coaled yesterday In the Chlriqul La goon. . i Buy SUSPECTED OF HOLDUP Fred Steigerwald, Aged Fifteen Years, De dared by-Pol ice-to - Have Robbed -Young Woman at Eighteenth and Irving. ; "Ths Skldoo of ths K. V. T. or Nick Carter's Great Train Robbery Case." "Buffalo 11111 In ths Canyon of Death or Ringed In by Navajos." "Diamond Dick s Trail of Vengesnee rrTra,i'.kni1 te the nin nininln" ; "The Brsdys and Joss House Jim or Tre4Uryr Chinese Opium Ring. indulgence in shockers," some or which bore ths foregoing titles;, wss the primary cause of landing Fred fUelgerwald, a 15-year-old 4ad behind the bars, accused ef holding up and robbing two young women Thursday night and charged with stealing from his employers. : Btelgerwsld, who haa been In the em ploy of Prael, Hegele A Co., was taken Into' custody yesterday afternoon by Patrolman Mallet. Hs has onf ossed to having stolen a silver teapot and a set of sliver nut. picks' from tbe establish ment in which he hss been employed. but stoutly denies his complicity In the noidup. owing to his youth he was turned over to- the Juvenile court and upon orders of Judge.Frsxer is now con fined in ths detention, home. meoogalaed the Boboe. Following the robbery of Misses Har riet WSterhouse and . Mabel Rogers Thursday night at Eighteenth and Irv lice were Informed by the former we-1 Chamber ofCommercei Fathers Bill to Rule .Transportation Com panies in NoAttemprMadeTcerTghi rr but Effort Put Forth to MaJw Measure One That Will Have) Effect of Bringing , Railroad to Time. v ,.7 ' A bill will be offered and its urged upon ths legislature of Oregon ai its next session to control common eare rlers in this state, and for that par pose to create an Oregon railroad com mission that shall have power to regit. late the railroads within ths state. . tn response to ths publio demand for auct) a law, the transportation committee of the Portland chamber of commeroe hktgt . drawn a bill, aad copies sf the name have been submitted te the governor members of the legislature and officer of various publlo bodies, who have been asked to examine and make suggestions concerning It, In writing, by Novam ber 25. ' . . i. N. Teal, attorney for the commit, tee. In a letter submitting copies of the bill to stats of fleers. ' says: "That the business of the common carriers is of so publlo a character, and the interest of the general publlo therein so vital as to warrant and demand proper su pervision, to prevent extortion and un just discrimination, - cannot be doubted either - as a matter jf law or policy. Today Oregon stands practically alone, being oca of a small group of less im portant states making no effort to regu late the rates or practices of their coin men carriers." . . Xfo Attempt to Be Original. ' "No attempt has been made to be or iginal in framing tbe bill." says Ma. Teal; "rather haa the attempt been throughout to adapt the best consid ered, most efficient tested and approved legislation In other statealn order tka - oh as prao- tlcal sxperlenoe ana ths Judicial 4 ex cisions of other summon wealths have commended." The bill submitted follows closely the most - recent and - Intelligent forms of legislation, particularly ths ' Interstate commerce act aa amended at the last. session of congress, and ths recently enacted Wisconsin commission bill with Its amendments. i. ..k.. Wae It Provides Toe. It provides tor reciprocal demurrage, rsquires that adequate- equipment be furnished and adequate servtoe ren dered, and that all chargss for trans portation of persons and property must t rsssonabls and Just Unjust and un reasonable charges are declared unlaws, ful, and this provision sppUes also to joint rates. Discrimination, giving and accepting rebates are prohibited under, heavy penaltlea, aa Is the giving of an undus snd unreasonable preference and the tsklng of compensation other than specified In the lawful sohsdulss. An anti-pass provision Is Incorporated, ex cepting from its operation the prtvi legedV persons listed In either the Inter stats or Wisconsin acta . Every railroad la required, under the provisions of section it, te file ea the first Monday in February ssoh year a verified list of all railroad passes, mile age books and tickets Issued free e for any other than actual bona, fide ' (Continued on Page Nine.) man, who Is also in the employ of Prael, Hegele at Co., that she recognised ons of her assailants ss fttetgerwsld. ' The members of ths firm likewise suspected him of carrvinr away the mmMy-rf-allvsr and after aome Investigation the arrest was made. . . The lad after being ajrrested was sub jected to a -searching examination by Inspector Bruin and Deteettve Mallet and confessed to the theft of the sil verware. All of the "third degree" methods employed by the police failed to make, him acknowledge that he was implicated In the robbery of the two women. lie stood ths trying ordeal, before which old and hardened crimi nals have weakened, without a trace of nervousness and would, give no tnfqxi. matlon that would Ifad to the apprehen- slon of his confederate la the alleged holdup.' -. ' . XThaagss Sag Opinion, ) Ths hoy wss taken to the store of Prael, Hegele A Co. and confronted by Miss Wsterhouss. The young woman Immediately declared that ,fce was one of the youths who robbed her and Miss Rogers at the-polnt of a gua. After cnnslderlng the msfter and when asked dlrex-Uy by Captain Uruln If ahe woul I swear to thst fact -she- weakened an 1 Coot1nued ea Page Ntae. .4 a t , ; 4 a- U t '