The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 05, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGdOD EVENING Journal Circulation 27,432 THE WEATHER. . Occasional rain tonight; Wedne-. day occasional rain, cooler; strong southerly breeze. - VOL. V, NO. 289. PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY t EVENING, FEBRUARY 8. 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ' EStiFiAY (CS Yesterday II - Mf , ...-.- II .iiM i i i i . i. n i.i .I,.. i .I ' ii .i . ,, immmm-- , i. - i .i .I 1 '' .i.'rTT Wholesale Merchants Remove. Goods Warned by News v Has Poured Immense Volumes of Melted Snow Into Tl Higher water is predicted along the Portland waterfrontjduring the next few days than for many years. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the government gauge showed 17:5 feet, or two and a half feet above the danger mark. District Forecaster Beals warns against 21 feet next Friday and it may possibly go higher, Twenty-four feet above low water mark will bring it on Fnt.treet.,l-2llV2lr..l .. ; The rainfall, in the upperWillamettevaHeyhas cease6V: but warm winds are melting the snow so that the streams tributary to -. the Willamette are rising rapidly. The Santiam rose four-feet dur- ing the Z4 houTsnferTdtrrgnt 8 u'clock thi-tnorning, and-the-Y amhiU Jweached a height of 26 feet at McMinnville at 9 o'clock this morning. At 8 o'clock the Willamette stood as follows : . Eugene, 19.8 feet; Albany, 26.5 feet; Salem, 24.2 feet," At these places the flood stages are aTfollows: Eugene. 10 feet; Albany and Salem. 20 feet. The thermometer at Portland --. thifmorning and climbed to 58 by noon. ;The lower docks and cellars on Ffont street are being vacated all along the line. ,'.A dispatch from Eugene' late' this' afternoon stater that the river is beginning to recede there. ' 1 "The WUlamette river it risinj t the rate o( three inches an hour to day in the local harbor and so swift is the current that many houseboats and craft moored along-' the banks and wharves are breaking- loose tand indulging in wild rides with the cur rent, i-, rhe dudIic swimming: baths got y at an early hour this morning from its moorings at the foo,t of East Salmon street and drifted down Ktrcam at a "danfjeroua rate of speed. , Near-the Burnside bridge the three sections parted and hickilydrifted - ashore, one- piling op astern of the . French bark Tiirgot at the Southern . Pacific wharf directly south of the east approach of the steel bridge, and the other two sections landing near . the .old - Victoria dolphins astern of the steamer Charles R. Spencer. . The sections appear so far to have es caped damage.. The moorings of the -main portion of 'the bath held and the living apartments .of the superin tendent remain intact. ' Boathouse Was Adrift. -A large houseboat got away from 'its moorings above the bridges and drifted through the harbor shortly after ha swimming baths. It was captured by the steamer Agnes which was in commission all day expressly P ASSEHG ERSARE SH D WB D U H D pStub Train From The With Steamer This Side of the Blockade -. ' 'on the 0. R. k N. Line : ; . "We know nothing of conditions op the Columbia rive?. Every wire la down. My personal opinion Is that there wlU be no tralna over the O. R. N. main line for" two or three days," said ' Chief Clerk Wood at the office of M. J BuHtler, general superintendent at tionn today. Mr. Buckley la out on. the -line. General ' Manager O'Brien- left Portland this morning In a special train - to Investigate conditions between . this f city and The Dalles. it was expected that snowbound pas senger would be brought Into this city last evening by the steamer Harvest. Queen from Bonneville. - Bat the boat ltd not arrive, and Is supposed to be still tied up at Bonneville. It baa tieen ascertained that the passengers failed to reach Bonneville yesterday, and It Is assumed that the boat Is wait. . .I,... tnr Them. A train enneolMel iwl a inuv.w .... . - - Nos. 1.1 and . from Huntington and 0poannn. tt i ii.i irq 111111 . n t)alles to Bonneville yesterday rarrylng WATERS TEAR LOOSE SMALL CRAFT CONFESSES ITHIRD VICTIM Are Compelled to From Basements, That the Chinook the Willamette X registered" 53 degrees at 10 o'clock for the purpose of capturing craft and houses being carried towards the sea-in the unrelenting grasp of the swirling floodr-i. - - A number of launch houses are pil ing tip against the south end of Oak street wharf and will probably be left, high and dry on. the lower deck when the river recedes, unless power ful towboats haul them away, at once. At this particular ojace the current of the river has the speed of a mill race. - . ; Lower Docks Under Water. Nearly all the lower docks are in- undatrH, the water being about a foot1 deep on the Alaska and. Ash street wharves. The Ash-street . wharf was first to become submerged, and then followed the lower deck of the Alas ka wharf at the foot ' of Flanders street -These . docks r had already been cleared of goods in anticipation of the flood and no property damage resulted. ' .- t Other-wharves all along-the- west side are rapidly " being ' emptied of goods, awaiting jon river-boats, and steamboat offices are being removed to the upper decks. . The water begsn pouring into cel lars on Front street this morning and there was a wild scramble for men to assist in moving stocks upstairs. -(Continued orv FK Eleven.) Dalles Cannot Connect about 109 ; paasengers who had been snowbound there. . . , , : TaUed to Oonaeot Between The Dalles and Bonneville the consolidated train got stuek In the snow snd failed to connect with the boat at Bonneville. As the main line was blockaded at On eon t a by the bury ing of a rotary snowplow and two loco motives In a snowsllde, the management ordered another rotary to be sent west ward from division headquarters at La Orande. . This plow Is supposed to ev rescued the consolidated train between The Dalles' and Bonneville, , and It Is as sumed that the train has been run back to The Dalles to feed the passengers. As there Is no wire communication be tween stations. It la hot known whether the Harvest Queen has been advlaed at Donnevllle of the whereabouts of Its ex pected psaaengers. (Continued on. Page Kleven.) ! - r-i 3 BOUGHT LOOMS A WOllll II .L hi. iwiwr" y"-" v. 1 I ""v i i J PEOPLE FLEE TO JILLS FOR SAFETY ON THE fd'KEIIZIE Valley al Vast Sea of Water Southern Paclfip" Tracks Are Washed Out River Failing at Eugene This Noon Heavy . Damage to Lowland Property, r (SimcUI DtafMteh The ImihI) Eua-ene. Or Feb. t. The WUIametU rlvr at Eugene reached the X 1-foot Umt mm tlroJat night, but Is now raced ng. At noon It wn it feet The McKensle and upper Willamette Iwere much higher than the river was here, and considerable damage to 'property along tnoaa stream la raportea Numerous amall wagon bridges have gone out, and the county ferry aeroea the Willamette at Jaaper la. washed away. The McKensle valley la a vast aea. and many settlers have been com pelled to floe for. their - lives, as the water l high over their farms and In their dwellings. . . (Continued on Page Eleven.) DIVES AND Swimming BathsSuperihtendent ; Catches Its Clothes. With Rake, 7;ThehGoes"lnto. Swirling River foFT iny Dgh teT an d B riags . Her Back Safe to Scow, Again : A most remarkable as well asv sen sational rescue of a drowning child was made this morning by L . Rolfe and Stewart Mason. . Rolfe is superintendent of the pub lic swimming baths and Mason is a young lad living with his parents in a houseboat on the east bank of the river. The child, 4orn from the grasp of death in the'Iast moment, is the II -month s'-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe, both of whom are so overjoyed at. the rescue thst- they have forgotten all ovther troubles, which at this particular time are ap parently many. ' ' . , Mr. and Mrs;. Rolfe hive been oc cupying quarters in the main portion of the public swimming baths , since Mr. Rolfe was appointed superin tendent. This morning the flood tore Vay three sections of' the baths, leaving onty the portion occupied by m-. v 'J ft ..'. ... . Houseboat In Willamette Torn From Moorings. EASTERN STATES HELD in GRASP 0FIGYBL1ZZARD Wind - Blows a Gale and Heavy ' Snows Are Reported From the 'Atlantic to Nebraska Trains Are Delayed or Hours New 'York Suffers the Worst. : "" .' J ' (Joonul Speelal SerTtee.) - , New ' Torlt Feb. This' city ts - In the grasp of a blliaard. A. gale. Is blow ing and. parte of the city are cut' off from . other parts. Two . feet ' of - snow fell during the night and the- snow continues to falL . Tfie storm extends from the Atlantlo to Nebraska, the greatest Intensity being In the mldrAtlantle states.- Trains are delayed for ' hours In ' Minnesota and Wisconsin. California trains are .five or six hours late In reaching Chicago. Heavy snow 'Interferes with all com munication around Chicago and blocks traffic. RESCUES the superintendent. Its ' moorings, too. seemed too frail to withstand the awful twirl of the current, and Mrs. Rolfe, who has been ill for some time, was removed with her baby to a near by houseboat occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James Warren. - Baby Falls into River. '.' f The carrying wjr of some scows and portions of the bath house ex cited the women so thst before any one ' knew it the littfe baby had crawled through an open door Upon the floating platform of the house boat. ,-Ignore ntjoJLl he danger, the little tot crept to the edge and Mid into the. raging water, which at that place is about 15 feet deep. - Mrs. Warren fortunately happened to hear the slight splash, and, looking about, discovered the child in the grasp of the' whirling water. Young Mason and Mr. Rolfe-immediately 1sbssVV - t ... . RECORD FLOOD IN WILLAMETTE RE ACHK1G SALEM Highest Water in Eighteen Years at ; State Capital Expected to Attain . Height of Thirty Feet Water Within a Mile of Chemawft hdift" Sfthoof.- (RpMlal Dtepitek to The loeraaL) . Sftlem. Or.. Feb. I. Not since II rears ago has Balem witnessed water so high as at It o'clock today, when the Willamette river stood lift f set above low water mark, and was rising at the rate of five Inches an hour. It la sweep ing with a strong . current carrying much debris. Local docks, are inun dated. The steamer City of Eugene is t anchor here. It Is. now calculated the freshet will reach more than to feet So far but little damage Is reported. Beyond the Marlon-Polk Joint eounty bridge there la a depth of several feet of water, and a team and driver nearly perished near the Mienafleld home this " (Continued on Page Eleven.) HIS responded to Mrs. Warren's screams for help, but by thst time the child had already been carried underneath the floating logs of the houseboat Mason" grabbed a rake and instinc tively and repeatedly shoved it under the house with the result that finally it caught the dres of the child, which apparently had come tip for the .sec ond or ; third time. ' The take had lodged in such a position, however, that it could not be pulled in-without danger of releasing its hold on the child and so Mr. Rolfe lowered himself under, the scow and grabbed the baby. The girl had been- in the water about four minutes and it took nearly ten minutes to bring her back to con sciousness. This afternoon' she was playing about in the room where her mother lies sick, spparently none the w orse for her experience t C. J. Eggleston Admits H ePu rchased Stam ps From Robbers ot the Postoffices Arrested Quietly orTTrlday, the Young Man Has Been Kept Secretly in Jail Until Today When He Is Released on Sat isfactory Bail. ' Another arrest was made In connec tion' with the Rellwood and '8t Johns poBtofB.ce robberies Friday night when Claude J. Eggleston. a young man well known In gay company In the north end, was taken Into custody. The fact 9 his arrest. was, kepV.. secret, by. :Mr, Cole, assVetant 1 United States dlstrlot attorney, for the purpose of securing a confession from the young man. Eggleston was arrested by Detective C. R. Hellyer and taken before Mr. Cole who learned from the young man that he had bought the stamps which were stolen from the Sellwood office from Liouls It. Smith, who made a confession of his connection In the crimes to Mr. Cole last night - Eggleston also bought one of the revolvers stolen at Vancouver from Smith. - Clears Vp Mystery. - " - Eg glea ton's confession clears "up- a great part of the mystery concerning the Sellwood affair because it could never be learned where the stamps taken from the postofflce were cached. The stamps which Eggleston secured were valued at about tit. , . . Smith's confession, also clears In a measure part of the work at the Sell wood station. He placed the crime noon Wane. Anderson and Kelly. Al- lhPjhJLwaano.wflihajtJhejenJ did . the work, the attorney s omce could not secure a confession from any of the prisoners to thst effect until Smith talked. It is certain that other man were in the Job with the trio named, but Just who they are has not been made public When the robbers - hearing earn up before United Ststes Commissioner Mc Kee yesterdayr Eggleaton watved ap pearance and his ball was fixed at 12.000. His aunt Mrs. W; j. .amine. and - J.- M. -CHder-eame- teEgglestn's rescue this morning and posted sure ties for that amount and the. young man was released from the eounty Jail where he has been since his arrest roar Hot- Searings. " It la believed that Eggleaton will be dealt with lightly by the government officials, if he tells the Jury the same (Continued on Page Eleven.) BABY BREAK IIP PRESS MfOL Y Hodson Introduces .Bill to Declare Associated Press a Common Carrier Playgrounds ! Wanted for School Children , fStiff Oan'epoBdeie.) Salem, Or., Teb. . A bill to declare the Associated Press a common carrier will be introduced in the senate by Sen ator Hodson at the earliest opportunity, perhaps today. Ths bill provides thst the Asnoolsted-Press snd, all similar news-gathering organisations are com mon carriers and must show no dis crimination : sgatnst any newspaper wishing to-use the servlea It provides that service must be given any publi cation in the state on demand when a reasonable value for the same la of fered. It Is alno unlawful to delay the delivery of news or to discriminate in any way as to the prloe or service. A violation of the bill is made a misdemeanor, punishable by a line of from 1500 to I5.S00, and each added day's neglert la a separate cause for ac tion. A refusal to serve Is cause of action for damages, maximum of IS.S00. Portlsnd Jobbers sre opposing one sertmn of the , Hums pure . food bill. Mrs. Annie, Vismara Dies in Hospital Fromr Stabs Inflicted, By' Guiseppo Savignoni Mother of . Mrs. Bignani Was " Shot Twice in ' the Back by Man Who Killed Her Daughter and Then Himself Committed Suicide. ",' . 4 Mrs. Annie Vtsmara died at t:J o'clock this morning st the Good 8a raarltan hospital, the second victim ot a stiletto In the hands of Guiseppo Sav- . lgnonl... Savignoni the morning of De P Mm. Annie Vismara. cember tt went to the Vismara home 402 Water street, and stabbed to death, Mrs. Guila Blgnant a woman with, whom he was in love. Then he plunged the Made ' twice into the back of her mother, Mrs. Vismara. An hour after ward the murderer, after leaving tha house, committed suicide In a drug store at Third and Everett streets, by? shooting himself In the head.. . The murder was one of the most startling In detsils of any In the crim inal history of Portland. A number of (Continued on Page Seven.) where ft differs from the national )w. The latter provides that where weight are stamped on the package it must be true weight The Burns bill mekea it compulsory to stsmp the true weight on all packages. Jobbers say this la im possible, and severs) prominent men are opposing the bill. A committee of Portland men Is In conference with the Multnomah, dele, gat Ion of leg.slators this afternoon, considering a measure to provide for a publlo play ground rormniaeton for Portian t. The plan of the committee as presented to the delegation is to au thorise the commission and give It power to attach and condemn land for ptaygroutyda. It Is proposed to have a Juvenile conrt Judge, mayor and rep resentatives of the V. M. t A., Mult nomah Club and other Inillhiimn. . the commission. The fnmmltiM 1 1 arrived tine morning mnalut- r,t Cuke, Jmisa Krmr. l.Nvd V. , and others from the Mnltn'-n ,h 15 ? 1 .