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THE, - OREGON -BUNDAY- JOURNAL, -PORTLAND, -SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 17,- !CC7r BIG FLOOD CAUSED BY GUTTING DOWN FORESTS C Receding Waters Leave Streets of Pittsburg and Allegheny c . Full.; of Mud. - DANGER OF DISEASE V FOLLOWS HIGH WATER flosses Aggregate Many Millions--Hundreds of Tbousada Homeless and Out of EmplormeatMschln- r In Factories Coated With Mod. ,' e " Maximum stage or a rivers, " M feet. '' e Damage to preparer an bual- a n - t . j I: '' A ma A.4 na 1a tia.Ha0.0fl4, ... e" .-Xdleneas of II blast furnaoes V causing the curtailment- of 1 A . AAA Kta IM1I ft l aa- VW IVMft U avaa ww. . ' - "' Fully (00,000 workmen mad V e Ml. pending receding of waters, . e Electrto Ught service - aus- . . . 11U,U a. penoea wvunvui . juivauw . - ' 'e eeunty.. Railroad and traotloa aorTloa e ' ' ' . demoralised for 14 houre, e Waterworks ' suspended . and g : fires rasa unchecked on south aid. : ... - , . . . 4 ... . . Khmha ... ' . IPsbtlshers Press ay Special Uesad Wire.) V Pittsburg, . March II As tha worat ' flood over known In Pittsburg apant Ha ' area and tha Allegheny, Monongehela - " and Ohio- rtrara returned Into their channel, tha artent of tha damtf flona la astounding. - Property aad bai- . 1 AAAA KMfcAJl I 1111101111 ft 1 HJ , W AA aot fig utaa are obta.lna.bla, but aatlmataa i .according to araa Included v arjr from ,'. weeks must alapaa bafora normal con ,. dltlons ara fully restored. . Few -If any of tha army of 100,000 workman who were thrown into ldle- jiess by tha Ml flood wilt be able to reeuma work bafora Monday Tha mil la ' ara all covered with mud; costly ma chine ry la. damaged and In many placea wnm-r hiva trt hi 'renlftftaul. . mnA ft la ' doubtful If Industrial affaire will re--' euroe tfietr ' normal . aapact for weeka '.' Work ! oa . contracts worth million! la stopped, material la damaged and tha :, embarrassment caused manufacturtre will ba auch aa haa nerar been caused " fcera before by flood or any other con 'dlUona. '.''., , 7 , Uajrjr Streata Xlka waBpr - Tha ' flooded dlatrlcU of PltUbars - and Allegheny, are. oonrerted into nniiinK The maaAIh ' WfttAffl have left 'tea equere raUea or mora la, a i filthy- aad' uaaanltaxy condition, moat favorable, to peatllenca. Tha prooaaa of ' raclalmlnr haa,- however, bean taken ' tip most vigoroualy - under tha direction i If houi. auifer inin uw wum u,i ii baanUralnftted, .s 'j ft l At-n o'cipok-' Saturday morning the '. Mich'' 'ir arhlco brought wre and "'. "ruin on ThurMajr and Frldydroppod , fall rapldlyr Thaaat oonditloaa prevail -to tha headwatera of both tha Alle . Kbepy, and MonomraheTa, .-. rlvara, and mere la noming moaitionaj o emr, mm , far ttich water ontera into tne progo- tCaltlon. .. - . " .'.1 ..... - xraxna -xa .Jaaiiiaii. r- r ....Ivaul m1mm4, hAA Ik, J..' moat part reaumed operatlOna and rei . ' runnlnf " traina. Not a railroad running '. Into the city escaped financial loaa due . W III A IIUVU W1U ftUlUAj Vft 111 ItllVft wn ' entirely out of commlaalon. Street car ' traffic la now lo full operation again. and tha electrto light planta aupplylng , ootn ciuea ara aoia to men an ra Yeaterday. while tha flood waa at tta height and the power pumpa aupplylng tha twenty-aecond ward (Mount &ah- ' .. i SKKPAGES 24-25 ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT OF THE GREAT ' ... .- . '. PORTLAND'S BEST SHOE STORE 149 THIRD 4ngton were entirely aubmarged, - fire broke out la tha buaineaa part of tha ward and for a time threatened tha en tire bill with deatructlon. Not a dpp of water waa available for domeatlo purpoaea and the fir had full awing until tha remedy of dynamiting waa. resorted to. Several houeee were thua destroyed and the progreaa of tha flamea stayed, ant aot until property to tha value of nearly f 250,000 had baas deatroyad. ' . r . .- ' ; - , . Tlood Oaaaad by Seetroylng roreeta. . Tha flood altuatloa in Pltuburg en gaged tha attention of Glfford Plncbot, United Btatea foreatar. Talking of tha cauae of tha flood, ha said: , "The great flood la due fundamen tally to tha cutting away of tha foreata on tha watershed Pf tha Monongahela and Allegheny mountaina, which ara high and ateep and receive a heavy rainfall. Originally, these alopea con tained hardwood foreata Beneath tha trees a- heavy undergrowth and thick cover of leaves on tha ground and tha roota of tree and ahruba ao held book tha water that dangaroua flooda eeldom occurred. The ruin of tha mountain by cutting tha timber la now accomplishing tha ruin of tha valley." RIVER STILL RISINO Crest f Flood Haw Not Ytt Passed . ' Cincinnati. (PabUabers Press by "pedal teased Wire.) Cincinnati, March II. Lata thla evening Government Forecaster Baaler, who haa declared for two or three day that tha flood would reach or go beyond the 15-foot stage, modified his views allghtly. saying: 1 now have doubts that tha river will, aro quite to tha last January high water mark, II foot aad I Inchea, but It may. It wllL however, go over faet. By Monday night ail danger ahould be over and tha waters receding." . v At t o'clock thla afternoon tha stags, aa regularly taken at the city water works department, was tl feat I laohea. and tha rise Is continuing as It has for the peat It hours at a fraction OTer one Inch an hour. i v mood Claims Ztrst Tlottaa. All paaaanger trains ara arriving and departing on all the railroads. Tha first death aa a reault of tha flood was that today- of Thomas Finn, foreman In a Pennsylvania railroad gravel pit at a auburb who was killed by a landslide. Strangely enough, - Finn had Just left tha hospital after recovering from lo Juris received In a almilar way during the January flood, i The general relief committee has ample fund a for the relief at sufferers. Covington and . Newport,' Kentucky, conditions, although dlatreaalng In the flooded diatricta, will not he aa bad as In January.' Many people who war foroed to move during then, profited by the experience and did not move back, Befugeea La Sohoolhonaea. -In Newport the city relief committee today placed two large bargee with four guards on each and a number of small boats In commlaalon to relieve or serve flood auf ferers In any way feasi ble. VSchoolhouaea are being occupied by -sufferers -: tonight, one room at a time, aa applicants appear. 1 rivt POOR ARE SUFFERING7 "T j' .. Croat of Flood Passes Parkerstrarg, . . liearlng Clt In Darkness. (muahers Prea by R racial Uaaed Wire.) jparkerahurf, W. Va., March The crest of tha flood stags on tha Ohio rlvar was raaohad here at noon at 61 feet Inchea, Just two feet leas than In 1884. Parkeraburg 1 Isolated tonight Staeetcars stopped running Friday night and the town Is In darkneae. Tha poor are suffering. All the churches and publio house have been turned Into re lief quarters. Thouaands are homeleaa and without food. The bodies of John Francla, hla daughter and son, who were drowned, have not yet been recovered. ARGUMENTS FOR MANUAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS (Special Dtepatea te The Jeeraat.) - Salem, Or, . March It. The move ment for the introduction of manual training In tha publio schools of ths city received a new and fresh tmpstua this afternoon at ths meeting of ths Salem Woman's club, when Mrs. Alloa H. Todd spoke of tha Importance of "Needlework Instruction In tha Publio Bchoola." Superintendent J. M. Pow ers Of ;the elty schools and Principal George ' W. Jones of ths blind school gave their views on the benefits of manual training. Professor H. H. Herd man of Portland spoks on English literature. - REMOVAL SALE We have saved the public thousands on their shoes. To t those that haven't jfatronized this sale we say DO IT NOW. To those who Have, we say COME AGAIN .-; ' .' ' " l: An opportunity like this to save money on stylish, up-to- date " footwear" will not come STR.EET 14Q Pimples and Blotches Ara not tbs only tgoa that a blood eleanalcK, tonlo medioiae la Beoded. Tired, langnid feelLngi, low of appetito and genaral dabilit ara other signs, and they. may be worse rignj. The beat blood -cleansing, tonlo medi cine la Hood's 8anaparllla, which acts directly and peculiarly on the blood, ridding it of all foreign mattera and building up the whole system. Thla state meet la to rifled by the experience of thousands radically cored. Orer forty thousand testimonials re ceived In two years, by actual ooona. Accept no aabstltnte for Hood's Saroaparilla Insist on baring Hood'a. Get it today. In liquid or tablet form. lOQDoeesll. HOT RAILROADS, BUT POLITICS Object of Roosevelt t Conference With Governor of Illinois AVm . Presidential Question. RECOGNIZES ILLINOIS' v. P0UTICAL SIGNIFICANCE Both Refuse to Disease Purpose of Conference Teddy Boosts Taft for Prealdent -Deneem Gets Onn- ' boat for SUto Ifayal atllltla W , , (Hearst Kewe by Leagsat Leased Wire.) '' Washington, March 11 Governor Deneen and Attorney General Btead of Illlnola, who earn hers last night pre pared to talk rail roe da and tha railroad altuatloa with the prealdent. met through appointment today at 1:10 at the White House. Before that time they had aaen the city from aa auto and vlsl ted tha navy department, where Governor Deneen put In a plea , for a warahlp for tha Illinois naval militia. There la na doubt that ths raquaat will ba granted, although a veasel has not yet been designated. The state author ities prefer one of ths historical vessels captured from Spain at the battle of Manila, such aa ths Isle da Luson, If that can ba dona tha navy department Will aend for' one Of tha vessels to' the Phlllpplnaa. ' PoUUoa, kTot Ssilroada. . ' Oovernor- Deneen, as . Indicated last night, haa not come here eolely for ths purpose of talking rallroada. The state of Illinois Is an important one In tba prealdentlal conteat, and tha strength of Cannon leiot known there. There ara chances for other candidates, and It Is practically oertaln that the presi dent decided that lasua with the Illlnola representative' today. Beoretary Tart's frenda are now figuring on Illlnola as ureiyaa on tmio.r The ntesidentia credited with being a Taft boomer, and tha report la ha killed two birds with one stone when he sent for "Qovernor Deneen aad Attorney General Btead. Tba governor had a conference . last night with Senator Cullom. Governor - Deneen before going Into the conference with tha prealdent re peated that ha knew only In a general way what was to ba talked about, and that he would maintain that tba preal dent ahould make a statement No one haa been able to fathom yet why tha prealdent sent specifically for a repre sentative of the middle west to - talk over tha railroad situation. . - - Tha Chicago A Alton oaae aa revealed by Harrtmaa Is ons tor tha interstate commerce commlaalon and tha depart ment of juatioa, and If thay cannot find a federal law. It would have been easy for ths prealdent to have directed tha federal attorneys st Chicago to take tha matter up and find out what they could In conjunction with ths stats su thorltlea without sending for ths gov ernor and ths attorney general. wot XJke Japaseee achool Case. Such action waa not taken In the Cal ifornia case. In that ease the prealdent simply sent orders to the federal at torneys what to do. Tha vial t here of tha achool board waa simply a. spectao ular Incident. Governor Deneen and Attorney Gen eral Stead on emerging from tha White House -this afternoon said they would not make a etatement In regard to tha conference. They went over to their hotel and left for Chicago at I p. m. They Intimate, however, that tha prea ldent would give out a statsment At ths Whits House It Is not admitted that a statement waa to be given out or would be given out. Mr. Stead declined to say anything about the Chios go A Alton, or anyuung eise, . . CARGO FOR SEATTLE VIA TEHUANTEPEC ("Metal Dispatch te The Jearaal) . Seattle, Wesiu March 1. Bringing 11.000 tona of general merchandise pro- vlatona and hardware, ths first cargo of freight from New Tork received In Seattle by way of tba new Tahauntepec I railroad, en the American Hawaiian Steamahlp company's steamship Art- Ionian, will arrive at ths Oriental dock ' this evening. Her cargo Is equivalent to 40 carloads of freight and consists of freight recently landed at tha At lantis termlnua of ths road by the steamships Hawaiian, Luckenback and Carolyn. The bulk of ths cargo Is In package freight and will bs welcomed by Seattle merchants, whose stocks have diminished as a reault of the railroad blockades. . ... , . SALEM'S GAIN LAST YEAR TWO THOUSAND A , , a aaswaeejsseawsaewaa r (Special M-patoh to The Joornil.) Salem, Or., March 14. The 1107 di rectory for the city of Salem will not be completed ' before April, , but from data mat can be had now It seems Che population will show' an Increase of mora than 1,100 for the past year. The book for the past year ia compiled by tba R. I Cook company and the work hare Is under the supervision ef A. B. Kaiser. TJro years sgo the population of Saie-t, estimated from the director?, waa 14,000. The HOT volume will alao contain the tax list of Marlon county and other valuable Information. ; Suburban Homes Selling. Kennedy at Htckok have sold to H. H. Spranger a five-acre tract In "De Laah mott Oat mar Little Homes." They re port an Inquiry for many small homes In and around Portland, and believe the present Influx Of homeaeekers from the east wlU continue during: the seaaoa, '' '. X: ''':"-. . ' '. .. . -". . 1 ' 'i..':.Jii1iV:ifui Cheval M rror The It Such a comfort to see the bottom of your skirt and know that It hangs Just right. And than ths air of elegance It lends ' to the bedroom Is alone - worth tha- money. We -show a number of dif ferent atylea The one pictured above Is la ma hogany flnlah, with a French plats that meas urea llxe Inches, and la a, quarter of aa Inch . thick, , - Pretty China Ceblnet, ' $23 . T V ' lt 'V -V ' rf?ve;e c- hv :, air of rlchakaa and distinction to a dining-room ao wall aa a pretty -china cabinet, and tha bargains we offer are especially opportune, -aa you will la all . probability have frlenda take dinner with you during the holldaya. 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