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. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, v MAY 25, ' 1908. SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE. TWO CENTS., . JMrag,TEEs
YMOum MBS
SMEUfldk
sWMIDSWF'GREAI FLOODS
if .
Big; factories Swept
Away and Loss of Life
: Hay Reach Appalling
Figare in Isolated
Districts.
Trinity River Sweeps
v Everything BeforcIL
Storm Worst That
Has Visited Section
in Years .
(UnlUd Prw Uiud Wtr.)
Dallas,' Tex., May 25. Caught on
a railroad bridge that was swept
away by the rising water of the Trin
ity river,,- ! 'persons were washed
into the raging stream and eight of
them are. thought to, have . been
- drowned. ,
' . After struggling for life for .sev
eral minutes six of them were; res
cued, but so" far no trace of the rei
inalnlng eight has been discovered.
Unless they reached land some dlfr;
tance away, out. ot sight of the res
cuing party,' they perished. 4
Dallas, Tex., May 26. Seven thousand
persona are practically without shelter
now ,'aa a result of the .violent' storm
which broke over northern exas and
Oklahoma, lastnlKbt Todayaloivej fully
S.OOOpaopls-were driven from their
homes by the rising of the Trinity
river. Houses, - barns and everything
In the path of the terrible flood Is
swept down and carried away. Trinity
river is a raging,, surging torrent and
nothing apparently stands before It
Big - factories far removed ' from the
river proper -are flooded bridges have
been swept away like kindling wood.
Livestock by the thousands have per
ished and fear is now entertained that
e, meat-famine will follow in the wake
of the storm's fury. k " t
Xeople Are Bumf onnded.
So far no arrangements of a character
calculated to relieve the intense suffer
ing of the inhabitants have been at
tempted. It Is really too soon to give
any real estimate of the dead, "Willi
the abatement of the rising -waters
steps will be taken at once to help those
in dire distress. As usual In such cases,
the poor of the various cities and towns
in the path- of the elements are suffer
lng the worst ,
The present storm is by far the most
violent of the present year, and for that
matter perhaps the worst storm that
has visited northern Texas in several
years? it was exceptionally severe at
Fort worth. Dallas, Wichita Fails, Den
ton and Abilene.
' 1 Saloonkeeper Drowned.
'Andrew Welch, a saloonkeeper ' of
North Fort Worth, whoee place of bust
ness was inundated, forfeited his , life
by drowning in trying to escape. A
15-year-old boy who was working for
the saloonman also- lost his life Irr a
. similar manner. - t.
Four , men were swept into Maple
creek In the suburbs of Fort Worth.
All Were drowned and so far efforts to
learn their -identity have , failed. ' -.'v
Heavy Property loss.
Ths property loss will tun extremely
high but so, farinot'.tsven a? con-
on the . . wholes -xktrwrs Worth
aione it is figured out that the storm
will cause close onto tlOO.000 daman.
from the loss will ms much higher in
fiv.mi..
Reports from Mineral Wells utatm that
Wade Owens and Ernest Stateler were
drowned there. Persons are also re-
portea arownea near Wichita Falls and
Childress. - At Denton an unknown mnn
lost his life In attempting to save some
fiuusenoia nirecis. ... , . j -
, All over the storm-swept district rail
roads and crops have Suffered heavily.
Railroad traffic Is practically " at - a
standstill, as at most points - bridges
have been torn from their foundations
bythe surging flood water. As quickly
as possible the railroad people will re
pair the damagedone.- In any event it
will be many days before anything like
schedule- time can be maintained oil any
of the roads. . t .
', ;- Klamath's Registration,' -
(S(cll Dlxpstch to The Jnarsat
' Klamath Falls, Or.,' May 26. The of
ncial registration of Klamath county Is
.1,678 for the June election. The countv
consists of 1J t precincts, of which Link
ville, which Includes the city of Kla
math Falls, is 4he, largest, with 781
votes. v-J ',-: I - ''.rt-''
SEATTLE PAIR ! ; :
;, BILL POPULAR T.. .
- WITH HOUSE
(Ttaltod Press Uwed Wkij .
4 Washington,. May r 35.-When ' 4
the Seattle fair item of 600,000 "4
.. In the sundry civil (bill came up
in the house today only Slayden
of Texas spoke against it Other- " 4
''.wise the vote or it was utmi- 4
! mous.4 -' ff'-,;:'' . ..
HIS WISH
GRATIFIED
Frank Merritt Inoculated
, with Tuberculosis Accord
ing to Published Wish,
Hopes He Hay Accomplish
: Much for Medical Science.
. - UnItd Pnws Ltased Wire.)
New York," May is. "My published
wish has- ben gratified. I have been
Inoculated with tuberculosis, and I trust
that I may, by the sacrifice of myself
in the causa of medical science, do more
for ' suffering humanity than did John
D. Rockefeller -when he offered $10,000,
000 for a certain cure of the great white
us.
v case of consumption was invited.
I feel sick. I am delirious at times, and
have a fever.
But I am - happy,, for. If
through my -efforts a cure
a cure rorvtne dls
ygung wife and baby
is discovered I shall
ease mat tooa my
from me long ago
die feeling that my life on this earth
has not been in vain."
So spoke Frank Merritt. today. Mer
ritt had been, inoculated with tubercule
bacilli, according X6 his -earnest desire,
by Dr. Carroll, who has '-an office on
Broadway. . """ .
GRAFT HEARINGS
ARE CQfJTiriUED
' I 1 ... . ') .'..'
All Cases Against Euef, Cal
houn, Schmitz and Ford
Put Ahead on Calendar.
(United Pren Lrased Wire.)
San; Francisco, May 26 All graft
cases were continued today In x the su
perior ; courts 'for: one . or two. weeks
owing to the absence In some cases of
the principals and In others of the at
torneys for thn, rifanri nta : a .
Judge Lawlor, acting for Judge Dunne
continued the cases of Ruef In the
Parkslde matters for trlai to June 1.
Attorney Murphy notlfled'the court tht
a motion for , the disqualification of
Judge Dunne was to be argued before
actual trial.
The briberv rami antlna rnr.n. e
Schmits for trial and Abraham Ruef for
arraignment were continued to June 1
on the motion of Assistant District At-
iwiucy v,uuk win me assent or the de
fendajit's attorneys. In his own depart
ment Judge Lawlor continued the case
against Ruef, Patrick Calhoun and
Tlrey L. Ford, on a motion to at
the last indictments brought by the
McFarland grand Jury.to Monday next.
Attorney Murphy pleaded for a longor
continuance on the ground that Henry
Ach was going to New York-and would
not return for 11 day Judge Lawlor
Informed Murnhv that hat muM
Uke the preliminary work Involving the
examination of the Oliver grand Jury-
Tha cases against Schmits, Ford, Cal
houn. Mulallv and Abbot in the United
Railroads briberies were continued until
June 8. Attorney Stanley Moore, on bo
half of the defendant, Calhoun declared
that they Were ready in .any, and all
eases for ; trial, and objected to con
tinuance. - . f:-
MAE WOOD AT LIBERTY
: UNDER BOND JDF $5,000
(United Prets LttMd Wtre.l "
' NewTork,May 25. Mae Wood, who
Is under arrest oji a charge of perjury
In connection with her . recent ? suit
against "Senator ?Thoma C Piatt,-in
which she claimed to be Piatt's wife,
was released from the Tombs. today on
bonds of $5,000, furnished by the Amer
ican Surety company ...
Aotoist Killed br Car. -(Ooltcd
Prm ImhiI "Wlrt.V
Chicago, May JS Orson B. Bartholomew,-aged
67, a retired mine operator
from Denver, was almost instantly
killed . today when .the automobile in
which he was riding with his brother,
Lemma, was struck by a -streetcar.
Lemma Bartholomew was seriously . In
jured, as was his fiancee. Miss Gertrude
Hawkins, who was in the car with them.
BOTH BRANCHES OF
CONGRESS TO FINISH
.7" WORK NEXT THURSDAY
' - (tailed Press teutd Wire.l , ! r ;
Washington, D, C, May !5. Finrtl ad
journment of congress, It Is - now
thought, will oceur,tiext Thursdajf
The present plan of both branches of
congress has been made with a view to
doing no more work than the complet
ing of that already under way will re
quire. ' In fact.the affairs of tbe sen
10 Wi
IS CERTAIN
Chamberlain
Multnomah
Will Sweep
County in
Contest for United States
Senator Voters - Deter
mined for Statement No. 1.
Governsr George E. Chamber- -
lain will close his, senatorial 4
campaign on the west side with
w a big rally at the Empire theatre
w Thursday night. Mayor Lane
will preside. Friday he will tour
the county in an automobile, to-
gether with other candidates, 4
closing the day and the active
' campaign with a big meeting on
the east side, In a hall yet to be
announced. John M Oearln will 4
take the place of Governor 4
Chamberlain and speak at' As-
torla Friday night w
A prominent. Portland poll-
s tician, working In the interests :
:of CQuatyapubllcan nomipej
. says everyuody cirougnout uie .
county is talking for Chamber-
lain and . that. Cake's repudiation
of SUtement No. 1 will give the
county yto Chamberlain by a big s
majerity. :
Multnomah county is for George E.
Chamberlain for United States senator.
Voters throaggout the county wh An
the past have: stood in line for Jhe
straight ticket from top to bottom are
balking now because H. M. Cake has
practically repudiated his allegiance to
Statement No. 1, upon which principle's
popularity and strength he . was floated
into the nomination. These people are
turning from Cake to Chamberlain . in
great numbers because of Governor
Chamberlain's continued championship
of Statement No. 1 and because of his
consistent record of fidelity to the peo
ple of the state. This Is the condition
of things found by a well-known Repub
lican of Portland, who has been touring
the county in the interest of one of ths
Republican candidates' on the county
ticket. - --' '
"Chamberlain will carry Multnomah
county by a good big majority." said
the politician this morning In discuss
ing the political situation generally.
"I did not believe-that he could do it
before I went out among the people,
but I am now convinced that he not
only can but will roll up a good big
majority here June 1. .
"I have been out over the county
from top to bottom," continued the
speaker, "and I have-' talked to voters
In every nart of the whole district and
everywhere you hear only Chamberlain
talk. Statement No. 1 is very popular
throughout the county and the people
do- not' Uke the way Mr. .:ane nas
straddled and hedged on that issue. -1
All Tor Chamberlain.
"I talked to a large number- of voters
and Sunday" was In one gathering where
there were perhaps 150. I know most
of them personally and they were all
Republicans with mit- rew exceptions,
anil ths whole bunch was fOr-f hsmber-
laln. "We don't like the way Cake has
gone back i on Statement No. 1, We
don't think he has been- consistent and
we will not vote for him, is the way
one of the prominent memoers or
the erouD outlined his position and that
it the general. opinion throughout the
county. ' -r
"I was : surprised at the sentiment.
concludea.tne speaxer. ri Denevea
when I started on the tour of ths coun
ts that Cake had sn easy victory . rn
Multnomah county, -but - since I . have
been among the people and have talked
to them and heard. them, discuss the
senatorial fight 1 have come to the con
clusion that Chamberlain will hafe a
big- vote to spars when lie comes out
of the county." f , - .
This) statement coming from a worker
In the political battle, and a Republican.
Is pretty good evidence f - the great
strengtf of the .governor throughout
Multnomah county. .. .. '.
v-Xally Thursday WigM. , . 7 .
Governor Chamberlain will coise ' his
campaign with a large rally at the Em-
(Continued on Page' Two.)
ate and lower houseware being so shaped
that it is not at all improbable - that
adjournment may be taken a 'day earlier
than Thursday. 1 is agreed that most
ot, the remaining time will be devoted
to 'the work of. straightening out the
tangle In which the report of confer
ence committees are involved, with the
appropriation bills , getting most of the
attention. ;
Not until these "dlspnted points are
settled can congress adjourn.'
RECOVER
LANDS FOR
furpose of Suits Brought
Against Millionaire Tim
ber King Smith et al by
United States Attorney
Too Late for Action.
F. A. Kribs, S. A. D. Puter
and Many Others Involved
in Cases of Linn County
Government Lands Valued
at Fully $1,000,000. .
Three suits were filed in the United N
States circuit court by United States
District Attorney John McCeur this
morning to recover for the government
9,280 acres of the finest timber lands
In Linn county, Oregon, valued at fully
11,000,000. Although legalrequirements
made the filing of three separate suits
necessary ' the three actions are prac
tically one. .
The main defendant aimed at is
Charles A. Smith, ths millionaire timber
man of Minneapolis. Because' over three
yearaJajtayast--ehite "tlisr'sjeis com
plained of occurred no criminal "action
can be brought against any of the par
ties. A lapse of six years prevents the
government'' contesting - any patent,
and al of. th lands mentioned were nat-
nfed during the summer and fall of
1902, hence the' rush on the part of the
United States district attorney to bring
suit at this time. for. in many of the
cases. 60 days would -cause the time
limit to expire.
, Krlbs, Smith aal Ewenson. ;
The charges In all threes' suits are
practically the same, in -one O. Judd
Mealey, Will Mealey and .. John A.
Thompson are named as the" solicitors
who got various parties to file on land
which finally came Into the possession
of Frederick A. Kribs, C A. Smith and
Charles Ji Swenson.
S. A. D..Puter Is named as the solici
tor for C 'A. Smith, John A. Wild and
others, while in the third complaint the
two Mealeys and Thompson are named
as doing the work for Smith. Sweneen,
Kribs and Charles L. Trabert. . In each
caas the claim is made that the parties
soliciting procured men and women to
file on timber land under agreement to
deed it to C..A. Smith and others when
final patents were issued, and that this
was against the law, as these parties
had to perjure themselves to file on
land under any such agreement.
It is also alleged that the parties who
filed on-the land and -who received the
patents for it did not act in good faith,
that they did It deliberately and know
ingly agalnfet the law with full intent
'to redeed the land as soon as it came
into their possesion. That in all the
cases the money to cover all expenses.
Including the 12.50 per acre needed to
pay for the land, was advanced by C.
A. Smith and dthers, and that the par-
(Continued on rage Two.)
CAKE SPEAKS TO
- EMPTY BENCHES
Baker City Citizens Think
Candidate Is Trying to
Fool the' People,
Baker City, Or., May 24 To the Ed
itor of The JournaV-I noticed in the
Oregonlan of yesterday that 'Klks hall
was filled to hear Mr. Cake speak. Had
they been precise they should havo
said that the halL, was- , fllleri , with
empty seats for, with the seating ca
pacity, of fully- (00. there were not
more than , about 200 neonl , nnunt.
and on the following day it was com-
mon cats arouna town that the meet
ing 'was a complete frost. Ona thin?
more ttvan anything else impressed me
m nr. un i tail, -
ltr was Lincoln's ever true expres
slon, about fooling the people; I think
that Mr. Cake is a DSst-maafer In tha
ire
art of fooling the people, and nothing
goes farther (o convince me than his
double-dealing with' Statement fo. 1; he
proclaims ! his advocacy of it but his
wholeconducffrom the moment he re
ceived the primary nomination goes to
snow tnat he is simply t
the DeoDle in trvlna to m
Imply trying to fool
nase tnera oe-
lieve that he believes in it.
While I have very little use for Mr.
ITRen, he certainly told the unvarnished
truth when he said that Cake was
simply saying he was for Statement No,
l because, ne wanted to tie senator.
There is S man in this countv running
on the modified statement; if Mr. Cake
is sincere wny aia not ne say to the
voters that they should defeat such
a - man? - Actions sneak louder ' than
words.: If I hit a fellow over the head
with a brick and then inform him. that
I did not hit him do you think that
he will believe met Mr. Cake'a simply
saying that he .believes in Statement No.
1 is given the lie from the fact that
he does not oppose the election of any
Republican who refused tol slm. It, w
, lliiFQ r m i urivion
:-WOrMUCH
v'. ; ' ,-( f Jy s
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Mr'"':? V' l, " :, : , . : I
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Snapshot of Mrs. . William Thaw,
the last ditch
IS ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED BY FATHE
Thirteen-Year-Old Lad Ean
Within Bifle Range' as
- Parent "Fired.
St.' Helens, Or., May 25.-While crane
hunting yesterday 'afternoon. George
Barger accidentally shot and killed his
13-year-old son: ' -
The boy had accompanied his father
on tne nunt, but had become separated
from him.- Barger saw a good chance
to bag a crane and fired. The boy. un
seen by his father, had run within
range, and the rifle bullet penetrated
his brain, killing him Instantly. Barger
Is prostrated with grief, .
HENEY'S CHAUFFEUR
VIOLATED SPEED, LAW
Oakland. Cal., May iS.U. Crnmpton.
chauffeur for Francis J. Henev, was
naevi $10 for violating the. speed law,
having been arrested Sunday while trv
lnsr to catch a ferry boat at Oakland
pier with Mr. And Mrs. Heney..'
Crumpton started to protest 'vigor
ously, but was silenced - by - Heney s
command: . -::
"Quit complaining.,.,-These, men :ara
doing their duty." , - ... t.
PROFESSIONAL BRIDE, '
AND, GROOM DISGUST &:
MARKET DAY PATRONS
' (Special DliMtch to Tbe JotfrnatV
Vancouver, Wash.. May 25. -The mar
ket day,- so called, promoted by Max
Zimmerman, an did hand at the business,
rovea- io b success as regards the
rlnrtne into town of renldnntn-flf th
outlying districts, 'Otherwise . it la a
queatioa whether, it wae a success. J
Those worthy people who traveled
from their" farms with the expectation
of a gay day, a sightly parade. M a
publio wedding were . Bumewhivt dl!utn-
polnted. The Tarade",wss far from
belutf one. aha as to the public wedding.
MMES JEROmm
''mtMmiRmL
Joseph Thaw and ilea. George .Carnegie.'; The mother has fought to
for the son, who1 was sent back to Matteawan today.
" - ' s
- iw:: ' "... '"
(tTolted. Prs ,Leawtt Wir.
"Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May . 25.-
Harry Kendall Thaw la insane and
if released from the asylum, , would
be a menace to the public savety,
according to the decision filed. to
day by Justice Joseph Morschauser
in the supreme court, in the habeas
corpus actios brought In hope- of
gaining frefdorn for the millionaire
slayer of Stanford White. ; .
Thaw is furious at the. result and- it
was all his counsel could do to restrain
him and prevent him from ' making a
demonstration which might be-used-as
evidence against him In.' a 'future pro
ceeding. 1 . . "
After nearly a month- spent in, the
luxurious quarters of '. Sheriff Robert
Winthrop Chanler, 'multi-millionaire and
rnem'her of the '00." over the Jail here.
tha Plttsburser Is unable to reconcile
himself to tne return to asyium iare, .
Thaw will have at least one run week
more nere. as r justice Juorscnauser
the Justice of , the peace was there all
right, the couple were on lyind, and the
ceremony, if It can be called oue,- was
pcrrormed. . - .
But who were the two who .so coolly
stood up and were apparently married?
That the marriage was not Rnulne was
plainly -evident.' The rural folk who
came-to town expected to the real
thinjr- end when- they heard the woman
promise to ."love, honor and split 1 the
wad" they were dlsuted.
Kumor has It that the counl are reg
ularly employed to act In, the capacity
of bride and groom. . 1
agreed not 4o recommit the prisoner t
i.?-8yIum ;for criminal insane at
K,tiea.wnl Untu fter hl attorneys
nave time -to make a motion for trans
fer to antrther asylum. . The Justice wili
1,0 u the city all of this week.
i J . 'C lT"rtlcuUrly averse to return
ing to Matteawan because-ho has quar
il .? wUh Superintendent Baker, wh
testified against him In the hearing
S..1-!- a dcribing Thaw's mental con
. ..2," Jstlce Morschauser said;
i' "uffering from some kind of
Insanity, with ths possibility of the re
f"rreJ ot violent attacks, similar to
that form-from which the Jury believe.!
he waa suffering- when he killed the
New, . J0 arohitect. In view of this
condition of his mind, the safety of the
publio, is. better-insured by his regain
ing In- custody until such a time as it
becomes Reasonably certain that there
" "o oanger or a recurrence of the at
tack of delusion or whatever it may be "
Morchauser cited -numerous decisions
In support of his flpdlng in the cane.
" It is the opinion of many who have
watched the case closely that th con
duct and -appearand of Thaw on the
stand when District Attorney Jeron
called him as a witcess had to da mui li
with the finding of the court.
4 3omev satlsfle. .
District Attorney Jerome has personal
a .well as -professional cause for (uili
faction at the decision of the court, w
It is generally reported that Thaw haa
threatened his life. -
f A-story , is going the round tht
isveiyn jNeru -i naw is not aiMpiean. i
at the result, cither, und that siie. whs
In great fear of what-would hapnn I
herself If the prisoner were relea.v-1.
Her suit to annual hfr rnnrrlase i i
Harry on the ground that he as lu
sann at the time Li still pending
"Hot air" and spectBruiiir nr( f n
the part of Distrli t Attorney Jnon .
were givea by Thaw todHy bk ii,n ,
planatlon . of h) twins fnun.l if
After h had recovenj frnm n it,'
Anger, Thaw reoeiveil ti rt-i-t i i .ft r-t
newspaper men snu i.-, ( -l lu in hi -i ; .
smoked a hi- hinrk ctts.ir.
J Count&it on Outcome.
; "I naj" count..-l on this oHt'i-m. i
the eae." he ni,(. "bei ibm r,f ii, t-
Slr'uietl br Jenn,e, M- r ' ,, ;
16 S tr.4tlv.1fitnje, ' e i i t f
but It was not exottii: v.-ry i
(Contln jol 'on I .