. , 1 ' . . - ,.' . ' " . . ' .' . . ,. : v - ; . , ''Journal "IVanf Ads" r rent rentable property quickly ani , makes air good property "rentable. , v ' COST ONE CEftfT A WORD CASH H ; ', , , .. ,, ' - f v v The weather Shower tonight ,; and Friday; southwesterly winds, i t X it ,t San rraaoisoo . i . SO Wtre down. : VOL.' IX. NO. 275. PORTLAND, QREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1911.TWENTY-FOUR PAGES; PRICE TWO CENTS. 0I TRAtXB AND KFWS STANDS, FIVC CENTS MEAT TvTf : . t 1 . ' f II' II JaiL Y kCv II I lis ' 1 1 . I IT II I r - 111 I'V' I !2J I 7 - ... ... 4S v . y-w-js , 1 r i - k i i - i i vl I l I I r .Tiia- - -r- m-', ' II 11 I I 1 1 If II 1 1 'I I, I I I I r, " If v - - - ' tr" . r r - V. II iiM:, we 6 JOHNSON PLOODSSUBURB LENTS JUNCTION 1ES FLOAT IN ; -i r. . '. Johnson Creek Flood Makes .: 25' Families Move and Ties ' Up Cazadero Line; Damage " May Reach $50,000. , , Sanaa Vrongkt by mala. ; ' ' Lents Junction Is inundated and 2C families are temporarily homeless, ... . j( , ... . Willamette' dver reaches 14 foot stae at 11:34 o'clock this morning, and is still rising; flood stsgq of 15 feet will be reached this afternoon-., ; Rainfall of .1 inches in 48 hours, breaking .record for years; tics up ray way traffic, demoral ises suburban streetcar ' service, damages water and ' sewer sys terns, interrupts telephone and telegraph service, floods streets and basements in lower parts of city and weakens foundations. . Twentyftvs families rendered tem porarily homeless and damage of $50, 000 to- property Is the record for the past 24 hours near Lents Junction, caused by the backing up of Johnson creek. The Mentona district ; is still under water, although the flood' is abat ing. ' Half k mtta 6f the street railway track, nt tb; Oregr' Water' Pe mrnyl pany has eenr wasiiad away-.near, Lenta 15000.- Houses that had. WtfToUn datlons are floating and those whose homes ' have been built by hard' .work have taken shelter with friends. .Debris covers -the territory and men are man ning rafts in an endeavor to save every thing possible. . i s Johnson creek began' backing up yes terday, afternoon and residents familiar with the creek began early to make preparations to combat the impending (Continued on Page Ten.) GREAT STORM IS OVER: FLOOD MAY Forecast Is for 18 Feet in the Willamette River Saturday; . Precipitation Is Greatest for Any 48 Hours Since 1882. HON DM IATI.D The rain storm, after wreaking dam , age in a hundred different ways and 1 breaking all records for precipitation in . 4 hours since; 1882, is over, and now danger lies from the Willamette river, which at 11:30 o'clock this morning had reached a 14 foot stage and was still rising. ''Light rains tonight and Friday, with Z : southwesterly winds," was the forecast of the weather observer today. Storm warnings' are still flying. Indications ase, however, that the floods will not be so great as last year. Early n the day the rain decreased to drlstle, w.h.re, before it had poured, j and before noon the clouds set for them ; selves only the work of sending down i occasional showers. But for the 48 " hours of the storm government records . show that the precipitation was ; 8.18 inches, and 3.60 inches for the last 24 " hours. For the 48 hours the rainfall was heavier than sluce December 12 v an 18, 1882, when more than 10 Inches fell during the same time. Throughout the Willamette valley the J rainfall was heavy, but south of Albany . was somewhat lighter than in the region north. ; Nearly all patts of wasters Ore gon were soaked. In eastern Oregon the precipitation was light - ; v fi With Chinook winds blowing over the . Cascade and Coast ranges, melting ths ' snow," and, the unusual amount of pre I clpltation,' all streams flowing from thoie heights, are running . full to their . banks,' and will continue to do so for several daysi The river probably will t continue to rise for day or so, and 'A lands lying low, will be .inundated But, ' according W the. weather forecaster, V, there is little likelihood that the floods will be heavy., , The river forecast for - -t today says- that the Willamette will - : reach a stage of 16.6 feet; Friday and ' about 18 feet Saturday. t v , : Nearly all railroads leading In and out,of PorAtand have been seriously af- . ; fected, andfeome of them have stopped .tbckJ.ralns.Streetcac. servica,iuui.bB -; hurt and telephone and telegraph. serv !,: ice crippled. In hearly every part of ' the city has come .news of basements filling fast with water. Damage to the Sewer and water systems has - been rk beavy,,,;,.,;:.;;;: CREEK 1MANDR0WNED: MUCH PROPERTY .' LOSS AT CAPITAL Portion of . City Under Water, Trains Marooned, Bridges Washed- by the 'Raging Flood. ' Aged man drowned at Salem. Property loss estimated at more than $60,000. Trains marooned throughout Willamette valley, and dosena of bridges washed out . Tamhill river above high water mark, and rising rapidly. Great est flood in history Is feared at McMInnville. . Schools dismissed at Albany, because Of, water in the base ments flooding the furnaces. Several streets at Vancouver under water. Southern Pacific tracks washed out at Oregon City. Paper mills forced to close. Salem, jOr., Jan. 19. One life has been lost In the streets of the city of Salem and about 860,000 damages have been suffered as the result of the un usually severe -rainstorm of the past few' day. Joshua 'H.- Smith, aced 69 yesrsvrod "ir.;horse ; lnoMllli.Srseit whsri;' brldge;-hs4' Jt"een',.,waiMa:way Smith's , cries were heard by neigh bors snd searching party was or- ganlsed. J, H. Albert, president of the Capital Rational bank,-waa one- Of the first, to reach the soens, with a; 100 foot rope. J. F. Ooodenough waded out into the stream up to his waist but was forced back,, by the current When Mr. Ooodenough reached the tree in which Smith was imprisoned he found him stunned and dazed- and ' had difficulty In Inducing Smith to release his hold on the young fir tree. The rescuers finally pulled him loose and started for the shore with ' him. Their hold uport the aged man, however, was wrenched loose by his own struggle and he dis appeared beneath the raging current His body has not been recovered. The damage was mostly to bridges that belonged to the city of Salem, though some private property, includ ing livestock, is listed in the tolls of the flood. No trains have moved in or out of Salem except northward over the Oregon. Electric since early yesterday morning. This morning no trains are moving over the Oregon Electric. Trains, or portions of trains on the Southern Pacific, system, including the Shasta limited, are marooned at inter vals along the main line of the Southern Pacific between Junction City and 8a len. Several small bridges are out in the vicinity of Salem. The Shasta limited Is marooned below Turner dn this county. Part of City "flooded. The entire southeastern portion of the city of Salem Is under water and many people are this morning unable to get out of their homes, being com pletly surounded by water. Three creeks, including a mill race', pass through Salem. All of these are higher than they have ever been known to be and only a few bridges in the city, the more substantial ones, including two concrete bridges Just finished, are stand ing this morning.. Large portions of the city, east, north and south, are cut off from any fire protection be cause of the destroyed . bridges and broken mains. The undertakers have announced that it will be impossible to hold any funerals for ft day or two be cause the ground Is so saturated with water that graves cannot be prepared. The Willamette river at this point Is (Continued on Page Ten.) SOME ciitattt-v; jf GRANT OP WKI.WASON HANDTn Xlse iu (' " . IMPORTANT BILL GO THROUGH i j 1 1 wbk. .- . ii . i- V . i hi im w n r n ' u i i i w ,v", " 1 t r : ;!USTS SHOW BOURNE TARGET SUCH FRONT THAT OF DISGRUNTLED MINISTERS RESIGN ONES IN SENATE Premier Katsura ajid Two Others Pass Up the Case of ; 24 Socialists Condemned to . Die for Alleged Plot. ' PROTESTS FROM JAPAN SURPRISE GOVERNMENT Strength of Agitators at Home May Be Sufficient to Enforce Clemency. (Ualted pieta Leased Wire.) Toklo, Jan. 19. The Nippon Dempo Tshushin She announces unofficially to day that the death sentence imposed yesterday upon the 24 alleged Socialist conspirators has been communted In the cases oi all except Denjlro . Kotoku and hla mistress. Suit a Kan no. - The commufed sentences range over different periods of prison terms, ap parently based : upon the degrees of prominence attained by the various' con victed agitators. Announcement of the commutations of the sentences created, intense excite ment in the laboring quarters of the city, and the Socialistic movement has undoubtedly gained greatly in the past two days' developments, . Agitation is now on stronger than ever to obtain pardons for all the convicted agitators. Toklo. Jan. 1 9. Daunted bv , numer ous protests that have poured In since the sentencing to death of 24 Social Ists here i yesterday for alleged consplr acy to .assassinate the mikado. Premier Katsura and three of the most Bower ful members bt bts dablnet tidttr ten dered their resignations' to the mikado. Those who; Joined with ? Kataure in the effort to shift responsibility for the government's condemnation of the Socialists were Minster of . the Interior Hlrata, Minister of Education Komat sudara and Minister of Commerce and Agriculture Oura. - The action of Premier Katsura and his ministers is hailed by the Socialists of Japan as ah important preliminary victory in the fight they have already (Continued on Page Three.) Asylum Site Committee From Senate Will Be Appointed, Says Kellaher. (Special Dtepateh to Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or., Jan. 19. Senator Kella her, chairman of the resolution commit tee of the senate, says the committee Is preparing to report out the house resolution providing for a Joint com mittee to investigate the site in east ern Oregon for a branch insane asylum. Reports have been circulated that this resolution Is being held In the com mittee because of opposition of the Bowerman men but Kellaher aays this Is not correct.1' He expects the resolu tion to come out with unanimous re port and to pass without opposition. Bowerman has declared he will sup port the resolution, but some of his followers do not like the Idea and sev eral earnest councils have been held. In the end,' It is believed, the resolu tion will go through without serious difficulty. OF THE NOTABLES AT THE GOV. OSWALD WEST HAS PLENTY TOUPOK AFT&RTHE3B DAYS. RESOLUTION WILL PASS IS BELIEF Oregon System Resolution Brings Out Latent ' Oratory and, IncidentallySome Po litical History. RESOLUTION LOSES BY VOTE OF 17 TO 11 Calkins Believes in Assembly; Sinnott Staunch Defender of Oregon Laws. "(Special Dtepttca to Tot JoursaLl Salem, OrM Jan. 19. Yesterday was orators' field day in the Oregon senate. The war horses who had been champing their bits ever since they scented the Kellaher resolution indorsing the Ore gon system of government, rushed into the fray and their hoofs soon began to tear up the turf, Under which rival fac tions of the Republican party have been concealing their epithets and maledic tions. ; - - Some Interesting political history was told, toa when the orators were in ac tion. Senator Dan Kellaher, prodded by the shafts of the reactionaries, disclosed that he was offered the United States marshalshlp two years ago to desert the Statement One forces ami vote for Charles W. Fulton for United States senator, He declines to tell who made the offer, but asserts it came: from a source which left ho doubt In his mind of the ability to deliver the goods. !;f-,;' Bourne Gets Boasts, . 4 FJenator Jonathan Bourne .came in for 'il4irtt;-'1slr ttleMbh! tfttavBerte tor JayiT3owerman. but Carson of Ma rlon and Malarkey of Multnomah- ran htm a close race in applying sizzling branding irons to the senior senator. - Bowerman called Bourne a "mounte bank," and' the "unspeakable one," and said by all the rules of common decency he should be barred from the house holds of decent people. Carson termed Bourne "the most pic turesque political pirate and blatant blatherskite who ever appeared in the (Continued on Page Four.) Large Quantities Found By Chemist; "Mother a Victim; Other Members III. (United Praia tased Wire.) Monroe, Wash., Jan. 19. The analysis of the contents of the stomach of George Allen, the ball player, who died here last week, bears out the suspicion that Allen died by arsenical poisoning, and the authorities today began a thor ough Investigation. The analysis was made by Dr. Edward P. Flck of Seattle, and showed large ouantlties of the poi son had been administered. In the meantime Coroner Smith is de laying the burial of Allen and of his mother, who died the day before under similar circumstances. Five other members of the family are 111, with symptoms similar to those ex hibited by Allen and his mother. If it Is found that Allen's death was due to poisoning, a police Investigation will follow. Allen was a member of a family in which a feud existed over the distribu tion of a 830,000 estate. SALEM LEGISLATURE AS JUDGE THOS. O DAY op PoTtNO ' PPPROIHTp$EeiHB PROCEEDINGS. DEATH OF ALIEN DUE TO ARSENIC Heads Commission 'V. J? i C 'I ij to, h Judson G. Clements of Georgia, whtf has been elected chairman of the . Interstate Commerce commission to succeed Martin A. Knapp. Mr. Clements is the senior member of the commission and Is a Democrat, He is regarded . aa one of the con servatives of die commission,' al v thongh tor'.: years he, HM adtocatfid MWUmd control of common carrierw, ,He has been as Insistent upon fair dealing for carriers as for shippers. Senator Fletcher Arraigns Sec retary as One Who "Barely Keeps Within Law;" Alleges He Abetted Lawbreakers. (United Preas tcaaed Wire.) Washington, Jan. 19 Declaring that the acts of Secretary Balllnger had been "Just Inside the line "of criminal guilt," Senator Fletcher of Florida today spoke In the senate, indorsing the minority report of the congressional investigat ing committee. "Between vulgar ' graft and perfec tion," he said, "lies the standard of con duot of their officials that the people have the right to exact They do not require infallibility, but they certainly are not satisfied to have their officials barely keep on the windy side of the law and pursue a course of neglectful ness and unfaithfulness to their inter essts which Is Just within the line of criminal guilt. Says Balllnger Deceived Tart "Bellinger was far from candid In his letter to the president, in which he denied the truthfulness of Glavis' state ment and there is no doubt that after his resignation as land 'commissioner he acted as the legal representative of the (Continued on Page Kour.) THEY APPEAR TO ARTIST KtP AVA.6N EATON OS LANE MAO 6 TH IN6S LI EUY AT TlrAES. FLORIDA MEMBER SAYS BAUD AFRAID OF TRUTH ONE BILL PASSED BY SENATE AT m Oliver's Measure Simplifies Proof of Official Documents From Consular Offices in Courts. 2 GOOD ROADS BILLS FIND WAY TO SENATE Von derHellen's Bill Provides for Cheaper Rates for Limestone Shipping. - i (Sp.d.l Dlapatah to Tha Journal.) ' Salem, Or.,, Jan. 19. One bill was passed by the state senate this morn ing. It was senate bill 26, by Oliver, simplifying the proof of official docu ments from consular offices In the courts. .-Chase's bill for sale of tide lands within' an organised port to port com missions at a nominal price, there be ing now no manner In which unappro priated lands may be acquired from the state land board, was sent back . to committee on amendment It 'will be amended by suggestion of Bean to ex empt lands already applied for by oth ers. Von der Hellen of Jackson Introduced a bill amending the law against rail road rebates, use of false weights or such classifications of commodities as will charge one shipper more than an other. The object is to Insure cheap transportation for limestone rock, said to be suitable for cement making, of which large deposits exist in Jackson Sountjvlt ;isr ttatedMSlQJOO,! ali-Jfeady. T0"n7invesiea in me inousxry, Two of the good roads bills formu lated by the Good Roads association found their way into the senate yester day. Barrett Of TJmatina presented the bill which enables counties to issue bonds for road building and Carson, a bill for working city and county prison ers on the highways. Rotation of names on the primary bal lot Is provided in a bill presented by the Judiciary committee as a substitute for Slnnott's bill on the same line. About the only 'change is extension of - the (Continued on Page Five.) Annual Financial Statement Is Rendered by Department Animal Cost $7259. The annual financial statement of the city park department filed In the office of the city auditor yesterday, shows that the city spent, for mainte nance and Improvement of parks In 1910, $196,863.14. This sum Includes an Item of $82,609. 92 for the purchase of land In Mt. Tabor park. During the year previous to 1910 the department paid for maintenance and improvement of parks and for ad ditional acreage, the sum of 1479.023. City park was the mtst expensive. Maintenance of that beauty spot cost $24,098.54. Improvements cost $20, 709.36. An Interesting item in the cost of maintenance was that of aoo sup plies and tenders. To feed and care for the animals the department ex pended $7259.56. Among the improve ments made were playgrounds costing $11,063.40. Bellwood park was second In point of the cost of Improvements this being $25,411.24. Improvements to Peninsula park cost $7088.32. SEED. SENATOR DAN MALARKEY OF MULTNOMAH, CHAIRMAN . JU0ICIARYCOMMITTSE. N KEEPING OF PARK COST CITY 124098 STEAM SCHOONER LAKME AGROUND IN GREAT DANGER. On the Rocks off Cape Blanco, Pounding, and Liable to Go to Pieces Those on Board Unable to Manage Boats. THREE STEAMERS STAND BY, BUT POWERLESS Vessel Well Known at Port land Though Latterly in Service Southward. (United PreiS teases Wire.) Eureka, Cat, Jan. 19. With Its crew of 16 men in Imminent peril of -their llveS, the steam schooner Lakme, from Coos Bay to San Pedro with lumber, Is pounding on the rocks off Cape Blanco and may go to pieces at any moment Wireless repprts from Table Bluff say two attempts by the Lakme . to launch a boat were frustrated by the high seas and one of the boats ,wa dashed to pieces against the vessel's side. ; The Standard Oil steamer Asuncion, the passenger steamer Watson 'and the steamer Argyll are standing by : the Lakme, but have temporarily- aban doned all attempts .to, aid her crew, San Francisco, Jan. 19. -The United States revenue cutter McCullough sailed today from Sausallto to the aid of the ' schooner Lakme, Which is in danger off Cane Blanco. The McCullough - will 4 stand by ae Lalsm vnnd will fhake' an effort to rescue her crew, Just as soon as the seas will permit ;V .-, , . -i f - The Lakme was owned by the Cbas. Ncl-. son company and was 23 years old, hav. ' lng been built at Port Madison, Wash., In 1888. She was a vessel of 404 tons net register and was 176.8. feet long. S8.8 feet beam, with 13.6 feet depth of hold, with accommodations, for a crew of 15 men.. . f .-v - BY DR. VHEEIER Company Refuses to Burn Certain Kinds of Refuse, Cracks in Smokestack, and "Mess Is Awful." That the new incinerating plant con-, structed by the Public Works Engineer lng company for the city will prove to be almost an entire failure unless t Is remodeled so as to comply with the specifications under which the health board let the contract became evident today at a special meeting of the board. Dr. C. H. Wheeler, city health Officer, told the mayor and the board that the company has absolutely refused to burn certain kinds of refuse, although the ' contract between the company and the city specifically states that this shall be burned. On account of the refusal of the company to comply with the specifications It has been necessary to liclnrate many loads of manure,. offal and tin cans In the old crematory plant, said Dr. Wheeler. . ' . Was Mistake Hade - After the board had adjourned Dr. A. W. Smith, a member of the board, made an informal report of a visit he made to. .the new plant yesterday afternoon, unannounced. The other , members of , the board, Dr. R J. Chtpman and Dr. George B. Story, and City Health Offi cer Wheeler, did not hesitate to express their disapproval of , the methods, by which conditions st the new plant havi been kept from the official knowledge 1 of the board, after hearing Dr. Smith's recital. They declared that City Engineer Morris had made a reprehensible mis take In certifying to the board that the plants had been: completed, the board having authorised the payment of $29. 000 to the company upon this certifies , Hon, The city has already paid out, on the contract price of $99,900 more that) $60,000 for an incinerator that can not be finally accepted in 'its, present con dition, according to the unanimous opin -Ion-of the board. r. , -rinds Awful Keas. - "I have been reliably Informed by a man whom. I know- to b an expert on ' bflck work," declared rr: mUhr-. "that a' dosen: different kinds of brick havo beert used in the construction of the first $00 feet of the chimney, stack of the plant, notwIthstandiBg ths fact that JLCltx. Ctglncct..MQrji joi.d Mi jib a e.ot;i-. Tit . . . i i -, .. i . . t.. uijS vm uia new giau ui.ivtmvtwif uct brick had bo used. vThe city englnr had no right to allow this dsisrtijre ; from the specification. 'l drowned In at t'i- plartt v m CREMATORY SEVERELY SCORED (Continued on I'sge Tn