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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
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SOME
ciitattt-v; jf GRANT OP
WKI.WASON HANDTn Xlse iu ('
" . IMPORTANT BILL GO THROUGH
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: ;!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