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1 iff ' TILE WEATHER rir uffM. trsaaff. t Via. COAST TEMPERATURES ,,,. l..-1.... ....,.,,,,.,,,, I t 9 , , . t S1 n;...... , a .-. rt tmtt t . . . . - . , , , . , , - ......... a4a4 VOL. XL NO. 21 PORTLAND, OR ECO N. SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL I,' Hit TWO SECTIONS-W PACKS. PRICE TWO CENTS, t THIS ( t4L IMa Cl M WML , KT H fcHHk- JXvLl; BASIN IS HID; LEVEE WEAKENING Expelled Co-Ed Wins ' Damage Suit Gift of Hat" Offended Dean Talbot 1 If CI Cm fiv.L DmLi Thousands of Acres of Till able Land in Two States Will Be Inundated. Ml ItaiW Mrrrjr, a furmr stair! t CtUr waiter!!, a-d I a frio TalU fur f IfM.POO for alk-a;-! uVfalMllu tf ihirarlT. tlln frrry (UimcJ a etprUeaJ tarrew eh rrr44 a f'AO kal frua) le flasKr. tlitrrfl 1 t,k4 t.law a a. ENGINEERS GIVE UP ALL HOPE OF STOPPING FLOOD Practically All of Eastern Part ' at a 'a a. a. oi Arkansas is covered . With Backwater. fl'll IYm Uaa4 Wlr t Xlemphia. April -All hai cf In tht 01 Kranrla leva and th Bt l"rnrla ba.ln waa abandoned today br lMttim.fil ofdtiala and anrtneera. Ai doien w.ak t(. acr r u r ( 4 Itnul- IM r fincU ltr. inl II aittttara cr- y 'ln thaC th drka will aoon o oat. Til mrana lhal Ibouaaniti of arraa ofl i'lalta aotl n Trnnrur. and Mlaala- M'l mill ha Inuntlalnl. II la f.arvd Hai a brrak In II. HI atula Iovm will dr.itox th I4.000.doa ml I road I ri'Ua lr Tlia rrat cf It. flood la hot ripe, ird befora Hunday atij wlih tii l.umllnc of tlia Irvra It la mil la l.atrd il. elrurlura mill ba alii to with- tfi.l II, a tarrtflo prratur hlch mlMl V rlard upon It. I'rariirally th antlr aaatam part nf Arkanaaa la covrrJ with the bark muter from f flood. Thouaandi of refufa ar arriving front tha low- lylna' dlrlrlrta. They ar being- tam- purarlly quartarad In Ilia public bulld- tnca and prlvala homaa. Tha all.iatlun In tha aurrouiidlnr rountrr I rowln iirt l.ourly. It la roniirrratl rljr aaI tunatad Dial 10. COO x'triona ar hom IfKPi Flv hundred rr fuirr. who arrlrad l ra today from Tlptonvllle, Tcnn., r- pnrtad that avary houaa In Ik county, Trnn., maa completaly aubmarced. Tha uion break of th Itvn yesterday la , alt to haw l.ft many rauna alrndd mi l.iiuholiipa and tiae. Mayor Crump f Mrmphlm. olay "alianit halad" TOO iicrnra and aent Utam to Hrltlite Juno- iion to atop a braak la tha lave thara. ftt. Loula. April . The break In th I lre below Hickman, Ky.. It I0 feet wlri and no attempt ha been mad to I atop up the sap. oo.rdlo..tknt.or. flclal report recelrcd her today front th weather bureau at Cairo, 111. "Th river ha fallen three Inchee at Ulrkrnan and a foot at th break," aald tli report. On report Bay: "Condttlona at Columbue. Ky., are ter rible. People who were perchod on top of houcetopa and tree wer floated away on the flood water. A common danger tmons th flood ylrtlma la th I fear that some relaUv haa disappeared and they refuse to lea.va threatened ter ritory until they raoetve aaaurancea that other relative are safe. "As I waa lcavlnr Columbus I aaw a I 1 ' . (Continued on, Pa; Three.) NE1VPU0N OF PHILUPS URGED UPON OEPOSITQRS Committee's Report Roasts Governor Hay for Failure to Remove Bank Examiner Alleged Swindles Recited. (Rlieclal to Tba Journal. ancouver, nam, April 6. Depos- ors of the defunct Commercial bank Vt at 10 o clock this morning- and hfwr the report of the committee was read, adjournment was taken to Satur day, April 13, at 1 o'clock. The meeting; was called to order by lr. J. M. P. Chalmers, chairman, and Attorney K. C. Sugff read th report of the depositors' committee. Jn ex planation while reading, ug-g said:' "At the time the bank closed W. C Miller owed something Ilk (7000 in 4nersonal notes. He had a contract for a piece of land and In some manner Mrs. J. R. Harvey, who held title to the InM, T deeded it directly to the Com rnpi rial bank in Decemljer 1910, Mo- liunilro, state bank examlrver. and the l,unk officials deeded, it back to Miller, but he never recorded tba deed. Re ceiver Kies held th deed to the bank ami In January, 1911, crowded Miller to settle or he would sell the land to pay the claim, whereupon Miller took the deed from his pocket and said. 1 guess you win nor, moreover, coins to. mortgage' inai lana. then recoraea tne aeea ana bor- S3000 on it, paying- th bank on his 7uuu notes ana putting the other J200O in his pocMt. He lter Reeded the land back to the bank, i rt to the mortgage. This transaction waa known to Mo- jmndro and when Dr. Chalmers and my- elf toldGovernor Hay, ha said: 1t that be true I -will fire Mohundra.' -This is what w refer to as th notorious Miller deal." - "To the Depositors of the Commercial g,nk To"' committee wishes to re port to you as rowows: -We believe we have made", eareful Investigation 'Into the affairs of the de funct institution. We desire here to repottthe results f our investigation as fullySkSPOssible. - yrw PTOcnUoa Xs TTrfed. "We find opon investigation that the Officers of the bank were- guilty of fraudulent entries Jn Its books. - This was done evidently for the purpose of - -C QTSa p mj. 7 III . . " " - . . . M I I 1 iii y -.'', . i i V III III v: i 1 i i III I III 'Jm s, 7 III I - 111 : V ,. Ill ill s . ita J ' - ; III 111 --ia v eatStaf , - 411 1 1 If- -e . i x . a ... . .. i ,. ' ... -) I I I I r " Nm.-- ' ,-. ''! II I I t ' v.. "v v . . '.,.'.- . . ' , I I I III' . - ' i . . . ' ' - ' ,411 1 111 V . 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KRUSE, WIFE GIRL VRH $250 HAT IS AWARDED DAMAGES AGAINST DEAN TALBOT Chicago Jury Cuts Dorn the Amfiunt Demanded by Es ther Mercy, Student, NET, IS DRAWING AROUND m r It .114 rm liial Wl. tilaf Aant tn Maloa Talbot f fr (Ma L.Blvrlty nwl py Mtaa Jath.r Merry d.aiiiM Ttila. at l.a.t. 1 IH amuubl itMt4 Mtae Marey ay a Jury today la h.f ault for 1 1 . damagae beoMsbl asala.l J v. a a Talbot n rl.ars Ibal ah liad altl4 bar rl ararter Mia Marry, a c 1 lb blrlly, wa airxlWd by I aa TallMt. and Ifca Jury rulad lhal aha bad eaMiled iti.a alrrira rbararl., wbaai. In. di. tiU.u.g h.f. aha aald. rtnidr you no better then a woman of In atrwla. Kataral hundred unlvrtty atudaMa and ro-d who lad fathered la tba evmdora ebeermd wba th ardU-t waa returned Merry aald ah waa nttt.lT aallafl with thai rceult of lh trial, daclsrlbc ab aousbt ttndiratlon ralbrr than financial gain. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS NOT STRATEGIC IN WAR 1 1 ! Trw. IMed Win I Wa.r Ington. April t "An.fli-i muet renter Ita .ir.nitii in defending Hawaii. fin franrlru and Ala.ki. 1 t th Phil Ipplur go without atruggl. 7hl waa tha advlrt glvei tha senate flnanra rcinmlllaa by Hrlgadlar Oeneral Clarcnc Kdwarda, rhl.r of tba bureau of Inaular affalra. when ha dlarueaed befor it th pcaalbility of a war can- terinr In tlx Pacific. 'If any ! e r derided to eelsa tha Phllliiplnaa." aald Uvneral Kd mania, "I mould lei It do ao lltit tha ownerahlp of the '.lurid, would b ona of the tlilnaa to ti i-oiialdervd after tha war rloaed Tha lmxrtant points to t gained In a raririe war would t i Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Ban KrancU.o and Ala.ka " Jack Roberts. Ex-Convict. Held in- Auto Trarjedy, Is; Identified as Man Who Slept Near Scene of Crime. Boss to "Peach SHOTGUN AND CLOTHES SAME, SAYS GARDENER Sheriffs Confident They Are Nearing Climax in Investi gation of Case. TWO DEAD IN TEXAS AFTER PISTOL -DUEL iTalted lma l.wl trtra.) Beaumont. Texas. April 1. M. A Knight and W. t Whitney, building contractors and leading rltlxena of Beaumont, are both dead to1ay as a re sult of a pistol duel. Thay had quar reled, over work. Bolji men. leave wld ows and families. FATHER BUYS BACK DISCARDED FAMILY NAG (t rilled Pre lotted Wlr. l Pomona, Cel., April 6. A. H. Witt- man gave a youth 15 to shoot his de crepit family horse. Tenter-day he pur- rha.vrd a new animal at Chlco and drove It home. "Oh. pa," shrieked son Thomas. "that's old Nell." It was. OF HOTEL KEEPER Cruel and Inhuman Treatrrient Charged; .Recent' Disap pearance One Cause; Prop erty Settlement Made. WILSON 1$ HAILED AS EXPONENT OF TRUE DEMOCRACY One Hundred of Leading Dem- . ocrats of Oregon Stand Up I . and Cheer When C. E. S. Wood Lauds Candidate. Bat lie Saw the Ball Qajite. ft'ntted Pre.. !-! n'tra.) Alnmeda, Cftl., April I. "I Just can't mlrs that ball game," sighed 8. A. Hagv as he saw a thief leap from a park bound street car wJh his wallet and 100 in 'valuables. He rode on to the game while the thief escaped. Illll another htlrh maa takrti 11. 1. morning In Ilia evident II at 1. ft alb.rln7 aruuud Ja- k HoUaria. tt-fun- l-t. a. the nian au.-e(.d of n.urd.r- Ing (J.or. a. line, and Ik.i,M Hlew- art on th . Whn. iiuu. road a week ao t'arl ItuontK. an old gardener working at Itlvrrdala. Idriillfled Itob- rrta iii a man he had krj.t all night and fed on the Wunday brfor the crime. Th Idtnllf Irallori tih.k liar at ltlvf- dala whcr Hl.erlff Hicvrna. mllh lep- y Arrl.lr I.,i.ara and Hhenff Maa i-f Clar'kainaa roiimy. had taken Kob rila In a- autumohlle It maa coinnl. I.- l.en ItoUrrla liliti.i If l el.i to draw Ihe net tighter around tilmaelf, aa If ling II maa of no uaa to deny that Itui-nclx knrw Mill Aa tha old gartenr approached th automobile look closer at the auepert. Ilobcrta, mho had been mliMni Mm. rrlwl out, "Hullo. Thla Ideiillf i.-atlun la conaldcred nf great linpirlaiua I y Kheriff Htevana, for It estalillahea beyond a doubt that HotM-rt. had been IiIiik near where the murdur maa nitnniKleed for aeveraldaya l fori hand It la regarded a mora than a coincidence that his sudden de parture took pluce the ..-vine night that Stem-art and Hantlnua mere killed. Itueneta told Sheriff 8tevrna an In-terr-allng alury of hla eiin.rlenr wltn HolrtH It waa on Sunday night, Juat tmo weeks ago, that Roberta aprx-arel Ht Ruenctl 1 home on Palastlne Hill and aaked to b put up for tho night. Ituenets aald that he more tho aamn pocullar pea jacket and the aamr alouch hat, and rai rltd th same double bar reled .shotgun that lie had on the day h was arr.tL lie hail a black nioua-ax-he then, however, the gardener said.' The appearance of a heavily armd man at that time . of night 4t was nearly 9 o'clock and Roberta' general appiaram e arou.-ed Ruenetx a auspi cious, but ha baJd nothing. B la op a in Irfg Cabin. He told Roberta ho might sleep In a little loi cabin, uneol ax a playh Juno by the children near th houan, and Roberts lrninedlatoly wont over there and turneil In. He slept there until i o'clock the next morning, mh.-n ne ap peared at the house and asked for breakfast. Huenetz Invited him In and engaged him In conversation while they at. Roberts waa very talkative. In the course of the convernatlon, the gar dener remarked tnat he had been held up eight years ago by a man named Thompson. yt - - " f ' . .-! :nli) :kt- A ( .... t i ABE ROEFTO TELL STflfiY OF BAV GITY BRAFTOP ERAT O S sw Jlf.iL "ssssap fi W m I Jl V'i.v Atx ICurf. who will write tfory of Off, telling of bis ronnertlos) wilb hao Iranrlsro fritting. Former Boss of San Francisco Is to Make Autobiocraphj. cal Statement of Events of His Life. WILL WRITE OF PARTS PLAYED BY OTHERS Stung to Quick by Editorials in Which He Is Referred to as "Hyena. LA FOLLETTE MAKES LERE REMAR KAB CORD NEBRASKAN Tl OUR Progressive Candidate Deliv ers 22 Addresses Before 15,000 People in a Day. (Continued on Page Two.) trnlted rreae ImhI Wlra.l Lincoln. Neb., April . Traveling 100 miles auJ making 23 apba to l&.onu peraona Is the remarkable record with which Senator Robert M. La Kolletle Is credited today after his first 14 hours of campaigning In Nebraska. Beginning at PlattamouUi early yes terday. I .a 1-ollett Journeyed through tha farming section betwaurv.Uii'i; 'and 'TJIncula.e.Lcu1x lieartlly gravted at each stop. He closed the day with a meeting at the Auditorium liar. . Th section around Omaha is tb Vfls consln man's field today, with Omaha his objective point tonight. Monday and Tuesday will be spent. In western Ne braska and the La Kollctta party will depart for th Pacific coast Wednesday evening. Iiurlng all his speeches on his first day's trip. Senator I .a Follette laid par ticular a tree a on his demand for tariff reduction, direct legislation, the recall, the Initiative and referendum and trust control. In the con rue of his speech here La Follette declared that "Roosevelt does a great good as a teacher of morality, political and civil, but lie Is not a con structive statesman. La Follette predicted that he will carry Nebraska, Utah, Oregon and California. AVIATION PROGRESS I Bo f am. go ,- owed A divorce was granted yesterday af ternoon shortly before the clrcut court closed to Marie K. Kruse from Theo dore Xruse, proprietor of-the T,ouvr rHl and Belvidtre hotel, on the grounds of cruel and Inhuman treatment. One of the chief forms of cruelty", alleged the woman, waa hit sudden and mysterious disappearance Trent Portland last Aug ust, his absenoe of several months, and Pie sudden and as mysterious return. While yesterday waa the regular court day for divorces, the suit wae not filed until shortly before time to close the court for Ithe day, . The hearing was had, "immediately. Presiding Judge KavfcnaughiieajHl the testimony, d? clarlng th woman's complaint was sufficient-to grant her the-decree- and restoration of her former same. Marl Aijwmy -i. nomas a. Greene repre sented the woman, while Attorneys K. E. Coovert and W. A. LaRoche appeared lor Jiruse. t ays H riirted. In the complaint it is set tprth they were married September, i(09. at Gear hart During the months of January to July, 111, she allegsdTKruse con tinued a course of cruel treatment, con si sting chiefly of treating-' her with contempt around the , Belvldere. hotel and Louvre, this treatment in the pres ence ana ..Observation of friends and guests. Such treatment wae greatly hu mlliating andllnjurious to her health, said the woman. She also .charged he often flirted with female guests and customers, which action was noted and commented upon by the employes and frifnda. , , in the spring or nil. Krus entered into contracts to furnish and take charge of the Carlton hotel. ' carrying forward such arrangements 'until about August 11, when he disappeared without giving notice. This was a few dara before the opening of the new hostelry. The woman wae left with the contracts and arrangements on her hands. Two week after his disappearance, alleged the plaintiff, Kruse. wrote'' liar from One hundred and more of th first Democrats of Oregon gathered at the meeting of the Jackson club in the Medical building last night, rose -to their feet and cheered with the spon taneous fervor or men who espouse a patriotic cause when Colonel C. IS. IS. I Wood, in what might be termed the keynote speech, of - the- Democratic primary campaign, hailed Woodrow Wil son as the candidate of the plain ro-I Die. the choice of true democracy, and the foe to the end of special privilege and the "big interests. It wag a meeting of rare spirit In striking Indication of the deep inter-j est in the coming battle, so many Democrats crowded into- the meeting hall that every seat was taken. More chairs were brought in, but they I didn't half go around. Finally some of I the younger men commandeered the! president's desk and the secretary's table, shoved them against tha wall. and in a twinkling a aozen smiling I Democrats had perched upon them. But I even at that, many who couldn't get any kind of a seat stood along the walls, too eager to hear to mind the incon venience. Points Way to. Victory. -Colonel Wood, speaker or the even-1 ing. launched into bis subject with vigor. Jn the course of his speech he I tooK- up eacn uemocrauc canuiuaio ana his record In detail, - pointed out the objections and good points, then told why Woodrow Wilson waa tle man of all to lead the way to victory. tt'ath Wi Has rranify, April . m to frlaat by a rce0t editorial la Hal KraaelM-o moreing paper. In a-hk-a be waa drof aa a "human byeae as acrly. runalnr evnlral mmtm - bLal. parvla fruin nan tjuentln prison woukl ioa ror lb rtty th reape-t f rP utatl man tha world Over," A bra ha re Ituef. one all pomerfjl pollllral boa f f San rrmnrlaoo. lultr in tba Ka rvaa. rlaco Ilulletln. puMl'hea a rtlat atal ment f Ma connertion with the 'graft whlrh made hla name notorious. 'It had beau Intended by Hoef. the Itulletm eata In a foreword. le tl h whcla atory of how public (if.lcUI r roriupln.1 and th publlo Itaelf expu. d baii private Intareara are per mltted to own th people's necaaltle and to make millions overnight by capltalltlng prlvllegrs that have been sacured from the peopi rapreaaata tlvaa through bribery." Xa Dra4 of XadlotBuata. . Thla plan, tha paper Bay, mas a ha a- " doncd been uaa many Indictments attll hanging over Ituef might be us4 to make th former bo .a suffer bitterly for glvlnjr offer.. to th powerful ene mlea hla story would expos. Th Bulletin directly mention th najnea of Patrick Calhoun of th Unite.! Railroads. William P..' Herrln of th Southern Pacific and Prank Drum of the Ban Francisco Qaa company aa men who have moved heaven and -varttt to .pre vent tha Inside story of Ruefa life a- romlng public Ilerrln, It says, sent a persons! meeaag to Mr. Hetillatta fill Tf nJd,-. Raafai-aiatev-.r ear rg Reef ra refuse to testify against Ttermair iCeycv . Eugene K. fichmltg st tile -racent trial here, and declares that Drum, througb Garret McEnerney. his counsel, mad ' the aame plea to Ruef himself. Kakes Signed statement, What Ruef will tell when the Indtetl ments ggalnst him are dismissed as has already been' advised by , District Attorney Flckert Is set .. forth In a signed statement, which saya in part: "Every human experience baa a value, and may teach a lesson. - Where th experience is serious th lesson should bo profound. Solitude, restraint, con finement make for. 'Introspective thought ' Since tha heavy doors of the . state prison closed behind me I have ' given much consideration to th events and Influences which ended ao igno mlnlously a life full of hope. - I hav reflected;. I have studied; I have con sidered the causes, tha effect, th (Continued on Tag Three. V swn" i sur- f A great opportunity, he saldi was be fore the Democratic party, but he em phasised especially that Wilson was not a man for Democrats alone, but for the Democracy ot the-country, regardless of party name. He Was frequently in terrupted with enthusiascuc applause. colonel wood saia in pan: . 1 "In the first place. 1 think we Demo crats will mlu the whole point of. th campaign,, and the whole' lss'u, if we I think that this is a great effort only for th Democratic party ' as a party. It Is, in my opinion, the great opportun ity in a generation for Democracy, and the Democratic party will only avail i cmam i i in B H IIUBHW fir mmmm'. xmwmrn a mm w$. mm. ii ,Ji, cu vmzm iwmmi wnsvzmv. . tjoHNbroNt . --jiiii,,, -mj- -e i!iwuc, 21f,,ftr 'i4aVVn W - 'U-Um. V S9ZSSSSZSJs'IA I I I - I 1 I J I w-I I a I (llPl I ..ii fthiA'T? I l a jgywianntti-iiua iuj. t : vi,'sjjj,isx--. -iiy s. - ' " J - . KtT - e ,' 1 , t l. 111 W.-Ll - M M , .-, A SAILING VESSEL HAS ROUGH VOYAGE,-144 DAYS AROUND HORN Mutiny and Disaster Mark the Journey of-the William. P, Frye, Philadelphia to FriscoV tnnlted Praaa aud Wlr.i 1 -San Francisco, April S. After a ha. ardoua voyage of 144 days, marked by mutiny, disaster in storms and death, the sailing vessel William P. Fry ts In port hore from Philadelphia. ' Trouble started almost before th vessel, with a crew of. green hands, left the Delaware river November IS. A free for all fight started among- a num ber of drink crazed sailors, with the result that three Jumped overboard and -two wore drowned. In December the ship fought a gale lasting a week off" v-a-tc fuuv, miu waa- .area JUSt a - the crew were about to abandon her in despair.' For three days in January she , rode out a sou'wester off Cap Horn that brfted:;hr,-cargo: One of. the sail -ors had a leg broken, during the storm. " Finally .after further rough weather, when all bands thought the voyage was about to .end, adverse winds or no wlndn ' at all kept the ship; drifting about in the open sea within a. few miles of port for many days, unable to make the harw bor. ; 1 . ' . . - - MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OF NEXT: WEEK LAST DAYS FOR REGISTER If 3 Monday and Tuesday of next ' week are th only Uys left for fesTsFranon aRerl;ody. . 1 her ' will unquestionably be a rdah of the -tardy one, on thus days. -and all who- can do so. snouid visit the court hous this after.. noon or this evening;, a V tii' books will be beld open HBtil ey O'clock.". - : i .: Today's reglatratlo will carvy e 1 th figures beyrtnd th 4i, '. .- Illtti anil i. Ul la r?'li!inn w ot 42.0110 will not fall fur ai . ti ' of the mark. 'I In totnl i n this inonunjf at 3 "3, I. r. ber aiM.(l v esftero y h '..? .it . "The Ket'oMli atis a.' - - 1 witlj,-'" t;. '. J - : ... i't'-y, ami ti,.i ot; tr - .'. (Continued on Pag Tea.). .(Continued oa rage Three.) r (.Continued on-Pg Jthro. .t-' r