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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1909)
ICE THREATENS RUIN Plied Mountain High Around Ni agara and No Relief, EYEN WHIRLPOOL IS FROZEN UP Great RlverlCarrle ;TorrnU of led From LakeJErio and Pitts It In Immenso Ridges. Niagara Falls, April 22. Vast areas of anew water and mountains of ice. backed up by tho gorgo 5" Niagara river, threaten to cut a new cnannci and destroy ono aide, at least, of tho famous falls, one of tho chief wonders of the'world. Tho famous spidery sus pension bride, once the highest and longest in the world, and admittedly one of the most famous engineering project, is In imminent danger of destruction. At Nlsgara-on-the-Lake tho river is 18 feet above tho normal level, and is still rising. Tho gorgo road which skirts tho American shore is almost obliterated. The great whirlpool, which has never in tho memory of tho white man sub mitted to tho will of tho ice, is lost to view under tho pack, which at that point spans tho stream, and every min ute tho covering of ice is becoming thicker. The pressure of tho on-rush from Lake Erie has piled tho far stretches in great concentric ridges, some of them rising to a height of 60 feet. It is possible with the aid of a plank to cross the pool from shore to shore. TEN THOUSAND DIE. Butchery In Syria Reaches Appalling Degree and Craze Spreads. Constantinopple, April 22. Massa cres that started last week in Adana have spread along the Syrian coast and toward the interior as far as the vila yet of Aleppo, and fanaticism has led to wholesale butchery throughout this entire district. It is conservatively estimated that over 10,000 have been akin, the majority of this number be ing women and children, wbohavo been slaughtered in droves. Religious uprisings have broken out in Antioch and Direjik, and foreigners have taken refuge In the British con sulates. Fifty men from the British warship Diana have been landed at Al exandre tta, but their distance from the scene of the latest outbreaks seems to have no effect in stopping the ravages of tho religion-crazed slayers. The situation at Alexandretta is crit ical. Panic everywhere prevails. Thousands of refugees are crowding the city, which is patrolled by marines from the British cruiser Diana. GALE KILLS AND MAIMS. Ohio Lake front Swept by a Sudden Five-Minute Blow. Cleveland, April 2. Three persons were killed, six perhaps fatally hurt, at least 60 less seriously injured and $1,000,000 worth of property destroyed in a tornado that swept through Cleve land and Northern Ohio yesterday. The storm arose suddenly and lasted just five minutes. At 12:30 the sun was shining brightly. At 12:33 the city was dark. From the northeast of tho lake came a CC-milo gale and heavy rain. People were blown off their feet and hurled against buildings in many places, to be struck down by bricks and timbers that filled the sir. Roofs were lifted off houses, walls hurled down, strongly-braced smoke stacks picked up and chimneys demol ished. Twelve school buildings were damaged. Many pupils had remark able escapes, but none were seriously hurt. Firemen and policemen turned out to assist the people whose homes had been wrecked. So seriouly was the telephone service crippled that It was impossible to get connection with either tho police or fire headquarters. Merger Suit In Court. San Francisco, April 22. Suit against the Union Pacific and the South ern Pacific companies has been entered in the United States Circuit court for the Northern district of California for the purpose of dissolving the financial relations of the two railroads. The suit was brought originally in Utah, where the lines of the two roads form a junction, and hearings have been held in nearly every large city of the United Stater when the two roads own physi cal property, have headquarters or freight agencies. Snow on Western Prairies. Denver, April 22. Nearly two inch es of snow fell in Denver last night and more iss predicted for tonight and to morrow. This is the eighth day in April on which snow has fallen. Snow la also reported south and west (n tho state and fruitgrowers are building smudges to protect the fruit trees from damage by frost ICE JAM YIELDS. Small Opening Made In Niagara With Dynamite. Youngstown, N. Y., April 23. A breach was mndo today in tho great ice jam which for ten days has hold I,- intvnr Ntat-nrn In lb. t'ril) nml caused damage estimated at $1,000, 000. Engineer Kuns and his men ham mered away and at 6 o'clock tho blast irom 10U pounus Ol uynnnmo sen. a tiny rivulet trickling through tho cast side of tho jam. At dusk further ex plosions and tho ceaseless grinding of tho floating ice had broadened tho trlcklo to a bold young stream. Engineer Kuns expects that tho channel will bo widened during tho night, and that by morning there will be a broad avenue. Tho dynamiting attracted less than 600 spectators. Some chunks of ire hiirlml thnmaplvra a foot in the earth. One crashed through tho roof of the pumping station. Tho main mass of tho ice from tho mouth of the river, 10 miles north, is apparently as solid as masonry. About 100 feet from the shore anarrow chan- nJ U a.-lftlv ninninir. About 80 feet north of the head of this channel is a good acre of green water streaked with chunks of ice. Thn turn In nf nnnnlllntr nronortions. It Is 12 miles in length and in many places 60 loot in ae pin, ana represents millions of tons and a strength power enough to annlhllato tho four villages alone its border, if It should start to rm rait nil nt nnr. Another element of horror is its pestilential nature. Mingled with tho slushy ico cast high on the banks Is a week's sewage from the cities along the Niagara xronticr. SULTAN GIVES IN. Surrenders All Power to Parliament and Awaits Decision. Constantinople. April 23. Tho Young Turks have won another vic tory over Su tan Abdul llamld, but whether the sultan will remain as sov ereign is yet to be decided, although he has offered to Place the allalrs or government entirely in the hands of ministers responsible to parliament. The sultan also agrees to replaco tho Constantinople garrision with troops that have been Investing the city for four days. The chamber of deputies ana some 01 the senators met today at San Stefano and are now discussing the question of deposing the sultan. The concentration of the investing army is complete and doubt!csa tho next 24 hours will decide the fate of the sultan, who remains passively at his palace, awaiting tho issue. For tho present there need be utile fear of bloodshed within the city, but there is much to be feared from the riots and massacres that now aro sweeping over the districts under Turk ish domination. MASSACRES SPREAD NORTH. New Regions Affected by Fanatical Wave of Slaying. Constantinople, April 23. The spread of tho wave of massacre and death to Erzcrum, the principal town of Turkish Armenia, in a district far removed to the north from that hither to affected by tho wave of fanaticism, is leading to the conclusion here that the outrages are being inspired by the sultan, more or less directly, as a coun ter move in politics to tho constitu tional movement of the Young Turks. Weight is given this conclusion by the chango in feeling on the part of tho Armenians, who are now ceasing their enthusiastic hailing of the con stitutional government, and appealing attain for the laws of the Sheri and the sultan. That the Young Turks have been very friendly with tho Christians Is a matter of record; and the fact that the fanatical Moslems have been roused to attack Christians is regarded as an indirect way of bringing pressure upon the Young Turks by many in well-informed political circles. Horri ble as this Idea is, it is fast gaining ground, and the behavior of tho Ar menians themselves in abandoning their appeals to tho Young Turks and placing reliance on the sultan is fur ther proof of IL Critics Are Welcome. Los Angeles, April 23. A unique Innovation In municipal affairs Is a clearing house for all city business which Mayor Alexander established to day. It Is expected to effectually end tbo Insistent complaint heretofore pre vailing that private individuals could not get access to or action from public officials. Under the now system tho mayor will not only receive, but actu ally invites complaints, criticisms, new ideas and suggestions of all kinds which may result in the betterment of conditions in any direction. Assassin Uses Dynamite. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 23. Rudolph Buol, aged 65, was assassinat ed at a Into hour tonight while asleep. The murderer opened Buol's bedroom window and placed a stick of dynamite on his bed, exploding it with a fuso. Buol was killed instantly. Ills wife, who was asleep at his side, escaped injury. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NO MONEY YET. Increase In Agricultural Oollega Funds Not Available Till I0IO. Salem It has dovoloped hero that tho Increase In tho annual appropria tion for the Oregon Agricultural col lego docs not tako effect until January, 11)10. and that tho supposed npproprla tlon for tho institution is diminished to the amount of 130,000. Tho legis lature amended tho annual appropria tion, Increasing it from $50,000 to $30,000 a year, and it has been suppos ed all along Hint It would bo olTectlvo for tho current year. President Woath- erford and Regents W. W. Cotton and J. II. Ackerman have had an Interview with tho attorney general, and that ollklal has held that no funds provided for in tho Increase can bo drawn until 1010. It is stated by the regent's com mittee that Uio discovery is a disap pointment to tho institution, where, on account of tho great Increase In tho number of students, the funds aro bad ly needed. SCHOOL LAWS ARE PRINTED. Ten Thousand Copies Ready fo- Dis tribution In State, Salem Ton thousand and eighty copies of tho school laws of Oregon, publication of which was authorized by tho recent regular session of tho legis lature, will bo completed by tho state printer and ready for distribution from the ofllco of the stato superintendent of public instruction in a few days. The edition is largo enough to sup ply each school district in tho state with four copies, each chartered educa tional institution five copies, each member of tho legislature with one copy, besides taking care of tho librar ies, public officials who have need oi tho pamphlet, etc Tho laws probably will bo ready for distribution about May 1. Estate Left to School, fialom Judce P. H. d'Arcv has filed with the County court hla final account as executor of the estato of Joseph Dlgnam, a pioneer resident of Salem who died a year ago. uignam u- nii.alhnl hla nttr ffttatp. the aavlnfra of years, to the Sacred Heart academy, a local Catholic educational Institution. The estate netted the school $12,292. nicnam. who was a snlnnor. was em ployed for many years by tho Willam ette Manufacturing company, one of the first woolen mills concerns west of the Rocky mountains. Big Money in Potatoes. Klamath Falls That Klamsth coun ty is the "pIsco where things grow" is particularly emphasized in the potato line. Elmer Applegato has a 17-acro tract south of tho city a large portion of which will be planted to potatoes this year. Last year Mr. Applegate made on an average of $400 an acre on his potato crop. This was after do- ducting all expenses and allowing for labor. His entire acreage averaged over 300 bushels to the acre. Swift Plant at Medford. MrlfnntSwlft & Co. urn to estab lish a warehouse in Medford, and the actual work of construction will begin within the next three weeks. The company has leased railroad land, and it is on this they will place' the uuuu Inrr uihlMi In to ho 100x180 feet in Wo Mwtfnnl will bo tho distributing point for all Southern Oicgon of tho Swift wares. Lumber Scarce at Klamath. Klamath Falls On account of tho great demand for lumber for building purposes during the winter, the Kla math Falls yards have become about exhausted. There Is not over 1,000, 000 feet of lumber In the city and this Is of tho common grades. Nearly half was sawed for box lumber and will be manufactured for that purpose. Horse Show for Elgin. Elgin Elgin is making preparations for its nnnual horse show, to be held May 16. This event has grown In fa vor and has done much toward Improv ing Its grade of horses, b. W. Mack, the new druceist here, has closed a deal for 1C0 acres of stump land five miles north of Elgin, which ho intends setting to orchard this fall. New Mill for Forest Grove. Fnr.t OnvA Work on the new planing mill which Is to bo oporatod horo by Loynes & Moore, who recently camo horo from Langdon, N. D., Is nrnfrrosiiincr rnntfllv. Tho machinery has arrived and is ready to bo Installed. Date for Hearing Is Set. Salem Tho Railroad commission has set for hearing on May 11, at 11 A. M., at Salem, tho matter of doublo deck chutes on stock cars. Tho inves tigation affects all Hnos In Oregon. Coos Bay Port Issue Wins, Marahfleld - - B v an overwhelming motnpltv. fVviit tinv tiwnn hnvfi nnnrov. ed the legislative enactment providing lor a port commission, DITCH PROJECT BLOCKED. Private- Interests Intorrupt Govern ment In Malheur Counly. Ontario After spending several months In ruvlvlng tho Malheur Irriga tion project, it now looks as If the gov ernment project will aga n receive a sotback as a umilt of thn activity of prctvato Irrigation companies. Tho iieoplo around Nya and those living up tho Owyhee valley aro back of the private companies, becauso they claim that tho ditch will go 110 feet hlghor and can bo completed sooner than tho government ditch. The peo ple of theso localities have sent peti tions and delegations to Washington asking the reclamation department to defer action on that portion of tho Mal heur project which takes In their land. Tho Clinton-Hurt Interests, or Ilolse, aro tho privnte corporatlom that aro back of this now movement, and they are trying to Interest tho IH'ople that put In tho Twin Falls projecL Similar complication In the Ox How country and tho balking of the road land companies stopped government work four yoBrs ago. The private cor porations aro backed by C. I S. Wood and other interests besides tho people of tho Nyssa and Owyhee dlstrlt. Yaklman Duys Oregon Sheep. Raker City Ono of the largest sheep deals In this part uf Oregon this season was closed recently when A. Wright, a sheep buyer of North Yakima, pur chased G.600 wethers at a prico of about $26,000. Another deal is (tend ing which, if closed, will glvo the Yak ima buyers over 10,000 more sheep. The band purchased by Mr. Wright I one of the best bands In Eastern Ore gon, and was owned by Lee Brothers, of this city. Elgin Loses Wool Sales. Pendleton Elgin will havo no wool sales dates this season, tho dato set for that city having been cancelled by the executivo committee of thu State Wool growors' association and the date of July 0 given to Enterprise. The build ing of thn Wallowa railroad, making unnecessary tho freighting of wool to Elgin, Is responsible for tho chinge. Dakar Horse Show May I. Baker City Baker county's annual horso show will tako plaro in Baker City May 1. The Baker City Concert band will furnish music. Prizes will bo offered for tho best singlo and dou ble teams, and there will be parades and other features. Wool Sells for 14 Cents. Pendleton A phenomenal wool sale Is reported from Arlington, Pat Farley having sold for 14 cenU If). 000 pounds, for which last year for a lire amount ho was paid only 6i cents. Difference In quality duo to climatic conditions Is largely responsible. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Blucstm milling, $1.27il 1.20; club. $1.20it 1.22X. Oata No. 1 white, $40(341 per ton. Barley Feed, $34(fl36 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, ll-itfi'.C per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17 ftlO; clover, $ll(Tcl2; alfalfa, $14GC 14.60; grain hay, $13(iC4; cheat, $14 14.60; vetch, $13.60ifil I. Apples 06c0( $2 60 box. Potatoes $1.40fl. 60 por hundred; sweots, 2)ft3c pound. Vegetables Turnips, $1.26 perrack; carrots, $1.26; parsnips, $1.60; beets, $1.76; horseradish, 10c per pound.; artichokes. GG((83c dozen; asparagus, Oregon, 76S80c per dozen; cabbago, 4(?4J4c pound; lottuce, head, 86c doz en; onions 4060c dozen; parsley, 36c dozen; radishes, 36c dozen; rhubarb, 2ji24c pound; spinach, Cc. Butter City creamery, extras, 27 X (?(29c; fancy outside creamery, 26 20c; store, 820c. Butter fat prices average 1& cents per pound undor reg ular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, 22Kc dozen. Poultry Hens, 16J,$17c; broilers, 26c; fryers, 18ft.22Kc; roosters, old, lOGtllc; young, UGiiWc; ducks, 20(J0 22 Kc; geese, 10?JUc; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.60(S3 dozen. Veal Extras. 10c; ordinary, 8J0 9c; heavy. 7J(8c. Pork Fancy, OKlftlOc; largo, 8f(9e. Hops 1009 contract, 0c; 1908 crop, CfftOc; 1007 crop, 3c; 1000 crop, IJfe. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1.1(fil8c; valley, fine, I0)vc; medium, 18c; coarse, 17c; mohair, choice, 23fu,24c. Cattlo Top steers, $5.26(f(6.60; fair to good, $4,76(36; common to medium, $3.26((4.60; cows, top, $4.26; fair to good, $3.604; common to medium, $2.60(83.60; calves, top, $5(ft6.60; heavy, $8.604; bulls and stags, fat, $3(73.60; common, $2ft2.76. Hogs Best, $7.267.60; fair to good, $0,766(7; Btockcrs, $6.60(j0.60 China fats,$0.76. Sheep Top wothors, $6(7J5.7G; fair to good, $4.6004.76; owes, Jc loss on all grades; yearlings, top, $0.60(ft7,' fair to good, $0(0,26; spring Iambs, $77.60. , SULTAN AWAITS TROOPS, Turkish Capital Ready to Fall Foot at ot Army. ' Constantinople, April 21.- Sultan Abdul llamld Is nvaltln In hi palace for whatever may befall. HUg"'! vizier, Tewllk IVhn, has announced that, without fenr, tho sultan will re main with his family and accept ro. slgnedly tho fato prepared for him and hla country. Tewllk Pasha and the minister of war, Kdhum Pasha, who. sent their res ignations last night, decided to with draw them today, and the grand vizier Is passing most of tho time with the sultan. Nazlm Pashn is still In command of tho garrison, but no preparations havo been made to resist tho advance of the Salonlca troops. The Constitutionalist lines now envelop the city, but tho commander In chief, General llusnl Pasha, Is still nt Hademokl and It Is notllkolv that tho Invader will enter the city Lnforu tomorrow night or the following day. It In understood that tho Salonlcans have submitted to tho government a list of person whoso punishment Is do manded for complicity In tho recent mutiny. This list Include deputies and journalists, But apparently there U tho utmost good feeling between wo Invaders and tho residents of the city, many of whom visited tho cnmjx of the Salonlca troos today and wore receiv ed hospitably. PASSENQER TRAFFIC LARGE. Thousands Will Seek Homes on Pa cific OoASt. Chicago, April 21. Official of the North Pacific coast road expect an un usually large passenger truffle to that country during tho coming summer It will not bo created wholly hy tho Alaska-Yukon-Paclfic fair, though that will be a great drawing card. Them will also be a vast volume of travel brought about by the largo number of person going to the coast with tho Intention of becoming permanent settlers In tho Northwestern country. The buslneVs depression which has been keenly felt In all tho Industrial and Commercial centers of tho Knit has caused a great many reople to seek out pasture new as tho firldi for their future exertions, and largo number of theso havo como to look upon the Pa clfic Northwest coast country as otter ing them tho greatest Inducement uf making their future homes there. Already Inquiries aro boing made of tho railroad in great numbers as to facilities for transportation and refer vatlon aro being made for sleeping car and other accommodation away In ad vance of anything bellevnl to bo possl bio a short tlmo ngo. JURY PROBES SMUQGLING. Federal Body Takes Action In New York Gown Importations. Now York, April 21. Further invr ligation of tho systematic smuggling of Psrls gowns Into this port led the customs officials to declare that tho syndicate probably hail smuggled In $1,000,000 worth of goods each year for the last 10 years, thus defrauding tho government out of $600,000 an nually In customs duties. Efforts to avoid criminal prosecution and to shield from publicity tho prom inont women for whom tho $66,000 worth of gowns recently solzed were Intended resulted In tho offer by repu tnblu attorneys representing anonymous clients of $200,000 to tho government to drop tho Investigation. Tho Federal grand jury Is Invcstl gating tho caso, and It Is Intimated tho Identity of tho smugglers will bo ro voaltd. Collma Pours Out Lava. Moxlco City, April 21. A sevoro eruption of tho Collma volcano, follow ed by an earthquake shock, has spread terror and confusion among thu inhabi tant of nearby towns, a number of whom deserted tholr homes, and lied to points outside tho affected zone, Tho eruption began at 0:10 o'clock yester day morning. It covornd a wldu area with ashes and lava, and subsided at nightfall. Just as confidence was bo- Inu restored, tho region was shaken by a violent explosion, and thu populace onco rnoro was thrown into a panic. Castro's Wife Goes Back, Colon, April 12. Tho steamer Gund alupo camo Into (tort today from Port Llmon, Costa Rica and sailed this af wrnoon for r runco via Venczuola, Among her passengers nro Senora Cas tro, wlfo of the ox-president of Vcno zuela, who in returning to Europo to Join hor husband. Sho could havo landed hero or In Costu Rica, but elected to proceed to trance. Steams SO Knots an Hour. Liverpool, April 21, Tho Mauro- taniu, which arrived from Now York , today, concluded tho last portion of hor trip, about 200 miles, at a speed of 29 knots, a feat never beforo accomplished by an ocean liner. j ADVANCE ON PALACE Yoiiiiij Turks In llcnosc Alulul anil Enthrone- Mohammed. PANIC SEIZES PEOPLE OF CAPITAL Hundreds Poured Into Foreign Em. baity for Protection Parliament To Issue Formal Decree, fmnlniitliHinle. Anrll 24. Fluhtlnir butwreii tho army of Investment under (cnrrnl Malimouil Schefket and part ot the triKip faithful to the sultan hrgan at 6:46 this morning In th roulhw est part of Cera near Ylldis Kiosk. Constantinople, April 21. Tho ad. vanco of tho concentrated army of in vestment was begun last night. Whlln tho favored troops uf the Constantino plo garrison were giving turniHge to thu sultan on Ylldis hill, them w a fur ward movement of the Constitutional forces to within two and one-half mile of thn Ylldis Klok. Cavalry went out to rcconnulter and soldier Mere sent to picket tho bridge arroae tho Sweet Water. There was a great panic. Shupkeei er in a largo part of Pera put up their shutter, llrltlih Ambassador Ia)w thr wa caught In tho swirling crowd near the vmbmsy and hundreds of fran tic k-irons pourwl Into tho embassy compound. Imploring asylum. The gate of the embassy were closed with difficulty, but It was lain In tho after noon beforo th refugee were reassur ed and sent homeward. A distatch from Salonlca declares that after a consultation of Schefket l'aha and tho assembly with Moham med Kechad Elfendl, holr apparent to thn throne, It was decided to demsml that tho Shelk-UI-Islam Issue a drrrcn proclalmlng Mohammed Kerhad KfTrndi slutan. SUNDAY OPENING FOR FAIR. Directors of A.-Y.-P. Pln to Kssp Open Seven Days a Week, Seattle, April 2t.The Alaska-Yu-kon-l'acllie directors today voted unani mously to open thn fair gate on Sun day. On week day tho fair will lx open from H a. m. until midnight, on 8undaj from 1 p. m. until inldnltshL Tho same agitation against Sunday opening that every fair In tho United Slates has encountered wss met by this t'Xpostlloo, but a tho Federal gov eminent made no loan to tho Seattln fair, settlement of tho question was left not to congress, but to thu direct or. Today's decision tx-rmit Sunday oienlnguf tho "Pay Streak," which wa thu chief point of attack by tho United Clergymen. Under tho slate law tho amusement enterprises ti.ust lw conducted quietly on Sunday, with out "ballyhoo." The government building will not bu open, ami such of tho exhibitors as desire to close will bo ermlttrd to do so, but It I believed all the state buildings will ho open. CASTRO SEES AMERICAN PLOT. Says Undo Sam Pltn Conquest of South America. SL Nazalro, April 21. Tho steam ship Versailles, with Ciprlano Castro, tho deKsed president of Venezuela, aboard, arrived hero at dayllghL Be foro Senor Castro left his cabin ho sent fur a nowsjmKT correspondent and, sitting up in bed with a nightcap on his head, delivered a long and rambling haranguo. His remarks wero directed principally against tho United Statea for "playing Into tho hands of hla ene mies In Venezuela and sending war ships to follow hi movements," Ho declared Venezuela was lost If the pcoplo submitted llko slavea to for ulgn meddling. When usked regarding hla futuro plans, tho deiosed president said ho hud mado none, a ho considered him self a prisoner of war, Delays In Graft Trials. Los Angeles, April 24. Thu cases of ox-Chlof of Police Thomas II. Broadhead ami ex-Pol Ico Commissioner Samuel Schcnck, growing out of Indict ments by tho recent grand jury Investi gating tho rodllght graft scandal, camo before Judgo Davis to.luy fur ar raignment of thu defendants. Techni cal objections were ontered by counsel for both defendants, and their caseu wont over until next Tuesday. Broad bond Is charged with accepting a $!, 000 hribo and Schcnck Is accused of at tempting to brlbo tho city prosecutor. Cunard Lino Feels War. Liverpool, April 24. Presiding to day at thu unnuul meeting of tho Cu nard Steumshlp company, Sir William Wntson attributed thu disappearance of thu dividend Inat yonr to tho rato war and thu docreaso in tho number of travelers, Buslnuss slnco January 1 had beon satisfactory, ho said. N tt l I J