Rogue River courier., March 28, 1913, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 1

WEEKLY EDITION
vol. xxvm
GRANTS PASS JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. HUD AY, MARCH 28, 1013.
XO. 50.
BARRY KILLED BY
JAMES CHAPMAN
IS VKRIUtT OF COROXFIPS JURY
AT WOLF CREEK.
HUNTED MAN NOT LOCATED
LX'au .Mun's Head Was Buttered
With Stick of Stovewood, and
Skull Was Crushed.
The coroner's jury that investigat
ed the case of the man found dead
at Wolf Creek returned a verdict Fri
day morning, finding that the dead
man was James Barry, a section man
from Glendale,' and that he had come
' to his death from wounds in the head
inflicted by a club in the hands of
James Chapman, though the verdict
said that the killing was in self de
fense. '
Barry, a man 30 years of age, had
been employed at Glendale for about
sixty days, coming to Wolf Creek on
the afternoon of the 19th Inst. He
became intoxicated and in the even
ing went to the cabin where Chap
man, a boy 17 years of age, lived
alone, intending to remain during
the night, though the evidence
showed that Chapman had. tried to
dissuade him from going. W. T. Mc
Carty testified that he had called at
the cabin at 9:15 in the evening, and
that Chapman told him that the in
toxicated man was In the house.
That was the last time either Chap
man or Barry was seen. Thursday
McCarty again called at the cabin,
Chapman not having appeared for
work during the day, and discovered
the dead body of Barry lying on the
bed. Chapman has disappeared.
Barry's head was battered with a
stick of stove wood, one blow on the
back having crushed the skull, while
another broke the nose.
Nothing Is known of the dead man
except that he had recently come to
Glendale from St. Paul, letters on
his person from a sweetheart In the
eastern city establishing his identity.
Chapman, the boy who is supposed
to have done the killing, has been in
Wolf Creek for only a few weeks, and
was-employed on the section there.
Ha had come from Centralla, Wash.
His associates spoke of him as a well
behaved young man, and no reason
for the killing, and none of the
causes that led up to it were brought
out at the inquest, which was con
ducted by Deputy Coroner Hall of
this city. There seemed to be no
evidence upon which a self defense
verdict could be established except
such as stated above.
A warrant ha3 been issued for the
arrest of Young Chapman, and tne
sheriff and Deputy Prosecutor John
ston, who accompanied the deputy
coroner t0 Wolf Creek, will take
means to apprehend him and have
the facts developed in the courts.
The body of the murdered man
was btrled at Wolf Creel: this after
noon, he having no friends so far as
known in the west. The only knowl
edge of his relatives is the reference
in one of the letters from his sweet
heart of his mother, though no ad
dress is given. The only signature
to the letters was that of "Bess."
CV IX A SACK
CAPTURES BURGLARS.
PARIS, March 27. Startled by
the unexpected arrival of thre po
licemen, burglars on the Quay de
. i
Bercy dropped a heavy sack contain -
,
ing loot and bolted. Two of the Po -
, , , .hird
lhemen imrsued them but the tmra
wn8 wiser and earned promotion by
effetiug a cleTer capture.
Anticipating that the burglars
woald elude his colleagues. Police
man Andre stayed behind and em; ty
ing the Back, got inside it. The fug
itives had no difficulty in evadin?
, ihnir nnriiisn nnr. returned . for
thnii. hntf a-Viornminn Andre firel,''"
' II II UUUIJ " Ulii-'il
tfcrosgh the sack Just as they were
trying to lift It and the amazed burg -
laps qulcklv surrendered.
DR. REDDY REPORTS
R. R. OUTLOOK GOOD
Dr. J. F. Reddy returned at noon
Monday from his extended trip to
various cltlu of the east and on this
coast, coming here direct from San
Francisco. In the latter city he en
tered into negotiations with a firm of
people who are contemplating the
financing and immediate building of
the Grants Pass-Crescent City rail
road, and he is confident that these
negotiations, which are to be com
pleted within a short time, will result
in the.construction of the road to the
coast without delay. Representa
tives of the firm will be here Thurs
day from San Francisco and details
will be arranged and the plan for the
taking over of the entire Grants
Pass-Crescent City system will un
doubtedly follow within a few days.
The firm Is one of the most respon
sible on the coast, and hag success
fully built several lines of road and
is competent both from the financial
and the engineering point of view to
take over the local proposition and
carry It through.
Dr. Reddy says that if the minor
details can be properly arranged, the
firm should be In a position to pro
ceed with the construction work at
once. He is especially confident over
the outlook. While here the 'Frisco
people will go over the route between
here and Crescent City.
Dr. J. F, Reddy left for the north
Tuesday night, going first to Salem
where he will file the articles of In
corporation of the Grants Pass
Crescent City railroad.
The incorporation papers show
that the company is capitalized at
15,000,000, the incorporators being
Dr. Reddy, II . L. Gilkey and W. W.
Harmon, the object of the new cor
poration being stated as the building
and operation of a" railway from
Grants Pass to the coast at Crescent
City, California.
Mr. Reddy will return from Salem
Thursday, and will meet people who
are to take over the road here the last
of the week. It is expected that the
railroad people will make a trip to
Crescent City while here, going
through by automobile If the roads
are passable for the machine.
XOISY INDIVIDUAL
PLACED IX CITY CeT.L.
A noisy individual who said his
name was Lewis and that his physi
cal Infirmities were caused by his
service In the Spanish-American war,
spent Friday night in cold storage
at the city bastile, and Saturday was
brought before the police judge to
answer to the charge of being druok
and disorderly. Lewis made a pre
carious livelihood by selling shoe
strings, and as his capital had been
reduced to a single dime after his
round of the thirst parlors, the judge
allowed him to keep the change if he
would depart from the city. He de
parted. ARTIU U DAVIS KILLED
BY MINE EXPLOSION.
An explosion occurred at the
Horsehead mine near Golden Thurs
day afternoon at about 5 o'clock,
which resulted In the death of Ar
thur Davis, son of Mark C. Davis,
Sunday school missionary residing at
Golden. Young Davis, who was 19
years, 1 month and 28 days of age,
was working in the mine alone and
indications point to the fact that he
I was setting off a strinj of six charges
of dynamite but the explosion of the
first chaw occurred before he had
set off the last shot. A. Lehman, liv
ing near the mine heard the five
shots at the 'usual tinrt4 and as Davis
did not appear at the mouth of the
tnnnd Lehman went in to invest
unn" '
i i favr.i the vounc man on
iai -0l 1 e , .
.I.M.r of tl.Munnel at the pou.t
nt in to investigate
the
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py covire'i nu "- - --
Wit in his brm.st. He was taken
lout, and help summoned and althoush
! he lived for five hours he did not re
' sain consciousness,
j The funeral services will be held
j Sunday afternoon with Interment at
Wolf Crfek cemetery.
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Dunn returned Tuesday night
in a I'lisiness my iu
OHIO AND INDIANA TOWNS ARE
STRICKEN WITH FLOOD AND FIRE
Loss of Life Is Appalling, ani May Total to the
Thousands, and With a Property Loss
of Countless Millions. -
SUMMARY OF DEAD
AND HOMELESS IX
OHIO FLOOD.
Dayton From 300 to 3,000
dead; business section fire
swept; 30,000 persons home-
less and damage estimated to be
at least $30,(00,000. ;
Columbus From 50 to 200
dead; Beveral buildings burned;
20,000 homeless, and damage at
least 110.000,000.
Delaware Thirteen known
to be dead; 1,000 homeless, and 4
property damage estimated at
$1,000,000.
Zanesvllle Seven known
dead; 4,000 homeless, and loss
fixed at 11,500,000.
Hamilton Thirteen dead;
several hundred homeless; sev-
eral factories, valued at more
than $1,000,000, burned, oth-
ers collapsed; total loss esttn-
ated at 12,500,000. ,
Middletown Seven known
dead and at least 100 missing;
property loss estimated at
Tiffin Fifty reported dead.
Plqua Twenty reported dead -f
and scores mitsstng.
The fatalities at Troy, Sidney
and Fremont cannot be eatlmat-
ed at this time.
$500,000.
A score of towns In the flood-
4- ed districts cannot be reached.
4- Complete reports are expected
to support Governor Cox's state-
ment that the floods have ren- -f
dered 250,000 persons home-
f less. All railroad, lnterurban
and street car service In the
flooded districts Is at a stand-
f still.
4- The loss to public utility com- -f
panies alone la estimated at -f
$40,000,000.
DAYTON', O., March 27. Women
and children first Is the rule In
death stricken Dayton today.
Hundreds of men have been left
behind In their flooded homes after
their families were moved because
there was not room enough in the
boats for all.
Many of .these are facing death
from the conflagration, while their
anguished wives and children watch
ed the flames from points of safety.
Already the corpses of the flood vic
tims are becoming visible. From the
south shore of the flooded district
the bodies of men, women and chil
dren can be seen floating with the
debris of houses and the carcasses of
dead horses.
The, mingled mas3 of dead human
ity and animals is being carried
swiftly along by the waves, and it is
believed few of the bodies will be
recovered.
All the bodies thus far taken from
the water are being conveyed to the
chapel of Woodlawn cemetery. "
Rescuers Work at Top Sx-ed.
While but little has yet been done
to save the thousands imperiled In
the flood and fire, every possible ef
fort that humanity can exert or dar
ing supply, Is belag bent to the work.
Such few boats as are available are
being worked at top Bpeed by eager
rescuers, and already scores of wo
men and children, famishing and al
most fron, nave been landed on the
higher spots In the city where the
flood waters have receded.
Bitter cold, however, Is retarding
the work of rescue as well as making
the sufferings of the survivors al
moft unendurable. The deaths from
exposure probably will materially
smell the fatal roll, which cannot be
made up In aiiythlng like complete
ness for probably a week.
Throughout ail the lower part of
the city it Is likely that hnsdreds of
persons may be found dead In their
1v?stated homes when the waters
subside sufficiently to penult of a
search.
DAYTON. O.. March 26. By Mes
senger to Lebanon, Ohio. Dayton
today Is a city of the dead, the dying
the homeless and the grtef-strlcken.
The tragiu story will be unknown
until the last bodies are removed
from the flood or from ruins of the
fire that Is spreading until checked
in the southern section of the city.
The whole atory probably will nev
er be known the heroism of men,
the martyrdom of women and the
mad hysteria which caused some to
leap into the flood.
Tragic Act of Marooned Father.
A man marooned on the root of
his home shot and killed
his wife and three children and then
sent a bullet into his own brain, rath
er than see them burn to death. A
man who witnessed this act, gave me
the details. Their bodies, he said,
floated away.
There may be a hundred dead
or a thousand. The death census
(Continued on page 2.)
200 KILLED IN CYCLONE
IN OMAHA AND VICINITY
OMAHA, Neb., March 24. With
06 known dead through the cyclone
which wrecked thiB city and neigh
boring communities laBt night, May
or James C. Dahlman at 1 o'clock
this afternoon still declared he es
timated the number of dead In
Omaha and Us Immediate vicinity at
200. The 96 known dead are those
only found in Omaha, Ralston and
Council Bluffs up to this time, but
there Is little doubt that many more
bodies will be recovered In the three
towns before night.
Twenty-flve persons are definitely
known to be missing, Including two
babies, but the confusion everywhere
makes all estimates as yet mostly
gueBB work.
In Council Bluffs the property loss
is estimated at about $250, o00.
One hundred and Blxty-nlne build
ings were razed In Omaha, divided as
follows:
Houses, 150; churches, 11 and
schools, S.
More than 250 other houses were
badly damaged.
It Is Impossible at this time to es
timate the damage done by fire fol
lowing the storm. The Idelwlld club
building was wrecked by the cyclone
and then burned.
The Auditorium and the Y. M. C.
A. buildings were opened to refugees
this afternoon. The bodies of four
members of the Daniels family have
been recovered.
OMAHA, Neb., March 24. Two
hundred dead and $10,0"0,"00 loss
In Omaha alone is the toll taken by
the worst tornado which ever visit
ed Nebraska, according to declara
tions at 11 o'clock today by Mayor
John Dahlman, Governor Moiehead
and Police Commissioner Ryder.
These predictions were made after
the three officials had toured the de
vastated sections by automobile. It
was also admitted that the figures
might, lie Increased later In the day.
The estimates above do not include
the dead at Ralston, a suburb, fir In
Council Bluff, Iowa, Just across the
Missouri river from Omaha.
Latest reports from Council Bluffs
Lay that four of the bodies had been
tak-n from homes In the storm's
path. This brings the list of known
dead there up to 12.
It is now believed that the tornado
went further east than was at flnt
reported, causing more fatalities
than earlier advices Indicated,
little Tornado Insurance.
A canvass of every tornado In
surant ronpany here leads te the
bllef that the J 10. 000, 00 loss ll
(Continued os Pag 3.)
SHIP CAR OF APPLES
TO LOS ANGELES MARKET
A car of apples for shipment to Los
Angeles is being loaded at the local
Fruit association warthouse for
shipment to Los Angeles. Q. A. Ham
ilton being the shipper. The car will
carry mixed varieties, Including
Wlnesaps, Ben Davis and Gano. Two
other cars to the same market will
follow.
There are still left In the Grants
Pass district from fifteen to twenty
cars of boxed apples, largely of the
Ben Davis variety, the Newtowns and
Spltzenbergs having practically all
been sent out early In the season. The
market Is not strong at present, but
the Ben Davis Is expected to fill In
later when other varieties are out of
the way. The Ben Davis Is the keep
er of them all, and for that reason
has been held back to the last. H. T.
Prltchard alone . has about 5,000
boxes of this variety Btlll on hand.
MANY WANT STOCK IN
NEW CANNERY COMPANY
T"he solicitors who have been cir
culating the stock subscription lists
for the Josephine County Growers'
association have been meeting with
the greatest of success aud have now
subscribed more than the 200 shares
that was the mark first set. This as
sures the providing of sufficient
funds for the taking over of the
Grants Pass cannery and the Instal
lation of such new machinery as will
be needed to make It available at
once. A number of farmers who did
not attend tho Thursday meotjng,
and who had not been seen by a so
licitor, have called at the offlco of
the commercial club secretary aud
have tiere subscribed for shares.
The meeting of tho stockholders
for the election of the nine directors
will be held next Saturday, and the
Incorporation of the company will be
completed. Chairman Hill, of the
temporary organization, was elated
with tho success that hud attended
the circulation of the stock lists, and
said yesterday that tho producers
were showing a spirit of unity and
co-operation that spelled the success
of the project, aud that tho cannery
was a sure go.
The meeting next Saturday will be
held at two o'clock at the Commer
cial club rooms, and every holder of
stock should be present nnd nsslst In
the election of the association offi
cers.
oxly one rcgistkatiox
for all election's,
SALEM, March 21. Attention Is
today directed to the new registra
tion law enacted by the recent leg
islature by an Interpretation ef It
made by Attorney General Crawford.
Under the new Is v, which becomes
effective June 4, the attorney gener
al points out that the county clerks
must be prepared at all times to
register voters, beginning with the
day the law goes Into effect. The
county clerk must appoint precinct
registrars, wli will bo autl orl.ed to
take registrations. Then when a vot
er Is once registered It will not. be
necessary for him to register again,
unless lie changes his nddecss.
The law provides that the registra
tion Rhall cease 30 davs before tho
primary or general elections, and 15
days prior to a special election and
that a person who Is registered can
not vote.
One registration i sufficient for
both general and city elections.
DILI I EAI.Y, PROSPECTOR,
SUICIDES VI HOLLAND.
Bill I'ealy, an old ppwpi'cior and
miner t4 the Illinois valley, commit
ted sulltl Thursday nilit at Hol
land by taking an evcrde.-e of mor
phine, a drug to the u-, of which he
was nddli ted.
POTMOI AND APPLES
TO I MK)II I DISTRICTS.
HOOD RIVER. March 27. The
residents of Hood River and vicinity
ar today plan a kit; on sending a cr
lead of potatoes nsid apples to the
Sft'l-pwcjt district of Milo.
IMPROVEINT
BONOS ARE SOLD
TEllltY, URU;;s SLAYTOX SUC
CESSFUL BIDDERS.
ISSUE IS FOR $32,424.21
Covers Cost of Work on Washing
toil Boulevurd, IjauurUltfe
Ave. iiiul Other Streets-
Terry, Brlggs & Slaytou, the To
ledo bond buyers who recently pur
chased the $200,000 issue of rail
road bonds, made the successful bid
for the Improvement bonds Issued to
cover the cost of north side street Im
provements, the issue being sold to
thorn at par aud accrued Interest. The
issue is for $32,424.21. This firm
has purchased practically all of the
Improvement bonds Issued by the
city.
The sale was made by the city
council at the meeting held Friday
night, the bid being accompanied by
a certified check for five per ceut ot
the amount ot the bid. The bonds
cover the work done on Manzanlta
avonue, Luwnrldge avenue, Wash
ington Boulevard, Fourth street, the
alloy lu block 32, aud II street. In
terest Is at the rate of six per cent
per annum and la payable In
Grafts Pass semi-annually.
l'ireiiiun Hohlgns.
Curl Allen, a member of the city
lire department In charge of the fire
truck, bus offered his resignation to
tho council, asking to bo relieved
from duty on May lBt that he may
engage In business foi himself. Ap
plications for appointment to fill the
prospective vacancy were made to
tho council by Perry Gunning, Noble
HcHt and Leslie Cook, but action has
not yet been takeu. . '
Another Saloon LIcciiko.
O. It. Swearlngen made application
to tho council for license to conduct a
saloon on H street, at the location
opposite the Fashion garage. The
application was referred to the li
cense committee.
To Opm New Street. .
The ordinance providing for the
opening of the street between Sixth
and Seventh, along the extension to
block G of J. Bourne's addition to the
city of Grants Pass, was read, 'and
viewers to assess the damages were
appointed. Tho viewers are T. Y.
Dean, J. R, Gunning and M. A, Jen
nings. This new street Is to run be
tween the Summers and Kesterson .
residence properties.
S. P. Company to Pave.
Through the city engineer, the
Southern Pacific company reported
that It was ready to proceed with the
pavement of the strip between tho
rails on tho Fourth nnd Sixth street
crossing rrosslngs, and tho council
authorized the laying of vitrified pav
ing blocks. These blocks are to be
laid between the rails aud along the
sides to connect with thu city pave
ment.
The Treiiniin-r's Bond,
The council had at a previous
meeting demanded a $ 1 0,00 surety
bond of the city treasurer, but at the
Friday meeting of the council the
condition was charnt'd so as to per
mit the giving of a personal bond ki
like sum,
Tho application of W. W. RlgRs for
permission to Install a gayollm sump
on the walk In front of hU pkice
busliH'fH was granted.
10 DAY I.I OAL HOLIDW
IX FLOOD DISTRICT.
COLUMBUS, ()., ilat'h 27. A ten
days' legal holiday wan do' Pared te
day lu the flooded districts of Ohio
by Governor Cox. This was done to
xlve flood victims time to take care ef
notes and mortgages falling due.
Tho governor also Issued a state
ment asking the euntry to wire fund
rather than senj supplies, because ot
the dmralUd railroad service. .
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