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SI'HINCIKIKMI, Mo., Juno .
IMnus to abduct a St. Louis inami
fucturer of iinuiiliuns, as part oj' a
(icrmau coiisiracv to block the .ship
mont of such supplies were revealec
today to I'll nl O'llay, proseeutint; at
tornoy, by J. I'iersol, one of the
six men held in the investigation of
the disappearance of Yloyd Keet, 14
months-old son of ,1. Midland Keet
wealthy haulier.
The plan was fiiven up as iinprne
ticnhle, however, I'iersol is said to
have declared.
Authorities previously announced
that the six had confessed other plots,
inHiidini: the ahduetion of (,'. A. Clem
ent, n local jeweler, whom they ex
pected to hold for ransom. The sus
poets, against whom no formal charge
yet lias hcen made, denied such a con-
fession today, despite the continued
assertions of O'Oay and others that
they had made such statements.
With the arrest early today of six
persons charged with licine; implicated
m the kidnaping last Wednesday night
f Lloyd, the 1 l-nionlhs-old child of
.1. Holland Keet, wealthy hanker of
Springfield, Iho police believe they
are on the track ol. (ho abductors nnd
express the belief that the baby will
be returned before nightfall. ,
PORTLAND, .tune 0. A $6,000,-
000 good roads Issue, was indorsed by
tho voters of Oregon at tlio state,
election Monday, by a majority of
about 23,000. Multnomah county
(Portland) roturned a majority of
8,4,rli and with complete returns
missing from only Lake, Harney,
Morrow and Wheolor counties, the
state- outBldo of Portland seems to
huve given a majority of about 4000
for tho bonds.
Tho voters, on the other hand, de
feated a 400,000 bond tssuo for a
now stato penitentiary.
At the city election in Portland,
Ocorgo L. linker was olected mayor
by IdOO over Will 11. Daly. A. I.
llarbur. incumbent city auditor, has
been definitely elected. Ono city
commissioner and tho second placo
probably will bo won by John M.
Mann, who Is leading Dan Kollnhcr
on unofficial, but almost complete
returns by more than 200.
Portland appears to bnvo adopted
an antl-trnile conspiracy ordinance by
a small margin. This law will pro
hibit certain forms of boycotting,
especially by bannering, picketing
and street demonstration.
TEN MILLION MEN REGISTER,
(Continued from pago 1.)
pursued to make tho registration com
plete. No entirely complete returns
are expected before late today.
Iteglstration of Cities.
CIIK'AUO, .lane (1. Complete un
official relurnB from the draft, regis
tration give Chicago 30S,00(l names.
Chicago's registration exceeded all
estimates nnd only twenty suspected
slackers wero reported.
JMIILAliKI.l'HIA. Juno 6 Virtu
ally complete returns froili yester
day's registration shows the number
of enrollments In Philadelphia ex
ceeded preliminary estimates by more
than 2000. With four scattered di
visions out of i:t:sii to be heard from,
tho official count was 170. Till. Of
tills number HT.TiJli registered as
aliens; 77,;::i9 are married; :irv,2ll
are single with dependents, and 2 1.
610 claimed exemption
KVKHKTT. Wash., Juno 11. A to
tal of 2212 names were registered I.)
Everett under the draft law yesterday
of which lOit! claimed exemption.
Complete In New Jersey.
WASHINGTON, June ti. - Com
plete returns from New Jersey, the
first to come in, shmv registration
of ;)0'J,Witi. The climate by the cen
sus bureau a- :iti!i,"ii-l.
Wisconsin'. (utal ii-i-tr.ition wn
estimated by (Imornor Philipp at
218,700. (Vll-us e-llinales put hc
figuro lit a.'il,.VT.
KEW- YORK. June 0. With many
assembly districts misjnir the count
of Yesterday's registration today
stood lit 1 1 , t : 1 .H with ! hi tola! indi
cated iinotTiciiilly at .VJii.liiui. The
jiolice have begun a lout-,, to house
rnnviiKs to round up suspected sh.ck
crg. ST. PAUL, June 6. Wph lyw:
pei'tons rrgvtered in 'hia . itv whi. h
exceeds estimates, it is believed the
ttnl for the stale will reach .100.000
iiiottud of 'ho predicted 250 iu)
AT FISH LAKE
(Continued from Pago One.)
tbolr homes and lives would be In
danger and creating general appre
hension and terror.
Fortunate it was that the huge em
bankment, which was GOO feet long
and 25 feet high, did not give way ., , off nnd the reservoir cleaned thor-
puro water supply until the flood con
ditions of tho regular supply can-be
remedied, but also will help to keep a
supply In the reservoir for fire pur
poses. ,
Today or tomorrow the city coun
cil will Journey to the Intake to view
conditions thee an rddecide what shall
be done In the way of future supply,
and will also go to the Fish Lake dam
IS miles farther up from tho intake,
to study tho situation there.
Messrs. Arnsplger, Gates and Keene
decided yesterday that to meet the
present emergency tho water from
WasHon canyon will be run directly
Into tho city mains and shut oft from
tho city reservoir. In several days
the muddy water in tho latter will he
when tho big break came, else the en
tiro valley along Little Butte creek for
miles would have been flooded, with
loss of lives, property and stock.
, All day yesterday and last night
Ilutto crook was in a turbulent, flood
cd condition from tho millions of gal
Ions that poured thru the break In tho
dam. This condition continued till
this noon when tho dam had lowered
to twelve feet and the break was stop
ped up completely.
Crisis for Mcdford.
Monday night and yesterday the
city of Mcdford, without knowing It,
faced a grave crisis, In that Its water
supply might he wiped out at any mo
ment. And along with tho threatened
lack of water was the danger of fire
conflagration, because of low water In
the reservoir, which happily did not
materialize.
Today the Immediate dangor of wa
ter famine and consequent low pren-
suro for flro Bervlce is past, thanks to
the rising to the emergency of Mayor
C. B. Cates, Dr. J. M. Keene, chair
man of the council committee on wa
ter', and City Water Superintendent
Olln Arnsplger and the volunteer of-
for of Mike Hanlcy, to say nothing of
tho work done by the Itogue River Co.
nal Company officials.
Vet Medford's water supply will not
be normal for several days at least
nor will the people be getting the
same splendid water as heretofore,
They will bo using water Just as
good as tho usual supply, from an
entirely . different source, namely,
Wnsson canyon on tho Mike Hanloy
ranch two miles this sldo of the In
take . " " .
(ood WnU'r Coming.
Tho Wasson canyon water is being
supplied as an emergency measure
until such 1 1 mo as temporary repairs
can ho made at tho works Intake and
tho flood waters In Iiutto creek from
tho Fish Lake dam have cleared up,
all of which with good fortune may
be within four days, and at tho latost
sovoral weeks.
While these dangors threatened the
city of Medford thru tho broak 111 the
Fish Lake dam Monday night, the
ranchers residing along Little Unite
reek are thankful today that the en-
tlro dam did not glvo way nnd that
they nro alive.
Had tho whole dam structure given
Way a huge flood of raging waters
would have swept tho valley clean of
lives and property, liven at It was,
bowover, these people spent a night
of terror on tho mountain or hillsides,
fearing a miniature Johnstown flood,
up to noon yosterday also much ap
prehension was felt.
The weakening of the dam embank
ment was stopped yesterday noon, ac
cording to telephonic reports from the
Fish Lake dam which said that the
situation was under control and that
tho dam was snved.
Mayor Gates and Dr. Keene, accom
panied by a Mail Tribune reporter and
Court Hall reached the city Intake nt
4 p. in. yesterday being only able
to get by automobile as far as the
Hanloy ranch and having to walk the
rest of the way. a mile, over the trail.
City Officials Act.
Tho Intake Is almost a complete
wreck caused by the flood from the
dam Monday night, anil around It Is a
tangled pilo of logs, trees, limbs and
other flood debris which may take
several week to remove.
After a hurried Inspection of the
damage done and seeing that the still
j rushing flood water, because of piled
!up debris, was going by with only a
small portion entering the feed pipe
to flow on to the city reservoir, and
reall.lug that the dirty flood water
, was not fit for use, Messrs. dates,
K'-cnc and Arnsplger hurriedly decid
ed to adopt a temporary supply of
water from another source.
They were enabled to do this thru
the voluntary offer of Mike llanloy
ninde to Mayor dates at noon yester
day to permit the city to use the w-a-ter
from Wnsson canyon which sup
plies his Irrigation ditch. This
moraine, under Arnsplger's direction,
after the flood water had been shut
off entirely from the city system at
the intake, the water from Wasson
canyon, two miles away, was turned
Into the Intake plpo near that loca
tion. This will Insure the city not only a
oly. By that time It Is hoped that the
creek water will have cleared up so
that tho creek can again be turned
into the Intake after quick temporary
repairs have been made to tho latter.
It will take a day and a night to clean
tho resorvolr.
llrenk Xot CnexpoctMl.
The break in tho dam embankment
occurred at tlio south end of the
structure, starting first with a large
leak which was first discovered ealy
In tho evening. A telephone message
was atonce sent to Chief Engineer 1
Cowgill and Manager Drown of the
canal company, and Cowgill and sev-
early yosterday fore noon and took
l-eharge of tlie situation, .
Knglneer Cowgill and his relief par
ty had to walk the thirteen miles
from the Intake to the dam on Mon
day night, as for miles in the vicinity
of the dam the snow is still from
throo to four feet deep, and no trail
was yet broken through It for Baddle
horses. The canal company will have
a largo force of men at work today at
tho dam.
Until the Little Butte ereew clears
up Eaglo Point will be without a wa
ter supply, as It gets its water from
tlio creek, which all day yesterday
was a rushing torrent of dirty, muddy
water unfit for use.
When the break came Monday night
tho water In the dam was 22 feet deep
and by this noon had lowered to about
12 feet, according to a message re
ceived from Manager J3rown, who has
been at the dam since early Tuesday
afternoon. Mr. Brown also stated
over the phone that the break had
been stopped up; that the water
would be held at 12 feet, and that
the relief crew would return to Med
ford Thursday.
Fear of Low Pres.siii'o.
-While tlio city reservoir at present
Is full, having been allowed to fill to
the top last night before the reservoir
was disconnected with the city sys
tem, It was feared that a fire would
TORI
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miles east of here near the Missouri
river. Tho tornado's path was from
fifty to one hundred yards wide for
an undetermined distance.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 0. For
the third time In a little more than
two weeks portions of Misourl and
Kansas today were compiling lists of
dead, Injured and property losses in
flicted by vagaries of the elements.
At least 13 persons are dead and
many injured In widely separated sec
tions of the two states.
Early today wires still were down
In all directions in the storm areas
and no definite compilation of the
toll of dead and the proptrey dam
age resulting late yesterday when sev
eral twisters swooped down had ben
made.
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It was known, however, that the
pull the water down to low pressure , tteI vinage of Eltnont, near Topeka,
I take in Wasson canyon" will not be'
above tho Intake, phoned to the In
take residence that the entire dnm
had given way and that the word
should be quickly passed along from
phone to phone for nil the ranchers
along tho creek to tnko to the hills to
save their lives.
Tho message of terror was repeat
ed all along tho line and about the
same time the crest of the flood came
toarlng-along with a frightful roar of
rushing, swirling waters, snapping
trees and limbs;
A short time before the crest of the
flood reached the Intake Engineer
Cowglll's party arrived there. Mr.
Cowgill, after talking with the dam
office by phone, at once askod that
urgent warning he sent by phono all
along the line for tho peoplo to take
to the hills.
Even yesterday there was still ap
prehension that the dam would go out
and a number of ranchers moved their
household goods to the hillsides and
wero prepared for tho worst.
lliul Narrow KsonK
J. T. Conrad, assistant city water
superintendent of Medford, and Peter
Burleson, the city intake keepor, nnd
a narrow escape from death. Without
any intimation even that there was
trouble at the dam, they were at the
lntako proper with a lantern lifting
up tho Instake screens for tho night
when the flood came upon them. They
were hurled into the swirling wator,
hut managed to get out quickly.
Mr. Conrad with his wife and two
little sons bad arrived at the lntako
only tlio day before on a brief vaca
tion. Burleson and Conrad at once phon
ed the threatening news to Mr. Arn
splger at Medford nnd hurried hock
to tho Intake. They found that they
could reach tho last gato to tho In
take plpo nnd set to work with large
brushes on long handles to keep the
debris and muddy water from block
ing up the entrance to this pipe which
they realized wns Medford's only
sourco of water supply. They kept up
this weary work all night long nnd nit
day yesterday until 8:30 o'clock Inst
night when Mr. Arnsplger and Ed
ward Hull relieved them.
Hull, by tho way, tlio a taxi driver
who took tho Cowgill party to the in
take Monday night. He was maroon
ed nt tho intake by the flood as the
latter bad washed nway the bridge
over Little Butte creek near the in
take. Arnsplger in Charge.
Mr. Arnsplger reached the Intake
'sufficient to supply the city's needs
and keep the reservoir filled.
The flood water from Butte creek
Monday night and yesterday raised
Itogue River and, rolled It so badly
that fishing was spoiled yesterday
and today.
the death of one of the men there and
ernl pmnlm-M nt tlin- enm nn nv atttrinn
for.the.dai.Lby automobile, a three !nd that lhe " 0W-froln new " I Kansas, virtually was leveled, with
hours' ride from Medford.
About 9 o'clock the break occurred
and about the same time Mrs. Frey
who lives on a ranch several miles
two others nenrby. A negro boy was
killed near Lawrence and a man is
reported dead at Clinton, further
west.
In Misourl, just east of Richmond,
two women and a baby were victims
of a tornado that wrecked their home;
OPPOSE REGISTRATION
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., June fi. -No
further attempt will he made to reg
ister Navajo imlians who caused rog-
lOLA, Kan., Juno 0. William Jas
plneau was killed and 'his wife and
four others wero severely Injured by
a tornado near Savonburg southeast
of here this morning. Crops were
damaged and homes destroyed. It is
feared several of the injured may die.
It was freely, rumored yesterday at Ccntra,la five persons were killed :
that a number of damage suns wouia an(j jq nj,,.e(j
be brought against tlio uogue itiver
Canal company by ranchers along
liutte creek whose properties suffered
damage. City officials declare that
tho city connot bo made a party to
such suits, as the city has nothing. to
do with the Fish Lake dam and Is re
sponsible In "no way for the flooding
of the creek. The city Itself has suf
fered thousands of dollas worth of
amage.
istration officials to depart in haste
yesterday from the reservation 100
miles north of here until ins) ruc
tion come from Washington, accord
nig to Walter Kiiukc, Iinliun agent at
Tuba City. No disorder has been re
ported. The indians were reported to huve
bought all uvailuble. ammunition for
their anus lately and to hnve declar
ed they would all fight ruther than
"go to Germany."
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