V I laumal VOL. XIX. SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 10 09. NO. 214. agjM loj loiinllnllQlfof Fftttlta Rid iiaiioiioi lai pfjs 'WSW ' ,'W& QM''BsiiMiitft7m! V TERRIFIC . BATTLE IN MOROCCO Fifty Thousand Moors and Forty Thousand Spaniards Fight Fiercest Battle of the War. around is strewn w'th the bodies of Moors, who havo boon killed' by tho heavy gun flro of the Spanish forces. Forty thousand SpnnUh. troops aro onghgod in tho action, and it Is es timated that G0.000 Moors aro par ticipating In tho bnttlo against Mar ina's troops. Tho country whoro tho bloody bat tle Is being waged Is arid, and tho soldiers nro fighting In tho open. Tho heat Is lntonsc. LOSSES ENORMOUS TWENTY SPANISH OFFICERS ARE KNOWN TO HE DEAD-COUNTRY FOR MILES STREWN WITH DEAD MOORS, KILLED BY THE HEAVY (IV S FIRE OK SPANISH. (UNITED 1'IIEftS MUSED TTltlK.) Qlbraltar, Sept. 22. Tho florcest bnttlo of tho war of tho Spaniards against tho Riff trlbosmon Is progress lug today, according to advices ro colvcd hero. Tho tribesmen wero dofented yes terday, when tho Spanish forces op erating to tho westward took pos session or Tasairst nna Yatcti, ro trcatcd and reformed their brokon lines, renewing tho nttack early this morning. Tho Moors nro fighting desperately, with tho hope of check ing tho ndvanco of tho Dons. Tho ciUnnns under tho command of General Marlnn nro rcportod to bo slowly forc'ng the tribesmen back. TJho losses on both s!os aw enor mous, and tho slaughtered dead mark tho path of tho Spanish advance Twenty Spanish officers nro known to bo dead, and tho country for1 miles TWO THOUSAND MILES OF RAILROAD EXTENSION EATON HALL DEDICATED YESTERDAY UNITED mSBS LEASED WISE. Now York. Sopt. 22. Extensions aggregating two thousand miles nro bolng planned for tho Southern and Union Pacific lines, nccordlng to n stntoment today by Julius Krutt schnltt. Tho extensions, many of which will bo begun In tho noar fut ure, will call for tho expenditure of practically $100,000,000. Foremost among tho plnns of tho Hnrrlman int erests is tho extension of tho North Pacific branch recently constructed botweon Ccntralln, Wash., nnd dray's Harbor to Pugot Sound, through 100 miles of tho finest tlmbor Innds in tho west. Of tho 400 miles of Southern Pacific extension now under way, 173 aro being constructed to supplement the presont lines In Orogon. PARALYZED BY FEAR GIRL STANDS ON TRACK UNITED rjlEBN LEASED WIIlE. Pasadena, Cal., Sopt. 22. Struck by a Snntn Fo onglno as sho stood on thotrncks fasclnntcd by tho roaring nppronch of tho Iron monster, Miss Jonnle Borryman, 20 years old, was probably fatally Injured. Miss Derryman wns qrosslng tho tracks late l.t f"nlng vlirn tho onglno 1 hor. ....card ing .-o(iu stood as If fas diluted until struck by tho pilot and hurled unconscious against a curb 60 foot distant. No belief that tho young woman trlod to commit suicldo Is hold by tho authorities, who aro of tho opinion that sho was paralyzed by four nnd was unablo to niovo. Memorable Occasion in History of the Oldest .'Institution of Learning in the Northwest. PRAISE FOR DONOR GOVERNOR. STATE OFFICIALS, CONGRESSMEN A N D OTHER LEADING MEN OF THE STATE ARE PRESENT FINE ADDRESS MADE IY HON. A. E. EATON. With n flag flying from tho staff In n perfect Oregon day Eaton hnll was dedicated Tuesday afternoon Pros. Homnn called to order at 2:30 and said the donor had n vision oi what was neoded, and tho contract ors enmo In for n very honornblo mention. This wns ngreed to by all tho large crowd who had Boon wnn dorlng through the hnlls nnd corri dors, tho offices nnd recitation rooms. Mr. Homnn Introduced Governor Frank W. Benson, who wns greeted with great cheering. He wns called a graduate from a Methodist college and held n master's degree from tho same. Ho presided nnd introduced GOLF COAST SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE At Least Three Hundred Lives Lost, and Property Dam age Enormous, Prob-4 ably Ten Million. DEATH LIST GROWS feared that thoy were unablo to wenthof tho gnlff. So strong Vns the forco of tho wind that homes wore lifted from their foundation and hurled to their de struction In tho air. Sovoral of theso wore oven blown Into tho gulf. With tho subsiding of tho storm tho damngo to this city appears groat vv than tho first reports indicated. Tho French section of tho city Is nl most entirely wrecked, Four hundred passongors who woro mnrooned for two days In wash outs, arrived hero last night In a half-starved condition. COOK WILL SUBMIT HIS DATA SOON HUGE TIDAL WAVE SWEPT FOR MILES RACK OVER THE LOW LYING GROUNDS, DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF HOMES-THREE HUNDRED COAL RARGES SUNK. (Continued on pngo 4.) yiiiiiiiiia)iiiii)iaiitiieiiiii)iiirf)ff4t I! Salem's Greatest and!! ilMost Successful Store! :. ; ; Is certainly doing the business, the greatest in our history. The people appreciate high-! ;; class merchandise sold at low prices. If you want to sccrthj "greatest stock in Salem to :: ; ; make your Fall purchases from, come to the Chicago Store, the store that makes the prices : High-class Tailor Made Suits, Coats and Mil' ' linery Sold at low Prices If you want values that surpass, goods that sur pass, and styles in cloaks, suits and millinery that surpass anything you can find in this part of the world, come to the Chicago Store. We have the proof right here. We are doing the business, and that is proof enough that the people are wide awake to good styles and values, also the low prices. We buy right; we sell right, and we do the volume of business. That is the reason we can undersell our competitors. See these prices: Ladies' $8.00 Broadcloth Cloaks from.$3.90 up Ladies' $18.00 swell Suits from.. ...$1 0.50 up Ladies' All-Woo! Sweaters from $1.90 up Ladies' Silk Petticoats from .$3.45 up Ladies' Trimmed Hats $2.50, $3.50 up REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE NEWEST GOODS J i ! mm mm finnllTI sB Illlnllllm 11 " i ! i Mountains of all the latest and newest Dt ess Goods and Silks Now on sale. Come to ou store and look throuah this mammoth stock. Thorn k nm - I class weave or style in these goods but we have here to show you. Also beautiful im- : ! ! I ported goods for evening and street wear. Just a look-through from any intelligent lady : : i I is all we want and we are sure to get her dress goods and silk trade. We sell high-class : yoous at iuw priues. Fine Silks, yard 25c, 35c, 49c. 65c. 75c and un ! ! Fine Dress Goods, yard : 25c, 35c, 39c, 45c, 49c, 65c, 69c and up UNITED mEM UUfUSD Wlltt, Now Orleans, La., Sopt. 22. Not loss than 300 lives nnd property val ued nt $10,000,000 swept away In tho tidal wave which swopt tho coasts of Louislnnn, Mississippi and Ala bama Monday and Tuosdny. Almost every tolograph lino run ning Into tho city is prostrated, and when communication with tho outly ing districts Is restored tho list of casualties Is almost certain to ho greatly Increased. ' For 25 miles tho stato const lino of Louislnnn was swopt by tho hugo tidal wavo, which rolled suddenly upon tho homos of G000 fishermen nnd plnntors. ScoroB of theso, It is feared, havo met death as tho water swopt lnlnnd nt least two miles, Tho only means of communication with tho flood-swept district Is by tolophone, nnd only a fow of theso aro In yorklng order. In this city alono 300 city blocks nro undor water, nnd tho proporty loss will run Into tho thousnnds. 8cores of lives aro almost cortnln to havo boon lost, but only n house to house canvas will rovoal an accu rate list of the casualties. Yesterday's reports hnd 30 dead In this city alono, but It Is feared that this number will be greatly Increased by today's rovolatlona. Rofugoes arriving today from tho southwest coast of Louisiana Bay tho wavo Bwept tho coast from Grand Island on tho West to Vermillion parish. Thoy aro predicting tliat at least 300 lives woro lost In this strotch of territory alono. Reports from Alabnma nnd Miss issippi nro slowly coming In. Tho rlco and cotton crops nro said to havo been completely rulnod. Tho property loss In Alabnma, It Is roportcdf h almost as great nsHhat wrought n Louisiana. Hundreds of homos havo boen Inundated. Tolo graph communication In tho flooded d'strlct Ib prostrated, and tho exnet damngo caused by tho storm will probably not bo known for several day 8. A meseano was received at Mem. phis, Tenn., from Now Orleans this morning stating that 40 wero known U be dead In tho latter city, and that tho loss In Louls'ana will bo over 5,000,000. All railroad traffic In tho states of Louisiana. Alabama and Mississippi Is at a standstill, and n numbor of trains plying between the principal cities In tlioBO states that atartod bo foro tho storm stnuck havo not beon heard from. Two hundred bargca of coal woro sunk in tho Mississippi nt New Or leans. At Lobdell. Ln., 100 other bargoi loaded with cqal, also wont down -mis loss is certain to ox cced $1,000,000. Tho low of life to flshormon who wero plying tholr trade when the storm broko cannot bo estimated at tins time. The Louisiana coast swent hv thn tidal wavo Is low and swampy, and much of it hag been dammed for tho production of rice. A number of tho planters had their homes near tho coast, which Ib very Irregular, and It Is feared that tho water, In places, marooned little colonies of fisher men and planters. Thero are vory few towns of any Importance nlong this part of tho coast. (VNITCU I'llCHS lXARKD WIJtB. New Yqrk, Sopt. 22. "Aro you willing to meet Commander Peary personally and tnko up with him tho controversy that Is attracting tho at tention of tho world?" To this query Dr. Frodorlch A. Cook todny replied: "That Ib rather a pcrsonnl ques tion, nnd I nm not roady to answor It at this time. "I havo no bitter fooling against Commander Ponry, but ho Is not tho judge of my claims. Thoy will go to a higher authority than ho." Dr. Cook announced that it will tako two months for him to get his dnta in shnpo to submit to n scientific bonrd. He said that tho roturn of Harry Whitney, tho young million ntro huntor, will not nffect his rec ords ns Whitney was entrusted with dupllcnto datn only nnd thnt he hnB tho original datn 1 nlils own posses sion. Itogardlng tho ntatcroout of Poary'd negro, Hanson, to (ho of feet thnt ho tnlltod to tho Esqulmonux and that thoy anld Cook had not gono vory fnr north, Dr. Cook today said: "Tho Esquimaux wero simply oboy Ing my ordorsnot to rovoal the dis covery of tho polo." Dr. Cook will submit his dnta first td tho university of Coponhngon, ns tho DnnlBh government wns tho first to accept his claims as nuthontlc, Tho Brooklyn oxploror said that ho In tends to romnin nt homo and onjoy himself ns much as posslblo during tho rest of his UN. Ho snld that ho Ih through with exploring and will never sek thn Bouth Polo. He will lonvo that for BcotL aifd Shnakloton, ho snld. Dr. Cook nddod that ha had ro colved a largo number of offors to appear1 on tho lecturo platform but rofuscd to discuss thorn furthor. PREDICTS AN EN6LISH GERMAN WAR FORESTS -ARE AGAIN BURNING Fierce Blaze Sweeping Through Timber Belonging-to the Diamond Match Company. TRAINS ARE HELD UP LONG TUNNEL ON RUTTE COUNTY RAILROAD MAY UK BADLY IN JUHED FIRES AT STIRLING CITY AND HANTA CRUZ AOAUt THREATENING. ttwrtn rue lEAitcn wine.) Chlco, Calir., Sopt. 22. Trains nm hold up and tho mill men and logging camps nro closed In tho settlements near hero today while tho men aro fighting a forest flro near Stirling City, nnd another on tho lands of the Diamond Match Company. A strong north Wind Ib blowing nnd tho flames nro spreading rapidly. Ono hundred men fought all night against the fnr reaching flames or tho match company's proporty, nn whllo many of them nro nearly -haunted todny thoy aro continuing tholr bnttlo to control tho flro. Tho long tunnel of tho Dutte coun ty railroad stands In danger of being destroyed by tho flro and a largs number of men nro attempting ts stop tho progrcsu of tho flnmcs before thoy reach tho tannol's mouth. Tho" flro on tho match compnny'B lnnds started last night, and wns sooa spread beyond control by tho stiff northwdnJ'tif&jrffcT - Lord Northcliffe, Owner of tho London Times, and Mo- bcrly Bell, Its Editor, Assert It. 5000 yards of Standard Outing J Flannels yard 4 cents Chicago Store Salem, Oregon THESTORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY ffl9fl9l9IBflMt0tiQ(4t499-tGi996 lOOO paint Illniikctx now on fca!t 49c. 65c, 75c, 98c and up 2 Communication Cut Off, Memphis. Tenn., Sept. 22. Only a fow dotalls regarding tho damago dono by the hurricane at Vlcksburg and Natchez havo been received here today but It Is known that the uron- erty loss has been heavy. It Is fear ed also that a number of Interior towns, yet unheard from, havo suf fered much from tho storm. No trains have arrived from New Orleans to tho north today. It Is feared this afternoon that 'cores of pleasure-seekers lost their lives 'n the tidal wave, which was accompanied by a galo reaching a ve locity of 80 miles an hour. A num ber of people were out In the Miss issippi and the gulf In pleasure craft whftn iho hnrrlrnn tirnlrn nml nm J 'hey have not been heard from, it ta San Francisco, Sopt. 23, Accord ing to LordNorthcllffo, owner of tho London. Times, and Moborly Doll, for years, tho managing editor of tho "Thunderer." who nro In San Fran cisco today, war between C-roat Brit ain and Germany Ib certain to tako placo In tho near future. In speak Ing of tho war, which ho bolloves la Inevitable, Lord Northcllffo said: "Tho facts nro plain. We know that Gormany has decllnod to dis cuss her vast armaments. Wo know that alT her shipbuilding yards ure engaged In naval construction thnt 100,000 men nro working day and night; that soores of her leading mon and writers mako no secret of hor Intentions; wo know that sho has on previous occasions mado unpro voked attacks on other nations, ana wo know tho vessels sho Is building aro designed either for commerce de stroying purposes or for uso closo to homo waters. "Wo havo tho German emperor's declaration that Germany's future Is op the wator. We havo the fact that tho population of Germany must havo an outlet, and her Industries new markets, and that the most like-' ly fields are places whero tho British flag files. In tho faco of theso facts, I fear any optimism Is foolish." Moborly Bell expressed himself much In the same strain as did his chief. Ho conoluded by saying: "I do not think there Is any doubt that there will be a war betweon Germany and Great Britain before long. "I do not bolleve that much popu lar hatred of England exists among tho Germans at present, but the Ger man emperor is a s urco of danger " Summer ItcMtrt in Danger. Santa Cruz, Calif., Sopt. 22. As other forest flro which started last night within n quarter of a mllo of Boulder Creek has spread until to day tho flames nre eating Into tho tlmbor two mllcB from tho Klvcrdnle summor rscort. Tho entire population of Hlyordal Is making n stand against tho fire and attempts to Btny Its progress by back firing aro bolng made. Mlddlcton'a grovo has been burnc4 over, noar Mlddlotonsvllle. o AnotlwT Eai-UuiUAko 'n ltT. (UNITED rtZSH UMRCO WIM, Itegglo, Cnlabrla, Itaty, Sept 33. A violent earthquake shocX m felt hero today, and tho people fle to tho hills, fearing a rcpotitloh of .tno great shocit which cieetroyed Messina and devastated this entire section. Considerable damago was done, but no deaths havo boon -reported. A LEMON li" HANDED TO GROWERS UNITED fltCHD UUKKD WIKE.l Los AngoloH, Sopt 22 - 'When President Tuft com oh to Los Angoles ho will find that cortnln provisions of the tariff act havo boon nullified by a handful of traffic innungurit In Chicago," was tho declaration of Senator Frank I. Flint In tho prcn onco of four hundred southern Cali fornia cltniH fruit growers, thnt to- uii) i csumng mucn comment among fruit men and shlppem In this rlty. Th wrtitor was entertained last oveuliiK ut a banquet given ln his honor by the Citrus Protectlvo lonKiie which toqk thin inians of assorting their confidence thnt Flint wns un aware of tho Impending ralso In rati for lemon shipments botweon south ern California and eastern points when the Aldrlch tariff bill was passed. Tho abovo statement was mado to tho fruit men gathered around tht banquet bonrd. Flint furthor declared; "Tho actions of tho transcontinen tal freight association In raising the lemon shipment rates nhowod bold ness and lack of knowledgo of the temper of the American peoplo; I know of no notion that could huvt beon taken by the railroads that It more certain to forco further rail road legislation than this unwarrunt nblo and unjustified procedure. "No severer blow could have beon struck tho protective tariff policy Nothing could have beon done that would havo glvon opponents of tht tariff policy a better urgumont thuu that tho benefits of tho turiff ehoulfl go to tho railroads and not to the producers."