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a 1 VOL. XXL SALEM, OREGON, THI'KSIUY. OCTOI5ER 19, 19U. XO. 2.-.O. flINESE b CO TV I W J1YLJU 11 REBELS SWE TRY RE TERRIFIC TIDAL FOLLOWS SHIPPING SWEPT ASHORE AND CITf BADLY WRECKED EYE-WITNESS TELLS STORY Storm Burst Upon Town in Early Morning of October 4, and Lasted Two Days Terrific Cloudburst Followed Doing Great Damage Resistless Waves Swept in From the Ocean, Smashing Wharves and Tossing Vessels Ashore Like So Many Chips Damage Yet Unknown, But It Will Be Millions. UNITED I'BESS LEASED WIRE San Francisco, Oct. 19. Details of the cyclonic storm and cloudburst which struck Guaymas, Mexico on October 4, of which only meagre ac counts were received at the time, were brought here by the passengers and crew of the Mexican steamer General Y. Pesquiera, which is in port today. The storm, although the most severe in the memory of the old est inhabitant on the Mexican coast, was attended by a marvelous absence, so far as is known, of any casualt ies, but millions of dollars tof dam age was done to shipping, wharves, buildings and iops in and about Guaymas. Captain Erazuma. of the Pesquie ra, which was at Guaymas during the storm, says the gale burst upon the town about 3 o'clock on the morning of October 4, and continued for two days, when It suddenly stopped. There immediately followed a terri fic cloudburst, which worked the greatest damage at the town of Ortiz, about 40 miles back of Guay mas. Soon after the storm broke the new passenger steamer M. Herrerlas dragged its anchors, and was driven hard and fast ashore. About ten schooners and smaller vessels anchored In the harbor went ashore soon after, and several be came total lasses. The Herrerias was later floated, only slightly damaged. As the storm gained its height seas of tidal wave proportions rolled In from the ocean, leaped over the wharves and flooded the town. Half of Guaymas was practically submerged during the greater part of the storm. Many strong buildings on the water front were wrecked by the gale and the pounding seas. Roofs were torn off and sent hurtling over HE CANNOT BE HAPPY WITH EITHER NOW UNITED mtSS LEASED WIIIE. Portland, Ore., Oct. 19. Living v itli a woman whom he admits he married in Tacoma four years ago, Albert H. Maybe. 44, manager of the Zan F.room Factory her.e, was arrest ed today on a warrant charging non support sworn out by Mrs. Albert Maybe, whom, it is said, he left at Grand Rapids, Mich., six years ago. Since then Mrs. Maybe has trailed lii in from state to state until she finally discovered him in Portland soon after her arrival yesterday. Maybe refused to talk. o ROOSEVELT WILL AVOID SPEECH MAKING CHITED F1E8S LKaSSS WIPE Richmond, Va., Oct. 19. That former President Roosevelt will ob serve silence during the coming na tional campaign is indicated today in a letter which he wrote to Con gressmaa J. Hampton Moore, of Phil a delphla. president .of the Atlantic Le Waterways association, declin ing an invitation to address the con vention. "From now on," the leter read. "I wish to avoid making any speeches. I cannot undertake anything further of any kind or sort now." These portions of the letter is In terpreted to mean that Colonel Roose. velt wished to refrain from giving ut terance to any opinions which might be construed in connection with the Presidential campaign. WAVE AT GUAYMAS flPPALLIHG the town. The roof of the United States Sugar company's warehouse was blown oft and unusually high waves dashed over the walls and de stroyed 2000 cases of sugar. The ensuing cloudburst centered its force at Ortiz, and hundreds of natives were rendered homeless, by the washing away of their huts. it AGREES TO LEAVE STATE. AXD HO ENDS SUIT Agreeing to leave the state Frank Krebs, who was arrested at Gervais for threatening to do bodily harm to the person of J. w. Knight, was re leased today from the custody of the sheriff. Knight and Krebs, according to the evidence adduced before the justice of the peace, had a dispute over some work. Krebs. It was alleged, ob tained a gun, and threatened to take Knight's life, and his arrest followed. Unable to give the required bond. Judge Kelly, at the suggestion of Deputy District Attorney Winslow, agreed to release him on condition that he would leave the state, o Women for Good Roads. UNITED PRESS I.KASltD WIRE.) Tacoma, Oct. 19. The National Council of Women Voters, headed by Emma Smith Devoe, one of the lead ers in the suffrage fight, will take up the matter of good roads. Mrs. Devoe has issued a call for a meeting at which women are ex pected, to be held here January 24 26. o Brought n Million. UNITED I'KHRS LEAKED WIRE. ' Seattle. Oct. 19 Bringing approxi mately $1,000,000 in gold bullion, the summer's cleanup of a dozen Alaskan mining companies, the steamship Victoria, of the Alaska Steamship company, arrived here from Nome. The passenger list- 641, was the record for the year. o REPORT SAYS WILSON HAS RESIGNED Washington, Oct. Ill A report that Secretary Wilson has submitted his resignation to take effect November 15. to President Taft, Is widely cir culated here today. lo WILL TEST THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Receiving advices today from Washington. D C, that the rase of the State of Oregon against the Pa cific States Telephone & Telegraph company will come up for earing 'n the first week in November, Attorney General Crawford, as soon as he re turns from a trip to Southern Ore gon, will proceed to the national cap ital to argue the case. This case was brought by the s'ate to collect a tax on the gross earn ings of the company. The company resisted, maintaining that the initia tive law, under which the law was enacted, was unconstitutional. The same attack is made on the referen dum. Thei company, among other rea sons, maintains the law is unconstitu tional because the federal constitu tion provides that each state shall have a Republican form of govern ment, and the initiative and referen dum, It is declared, do not belong to such a form of government. HARI-HF.ARTEI FOLKS RKFISF.I) HIM KXIFE CXITBD PERSa MUSED WIRE.1 Tacoma, Oct. 19. After going from house to house- requesting the loan of a butcher knife, saying he wa'td to kill himself, Alfred Moore. t...w,n-naihlv manfully van cflntured by a city fireman and turned over to the police. CLOUD BURST! Charge Conspiracy. Portland, Ore., Oct. 19. W. T. Hislop, local representative of a Cleveland wholesale house, was arrested here early today on a federal warrant charging him with conspiracy in connection with an appraisement of the stock of Knosher & Co., of Se. attle. which went bankrupt two years ago. The- warrant charges that Hislop, who was connected with Knosher & Co., conspired with other of the firm's employes and fnlsely valued the stock at $60,000, when It should have been appraised at $90,000, Hislop' is out on $1000 bonds ! pending trial at Seattle. Several persons In Seattle have been arrested on the same charge. WILL INSIST ON INSPECTION OF ALL THE CARS DNITfJD rBESS LEASED WIRI. San Francisco, Oct. 19. Governors of the 14 states directly affected by the strike of federation employes on the Harrlman lines will be asked to take a hand in the attempt to com I pel adequate inspection of cars and I locomotives under the interstate com j merce law, according to General Sec I retary Scott of the shopmen's federa- tion, in a statement issued to the I men here today. Scott asked the strikers everywhere to report specific Instances of viola tions of the Inspection laws to the secretary of the interstate commerce commission at Washington, and vio lations of laws governing safety ap pliances on trains to H. W. Belknap, chief inspector, at Washington. n WEATHER MAY PEItMIT A GAME TOMORROW UNITED PEESH LEARED WIBI. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. With clearing weather here this evening everything promises a resumption of the world's series tomorrow. Both Coombs and Mathewson are In fine shape through their enforced rest, and both may take the box again In the next game. LADD & BUSH PURCHASE KREB'S RANCH ! dared to his son, the day after the , j Times explosion that the unions were While the particulars of the tran- absolutely responsible, saction can not be learned, good an-I F. D. Grx-n, the next talesman ex tliorlty has It that a settlement was amlned, was not subjected to any reached yesterday afternoon between i weurlsome Interrogations. He stated the Ladd k Hush bank whereby the Institution takes over the Krebs Hop vards at Independence one of the largest hop ranches in the country. I The ranch contains in all Coo acres and 3u acres of it are in hops this year. It Is understood that the set tlement was made on a basis of $90,- (litfl. Notes to the extent of $98,000, It is said, have been Issued since 1894- The value of the ranch is I placed at $125.00. I o OFFICERS MAY HAVE TO CARRY AN ARSENAL Tacoma, Oct. 19. Following the arrest of ex-Mayor George P. Wright, now holding a big city contract, for assault on Assistant City Engineer Bullard, Commissioner Woods seri ously advocates allowing city officials on that job to carry arms. ,"The contractors are constantly try. ing to Intimidate the city force." he explained. "They ought to carry clubs or something more effective." Wright's case was put over for two weeks. The contract Is a two-million dollar Job of building a gravity water system. " , Patronize the PoMiil. Tacoma. Oct. 19. Since the postal saving bank was started here three weeks ago. the average amount de posited dally has been over $2,000. There are now 460 depositor. Was Offend Bribe. Portland, Or., Oct. 1!). Night Jailer Dave Fuller, of the Mult nomah county jail today port ed that Dr. Johu Grant Lyman, alleged swindler, who was cap tured In Oregon, while escaping from California, offered him $2500 cash last night to allow him to escape from the jail, and in addition promised $1000 if he succeeded In reaching Van couver, B. C. The officials are investigating to ascertain where Lyman pro posed to raise the sum. as only $275 'is found on him when he was searched. It is Intimated that one of Lyman's wealthy friends Is planning to aid him to make a getaway. Lynn will leave fur San Francisco tonight in custody of Deputy United States Marshal Beatty.. Both Sides Pass Two Jurors Who Are Subject to Peremp tory Challenge by Either Side Later. JUDGE MUST DECIDE TODAY Tlie Question of Whether a Man Be. Keying the Explosion Was Caused by Dynamite Is Comixtont to Sit on the Jury Is l' to tile Judge, and He Must l'ass Upon It Some Time Tills Afternoon, Hall of Records, Los Angeles, Oct. 19. Pending the decision by judge Hordwell whether a Juror who be lieves the Los Angeles Times build ing was dynamited, but is still wlll- I ing to assume James I). McNamara Innocent ot murder, is eligible to ser vice on that Jury, he defense In the now famous trial, continued today its efforts to qualify 12 men for Jury service. The greater part of the morning session was devoted to qualifying E. C. Robinson, and F. D. Green, both of whom were finally passed by the defense, temporarily at least. In RobiHon's case, Attorney Davis, for McNamara, tried hard to disqualify him because of his admitted preju dice against the use of the strike by labor unions, but the effort proved futile. Davis, however laid the foundation for possible impeachment by demanding If Robinson had de- that he rend progressive newspapers generally and LaFollette's magazine in particular and had no feeling against labor unions and no opinion regarding the cause of the destrue lon of lie Times. He had had consid erable experience with both dyna mite and powder and could be fair i and Impartial. w lien the luncheon recess was or dered, Attorney Davis was Interro gating E. J. Showers and when this Is complet e t Le court will have to take up for decision the dynamite question, there being two now men In the box. Otto A. .lessen and George W. McKee, who have been chal lenger because (hey claim they be lieve the Times was dynamited, al though they are wlllling to believe McNamara innocent. n Motorcycle Fiend. Tacoma, Oct. 1!). Tom Geddes, de livery boy, is in jail wthout a charge against him today waiting for the re sult of the Injuries inflicted on Miss Doris Foster, daughter of a Milwau kee railroad superintendent, by his n.otorcycle. Miss Foster was leaving the Bonne ville hotel, where she bad attended a dance, when Geddes shot out of the darkness on his wheel, which the po lice say was running at 40 miles an hour. Sterr It Hen led. Washington. Oct. 19 Rumors that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has tendered his resignation to President Taft are denied here today by his secretary. The rumor started In connection with the results of the Wiley investigation. Secretary Wil son is due here from Chicago tomorrow. TWO HME SECURER! FOR JURY ii " IS THE REBELS SLAUGHTER ALL MUCH Otis Is Cleared. I -OS Angeles, Cal., Oct 19. Ruling that the stories printed in the Los Angeles Times on the Beattie murder trial were not In violation of the law, Judge Chesbro today dismissed the charges against General Har- r'son Gray Otis, principal owner of the Times, and several of his editors for printing alleged ob- scene matter. The charges against th edi- tors were brought by City Prose. cutrar Eddie, who declared tha the Times violated a city ordl- nance by printing the sordid de- tails of the celebrated' Virginia case. Copies of the alleged ob- jectiouable storioii were present. ed to the judge, and, after pe- rusing the articles, ho declared that the law had not been vlolat- ed- GUATEMALA AND MEXICO MAY HAVE WAR united rnr.ss leased wire. Mexico City, Oct. 19. War Is Im minent between Guatemala and Mex ico, according to a report here today. Troops are being rushed to the south to protect the Mexican border. Presldnt Estrnda Cabrera, of Guatemala, Is reported to be acting In connection with the expected Reyes revolt against Madero in Mexico. The Madero government has sent three regiments of troops to the southern border. It is reported, but as yet the report has been uncon flrmfV, that President Cabrera Is mo bilizing troops on the border near Chlhapas, In which Btate the Mexican rebels of the Reyes revolt captured Comltan and Yautepre this morning, the latter town being taken after a three hours' battle. Colonel RoJas. of the Madorlsta army, commanding 7,000 men, left last night for O.umba, 40 miles south of this city, to try to stop the victor ious march of the rebels toward Mex ico City. It Is reported that a decisive battle between the two forces is even now in progress. If the rebels defeat Ro Jas, the capital Itself will be In im minent danger, with the government, weakened by the hostile demonstra tion in Guatemala, practically at the mercy of rebels. o ANOTHER BIG STORM IN GULF OF CALIFORNIA united rnitas leaked wihi. San Diego, Cal., Oct. 19. Reports of a heavy storm in the (Julf of Cali fornia were brought today on the American-Hawaiian freighter Colum bian. Cnptaln Concord, six days from Salina Cruz. The storm was en countered .Monday, but it did no dam age to the big freighter. No other vessels were sighted by the Colum bian which arrived on time. The steamer Eureka, Captain Knowles. due here early today from Ensemidn. had not arrived. Whether she was delayed by the storm or by some other cause was not known. o ANOTHER TIDAL WAVE REPORTED "SITU I'lCKSH l.KAHKIl WlltEl Mexico City. Oct. 19. Another tidal wave is reorti.d today to have destroyed the towns of San Mas and Hhluataiiejo. in the state of Teplc, having a population of 2000 and TiOOU, respectively. Communication with Tepic ha.4 been severed. Many persons are re ported dead In the two towns- o No Ijitc Storms, UMTBD lr.H LEARKb WIRE San Diego, Cal. Oct. 19. When the Amerlcan-Hawlaan freighter Ca lumblan arrived today, six days from Salina Cruz, her officers were eager ly questioned about the reports of another storm on the west Mexican coast. The Columbian, however, had experienced no bad weather, and had had heard of none recently. CIIIF1A SHIBBOLETH HUNT THEM LIKE ANIMALS AND KILL THEM 0(1 SIGHT EIGHT HUNDRED AT HANKOW Refugees Describe the Situation as Appalling Every Man chu, Man Woman or Child, Is Ruthlessly Slaughtered Wherever Found The Rebels Are Sweeping Over the Country Like Wild Fire and City After City Surrenders at Their Demand Revolution Has Now Reached a Stage It Is Utterly Beyond Power of Government to Quell. IlINITED riERI LEASED WIRE. Shanghai, Oct. 19. Thin rebellion is spreading. It is reported that ev ery man, woman and child of the Manc.hu race was butchered when the rebels captured Wu Chang, and It Is also believed that similar slaughters occurred in every city the rebels at tacked. A proclamation credited to the rebel Under at Hankow reads: "I come to snve the Chinese peo ple. Hitherto yxiu have been bitterly oppressed. Let who ever is anlmnted by patriotism join our ranks. With us he will obtain unending glory by delivering the country from the Mun ch u barbarians, who hitherto have eaten our flesh. From now on we shall sleep In hla skin." Sir shiploads of European and Hankow refugees have arrived here. They describe frightful scenes along the nngste river above Shanghai. They say the Chinese are hunting the Manchug like animals, killing hun dreds. It Is believed that the rebellion is bo formidable that It will never be quelled. Shanghai is a hotbed of revolution, and plots are numerous. Pekln and Canton authorities are an ticipating outbreaks. Twenty-one thousnnd troops are en route to relieve the Hankow garrison, but Indications are that they will Join the rebels bodily when they reach there. Eight hundred Mnnchus were mas sacred at Hankow nlone, according to nrrlvals here, pnd similar slaughters occurred nt Wu Chang and Hang Yang, Refugees doubt If thore Is a single Manchu alve In any of the fal len cities. Chinese compelled sus pects to pronounce the word "six," which differs slightly In the Chinese and Manchu languages. In this way they Identified the Manchns, the ac cent being lacking. All who made the fatal accentuation were killed. Cllles Are VMitt Irs, Tok'a, Oct. 1 9. Dispatches from Shanghai say that refugees from Wu ('hang, arriving there today, declare that men. women and children of the Manchu race were massacred there by the rebels, and that the cities of Han kow ami Han Yang, which suffered similarly, am veritable nhbatolres. Kru Klang also Is Is said to have fal fen. All of the Yangsto valley from THINK MARZICK IS GUILTY OF MANY MURDERS frVITKD I'll KM H I.ITAHr.II WIIIE. 1 Ellsworth, Klin., Oct. I 9. Work ing on the theory that Charles Mar z'ek. the llohenilnn, suspected of slaying Churlis Showman, his wife and three children Saturday n,'ght, may know something of the Colora do Springs nnd Monmouth (III. I mur ders, I lie police have redoubled their efforts to capture Marzlck. Mrs. Minnie Vnpat, Mnilck's di vorced wife, declares that lie was In Colorado at the time of the Flu in -ham anil Wayne Murders, and that he was acquaint "d In .Monmouth. The Vopats also say Hint Marzlck wiih seen lurking about their home here Tuesday night. o Seiillle fu I clelinite. ri'NiTKii mr.xn i.Ktr.n wi 1 Seattle, Oct. 19 The chamber of coininedce today decided to observe Founders Day. November 13, com memorating the sixtieth anniversary of the settlement of Seattle, with a banquet. o . knows Scuttle's edfl. IlINITKI) FRESH LEI MED WIKl Seattle, Oct. 9. Declaring the need of Seattle for a sweeping revival. Gypsy Smith, the famous evangelist, arrived here today. Local churches have united to stir up things under Smith's leadershop for the coming three weeks. Hankow to Shanghai has been cap tured by the rebels, refugees state. The few larger cittea which have not yet surrendered are on the vergo of olllclnls and available troops be sieged. Consuls at Hankow gave directions for the transportation of many for eigners to Sjianghai on the steamer Ilelgravla. Five other Bteamers, car rying Chinese refugees, have also ar rived there crowded. American Troops Going. Washington, Oct. 19. American troops are being rushed t0 China to reinforce the protectors of the Amer ican legation nt Pekln. The Aber anda Is sailing to Tien Tsln, and oth er American ships have been ordered to Nankin nnd Shanghai. San Francisco, Oct. 19. Advices received here by the Young China Association from Wu Chnng today, state that three Imperial gunboats have gone over to the rebels and that they are now flying the rebel flag. From the same source comes the information that the Chinese revolu tionists have ordered all rebels and revolutionary sympathizers In Wu Chang to cut off their queues that they may be distinguished from im perialists and unuessary killings may be avoided. o Ilulm far "Nuzzle". New York, Oct. 19. Helen Wood ruff Smith, the Stamford, Conn., heiress, will not have to pay "Ruzzle Lamb" Russell Grlswold, a chorus, $50,000 heurt balm. The Jury in the unusual breach of promlce suit returned a verdict for the defendunt today. CONDITION OF LOCOMOTIVES SAID TO BE BAD I UNITED I'EENS LuASRD WIRE. Chicago, Oct. 19. Illinois Central engineers nnd II rem en may present an ultimatum to the railroad that they will refuse to handle locomo tives on the road until the company repairs them, according to a report hero today. The engineers and tlre meii, who are meeting ngalu today, declare that the locomotives are in such a condition that. It Is danger ous to handle them. It Is expected Hint a eonferctVu will be held with President Carter, of the llrntherhood of .Railway Fire men. o SOCIALIST MAYOR PROVES UNSOCIABLE Ilutte, Mont., Oct. 19 There was no official reception for President I Taft here today and his n'rrlval threw local political circles Into turmoil. Lewis J. Dunncnn, the socialist mayor of lltitte, flatly refused to be present in the city to receive the president and left hist evening to be gin a lecture tour. He declined also to attend the ban quet tendered the president. When the olllclal reception for the presi dent failed to materialize, the news paper men of Hutte were called upon to act as his hosts. A hurry call was sent for Governor E. L. Norrls, who hastened to Flutte and met the presi dent at the train. The result of all this was a political muddle which an noyed the president and resulted la a delay of half an hour before he left his train.