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4l a I " " rmf nmf. Mm Hli. 'i V ,V4n 'fc vjUViV VOL.XXIL SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL S, 1912, NO. 8L LOSSES BY FLOOD VJILL OE IDDEBE VAST AREA FLOODED BY AIRY SEA HUNDREDS SEE THEIR IKS SWEPT AWAY--CROPS RUIIJEB AND DAMAGE INCALCULADLE At Cairo Work on the Levees, It Is Thought, Will Save Them Though the Crest of the Flood Will Not Reach That Point Until Thursday At Memphis the Gas -Plant Is Out of CommlJsion, and the Water Supply May Be Shut Off, or Badly Polluted River Is Covered With Wreckage of Houses' and Buildings. Memphis, Tenn., April 3. Declaring that the government levees along the Mississippi river In this section, which have been threatened for several days past by the rapid rising of the river cannot hold, Wjiather Forecaster Em ery today wanted everyone to flee from the St. Francis basin and the Mlslssfppl delta't The population of this territory Is 500,090, and many fatalities are feared In case the levees give way. Cairo, 111. Apij':l 3. With the crest of the flood water not expected to exceed 54 feet, the situation here this afternoon is more' favorable and it is now believed the city will be saved from a flood disaster. The water In the Mississippi here today reached the high water mark of 53 feet and seven-tenths Inches and the levees show no signs of giving away., The all night work of the tltttens In strengthening the dyke is telling and It Is predicted the levees will be able SPRING RUSH TO CANADA IS BIGGEST EVER Ottawa Out.i April That the spring rush of United States citizens to the domain Is greater In volume than ever before Is the substance of a statement issued today by the Ca nadian department of immigration. It Is expected that the Immigration from the United States will be 176, 000, or 40 000 more than came into Canada lost year. 0 The spirit of coasting is soon over with If you are too lazy to climb the hill. U. V9 Frtr-Jt'O -vtwl WILLIS L. MOORE, Chltf. ... Lu . sec Ac Lavs Salem and Vicinity: Show ers tonight and Thursday. South to west winds i ICXPLANATOKY NOTES. Olncrynlloni tkfn t t . m., 7'ith merlrtlnn time. Air prcwire riMlnrMl to IotM. laohnrs (cnnllnuom llnm) pw lliroiieh points "f muni lr preuuro. Iwjthi'tras (dutlcd Iiik'9) pau tliruusli iniImu ot equil temperature; drawn only fur lero, freezing, Vf, and 1UU, O dear; Q partly cloudy; $ cloudy; rain; anow; (g) report missing. Arrows fly with tbe wind. First figures, lowest tetn-ix-rature pant U hours: second, preclpiutlon of .01 I neb or more for past 34 hours; third, maximum wind Telocity. Forecast Till 5 p ni. Tliurndiir. Oregon and Washington: Showers tonight and. Thursday. South to west winds. Shippers' Forecast Protect shipments as far north as Seattle against minimum temperatures of about 42 degree; northeast to Spokane, 38 degree; southeast to Boise, 32 degree; south to Siskiyou, 30 degrees. Minimum temperature at Portland tonight about 42 degrees. River Forecast The Willamette river at Portland, will remain nearly stationary for the next few days. EDWARD A. Deals, District Forecaster. to withstand the 54-foot stage, which the weather bureau says is sure to come. The loss accruing to farmers in this district and in the Reel Foot lake district in Tennessee Is stagger ing. Both districts are under sev eral feet of water and all seed corn has been washed away. Muter Cuts Oft Water Supply. Memphis, Tenn.f April 3. The flood situation here this afternoon be came acute when the overflow waters of the Mississippi river put the gas plant out of commission. It is now feared that the water pumping sta tion will be flooded and a new men ace ariso by the city's water supply being contaminated by the polluted waters from the Mississippi. Hundreds of persons living In the low lying districts are homeless and it Is 8 common sight to see houses and barns being washed down the river. RUPTURE IS CURABLE Results ot Influenced hj Age or Time Standing, Reports Expert "Rupture is not a tear or breach in the abdominal wall as commonly sup posed, but is the stretching or dilat ing of a natural opening, therefore subject to closeure," said F. H. Sce ley, of Chicago, now at the Marlon Hotel, who will remain In Salem this Thursday only. "The Spcrmntic Shield TruRS as now used and approved by the United States government, will not only retain any case of rupture per fectly, affording Immediate and com plete relief, but closes the opening In 10 days on the average case, pro ducing results without surgery or harmful Injections. S. Department of Agriculture. WEATHER BUREAU. WILLIS L. MUUKE, Ulltt. caAJ x a AsJj i4V 1 V LUViSinJi Americans Held Prisoners. Washington, April 3. Con- gressman John J. Esch, of Wis- consin Is today urging the state department to Investigate the re- ported capture and detention of Harry Conklln and 50 other Americans at the Lluvla de Oro mine near Cholax, Chihuahua. Ambassador Wilson has been or- dered to probe the alleged ar- rests. It is reported that Conklln and his companions are being held as hostages against possible in- tervention In the present Moxl- can situation on the part of the United States government. LAUD SLIDE DURIES THE SOCIALISTS EMU SEIDEL, SOCIALIST CANDI. DATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE, WIS BEATEN BY 12,900 Y0TE8. ' Milwaukee April 3. Complete and corrected returns from Tuesday's municipal election show today that Dr. Q. A. . .Baling, non-partisan can didate for mayor, has defeated Em 11 Seldel, the Socialist Incumbent, by a plurality of 12,864. The election swept the Socialists from control of the city government, 26 non-partisan alderman being elected, while only 11 Socialist aldermen won out. The non-partisan candidates for treasurer and comptroller alBo were elected, The Socialist forces are undaunted by the defeat, and are predicting vic tory at the next election. In discuss ing the results today. Congressman Victor Berger, the only member of the Socialist party ever electod to congress, said: "This temporary reverse will serve to spur the Socialists on to greater exertions. Henceforth our campaign will be on education, bring the work ing class to the realization that so cialHin is the only way out of a down-trodden condition." Mayor-elect Badlng and the other successful candidates will be Inaug urated April 16. ci. v 1 rs Win n Roosevelt in Third Place. Washington, April 3. State- ments from the political bureau of President Taft here today de- clare that the president has 274 delegates pledged for the na- tlonal Republican convention In Chicago, against 30 for Roose- vclt and 10 for LaFollette. . With the delegates from Wis- consin pledged to LaFollette as' a result of the primaries yester- day, the Wisconsin senator thus passes Roosevelt and jumps into second place In the race. State Gives La Follette About Two to One as Against Taft Roosevelt's Vote a Neg ligible Quantity. . WILSON CARRIES STATE Roosevelt Forces Made So Fight in Wisconsin, Practically Conceding It to La Follette The Ratio of the Vote, Though as to Taft, Is Some what ot a Surprise La Follette 'ow Has 30 Delegates. Milwaukee, April 3. With Senator Robert M. I,aFollette leading Presi dent Taft by two votes to one In the Wisconsin Republican presidential primaries, and with Governor Wood row Wilson, of New Jersey, having won a majority of the delegates over his Democratic opponent, Speaker Champ Clark, advocates of the "peo ple's power" movement here today see nothing but success ahead for the progressives In the coming campaign. Incomplete returns today indicated that Senator LaFollette would have a solid delegation from tho state, while the supporters of Woodrow Wilson claimed that 22 of the 26 delegates from Wisconsin would go to Balti more pledged to the New Jersey gov ernor. Complete returns from the fourth and fifth congressional districts show that Wilson elected four delegates (here, while Senator LaFollette polled two votes to President Taft's one. The counting of the ballots for the presidential delegates Is delayed be cause of the Socialist tickets in many of the important counties of the state. , "This makes mo second in the race," is what Senator LaFollette is quoted as saying In a message from Washington when the result of the election became known there. "1 have received a message from my law partner saying that 1 carried tho state by about four votes to one, and that a 'certain candidate' was not in the race at all. The voto did not surprise me, but the ratio did. The victory Is all tho more gratifying be cause I have not made a speech In Wisconsin for four years. "The Wisconsin delegation will give me a total of 36. Watch things from now on.1' Senator LaFollette will leave Washington for the west this after noon, lie Is due In Chicago tomor row and will go from there to Ne braska for a five days' tour of that slate. A I.uFollelle Landslide. Milwaukee, April A. Incomplete returns at noon Indicated that Wil son had secured 22 of the Democra tic delegates Including four delegates at large. Returns from the second and ninth congressional districts show that two delegates from each of these districts are pledged to Speaker Clark. Returns from the rural districts are coming In slowly, and it is doubtful if the entire vote will be counted before tomorrow. State Senator Blaine, leader of the IjtFollette forces here, said today: "Reports from every district hull cate that Senator LaFollette has car (Continued on ts" 4.1 STANDS BY ROBERT f,1, CO DISS ASUS PtltSID JAPilO'S SEED P He Got Two Terms. Seattle, April 3. J. F. Har- court is under sentence today of 10 to 15 years and 0. R. Bly- stone Is under sentence of 15 to 20 years to the penitentiary for forgery. Blystone and Har- court are the names UBed by the same individual. He worked uu- der at least a dozen aliases, it is believed, and Is one of the cleverest criminals on the coast. He has served before in both Walla Walla and Oregon penl- tentlary. His recent convictions here followed his arrest In San Francisco. His scheme was to live In fashionable hotels and cash big checks with prominent merchants. DEATH WAS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED GEORGE J. FEARCE, ONE OF SA. LEM'S MOST RICHLY RESPECT i ED BUSINESS ME.V, EXPIRES SUDDENLY FROM HEART DIS EASE. ' Yeijterdny afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock, George J. Pearce dropped dead at tho store of the Wade-Pearce Hardware company in this city. Mr. Pearce was working with some of the store force in moving from the store on the corner of Court and Commer cial streets to the new quarters a few doors north,' and was directing the men in handling a small hand cart used for the purpose of moving. He was not under any physical strain whatever, .but dropped over very sud denly and before medical aid arrived he was dead. Ills death was. caused directly by heart failure. Dr. W. H. Byrd, who was called to render med ical aid, says that the deceased has been a Btiffercr for the last four years from a form of heart exhaus tion and his death was the result of this aliment. Mr. l'earco was a man of strict in tegrity and honesty in all his busi ness dealings and transactions. He was always in favor of any worthy enterprise for the advancement of the city or surrounding country. He not only advocated clean methods of business In private as well as public business but practiced them as well. Mrs. Pearce, who was visited in Portland, was notified by telephone and arrived In Salem last night. Mr. Pearce was born in Polk coun ty and would have been 60 yeurs of age next June. He first came to Sa lem In 1871 where he went to work for R. M. Wade, who conducted a store In the same location as the present store, and has been connect ed In one way or another with It ever since. Later lie became a member of and since 18110 hus been president of the firm. In 18S8 he married Miss Nellie Riley, who with two daugh ters, Helen and Dorothy, survive him. A few years ago when Mr. Peurce's heart trouble first began, the firm of Wade-Pearce was chunged by which the hardware business was taken over by The Ray I FurnitT Hard ware company, the Pearce brothers retaining only the Implement and ve hicle business, which was being moved Into the line new store at the time of his death, Funeral announcement Inter, ME VOI LD SERVE HIS LAST SENTENCE FIRST CNITKD rMCXX I KAKKD WINK. Algiers, April 3. Having been sen lenced to death In three cases and to life imprisonment on all other charges, an Arab bandit named La- bane, at Ornn toduy has respectfully petitioned the governor general to he allowed to serve out the latter sen tence before the former Is applied. It Is hard to tell Just how mean-It Is to swipe a watermelon until some one steals the finest one In your patch. OUT I1L1IU UF SECURE Rl MEXICO STIRS CONGRESS If United States Is Forced to I Might See an Opportunity to Gain Her Desires and Stand in With Mexicans While There Is No Immediate, or, for That Matter, Any Danger at All of War, Unless Japan Starts It, the Orientals Are Cocky and Will Eventually Have to Be Whipped. fUNiTSD rnxss masid wins. i Washington, April 3. DUcusslng the resolution of Senator Lodge, which asks President Taft to at once make publlo details ot an alleged plot by Japan to secure a military base at Magdalena bay, Congressman Need- ham, ot California, today said In an interview with the United Press: "There is absolutely no Justifica tion for an attempt by Japan to get a coaling station In North America. If Japan tries to get a foothold here In time of peace tho United States should Investigate. In the event of ultimate American Intervention in Mexico pos sibly Japan might Join with Mexico. I don't believe this likely, but If the Japanese are really endeavoring to get Into Magdalena bay, and are seek lng an excuse for a clash with the United States, we might find a big Job on our hands, If we atetmpted to straighten out tbe Internal affairs of Mexico. "One of the amazing things about Japan Is Its extreme cockiness. Tbey have a number of laws and regula tlons which work a hardship upon the foreigner In Japan. No one ever resented these. But whenever we take steps to check the flood of Asiat ic Immigration, Japan thinks It is as sailed. Personally, I am convinced we are not going to have trouble with Japan unless she starts It. However, the reports of her activity In Mexico are so alarming that the Lodge reso lution Is Justifiable." Congressman Humphrey, of Wash ington, declared he sympathizes with the Lodge resolution. He said: "The coast Is absolutely helpless. It has no battleship, no cruisers and many of Its ports are unfortified. America Is constantly inviting trouble from the Far East by failure to pro tect Its coast. There are two factions of extrem ists; those laughing at the idea of trouble with Japan, and those who are constantly predicting war. If there Is no reason for a war scare the beBt way to quiet the people Is for the Your Boy Wants a New Suit for Easter Get him a "BISHOP'S" All-Wool, stylish, tailored Suit, built for active boys who want a good looking suit that will wear. Knickers are lined, coats cut in latest fashion. We give a belt with every suit. Every garment guar anteed. Prices $5 to $10.00 We will be glad to show you our full line. Salem Woolen Mills Store EOT AS TO IN 11! JAPS ATTEMPT TO C0ALII1G STATION ntervene in Mexico Japan state department to reveal the fact concerning Japan's alleged activi ties." tfadero Denies Report. New York, April S. In a telegram to the United Press today, President Francisco I. Madero, of Mexico, .em phatically denies that Tapnn has made any arrangements with his country whereby a Japanese colony Is to be formed In the vicinity ot Magdalena l-ay. The telegram says: "The report Is completely Incor rect. My government has made no such arrangement with Japan." Deports Are Baseless. Washington,' April 3. Congressman Sulxer, ot the committee on foreign affairs, said ot the Magdalena bay re ports: ' "I have heard that the Japanese are' seeking a naval base In Mexico, also the story that they are massing vet-'' erans In Hawaii. I can state that such reports are absolutely baseless. Mexico and America could and would prevent such a foreign Invasion." o PENITENTIARY SWITCH USED BY FIR BRANCH W. D. Campbell, of the S. P., Is In the city and states that bids are be ing called for for tho construction ot tho branch from Sulem to Fir, Tho line will leave Salem over tho peni tentiury switch, and run directly east. In connection with this, Mr. Campbell said the company would spend $700,000 on their lines north of Kugone this summer besides the amount spent to electrify the west side.
