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TERRIFIC STORM
SWEEPS PATH
DEATHS WILL
At Colliers Fifteen Houses Were Washed Away and at Cherry
Valley the House of William Gillespie Was Ca,ed Away
by the Torrent, and He, His Wife and Four Children Were
Drowned Death List May Be Much Larger, as Returns
Are But Meagre Fifteen B odies Had Been Recovered Up
to Noon Today.
"Wheeling, W. Va Sept. 2 With 15
ljodle.3 alruudy recovered and a num
ber of outlying districts yet to be
heard from. It seemed certain this af
ternoon that the death list In last
night's cloudburst which flooded sec
tions or Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia would exceed 40.
At Cherry Valley, Pa., the house of
'William Gillespie was carried away.
Gillespie, bis wife and four children
-were drowned. The water has reached
the ceilings of many homes. Many
residents waded In water up to their
necks to reach high ground, leaving
jthelr belongings behind.
All houses and buildings at Cross
Creek and Avella are flooded. At Col
liers, W. Va., 15 houses were washed
away.
A fast freight on the Wabash rall--road
jumped the track at Wellsburg
and rolled Into the creek and was sub
merged. The engineer and fireman
swam to safety. Other rherabers of the
crew are missing.
At Cnonsburg, Ell Hancock and an
unidentified foreigners and an un
Idfntlfled boy were drowned. All
three had been rescued once, but had
returned to their homes In a low-lying
district to recover valuables. Cook
White was drowned near .here while
attempting to rescue a horse. The
vater at. Canonsburg is receding.
The cloudburst was confined to the
THE PRESS
COMMENT
ON LETTER
UNITED PRESS LEAKED WIRE.
New York, Sept 2. Following are
comments by New York papers today
on the letter of Colonel Roosevelt to
Senator Clapp, chairman of the sen
ate committee on campaign contribu
tions, In which Roosevelt, John D.
Archbold, of the Standard Oil com
pany; Senator Penrose, of Pennsylva
nia, and William R. Hearst figure In
connection with the charge that the
Standard Oil aided to finance Roose
velt's campaign for the presidency:
New York World The letter Is a
masterly exhibition of cuttlefish tac- j
tics, of which he accused Penrose. In
all its Inexcusable mass of verbiage, ,
there is not a single ray of hope.
New York Sun Through It all, es
pecially Its humble attitude toward
Hearst, there Is a sense In suspense
of difficulties yet to be exposed, de
fense yet necessary. Its defense, at
tack, abuse, pious self-glorlflcatlon
and edifying sermon is cluttering up
matters.
New York Tribune It Is evident
that Roosevelt is not so sure as he
was a week ago that the Standard Oil
contribution was not. received.
New York Herald Its most remark
able feature is the suddenness with
which it turns from the main Issue,
and b-comes n for funds, how
ever rit .f',r tlie MooBe imrty'
New York Times: It Is the public's
to kn- v whether Roosevelt know of
the S nmhird Oil contribution. His
lctt-r doc not answer this.
O'd Indian Hauler Dead.
I -OT1D FKEBE UUMD Will.
Ant oeX Cal., Sept. 2. J. P. Abbott,
early ".Hfornlan and Indian fighter,
is derd here,today. Abbott won dis
tinctly by killing "Steamboat Char
ley." f-iou leader of the Flutes. In a
duel T'lth r'fles In 1"fiT. AMiott. "
w&i formerly a state senator, was 72
yean old.
i Q.H A.JL
IN VIRGINIA
15 MILES WIDE
NUMBER FORTY
Punhandle section of West Virginia
and Pennsylvania and It is certain that
the list of dead will come close to thir
ty. The storm covered a stretch fif
teen miles wide. Twelve to fifteen
porlBhed at Collier, six were drowned
at Cherry Valley, two at Hollldays
Cove, three at Avella and one at Bur
gettstown. At least two, perhaps four
members of a freight train crew were
drowned when the train rain Into a
creek. The dumage will amount to
millions.
The trainmaster Bays he saw three
undo bodies among the wreckage at
Ccdllcr. Many women and children
are reported to have perished In othor
factions, but details from the outlying
districts as yet are meagre.
THE HORSE
EDITOR AT
THE FAIR
The horse editor, along with a thou
send or two others visited the state
fair grounds yesterday afternoon, and
while the exhibits were not all In place
and everything was more or less topsy
turvy, the visit was enjoyable to all,
and well worth the making. Indeed,
to understand the vast amount of work
necessary to make a successful exhibit
of the magnitude of that at the fair,
one must see it In the making; must
see the boxes and crates, carloads of
them, containing carefully wrapped
packed fruit, flowers, vegetables, fan
cy work and the thousands of things
dblicate and dainty that fill the big
pavilion, and all of which must be
unpacked with the same care that ac
complished their packing. One must
see the array of coops, boxes and
crates that surrounded the poultry in
its coming see the heterogeneous
conglomeration of everything useful
and beautiful dumped at the station
and carted to the grounds, as It la ar-1
ranged and put in place.
Then, too, one must see what seems
to the horse editor, the most unique
and certainly one of the most delight-1
lul features of the fair, and that is the
tented city, with Its gathering of the
pioneer families, some of whom for
more than 40 years, have pitched their
tents on the camp grounds, renewed
acquaintance, talked over old times
and lived again In memory the old
days when they were practically cut
off from the world. It Is a regular
little city of tents, presided over by
Mayor Al Tozler and run without any
need of police or officers. No other
state fair has this feature, or can
have It, for the other states were born
under different conditions. By all
means, in visiting the fair, take a walk
through the camp ground. It will In
terest and educate you and perhaps,
sometimes, amuse.
The big pavilion was full yesterday
afternoon, but It was like the Biblical
description of the first days of crea
tlcn, for It was "without form and
void." While much had been done,
there was still much to be done, and a
sn ail army of men and women, young
folks and old, was there to do It, and
nil of them were as busy as a lot of
bees In a bed of mignonette. It was
the same busy scene in the machinery
department There two or three acres
were covered with implements and
machinery, most of it appertaining to
agriculture, and reaching the limits,
from a tiny five-toothed cultivator to
Llg gangs of plows with monster road
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ITS
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SOON TO BE
REMOVED
THE OLD CENTRAL SCHOOL,
WHERE SOME OP SALEM'S LEAD
ING MEN ABSORBED KNOWL
EDGE SOON TO (JO FIRST MEAT
MARKET ALSO PASSES.
Within a few weeks one of the his
torical buildings of Salem will quietly
disappear if in the interim it Bhall
not bo whittled Into Bouvenlrs and car
ried away In the trousers pockets of
some of the prominent men of the
slate capital who encountered the first
serious problems of life within its
walls. It Is the structure known to
the middle-aged Salemlto Is Central
School.
For more than 40 years the little
frame structure was the thought fac
tory of the Salem youngster. The
Bush youngsters swung their short
legs from Its seats, the McNarys, one
of them now the district attorney,
there chewed gum behind their geog
raphies, United States District Attor
ney John McCourt used to come in
from the South Salem hills to take
part In the spelling matches, the
Knlpe kids, the Moyers boys, the
Stocktons, the Stokes children, and In
fact nearly everybody who belongs to
the business activities of the Salem of
today, began their education at old
Central School.
And with most of them the old build
ing has been looked upon with affeo-
tlon. Now that It Is known that Cen
tral will be wrecked to accommodate
the now station of the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern, many a prominent
citizen has been detected by the lessee
In the ant of hewing out a portion of
the woodwork to lay aside as a keep
Bake. Central school was the first educa
tional institution founded lu Salem.
The building was erected In 1854 by
volunteer labor and Its timbers were
hewn by hand. For years It was the
ctntei' of public progress. Public meet
ings were held within its walls, and
at one time It housed a session of the
district court. As the town grew Into
a city, the old building was abandoned,
and finally it was shuffled around to
the ownership of R. R. Ryan, who
placed the old building In repair, mov
ed it to the corner of Center and Com
mercial streets and turned It Into a
public hall, with a business house on
the ground floor. ,
Just back of the old school house
stands a building which was the home
of one of the first meat markets ever
opened In the city. Probably It was
the first business of lu kind. It was
owned and operated by the father of
E. C. Cross, founder of the business
now conducted by bis grandson on
Slate street Salem was a settlement
when the first Cross put on his whits
apron and stood behind the carving
block raiting for customers. Tbe
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BIG PARADE
FEATURE OF
LABOR DAY
FOCRTEEN I'NIONS AND TWO II I G
BRASS BANDS IN LINE AND SOME
VERY HANDSOME FLOATS. ARE
SHOWN BV THE DIFFERENT
I'NIONS.
The Labor Day parade was the larg
est ever held In the history of tbe city
and reflected great credit on the
Trades and Ialor Council, who had
the matter In charge. Ii. F. West, as
chairman of the committee, presided
after reaching Marlon square, and In
troduced the speakers. The parade
was headed by the mayor and speak
ers In an automobile, the Salem Mil
itary band' and the Do Caprlo band,
of Portland. The strongest union In
the parade was the carpenters, with
about 70 men In line. The plumbers
wore soft black hats, blue shirts and
overalls, made-ln-Orcgon. Then came
the plasterers, printers and barbers,
the barkeepers and bridge and struc
tural steel workers. The electrical
workers had a mounted dynamo and
engine, kindly furnished them by Win.
McGilchrlst. Sr., and Chase & Pur
vlne. There were a number of floats,
showing a great deal of enterprise In
construction, especially the plumb
ers. Addrensei al Marino Si) aire.
Mayor Lachinuad was received with
SEI'TEMIIKH 2, 1912.
FAIRS
X.
marked applause, and bis brief
"spooch" was a success. He wanted
to see labor amply compensated and
harmonious co-operation between cap
ital and industry.
0. P. Hoff, labor commissioner, said
ho felt proud to get In with this crowd
(laughter) and that labor was no long
er a mere benst of burden. (Ap
plause). Ho complimented organized
labor on lis success In securing favor
able legislation, and said Oregon was
the first state to recognize Labor Day
as a legal holiday.
Ills address was received with
cheers, as was that of Charles Li. Mc
Nary, representing the legal profes
sion, who humorously pointed out that
the lawyers and doctors were a
strongly organized trust to which la
bor and capital could not hold a can
dle when It camo to holding up the
people. (Laughter). He gave a very
Instructive address on the history of
labor legislation, showing that the
Knights of Ijibor, at. first a political
organization, had paved the way for a
non-partlsnn movement to secure bet
ter laws for the protection of men and
women engaged In gainful occupations
The crowd at the square enjoyed the
program to the finish.
Murderer Break Jail.
New York, Bept. 2. Reynolds I'or
brey, Indicted for two murders, and
suspected of a third killing, escaped
from the Tombs today, while s special
guard put over him slsvt soundly.
Forbrey tore out a venfflator, tore off
bars over It, and fled.
The police say that Fortrv was a
gunman and gangster. He was con
victed of botd.ng up and killing Mor
ris SrhwurfAkn-i, a Jeweler.
Wise U the man who doesn't play
favorites among bit wife's relatives.
0PM
PRODUCTS OF OLD OREGON
SURPRISE EVEN OREGONIANS
AND SET PACE FOR THE WORLD
There Are Acres of Machinery,' .1300 Head of Livestock, Pa
vilion Filled With Fruits, Flowers and Domestic Exhibits,
the Most Magnificent Cyclorama of the Willamette Valley,
Children's Industrial Exhibit, Poultry Unexcelled Anywhere
And, to Cap All, the Best an d Biggest Show of the Very
Best Babies on Earth.
With agrlculluro, livestock, and oth
er exhibits surpassing In quality as
well as In numbers those of all previ
ous fairs, a racing program with al
luring purses and plenty of fine horsos
to participate In the racos.nmusemvntB
and attractions galoro and of a high
grado, and new and distinct features
In the school children's Industrial fair,
the Eugenlo show and the trap shoot
ing tournament the fair this full 1b
drawing a larger crowd than ever be
fore and drawing from that crowd
more expressions of praise and admi
ration, As this Ib Labor Day the opening
day of the fair was dedicated to the
tollers of the stato and the labor un
ions of the city celebrated the event
with a monster parade and with a pro
grain of music and speech-making In
harmony with the occasion. Fourteen
labor unions participated In the pa
rade, which was aloo participated In
by city officials and business men,
and after winding Its way through the
principal ntreeta of the city It came to
a halt at Marlon Squaro whore ad
dresses were dollvored by Mayor
Lachmund, Labor Commissioner Iloff
and Charles L, McNary, of the law
firm of McNary & MLcNnry, Upon the
conclusion of the program tho big
crowd wont In a body to tho Fair
Grounds whore thoy spent the remain
der of the day In viewing the hand
some exhibits, the races and partici
pating In all of the attendant festivi
ties. Crowds began to pour Into the
grounds: at an early hour, and they
found ovorythlng In read I hobs, for
Frank Moredlth, secretary of the State
Fair Hoard, with his crew of assist
ants, had socn to It that everything
was complete for the entertainment of
the large crowd by the opening hour
8 o'clock,
The livestock department Is drawing
especial attention, There are more
than 1300 bead of the finest kind of
livestock 50 nioro than at tho last
fair. Among them uro herds which
havo received flrat and second prizes
at Hi" Heal tie exos!tloii nnd Chicago
Livestock show. In addition there are
many now exhibitors.
Closely related to tho livestock de
partment Is the poultry section of the 1
fair and there are at least 1200 fowls
on display this time. Poultrymeu are
enthusiastic over the exhibit and It Is
winning all kinds of praise from the
crowds viewing It.
The Agriculture exhibit Is also re
ceiving much attention, and while the
children's exhibit In this lino Is occu
pying a separate department, It Is add
Inir much tntet'oHt to the general ev-
llilbit. Throughout tho state there have
been bumper crops and the flower of
these crops may be seen today and for
the next five days at the fair grounds.
Tho machinery exhibit Is a great
feature, the display being Inrger than
ever before An original nnd an Inter
esting dlaplay at the machinery build
ing is a mlnaluro oil well which Is
presented by the HtancluM Oil com
pany. It Is In operation and shows
the method of pumping the oil from
the ground to tbe surface and the
manner In which It Is handled until It
reaches tho consumer.
The Oregon lata Insane Asylum
has a handsome exhibit of products
from the mala asylum and from the
asylum farm, and the Oregon Agricul
tural college Is also on hand with a
finer and larger display than ever be
fore. The Oregon Fish & Game Com
mission Is presenting an attractive
dlfplay In the way of a miniature riv
er with small fish In It, showing the
working of the hatcheries. Live fish
of every description may also be seen
In the tanks.
Representing most of the counties
of the state ths school children exhibit
NO. 181.
is commanding wide interest. Enter
ing Into the composition of It are agri
cultural products, livestock, products
of mechanical arts, and household ar
ticles, the last named being the pro
duct of the school girls In the state.
For the purpose of socurlng a flue ex
hibit railroads In the state gave free
transportation and nearly every coun
ty la represented.
Anothor feature Is the Wlllaniotto
valloy In miniature, a cyclorama mada
by Professor Geo. Schrolber. The pan
orama shows six counties of the state,
Marlon, Clackamas, Polk, YanihJIl,
Ilonton and Linn, and tholr principal
cities and Industries. The panorama
Is very realistic and la a source of
keen enjoyment and entertainment as
well as being possessed of great In
structive value.
Still another feature of the fair la
the Eugenlo show. Dabloa who will
participate In the show are already ou
tho scene, and for the purposu of sur
rounding it with all manner of safe
guards they are examined by physi
cians today, and the examination will
probably contlnuo through tomorrow
and the next day. Twenty prizes aro
to be given. The first prlzos, one for
the winner among the boys and one
for the winner among the girls, will
be a V0 loving cup. Short talks by
medical men of prominence will be
given dally In connection with tho
show, and addresses will be mado on
all evenings, save Monday.
Features of today, besides the ex
hibits, were the races, the trap Bhoot
lug tournament, and lectures and dem
onstrations by Frank O. O'Doll, tho
bee wizard, The races consisted of a
two-yoar-old trot for a $900 purso;
2:12 pace for an $800 purse, and a
2:24 trot for a $2400 purse.
This evening there will be a concert
vaudeville acts In front of the grand
stand, and fireworks by the Los An
geles Flro Works company.
Karl Bhaw, while working on a der
rick near Nyssa, was Instantly killed
Friday by an electric shock whon tlm
cablo of the derrick came In contact
with nn electric power line.
Our fall and winter styles
of Men's and Boys' Cloth
ing are now ready for
your inspection, Call and
get an early selection,
Men's suits and overcoats
$12.50 to
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