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Newspaper Page TextDAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, OBEOOH, WEDNESDAY, MASCH 26, 1913. FADE THBBE. At Least 300 Victims Claimed Angry Floods and Death List Growing. by, Indianapolis, I ml., March 2.1. A statement flood, appalling in it H im mensity ami terrifying in its swiftness, claimed certainly moro than 300 liven, according to f raginentary reports, made neurly 2011,000 homeless nml lias donu property damage of more than $20,000, O00 in Indiana today and tonight, Tho rush of waters caught the state unprepared, and the following desper ate fight to save life aud property seemed fntilo, From Pern came a sudden message that tho town was overwhelmed and hundreds drowned before they knew their full peril. Creeks Usually Dry Art Torrents. Tho White river and several creeks which surround tho business district of Indianapolis, ordinarily dry in sum mer, are tonight raging torrentB, sweeping everything in their path. When tho street car sorvico wbb stop pod at noon it trapped thousands in the business district, Some bridges are Unsafe and closed to traffic and tho water sweeping over tho others dofy whirles and pedestrians. Tho White river levco at Morris street went out tonight, submerging hundreds of homes, milling 2000 to the 7000 homeless hero. Hope of Saving Leveo Gone. 'j'linusnnds of spectators were wn'i'h ini! the river when, with a roar, liua lreds of tons of dirt crumbled utd'T the pressure and great 'walls of murky! Vlack water rushed through the opev ing. l'eople living in tho vicinity rushed from their homes, carrying what property they could hastily tie u;i in sheets, tablecloths and bedding. All hope of saving part of the levee has been abandoned and all families wero removed from that district. No loss of lifo has been reported here, hi't several persona arc reported miss ing. Tho Washington street bridge, which connects West Indianapolis with tho 'ity proper, is slmkv tonight, and it is ftiired it will bo torn out. Tho majority of street lights are shut iff and the water is flowing into eel lurs and extinguishing furnaco fires, while tho mercury is dropping. Tho entire stato is practicnlly one huge sea and every brook, creek and river is taking its toll of damage. Public, service corporations of the -entire stato aro helpless, railroads and traction lines have enncolled nearly all trains, and many cities 'aro without firo protection and light. Boscuers Kept Busy. Dwellers along streams today do "voted their labors to rescuing thoso trapped in their homes and to remov ing furniture and merchandise to high er ground. During tho dny reports of loss of lifo wcro received, but nono has been verified, because wire sorvico is paralyzed. Seven aro known to have Cause for Alarm Lou of appetite or distress after eating a aymptom that should not be disregarded. 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Streams that were brooks Knstor morning havo bo como raging torrents during tho Inst 24 hours, Persons who retired (appar ently safe at homo last night this morn ing were rescued from second-story windows by boats. No hope for relief to tho stricken stato is held out by tho government weather bureau. 'Kiiin nud colder" is tho forecast for tonight to tomor row. Resides higher wator, untold suf fering to tho homeless will eomo with tho drop in temperature. llcscuo work is boing carried on by volunteers, police, firemen and tho sl.ito militia, and every place where there is a dry home, it has been thrown open to tho flood refugees. City's Street Cars Stop. Indianapolis is in tho grip of its worst flood. Street cars stopped run ning at noon, at which timo tho wator and gas plants wero forced to suspend. Two electric light plants are operating but they may bo compelled to close down. Seven thousand persons were driven from their homes hero by tho over flow from tho While river, Eagle creek and Pleasant run. They aro boing cared for by eharitablo institutions and in private homes. Tho militia is pa troling tho flooded district, aiding tho police Tarts of Fort Wayno, Lafayetto, Richmond, Marion Torro Haute, Mun do, Rushvillo, Kokoma, Peru, Connors villo, Petersburg, Newcastle, Frank fort, Anderson, Tipton, Noblosvillo, Hartford City, Elwood, nioomington, Sholbyville, Lognnsport, Portland an Innumerable Bmaller towns aro under water, with many of the residents driv en from their homes and others living on upper floorB. Aid Cannot Beach Sufefrers. From many of thoso places frantic appeals for aid havo been received, but lack of transportation and crippled wire service forced tho submerged towns to rely on their own resources. Tho helplessness of tho stnte and city to aid tho outsido sufforers is the moro accentuated by tho hopeless straitB in which Indinnnpolis finds itself. Judging by tho condition hero, tho situation of tho smaller towns must bo fast approaching tho desperate stage. My First and Last Murder. (From and unpublished Journal of Trav el through Central America, by John E. Russell.) How can one doscribo morning in the tropics of Central Amorlcal It is a bowildoring blaze of glory. The Dawn," that in tho temperate zones, vlctrix of the shades, precodes the torch boaror, has hore no office. The sun is unhornldod, and tho darknoss in a mo mont bursts Into porfoct day. When I hnd reached the edge of the lako, tho bald cone of Momotombo, rising sheer from tho water to the very sky, was gilded with light, and in a moment the dark purple shades of his woodod Bides, rolling away, revealed tho deep scars of eruptions, made when ho and the world were young and frolicked together. Ah! thought I, you are very grave and ro speetable now; an excellent example, sinco your fires aro burned out! It wns bathing timo for all animated nature, and the shores of the lako were alivo with countless birds. I.nrge blue herons, white cranes of every size, (.'ab iding ducks anil gentle pigeons, they heeded me not, and, and my road turned up from the shore into densely wooded hills. . The world seemed a new Eden, untouched by man. Tho quality of the air was intoxicating; forms of beauty, delicious perfumes, sweet sounds, enrap tured every sense. Suddenly a rush as of a tempest made tho horso open his wide black eyes, and jumped against his curb. Then was a sharp chatter of voices high in tho trees. It was a flock of monkeys. How they came on! A wilderness of them. Swift as weavers' shuttles, they sprang from bough to bough, through interwoven vines. They swung by the hands, they dangled by prehensile tnils, they poltcd down dried branches, leaves, blossoms. There wore mothers with baby monkeys on their baekB; school boy monkeys; young lady monkeys; family monkeys, scandalized at tho general disturbance, and scold ing everybody. There woro old mon keys, prcternaturally grave, responsible to the community, burdened with af fairs, officers of monkey institutions and leading citizens. I jumped from tho saddle and hurled ly tying my horse to a sapling, watched their antics in mute amazement. They did not enre for my stupid society and moved away through tho vast Ceiba trees, grinning hack nt me; nil but one important fellow that hovered nbovo me, Hanging liv lus tan ami dropping down dry branches Thoughtlessly I drew my revolver and lined the poor Sylvan ruffian that I wns in his own treo. Tho sharp report rang out, and tho stnrtled hills threw it back in con fused and dismal echoes. There was a scamper of chatetring monkeys; I saw that my shot had told, for my victim wns slowly coming down, clutching at tho limbs with nerveless hands, until ho dropped into tho bush. My first impulse was to ride away; but fearing I might leave him lan guishing with a wound I went to tho poor creature. He was struck in tho brenst; the ball had gono through his body. Death had touched him; his hu man face was livid and his eyes fimy. His grent trouble had east out fear, he raised his eves to me with a sad expres sion that penetrated my very soul; then, to my indescribable horror, ho plucked leaves with which he feebly strove to stanch tho flowing blood. I seized my pistol to end his suffering, but my trem bling hand refused to obey mo, and in a moment, choked with internal bleeding, his jaw fell and ho was dead. I stood still, bound to tho spot, filled with shame and remorse, like him who did the first murder. It was only a monkey; so much tho greater crimo that I a man sainted on tho rond as a caballoro, booted, spurred, armed, should kill tho simplo forester in his na tivo wood. Ho, doing no harm, and ask ing but a little of tho superflous fruit ago of nature, wns a worthier citizen than I, who owned tho sheep for wool, tho ox for leather, yea, tho very worm for silkl I needed not his monkey flesh for food, nor his skin for clothing, Whichever way I looked I was convict ed without appeal. Myself condemned myself. I turned away and mounted my horse. Through tho trees the broad lako glimniored in tho sun, tho volcanoes touched tho bluo sky and birds'soared joyously in tho air, but tho beauty of tho morning wbb gone; there was a choking feeling in'my throat, the road before mo was a dry strip of sand and rocks, and tho cry of tho nincaws was harsh discord, and tho bunches of fu chsia, hanging over tho path wcro pur plo red, liko Mod. Our Dumb Animals THREAT OF 1 DELIVERY IN TASK TO CUBA BRYAN New Secretary of State Encounters Weighty Problems, A LMOST ut the actual moment that William Jennings Bryan step ped into his new office us sec retary of stute be was plunged Into problems of the weightiest possi ble nature, lie was uot given a chance to feel bis way around care fully and become adjusted to tbe new functions. It was up to him to act quickly toward shutting off a great act of probable lawlessness in Cuba and to smooth out diplomatic entangle ments between this country and Mex ico. In tbe first place, tbe threatened re lease of all political and other prison ers from the juils throughout Cuba was a matter of the gravest moment It bad deep significance for the United States. This liberation of countless malefac tors. Including even murderers of the worst type, would have prevented the Menocnl ndiiiliilstriitlou. which sup plants that of President. Joso Gomez on May 20, from prosecuting the graft ers who nre charged with liaviug loot ed the olllclal treasury of Cuba. This would entirely destroy the credit of the Cuban republic, since means of guaranteeing Cuban loans have been largely impaired by the wantou ex cesses of political grafters. In turn the United States would be held di rectly responsible for the credit of the Island republic through having a de gree of supervisory power over its finances. Secretary Itrynn won his first tilt with Cuba over this matter. On the Forced to Investigate Grim Charges Relating j to Mexico. so many millions are sold to have been given away. All this would affect Cuban credit, for which the United States Is virtually responsible. For a time there wns a grim pros pect of armed Intervention by the United States in Cuba to prevent the release of the prisoners. The phrase-, ology of Secretary Bryan's note of pro test to President Gomez was of tbe most diplomatic sort, but it conveyed an emphatic meaning to tbe Cuban government There was no expressed threat In it, but students of tbe situa tion asserted they could see a sug gestion that the United States abso- Low Colonist Fares Daily March 15th to April 15th, to All Points on Oregon Electric Railway from f OSfUW I tiitniK I muiwn 1 Chicago W8.00 rarU VilM St. I-otils ....$87.00 MIlnBukee.... $116.70 Mttlu ltock ..I2J0 Memphis 2J10 New Orlcnnt $IS.fl,' Minneapolis ..$110.00 Duliitli $.10.00 Kansas City $110.00 Oiimtui $30.00 St Joseph ...$110.00 Lincoln $110.00 Journal Want Advs. Bring BdsuIIh. From other eastern points In proportion. Tell your friends In the East of this ppportunlty of moving West on low fares. Direct train service- via Burlington Route, Northern Pacific, Groat Northern and Spokane, Portland & Seattle, and Oregon Electric- Railway. You can deposit funds with me and tickets will be furnished people In the Kast Dotalls will be furnished on request W. D. SKINNER, C E, ALB1N, Traffic, Manager, Portland, Ore. CJoneral Agent, Salem, Ore. A X Doctor Stone's Corn Remedy Knocks Corns and Bunions higher than "Gilroy's kite." Price 25o DE, STONE'S Boroto Compound and Plas ter will take the kinks out of your lnmo back. Price COc SB. STONE '8 Itch Ointment will euro you of thAt itch which you caught from that fellow. Price $1. DE, STONE'S Poison Oak Remedy will euro your Poison Oak, which you got Inst Nunilny, Price 2,'c. and COc, DE. STONE'S Cough Remedy will clear your pipes of phlegm and euro your cough. Price 2"ic and filic. DE, STONE'S Tootcharho Drops will stop the toothache In one minute by the watch. Price 2ric. DE. STONE'S DRUG STOBE Salem, Orogon, Free delivery to any part of tha city. w-MWiewili'','lfyf"l"'l -wyV ,c , . 'if v. ,p : X mmmmm...-Mmd m 1 1 , tm i a igmm SUITS and COATS 'J Our line is ready for your in spection; always up-to-date and every garment guaranteed to give service. Priced $10 to $50 We employ an expert fitter and your suit or coat will fit after passing through our alter ation room. NEW DRESSES NEW WAISTS Something New in Every Department QUALITY POPULAR 13.6.5hiplpuCiiinjnnu MERCHANDISE L'fiCRTV STRtCT BCrwtr.fl STATE COURT PRICK PRISON IN HAVANA. lutely would not stund by lanctlvely and permit Its wishes to be disre garded. Several radical Cuban newspapers, sometimes looked upon as being Span ish monarchical organs, seized upon tbe situation to preach unfriendliness and suspicion in Cuba against the Hulled States and Americans. These puper have ttteadfastly declared that the uortberu republic was striving to strip away tbe Inst vestige of Inde pendence from Cuba. General Menocal, who wns elected to succeed President Gomez after an In tensely heated campaign, Is a compar atively young man. He is a graduate of Cornell university. In addition to tho Cuban situation. Secretary Bryan fuced an extremely difficult diplomatic condition of affairs FACT. Local Evidence. Evidence that can bo verified. Fact is what wo want. Opinion is not enough. Opinions differ. Hero's a Salem fact. You can test it. F. A, Sutton, tent and awning dealer, Salem, Oregon, says: "I had kidney trouble and rheumatism for ton years and sometimes I was laid up. Doctors did not help mo. Sharp pains oxtonded throughout my back and woro most so vero in my kidneys aud loinB. Often when working, I had to givo up. I lost weight and was in very poor health. I had headaches, rested but little at night and did not know what to do. On a friend's advice, I tried Doan's Kid ney Pills nnd to my surprise, they brought a great improvement in a few days. I continued to get better stead ily. I got moro Bleep, my nppotito im proved and tho pains gradually, but surely, left mo. Aftor I had used threo boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, I Wns in bettor health than I had been for ton years and not a sign of kidnoy com iiaint remained. Tho cure has beon permanent. I gladly confirm the tes timonial I gave several years ago." For sale by all dealers. Trice 5D cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Now York, solo agents for tho United States. Remember tho name Doan'B and take no other. An Annoying Error. An error in proof reading of tha county depositories law which was in troduced in the house by Representative Parsons of Kugene, is already causing difficulty and is causing tho office of Secretary Oleott to bo flooded with, letters from county treasurers all over tho state. The intention of tho bill was time hanks should pay 2 per cent on county deposits, ami it is so slated in section 2 of tho law. In section 3, howovor, 1 per cent is given as the amount that is to be paid in interest. 1913, by American Press Association. BEC1IKTAJIY OP STATIC BI1TAN AT HIS DESK. very any or tuning oince ne sem a vigorous protest to President Gome against the pnsslng of the amnesty bill. Gomez, who was shortly after ward reported to have signed the measure In defiance of Bryan, subse quently vetoed It Thus the United Stntes was relieved of Immediate dan ger through the threatened lawless act The amnesty bill as orlglnully ex plained to ex-Secretary Knox wns In tended simply to give freedom to sev eral hundred negroes who hnd Btnrtod a revolution In the eastern part of the Island. Lnter, however, ninendmenU were made to the measuro, granting liberty before trial to tho hundreds of other prisoners, Including thoso who had been charged by General Menocnl. the newly elected president with wholesnle graft In the selling of con cessions to foreign capital ond through other means. The United Stntes Is responsible un der the terms of the Paris treaty, the Plntt amendment and tbe treaty with Cuba for the flnnnclul stnblllty of Culm. It Is believed In Washington by olnclals who are In close touch with Cuban affairs tlint the Gomex admin- Utrntlon has favored graft and that millions of dollars will be put In the pockets of bin friends by means of con cessions granted nnd subsidies author ized where the return to the govern ment Is almost negligible. For month an effort has been made by Minister Beiiupre of Cuba to learn the facts with regard to s franchise fur n railroad running the length of the Island nml ptifcillelliig the Cuban Cen tral, which wns built with English capital. Ambnssador Bryce Inld tho mutter before the stnto department nnd asked this government to look Into the mutter. The Cuban government tins teen ob ligated tu n tutul of millions In the subsidies to these railroads, the rate per mile running nt SO.'HK) to tl'J.IXHi. If tbe amnesty measure should it n nd It would not unly tie Impossible fur the Menocnl mliiilnlstrntloii to pun Isllhuse who have robbed tbe govern ment, but It might be Impossible to undo the work of nllegwl graft by wlilri f Take FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS Tonic In Action Quick In Reiulli Get rid of your Deadly Kidney Ailments, that cost you a high price In endurance of pain, loss of time and money. Others have cured themselves ol KIDNEY AND BLADDER DISEASES by the prompt aid timely use of FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS. Stops BACKACHE, HEADACHE, and ALL the many other troubles thatfoltowDISEASEDKIDNEYS and URINARY IRREGULARITIES. FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS will CURE any case of KIDNEYandBLADDKRTROUB I.E not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. In a yellow package. nic stonk's i) una stork. PRESIDENT JOSE OOUEZ. In reference to Mexico. The secre tary of state was called upon to In vestigate serious charges of Improprie ty on the part of American olllclnls In Mexico nnd the churges of conspiracy on the part of American capital to ward bringing about the recent revo lution In that country. As a result of the charges against the Amerelcnu diplomatic stuff In Mex Iro. Secretnry Itrynn undertook, with President Wilson, u complete Invest! gallon of Mexican a Hull's, signifying that ho Intended to probe to the very bottom nil the causes of the revolt all the actions of American olllclnls nnd nil the reports relating to Amerl can capitalists In Mexico Principal mining the early charges ngnlnst Ambassador Wilson were tbe assertions that he had openly flouted the Mndero government, fostered the Diaz uprising and dually hud approv ed the net of Iliierta In removing Mn dero from olllce mid had asked that recognition lie given the provisional president with undue and positively Indecent luiMte Ambassador Wilson denies tbe charge and asserts lie could not avoid rucog nixing Iluertu. n the latter was the only constituted authority. 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