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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915 PUTf1!?. TWn fWXrTC! ON TRAINS AJTD NEW! OHIO THREATENED WITH FLOOD EQUAL TO flE Ohio River Rising at Rate of Over Foot An Haur' This Afternoon FORTY FAMILIES WILL BE DRIVEN FROM HOMES Large Area lo Be Inundated Should Present Rate of Raise Continue Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 2. Practically tlio entire state of Ohio faced fluid (lungers today, causing the most Berious liprchension since the disastrous floods ol JNlarcu, iiu.i. Heavy thaws and rains of the past CO hours are responsible, The Ohio river was .jumping to flood uiiij luun Tii me mie i uht loot an hour. The greatest upiirchcu .win n was felt in the section between Pittsburg anil Cincinnati. Forecasts for this seclion Hiiy that by tomorrow uioruiiiK a i.iinut stage will have been , i cached, inundating a large area and, driving '1(1 families from their homes. ' Ifivor men predict the most scrinis flood I : MM i: w tr.. 11 ,n..! . ' -.11 ,i;ui.i. miu'ciiiik, i. iu, iii'imire, lliidgepurt and Maitin's Ferry, Ohio, :nul ninny other towns and cities arc a ll'ected,' Tin' (I rent Miami liver valley, cover ing n large section of southwestern Ohio, is threatened by a situation sim ilar to Hint which caused loss of life ind property damage at Huvton, Mid dletowu, Hamilton, l'iipia, Tmy and oth :r points in lOl.'l. Hundreds of men are lynnniiting ice the river bniilii gorges ami patrolling llie river is slowly i ising. At Znnesvllle. Ohio, the Muskingum river is rising an inch hu hour. llriilgos ire tlircatiiicil anil the tow lines tuny lie inuii'lateil. At I'u.vnesville, Ohio, 20 I'unilios i-o'ated on the upper floors of their homes bv t'.ie rampage of the ni nl river. At I'uin itowu, ncnibv. I he waters cover the s.niets e,1i..;Hvely. Suiiiliinlty river is lining nt Kromoiit. MtimifiictuiTi'ft anil ri'sult'ttts of tin low- IjiihU nn taking jiroeiiut iuiis, .... n. i ne luscnrawus river is up ninny icet null ell towns and cities in the vii i'vr. ;ire threatened, In. 'lulling Massilloii. Athens, Ohio, today reported all resi dents of the lowlands I'leeing high wa ters i f the Hocking river. At Lima the Ottawa is rising but there is no serious ilaieier yet of flood. Weather bureau lit Columbus reports the Scioto river slowly rising but no immediate danger of leenaitinent of toe 1!'13 disaster that cost nearly lives, i ouiity niiil city emptoves ire pn - '' 'K I"'' '''V(,r ''"" arm i- si reams and creeks in the Cleveland dis trict are also nenrlng the flood stage. Ohio River at Hood Btage. Wnshiuglnn, Feb. 2.-Soinn parts ot the Ohio river will reach flood stage to - .lay mid the entire river probably l toiooriow night, iiccnr.liag to Professor Penrv of tiie weather bureau in" :ind tlool division today Parkersburg, West Virginia, reporled to Henry today Hint the f lood stage was expected today, The I'.vnnsville, Ind., district, covering the lower part of the nver, was warned yesterday, Henry was iul'oi uicil, lie predicted that the Hoods will affect tile entire section from Pitts I'org to Cairo. Pr. 'lessor Henry, of the rivers and flood division of the weather depurt nion', said today that the pi aspects Tuf Fl,H AND G A M fc COMWTTCI , TO PKOTtU THE JttCK, dak' r I- i 11 Ll IR. ttt s. Tf I i I 1 ei'. ' Xr, ,"'"' ..Tnrwweti 'Is, jjjftfa By Nam. of hi'.. lempiea to vvrecn inter national Bridge Vnnceboro, Maine, Feb. 2. A man giving the name, o. Ifornn and elaim iiiff to be a Merman officer is being hold by the authorities here following the attempt made early today to wreck the international bridge, across the St. Croix river. The bridge was oulv slightly damaged, on explosion of I dynumito at a pier on the Canadian side twisted a pier. Traiu service was held up only slightly. imi charge, bas been lodged against ?1""Ai.ntv!iSl,r. -w of the bridge. That Home will be turned over to them is not known. Word is awaited here from the United Stated marshal 's . office. Home was taken into custody at the Page hotel by Deputy Sheriff George W. ltuss. He ailmittivl that he. was guilty of dynn I initing the structure, according to the ..i'ri,.nrD ti :u all.....,.! t .1... ' inv.i,i t imt i,n t,',i.i t urrnnit tim hriilue ,,.!,,.,,,, it .a8 wi1,l bis rights toi'"10 ilnmugod which has already i (in R(l i been dclnpulatcd beyond repair.. The j He said he was an offieeu in the fier-! antithesis between a pure, good and j ,,, nrmy. Gorman flag and a chart virtuous woinun and a blase demirep is ' 0f u.ju section wore foilllit ill Jlorlle s pOHsi'Hsion. Ho fltatod Hint lio enmc liort' from Now York lust Friday. SALEM MAN IS BADLY BURNEDTHIS MORNING T. Hendricks Receives Serious Wounds When Upset Gasoline Bottle Ig nites. F. Hendricks, proprietor of the Nov elty Studio, nt 125 North Commercial street, over Pomerny ..lewelry store, wns badly burned nbout the hands and linns this morning while sturting a fire in the stove with pitch wood and gar- nline. Die pitch back tired and ii1". . t(,. ,., ,)f . ir,,si)lin(1 a,l in .1 : m-isn, t10 KMiim, i,ttlo wan upset, 1 M. IF 1..I..I : I - I . .in. iii iiiiii' ivi rri.cii ii ih-hv curium 1 ,t..,l i .il.r il,:. II,. succeeded in putting the fire nut but in didiiB so received the injuries which will keep him out of the some time. stllilio lor ..... , 11 I I n f Villa S Health rCHeCt Ho llHlPin V Kmnnvfc av viuviuuj iivuiiu i.i I ii?iu. i i-Aiin. r rn. ll'lll'l II I i I l.'l ri...... m lt.i. e n i iv -l,.l. nrt, I ... :. ' ; ' ............... milted to (iencriil (.'arianxn Mexico City, that he had died of wounds re- ceived iu Aguas Cnlientes, but declared he hud not even been shot. In a iocs- sage here Villa said: "The report that I have been wound - ed is absolutely false. I urn enjoying perfect health and was never iu belter condition and spirits to continue the armed fight against the enemies of mv country. This fight will be waged : 11Mti ,njl MfMn of ,)lp ri,voioll , ivniiz,.,) i lir,,,r that niv cnuiitrvnieu may enjoy nu era of true pence and , tinmiuiiity." I ()h() tiyfr ,,,,, Wiin(, mi( )( 1 (r0Ils , ,,.,, ' river H ftt PiH,,,nr ,, ,, ,.., )wn flM.t ,nv0 , ,',0, i. . ... , , . , , , ., . i at Cincinnati, Louisville and Cuiru it I was 10 feet below the flood stage, nnd at Kvnnsvillo it wns throe feet below. Rising at Bridgeport. II "iiigeport, Ohio, Feb. 2. The Ohio river today is rising nine inches nu hour. Bridgeport, Bella I re, Mnrtln's Ferry and other Ohio valley points ore facing n most serious flool situation. I.owlniiil residents are fleeing to higher ground. Some Members of Y VAWTeR 1 "r-f r ArU I Imp BtTUJtf-.N Ml ' PVE RHOOS ') "HEN THE SlUl II' (vitrei turu-i GEHlINGER Rffi EDECI I Opinion Handed Down Today Sustains Decree of Lower Court CORRUPT CANNOT BE INJURED SAYS DECREE Other Important Cases Are Passed On By High Justices "That cannot bo injured which is al- ! ready corrupt; that cannot be spoiled which has been destroyed;, and that ns muriu'u us me un it'ioiir.o uciiveeii the songs of the ransomed nnd tho wail of the damned. Hence, in order to on able a jury to translate in sordid did lnrs nnd cents the damage to be allowed in a case like the present, a very wide range between the extremes of virtue nnd vice was a question exclusively for the jury when enlightened by tes timony affecting her character favor aldv or unfavorably." This is nn excerpt from the common DEO BY HE 1 ttiry of an opinion of the supremo court, I men lntion ns n solution to the dif written by Justice Burnett, in wliich ficulty. This committee is not nt all Hie verdict nl' the inrv nnd Hie decree 1 nleiiseil with its mission, realizing that of Judge Davis, of the circuit court for .1 ult nonmn 'County, in wnicii uertruite Ocrlinger was nvvnrded ! damages in n $50,(1110 suit fur breach nf promise1 ngainot l.lovd. Fru"k, was sustained, i The anneal from Hie decree of thelower' court was taken on the assignment of inininvnnu i-Wiia nn 4l,A nnrl. fP flm tri.il . ' ' . . .. . . . " ' 1 - " (", .... court in the admission of evidence nn. leiice Hill i,ill.iin n hleu t to tier- the above comment of the 'court's opinion is taken from ."li". "' ' '"" "-'- nut the plcintrt, Miss dertrude tier - linger, to be recalled to the wit, stand and be cross-examined regarding her conduct witli other men than the in ,-..,. ; .,i.V, ... ......l.ti-i, ,UJ ."."" 1 ' r" chastitv, Plaintiff churned ilainuges on account of lieimr greatly hum great mental pain ntu' having her affections deeply injured, i and that, considering the wealth of the defendant (Frank) more than nominal damages should have been awarded on .the ground that a marriage with 11 man as rich us he would have been grenten pecnuinry advantage to the plaintiff.1 m discussing this latter feature of the! ease Justice Burnett savs: 'They may have considered that a (Continued on Tnge Five.) The Weather (BE TALKING Oregon: Rain to night and Wediies- In v : strong ninth- Iv winds. Oregon House IS 6UNMIN0 FlSR. ANY THAT, Ml nf -vPf n 7 I IfAVif. r.ATIfi.MTll .;.M. TOOtTt'f Three Men -Selected to Decide What Shall Be Done About Matter Whether or not the wayward girls' home receives any recognition from the present session of the legislature is loft solely in the hands of the chair man Senator ay aiu' Representative Cobb, respectively, and Representative Smith, of Multnomah, of the joint ways and means committee after lengthy con sideration of the subject at last night's meeting of the committee following a hearing granted the state board of con- I trol on the subject during the after noon. The committee also deemed that beforo snv appropriation was recom mended for the maintenance of the Oregon National guard for the ensuing biennium that they must know just how and for what purpose tho appro priation for tho pnst two yenrs had been cxpondpd -and action upon the militia btiugot was deterred until Ad jutant General White renders a com nlete accounting of the funds. The proportion of making further provision for the vvnywnrd guis' home, which tho eommitt.ee had decided to cut off without an appropriation last Fridav evening, was renewed nt last night's meeting and the mutter wan crime nviir tlinrniiirhlv n 11,1 in detnil. j The 0pIK,sitioii to providing support for the infant institution maintained its former position that the home was be ginning to assume an altogether too expensive nnd expensive proportion to be comfortable for the taxpayers and should not yield a point until it. was finally deicded that the two chnirtnen and Dr. Smith form a committee of three to visit the Institution and report some sort of compromise and reenm- it is doomed to run up against a strong! lorce oi leinunui- nignim-ui, mm testation. Secretary Frank Meredith, of the state fair iionr.l ntsO. up before the commit tee again hist night explaining ,1... ll....... JC '.llll nLn. Co i .,,,. I11C lll'IIIH Ul ip..,."'V um'l I... ,i linrsement of money expended out of ,, . , - . , t'"1 I'01"'1" revolving fund to innke up j : " ... r the deficiency ill the npproprintmn fori 'completing the pavilion and $600 ex- l"'mlei out of the same fund for re- .:.. , ,i, ,ll ,l .(,. vt, nn t , " " ." , ' . .. . ., th' groumls in the hope hat he ('.., n - 1 m,,u'!' ; ro. "innirn.i ma e be reimbursed to this ninoiint. ne ominittec listened to his explanation ""'1 ,0"k ,h, "ll,,.,Br um"'r nlv",l'.,'"r;! : The budget for the state reform school iiniir,.ii nn neennnt '" u 1 ' . . "'"'"" nX7u upon finally, the former rece.v- ,1 '!' ., '', ' , fnm ,,h0 it nnginsli nndamullnt nilVM ,, (h(, inH,,r a reduc - and Hie tuberculosis Institute were a r n reiiuc - lion of $18,366. The appropriations of these institutions ns reconiuie.nie,, n-' " "'sUte Reform School. ,, ,. , , ... , i, r.silliillieil n. miiMicii h.t State Board Coiuniiltee $60 000 , ' I I 5 075 i L! A6ri 75 ' Salaries and iiiniiitenance ..$60,000 ffeneral repairs, equipment nnd improveniens .. 8,045 Total $68,645 Tuberculosis Institute. Salaries and nininteiiaiiee.. $50,300 Oooeiul repairs, improvements, equipment, etc. 11,216 2,150 Total $70,51(1 $52,425 $I17,'I25 rirnad total.... $130,161 Amount of reduction, $21,130. COTTON LOAN DISSOLVED. Washington, Feb. 2. The dissolution of tli. l;io,OD0.iiiO cotton loan fund is expected this week. Applications for loans mailed will be considered but the federal reserve bank board will endeav or to dissolve Hie pool. of Representatives as Cartoonist Wade Sees Them mi mm PlftlKHARD AH iN DC.PCNOCNT TllirtKCR AMD VOTtR. V 1 T L Wheat Prices Break All Records for Seventeen Years in Chicago Chicago, Feb. 2. After a day of sen sational advances which started at the opening, May wheat closed today nt $1.65 per bushel. .Inly wheat closed at $1.43 per bushel. These wero the high est prices reached during the day. Tricos broke all Tecords in the local pit in 17 years.. The price of $l.b'0 per bushel to which James A, Patten's fam ous corner farced wheat in 1000, was exceeded by "naif a cent per bushel within an hour after the mar.ict open ed. It was within 24 ',i cents of the price reached in 1 SOS, when Joo Loiter cornored the market and sent tho grain price to $1.85 per bushel. Tho price today at 10:30 a. m. for May wheat was $l.(iOMi per bushel. Only four other times since tho civil war, when whoat sold here for $-.S5 per bushel, and in New York for $3, has wheat been higher than $1.00. Tho sensational advance continued and at 12:45 May wheat was selling at $1.(13 3-8 and July at $1.42 1-8. Even tho high mnrk set during the innming was exceeded at 12:30, when Mnv wheat went to $1.02 -8 and July wheat to $1.41 1-8. At 1 p. in, Mav wheat had reached $1.63 5-8; July was $1.41 7-8. Mav wheat closed at $1.05. Today's high prices, however, wero declared bv traders to be the result of conditions and not of speculation. The tact that cash wheat skyrocketed to $1,61 Vi at one time was pointed to lirov ing this. Still another point traders emphasized in this connection was the fact that while .May wnent was hover ine about $1.00', July reached $l.40'i A promiuent member of tho braird of Schuehel Bill Passes Body, By Large Vote This Morning Tho proposition of turning over the nccident insurance business of the Btnte IICCIUCIII moil it in;i; iMifiini-nn Ul invi ouiii . to the casualty insurance companies was given a severe and decisive jolt at .1.-1 ,.f .1... 1 . 1. ,....!. ,.f ..... iu" " . """" ""'.. 1 mMy this mnrinng when the Schuebcl : bill, House In 1 22S, amen, ,g the pres. u'nt'lcincn 's cointiensiition net of the ; Btltftj wnB IUHHi.,l by the overwhelming veto of 55 to 2, with two absent nnd r.eam frm voting. The Schuebcl so,, .,, . Kilniv aniendnturv of the nres- ill Is Blinply tinienilllt com,on(mti t schedule of rntcs to ( l, ., ., . ...,,. and revises flic employers to be i .,. , ,, ,.r,lo , ,,, ,., ', 'f fU ,',,,,, fml(1 ,," itll ,,,, jy , ,,,, ,,, ,,, I "t, l".'h is up for eonsid- eralniii before Hie Senate. ii.,,,..:..,,!!., i, ,.!,, ,.;., ,l,.r.,,l,, 1 11 J ' j of Hie .Michigan net was Representative Thus. Brown, of Marion county, who contended that the employer wns not protected from damage suit nfter the claim of the injured workman had been adjusted by the industrial accident ciiniiiiissioii. vouching for tho eonten- 1 1 ion by stilting that he had been conn ' sel in suits for dniniiges aggregating $50 00(1 $211,000 against employers during the I past year, and he eontemled f lint tile Michigan act was the only one which exempted the fanner from Its operii 'funis. He mnde a strong tnlk in esiiniis nl of the enuse of the wiirkingniun nnd ; tint former in supporting the Michigan net nnd pointed nut Hint, the most ser - ions delects In the Oregon net, which was cured bv the Michigan law. was in its provisions reintlng to the farmer. In direct reply to Mr. Brown's nrgii ment Representative Hare, of Wash ington county, said that he knew how the farmer stood upon the question, that he was unalterably In favor nf the (Con I i lined on page two) IL)J T.B. HANni F V VMO I) STUONfaWNX ON APPROPRlMiONil FOR. Sfti-ovn 7i:;',"'s' Ml wmvmm I tiki Jf iu i v YAWXtl l m El I 1 Wl trade said today that prices wero not at all abortive in view of tho enormous demand boing made on tho Unitod States by foreign governments, lie ports today that one of tho British merchant ships sunk by a German sub marine in tno Irish sea carried a heavy tonnage of wheat was an important factor today in making the market vory irregular. Many such losses, it was doelared, soon would help in exhausting complete ly tho present orop and make it neces sary to fall back on the now eron. Still another factor in the incronse of prices was today s increaBii of two shillings in freight rates on grains from Ar gentine to Liverpool. Tho removal of import duties on wheat by -Italy and Sweden, too, was still having its effect. Still another of the factors which tend ed toward higher prices was luck of news from Canada, weather conditions having broken down wiro communica tions. Hy the time communication! is raster-, ed, '.'nnadiun buyers may be desperate ly in need of wheat. Coupled with to day's wheat rise, flour took tho expect ed jump of 20 cents on every barrel, and bakers almost generally throughout Chicago raised brend prices from 5 and 10 cents a louf to U and 12 cents a lonf. Tho bakerB said that by the end of this week rolls which heretofore hnvn sold at 10 cents per dozen will bo raised to 12 cents per do.cn. New High Record Mado, New York, Feb. 2. Wheat sold nt $1.74 5-8 on the consolidated stock ex change today and a new high record. Governor Withycombe Visitor This Morning to Hear Glee Club Sing For the first, time during the regular morning session of tho senuto this year (lovcrnor Withy die favored that! body with his presence this morning when he stepped inside of the sennlol chamber for a short time to henr the O. A. ('. (lice Club sing beforo that body. The club was visiting the two houses of the legislature! and favoring theni with a few numbers and the stiitc's executivo joined Hie crowd that followed tho club into the upper house. The house disposed nf considerable business this morning clearing the desk by time for adjournment for the first men in several days. The matter that, provoked the most discussion during the morning wns n million by Senator Mnser to make dis cussion of Hie committee 'j on report nf House Hill 18 by Itepreseulntlve dill n special order of business for to Cl... 11 ..i. ' , : ,l. bill, which is the much talked nf meas ure prohibiting gill net fishing above the suspension bridge nt Oregon Oily, hail been throughly gone ever nnd that the senate should ad on it at once in slcnd of putting it off nnd frying lo cover it up with oilier business, Senator Mnser stnlcd Hint Hie bill has been rushed In from tho commit tee uilhout nnv ndvancn nntice that, he - ! .., , f,iri (,, IW his j conslitiicnts fell in regard In it. Ctonnsn Aviators Hurl Bombs. Senator Hiioick insisted flint, people, Paris, Feb. 2.--I leriuiiu nvintors hurl- 1 f )rcgn City were the only ones In-''''' hombs with deadly el'fect In the re- I terestcd and the move on the pint of i Sciiiiinr Mnser was for th irnose nf benefiting the sportsmen's clubs ot Portland as against the gill net risher- men at Oregon City whose business mount some $''5,ooo' fo Oregon City everv year. Heiiii'ior Kellalier added Hint since It (Continued on Pago Two.) CONRAol PATRICK T MW " ' ' vi, HE NEVtR.. C0ME5 OUT SE(0HI)DtiT k V, H lit"-. ;''W'.!;i ( h IS MOB0 IS UNiFourn ACCOUNTING V At ANO CAN M (fLD Kl'j owri with rut FlCiOfCwS'J RUSSIANS WlH L'J BOTH POLAND A! TIE CARPATHIANS Heavy Artillery Tears Wide Gaps In German Ranks 1 BOMBS HURLED BY AVIATORS DO DAMAGE Paris Reports Much Devasta tation As Result of Aerial Raid ' Fotrogrnd, Feb. 2. Important victor ies both in Poland and in tho Carpath inns wore cliiluied in the official war of fieo statement today. The Germans have lost 6000 in killed and many mora wounded and taken prisoners in at tacks at Warsaw, it was stated. In three days fighting in tho Carpathians the Russia ns have tuken 4103 prisoners. The battling along the llimra west of Warsaw has cost tho Oermnns heavy ' losses, it was slated. Heavy artillery tore great gaps in the (iermnii lines. While the infantry was engaged a force of German sappers; tunneled their way nearly 100 yards to tiie first lino of Russian trenches. By chance, n Russian officer discovered tho mouth of the tunnel and n littlo group, of Hermans were niude prisoners. Two innchine guns wero rushed to the mouth of the tunnel and a company of (ier iiiaus wns slaughtered under ground, Hy weight of numbers the (leriiiiins forced the cznr's army at this point to retire from their first lino of trenches rand followed up this advantage by shelling tho JtiiHsiuns out nf t.ieir sec ond line positions. Reinforceinentil were brought up Mini the Hermans forc ed lo evacuate the captured positions. with Hie exception of 100 yards of trenches of the Russian right. On the right bank ot tho Vistula tho Russian riuht continued its successful iidviiiica toward the Prinsian frontier. Near Hiozun on tho Vrkn river a Cos sack charge drove back a regiment of (leiinan infantry from Hie army of (Ion ul Francois and captured a position only 10 miles from the Prussian fron tier. The Russian left, now .10 miles from the Prussian fortress of Thorn, bent j k a Herman drive along tho linn from Lipno to Dobrzyn. The (lemmas attacked desperately, attempting to outflank the Russian left by inserting a wedge along the right lunik of tho Vistula. In the Carpiithians, the Aiiitrodcr lunn firces have been unsuccessful in nll-n.plli.8 t" force their way north. ward to relieve Przemysl, An Austrian ii i in v that, penetrated the mimiitnln soiilo of l.niioviskil is being rolled back Inward the Hungarian frontier. The war off ice today had no dis patches bearing nut n report from rtsiml alinnnt sources that the Aiislrians hud been overwhelmed near Tiirnow, (10 miles cast of Cracow, The report wan not credited in oificinl circles. ' sooinenst ir vermin, ncroming: In word r ived here today. One non- eoiniialiinf was lulled near I'nnt n .vton- soiij n little boy was fright fully maim, ed at Nancy where nu explosive missel dropped in a school yard, nnd a mater- nit .v hospital at, Reinircmiiiit. was slight- l.v damaged. (Iermnii tiiubea ulsn sue- (Continued no Pngo Five.) 1 W . fvA., .'. ,'11 mm