Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, January 29, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES g !'" a CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY 'A? . THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS Sfivd S IIJ1 1 mi .1 iiSisi ft I (inwnm 7 TAY VALLEY mi Known Dead 25 and This I Blown Down In Oil Districts Cause Loss of $3,000,000 -Two Other Big Dams In Danger of Breaking-Valley I of Orange Groves Two Miles Wide and 15 Miles Long Devastated by Resistless Torrent San Diego, Cal., Jan. 29. It is estimated that more than 25 persons were drowned when the Lower Otay reservoir dam burst here yesterday. A wall of water thirty feet high tore down the Otay valley with express train speed. Some estimates place the dead as high as 50. Only four bodies have been recovered. The first intimation of the disaster was when bodies of animals, pieces of furniture and bits of houses were observed floating in the bay opposite the San Diego water front. ' When the dam broke those who had not heeded the warning and fled from their homes, had no chance, A colony of thirty Japanese is believed to have been engulfed. The only stories of the disaster available are furnished by a few ranchers, who viewed the disaster from nearby hills. They said the dam burst with a roar audible for many miles. A sea of water spread down the fertile val ley, obliterating orange groves and ranches, carrying on its crest a whirling mass of houses, bodies and trees. The valley of Otay on the railroad to Tia Juana was wiped out and the Tia Juana railroad cut. It is believed possible that a few survivors are marooned on islands in the middle of the flood now running but all efforts to reach them have, failed and they are further imperilled by the imminent danger of ine Dig sweet water aam is reported dangerous and people who live below it are in flight. The Otay dam broke Thursday afternoon, but the country is so completely isolated that there was no hint of the catastrophe until the wreckage was seen within the bay. The territory devastated is two miles long and 15 miles wide. It has been under cultivation since 1895. Damage is estimated at more than $1,000,000. When the dam collapsed 11,500,000,000 gallons of water were released. San Diego policemen and firemen with many volunteers have been rushed to the scene to attempt rescue of possible survivors. With tlic lower Otay dam Rone, San the danger of famine. Rescuers arc Diego in fen rf ul for its water supply, trying to pot supplies to ranchers, who The reservoir, built at a cost of over must have lost their all before the I, (KlO.OilO held back the waters over flood. l.nOO acres. Tts construction of steel Property damage is estimated van ned concrete had some times been ques-j ously up to $1,000,000 or more. iK'nt'd as unsafe. Then eanie mighty I floods this week, straining the 484 foot I Cuts Off Water Supply, high struct lire. The tons upon tons of' San Francisco, Jan. 20. Destruction water strained the construction. Warn-jof the Otay dam near San Diego con i's sped through the vallev to the ' stitutes a serious menace to the immn.li. lii-miM of farm hands and orange nnd 1. 'inoii growers. Some scoffed. They felt themselves secure on the hillsides, or else questioned that the dam could l.iviik. Suddenly, the cement and steel i-r imbled like villus. The pent up wa tt' s, carrying with them trees, shacks ai d inltle roared down the ravines with the sound of Inindie.ls of enormous can ii. 'ii. Fleeing icsijejiis tiied to reach higher ground. Manv. of course, sue- f.'Mci. rv.it tiie 'o to :(', it is estimat-j I. were caught in the mountainous wa-; lei- wall and hurled along to a swift ! il' titn. dtlin,. to the fresh i.cll from the o additional . trained reservoirs, is . 1 it Abe Martin IWrtJTK XABilHti ( fZA 1 V t? l-iAi !Lfr C.i v'X pV." mm m - r: i Mint . M Vw tl'.l ':i n: i-he bel i ti In ul' . d.-iit. A DELUGED BROKE Be Doubled-1,200 Derricks the upper Otay dam breaking. ate water supply of San Diego, Engin eer If. A. Whitney declared here today. He is conversant with the supply sys tem, as he reported officially on it some time ago to the state railroad commis sion. He pointed out that the Chollis Heights, reservoir with about one i week's suiu.lv. and the rnvnmmiin I company reservoir are all the available sources now, as the emergency wells are out of commission from the storm. Local engineers blamed the pmuii ... 11,1 nam on t lie method of construction nt the Otay dam. This was a steel riveted plate center with concrete on ine oursi.ie. in an article of f .,,. voi rs, Jn mos Di- Kflinvli.i. t.;..t,i i... this novel method of co.Istr,,,.;,.. l "' '....in nn- test or time. Oil Fields TTarrf wit Fresno. Cal.. Jan 20 l itt, .1, of clearing away the debris i- , I . " " tllP'r f","'nt' name form i"K rnpidly, central C , ' 'J1T:. ! f 1,10 Milk-V W " rnnl.l- counted the cost of the tnrrti' Lt . ' which has iust swent tho c;.,. t.'. ' ; vallev ' ' ' -onqum I Hie bulk of the damage centered in ! "T' ,Krn nml '-""f "ills oil j.l'stiic.s. In the Coalinga district alone "re than 525 derricks were ,lw over ; doing damage which, it is estimat ;e.l; .1.0lHl.(ii!i will not co'ver. 1 a,',v"',,!' ,r",n Taft todav estimated i "ver i the Ken, countv ; !'' -' aH.that the total stf,rm ,l,,ge ',Vno Vl"'ity would ex,-,,.,! $1.7;-,,, . ono. ! rmbuiiti'd by their groat !,.! oyer, the oil men of Ik.(1i di-tricts have i .i.. ..my i,r.g, t ,,rfjVide f.,r the fu-' Il'lC. l.UHl T n nn,.r. , l'.'ini ruh , , , u.w, in,. -s i i in'm' it nil rue work- r,f re. i ' .."Mri-cring the dest roved rigs has al i" ii.lv begun. 1 In nt.!iti..n to the demolished rig; i:i:iiv i.f tli,. corepanicH suffered de t rui f i..;i or tlninage to wnrehocses. Waters Are Rerodt:i?. Ani'.'l.-.-.. Oil.. Jan. 2:,'. Although l.v dry stream beds v "re running full to.lt.v. the south'-rn f'nlif.ir "I'll wter he. I t.,l,;,J, , frm Lot nn inupiinrcd ten'r,rv and (1 n m Mr. - ere ben- repairing th" BRITISH EXPECT BIG BATTLE WITH TURKS -jii.a.-'-'- Jut t -is 1 , Mm.. "I in. f U Kyt , 1 . O .- The British forces under General Town.tend, who made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Bajrdad, ara now at Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris. A big Turkish army is in the vicinity and a decisive battle is expected soon. E Many Places In Danger From Snow Slides-Train Just Missed by Avalanche Denver, Colo., Jan. 29. Casualties, perhaps extremely aerious are feared to day from snowslidcs iu (southwestern Colorado. That section of the state is locked in by blizzards and shnoiv drifts 30 to 40 feet high. Wire service is interrupted, while traffic at points is utterly impos sible. Transcontinental railway scrvico at C'umbres Pass is stopped, as the Bockies are under 30 feet of snow. Silverton, surrounded by rugged hills, is in danger of being buried by aval anches, one of which already imperilled several hundred miners and $00,000 worth of property. An avalanche hammering down through tho mountains near Eockwood swept two empty outfit cars on the rear of a pnssenger train over a cliff into the l.as Animas river, a sheer drop of 1.000 feet. Three conches containing 30 passen gers and many section men and ruilrond laborers escaped only bv inches. The blizzard has cut off livestock, elks and other wild animals in some of the higher altitudes. At Cunihresw 1'ass, a livestock train is blocked by the drifts, with the animals in danger of starvation because there is no imme diate prospect of rescue. Throughout the southwestern part of the state, railroads nn. rm 1 ,-..,i n.; l... . i '.v-i. j'l weurnor grips the entire state Astronomers Find Two New Worlds In Milky Way Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 2!), Alexander "I,'""'' V" """H'."' ",w won. nie treat, who solicit new worlds. I . ny tno University of .l".torn.m astronomers nt the stntioi in r-anringo, Mule, it was announced today. They hnve discovered two new- 1 10 "rmnment. , 1 " .l"d;os of 1" Wegnllnnic J "reaKing away trom that henvenlv tno 'iN'''i","icrs believe that tlmV n frt ... H1. . ...... i,,(,m i,LI- wi)u(I, iney are mov ing 175 miles a second. CHEIIALIS STORE BUBNS C'hchalis, Wash., Jan. 2S.YViih loss of approximately .t.l.fioo tl,.. lii.r '.Irv day, ' to t: . orig goods stock of nllrtumn and Na-i was destroyed by fire early to-j while tho buildiiiL' was iln iiinir,i,l i he extent of about $7,000. The fire I mated on tin second floor n,l wit u ' presumably caused by defective wiring. " ' "K". This Infest blov at the higlr.Miv ! system cost the southern count! cs more 'tlm.. AO.ru nnr. t- r-"",""v, .-.-. lining to e.tiimat .m:miv Onr ecu must tin r..l.,. It I. ,,l filled and a great deal of rniidln.il nn'. i tirelv rel.'tid. ! Ifailroads are rushing repairs. and Tiins wiiicii had l,crn stalled for as I long as oO hours were moved ti.dnv. I The damage wen most seven; in the , orange groves, where lanes were g:ili .el through fanioux orchards, find in the ! low lauds between T.os Angeles and the beaches. lieporls from nenrby towns ! this morning indicated the work of clearing the streets of fallen tries :.n ' if'th"r tltiris was completed. f 5 j tn i ji . . .-v r t .'. t. : A H Si a i . -NX?.. WW. ( t; Kut-el-Amara. PRESIDENT TALK "Nation Mur Stand Willi Others to South Against Foreign Aggression" NOTE OF GRAVE WARNING RAN THROUGH ADDRESS Made Short Talk to Great Waiting Throng That Could Not Get In Building Tittsbiirg, 1'a.. Jan. 20. Warning the American people that entirely "new circumstances have arisen for which the country must prepare itself," Presi dent Wilson today asked that all "tend to the business of preparing not for war, not for aggression but for nation al defense." Through his speech, there ran a strain of grave warning that perils may be just ahead. Dangers to America, he termed "grave and constant." "Thrust aside your personal ambi tions," he counselled, "and act for the we;f..'-e of the country." "The struggle abroad has now last ed a year and a half; the end is not vet and all the time, things are getting more and more difficult to handle. 1 1 all could see the dispatches I read every hour they would know how difficult it has been to maintain peace. "We are in the midst of a world we j cannot niter, and therefore as your re i sponsible servant, I must tell you that jthe dangers arc grave n ml constant. "We are even dependent now upon the belligerents for the movement of our commerce. Must Forget Politics. "Where there is contact, there is likely to be friction, and with nations! engaged as many now are in a life and I death struggle, they nre likely to be come stubbornly steadfast in their pro posals and convictions." The president's words stirred more than fi.000 persons crammed into Me morial hall. Nearly as manv more were iinclccd into the second floor of the buililinf. hoiiiiiL' that the executive would address them later. Yet others were herded along the sidewalks, tie nin ti.1 ! mr . n t in 1 ce. So rn-pnt hum llu. throng, that the president addressed I iricf K !i n fi vr It'l (tw mcpf ! n rf "I 'want von to go home, determined in ti.ii ..ii iviii.iii ti, r.t ;. fluence to urge iirci.aredncss so that the president shall go home with the I people's bin kiiig ill serving his convic-! t;,,,, i i w, t,riu .i.,.,i Ihis n'...in ' n. I. "Tl,,. ., f ,.' l,i.il si'i'isi"! to ne iiir.iuei-s tlcoatcs Hit rc i will be further ming a plan for nntiounl di f.'inc -- nn;i partisan which wii' make us tlv.t there is a great spirit t.f unitv I'll- An, 'M''l. Great Crowd Cheers. t-l.iiig. Pa.. Jan. 21. Itefsre ing t!i., :!, 1-. pricked into Meinor ill. Pre id. nt Wilson struck a new ;d h (Continued on I'ago Three.) THOUSANDS HEAR OF! PREPAREDNESS AT KUT-EL-AMARA . i 1 I 3t i K Ml J o 1 All Hope Abandoned For African Liner Carrying 300 Passengers SHIPS THAT HAVE VANISHED 1841 President, New York to Liverpool, 13(1 aboard. lS.r)ii -Pacific, Liverpool to' New- York, 210 aboard. 1857 Tempest, 150 aboard. 1.S70 City of Boston, New York to Liverpool, ISO aboard. 8,S0 Atlantic, from Bermuda, 280 aboard. ISMii Abbie Carver, from Hong kong, 70 aboard. If"1' Appnm, French Senegal, for Liverpool, 300 aboard. London, Jan. 29.-Tlie African liner Appnm was chalked up today by news papers on the lists of ships that went tlown to the sea and never returned. All hope for the safety of 300 per sons aboard the vessef, bound from French Senegal for Liverpool had been abandoned, and there was a growing fear that other vessels had -sunk in the storm that rnged off the Moroccan coast from January 15 to IS. Owners of the Appam, though, still cung to the faint hope that tho vessel hud foundered anil that survivors had been picked up by fishing boats. Ship, ping men, however, though no lifeboats could have breasted the seiis that raged during the gale. They point uut that since installa tion of wireless aboard ships, there has! iieeu no siinilur disaster to a steamer carrying so many persons, though in the days before this invention, a half dozen ships vanished from Ihe waters, with no traces ever heaid of (hem again. TABLETS HARD TO "KICK" Marshficld, Or., Jan. 27. An ingen ious druggist at I'owers, n logging town near here, has discovered how to put up whiskey in the form of tablets. A log ger came to Marshficld drunk today and told the district attorney that ho had dissolved one of the tablets in a glass of water and got a genuine kick out of it. The prosecutor said this' was against the law, and sent an of-j ficcr to Powers to stop it immediately.! COUPLE RECONCILED. Salt Lake City, I'lah, Jan. 27. V. L. Hood, San Jiego hotel man, ami his wife who came here with Kuymoud Ootids, negro, uro on their way home today. Though Mis. Hood's statements to (lie ptdice indicated she came with DoibU because of love for him, Hood insists there was a conspiracy , ami is reconciled with his wife. SECOND CHINESE REVOLT Petri e, i e. I, Jan. 21. A second revo lution is sweeping northern China, ac cording to Miil.tlcii ad'.ices tod ty. These reports said Hat ihe Mongolian i ii :ti r ' uts have tcmpied Kweihwat ii'g, 2. el mil'.i i.tn tlicaM of 'eking. Tne gmcriinieiit vas said to be unable tu suppress the Y'uniiL'ii involution. . BERLIN TOLD AMERICA'S PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED Dilly-dallying Methods of Ambassador Von Bernslorff la Dealing With Secretary of State Over Lusitania Matter Must Give Way To Definite ActionSoldiers of All Entente Nations Landed In Greece Conflicting Reports From Western Front Washington, Jan. 29. That the Lusitania negotiations with Germany are again assuming very grave proportions was admitted by officials today. The administration has caused Germany to under stand that prompt compliance with the American demand for disavowal of the torpedoing is necessary if the Teu tons desire to avoid a break in friendly relations with the United States. Further, Germany has been informed that if her next reply shows a continued desire for delay in granting satisfaction, grave consequences may ensue. The administration, too, has let Berlin know that its patience is taxed over the German dilly dallying evi denced in Lusitania conversations Ambassador Von Bernstorff has had with Secretary of State Lansing. Secretary Lansing, however, made it clear today that the situation had not reached the ultimatum stage, no matter how plainly Berlin has been given to understand America's position. Concerning the report that Germany had been given until February 5 to disavow the torpedoing,-he declared that "there is nothing in it." Meanwhile the administration anticipates favorable responses to the identical note sent to all belligerents seeking establishment of new and universal principles of international law affecting submarine warfare. More difficulty, however, is anticipated in getting pledges, as desired, that the Jidligerents will not arm merchantmen. However, if this provision is rejected, the United States will insist that no armed merchant ships visit American ports. ' Athens, Jan. 20.- Soldiers of all the entente nations have landed on llreek soil. Salonika dispatches today told of tho debarkation of an expedition of marines from French, Hritish, Italian antl Ku- siiin warships Friday at daybreak, and their occupation of the fort of Karabar over the protest of tho Check com mander. Incitement and some consternation resulted ns this was tho first appear ance of Italian and ifusslnn troops in (irecce, and the first lnnding in which till the ullies had been involved. The fort is locuted on tho peninnula nt the eastern entrance of the hend of the (lulf of Salonika. Tho warships approached the landing spot, and quick ly their boats wero sent ashoro will; (i,0()0 marines A messngo was Rent to the fort eoaimander announcing tho in tention of tho troops to occupy tho position, and in answer ho sent a note of protest, though at the tamo timo he withdrew his forces. The reason for the landing was the belief of tho allies that the Austro-Oer-mnn submarines were obtaining supplies from the peninsula. Moreover, tho al lies wanted the place because of its strategic value. Officials expressed surprise nt the presence of Italian and Hussion war vessels in C.reok waters, for tioao hail heretofore been reported there. Vessel May Carry Guns. Washington, Jan. 2!t. Thn Italian Stock Prices at Week End Show General Decline (Copyrighted 1010 bv the New York Kvening Post.) New York. Jan. 20.- The week on the stock exchange en. led ns it begun, with .1 ilecliiie: iu other words, the ten dency which has existed since the month began, continued. The streets would not have been Wall street if it had not insisted Hint the weakness was in response to current events. A great ileal was made of tiio presi dent 's statement "I cannot tell yon what internntion il relations will be to morrow," and also of the report offi cially denied of n time limit ultima tum sent to fiermany for disavowing of the Lusitania torpedoing. Declines were general, but they chief ly pfi'tecd war stocks. "The monster petition" inflicted on congress agiinst export of munitions was merely thn result of the govern ment's again setting forth its unassail able ground. CAPLAN TRIAL MARCH 11 T.oi Angeles, f'al., Jan. 20. Tuilgo Willis today set the murder trial of David Chaplan, alleged Times dyna miter, over to March 1 t. M. A. Schmidt, convicted of murder in con nection wilii the Times building disas ter was given .1 further stay of exo eiition pen, ling appeal. Hu is under sentence of lit'-' imprisonment. liner Verona will be allowed to lent New York, carrying two hundred sra-ill gnns, as tho Romo government has as sured the state department that. tlie?e will bo used only for defensive pur poses. Germans Beat French. Derlin, by wireless to Sayvillo, T, T., Jan. 20. In the greutest Gorman offonsivc Along tho western front in months, the Teuton won nearly a mile of French trenches in too Artois re gion, captured the village of FriBe, and 1,000 yards of French trenches south of tho river Somnie, along with 1200 prisoners, the war office revealed today- The doublo offensive was launched early yesterday morning, when the Ger mans stormed the French lines. "Several French ntt.icks noar Neu villo broke down thoii'jh tho enemy occupied a mine crater," the statement added. French Beat Germans. Xi iris, Jan. 2!). After hours of ficrc bombardment, the Germans attached south of the Sonime yestcrd.iy but wer repulsed each time, said today's com munitpio. An offensive was staged along a front of several miles from th Hnmmo to Frise anil to the south. Meanwhile no lull marked tho bat tling north of Arms, particularly from Neuvilli! to Oivenchy. "In thn region of Ville-cn feurnt, our artillery set fire to a (lernun am munition depot mid explosions result ed," said the statement. MUST HAVE LICENSES Sucrjunento, Cal., Jan. 20. Detect ives employed by the Arson committee, of fin i nsn rn iie-1 companies operating on tho pacific coast must bo licensed in accordance with law, rules tho at torney general today in nn opinion to tho detective license department of th state board of prison tli rectors. The Arson conimitceo wis formed to carry nn an investigation of the origin of fires of a suspicious nature. It will soon be time for houseclcan ing in preparation for those old friends who will accept their invita tions to visit Oregon, t THE WEATHER Oregon: To nigiit and Nin thly ''",!''"Hy fair, continued c old; w inds. castcily