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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Always in Motion.

Rodgers craved things that travel fast.
He was content only when in motion.
Whenever Rodgers was out OF his own
flier he wanted 10 be in a swift motor car
handling the wheel himself. with no de-
sire to observe speed laws. This craving
for motion led him into the flying game.
Rodgers declared.
Motion to me-" he said. "is the great
est pleasure ! can experience. Since !
was a small boy wanted TO be In motion
] used 10 ride a bicycle back and forth 10
school and no boy could outride me.
When ] grew older took the family mo-
tor car and let her out When I found q
motor faster than ours ! drove IL all the
Time. There is no speed limit for me.
either on land or In the air. When | am
flying ! go as fast as ! can 90 and we,
be able 70 see my route below me- Be
tween Middietown and Hancock. " Y.
made nine miles OF my tranecontinental
flight IN three and one-haif minutes
Gee! that was a great sensstion."
Rodgers was supersrItious. When he
began his tip from Sheepsnead Bay. z
small bottle for water was placed besld5 o
his seat in tie plane. In his accident
On the trip across country this bottle az.
ways had come out without a scratch
Before Rodgers would 20 aloft he alive IS
made sure the bottle was beside him.
Nothing can happen with this pasco,
here" said the aviator. clutching the re-
ceptacle.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
MAGDALENA BAY IS
LIVE ISSUE AGAIN
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Charges Japan With Act
ing in Bad Faith.
By International News Service.

BY international News Service.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-By openly
suggesting on the floor Of the senate
that Japan Is acting in bad faith by en-
deavoring to obtain a secret foothold at
Magdalena bay. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. leader Of the administration
forces In the senate. has deliberately and
Intentionally fired the opening gun In an
inquiry that is sure to uncover the
Japan and the United States.
The International News Service was
Informed by IL member of the cabinet to-
day that the active agent In establishing
a Japanese colony in Mexico is a Japan
ese steamship company. Concealed be-
hind the steamship company is the Jap
aneSe government,
Taking cue from her ally, Russia,
which recently told the United States TO
mind its own business in China, Japan
had determined TO make a test of the
Monroe doctrine in Mexico 1t was
pointed out today that until 1909 the
United States had q working agreement
with Mexico by which the American
fleet was given the sole privilege TO ma
neuver In Magdalena bay. In that year
the agreement was Cancelled by President
Diaz. Immediately thereafter Japanese
made their appearance In that Vicinity
and have steadily increased in numbers
ever since,
Discussing the situation, former
member OF the cabinet stated today that
every Japanese colonization enterprise is
backed by the entire military and naval
power of the country.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Flood in Montana.

GLASGOW. Mont. April S.-The Mix
river is overfowing It's banks here tonight
and tho bench land south OF tcv,d cut of
is reaching here Residents OF the wall
ley are much alarmed. All small streams
I'm this vicinity are bank fun. Reports
from the vicinity o: Chinook say the
stream there is reccding and many who
deserted their homes are moving back
The swollen Missouri river Is running
over the lowlands south and east OF here.
Llsmis. twenty miles south OF Glasgow.
has been swept from the map. accord =
ing 10 reports reaching here today One
farmer. with his wife and three children,
swept away their house, Hundreds OF
men are working along the main line Of
the Great Northern railroad TO keen the
line clear Passenger trains are DELAYED
and freight service is nearly at a stand /.
still
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
FOUR HUNDRED ME|V
IN DANGER OF DEATH
CONTINUED From Page one.)
be the greatest OF which tho government
has record

be the greatest OF which tho government
has record.
Considering only the water now in
sight and without any further heavy rain
the Mississippi river below VicRsburg
Will rise until the early part OF May and
If the levees hold the river viii reach
about % feet at Natchez, AZ feet at
Baton Rouge. 33.5 feet at Donald
sonville and 21.5 feet at New Orleans.
These figures are from 1 TO i.5 feet
higher than any previous record"
The warning Issued Tuesday for at
least ~ feet at Memphis by SATURDAY.
or Sunday. If the levees hold, is repeated
and preparations should be made accord
ingly
Eat Vicksburg the 5O-foot stage will
be passed by SATURDAY. or Sunday and
II the levees hold a stage OF between
5S,5 and 54 feet is likely TO occur later.
The highest known water at VlcksburG
was $40 feet on April 10, 1897.
Helena, Ark, will pass the 50-foot
stage tomorrow and continue 10 rise. but
the greatest stage cannot be forecast at
this time,
'At Cairo the stage OF sc feet, which
was forecast yesterday. will not be
reached. because OF the breaking OF the
levees below the city. and II Is probable
that the greatest stage will be reached
within two days, but not much over 50
teet,"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Food Supply Low.

lief tomorrow. when resumption OF train
service is promised. buoyed up the peo-
pie OF Hickman tonight. The food sup
ply is running low.
The business section OF the city was
abandoned 10 the flood today and the TIill
Top residences and barns were crowd ed
with refugees, Persons from the floode ed
districts Hooked into Hickman. Boats
made frequent trips 10 the Missouri shore
and returned laden with humanity Per-
sons were rescued from house tops and
the branches of trees and brought here
20 share in the prov isioDg
One passenger train TODAY venturcd
within eight miles OF hickman. where
the express matter. including 1000 loaves
OF bread, was transferred 20 wagons and
brought into the ctr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Wife Had Faith,

II told Mr.. Rodgers when ne first men
toned the cross continent flight" Mrs.
Rodgers said You just get your ma
chine and be the first man to fly across
America 1 grew enthusiastic about the
flight the more ] thought of H. ! felt
that Calbraith Perry Rodgers was born 10
accomplish this one thing the first aero
plane flight across America"
Rodgers came Of an old family line. He
was 32 years old. six feet Inches tail
and weighed 1872 pounds. Since his grad
uation from Princeton university, eight
years ago, Rodgers, whose family is
wealthy. had worked at nothing save
''having a good time" He tried the bi-
cycle and the motor car. but neither was
fast enough for him, SO he took to ava-
tion.
From his ancestors Rodgers inherit
ed all the qualities necessary for such a
hazardous undertaking az flying across
the continent. The ability 10 stick TO a
thing until It is accomplished Is a trait
OF the Rodgers line. Commander Mathew
CaIbraith Perry. who opened the gates Of
Japan to the world. was his great grand
father, Further back In the ancestral
line Commander Perry OF Don't give
UP the ship" fame, gave Rodgers the pluck
demanded IN conjuring the air. Rodgcrs's s
father was Calbraith Perry Rodgers. cap
tain Of the Fifth cavalry. n crack Union
regiment in the Civil war
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
RIOTING EXPECTED IN
CONSTRUCTION CAMPS

CALGARY. Alberta, April 3.-Rioting Is
expected when 5000 men sent out from
Winnipeg reach construction camps on
the Canadian Northern railroad to break
the strike.
Ten thousand strikers are pouring into
Calgary as a result OF the agitation OF
the Industrial Workers OF the World, q
militant labor organization. Gangs at
tackled construction camps and destroyed
all property In sight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Congress Asked for Help.

WASHINGTON. Apr! 3.-Senator- elect
James OF Kentucky and Representa- tive
Russell OF Missouri will confer with Pres
ideDt TAFT tomorrow 10 urge him 20 send
special message TO congress asking for
an appropriation TO buy food and supplies
members hive introduced resolutions ap-
proprjatIpg $50. 900.
The appropriation Of $3.50. 900 authorized
yesterday was for repairing and strength
ening the levees of tho swollen rivers and
can not be used to buy food.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
LawYer Sues Convict.

SEATTLE, Wash, April 3.-Ciarence
Dayton Hillman, the millionaire real es-
tate dealer under q thirty months SEN
tence in McNel's island pententiary for
using the malls to defraud. was sued to-
day for S2I.500 by his counsel. Frederick
r, Burch. who alleges that Hillman agreed
TO pay him $4,000 for defending him on
the fraud charge and s6500 for defending
him on contempt proceedings growing
out OF an alleged attempt by Hillman TO
corrupt the jury. Burch alleges that he
has received but $4,000. Hlllman Is pre-
parinE to enter prison.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Situation at Memphis.

MEMPHIS Tenn. April 3.-Every hour
tonight sees further water encroach-
ments on this city. Twenty blocks
In the northern sections are submerg cd
TO a depth OF SIX or seven feet and
Bayou Gayoso Is over the banks within
three quarters of a mile OF the principal
business section.
The clty's gas supply has given out and
In the flooded district the sewer system
is out OF commission.
Lack OF labor IS hampering the work
Of combating the river. Farmers appear
afraid TO work on the leyees when the
crest nears the ton, while the labor OF
ne city cannot be concentrated there.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Gloomy Outlook.

AT New Orleans today a north wind
reduced the rise of the river so that the
reading Wednesday morning was one
fifth Of a foot less than on Tuesday, be-
ing l6.5 feet, However, reports OF the
weather bureau indicate that there is
another food on the way down the Ohio
above Cairo and as all the rivers tribu-
tary to the Mississippi have been swollen
by rains. there is still every prospect of
the highest water OF record at New Or
leans before April 10, when the crest OF
the present flood will have reached that
city
The heavy rain over the watershed OF
the Ohio. Mississippi and Missouri rivers
the past few days have produced the
present acute stage. The Ohio Is rising
at Pittsburg, and today overfiowed a
section OF that city; at Cincinnati the
same stream Is at flood stage. with high
er water promised by tomorrow. The
Kentucky continues TO pour n huge vol
uu,e of water into the Ohio at Carroll
ton KY, promising a flood stage for the
second time within q week at Louisville
and points south. The Cumberland is
sending flood into the Ohio at Padu-
cab. With this pessimistic information at
hand, the weather bureau at Washington
late today sent out special river bull
letin predicting that the Mississippi
would continue to rise for five days and
that it would remain in a Hood condition
Tor the next three weeks. 1t Is realized
that with the levees already weakened
by the enormous strain of the past few
days, that the danger Is hourly growing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Lost Nearly S5O0,OOO.

ST. LOUIS, April 3.-A recommends
tion that $4,000 be accepted from Nathan
Frank. representing the ar-Chronicle
Publishing company. in full settlement OF
that company's Indebtedness of s531 404
TO the Lewis Publishing company was
fled In the United States district court
yesterday.
the statement that the Star lost s465, ,153
from July %. 1908, to June 80, 1871. the
time Z. G. Lewis had control of IL.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Not Victim Of Asphyxia.

Rodgers was not the victim Of aerial
asphyXia' today, however. He was fight
ing for his life during every moment OF
the few seconds consumed In his drop
from the air 10 the shallow waters OF the
Long Beach strand The aeroplane. one
OF the Wright type, is a mass OF wreck
might have been able to tell for the bene-
TT Of other birdnnen # he had lived even
for a minute after the. fall.
living. He was noted for his daring as an
aviator. but was rated among the more
practical. combining most Of his efforts to
flights and seldom rising to the high al
tltudes that marked the flights OF his ri
walls OF the air.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
been announced. but II is probable that he
viii be buried at Long Beach.
Frank Shaffer, Rodgers's mechanlcian.
who had been with the aviator since he
| started his transcontinental trip, stated
out Of the flying game and had several
good contracts on hand at the time he
was killed. One OF them was for twenty
| FIVE flights In the east, Rodgers was to
have left for Chicago In three weeks.
| Shaffer tonight stated that he believed
misJudging Of distance caused Rodgers's
death.
Rodgers is the fourth aviator to be
killed in Los Angeles or vicinity. On De-
| cember 81. 1910. Arch Hoxsey fell 5000
feet at Dominguez field and was crushed
May II, 1911, Addison " Hartle an
! amateur from Marseilles, o.. was killed.
falling within fifty feet OF the spot where
! HoXsey met death. In the last tnterna-
| tional aviation meet at DomInguez field,
on January %. Rutherford Page of New
| York fell 200 feet while going at fright
ful speed and was instantly killed.
When Mrs. Rodgers was notified to-
| night OF her husbands death, she stood
| motionless for moment and then COL
lapsed. She is under the care OF physi-
clans.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Ask Shorter Hours,

PHILADELPHIA, April 3.-Twenty
thousand hosiery workers are affected
by a demand for shorter hours, decided
upon by the hosiery workers union at
a mass meeting here. The manufactur.
ers will be given until April Is to COM
ply with the demands.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Business Suspended.

NEW MADRID, Mo. April Anew
Madrid and the surrounding country is
flooded TO a greater depth than ever
before. business practically has suspend
ed and cottage dwcllers have moved into
schoolhouses, churches and office build
ings.
Railroad service has been discontinued
and the citys wdterWcrks plant and
lighting plant are out OF commission.
Foodstuffs are being sold 10 rubber
doWs in boats,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Lewis Has Aspirations.

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, April g.
Thomas l.. Lewis, former president of
the United Mine Workers, announced
today his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for congress in the sixteenth
Ohio district. There are 1900 union
miners in the district. When Lewis was
defeated for another term as head Of
the miners union by John P. White
last year, he returned to his home here
and secured work as a miner.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Will Succeed Hawley.

NEW YORK. April 3.-In was an
nounced today that Bernand NJ Baruch
will succeed the late Edwin Hawley as
member OF the executive committee OF
the Wabash railroad. Mr. Baruch prob
ably is tho largest holder. aside from the
Could estate, OF Wabash first refund!ng
and extension bonds.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Villa Given Credit.

Ell PASO. Tex, April 3.-Maderistas
agents here declare that the credit for
the victory at Parral belongs TO General
Pancho Villa, They stated that II is
barely possible that he was assisted by
General Urbina, but Generals Aubert and
Teller were at Mapimi, 100 miles from
Parral, with the main forces of the gov
ernmenI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
LOSE TRACE Of
THE FEUD|STS
IN MOUNTAINS
Detectives on Trail of Sidna
Allen and Wesley Edwards
Bring in Jordan Edwards
for Harboring Fugitives.
JASPER ALLEN IN
FIT OF APOPLEXY
Brother of Floyd Breaks
Down Under Weight of His
Clans Troubles; May
Live.
BY JOSEPH J. o'NEILL.

BY International News Service
rILLSVILLE Va, April 3.-A new
method OF attack was started to-
day BY the detective scouts who
J. Il have been pursuing Sidna Allen
and Wesley Edwards. the last OF
tho clansmen fugitives- They arrested
Jordan Edwards second cousin OF Wes-
leg ard a more distant kinsman OF his
elder companion. Jordan Edwards was
locked up in the jail here, charged with
having maintained and secreted both OF
the outlaws. This under the Virginia
law Is a felony. II makes the prisoner
technically an accessory after the fact,
aud II the fact is pressed against him
he IS liable 10 a Ions prison term.
The greatest difficulty OF the search
for the Allen clansmen has been that
everywhere they went relatives were
ready 20 give them food and to throw
their pursuers off the track. There are
between fifty and seventy-hve families
OF Aliens. Edwards. Faslers and Tolberts
In the mountain section which the fugi-
tives have been ranging. All of these
have been threatened with arrest IL they
extend further aid 10 the outlaws.
The detectives say that they will bring
them all in. one after another, II the
arrest OF Jordan Edwards Is not a suf
hcient warning to them.
The posse men say today that they
did not come across any new trails OF
Allen nr Edwards
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. April 3.-Gov-
ernor Hadley tonight Issued a statement
calling on the people OF Missouri! 10 sub
scribe funds for the relief of the flood
sufferers IN southeast Missouri.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Heavy Crop Loss.

CHARLESTON. Mo-. April 5.-Missls-
sippl county Is suffering a heavy loss TO
growing crops and livestock because OF
the recent breaking of lcyees In this dis
tTlct. No loss of life has been reported.
The eastern portion of the county Will
sustain the greatest crop loss. but if
the waters subslde by May 20, farmers
plan 10 plant wheat land In corn and
may harvest before frost.
Arrangements have been made for car
ing for refugees from this and other
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
CONDITIONS FAST
BECOMING WORSE

By International News Service.
ST. LOUIS, April 3.-Conditions on the
flooded drainage districts near Cairo, H..
are hourly becoming worse. and it is in
evitable that the area of the inundated
districts will be greatly enlarged within
tributaries OF the Ohio river are pouring
vast volumes OF overflow water increased
by the waters flowing from the Cumber-
land mountains, and this. in conjunction
with the flood waters of the Ohio and
Mississippi at and above and below Cairo.
makes 1t certain that the drainage dis
trict above Cairo will be flooded by to-
morrow. The north levees are being
patrolled tonight and hundreds of work
ers are busily engaged in strengthening
them Over thousand workers were
brought in today.
While the city OF Cairo itself seems in
no immediate danger, flood conditions
surrounding that section are becoming
more desperate. Cairo and the drainage
district on the north are the only dry
places for miles up and down the river.
The ministers in Cairo are using every
endeavor TO quiet the people and reassure
them against any danger. The crest OF
the present rise is expected at Cairo
Friday.
Many victims OF the waters are out of
flooded territory Many boats are en-
gagged in bringing out people and live
stock, but in numerous places Immediate
relief is needed. At Hickman, Ky, con-
oltlons are worse and q serious break In
the government levee is imminent.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04

he WAS rendered a banquet by the Aero
club and honored with gold medal.
Rodgers's transcontinental fight, be-
gun at the Sheepshead bay race track.
Brooklyn, September II. 1911. was marked
a tree and when within sight OF Long
Beach. his Pacific coast goal. ne had a
fall which laid him up for nearly a
month.
Interspersed with these moro serious
snashups and lucky escapes during the
trip which, with long delays due to ad-
verse weather. made 1t a matter Of near
ly three months before, on December TO-
Beach and was acclaimed the worlds s
aviation hero. His persistence and nerve
carried him a distance of more than 5000
miles. His machine was broken and re-
paired so many times that only the ver-
tlcal rudder and the drip-pan OF the orig
inal outfit remained when he reached
the Pacific coast
Although Rodgers lived much OF the
time here, his home was in Havre de
Grace, Md, where he leaves a mother,
her son won always has been tempered
with fear that eventually he would meet
some such death as came to him today.
At the time OF his first fall In the tree
neyed there to plead with him to give UP
the flight, but he assured her he would
be cautious, and proceeded.
Rodgers often had talked of the deaths
had been the trouble with many. he said.
1T turks in the pockets of the upper air
strata and creeps irresistibly upon the
senses OF an aviator. lulllng him into
dreamy inconsistencies" Rodgers de-
clsred,
Rodgerss death makes 127 eeroplane
fatalities since aviation began. He was
the twenty y-second aviator TO be killed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
REBEL FORCE SENT
SCURRY|NC To BASE
CONTINUED From Page One.)

investigation OF the case of the FL Paso
citizen, Powell Roberts. arrested by the
rebels at Juarez, telegraphed the consul
to insist upon the Americans release
II he found the captive was held illegally
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Believed in Himself.

KANSAS CITY. April &C. P. Rodgers
felt that he was born to rule and con-
quer the air and when he successfully
concluded his cross continent flight from
New York to California he believed he had
triumphed.
When Rodgers passed through here on
his westward flight ne said:
"The air is nothing to me now. I've
conquered It. / have never been afraid
when am up: In fact. I'm much more
excited over speeding in motor car
Rodgers was a pupil Of the Wright
brothers, Wilbur and Orville. His first
public flight was on July last, when he
raced ten miles with motor car. the
car. finishing. a. poor second After this
Rodgers made a few exhibition flights.
Then he decided TO fly across the con-
tinent, and to his wife Rodgers gave much
OF the credit for his success.
Mrs. Rodgers Is an enthusiast on the
subject Of aviation.
When Rodgers passed through Kansas
City on his flight across the country Mrs.
Rodgers said she knew her husband was
going To be successful in concluding the
flight, To impress this thought upon her
husband each morning she would greet
him with this sentences:
Don't worry; you are going to fly to
California"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Appeal for Aid.

counties and there Is 10 immediate dan
ger OF supplies being exhausted.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04
Loves His Boys.

Jacks great virtue has been that he
boys that II they got into difficulty with
anyone not 10 do the nghtlnE themselves.
but 20 let him do IT,
one gay Freei got Into wrange with
man who wanted more than his share
OF the road. The man cursed him. FreeI
restrained himself and told his father
Tnat evening Jack stomped the head
oL eh tne otllcr Ieuer. He did the same