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The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
$50 DROWNED
IN TEXAS FLOOD
SEVERAL THOUSAND MAROONED
IN HALF-FLooDED COTTON
GINS AND HOUSES.
APPEAL SENT FOR HELP
FREEZING WEATHER ADDS TO
MISERY IN LOWLANDS AND
FOOD is ASKED FOR.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service
Houston, Textile number OF
known dead in tho flood which
has spread over the lowlands in
half a dozen counties in south cen
traE Texas reached $50 Monday.
Several thousand refugees marooned
In half-flooded cotton gins and dwell
ing houses are safe from the water for
the time being but are suffering from
hunger and exposure.
Four-fifths of the dead were negro
farm-hands.
OF the dead the greater number lost
their lives in the vicinity of Bryan,
where 30-mile stretch of levee along
the Brazos river crumbled. The BraZos
flood destroyed a dam near Richmond
and flooded state prison farm. The
prisoners had been removed.
Hampstead, in Waller county, from
which reports had been meagre, re-
ported 20 drowned and others missing.
Reports from half a dozen other
small towns in Waller and adjoining
counties advanced the total fatalities
to $50 in ALL
The San Felipe section of Austin
county received a shipment of motor
boats from Houston and several hun
dred refugees were moved to safety.
The great danger was from cold and
hunger. For the second successive
night ice was forecaSted over the 30
mile district about Bryan, where 1900
persons, mostly negroes, are marooned
with little food and few fires.
U:sgent appeals for blankets and
food were received from all over the
stricken district from central Texas
almost to the Gulf coast.
Texas cities responded literally to
appeals for money and supplies. Hoas-
ton raised $4,000 in cash.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
FOREIGN.

DR.. S. de Mendonca, who was min
lister for Brazil at Washington from
1891 to 1898, died at Rio Janeiro
Foreigners must not be interfered
with if fighting occurs in the federal
district. This injunction is contained
in the general army orders issued in
Mexico
Catholic priest was shot and
wounded at Brussels by a Socialist be-
cause he refused to join funeral pro-
cession in which the red flag of So
cialism was carried.
Gen. Porfirio Diaz in Paris said he
intended to ignore the request Of
President Huerta calling upon the
former President to return to Mexico
and assume command of the army
Forty-six lives were lost by the
laundering of the Swedish steamer
Malmberget off Bodo, Norway. The
steamer left Narvik Nov 27 for Rot
terdam. The Malmberget was of 1903
tons.
- 10 iAAiPOoO1DAC cIC pIOSChI " PIO
vide against unemployment, in the
German system of national insurance
against old age, sickness and infirm-
ity, according to Clemens Delbrucok,
minister of the interior
Wadsworth Rogers, the nephew of
former Congressman James w. Wads-
worth of New York and Washington,
returned to the hotel from which he
had been missing in Paris. Mr. Rogers
gave no explanation Of his absence.
The big Terrazas bullion train, which
has been on the way from the
American mining town of Parral, Mex
leo, for the past two weeks, reached
Ojiniga, and it is expected to land
safely on the American side of thu
border.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Colorado,

In the Silver Plume district, Clear
Creek county, James T. Garrett & Co..
had mill run of 33 tons of ore from
the Pelican mine
Mining corporations must pay the
corporation tax imposed by the Payne
Aldrich tariff act, according to a de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court.
A heavy output is coming from the
Pride of Cripple Creek mine, owned
by the Catherine H. Gold Mining Com
pany, the result of recent strikes by
leasers.
Reports of rich strike in the Cres-
son mine, Cripple Creek, in one of it's
deeper levels, have not been officially
confirmed. The Cresson company is a
close corporation.
At Ohio City, Gunnison county,
George V. Edwards of Salt Lake City
has secured the controlling interest in
the Revenue mine and is getting the
mill and mine in working order.
AAA GhC ACc]0FAl1C ulSlI lCJ IuO MIII0I
mine in Lackawanna gulch has closed
down for the winter on account of the
freezing of the water power. The last
shots in the lower tunnel opened up
three feet of lead ore that runs we'll in
gold
The Vindicator Gold Mining Com
pany during 1913 has paid four quar-
terly dividends at the rate of SC per
share, or $4,000 each, a total for the
year of $180,000. The grand total in
dividends paid stockholders to date is
$2,767,500.
A three-car shipment was loaded out
for transfer to the sampling plant OF
the Eagle Ore Company on Battle
Mountain, Cripple Creek, from the Mo
doc Mining and Milling Company's S
main shaft in the saddle between Bat
tie Mountain and Bull HILL
A district between Granite and AS
pen carries large bodies of sulphide
of bismuth varying from 1 to 40 per
cent metallic bismuth This element
has a market value of about 81 a
pound in the concentrate, and large
amounts can now be sold or contract
ed for by consumers at home and
abroad
Every man in every department Of
metal mining in Colorado will be
called together on Jan. / for the pur-
pose of creating sound and sane or
ganization for the development of the
industry in the state. When the call
goes forth it will be in military man
ner. Each section will be taken as a
unit. The prospector will be asked to
come to Cripple Creek or Leadville or
the other famous camps upon a date
set.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
GEN RAJ.

William l.. Bear & Co., brokers of
Philadelphia. temporarily suspended
pending the result of involuntary bank
ruptcy proceedings.
Offices and warehouses of the
Hicks Wholesale Grocers, were
burned at Shreveport, La, with loss
estimated at $150,OOO
The body of J. A. Butler, an old
soldier, was found in the cellar of his
home at Fremont, Neb., and his son,
William, who lived with his was ar
rested later. The old mans skull had
been crushed
William Deering, for many years
identified with the great harvester in
terests, was reported as critically i'll
at Miami, Fla, his winter home. 1t
was said that all his immediate rela-
tlves were at his bedside.
Wireless reports at Norfolk, Va,
told of the transfer at sea of 1877 pas
sengers from the steamer Rinrange,
which had caught fire while bound
from New York for Brunswick, Ca,
by the British ship SWanmore the
subduing of the flames and safe re-
turn of the passengers to their yes
sci.
Application was made in the United
States Court at Philadelphia for a re-
ceiver for William L. Bear & Com
pany, brokers, who suspended bust
ness after a petition of involuntary
bankruptcy had been filed against the
firm. 1t was stated the firms liabili-
ties will approximate 100000 and
that the assets are about 100000.
Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, recently ac-
quilted of the charge of having pois-
oned her husband, Rear Admiral Jo-
seph Giles Eaton, has appealed to Gov
ernor Foss to have the state reimburse
her for the expense of her trial. In a
letter to the governor Mrs Eaton
charges that the grand jury was not
warranted in indictine her for murder
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
ICE FREES EXPLORERS SHIP.
Boat Floats Away While Stefanson
and Crew Hunt on Shore

Ottawa, a,Ont-Somewhere within the
confines of the Arctic Circle is drift
ing Vilhjalmur Stefanson's staunch
little vessel, the Karluk, safely frozen
in an ice pack. But the leader of the
expedition is not with his vessel and
is unaware of it's whereabouts, accord
ing to dispatch received from the ex-
plorer himself by George S. Desharts.
deputy minister of naval affairs and
acting minister of marine and fisher
les
Stefansons message states that, be-
lieving the Karluk safe in the ice in
longitude west 1470, Is miles off shore,
he took a party ashore with him to
hunt The next day heavy gales
sprang up, and then fog. When the
weather cleared the Karlull was not
in sight and had undoubtedly been
carried away by the wind which drove
the ice pack off shore.
So far the search for the Karluk
has been unsuccessful, but as there is
a crew Of 25 men on board no anxiety
is felt for its welfare.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
WASHINGTON.

Chairman Burnett of the House i'm
migration committee reintroduced the
immigration bill which former Presi-
dent Taft vetoed. 1t embodies a liter
acy test.
William Wilson Finley, president of
the Southern Railway, left an estate
valued at $1S5,000, according to his
will, made last March and filed in
Washington.
More direct government by the peo-
pie was the keynote IN speeches by
Secretary of State Bryan and mem
bers of Congress and representatives
from various states at the first regu-
lar conference of the National Popular
Government League.
Under the new tariff act, which
went into effect December /, and
which allows wool to be imported free.
there We're released at Springfield,
Mass, 46S,000 pounds. 1t is estimated
that 4,680,000 pounds were held there
awaiting the change in tariff.
When the Canning Club girls and
the Corn Club boys from the Southern
states arrive in Washington there will
be boy and girl representatives of the
potato, corn and canning clubs of the
Northern and Western states to join
them in receiving diplomas from the
secretary of agriculture. They will also
be shown the sights of the capital
their expenses being paid by individu
ais and local or state organizations.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o HG S, ACHIEVE
MENTS, SUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

"A warrant charging Ottoman Ear
Adusht Hanish with a serious offense
was sworn out in the Municipal Court
of Chicago.
16-foot stage in the Arkansas river
was reached at Fort Smith, Ark, Sun
day, and the stream then remained
stationary.
Tillie o. Puckett, who had been on
trial at Clinton, Mo-, charged with the
murder of his mother, Mrs. Susan
Puckett Makinson, was found not
guilty.
Fifty persons, mostly negroes, are
reported to have been drowned at Sun
-nyside, small town on the lower Bra
-zos river, according to a long-distance
telephone message received at Hous-
ton, Tex
Louis Bauer, arrested on a charge of
being the chauffeur of the gray auto
mobile from which four men armed
with riot guns fired upon two non
union teamsters, in Indianapolis, con-
fessed to the police that he was the
driver for the shotgun squad.
DR.. Alice Shepard Kelly, 43 years of
age, dropped dead on the streets of st.
Paul, Mimi, while hurrying to the bed
side of patient. Dr. Kelly was we'll
known as an athlete. She attracted
attention in Oregon in 1912 by making
several record mountain climbs.
AS destroyers of marital happiness,
mothers-in-law are six times more
dangerous than fathers-in-law, accord
ing to the records of the Court of Do
mestic relations Forty-six per cent of
the cases brought into this court have
been caused by liquor, Chief Justice
Olson of the Municipal Court reported
in Chicago
There was heavy snowfall all over
Colorado, southern Wyoming ana
northern New Mexico last week, the
depth of snow on the level in Colora-
do ranging from about ten inches to
ten feet. Rains in Nebraska, Kansas
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas continued unusually heavy for
the time of year.
Every one of Des Moines eighty
six saloons opened after having been
closed since Nov %, as the result of
a Supreme Court decision that they
had been operating under an insuffi-
cient consent petition. The action
came after Judge Creston of the SUI
preme Court had granted hearing in
the case and stay of execution.
At Jeffersonville, Ind, Miss Dora
Dediya refused to be kept waiting at
the church." even if it was only coun-
try Justices court; SO, when the man
she was to marry was late-she mar
ried another William E. Morang of
Danyille, Va, who was to marry Miss
Dediva, was not to be eXcelled by her.
He was introduced to Miss Lora E.
Blythes of Jeffersonville; twenty min
utes later they were married
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Wyominq.

The potash fever seems to have
taken firm hold on the residents Of
the Bridger valley and southwestern
Wyoming. Scarcely day passes
without seeing number of location
notices posted in the district.
The Greybull Gas Company, which
has supplied Basin and Greybull with
natural gas and which has been per-
mitted by President Wilson to drill
on segregated public land in an at
tempt to develop a new source of sup
ply, has received permission to sink
hole on 100 acres not hitherto touched
and there will make a final effort to
tap an adequate gas flow.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
SPORT.

Buck Grouse and Gus Cristie fought
furious twelve-round no-decision
bout at Youngstown, Ohio.
Lloyd Thomas of Salt Lake City
won second and Percy Lawrence, San
Francisco, fourth, in a five-mile pro-
fessional bicycle race in New York.
Twenty-one members of this sea-
sons University of Pennsylvania foot
ball team were awarded their varsity
'P" by the board of directors of the
Athletic Association
James Trickey, University of Iowa
All-Western tackle for 1912, the
choice of some critics for the ALL
American team, died of peritonitis, ac-
cording to message from Iowa Falls.
A lighthouse of 1000 candle power
for airmen is to be erected at Lieben-
swerda in Saxony. 1t is to signal by
flashes to airmen flying by night in
d1cations as to their route and the
probable weather conditions.
Secretary William A. Hazard of the
ANo" Aol OiO ASSOCldCIOu duuOuuC0S
the receipt of the challenge of the
Hurlingham club of England for a
series of matches for the international
polo cup in this country next year
Billy Weeks, former amateur mid
dleweight champion, won the profess
slonal middleweight championship of
Canada when he virtually knocked out
Gill Martin in the third round of a
scheduled fifteen-round contest at
Vancouver, B. C.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
New Mexico.

Lordsburg shipped 78 cars of ore
during October.
The Socorro Mining and Milling
Company is handling $50 tons of ore
daily.
The Pacific Mines Company of Mo-
gollon shipped IT'S tons of ore the last
week in November.
The mill of the Deadwood Mines
Company at Mogollon treated $50 tons
OF ore in one week.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
YVES ERN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
NEW YORK METAL QUOTATIONS
CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD OUTPUT.
November Production Was 1892 Tons
Valued at $1,25a, 14e.

Cripple Creek.-The production of
the Cripple Greek district for the
month of November, as given out by
the mill managers, totaled 83,792 tons,
With a gross bullion value of $1,258,-
149, and compares favorably with the
output of the preceding and longer
month of October. 1t exceeds the pro-
duction of the corresponding month Of
1912. The figures total:
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Partial Recall of Troops Planned.

Denver-Existing conditions in the
southern Colorado coal strike district
being quiet. Governor Ammons is con-
sidering recalling a portion OF the mi
litiamen now in the field.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Lead and SpeIter.

st. Louis. = Lead - Dull, $3.50
4.0712.
Spelter-Dull, S5.05@5.10.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
CHICAGO Grain and Provision Prices

SI'O0SS NJ c'ii cttS 'ON'S'o'i '(OSs
Chicago Wheat-No. ? red, 93130
9615c; No. 3 red, 930941ac; No 2
hard, 887sc No. hard, 88A 0881ac;
No. 2. Northern, 891A@ 901zc; No. 3
Northern, SS090c; No. spring, 901z
091hc; No. 3 spring, $4,000.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 771Ac; No. 8
yellow, 7611c; new, @711Ac; No.
8 new, 67@681ac; No. white, new,
66068hc.
Oats-Standard. 41Ac.
Rye-No. 2, 64c.
Barley-50076c
Timothy-S4 S400@5.25.
Clover-S10.50 0014.00.
Pork-s2125.
Lard-$10.65.
Ribs-$105G011.12.
Price of Flax. @~~"~/
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Hay.

(F o. 3. Denver, carload price.)
prices Paid by Denver Jobbers f. o.
B., Track Denver.)
Colorado upland, per ton. .14.00@15.OO
Nebraska upland, per ton. 10 .00@14.00
Second bottom Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. .12.00@12.50
Timothy, per ton .14.00016.0
Alfalfa, per ton ...... 0.50@11.50
South Park, choice, ton ..15.00W16.00
San Luis Valley, per ten. .12.00015.0O
Straw, per ton ........... 3.75@460
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13

Price of Flax. @~@/
Duluth. Linseed = $142h. 0eo-.
s1.41b; May. sl.45h.
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13

Grain.
Wheat, choice milling, 100 lbs.. .1.22
Rye, Colo. bulk, 100 lbs. ....... LOS
Nebraska oats, sacked ..........1 .1.37
Corn chop, sacked 1.58
Corn, in sack .1.57
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs. ...... 10
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
ATE
MAR K ET
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
@ U oTATIo N s

GdILI6.
Beef steers, corn fed, good to
oHolce .1.5Uu0.Z0
Beef steers, corn fed, fair to
eOou .''...H. o.oUU LOU
Beef steers, grassers, good
to choice .7O0@755
Beef steers, grassers, fair to
to good 6.25@690
Heifers, prime, cornfed -. .6.25@6.75
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
good to choice ......... .6.oO@65O
Cows and heifers, corn fed,
fair to good 5.5006.00
Cows and heifers, grassers,
good to choice 5.7506.50
Cows and heifers, grassers,
fair to good .5.OO@5.75
Gamers and cutters ......3.7504.75
Feeding COWS
Veal calves .6.50@8.60
Bulls .4.50@5.50
Stays .5.00@650
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice 6.65@765
Feeders and stockers, fair to
good ;. -. y. .6.OO@6.5O
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair 5.50@600
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
EqqS.
Butter.
Fruit.
Vegetables.

Fruit.
Apples, Colo, box .1.0002.50
The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
Hogs.
Sheep.

Good hogs ...........$7 .$710@7.60
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-23
LA GRANDE TAKES
GAME FROM YAKIMA

North Yakima, April 2S.-La
Grande the tail enders in the Western
Tri-state league last year, came back
strong here yesterday afternoon and
took the opener from North Yakima
by the score OF two to one. Engle
the Yakima pitcher-manager pitched
good ball throughout the contest. The
game was scoreleSs to the sixth.
Naughton got on first with pass
and Nadeau stepped up and connect
ed with pretty one. sending 1t clear
over the fence, scoring both Naugh-
ton and himself The Yakima Braves
did their best to tie the score and in
their half of the sixth got one man
over. In the ninth they again had
look-in and for a minute 1t appeared
like curtains for the visitors. Yaki-
ma filled the bases with but one man
out. Stanley the Northwest Lacquer
now catching for Yakima. famed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-23
Interesting Stories
from Various Cities

Valetta. Island of Malta. - The
Twenty-fourth International Euchar-
fstic congress of the Catholic church
was this afternoon formally inaugur-
ated at the Rotonda, the largest pub
lie building on the island. A letter
from Pope Plus to the 5000 pilgrims
attending the congress was read. aft
er which an address was made by
Cardinal Ferrata, who has been sent
to the convention as the personal rep
resentative of the pope. Tonight the
solemn function of blessing all of
the churches in the city will be per-
formed.
Clarkesburg. w. Va.-Literally run
out of Huntington by the recent dis
astrous floods. the West Virginia
Sunday school convention opened for
a three day session here today. Be
cause of flood damage, Huntington
was unable to accommodate the large
delegations from all over the state.
Washington.-Supp for the Sea-
mems bill abolishing involuntary ser
vitude and setting a standard of skill
for crews of vessels is being quietly
canvassed by senator La Toilette to-
day. He is determined that the
measure for which he made sensa-
tional fight in the closing days of the
last session shall be passed before
midsummer. As yet, the democrats
have not signified their willingness or
refusal to deal with labor laws during
the special session. but La Toilette
said that he is confident he will be
able to get favorable action before
adjournment
Pittsburgh. Fear was expressed
here today that there will be milk
famine in Pittsburgh after May /.
Farmers in Ohio and elsewhere from
whom Pittsburghers get their milk
sent word here today that they do
not see how they can comply with the
new requirements of the city health
department and at the same time af-
ford to sell milk at prevailing prices
The new requirements demand stone
brick, or cement milk houses. There
are 5000 dairymen affected. These
datrymen furnish Pittsburgh with j.
| 100000 quarts of milk daily. They
say 1t will cost them $500. 900 to meet
| the new health requirements and they
| are afraid ii cannot be done. Re-
ports today said the farmers have or
ganized and will not ship milk after
May l. unless certain portions of tht
| laws are done away with.
|
London.-Patriotic Britishers to-
day are celebrating St Georges Day
J by wearing the rose of England II
! their buttonholes. There was no Of
ficial celebration. but tonight there
will he many banquets and gather
ings organized by the Society of st
| George Admirers of Shakespeare
! recall that st. Georges Day Is the an
niversary OF the birth and death o.
the bard of Avon" and Shake
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-23
FAN FODDER

They look good" is the general YER
dict of the fans who saw the Buckar-
ooes open the season in Walla Walla
yesterday. Not one but declared him
self satisfied with the showing made
despite the fact that the bird of VIC
tory settled upon the banner of the
Bears. 'Walla Walla won fairly but
she had the breaks in the luck" they
say. osborne pitched just as good
ball as Leonard but he wasn't due to
win"
That must have been some game in
North Yakima and everybody's tickl
ed here at the outcome. Not that they
love Yakima less but the La Grande
team deserves a little luck after COM
ing back this year in the face of a
disastrous 1912 season.
Boise IA, Baker 2. Holy mackerel,
how would we feel if that had been
the score in Walla Walla with Pen
dleton on the small end. It's good
bet that some anvils are ringing to-
day IL the Baker town.
Cowan. the Buckaroo rightfielder,
won the box of cigars which Bade had
offered to the first man who raped
out two sacker. Incidentally Cowan
who showed up least promising at the
bat in the practice games, delivered
two of the four safe ones his team got
yesterday.
What tickled the Pendleton fans
most yesterday was the way in which
McKune's men We're hitting the ball.
Tiny only got strikeouts to his credit
and the fact that no more hits were
made off him had an element of luck
in it
Cowan's failure. To catch signal
cost Pendleton her only chance to
score. In the sixth he got a two sack
er and was sacrificed to third by Lo-
dell and there was but one out.
Dougherty came to bat and the sig
nal for a squeeze was flashed, the
play being logical because of the high
NIhu NHlCH dlliloSl plOiIlplttu a lohS
fly. Cowan was not watching and
when Dougherty laid down a perfect
bunt, he clung to his base. where he
died when Varian failed to connect
safely. Cowan himself admitted after
the game his responsibility for defeat
for had Pendleton chased that one
across it might have had a psychological
Of ha ~
Lodell made an error which he
probably will not duplicate during the
season. He dropped an easy throw TO
first.
Dougherty's error was an error Of
the umpire. according to local fans.
After catching fly, they say he drop
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-23
& SP O r 7 s
WALLAWALLA BEARS TAKE OPENING
GAME FROM BUCKAROOES; 2OOOFANS
WITNESS CONTEST IN GARDEN CITY

the fourth and RAIDER hit safely, but
the side was retired before any dam
age was done. Harmon singled and
Lundstrum was nit by the ball. Davis,
Martini and Sheely filed out, retiring
the side.
Pendleton's last chance to score
came in the sixth when Cowan led
off with a two-base clout and was
sacrificed to third by Lodell. But
COwan failed to catch a squeeze sig
nal and stayed on third when
Dougherty bunted.