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MMBER 106.
WOMEN TO SAY
WHETHER FAIR
SEX MAY VOTE
SUFFRAGE BILL TO BE
AMENDED IS THREAT
LEADERS WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY
COMPROMISE
Senator Stanford of Ukiah Declares
Female Voters and Not Men
Shall Decide Important
Question
[By Associated Press.]
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 14.—Sen
ator J.» B. Sanford of Ukiah de
clared today he would introduce
an amendment to the woman's suffrage
bill when it reached the senate, sub
mitting the question of enfranchising
the fair sex to a vote of the women of
the state instead of the legal voters, as
provided in the league's bill intro- ■
duced in the assembly b,y Grove L.
Johnson of this city.
Senator Sanford's plan is to provide
separate ballot boxes at the next elec
tion, inside the polling places, if the
law will permit, or outside within a
few feet, at any rate, where the wo
men may register their will.
That the women who are here lob
bying for the Johnson bill will accept
no such compromise was indicated by
Mrs. Lilliar Harris Coffin of Oakland,
chairman of the state central commit
tee of the Woman's Suffrage league.
Mrs. Coffin said the league will not be
satisfied with anything short of the
passing of the bill as presented by Mr.
Johnson.
While large delegations of suffragists
from various parts of the state have
been besieging the capitol and lobby
ing : r their bill ever since the session
began, they made their first demonstra
tion today.
MANY LEGISLATORS HOLD
MEETINGS TO CONSIDER
BILLS INTRODUCED EARLY
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—Many com
mittees in both branches of the legib
lature held preliminary meetings today
to take up the consideration of the
important bills introduced early in the
session. So far few senators have
openly announced their positions on the
Walker-Otis race track bill, although
Senator Walker claims twenty-three
members of the upper branch have
pledged themselves to vote with him.
Assemblyman Frank Otis said tha£
he was almost certain of fifty votes in
the lower house, that the personnel of
the public morals committee was favor
able and the anti-racing bills prob
tibly would be considered early next
week together.
At the forenoon session a squabble
arose over the purchase of code books.
A number of appropriation bills, includ
ing the governor's measure calling for
5400,000 for improvement of the Sacra
mento river, were introduced.
Both houses passed a bill making the
centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth,
February 12, a legal holiday.
EVIDENCE OF OPPOSITION
TO HETCH HETCHY WATER
RESOLUTION IS INDICATED
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—Evidence
of determined opposition to the Heteh
Hetehy water resolution was shown in
the assembly this morning after Chair
man Mott of the committee on federal
relations had submitted a report favor
able to the adoption of the measure.
The members of the San Francisco
delegation were anxious to have the
resolution considerd immediately, but
Baxter of Yosemite, who has joined
forces with Johnson of Sacramento, and
Senator Curtin of Tuolumne made the
point that the matter could not be
properly considered because the files of
printed bills had not been placed on
the members' desks.
The resolution was made a speoial
order for tomorrow morning.
Speaker Stanton announced the spe
cially added committee on conynon car
riers, to which will be referred import
ant anti-railroad legislation, as follows:
Ferine, chairman; Transue, Hawk,
Rutherford. Meirose. Sackett, Hewitt,
Irwin, Juilliard, McClelland and Costar.
Several petitions favoring the Sunday
rest law were received.
The assembly passed the senate bill
making Lincoln's birthday a holiday.
Drew offered a resolution that the
house devote an hour on February 12
to exercises in honor of Lincoln. A
committee will confer with the lieu
tenant governor.
Wheelan of San Francisco introduced
a bill providing that persons under in
dictment who can show the court that
tlwe evidence submitted to the grand
jury was irrelevant or immaterial, or
based on hearsay, shall have the right
to employ the writ of habeas corpus.
This also applies to defendants in po
lice courts.
Johnson of Sacramento presented a
measure regulating the sale of parts of
the beds of navigable streams, which
parts have been abandoned by state
and governmental authorities. It pre
vents syndicates from acquiring these
lands by the "dummy" nuethod. and
places the price at $4 an acre.
Flavelle introduced a bill providing
for the inspection of oil and petroleum
products providing that any burning
fluid, to be used for lighting purposes,
shall not be sold unless it stands a fine
flash test of 115 degrees. It provides
for the appointment of a state inspect
or, who shall have six deputies.
HEATED DEBATE IN SENATE
OVER PURCHASE OF BOOKS
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—The senate
unanimously adopted this morning
without debate the report of the com
mittee on rules, which had been made
a special order of business. The new
rule excluding, lobbyists from the floor
was the most radical change.
The senate passed the bill appropri
ating $50,000 for legislative printing.
The bill declaring' February 12, the
centennial of - the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, a legal holiday, and providing
for closing the schools, was passed.
" The question of the adoption of a re
port submited by Wolfe recommending
the purchase of forty-five copies of
Kerr's code caused a" lively discussion,
Stetson,.Cutten and other declaring the
number was too great. Senator "Wolf*,
said he had feared the "annual row"
over. law book purchases would occur,
and he, for one, was in favor of drop
ping the whole. matter. The commit
tee was instructed to submit another
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LOS ANGELES HERALD
RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
CONQUERED BY TOGO
f'\' *' '"' ' ~* T^ *', •
.ROJESTVENSKY
ROJESTVENSKY, VICE
ADMIRAL OF RUSSIA,
DIES OF NEURALGIA
Commander of Romanoff War Fleet
Which Was Annihilated by Jap.
anese, Succumbs to Disease
at St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 14.—The
death of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is
announced.
He was in command of the Russian
fleet in May, 1905, when it was prac
tically annihilated by the Japanese in
the battle of the Sea of Japan.
The death of Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky was due to neuralgia of the
heart.
THORNTON HAINS'
FATE WITH JURY
Author Soon Will Know Whether He
Is Adjudged Guilty of Aiding
His Brother to Kill
Annis
[By Associated Press.]
FLUSHING, N. V., Jan. 14.—At mid
night the jury in the trial of Thorn
ton Jenkins Hams, charged with the
killing of William E. Annis, was still
deliberating upon the case. It had
been out several hours.
"Within a few hours Thornton J.
Hams will probably know whether he
had been adjudged innocent or guilty
of the charge of aiding his brother,
Captain Peter C. Hams, jr., in the kill
ing of W. E. Annis.
Juror Walsh, who was injured in a
street car accident, spent the night
in Flushing, where his wounds were
dressed. His physician said Mr. Walsh's
condition would not prevent him from
going on with the trial today.
Thornton Hams expressed himself as
confident of his acquittal, though his
face plainly showed that he was
struggling with torturing fear.
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Showers Friday; light southwest wind.
Maximum temperature yesterday, 60
degrees; minimum, 56 degrees.
LOCAL
San Pedro trustees ordered to call election
without delay.
Supposed bank robber arrested with explosives
and tools in grip.
D. V. A. Williams, missing member of auto
party, rescued by searchers.
| Alleged highwayman arrested after attempt
ing to rob woman.
Library investigation produces highly dra
xratic scene.
Speaker at Old Hickory club urges Democrats
to act against protection of vice.
County expenses shown by auditor to run
near $3,000,000.
Old Indian released as pauper after nine
months in jail.
Goes to prison to save family honor.
COAST
Police'launches rescue five persons from
watery graves who are caught in bay by
storm. .v
Two are dead and three injured at [
I Everett, Wash., in hotel fire.
.Forestry and reclamation bureaus are
denounced by speakers at Woolgrowers' con-
I vention at Pocatello, Idaho.
Senator Sanford says he will introduce.
I bill in state senate to amend woman's suff
rage bill so question shall he voted on by
fair sex and not by the legal voters.
EASTERN
Creditors return control of company
which it took over during financial depres
sion to firm.
Flagman who tries to prevent wreck at
j Chicago is killed.
Noted hotel at Topeka, Kas., is con
sumed and many have narrow escapes from
death.
Former Queen Lilioukalani in person ap
pears before house committee at Washing
ton to press claim for compensation in loss
of kingdom of Hawaii.
Farmer of York, Pa., confesses story told
by former domestic that he had killed a
man, is true. \ ■ ■
Tillman gives lie to both Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte and Postmaster General
Meyer.
FOREIGN
Korean emperor, who it was rumored was
to be kidnaped by Japanese and smuggled
to Japan, returns in safety to Seoul.
Japanese navy department undecided
about sending vessels, to America, and if
I visit is made only two cruisers of training
squadron will be sent.
Rojestvensky, vice admiral of Russia, de
feated by Admiral Togo in war 'with Japan,
Is dead.
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1909.
HICKORY CLUB
SPEAKER SAYS:
'FACE PROBLEM'
•PROFESSOR HANDLEY URGES
DEMOCRACY TO ACT
SAFETY OF PUBLIC CALLS FOR
COURAGEOUS COURSE
Members Testify to Fact That Men of
All Classes and Occupations
Urge Thorough Inves
tigation
{4fT^ HE time has come when the
Democrats of Los Angeles must
-*- take action. It would be better
to go down to perpetual defeat than to
sacrifice principles," said Prof. L. A.
Handley, who responded to the toast,
"Some Tendencies of True Democracy,"
at the banquet of the Old Hickory club
last night. The speaker was referring
to the Los Angeles Herald's investiga
tion of the question "Is Vice Protected
in Los Angeles?"
"If the Los Angeles Herald has the
facts for the articles which it is print
ing, the Democratic party of Los An
geles cannot afford to do anything else
than get behind The Herald and sup
port it in its movement," continued Mr.
Handley.
"The articles printed in The Herald
have the appearance of veracity, and
if these things are true there is just
one thing to do. You have a sane and
thoroughly moral people in Los Ange
les, and if the charges are true they
will demand action. Nothing can
stop it.
"I want to say to you, whether it be
in our own community of anywhere
else, it is better to let the surgeon cut
out the tumor than to attempt to cover
it up. For health's sake it must be
removed; it will kill if allowed to grow.
Let us have action, and fearless action
at that. We want men in our day. The
citizen who is afraid to face a problem
is not a good man. There is no more
dangerous set of men to this republic
than that cultured, nice set, just too
good to soil their gloved phalanges with
the soil of common life.
Time to Take Action
"Men, it is time for us to do some
thing. A man's best principles must
dominate his political action. Be true
to principle, be loyal to the people. I
never knew a loyal, worthy cause to
fail of victory if it had men of energy
behind it. 1 believe The Herald is act
uated by right principle in its cam
paign."
Prof. Handley's statements were
strongly applauded. After the banquet
several members favored official action
by the club, and this will be considered
fully at its next meeting.
The banquet was intended to show
the enthusiasm of the Old Hickory club
membership and its determination to
advance the cause of Democracy. It
is the first of a monthly series which
will bring together Democrats of the
First ward, South Pasadena, Hermon
and Eagle Rock precincts, "and will
be continued until 1912, at least," said
Dr. S. Yerkes Van Meter, secretary of
the club.
Judge D. M. Hammack, president of
the club, who introduced Prof. H. T.
Kirk as toastmaster, said in his intro
ductory remarks that the membership
of the club had been responsible for a.
Democratic gain of more than 400 per
cent in the First ward, and he prom
ised an even better showing at the next
opportunity.
Responses to toasts were made by
Charles F. Johnsou, "Down, but Not
Out"; William A. Lientz, "Andre vr
Jackson—the Old Warhorse of Dem
ocracy," and Prof. Handley, while in
formal responses were made by George
Overmeyer, R. F. Del Valle, Richmond
Plant and W. T. Harris. The next
banquet will be held February 22 in
the banquet room at Avenue 50 and
Monte Vista street.
The feeling expressed at the Old
Hickory club regarding The Herald's
agitation of the question "Is Vice Pro
tected in Los Angeles?" is as strong
as it is in all other sections of the city.
"I am glad we have a paper strong
enough and clean enough," said a man
living on Vermont avenue in a letter
received yesterday, "to take up the
fight. You may rest assured that,
while no doubt opposition will develop,
the general public is at your back and
will sustain you when allowed to go on
record.
"I have made it a point to call the
attention of people in many different
avocations to your articles and the
laborer on the street in the employment
of the city, the workingmen in dif
ferent trades, the street car conductors
and motormen, storekeepers and res
taurant men all, without exception,
say they are right. I talked with one
saloon man this morning and he de
nounced the present situation as 'rot
ton' and wished more power to The
Herald."
"I am with you, heart and soul," is
the tenor of many letters, some from
wageworkers and others from execu
tives of large corporations. The ex
pressions pouring into The Herald's
office show that people are aroused in
every section of the city and that men
of widely separate classes of occupa
tion are standing together in urging
action on the question, "IS VICE PRO
TECTED IN LOS ANGELES?"
KOREAN EMPEROR RETURNS
TO HIS CAPITAL UNHARMED
SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 14.—The em
peror of Korea has returned from his
visit to Pu San, which he made with
Prince Ito, the Japanese resident gen
eral.
Fu San is about 200 miles from Seoul
and the departure of the emperor from
the capital in company with Prince Ito
and a strong escort gave rise to re
ports throughout the country that the
Japanese would kidnap him and smug
gle him to Japan. It became neces
sary for the Japanese constabulary to
disperse crowds of Koreans who at
tempted to intercept the party at va
rious places along the route.
Body Cut in Two by Train
MARYSVILLE, Cal., Jan. 14.—Nye
Buffhan, an aged miruer living in a
tent on the levee in Marysville, was
run over and killed by a Western Pa
cific construction train this afternoon.
His body was cut in two and one arm
rtras torn off. He formerly lived in
Newman, Stanislaus county.
IS VICE PROTECTED
IN LOS ANGELES—VIII
1/ Vice Is Protected Can Those Who Have Failed in Their Official
Duty in Other Matters Be Trusted to Handle $25,000,000
of the City's Funds—Something About the
Southwestern Packing Company
f ORDER that our readers may fully comprehend the kind of influences which are
gathering around the great Owens River Aqueduct project of the city of Los An
geles and which may, unless something is done to prevent, have the coptrol of the
enormous expenditure necessary to make that project, so vital to the life of our city,
a successful realization, The Herald feels that it should present another chapter in
the somewhat astonishing recent business career of Mayor Harper.
In the course of The Herald's investigation of what might be termed "MAYOR HAR
PER'S POLITICO-BUSINESS ACTIVITIES," meaning thereby the business associa
tions of a political character which he appears to have formed, our attention was attracted
to a coroporation cf which the Mayor was President called the "Southwestern Packing
Company," organized for the purpose of butchering, packing and selling meats, and in
which business it is now engaged.
A list of the stock-holders of this corporation which The Herald obtained
some time ago shows the names of 18 men holding from 5000 to 30,000
shares each of its stock, and among whom are the following:
A. C. Harper, president, holding, with J. D. Ryan, 28,000 shares
Walter F. Parker, holding 5,000 shares
Dr. D. C. Barber, holding 10,000 shares
W. A. White, holding 10,000 shares
W. H Cline, holding —„ 10,000 shares
John W. Vaughn, holding 10,000 shares
Pete Wilson, holding 10,000 shares
S. T. Eldridge, holding „ 10,000 shares
C. E. Patterson, holding „_ 10,000 shares
When the personnel of the foregoing ten of the eighteen stockholders is considered,
there would appear to be an inevitable suggestion of a political as well as financial affilia
tion, from the fact that with the exception of Mayor Harper and J. D. Ryan, the other
stockholders named above have all been for a long time prominent in local' Republican
politics.
Walter F. Parker is the recognized head of the Southern Pacific Republican machine in
this county; D. C. Barber is superintendent of the County Hospital; W. A. White was for
merly Republican sheriff of the County; W. H. Cline is Republican township constable;
Messrs. Pete Wilson, S. T. Eldridge and C. E. Patterson were Republican members of the
last Board of Supervisors and commonly known as the "Solid Three," whose strenuous ef
forts to introduce political machine methods into the handling of the good roads fund has
recently attracted so much attention and been the cause of so much anxiety to the citizens
of this county, and John W. Vaughn is active in Republican politics and was at one time
indicted for defrauding the county by furnishing inferior drugs to the County Hospital.
It is also a fact worthy of note that all of these eight Republican politicians are credit
ed with being closely affiliated with the local Southern Pacific Republican political ma
chine, of which Mr. Parker is the head.
Mayor Harper has already shown his regard for the Owens River project
bp appointing as a member of the Board of Public Works having that great
work in charge, a man whose record in discharging the duties of his office as
Chief of Police, The Herald has shown in previous articles.
The Herald has also shown the record of this appointee of Mayor Harper's in sup
porting the efforts of a corporation with which the Southern Pacific machine is connected
to obtain a special privilege from the city of Los Angeles of enormous value without ad
equate compensation. We refer, of course, to the attempt to secure control of the Los An
geles riverbed.
Tomorrow The Herald will submit to its readers further matter which we believe will
show that these same influences which are shown to be intimately associated in a business
way with Mayor Harper were responsible for the appointment of Mr. Kern to the Board
of Public Works.
TRIES TO PREVENT
WRECK; IS KILLED
FLAGMAN ENDEAVORS TO SIG
NAL ONCOMING TRAIN
Collision Between Two Sections of
China and Japan Express Takes
Place at Chicago—Two
Fatally Hurt
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—A flagman was
killed, two passengers fatally injured
and several persons were hurt in the
Chicago & Northwestern yards here
today when section 2 of the China and
Japan express, from San Francisco,
crashed into the rear of section 1.
The train was fifteen hours late into
Omaha last night, and was split into
two sections. Fog is said to have con
tributed to the causes for the acci
dent.
The flagman, who has not been iden
tified, lost his life in an unsuccessful
attempt to prevent the wreck. His
almost unrecognizable body was dug
from beneath the wreckage. He stood
on the rear platform of the first sec
tion frantically endeavoring to signal
the engineer of the oncoming section.
Engineer Virge and Fireman Johnson
declared the fog shut out all view of
the track ahead until too late.
Windows were shattered in the firs:
two cars of the second section and sev
eral passengers were cut by flying
glass.
Earl Weds American Heiress
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The marriage
of the earl of Granard and Beatrice
Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden
Mills and niece of Ambassador Reid,
which took place today, has been
awaited as one of the season's social
events of importance.
The bride is a granddaughter of D. O.
Mills, the financier and philanthropist.
The earl of Granard is master of horse
to King Edward and the head of the
royal equerries, which confers upon him
the right to a s>eat in the king's car
riage on state occasions.
Selects Live Stock Delegates
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—Governor
Gillett today appointed Charles W. Coe,
cattleman of San Jose, and Superior
Judge Peter K. Shields of Sacramento
as representatives of the state at the
National Live Stock association's an
nual convention in Los Angeles dur
ing the latter part of this month.
To Count Electoral Vote
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—February
10 is the day designated for counting
the electoral vote in the house, by the
terms of a concurrent resolution adopt
ed by the senate today.
FARMER ADMITS
HE KILLED MAN
CONFESSES GIRL'S STORY OF
CRIME IS TRUE
Identity of Victim Not Established.
Young Moman, Believing She Was
Dying, Reveals Secret of
Murder
[By Associated Press.]
YORK, Pa., Jan. 14.—Harry Keener,
a York county farmer, confessed today
the story told by a girl of York, that
he had slain a man on his farm last
July, is true. The identity of the vic
tim still is unrevealed. The girl ac
cused Keener while she was lying on
what was believed to be her deathbed.
The girl is Miss Loenza Tawser, 15
years old. Last summer she was em
ployed on Keener's farm near Seven
Valley. She attended the murder trial
In York of a one-armed negro last
week. After going: home she was
seized with spasms, and, fearing she
would die, gave a detailed account to
her mother of Keener's alleged crime.
Her reason for not telling of the crime
sooner, she said, was that she had been
sworn to secrecy by Keener.
The girl said after Keener had slain
the man he buried the body in the or
chard. After much questioning by the
police, Keener admitted the crima to
day.
Keener said his victim was a strang
er who came to his house in the night
and without apparent provocation had
threatened to slay him. He said he
shot throug the door of his home and
killed him.
JAPANESE NAVAL VESSELS
MAY NOT VISIT AMERICA
If Voyage Is Made to United States,
Japan Will Send but Two
Cruisers of Training
Squadron
TOKIO, Jan. 14.—There has been no
decision reached here concerning the
visit of any Japanese naval vessels to
America.
In any event, only two cruisers of the
training squadron will go. The Associ
ated Press is informed this is under
consideration by the navy department,
and a decision may be reached by the
end of January.
If the trip is made by the cruisers it
■will be of a purely educational nature.
They will visit Hawaii, San Diego, San
Francisco and Seattle, but will not go
to Panama.
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POLICE RESCUE FIVE
FROM WATERY GRAVE
TWO MEM MAROONED ON
SHAG ROCK
Launch Patrol Finds Victims Clinging
to Reef and Later Picks Up
Sailor in Rowboat—Two
Others Saved
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.—Five
persons were rescued today from prob
able death by the police launch Patrol.
Y\ hile in search of Charles Smith and
Henry Bobler of South San Francisco,
who left their homes yesterday morn
ing on a duck hunting expedition in a
small skiff, the officers on the launch
saw a' rowboat battling with the waves
and wind off Hunters' point. Full speed
was put on and the launch soon
reached the water-logged craft, in
which was Ec yard Hansen, a sailor of
the schooner "ticav. Hansen left the
schooner yesterday and had been adrift
all afternoon aVid night, unable to make
any headway t.^ainst the tide and wind
Shortly before noon the Patrol de
tected Smith and Bobler, the two
young men for whom they were look
ing, clinging to r ' 'rock, on which
they were cast b* the waves about 2
o'clock yesterday afternon. They were
so far exhausted when the police
launch approached they were unable to
signal for assistance.
At considerable risk they were taken
aboard the Patrol and sent to their
homes from the Hunters' point landing.
Early yesterday morning John King
and James Boardman, residents of San
Francisco, were found near Alvarado
adrift in a small sloop which they
were unable to manage. They were
rescued by the launch Sybil.
Profesosr Disappears
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 14.—The mys
terious disappearance of B. N. Nevison,
professor of manual training in the
union high school, has excited much
alarm here. He was last seen Monday
evening, and is known to have been in
ill health for two weeks. Mental aber
ration is feared. Diligent search made
by county officials has resulted in no
trace of Nevison.
Appoints Trustees
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 14.—Governor
Gillett today appointed the following
trustees of the state normal school at
San Francisco: Henry G. W. Dinkel
speil and J. M. Allen, to succeed them
selves, and Mayo Newhall, vice S. G.
Denson.
Anti.Saloon League Incorporated
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 14.—The
Anti-Saloon League of America was
incorporated today, its purposes are
educational, organizing: and utilizing
public sentiment against the saloon
and liquor traffic.
9.CENTS I
STATE FLOODED
BY RAINSTORMS;
LOSS IS HEAVY
LEVEES WASHED OUT BY RIV
ERS OVERFLOWING
RAILWAY TRAFFIC IS GREATLY
IMPEDED
Sacramento Valley Experiences Great,
est Deluge of Water Known, but
Capital City | s Out of
Danger Zone
[By Associated Press ]
♦y SACRAMENTO, J» n . u_ . IBIW^
flßiiil
SACRAMENTO, "jan. 14.-Followin 5
the heavy downpour from mid
night to noon today, the Ameri
can river poured a flood into the valley
that probably never has been equaled
This did not place Sacvramento In
the danger zone, however, as the Sac
water n t tT r "a** ? 1 in flood > and tho
t)^Z s * £ the Amer »can had compara
tively free access to that stream
Sacramento is safe, and it appears
there is no immediate danger of levees
giving away either above or below the
The heaviest damage is to railroads.
n,° steam trains left Sacramento last
night for the east or for the north,
thro American river bridge at Elvas
three miles from this city, is out of
plumb and cars loaded with sand have
been run out on the structure to anchor
it in place.
-,™i vS fOrce of brid S p carpenters
and laborers is at worL there, trying
to save it. This stops traffic over' the
mountains and also prevents sending"
trains north by way of Roseville S
xvhMttr ek 'tween Lincoln and
Wheatland is under water from the
Bear river. The approach to the Yuba
river bridge at Marysville is impassa
ble, water covering: it nearly two feet.
i wo breaks are reported in the Cosu
mea river, about eighteen miles east
from here, and a vast tract of land is
under water.
The Northern electric line between
this city and Marysville is intact and
trains are running as usual, but north
of that town the Feather river inter
venes. They cannot reach Oroville or
c riico.
Word has just been received that the
north end of the new Western Pacific
bridge north of this city has gone out.
BAKERSFIELD MENACED
BY FLOODS FROM RIVER
OVERFLOWING BANKS
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 14.—A dis
astrous flood menaces Bakersfleld to
night. During the day both the north
and *outh levees, which protect Bak
ersfleld and the surrounding country
from the overflow of the Kern river
gave way because of a great rush of
water from the upper Kern canyon
where the river has its source.
Early this morning rains, which were
the heaviest In thirty years, occurred
there, and before noon the river at this
point was swollen to almost danger
point.
In the early afternoon the river broke
through the north levee, overflowing
the Roberta and other large farming
lands and flooded the main road to thy
Kern river oil fields.
Late this afternoon the river broke
over the south levee, which protects
Balncrsfield.
More than 200 men. working under
the direction of H. A. Jastro, struggled
all morning to close the break, and
unless further rain falls tonight and
tomorrow it is believed they will be
successful.
There is much excitement in town
! Merchants have moved goods out of
their cellars, and persons in the lower
sections of the city have moved to
higher ground. Late reports indicate
the river is falling in the canyon, and
if the overflow on the south side is
kept within the emergency levee to
night danger to the city is expected to
be passed.
Fresno County Soaked
FRESNO, Jan. 14.—During the last
twenty-four hours Fresno county has
received a generous soaking, local fig
ures showing in that time more rain
fell here than in any other portion of
the county. The Kings and San
Joaquin rivers are rising rapidly, but
no floods are feared. Sand creek in
Tulare county, just across the border,
overflowed and flooded Orosi, a small
town.
No Danger Feared
STOCKTON, Jan. 14.—Reports from
the waterways east of Stockton are to
the effect that the water is falling to
day. The wind has been blowing fu
riously and tonight another storm is
imminent. Unless the storm should be
one of unusual proportions, it is be
lieved there will be no danger of an
inundation.
Rain Is Warm in Sierras
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—Reports
received at the weather bureau at Sac
ramento are that a heavy warm rain
has been falling in the Sierras, es
pecially where the snow is deepest.
It is predicted that there will be a very
considerable rise in the Sacramento,
Feather, Yuba and American rivers.
Falls Quietly, but Steadily
SAN JOSE, Jan. 14.—The Santa
Clara valley has never experienced a
more satisfactory storm than that
which has prevailed here for some
days past. The rain has fallen gently,
but steadily, and that nearly every
drop has gone into the ground is evi
denced by the fact there is very little
water in the streams.
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Gold Dredger Wrecked
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 14.—The Amer
ican river is to the danger point at
Folsom. Gold dredger No. 2, which had
been working in the bed of the river,
was wrecked today by the high water
ai&j^f is a total loss. The loss will be
in the neighborhood •of $150,000.
River Rises Rapidly
REDDING, CaR, Jan. 14.—Heavy,
rain, accompanied by a high wind, has
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