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OA PAGES 0\! 8 PARTS: vol. xxxvii. '?-1- PRICE: .40. CENTS. by carrier NUMBER 03. * IWAjJII . 4:U V_;_EiH X O I>ER MONTH Special Car and Venice Life-Saving Crew Are Rushed by Herald to Rescue Families Marooned by Flood at Gage ; INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS : >l; TODAY " , FORECAST For Los Angeles and vicinity: Cloudy Sunday; light north wind; probably showers. Maximum temperature yes. terday, 58 degrees; minimum, 48 de. grecs. ■ '■:. ' I"; LOCAL - Eleven hurt when train crashes Into ' electric car containing Pasadena. pleasure-seekers. : Section 2, PAGE 1 Good Government officials will take of- ' flee Monday and. at ten that every mv . nicipal office will be ln charge of party which believe* In civic decency. Section 4, PAGE 7 Locomotive firemen and enginemen hold - annual ball and 400 couples partici - pate in festivities. . Section 2, PAGE 6 Herald rushes special automobile and j . Venice life-saving crew to rescue fam ilies "marooned" by st#rm in San % Gabriel valley. Section 1, PAGE 1 Los "Angeles' and town* in vicinity de luged with rain ln storm which has lasted several days. Section 1, PAGE 1 Pasadena ■ has cloudburst and water : from : sheds • inundate streets and houses ln eastern section of l»oe An geles. _■ - ' Section , 1, PAGE 1 Editorial, letter Box and Haekln's let > ter. .■•/■' .'-:■-■'■: Section 2, PAGE 4 Society. '.'..-- ' '\- I ' Section 2, PAGES 2-3 Deaths. •'" . ' ';.. ', Section 4, PAGE 4 Real: estate. r Bectlon 4, PAGES 1-3 Classified advertising. Section I, PAGES 4-7 Fraternal and secret orders. , , - ,_,, Section 1, PAGE « Mines : and oil fields. Section J. PAGE 6 City,: brevities. » Section 2. PAGE 6 Theatricals and dramatlo criticism. . : . • ■ Section 6. PAGES 1-2 Automobiles. - Section 8. PAGES 1-5 Music. ' ' Section 2. PAGE 3 «_,_ i j SOUTH CALIFORNIA .■,■..{ Severe .', storm falls to mar I beautiful -pageant in Tournament of Roses at Pasadena. , Section 1. PAGE 1 COAST - i'resno I and Vlsalla - have drat snow storm In ', ten years. San Joaquin __ river leaves banks and large tracts . .of land are Inundated. ' -.-, ,-. -s- ..-,".. Section 1, PACK 1 Trains collide In blinding snowstorm In' '(Montana. Two killed outright; others believed fatally injured.: -V ..',.-,.,_. .-■•■ . ... Section 2, PAGE 1 ' EASTERN " - Five'• persons are seriously ' Injured In ■ ;. wreck In. Indiana. v : Section 2, PAGE 6 Police find third woman brutally mur dered in Cincinnati. Crime unusual- _ - ly fiendish and i devoid of clews. _'*: Section 1. PAGE 2 Whltfe. plague, kills mora Indians than '-any .'other'disease,. according to re port of commission.; Section 2, PAGE 6 Brokaw, after admitting he is worth 41,800,000," tells court.be Is a poor man. . : -^ ". ■' Section 2. PAGE 6 Three men accused of dynamiting bridge , ,: In Baltimore, ' .-• Section 1, PAGE 4 \7ood of prisoners .at - Atlanta, Ga., de- '< \ clared S unfit for lowest animals. J, - \ ,-._[. _ Section 1, PAGE 4 %lssing heiress of Philadelphia defies Fall efforts of police of three. cities to I locate her. * . '.Section 1, PAGE 3 'iged miner 'In Colorado . saved from ! death by half-starved dog. I ' Section 2, PAGE 6 ',ynor succeeds McClellan as mayor of ' New York city. .. .' Section 1, PAGE 2 ..Vinous lowan, ' Senator Cummins, hurls '.Vft at Republican conservatives. 11 J.,, : '•-.:...■ - Section 1. PAGE : jy ' organizations ; threaten to - Join ere/rike of switchmen if troubles are _.. lertt speedily adjusted. '• ■ , -\-~ as < .:;.„—, ";.' Section 1. PAGE 1 Bhratlon of I_abor attacks steel com , poitae and call la sent out for funds skiK carry on : fight. \ ; Section I, • PAG* 1 tiss. — supi.,. v „ .--- • - - ... . . v I cenft-:-^,;. FOREIGN rS. ''"" ' - -- > I a, sc{__lon? injures several fatally and trix, , a h num of men over train and Tha in air at Montreal. • ■ ■ '• on tin ,_ •;- -' - -.. ■'-..."• Section 2, PAGE 6 may dins win praise for heroic service . the sk>trada's army In Nicaragua. • '- Boill' Section 1, PAGE 4 ally c/gn In ' London becomes very . freout. and Liberals concede loss of , g UC Cj.J_Sholds. T. Section 1, PAG* 2 M% MINING AND OIL % I *./ - ' li I y\ -Zj Madre club moves ' Into perma nent -' quarters -. with , membership of ■ : nearly 200 . Section 2, PAGE 8 SPORTS Mccarty ';'_ may {/ get.. ' Nelson-Wolgast'"'_,' - V match. - since 'Hfester has . failed to ■'_ t ~ make'terms- with latter. ' ■ ->:■-::■- - ;'•-.'-, • _.;. ;■>;:;. •-.•;■";. Section 3, PAGE, 6 Wrestlers putting on finishing touches - C for . bouts Tuesday , night -- at ". Naud '"■ --'„' Junction. '.>■. -..",;._: ':-;■ Section :3, PAGE 7 Silver * Knight wins ' New Year's handi . cap sat Oakland; ' baby - racers make ■debut.".:' ',; ..-.■;>*■!.',__. Seotlon _ 3,' PACE 6 - Gloria defeats' high-class' field In $1500 .-• -. - handicap , st.. Juarez at mile ln j fast ?■'.:' i .'time. . .;..-• V ,':.-. Section 3, PAGE 6 All-Stars and Occidentals furnish prin- ■ 5 cipal I baseball I excitement . this after noon *at Chutes. Js,^', Section '3, , PAGE « Dates ? for* holding _ annual "college ." re-" v«-J --: gattas ■: tn , east ■ have i been ; advanced •■ "*_>'" .' several ; weeks. i',.. -■■'•. Section ■3, PAGE 6 . Leading '-'"'J bllllardlsts t. of ;'.. the ' country v" ~i -. patch ■up ; differences and i many tour-,, V_ ' namentg are .< being , arranged. , Section 3, PAGE 6 Columbia university takes up boxing as ,'..' ■, regular . sport ; and I other .- Institutions'--.;.-' ,*' ara considering; It. rt; Section ; 3,' PAGE : 7 Powers of umpires to.be/materially » Increased V under direction iof ■ Presi dent Lynch. ■" '. £'.; . Section 3, , PAGE ; 7 Brighton Beach Racing association may » cause - trouble ln' eastern ' turf circle* •', ij, next r season. ■-'.' .\ ' 1;< V Section ;8, ; PAGE 7 ' Joe Willis loses, heavily ;S In ' money - -■. and v prestige by reason of ■ knockout, ', Friday night (Kialto) - '■■■') :, .._.. _-. , . Seotlon j3, , PAGE 6 Jack Johnson signs nfteen-week vaude-_-". , ••villa., contract, -beginning;, tomorrow. »-<. - (Rlalto). .!.'.- Section •; 3, t PAGE 6 WHWe ? Knapp, >- ones ,' premier rider In C America, again refused -^license by _■ - Jockey i club. Rlalto.) ' jockey c.™. Section •J, , PAGE « LOS ANGELES HERALD SEVERE STORM FAILS TO MAR GREAT TOURNEY PASADENA PAGEANT BREAKS ALL PAST RECORDS CHARIOT RACES POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK Thousands of People Line Streets of Crown City and See Procession — ' of Beautiful Floral Floats _»■ ■,:.-■ "V PASADENA, Jan. I.— beautiful as ' ever, the Tournament ■. of Hoses parade was assembled yesterday morning' In a couple of hours after a pouring rain had stopped. - It wound its way through streets not quite so closely crowded as usual, but the eastern visitor and old resident alike " would never have known that the event had been threatened more than ever before ln the twenty-one years of its existence. Because of a soft track the afternoon program of sports at Tournament park had to' be postponed for one week. It Is expected that a half holiday will be declared In Pasadena for the occasion, and the decision of the committee to secure one or , more aeroplanes, ln addition to the Roman chariot race and other sports, is expected to bring a large crowd of outsiders. • • Not only was the parade yesterday as good us ever, but it was bigger than ever, despite the fact that many out side entries and even some from Pasa denc. withdrew because of bad weather. Altogether there were more than ninety entries, and among them ■ were floats which have never been surpassed |in any California pageant. Prizes Are Awarded Immediately following v the parade the Judges, consisting of eastern guests at the various hotels, got together and announced their decisions. , ■'■ .. Revel Lindsay English, who will be one of the charioteers at E Tournament park, was awarded the Hogan trophy for the best galted riding horse in the parade../ English rode his own mount, Highland Squirrel King. : V The president's •cup, offered for the most beautifully decorated automobile, wentto Edith Edmlnson.',,- ,'*•'_.-. Mrs. Walter Raymond was"awarded the Victor Marsh trophy . for ■'■.'. a best decorated -. electric ' automobile. , Mrs.; Raymond's ■ car was . decorated i largely with California holly berries, a medium which has never before been used in a tournament, and which required an immense amount of work to bring to a successful outcome. , • ■■..-"" The other awards made for entries in the parade are as follows: -■;*- - Class . A—Coach, tallyho or - drag drawn by six. horses; flrst, Pasadena Electric Express company. . . • Class —Coach, tallyho or drag drawn by four horses; first, Pasadena Realty board. ' Class C—Floats; first, Hotel Mary land; second, Covlna; third, Hotel Raymond.- Class D—Historical or representative character; flrst, Japanese flower ! gar den; second; Central. W. C. T. U.; third, Out West cltyK. ! y" ,'. s • Class Historical or representative character; first, Paul Relnwald; sec ond, E. B. Gunther. -•-..: ' Class Two-horse vehicle; flrst, Hotel Green; second, E. W. Knowltorv. < Class G—One-horse vehicle; flrst, Mrs. W. F. Hepler; second, Isabella Sturdevant. . .. Class L —Tandem-saddle horse; first, David S. Williams. , - \ Class N— Fire department; flrst, Pas adena fire department. Class O —Saddle pony, girl or boy rider; flrst,. Harry Heck; second, Glenn Cregler. ' Class —Automobiles, capacity four or more persons; flrst, Edith Edmln son. -, ■ ---.'.---..-■ Class Automobiles, capacity for two persons; flrst, Mrs. Walter Ray mond;, second, Gaylord & Moore. Class T— Novelties; flrst, Ezra Meeker; second, Fred McAdam; ' third, Willis Dees. -.-■■■'■ ■.-'.., Class U—Burros; first, Arthur Bak er; second, Frances Crowell and Mar garet Guinn; third, George Guinn and- Floy Qulnn. \ . . .'. Class V—Marching clubs; first, Tri angle cadet corps of Los Angeles. .' :/' .Schools Given Bonuses As usual, the public school floats did not enter for prizes, but were grunted cash bonuses to hj*lp pay for the cost of decoration. , The public school floats this year exceeded the high standard that has been set in the past, and the entry of Pasadena high school, Involv ing fifty-six people, i was one of • the most -pretentious,-as well as success ful, floats j that has ever been•seen in Pasadena. - ■- ._,;■_.. The high school float, which was de signed by Principal Le Roy D. i Ely, represented "A"-- Midsummer ' Night's Dream." Shakespeare's play furnished the allegorical material for i a dainty handling- of' colors /which ■■'■ by -1 their masses produced a unique effect. '-. ._'-,.-. • At the' head .of the pageant rode a trumpeter, followed by two boys car rying . the : title ;of the float on a pink banner, ».- Immediately after this came nine | outriders and twenty-four j boys on foot. In the large automobile which formed - the • basis .of the float were twenty-three ; girls ,- who, • with ; the chauffeur, made ;up . the fifty-six par ticipants. ' t - " The ■ nine outriders . were on white horses with ' ::. pink ; trappings. Their costumes were also of pink and mod eled on the lines of a conventionalized rose. /. }_ ;-, .;■■ ..-.".;' '■/_, ■;-, '- :'., Big Blossoms a Novelty ~' . The footmen \ were \ clothed; like the horsemen ' and i aleo i carried < gigantic pink carnations, with stems eight feet long and blossoms twenty-seven Inches in diameter, j These 'gorgeous blossoms were a . novelty in .'-the.-- parade*: and brought i cries .4 of _» delight _;. from fj the thousands of ' people along the; line of march.- ■■. -'■-- ■ ,' - V- -■■ _°» ' ■'■* '. •' - prominent *In .-- the. procession,, •, were W; (Continued oajaae-tbrm., yy;.;»-, _, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1910. 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'.•■■■ ■■'■•; ft- ,:. f, ; -.vv.;.•-■■ ,\:.- ' -ft.-•• ' ■'■■ ' ' "r ' ::" I THE UPPER PICTURE SHOWS THE EOMINSON FLOAT, ONE Oi* THE PRIZE WINNERS. . LOWER PIC. ; ■;'- -.'- _ ">--' fe* -":," TURE IS RELIC OF OLD OREGON TRA IL _. ;..,..-'■ ■•...-. •■•■',.« ' LABOR ATTACKS STEEL COMBINE CALL SENT OUT FOR FUND TO FIGHT TRUST Corporation Arraigned as Inimical to Toilers and ''Denounced as a ■'■ Bold Violator of the V"' * ' - . '• '.''./•: -,;Law -•■"•; ' t ■-' «;- ".'..'■".- [Associated ; Press] ; -; WASHINGTON, Jan. I.—Officers of the American Federation of-Labor, to night issued a call on its 1,540,000 mem bers to subscribe to a fund with which to wage a fight on the "steel trust." r .The call arraigns the corporation'as inimical'both to labor and to the coun try' and as a violator of the laws. The sum of $154,000-is to be .raised at once.' The corporation is' termed "a boil and daring violator of the laws." Calls for more money will be issued as the fight progresses.:/ ; ■'■'■ .''...- The action -was. taken following - the conference in Pittsburg on . December 13 and! 14 between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel .Workers, the Tin Plate Workers' Protective asso ciation i and the Longshoremen's | and Seamen's unions. < Samuel * Gompers, president' of the American Federation of Labor, was present. "- -*'r ■„" ■■■ The call Is signed by. Mr. Gompers, Frank • Morrison, secretary of the fed eration, and James • Duncan, - John Mitchell, James O'Connell, D. A. Hayes, William D. Huber, Joseph F. Valentine, John R. Alpine, H. B. Perham and John B.Lennon, directors. -", ; ■'■'"' ":'-''. Although the appeal is made by the .federation, -.the 'funds <\ will not be tivnecHnto the federation treasury. I All subscriptions; are . to be | sent to John Williams, who has opened headquar ters in the House building, Pittsburg. ' >.; "The crowning criminality of the trust is '■ Its s attitude ;, toward x labor," said Mr. Gompers in arraigning the so called profit-sharing plan by which the company gives its employes an oppor tunity to obtain an interest in the vast business. ■•"..■ '~\ " ■-?"■ -"■"•,'_, „ '■' .•. "This plan," Mr. Gompers said, "is a transparent ' deceit, through which a small i minority of ., Its! employes arc sought ito•• be bribed to! help in daily sweating, the vast majority." He also charged . that * the corpora tion * pays dividends on many millions of watered stock and that its financial methods are corrupt' and ) Indefensible. The t steel • corporation 'at Christmas was »• reported to: have ,' given ii away $1,000,000 lln • gifts _to its . employes - and to have offered : both the common. and preferred' stuck ito those i who j caied to invest in them at .a little lower. than the market quotations.. -..-.:.:-.>.:.. *:.•.«__*-*_*.«■.__*■.: r.it : TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL EATS SULPHUR FROM MATCHES; SUCCUMBS .■'■;. OAKLAND. Jan. I.—As the .result of ratios '■ matches, Frances >'. Bishop, 3 .rears old, died this morning at the home of her grandparents Mr., and Mrs." ('. [_. Italian! In -■ Twelfth [ avenue.'..-• The little girl ate the sulphur .from the matches, when she was supposed to be having her regular nap yesterday afternoon. She ob tained the .matches from ja« stand near her bed. The little girl was a daughter of }>'. IL,, Bishop, employed by the South ern' Pacific railroad at Sacramento. . ' , FRESNO TREATED TO HEAVY SNOWSTORM San Joaquin River Continue* on Ram. page and Large Tracts of Land ' :: Are Flooded—Homes - ' - :- Abandoned . FRESNO, ; Cal., Jan.. I.—Fresno . was treated to a snowstorm this morning at 5:30, ! and :a \ few flakes began to j fall, which later turned Into a regular snow storm.-, 1 ■ "J /-": ■ :;'.."" ,:',: :'-.■' ,'.*' -..'''■_"., : Owing to the sloppy, condition of the streets the mow did not last long, but house tops are covered with snow, and the trees are bending under the weight of the snow. ■ y * - '.: *'Y. .'ither Forecaster Fuller Bays the temperature fell to 36 degrees, > but did not stay there long. •';_!•. "»i J } ■:■ • r 1 It is said this is the first snowstorm here in sixteen years.'. t The^an Joaquin river was fought all last night to prevent overflowing . the lands," but the task was too great for the residents along the banks, and this morning the lands of several big farm ers were flooded, r Their homes had to be abandoned. ' r ' . . The - water ' flooded . the . pavilion at Rlvervlew, but no great ■ damage ? was done,' and from last accounts the river was subsiding. - r < : It is twenty years since the river has been so high at this time of the year. YEAR'S DAY AT GRASS v VALLEY OPENS WITH SNOW GRASS VALLEY, Cal., Jan. New Year's day was ushered in with a heavy fall -' of . snow. which. began early I last evening and continued) until. daybreak this ; morning. * Indications :. tonight were for more snow.*;; In the mountain district the fall: was very heavy, and traffic is badly demoralized. . 1 " . • • ...» MANY THREATEN TO HELP STRIKE PERHAM SAYS YARDMEN EX PECT SUCCOR Head if Railway Department of, A. F. of L. Hopes for Peaceful Set. * ",'. ; tlement, but Warns of Danger -..-.. -.1...-,. - 1. .... : '.:,'.- '■ [Associated Press] j:,, v- / : WASHINGTON. ' _ Jan. I.—"lf 1: an amicable ■ adjustment of I the differ ences between the northwestern rail roads :'■ and the ; switchmen Is not reached,- through the ' mediation con ference ' here 'the j strike will' spread, and. probably' 20,000 men. will bo called out," declared H. B. Perham, head of the railway department of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, today. '-- "This increase" will not be I among the !switchmen', alone, but will come from . other •_. organizations like . .the freight handlers, boiler makers .and such affiliated associations. '■'.';."; "-.'... • ; '.'The switchmen are for peace if pos sible, but are determined on a general strike if plans for mediation,fall.":'. Mr. Perham»added, however, that he Is hopeful of,a peaceful settlement. No affiliated organizations will take sym pathetic action pending the result ot Mr. Perham's conferences ." with the mediation' board, which will be ■ re sumed ', Monday. * The American Federation of; Labor has left ' the'; whole .matter in .the hands of Mr. Perham, who | is head of the ' Order of - Railway Telegraphers and' a member I of the executive com mittee ' of . the federation. , Mr. Perham ' had a short talk with President ' Gompers of the federation today, but his , call was 1 largely ' Inci dent to the New Year's reception at Mr. Gompers* home. ..*■_■ '."; •' *. No decision has been, reached ' by the mediation: board as | to ' the selec tion of a third arbitrator la* the case of the '" dispute - between, the ; , Illinois Central and Its switchmen. / - SHOOTS MAN BECAUSE HE LAUGHED AT HIS DEFEAT SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.' I.—Because he objected to being laughed at by a complete stranger for ,_■_. getting ,-. the worst of a New Year's row. in a water front saloon,' Charles Leonard, a . min er, today , shot s Captain = Swunsten •of the scow schooner Albertlne. » The bul let ' landed near * the back: of : Swan sten's mouth, but his condition In said Dot ? to ; be , serlous.'^Mg«nngnjßM| OTVfll IT" _P_f lIJ I |7<U *•"' DAILY, to; SUNDAY. So O.Li> \jrlj-Ei ' : *_-Vj__r_l__E__o . ■. ON TRAINS. ;5 ; CENTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN BATTLING FOR LIVES MAY YET BE RESCUED Storm Places Twelve Helpless Persons at Mercy of Raging Waters of San Gabriel River SERVICE OF THREE RAILROADS STILL Bridges Are Washed way and Trains from North and East Are Stalled—Damage in Los Angeles ■ Is Heaviest in the Arroyo Seco RESULT OF THE STORM San Gabriel river on rampage—Twelve persons marooned in midst of raging waters. ..'■•■ ,' "I^l^ii^f^BßlSP'fH Herald sends .Venice life-saving crew and rescue party to Gage station on special car. -, '" ' ~~A " Valley line of Southern Pacific is tied up. . Five spans \of Santa ■Fe < bridge , across the . Mojave river j- at Barstow are washed away, stopping all traffic. J: . Salt Lake railroad put out of business— Trouble feared in Meadow valley wash Telegraph communication destroyed. Westbound Southern Pacific ■ trains stalled at Idaho [ because of big washout at Whittien^^_^^^^P^P[j_pM_|HW^__y_E^ ■ "^' Approach to stone bridge across Arroyo Seco at East Avenue Forty-three is washed away. , Salt Lake railroad bridge near Cawston ostrich farm washed away. San Gabriel sweeps out three railroad bridges. LIVES IN DANGER . List of persons .whose lives are in jeopardy as the result /of yester. day's ■ flood In the Los ! Nietos valley two miles: northwest [ofj Downey: .-•-.. Mrs. Bertha Armstrong and Mrs. Sarah Wells, widowed sisters, and? Mrs. Armstrong's * : 14.year.old son. "/ * : . Mr. and Mrs. William Paxton and their two sons.'. ;:,■ . j-' --'k'vvMr, and Mrs. Henry Moulton (colored) and their three young children. " - a - .*._._. .~. a. _~~_. .-_-. - .--... -.....,.-.,..■ .-..__. $.-_-_«_«„ _^_.___. 1 IiWELVE lives were in danger from the raging waters of the San i Gabriel : river, which, swollen by yesterday's storm, had brokenj - out of its channel and isolated four ranch houses near Gage, nine miles southeast ,of this city, when at . 1 :30 o'clock this morning ] the % Herald relief expedition left the ; Pacific Electric depot on a special car provided by General Superintendent, Thomas McCafferty of the Pacific Electric road, in a desperate attempt ;to save the 1 men, wo- "i men and children whose homes were surrounded by a raging torrent that no boat could cross. , * ■ ;W^ On the car were five members of the Venice Volunteer Life-Say- , ing crew who, at the request of The Herald last night, left their beds and came to Los Angeles with paraphernalia that it is hoped will en- . able a rescue of all the marooned and helpless people known to be still living only because the lights from the windows of some of the < houses could be seen at that hour. ' " V s The Venice men ■ who made this generous ; response are First , Lieutenant George Wilde, Stanley Townsend, George & McManus, Fred Fair and Dee Moreno. i^ When they arrived in Los Angeles, after the hurry call, at 1 :10 o'clock this morning, they had with them. five life buoys, seven cork jackets and a supply of strong rope. The special * Pacific • Electric \ car No. 364 was in . charge :." of % Conducto- t Brownlee and Motorman Robertson when at 1:30 o'clock this morn ing it started out into the rain and blackness to take succor to the . people in distress. '■ v . ."'-' *. The relief party was not formed until after Sheriff > Hammel,s Chief of Police Dishman and a score of.: volunteers and neighbors 9 had found it impossible to launch a boat and discovered that a raft ( had no chance for life in the , raging waters. 'Watchers; stationed > along the shores of the torrent were in waiting for the rescue party f when it left Los Angeles. \, ' , •, With a roar and a crash that was audible for half { a 1 mile, the San Gabriel river, swollen by the recent heavy rains and the . melting snow ' on the . - mountain : slopes '; broke its boundaries - yesterday morning and swept through the Los Nietos valley, wash ing away bridges, undermining others, sweeping away, with irre- : sistible force, I fences J and everything movable, inundating ■ approx- , imately 700 acres of ranch land, completely surrounding and shut ting off three • occupied ranch ; houses, and possibly a fourth,': with twelve known occupants, from the rest of the world. '■■"."■ After J many I heroic * attempts' had been • made .by willing volun teers to ford I the j seething, whirling' torrent I and - reach > the. homes; i of the imprisoned, who were frantically signaling for aid as the ris ing water poured in the houses and adjoining barns, the effort was abandoned ' last night after it was 'determined by experienced per- . | sons that it would be suicidal to make another attempt. At 8 o clock last night the rescue work was given up, to be resumed again this .: morning at daybreak. . Volunteers remained at the nearest point to the marooned per sons during the night and signaled constantly to encourage them to hold out as long as possible. " ■ ;-'\-*-' -," . .. !_..«..,.,. -,- ■- ~'~ ■- ■ n-mmtta-m "-. *. ■— —vl_ulilLhll_hSK . ___■»_ _*.»_ - -a a*. „mm rat* *■ VlrtlloA ♦Vlt\ T flf*f*fl T\ I Art i - V; Storm Records Broken \ ■.', ■, Not - since the . famous . storm, of . I^9l has Los i Nletos i valley ■ been .visited by such a flood, and the greatest damage at that - time i was in . the same i spot which suffered most in , yesterday's maddening vortex ot _ water. ■:■■'■ i* | All thought of property loss was for gotten when the residents near Down ey realized ' that "the i homes ij of < the ranchers at * the t northwest corner of the valley were In grave danger.:.' '< "Word was hastily sent for volunteers and a party headed by Arthur Darby, cashier of the Los Niotos Valley bank, was soon at the scene and a survey of the torrent showed that the.best place of vantage to reach the ranch houses, ' aboutj whloh * the s water was steadily rising/; was a, ! point 'almost directly west > of i Gage's . crossing f. and ":- three quarters of a mile . west ;of the home of former Governor. Henry T. Gage. ■" Raft _Is Constructed All efforts to locate a boat or boats were futile i and k a strongly built raft was soon constructed I and _ six | persons volunteered 'to ■ make: the -. attempt to ?|^ CENTS reach the nearest nouse, iu_u uci-uihbu by th" Armstrong and Wells widows, half a * mile from •' shore. ft The; volun- h teers were Frank Wltherspoon, a con stable of Downey,' C. A. Harper,' A. R. Parson. Will "_ Evans, ■ C. ; Tires, and 8.-, A. Dlsimukes ; .._ ■ .';'■'; ■ The', raft - Trad: proceeded but a. few ,_ rods from the shore when it was seized ; in the whirling eddy and tossed about like a rowboat in an ocean storm.": and it was I well . that i the; precaution • had t been ' taken (to <_ fasten |a * rope to j the raft "otherwise ■ the occupants would • have had a desperate, battle i for life. l- As it - was I Tires' and : Dlsimukes J lost | their balance i and . fell. into , the raging I torrent and were : rescued and brought * to shore with s difficulty. ' " ; : It > was . seen i that 3 across i the * ranch - land > barbed %. wire ; and,? other £ fences * wot;, a dangerous menace to pass, ■■ and; It was determined that unless a strong 1 boat -was-'- obtained : j the f waterboun 1 homes could. not be reached. '. V Efforts to find a. boat were unavail- Ing,' and shortly after 3 o'clock an;ap- ft peal was made to Sheriff William Ham- ""'"_? (Continued on fags Seven.'