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, PORTLAND. OltEGC MO JAXUAKY 8, 1912 FIVE CEXTS. YOI LI 0. l..J.. ' , " IN FOLLOWS IN PATMST01 Streets Tangleof Poles, Wires and Trees. LOSS IS MORE THAN $25 W03 Wind or Sleet Will Cause Con dition Near Chaos. PHONE SERVICE PARALYZED Car Kun Irrernlarly East slde Reside nco In Deplorable State With Wreckage Froxen Into Solid Mim Blocking Traffic KlTPf.TF Or DAMAGK IX rORTUA'D t ROM -SILVER THAW." Property BerMi loss, loss. Ferine Telephone a Vmib f I 60.000 StO.OSO Portland R.ai:war. li:h a piwr i cv Hme T-phone Co. Oregon Ktrle Rail way rompny. . . Vn'leJ Raiiaavs Co. Ml. Hood Light a pwer rn WMTrn I'nlon Tele graph Company... Postal Telegrapa Co. 15 ono ii.ioo ooo 1.000 00 S.otM 2.000 SS.onO 3.000 1.000 TMlll 1110.500 .S0 Thasa MllmitH as announced last alga- Include ealy tha utility com panies. The loas to park property. had trees and th nuraeroua other claaaea of property could not be es tlraated In dollars, but probably would Increase tha gracd total to much ot-er KJO.noo. While It was Impossible for the pub lic utility companies to determine the rxiriit of their losses yesterday and It was out of the question to make a monetary estimate of the dtmisa to trees, shrubbery anil plants. It Is be lieved Portland's "silver thaw" which -t In Saturday morning, will cost the Sty ii. ore than 1250.000. With the city still In the throes of the wintry Mast, with nearly every thing encased In Ice. the question of further destruction Is held In the bal ance. A high wind or more Icy sleet will add many fold to the ruin, while m thaw will relieve the situation very quickly. Which It will be. only time III tell. Forermater la Handicapped. Owing; to the limited telegraph serv Ice. reports at the United Slates Weather Bureau last night were miss Ins; from many Important points and Forecaster Bnls declared that he could not make a forecast which would be tfcpendable. lie predicts snow for today with slowly rising temperatures. It Is feared this com Dl nation may lead to more sleet storms and make the present deplorable conditions even more serious. The telephone companies are para lysed, there being but few lines in the business district still intact. The dam age so far to the two companies is estimated at more than $.75.00. More than 1500 miles of wires are out of service, hundreds of poles have top pled Into the streets, being either torn from the ground or broken In two at the ground by the welsht of the lce tovereJ wires. In the city 4555 Bell telephones and about 1000 Home tele phones have been reported out of service: the entire East Side passed last night In darkness because vf the danger of turning current Into the electric light wires, which are tangled In a network of telephone wires and trees. far Jtervlee Irregular. The cars rralntair.c-J an irregular service yertcrday and on three of the lines were unaMe. for a pert of the day st least, to go to tLo te'-mlr.ala. Telegraph companies ar .erat'cj on shattered service asl the streets are veritable sheets of ice. slippery and dangerous. The tola: dar.:age to the public-service companies vu estimated last nigh: by cf.'io.aU at over JloO.OvO. lr:-!i:d!ns ever $110,000 property 1 ar.d t--1',i0 la lota of revenue because of r arsiyzeJ wrvire. Thf;o rstlmat- are coasld c red low in elmoM every cane. No at lmpt was n.atle t' estimate cam age to trees In dolors aud ct-n:i. aireeta strewn With Tnrea. Th entire resid-n -e ditrict. and par ticularly the Ki.t Slc. !. in a deplor able state, tlie streets heirs strewn with trees and lrar.ci;ee. li;;crwoven with telcph"ne and ciciTlc !ij!:t wires covered heavy coats of ;ce. Many streets are impassable 4-t'd com larat.vriy few riJewalks are :n Lre be cause of t:-.e fillen trees and ;te droop ing limbs W.i.ca all dy yes-.crcay c?n I nuhl t snap ti KUts of w.i.d &wi.y.1 them back inj forth. The cetur of the street was used f:r i:;.-f lks -11 over the Eut Side and In the trot ccvored portions of the West rlde resided. dis trict. Itroadvay Scene ef it:ilo. One of t ho principal scenes of devas tation yesterday was I'rradway as far east as Ten';-fo-jr: :el. "Vliere cn Saturday notnln; were t-un -; of siiapelT fhade trees wcre yrsteruay splintered ms.'scs of limb h";elesly tangled In wires. The whole rna?s was (Conceded ea Tags 11.) RUDDERLESS SHIP HELD OFF COOS BAY WIMI-ESS MESSAGK XJIt AID SKXT FROM ALLIANCE. Passengers From Tortland Aboard Helpless Vessel That Tasses Xlglit In Severe Storm. MARSH FIELD. Or.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Through the storm which raged off the roast here yesterday and last night, the steamer Alliance, with Zi passengers, from Portland and ojher coast points and a crew f JO men aboard, lay at anchor, unable to ap proach the bar and enter the Cooa Bay Harbor. The ship's rudder has been torn away by the heavy seas In the after noon and the; vessel was brought to anchor eight miles off the bay. Wireless messages received here say that the steamer Is In no Immediate danger, but Captain August Lofstedt asked that a tugt sent out to assist the Alliance, and the Columbia has put our to bring In the floundering steamer. The storm of yesterday and last night was the worst thus far this Winter. Six vessels lying off the coast were sighted from the lighthouse last night. Wire communication with the lighthouse was cut off later In the night. Announcement by wireless of the ac cident to the Alliance reached Martin J. Hlgley. passenger agent for the . orth Pacific Steamship Company, In Portend, yeaterday. Captain August Lofstedt, In command of the vessel, said In the message that he was Hold ing her fairly well. Arrangements were Immediately made with the Simp son Logging Company to send a tug to the assistance of the crippled vessel, and Mr. Hlgley aald last night that as he had not heard further from the Al liance she was probably In port at Coos Jr. The Alliance must have struck the bar or a log," said Mr. Iflgley. "as she would not have been likely to lose the rudder 'a a sea. Captain Lofstedt old not say whether or not there was a heavy sea running. We received the r-essage between and 10 o'clock this morning. The vessel has accommoda tions for 9t passengers." SMALLPOX LIKE PLAGUE Disease Rages on West Coast of Mexico, Causing; Many Peatlis. XOOALKS. Honors. Mr x , Jan. T. Smallpox of a virulent type that claims msny victims Is raglns along the west coast of Mexico. Guaymas and Masatian have been quarantined. . f - - V ' - ' It'-"" ':'-. v' .. 35 " tV. f t ' -. i, 3-:.simti, ,. ,r .'" 1 .. jfjL-z:v .'J :1 "V I' '' ' - f J " - - V' snl i s BOVt- FAI.1.FJV TREKS A O LIMBS .:nV-i -.v-vvv KA W' . 7- ;;r-J Jit -. . f --"....- '- - 7 . .V I ? r- n 7 ,f - i ef . sTiT .V i -: : - lm -4 Jr 2. -J A. -7-; HSANITY PLEA IS RIGHESON'S HOPE Pastor's Fate May Rest With Governor. MURDERER IN COURT TODAY Girl's Slayer Eased in Con science Now He Has Told. INSANITY- PLEA POSSIBLE Confession Made Over Protest or At torneys, but Publication - Is Thought to Indicate Pos sible Understanding. BOSTON. June 7. Although District Attorney Pelletler continues to declare that the confession of Rev. Clarence V. T. Rtcheson, murderer of Avis Lln nell. would make no difference in the infliction ' of the ; death penalty, the belief prevails that some, way will be found for saving the former pastor's life. One possibility suggested is the plea of Insanity, to be Interposed de spite the confession, and as a result of which Rtcheson may be sent to an asylum. Friends of Governor Talk. From a source close to Governor Foss, the statement came today that the attitude of the executive probably would be in favor of a commutation of a sentence of death In the electric chair to one of life imprisonment. If the law's fullest penalty is Imposed by the court. It Is said to have been at the time of his self-mutllatlon on the morning of Decemter SO that Rtcheson first In sisted upon making a confession of the murder. Even when he was still bleeding from his wounds, he is said to have dune to his counsel, William A. Morse, and pleaded to be allowed to tell him the whole story. Feeling that his client might be laboring -from a lose of mental, as well as physical strength. Mr. Morse refused to tear him, and through his convalescence (Concluded on Pas 4- v r C; . --'-'e ' . - ' , : .. -...-s.-f.V-. jj:' -.-'f- - r"' - ,r,i. ,- .4 r .-v.. s '-" 1 f i 4& .'" "ut,..'' .-yr!. Lr- ' : -?.-..., v'.- - .-iii-..fs " " ... ' .. . -vt., in ija C OM PLBTKM tXOSK INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 80 drerees; minimum. 20 degrees. TODAY'S Light snow, with slowly moder ... atlng , temperatures; easterly winds.. . National. Important decisions ay Supreme Court are duo todsy. rage Fisher uraes practical policy In developing resources. Pas It. LlghthouB In.oeetors report on Facifle Coast conditions. Pace 4. Storm, Local and lonr-dlstance telephone servlcs virtually destroyed by silver thaw. Page 9. Streetcar and light service still hampered by Ice. Page 9. Worst of cold wave tnousht past In Mid dle West. East and South. Page 3. Ice leaves tang-led ruin of poles, wires and trees In Portland streets. Page 1. - Large part of Pacific Northwest covered by snow. Page 1. Trains blockaded In Columbia Klver gorge. Page 9. rolltlcs. Third' partv talk follows conference ' be tween Bryan and La Follette. Page 1. Domestic. Poet Kemp says I'pton Sinclair told him to : make wife bappy, and changed mind, too late. Page 3. Possibility entertained that Rtcheson will be sent to asvlnm. Page 1. Mammoth Chicago massmeetlng indorses Taft peace treaties. Page 1. . . Wealthy New Yorker and wifevictims of horrible murder. Page 2. Romance of New York heiress and gay blade dazzles ' Gotham. Page 3. - rncifle Northwest. Filing of Cameron recall petitions rests with Attorney-General. Page 5. Railways In Oregon show remarkable In- crease In mileage. Page 0. Lieutenant Waugh drives dog team In Win ter from Fort St, Michaels to Cordova In 21 days. Page 8. Chief of police of Oregon City ignores Mayor's order of dlsmissaL Page 4. Steamer Alliance, off Coos Bay, rudderless. Page 1. Sport. Johnson-FIynn match predicted as big fisxle. Page 10. Honeyman Indoor baseball team almost sure of pennant. Page 10. McCredle advises Vean Gregg to sign Cleve land contract. Page 10. - Portland and Vicinity. Wtltfe trial expected to begin Tuesday. Page 7. Mrs. Temple W. Alexander, wife of O.-W. R. N. embezzler, will atand by husband. Page Is. George T. Cochrane, La Grande, aspires to be Representative to Congress, page 14. Purchase of Ross Island not generally In dorsed. Page 14. Multnomah tax collections for 1912 wilt equal I7..17.V70O. Page 14. SNOWSLIDE KILLS THREE Only One of Party of Four Manages to Escape From Avalanche. LOGAN. Utah, Jan. 7. A mass of snow and Ice slid down a hillside In Blacksmith Canyon, 25 miles from here, today and covered four men who were taking out Jogs for 0 sawmill. One of the four managed to dig out of the slide. Finding It Impossible to aid his companions, he went to the nearest ranch and gave the alarm. The men killed were John E. Miles, Jr., Fletcher Norrls and George Ellrs. TWO STRIKING VIEWS OP EOTN MADE BY rv-j, V J, - -V . '. . I -.3 m t i.. r-. I-, ... t?5 rV-- ...... L n -rv . ' -r- : -iT, jA ':: , - TV. as: Ms7 .Jtf.e- 'laJaJl. . ' ' . rsSSSJSsassosuiaisiaSISJ III ISJ sawaaaaBwawasaaaawsaaaaaaaaaaaaw : STHEET AT KAST FI'EVTEEVTK AW PIXE B ESCAPED VNHl RT, AS DID .TUB SaU ttSJS. . LA FOLLETTE AND BRYAN IN PARLEY "Third Party" Talk Is Heard in Capital. TWO 'PROGRESSES' CHUMMY Democrats and Republicans Show Lively Interest. MEETING IS ACCIDENTAL i Peerless Leader and Wisconsin Sen ator Say They Talked Merely About Direct Election Chi cago Sets Convention. WASHINGTON". Jan., 7. W..J. Bryan, of Nebraska, and Senator La Follette. of Wisconsin, had a conference at the Union Station tonlgnt, upon their Joint arrival in the city, the former from the South and the latter from the West. Mr. Bryan-came armed with a proxy to sit In the meeting tomoirow of the Democratic National committee. He declined to discuss matters that might come before the committee. The meeting between the three-time Presidential candidate of the Demo cratic party and the progressive Re publican, who is seeking to wrest the nomination from President Taft, was said to be accidental. Third Party Talk Heard. No sooner was.lt known that the two leaders had come together than tongues began to wag, and third-party talk flew thick and fast. It was not con fined wholly to members of the Demo cratic National committee who were gathering for the meeting tomorrow. Republicans, .too, showed a lively In terest. All day the Democratic committee men had been seeking methods of deal ing with the severalperplexing ques tions scheduled to come up at the meeting, but nearly every possible so lution advanced seemed to depend upon the probable attitude of the Nebraska (Concluded on Page 2.) . SILVER THAW. - t 1 . it Ux '-if"- - . " x 1?$JWHf? -- e- ST f r BLOW, BAKER'S WAGO.V t RC5HED CHICAGO RAISES VOICE FOR PEACE MAMMOTH MEETING VPHOLDS TAFT'S TREATIES. Fairbanks, Watterson, Dr. Hirsch and Jane Addams A mo 115 President's Supporters. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. (SpeciaL) Chi cago's voice was raised for interna tional peace at a mammoth meeting held under the auspices of the Hamil ton Club in the Auditorium Theater tonight. Ex-Vlce-President Fairbanks. Colonel Henry Watterson, of Louis ville; Representative Foster, of Ver mont: Jane Addams and Dr. Emll G. Hirsch, of Chicago, made appeals for the ratification of the general .arbi tration treaties, now pending in the United States Senate. Such ratification, advocates of peace declared, will mean the abolishment of implements of war in favor of the dignified councils of peaceful arbitra tion. President Taft was praised for his advocacy of the treaties which, if rati fied, it was said, would insure world peace and the United States was de clared to be the first Nation really to announce Itself as in favor of arbitra tion of international differences. This was in the treaty between this coun try and England, the early part of the Jast century, to settle boundary dis putes on the border line of Maine and Canada. - - Mr. Fairbanks defined the treaties advocated by President Taft, and which the Senate is asked to ratify, as broader in scope than any previous ly considered treaties. "These treaties," said Mr. Fairbanks, "If ratified by the Senate, will become a fixed feature of our International policy and the policy of two of the other leading world powers." MRS. ROOSEVELT IS ILL Malady Attributed to Injury Re ceived Two Months Ago. OYSTER BAT, N. Y.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Roosevelt has been serious ly ill for several days. This illness is the result of the injury which Mrs. Roosevelt received two months ago, when she was thrown from her horse on the Coove road near this village. On that occasion. Colonel Roosevelt, who was riding with her, sprang from his horse and rescued her when her horse almost trampled on her. Dr. G. W. Faller, of Oyster Bay, is one of the physicians attending Mrs. Roosevelt. He said tonight that she had been ill for several days but that she was getting better and he looked for her speedy recovery e t V 1 r-j-'i r ..r BY FALLING POLE, THE DRIVER BLANKET OF SNOW SN Temperature at Zero East of Cascades. WILLAMETTE FIVER IS RISING Orchards May Be Damaged by Ice cn Young Trees. TRAIN SERVICE UNSETTLED Inland Kmplre Has More Than Foot of Snow With 34 Indies at Hood River and 4 1 at The Dalles. Wheat Crop Safe. WEATHER CONDITNONS IN PA CIFIC NORTHWEST. West of Cascades. PORTLAND City and vicinity covered with ico; temperature slight ly below 30. SALEM Cellars flooded by. rains; river rising. SEATTLE Freezing weather, four inches snoWi East wind blowing. CASTLE .ROCK City In darkness: wires down; 14 inches snow. ALBANY Streams rise In Linn County; long-distance wires down. ABERDEEN Logging camps ar forced to shut down on account of snow. East of Cascades. SPOKANE Mercury below zero; snow foot deep. BAKER Mercury at zero, 12 Inches snow; trains delayed. LA GRANDE Snow drifts fill the streets; wind hampers snow plows on O.-W. R. & N. PENDLETON Mercury Is below zero; IS Inches snow; trains de layed ; snow In mountains three feet deep. THB DALLES Snow 41 inches deep; mercury 14 above; Deschutes railroad blocked; O.-W. R. & N. trains delayed. HOOD RIVER 34 inches snow; In upper valley depth Is five feet. WALLA WALLA 12 Inches snow; mercury at zero and falling. Snow protects crops. While Portland and Vancouver suf fered Saturday under the "silver thaw," heavy rains fell in the Wil lamette Valley, and east of the Cas cade Mountains the snowfall continued until Sunday morning. Sunday morning. The Dalles awoke to see 41 Inches of snow. At Hood River the fall was S4 inches deep, while In the Upper Hood River Valley the depth In places is five feet, Snow Covers Inland Empire. The snow area covers the whole of the Inland Empire. Pendleton reports 13 inches, with three feet In the Blue Mountains. Baker has 13 inches of snow. Walla Walla 13 Inches and Spo kane the same. Zero weather prevails at many places east of the Cascades. Train service in the Columbia River gorge is heavily handicapped by the deep snows, otherwise no reports of damage have been made. Some fear Is felt at Hood River, where young ap pie trees are burled under the snow. Baker County reports plenty of feed for cattle. Snow drifted badly yesterday in the streets of La Grande, making futile the efforts of the snowplows to clear the tracks of . the O.-W. R. & N. Winter reached Southern Oregor. yesterday after a heavy but warm rain of the night before,'" At noon yes terday the mercury at Roseburg be gan to fall rapidly and by nightfali was at freezing point. Streams are reported as rising at alarming rapid ity. Trains are being operated with difficulty and wire service is Inter rupted. In some parts of the county now is five Inches deep. At Ashland the rainfall continues but It was reported to be warm there last night and snow has all disap peared from the lower levels. The traffic on the Southern Pacific over the Siskiyous is uninterrupted. Western Washington Blanketed. Heavy snow has also fallen in West ern Washington, Castle Rock report ing 14 inches. At Grays Harbor the snowfall Is light, with the mercury at the freezing point. Seattle expert enced real Winter weather Sunday with an east wind and a light fall o snow. . In Chehalis County weather condi tlons were hardly abnormal, but lum ber camps were forced to close dowi by the snow. From the Willamette Valley werol reports of the rising of the Willam ette, cellars being flooded at Salen and Albany. Telephone and telegrapl wires are down at many points in ttv Valley. Crops In the Palouse country wil not suffer from the storm, the heav: blanket of snow acting as protectloi to the grain. In the district west o the Cascades, however, considerabl' apprehension is felt for the younri fruit trees. Many trees are badly dam aged by being broken down from th weight of Ice. Snow Deep at Hood River. 300D RIVER, Or., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) When the day broke this morn- (Concluded on Page i.) WRAP ORTHWEST