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THE MOK2ma OBEG02JXAN, IfVECNESDAY, JANUARY 6,, 190. 5 TTEB GOLD points in Ohio reports received" today CLOSED FOR GOOD indicate a temperature ranging from 5 . to 20 "below zertf. Eastern States Swept by a Great Wave. TRAFFIC GREATLY IMPEDED New York. Reports 20 to 30 Below Zero. HARBORS FROZEN FAR OUT Massachusetts 8ees the Thermome ters Break When Fifty Degrees Down Is Reached-Coal Min ing Js Interfered With, 3SEW YORK, Jan. 5. Dispatches ijfrom every section of the state tell of record-breakins cold weather. At a number of points within 20 miles of this city the thermometers marked 20 to 20 degrees below zero at dawn today. The coldest weather In many years was reported throughout the Adiron dack region last night. At Saranac Lake It was 40 below, and Lake Placid 41 below. For the past four nights the thermometer has registered not less than 12 below anywhere and as low as 41 below at some points in Northern New York. An average temperature of 30 below zero prevailed throughout the central and western part of tho state. At several points north of Utica last night the mercury went to 50 below. The Intense cold interfered consider ably with all outdoor occupations, and delayed all regular and suburban trains from a few minutes .to several hours. The effects of the heavy snow had been overcome, but it was difficult to keep up steam, and many local trains had to be abandoned on account of disabled engines. Traffic on land and water was in seri ous trouble. Trans-Atlantic liners ar rived looking like specter ships. Both the East and North Rivers were barely navigable, while the Harlem River, for the first time in eight years, was im passable above Maccomb's Dam bridge, at One Hundred and ififty-flfth street. Ferry-boats and tugs were swept out of their courses by the' drift ice, And every ounce of power in them was re quired to reach their slips. The boats which land at the Battery had to turn battering rams to part the ice in their slips. Malls from the "West and East were six to ten hours late. Snow was not to blame for this, so much as the Ina bility of the locomotives to keep up steam under the great outside cold pressure. The severe weather, too, was the cause of an unusual number of .flres. Between 2:30 and 8:30 A. M. 13 alarms yrora sent In. All were small fires. V 1 NEW ENGLAND IS HARD Hit., Records Are Broken and Great Bodies of Water Frozen Over. BOSTON, Jan. 5. Reports from all over New England Indicated intense cold today. At Salem, Mass., the har bor was frozen over for the first time In 15 years. From New Hampshire,, Keene reported 32 degrees below zero, the lowest In 15 years, while at other places the mercury fell to 45 below. "Woods River Junction reported 36 be low. Thermometers in Orange, Mass., burst last night at 50 below zero. At Tulley, Mass., bulbs went down to 44 below. William Pattison was frozen to death in the snow at North "Webster last night. For the first time in ten years the eastern and western passages of Nar ragansett Bay are closed by Ice. Tho ice has choked up tho wharves along tho water-front at Newport, R. 1., and soldiers-walked today from Fort Grable, on Dutch Island, to tho "West Ferry over the ice. Thermometers in different sections of Rutland, Vt., registered from 40 to 44 below zero today. The Rutland public schools were closed owing to the cold weather. COLDEST IN THIRTY YEARS. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela ware Are All Affected. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5. Pennsyl vania. New Jersey and Delaware ex perienced the coldest weather in years today. In many places thermometers registering a lower temperature than at any time since 1S75. in this city the temperature was minus 2 at 7 A. M., after which it grew slowly warmer, and at S P. M., 14 degrees above zero was registered at the "Weather Bureau, Bitterly cold weather prevailed in the interior of Pennsylvania during the earlier hours of the day. In some of the mountain regions, temperature as low as 36 degrees below zero was re corded. A rise of 10 to 30 degrees Is recorded tonight. Railroads and Industrial establish' ments all over the state were more or less hampereay the severity of tho weather. Mining operations, particu larly through the anthracite regions. were also seriously affectee, many col leries having to close before freezing of pipes and machinery. Throughout Delaware the tempera- xure leu to s ana & oeiow zero. HARBOR FROZEN FAR OUT. Annapolis and Other Maryland Points Feel the Cold Wave. BALTIMORE. Jan. 5. Today Is the coldest of the present "Winter, the ther mometer having dropped -as low as 2 degrees above zero. In tho suburbs the mercury went to 6 below this morn ing. At Hagerstown. weather records for 20 years were broken when the mercury reached 26 below zero. Sharpsburg was the coldest place in wie auiio ncaru irom loaay, tnexmom eters Yegisterlng 20 below. At Annapolis the harbor Is frozen far out into the bay. Traffic Delayed in Connecticut. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Jan. 5. This was the "coldest morning In the last five years in Connecticut. From .mid night until 5 o'clock this morning the official thermometer was 6 below. The lowest In th state is at' Danbury; 26 degrees below. Traffic was delayed on account of the difficulty of making steam. Many .Points In Ohio Suffer. CLEVELAND,. Jan. 5. From many B00SEVELT GOES 07EE GB0U2JD With CabinetHe Realizes That War Would Involve United States. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Long and care ful consideration was given to the situa tion in the Far East by the President and his Cabinet today. The information re ceived through diplomatic channels Is most carefully guarded. At the conclu sion of the Cabinet meeting, the members were unusually reticent. This govern ments relations to the controversy are purely commercial. If war between Ja pan and Russia should result, while It Is not expected, even in a remote way, the United States would be drawn into it, ef forts certainly would be made by this government to protect its commerce In the Far East. It is not unlikely that this subject will be considered at futuremeet ings of the President and his Cabinet. Important appointments In the army are pending but they werenot brought up at today's Cabinet meeting. More Complications for Corea. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. All the advices of recent date received by the State De partment from its .own agents regarding the situation In the) Far East have been of a reassuring character. The present situation, however, has hopelessly compli cated for a time the efforts of United Two-Thirds of Chicago The aters Will Never Reopen. WOULD HAVE TO B REBUILT Council Committee Begins Its Inves-tlgatlcn-Deddes on Rigid Build ing Ordinances-Men Who Broke Skylights Arrested. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. The committee composed of the members of the- City Council, appointed last night' to in vestigate the .condition of the 'local theaters and to report upon what alter ations are necessary to make them conform to the building ordinances, held its first meeting today. According to the statement of Al derman Friest'edt. one of the mem- CHRISTMAS GIFTS , AGGREGATE $6,000,000 . CHICAGO, - Jan. 5. A fllspatch to the Tribune from Milwaukee, "Wis., says: Captain Frederick Pabst, whose funeral has Just been held, on Christinas made gifts to every member of his family, eala by bis close friends to aggregate some .OQO'OOO or $0,000,000. Captain Pabst fully realized that his ill ness would be .fatal, and that the was not far off. To bis wife and each of his four children he hand ed stock certificates and deeds representing, it Is believed, some thing over? 1.000.000 in each case. The entire -wealth of Captain Pabst is estimated at ?10.000000. The Late Captain Frederick Pabst. States Minister Allen to successfully press on the Corean Government the demand for tho opening of WIJu as a treaty port. Already In a disorganized state, the Corean Government has been thrown into further disorder by the death of the Dow ager Empress, who Is said to have been a political factor of great Influence in the country. It Is therefore feared that It may be necessary to await the out come of the present controversy between Russia and Japan before proceeding with the negotiations as to Wlju. PREDICTS A LONG CONFLICT. Ex-Professor In Japan Says War Will Be One -of Score of Years. BANGOR. Me., Jan. 5. Dean TV. EL "Walz, of the University, of Maine Law School, who for 12 years held a high edu cational position in Japan under the MlkaQo; said today In elaborating upon some points made in a lecture before the Twentieth Century -Club, that "In the event of a conflict between Russia end :Japan "a man who at 25 years of age hears the first gun- fired, will never live to see the end of the strife. "It will take from 80 to 100 years to settle matters, not that I mean that the whole world will be engaged In the battle, nor that the gjpbe will be despoiled, neither do I mean that England, that Germany or the United States will not bear the same name, but there will be a succession of terrible wars, in which all nations will be concerned. In the end, China will be a greatly enlightened nation, and the question In the Far East will be settled forever." COREA IS LIKELY TO YIELD. Ports Desired by Powers May Be Opened Despite Russian Protest. LONDON, Jan. 5. The Corean Charge d' Affaires., in an Interview, says he has good reason to believe that the negotia tions botween Corea andthe United States, Great Britain, Japan and Russia, regard ing Wlju and Yongampho. will result in the opening of those ports at an early date. Russia, he adds, is still opposing the opening, and a few Russian troop3 have occupied Yongampho, but he be lieves the negotiations would terminate in a decision favorable to tho views of Corea and the powers desiring the open ing of the potts. Corea, the Charge d' Affaires further declared, would never agree to Russia's proposal to establish a neutral zone in Northern Corea, as It would prejudice that sovereignty and Interior of Corea which is guaranteed by the Anglo-Chinese treaty. These advices received from Seoul by the Charge d' Affaires as late as two days ago, did not mention the possibility of Japan landing troops at Masampho, and the Charge d'Affalres did not believe war would result from the present negotia tions. RUSSIA KNOWS CHINA IS A FOE War In Far East Means She Must Fight Her as Well as Japan. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 5. "We will fight Japan and China together.'" Ac cording to the latest advices from the" Far East this was the declaration In Port Ar thur by the Russians who had been or dered to fall back on that port from the Interior. Formerly It was only war with Japan they talked of; now It is both coun tries the Russians aim at defeating, and so secure the supreme power across tho Pacific. Details have also been received here of the Russian attack on Hslnmlntum. the terminus of the North China Railway. They took possession of the sub-prefec-tural city after sharp fighting with the Chinese mounted troops. The latter had to retire on account of the superior num ber of the enemy. It is stated that the Russian force was at first defeated and driven with a loss to a considerable dis tance. They fell into an ambush set by the Chinese. Next day the Russians, having been reinforced, returned. They avoided another ambush and compelled the Chi nese defenders of the city to retreat pre cipitately. It is declared that the Czar's troops plundered the town and outraged the Inhabitants. Republicans' Choice for Congress. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 5 The Republi cans of tho Third Congressional District today nominated George A. Castor, of this city, to succeed the late Congressman Henry Burke, (Republican). Weak Longs. Those who have weak lungs cannot be too careful about taking cold.- as. unless promptly treated, pneumonia Is likely to follow. For the -cure of colds and as a preventive of pneumonia, no one could wish for a better medicine than Chamber-1 Iain's Cough Remedy. The success that has attended its use everywhere shows that it can always be relied upon. It Is pleasant and safe to take" and costs bat a -Quarter. Large size fifty cents. Fir sale by all druggists. bers of the committee, it Is doubtful if 35 per cent, of the theaters ever will ltn vhf,T. doors' str,ct- -adherence to the building laws wpuld require that every one of. the playhouses in the eity be of fireproof construction, and this would require the demolition and rebuilding of the majority of the theaters. Alderman Jones, chairman of tho committee, said tonight: "We will first revise the building or dinances. Then we will visit the the aters and decide what alterations will be necessary to make the construction or the house conform to the law. Of course, the owners of theaters will do nothing until they know just exactly what the City Aldermen will demand of them, but they will be obliged to reconstruct their theaters to conform with the ordinances." Must Be Entirely Rebuilt. Alderman Frledstedt dedfared: "Some of the leading theaters In Chicago cannot conform to the ordin ances unless they are entirely rebuilt, and they may find it too expensive to make the changes. I do not believe over 35 per cent of them will ever open again, anyhow." .La, thls afteioon the attorneys or the Fire Department caused the ar rest of four employes of the Fuller Construction Company, David Jones, a masonry foreman and Angus McKay. Otto Rausch and John Kingston, Iron workers. Attorneys for the Fuller Company took Jones, who had oeen sought by the police for several days, to the Fire Department It had been charged that Jones and his men broke the skylights' on the theater after the fire In order to destroy possible evidence. It devel oped today, after the arrest of Jones and his men, that the skylights were blocked by scantlings and tiebrith wire to prevent their opening efiBihat neither of them had been opened "since the theater was built. Jones, In mak ing his statement to tho Fire Depart ment, said: T took the three Ironworkers with me up through an adjoining building and out upon the theater roof over the stage. First, I removed the wooden scantlings which blocked the skylights. Then I found the lights tied with wire inside and broke two panes of glass to get at the wires to untie them. I fin ally got tho wires oft and opened the lights." Jones was asked why he went to the roof of the theater, and replied that he had been told that the north wall had cracked in the fire, and went to see if it was true. He declared he had loosened the skylights because he feared they might fall through and in jure somebody on the stage. "Why did you take three ironwork ers with you to inspect a brick wall?' asKea Attorney Fulkerson, of the Fire Department. Witness Is Confused. . Jones was confused, but flnaly ans wered that the men went with him through curiosity. Numerous witnesses who were In ad joining buildings overlooking the the ater testified that the skylights were not open during the fire. Coroner Traeger said tonight that he was almost ready for the inquest, which will commence Thursday morn ing, i "I wish It understood," he said, "that this is not a trial, but simply an In vestigation to determine the facts of the fire as far as wo can. The Cor oner's Jury will not attempt to fix the blame of the fire upon anybody nor will It recommend the punishment of anybody. It will simply report on the facts as It has been able to gather them, and the rest of the work will be left for the State's Attorney, If It Is found that there is anything ror him to do." According to the managers of 'the local theaters, the closing of the play houses in this city has disarranged the theatrical business of the entire coun try. Companies that have been booked for this city for the next fortnight aro either suspended or they are being sent to other cities, thus forcing other companies to change their routes. Life Insurance companies object to the statement of the Coroner that no verdict will be rendered after the In- NewYork Dental ParloFa Fesrtk sM Merrisea Sts Pertlan, Orcgaa. ' Teeth extracted aai filled jtbaolaUTy without p&la by -ear lata scleetlfio mth Bds. No sleep-producing agents or coc&Ina. These are the only dental parlors In Port land that have the patent appliances a&d ingredients to extract, fill and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns, undeteatablt from natural teeth and warranted for ten. years, without the least particle of pain. Gca crowns and teeth without plates gold fillings and all other dental work dona nalnlftsalv nnrt tar vrwfalliita. - Gold crowns. Jo: full set teeth. 55; bridgs work. 95; gold filling. U. P silver fillings. 60a. 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Sixth and Morrison Sts. Opposite PostoOQce. quest, and allege that largo sums of money in Insurance of lives of those who perished in the theater fire de pend for their payment on the verdict of the Coroner's jury and attorneys for the relatives of those who died declare that a verdict should be given In each particular case of death in order that collection of Insurance may be possible. DECLARES NEGLECT CRIMINAL Stagehand Swears Curtain Failed to Work at Previous Fire. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Evidence showing grosser criminal neglect than anything previously developed was given under oath today in the fire department investigation of the Iroquois horror. Joseph Daugherty, who had charge of the curtain, swore tfiat two weeks ago, during a matinee per formance, there was a fire on the stage and that when he attempted to lower It the asbestos curtain was stopped by the same obstruction that prevented Its oper ation last "Wednesday, the fatal afternoon. The curtain manager declared he pro tested at that time, but no attention was paid to his warning. In hl3 opinion, if -the curtain had been run down during the fatal matinee, the lives of many. If not all, the victims of the disaster might have been saved. It was only by the merest ' . : ii s Great January Sale The Sale that, offers every ar ticle in the peerless Lipman Wolfe stock of merchandise at reduced prices. Positive, de- We never allow ourselves to be undersold. cided bargains in the best merchandise: Quality considered we guarantee our "prices, to be the lowest at all times. Everything that Baby Needs For his or her outfit the daintiest, prettiest and best made little garments all at Greatly Reduced Prices See the hand-made Slips and Dresses GouchCovers A big assortment of new Couch Covers just received. Your choice of the new couch covers as follows: $12.50 Couch Covers $9.00 $1,0.00 Couch Covers $7.50 $7.50 Couch Covers $5.50 $5.00 Couch Covers $3.95 $4.50 Couch Covers $3.40 $2.50 Couch Covers $1.95 Oriental Stripe Couch Covers ..$1.25 Big Reductions on ail Lace Curtains Ail Odd Lots of Lace Curtains at One Half. Price. Our Carniv'I Ladies' Misses' and Children's IVIusIin Underwear Standard-product tions of the best makers offered at extremely low-price. e ;., - ' ' '" ' L-aVida W. B. Nemo C. The most approved corsets of Ihe .period all at reduced prices. Embroideries 10c Cambric Embroideries .5c 15c Cambric Embroideries 12c 20c Cambric Embroideries 15c 35c Cambric Embroideries 23c 50c Fine Nainsook Embroideries . .42c 30c Fine Nainsook Embroideries . .24c 20c Fine Nainsook Embroideries . .16c $2.00 bvviss Flouncing $1.00 $1.00 Nainsook Embroidery 50c All Corset-Cover Embroideries at re duced prices. Reduced prices on all SILKS, DRESS GOODS, GLOVES, UNDERWEAR, WASH FABRICS EVERY ARTICLE IN THE ENTIRE ESTABLISHMENT REDUCED IN PRICE Reduced prices on all CLOAKS, TAILOR-MADE SUITS, WAISTS, SKIRTS, WRAPPERS chance that a panic was averted as tho result of the first fire. The skylight at that time, he said, was securely closed. After an Interview with Daugherty, At torney Fulkerson said the rumor of a pre vious fire at the theater had been investi gated several days ago, but as it had been denied by most of the authorities, Includ ing Will J. Davis, he had been compelled to believe the report had no proper basis. "So far as I can learn," said Attorney Fulkerson, "the fire two weeks ago was in a pile of combustibles back of the stage, and was extinguished without alarming the audience. The fire curtain failed to work, and why this warning was disre garded is a matter that somebody will have to explain." Daugherty's statement was made under oath. Speaking of the skylight on the day of the first fire, Daugherty declared that the skylights above the stage were closed, as were the ventilators between the skylights. The latter were designed to create an upward draught in case of lire. The ventilators were operated by a lever, but Daugherty declared no attempt was made to open them during tho fire which came a few days later. The ventilators were in perfect condition, he said, and had been operated a number of times dur ing the engagement of the ''Blue Beard" company. He could give no explanation as to why the vents were not opened when the fire broke out. Recurring to the curtain, Daugherty in sisted that it was not a light on the pros cenium arch, but the five-foot plank which was used as a platform to sustain the spot light, which obstructed the asbestos curtain. Two Important witnesses were discov ered today in the persons of Charles F. Koester and Henry Zander, real estate dealers. They were passing the Iroquois Theater when the fire broke out and at tempted to get into the theater. While smoko was Issuing from thecracks in the front doors they were denied admission. They declare that the doors were kept closed by the ushers and attendants in the lobby for nearly five minutes after the fire was discovered on the stage. Foreman Jones, of the Fuller Construc tion Company, said by witnesses to have smashed in the skylight of the theater after the Are, has been found. He was examined today in connection with the al legation that an attempt was .made to de stroy evidence. Joseph H. Daugherty, who tried to low er the asbestos curtain on the fatal day, provided Inspector Fulkerson: of the fire department, with a new theory of the curtain's failure to work. Daugherty de clared that during a matinee performance two weeks ago a fire broke out on the Iroquois stage, but was extinguished. On that occasion, Daugherty said, an attempt to lower the fire curtain resulted In- its striking a plank used as a platform from which to operate a "spot" light. The same plank was in place the day of the disaster, said Daugherty. Daugherty de clared he believed that the descending curtain struck the plank on the day of the catastrophe, just as it did a few days .before. -t scaled to a limit of 1000 in seating ca pacity under the present building ordi nance, and as it is likely to be amended, according to Alderman Mayer, leader of the Council. The number of playhouses affected Is 30. Theaters on the second, or a higher floor, must come down to the ground, and a theater on the roof of the Masonic Temple is no longer to be thought of. The effect will be to cut the aggregate seating capacity of Chicago theaters by 10,000 seats or more. Philadelphia Closing Theaters. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5. Acting on the preliminary report of the commission of experts appointed to inspect the theaters in the city Mayor Weaver today ordered the Lyceum Theater, a vaudeville play Louse, closed. """he Mayor also ordered the balcony and gallery of the Kensing ton Theater, and the balcony of the Grand Opera-House closed on account of inade quacy of the exits. Mayor Weaver has signified his intention to take Immediate action upon the suggestion of the commis sion with regard to other theaters. Seating Capacity to Be Limited. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. With the exception of six or seven theaters, all the play , houses in Chicago must be immediately First Damage Suit Is for $10,000. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. The first damage suft against the proprietors of the Iroquois Theater and the City of Chicago, grow ing out of the fire, has been filed by Ivy Owens, as administrator of the estates of Miss Amy Owens and Mrs. FrancesvE. Owens", her mother. The action is for the recovery of $10,000 damages, and is direct ed against the Iroquois Theater Company, the City of Chicago and Will J. Davis and Harry J. Powers, managers of the theater. Miss Owens was a teacher in the public schools. Constipation . Headache, biliousness, heartburn, Indi gestion, and all liver ills are cored by Hood' Pills Sold by all druggists. 25 cents. I 283-285 i Morrison Street 8 Furs Cloaks and - Suits Great Annual Clearance Sale , NOW IN ACTIVE PROGRESS A profitless sale for us but a veritable harvest for appreciative shoppers. A quick, sale is the. aim. Prices have been cut to bring about this end. Ours is a superior stock, and we stand back of it for its worth, distinctiveness and style. oo 1 1 ur Clearance I I FURS, CLOAKS AND SUITS I Marked down in a manner which should compel- the & admiration and enthusiasm of every economical t ouyer. ' SfeND FOR CATALOGUE g c? "a Our Annual Clearance Sale begins tomorrow. Price reductions on furs average full 20 this means $100 Jacket for $80. As our regular prices are much less than those asked elsewhere a reduction of 20 means a larger saving than appears at first glance. 20' Per Cent Discount on JACKETS, CAPES, COLLARETTES, SCARES, MUfFS. Liebes & Co. The World's Greatest Furriers -P. Plagemann, Mgr. 285 Morrison St., Portland, Or, I II. V